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SMILEY Te NixonSmiley CISD Board orustees on Monday re-

viewed some initial ideasor dealing with growth,particularly on the high-school campus includingthe possibility o adding anentirely new building to thecampus.

Superintendent Cathy L.Booth opened up the flooror discussion about pos-

sible renovation plans orthe high schools 600 Wingto bring it into compliancewith state standards. Shelaid out three possible solu-tions.

Te first option lookedat included just renovatingthe interior o the buildingthe estimated cost or thisoption was $2.3 million, al-

Gonzales County Commissioners onMonday ound themselves asked to helpmediate some disagreement between theGonzales Area Chamber o Commerce andthe Gonzales County Historical Commis-

sion over access and use o the Old Jail Mu-seum building.

Glenda Gordon o the GCHC and DaisySheschke o the Chamber spoke to com-missioners during Mondays meeting, ask-ing the court to intervene afer they couldnot reach agreement on access issues.

Tere are always challenges associatedwith operating in any historic structure,said Gordon. Many day-to-day opera-tional issues have been resolved. Some still

remain unresolved.Gordon said the Jail Museum Comittee

has recommended the county enter into alease agreement with the Chamber or itsuse o office spaces.

Scheschke said shed like an updatedco-operators agreement as well, but thatGonzales County gave us use o theseoffices, and it was implied that this areawould serve as an easement.

Te Historical Commission is seekingadditional unding to continue restorationand renovations on its portion o the 1885building, and Gordon asked the court togive the Museum access to the jails kitchen

Gonzales Police Chieim Crow announced Fri-day that police have madetwo arrests in the case oa motorcycle stolen usingcountereit money, and thatpolice are now starting tonarrow their search or theorigin o the countereitcash as part o these and

other recent arrests.GPD received a report o

a stolen motorcycle June 14when two vicims told In-

vestigator Jason Montoyathey had sold their motor-cycle to two males and aemale in return or whatturned out to be $2,600 incountereit currency.

Te victims later postedpublicly on Te CannonsFacebook page about eel-ing threatened during thesale.

Te money elt akebut we were worried thati we said anything that we

would have a gun in ouraces or our daughters ac-es, the posting said.

Montoya, assisted byCapt. Allen aylor, contin-ued to develop leads whicheventually led to arrestwarrants being issued orMarcus Glenn Neeley, 26,o Shiner, and Justyn Davis,26, also o Shiner.

A search warrant was is-sued or the residence usedby McNeeley and Davis onFM 533 in Lavaca Coun-ty and was executed onTursday, July 17 with theassistance o the GonzalesCounty Attorneys Office,Lavaca County Sheriffs O-fice, the Shiner Police Dept.and agents with the U.S.Secret Service out o SanAntonio.

During the search, stolenproperty was located rom

the burglary o a residencewhich happened in Gonza-les County, as well as evi-dence and property romthe thef o the motorcycle.Crow said that metham-phetamine, marijuana, anundertemined amount ocash and a 2009 ChevroletEquinox were seized.

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Recent upgrades to thepress tower at the NewBraunels Herald-Zeitungsprinting acility in NewBraunels have made addi-tional color plates availablein each section effectivelydoubling the number o pag-es on which we can includecolor advertising and photos.

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As a deender o the nations borders,President Barack Obama is a hell o a poolplayer. Obamas recent game in a Denver barwith Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper was

bright and cheery, as one would expect o apresident who didnt have any depressing visitsto rightened ranchers, overwhelmed borderagents or desperate migrants on his utureitinerary.

Te first rule in a crisis or any executive isput on his windbreaker and boots and get outon the ground. President George W. Bush didntdo it soon enough afer Hurricane Katrina and,politically, could never make up or it, no matterhow many times he visited New Orleans.Obamas bizarre resistance to visiting the borderon his undraising swing out West ueled talk othe influx as Obamas Katrina moment.

Te Katrina analogy is over the top becausethe border influx isnt a deadly catastropheswallowing an American city. It also is toogenerous because Bush didnt do anything

to bring on Hurricane Katrina, whereasObamas policies are responsible or theinflux o immigrants. It is, in the argot o hisadministration, a man-caused disaster.

According to the Los Angeles imes, thenumber o immigrants younger than 18 whowere deported or turned away rom ports oentry declined rom 8,143 in 2008 to 1,669 lastyear. Tere were 95 minors deported rom theentire interior o the country last year. At thesame time, the number o unaccompanied alienchildren arriving rom El Salvador, Guatemalaand Honduras exploded rom less than 4,000several years ago to 40,000 since last October.

Te White House brushes off criticism thatObama is avoiding the border as mere optics,in contrast to its highly substantive ocus. Butit is still not taking the crisis seriously. Tenearly $4 billion the president is requesting isnot undamentally about enorcement that will

reverse and end the tide, but about managingthe influx.

A devastating critique by the Center orImmigration Studies notes that about hal o themoney goes to the Department o Health andHuman Services or acquisition, construction,improvement, repair, operation andmaintenance o real property and acilities. Teenorcement portion o the request, accordingto CIS, is not truly geared toward removal,but instead to recouping costs or temporarydetention and subsequent transporting oaliens.

Te administrations reaction to the crisis is

just another in a long series o acts o bad aithon immigration. It is asking Congress or moremoney or its priorities at the same time thepresident is promising, in effect, to suspendyet more immigration laws in response to theailure o comprehensive immigration reorm.

Republicans in Congress should crumpleup the presidents border request in a balland start over, with an emphasis on holdingmigrants near the border and workingthrough their cases quickly to address theshort-term crisis, and provisions or interiorenorcement to address illegal immigrationmore broadly.

O course, even i such a bill were to pass andto be signed into law, thatd be no guaranteethat the president o the United States wouldenorce it. Tat speaks to an entirely differentman-caused disaster.

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Its a ew minutes past six in the morn-ing.

Ive just completed changing out thekitty litter. A chore I look orward toabout as much as prepping or a colonos-copy.

Now I am in hopes that it will not windup being the highlight o my day to come.At seven in the a.m. Doc Deb, the wie

and dog doctor, and I kickstart our vitalorgans by taking our daily walk. Withthe dogs. On our little acreage here wetagged as Grin Acres when we purchasedthe land 10 years ago.

Doc has quite a bit more stamina thanthis ol boy nine years her senior. Shetallies up our miles in the walk while Ibrake and hit the rest area at two.

Now some would argue that when yousee a married couple out or a walk, theone who is two steps ahead is probablypeeved.

hats not the case with us. Doc is ullo vim and vinegar compared to my co-matose and mineral oil. So she is apt tobe in the lead rom the outset. Sporting a

smile while stepping out at a brisk pace.Back in the rerigerated house. While

woling down my daily allotment o ba-con and grits I decide to peruse a maga-zine: he Week.

Look at this on page 4. Under badweek or being air and balanced. histiding. Ater an analysis by act-checkingsite Punditact revealed that 60 percento comments made by Fox News hostsand personalities, and 46 percent by MS-NBCs, are mostly or outright alse.

hat gives one cause to consider indoubt just about anything you hear. Fornews these days. Good or bad.

So lets go to the internet. Check outwhats supposedly going on here in thereal world.

Double-click on the Huington Posticon. Gee whiz. Is there any news to beound?

Palestinian death toll tops 500 ...Obama signs executive order on LGBrights ... Rick Perry sending 1,000 Na-tional Guard troops to border ... Dogkills 7-month-old baby ... Kidnappedgirl, 5, dies in shootout ater high-speedchase ... Man sets world record with mostHomer Simpson tattoos ...

And on and on.But dont give up. Keep scrolling. Let

the news amuse you. Royalty and celeb-rities are always good or copy. Consider:Prince Georges birthday portrait is asadorable as youd expect ... Everythingyou think you know about big penises

is wrong ... George akei tells Bill Ma-her why he cant stand William Shatner... LeAnn Rimes stuns in a beige stringbikini ... he art o dressing like KanyeWest (and Kim Kardashian) ...

Yep, news to deinitely keep me up todate and able to converse with my peers.

Ater over 40 years in the busynesso the newspaper bizness I adopted thephilosophy that one shouldnt draw anyconclusions rom what they see or hearor read rom the news. You see, when itlooks as i the news cant possibly get anyworse, it usually does.

Cause most o what passes or newstoday should or could be passed in a kittylitter box.

All in all, I assume whatever will be

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Jim Cunningham

Obamas Katrina moment

I have a small request to makeo some o you olks out there whothink a lot like I do.

I yall will just kick back andjust let those o us who are literate

post all the snappy rejoinders, thatwould be great.

Youre hurting the cause, guys.I preace my statement by noting

that this is no holier-than-thoudissertation. Im the poster childor every mean-spirited negative

visual stereotype the Far Lef likesto use to paint us as low-class red-necks: Im balding, nearsighted,no longer have the sleek physiqueI once had and my dental health isatrocious.

But I can spell.I promise not to be the causes

spokesman on V i youll rerainrom being the causes spokesmanon Facebook, OK?

Te Other Side likes to paintanyone with a conservative point o

view as ignorant bumpkins, back-ward, intolerant and greedy. Youand I both know that we conserva-tives are just as well-educated andworld-wise as they are. You and I

know that we are ar more industri-ous. You and I know that we con-servatives believe in airness, indi-

vidual initiative and responsibility,and that equal opportunity is moreimportant than equal outcomes.

Dont get me wrong: you guyshave some great ideas, ideas thatare worthy o turning into a mes-sage to totally discredit every argu-ment our political oes are making.

But when your Facebook post-ing o the picture o the MS-13

gang members detained on theborder bears the message HERENO CHILDREN! or you tell re-spond to an LGB commenter thatTe Creater says different! well,youre playing right into the preju-dices o the elitist snobs o the Far

Lef.Likewise with the other new o-

rum or political discourse in thiselectronic age the Commentssection o most major media or-

ganizations websites. It does nogood to fire back an answer tothat Kool-Aid-dripping post romZoroastres on the Daily Snoozewebsite i you misspell severalkey words and people have di-ficulty understanding what you

just wrote because your sentencestructure delivers the message in amanner reminiscent o Yoda.

ake a deep breath beore youhit that SEND button, and re-read what you wrote. Better yet,

just wait or someone like me totear Zoroaster up, and then justhit the LIKE button on our re-sponse.

Again, please remember: this is

not an attempt to insult you. Wereon the same team here. And likeany good team, we all need to playour role to win the battle to edu-cate the uninormed and the mis-inormed.

Its a matter o equality and

we conservatives believe in equal-ity. When you see someone romthe Other Side making statementsor posting something really nastyand vicious that is ull o mis-

spellings and grammatical errors,your first impulse is to discreditthe entire message. When theysee something were posting thatis equally illiterate, the message isequally discredited.

Whats painul is the knowledgethat so many o those posting il-literate messages on both sides oany issue should NO be illiterate.Tey are proessionals, businessowners, and degreed individualslike teachers.

Tey can design buildings, re-wire computers and surgically re-move your spleen but they werenever taught the importance ospelling and grammar. Forty years

o outcomes-based education withits de-emphasis on things likespelling and the rules o grammarin avor o creativity has createdthree generations o semi-literategeniuses.

odays electronic media has

vastly expanded our opportuni-ties to communicate with one an-other. Perhaps the sad part is theact that the relative anonymity oelectronic communications has

also, unortunately, removed anysense o civility rom what used tobe public discourse.

Its easy to call Jane Smuckatellirom Cleveland, Ohio, a rudename when youre living in Port-land, Ore. since you can bereasonably sure she or her signifi-cant other arent going to show upat your ront door and rearrangeyour eatures.

Were willing to deliver insultson the Web that most o us wouldnever dare deliver ace to ace, andthat loss o civility can in greatmeasure be credited with the in-creased polarization o our soci-ety.

It would wise or even those ous who call spell and constructsentences to recall a post oncewritten by Benjamin Franklin:Any ool can criticize, condemnand complain and most oolsdo.

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Tis is an edited transcriptof an interview with PublicRelations expert SamanthaO. Brune heard on Te News

from the Camphouse onKULM 98.3 FM

Brune: It is every parentsdilemma and pride to see theirchildren grow up and cut theirown trails in the world. It isalso worrisome when thesetrails drif into uncharted ter-ritory. In my case, I realize that

Caliornia may not qualiy asbeing completely unchart-ed, but, it is certainly a statethat carries a bit o a stigma.Troughout the AmericanWest, Caliornians that mi-grate to nearby states or thescenery are ofen looked uponas blight. It is common belieamongst mountain state localsthat Caliornians drive up landprices, eventually implementliberal policies, and by manypeoples viewpoints their in-flux causes the developmentthat initiates the demise omuch beautiul country thatwas previously untouched.

Nevertheless, no state is im-mune to image problems. A

short while back Fort Worthwanted to scrap its Cow-town personality and reflecta more modern glitzy veneer.Fortunately, with a change ocity council that notion wasdropped and the city insteadembraces the nature o whatmade it great. And with theadvent o exas robust econ-omy during a time that therest o the nation is languish-ing in President Obamas staleKeynesian Teory experiment suddenly the simple conser-

vative aura o wide open spac-es, strong values, and kickingback your hat while singingwith a guitar around a camp-fire doesnt look so bad.

But in the same mannerthat our Lone Star exas grinsshine big and toothy while weunloose our six-guns into theair with a celebratory salute the guys in Caliornia flip theirtutus and dont seem to mindbeing known as Te Land oFruits and Nuts.

Now enter the reality thatmy only child, my brilliantdaughter, Sam, has moved toLos Angeles to ply her tradein public relations. Te coldrealization grips my innards.At least when she lived in Aus-tin she could drive a ew hourshome to escape the stoners,panhandlers, tea-sips, andhal-educated idiots inhabit-ing that burg. Now its myear that she hears no voicegrounded by experience andthat has eaten dirt more thanonce. It is my ear that she willlearn to overlook the taxationand bad policies that havedriven many businesses out othe ar west state. It is my earthat she will learn to overlookthe hypocrisy and Godlessnesso the ar lef. But then finallyin the end, I must subscribeto the thinking that I had 25years to teach her the valuesthat must carry her.

Pudi, is your Dad worried

about nothing?Sam: For starters, let me say

that while you are enjoyinganother 100-plus degree exasSummer the high tempera-ture here at night is in the 60s,the high during the day is inthe 70s, and even though wereon the ocean the humidity is

very low. I live between SantaMonica and Venice about ourmiles rom the beach.

As or comparing exas

cities to Caliornia cities - Iwould equate the personalityo Los Angeles to be similarto Dallas, and San Diego to bemore like Austin. My eel soar has been that people in LosAngeles are more concernedwith appearances and keep-ing up with the hottest, latest,and hippest looks and devic-es. It seems that a person mustknow the right people, dressthe right way, and go to theright places. O course, youcan choose to be caught up inthat liestyle or not. I youreasking about stereotypes: Idhave to say that San Diego ismore laid back, San Franciscois high tech and start up ori-

ented, and the north Hol-lywood area is thought o asmore posh. Ten the east sideo L.A. is more hipster whiledowntown is more grungy andartul. But where I live on thewest side is better known orthe unique mix o technologyand Te Arts. Ten, like anycity, there are nice parts andbad parts. But every place Ivebeen is filled with culture anda lot o un things to do.

Brune: You mentionedstartups, whats that?

Sam: Tose are small com-panies that are trying to growast by reaching large audi-ences. For instance smallcompanies that create apps or

your phone or people that de-velop websites selling specialtyitems or news services.

Brune: What is the liestyledifference moving rom Aus-tin to L.A. in relation to cost?

Sam: Tere is a higher costo living in L.A. Gasoline ishigher so the cost o commut-ing to work is higher. Rentis higher, going out to eat ishigher, most everything costsmore. I know how to pinch

pennies and my Austin payscale will suffice, but yeah ithurts a little.

Brune: So whats it like be-ing in the land where granolaideologies originate?

Sam: Dad its relative towhat a person likes. But in an-swer to your question: the firsttime I came out here we acci-dentally ordered a meal madewith dairy-ree cheese. So youmay ask how do you havecheese without milk? AndI will tell you that you dontwant to know!

But there is a lot o greatood. I have ound a hole-in-the-wall place with good Mex-ican ood, but I havent ound

a nice Mexican restaurantthat compares to what we haveat home.

But or Caliornia in gen-eral, this isnt a place whereeveryone is eating berries andsurfing all day. Id have to saythat olks here are the sameas anywhere else. People areconcerned about what affectsthem.

Te movie industry is a ma-jor part o the economy so itmay drive much o the newsand youll note that there ismore local news about TeArts. But all-in-all a personcan always find likemindedindividuals wherever they go.

T CT, J , P

First-hand look at Granola Land

Jon

Harris

Jon Harris is an Army retiree and former law enforce-ment officer in Gonzales County recently employed as

a civilian military dog handler in the Middle East. He

is now retired and living in Edwards County.

Dispatches from

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in Colorado County.

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Why do we let this go on?Te news, day in and day out, is just insane.

Have our elected officials simply lost theirminds?

I heard the Presidents press secretary de-scribe the world as tranquil. What planetdoes this guy live on?

Harry Reid stated that the border is se-cure. What? Really?

I hear time and again that the border patrolis apprehending more than ever. Te politi-cians point to this as progress on border secu-rity. Well it is not too hard to apprehend whenthe people being apprehended are running toturn themselves in!

Tere seems to be a simple point that thepoliticians are missing. Regardless o howmany are apprehended, regardless o howmany turn themselves in, regardless o howmany times the elected officials say what agood job the border patrol or ICE is doing,doesnt anyone see that it is too late at thatpoint?

We catch them because they are ALREADYin the country! Te border security has alreadyailed when these people are caught. And nowthat they are, they become our responsibilityto house, eed, educate, care or, provide legalcounsel and then secretly bus them to placesall around the country thereore spreading theborder crisis to states that have nothing to dowith the border nor experience dealing withthe problem.

I turn to t he VA and read about, hear about,talk to veterans that are not being treated cor-rectly. Veterans are actually choosing suicide

over the continued shafing they are gettingrom the VA.

Again our politicians are outraged, appalled and do nothing about it. Te workers atthe VA blowing the whistle are being retal iatedagainst and no one does anything about it.

Private Bergdahl yes PRIVAE, as hewas promoted twice while AWOL and is nota Sergeant is being set up as an honorable

soldier. Our Presidents line is he served thecountry with honor and distinction. Honorand distinction my oot!

He walked off his post, in wartime, and lefa note he was leaving. I heard a congressionalhearing about this and listened to politicianstry to give the benefit o the doubt, they weretalking about the harsh conditions and all.

Well, I was personally over there in the ex-act same conditions and I didnt walk off and here is a news flash: neither did anyoneelse, ONLY this cowardly traitor!

He abandoned his post, his duty, his platoonmates and he did NO serve with honor anddistinction, no matter how many times thepoliticians, mainly o a certain party, say hedid. Saying it over and over does not makeit so.

We move rom the VA to the IRS. What amess and the politicians are either accusing orexcusing once again depending on the partythey happen to believe in. Te investigationis meeting resistance due to criminal obstruc-tion.

Ive been an investigator, either in civilianor in the ederal system, most o my adult lieand the crap happening is beyond the pale obelievability. Just how many hard drives can

crash and disappear? Seems the only onesthat have problems are the ones the committeewants to see.

How many dogs can eat the IRSs home-work? How many times are we supposed tobelieve this? And what gets me is the politi-cians deending these people are either brain-dead or they simply do not care what the truthis as long as they ollow what they are told isparty line. I one side says something then theother HAS to deny it and cover it up.

Outside o our borders, Aghanistan, Iraq,Syria, Egypt, Yemen, the list goes on and onare in turmoil. Can we fix that? Probably notanymore.

Who do you think has more power on theglobal scene, us or Putins Russia? Did you knowthat President Putin (Russia) just reopened theirSoviet-era spy center in Cuba?

I remember a term when I was in the military.We joked about it as the mantra o governmentofficials: Admit nothing, deny everything, makecounter-accusations. Seems the mantra is aliveand well.

You know the President says he has a penand a phone and will take executive action to fixthings. OK, Mr. President, do that. ake execu-tive action to fire people that dont do their job.Seems you can be a terrible employee, terribleleader or worse, criminal, and you cant get firedrom the VA or the IRS.

Our Justice Department reuses to investigatethese clearly criminal actions and obstructionsand I ask mysel why?

Has it ALL become so political, so partisanso deadlocked that nothing at all will happen?

Ten FIRE HEM! Fire all o them. Trow thebums out o office. Put normal Americans inand I bet things get done.

Ive never really been an advocate or exasto secede, but the way thing are going it may betime to re-look at that. When you think aboutthe problems Ive talked about here, they allhave a common thread. Tese are all problemscaused by, increased by, and decided by the Fed-

eral government.Our President seems either unconcerned,

uncaring, or more likely, simply incompetent. Iguess this is what happens when you put youruture in the hands o someone that has neverrun anything, never really had a job, and hasonly a claim to ame as being a community or-ganizer rom Chicago, one o the places in theUS that has always had terrible political integrityand lack o honesty. When you think o heavyhanded dirty politics you think o Chicago.Ironic isnt it?

What about Marine Sgt. ahmooressi lan-guishing in a Mexican prison? Where is thePresident on this one? Nowhere to be seen. Hehas done nothing.

Te State Department should simply go gethim. Our President has authorized actions togo into other countries to get bad guys. Let usgo get our guy that actually did serve with honorand distinction.

Where the heck is the Federal governmenton this? Nowhere. It is not good politics or thePresident. What the hell is Mexico going to do?Send more illegal aliens our way? Please.

Do we secede rom this mess and go it on ourown? I know or me personally we are movingout to the hill country o exas where Ill retireon my property. Ive worked or the governmenton the municipal side, the county, the ederalgovernment and as a private contractor doinggovernment directed missions overseas and nev-er until now have I elt so disillusioned.

I am proud to be an American. I am proudto have served my country and my communitybut those organizations and ideals they stood or

are becoming harder and harder to see and thatmakes me truly sad that the America we were isbeing stolen and destroyed by the very people weelected to deend us. Tis simply sucks.

Jon Harris,Former police officer, Former county deputy,

Retired soldier, Former government securitycontractor, and now just a very disillusionedcitizen.

Dear Editor:My husband Don and I are hearing rom people in Gon-

zales that they never heard the desires o J. B. Wells regard-ing the land his estate donated to the City o Gonzales inNovember, 1999, according to the terms o his Will untilour article appeared in HE CANNON July 10.

Tereore, I want to share with you this week a ew linesrom the Deed which conveyed his gif o land to the City

o Gonzales:Beginning on page 4, 2. Te most stringent conditionunder which this conveyance is made is that grantee (Cityo Gonzales) shall use the property hereby conveyed as ...apublic park thereon, and or such purpose only and shallnever be sold. However, the testator (J. B. Wells, Jr.) rec-ognized that its use as a park might terminate or nevertake place and provided in subparagraph (1) (3) o IEMNINH o his Will that i all or any part o the propertyhereby conveyed is sold by the grantee ...then the pur-chase money shall immediately revert to and become theproperty o the Austin Presbyterian Seminary or its suc-cessor. Tis conveyance is made with the understandingand agreement between grantors (J. B. Wells) and grantee,(City o Gonzales) which will be recognized and acceptedby grantee (City o Gonzales) by acceptance o this deed.....

Te Deed was dated November 3, 1999, and in 2014, J.B. Wells desire that his gif to the City o Gonzales be kept

as a PUBLIC PARK has yet to be granted by the City oGonzales.I am researching and discussing with attorneys filing an

Injunction to stop the City o Gonzales rom building an-other building on the land Mr. Wells donated to the City oGonzales or a Public Park.

Trough speaking to the City Council in person at CityCouncil Meetings, and emailing them hasnt done the job.Tey need to hear it rom a Judge.

I think Mr. Wells deserves to have his WILL and hisDEED, both legal documents, honored and I will continueworking towards that end.

Afer all, i you had spent time and money getting a Willand Deed made according to law in order to donate a pub-lic park or the citizens o Gonzales to use, wouldnt youdeserve or the city o Gonzales to honor it also?

Pastor Jo Ann Leifeste, RetiredGonzales

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NSCISD: Board considershigh school building options

though Booth said some interior room inthe building would be lost.

Te second option included completerenovation o the interior and exterior othe building. Tis option was estimated tocost about $3.2 million, but there would beno expected loss o interior room.

Te third and final option included de-stroying the current building and con-structing a new building that would beully into compliance with EA standards.

Board members suggested establishing acommunity committee to talk and discussthe renovation plans.

Te school board also discussed how theoil field could be a possible career opportu-nity or its students, with members notingthis would also provide students with anincentive to stay drug ree to keep jobs.

College readiness was also discussed. N-

SCISD is above the state average and is sit-

ting well, Booth said. Te District will alsobe beefing up its gifed and talented pro-gram to get students more involved.

Board members also acknowledged thedistrict has a homeless situation going onwithin its schools. Booth said that ISIPVocabulary Screening shows that thereare vocabulary problems in pre-K becauseo the poverty problems associated withhomeless students.

In other agenda items, the district is alsoconsidering purchasing $25,000 in new

video cameras to improve the saety o itscampuses.

Board members received a presentationgiven by District Consultant era Tomp-son regarding district goal setting and u-ture improvements to the campuses.

Te district is planning to add new tech-nology to its library using the exas Li-brary Initiative grant.

aylor and County Attorneys Investiga-tor John Brumme later recovered the sto-len motorcycle in Bastrop, where it wasbeing stored.

Neeley and Davis were taken into custo-dy and transported to the Gonzales CountyPolice Dept., where they were interviewedand later transported or booking into theGonzales County Jail.

Gonzales Police have continued to ol-low up on several recent instances o theuse or attempted use o countereit bills,

leading to several recent arrests, and Crowsaid each case enables police to close in onthe origin o the countereit bills.

We are continuing our investigationinto the origin o the countereit moneyand have developed promising leads,Crow said in a news release. We urge any-one hwo has inormation regarding thesuspects who are manuacturing the coun-tereit money to contact Greater GonzalesCounty Crime Stoppers at 830-672-8477or contact the Gonzales Police Departmentat 830-672-8686.

area through a back door. Te kitchen arealeads into the Chambers conerence room,and Scheschke said that has created a num-ber o issues.

Te Historical Commission has inter-rupted business between staff and custom-ers ... Tis has made customers and staff eeluncomortable at times, she said.

I support the Jail Museum Committeesposition that the museum needs access tothe jails kitchen, Gordon said. I necessary,the Jail Museum Committee will provide abolt-locking mechanism on the Chambersside o the iron jail door, so that the Cham-ber can control access to their offices andconerence room.

Scheschke said the Historical Commis-sion has also taken to re-arranging things inthe entrance area at the ront o the build-ing, where the Chamber is required to keepa visitors sign-in sheet or documentationto the state.

As o last uesday when I was awayrom the office, the Historical Commissionmoved the sign-in sheet and Veterans Me-morial poster into the Chamber offices, she

said. On my return, I moved these itemsback to where they were to be placed ac-cording to our contract with the State.

She said the Historical Commission alsobegan providing its own sign-in sheets spe-cifically or Old Jail visitors, but afer severalmeetings she was able to get an agreementor a single list so visitors would not have to

sign twice.Gordon presented commissioners with

an $11,000 unding request or operationsin the upcoming budget. She said this wouldallow the Historic Commission to continueto hire part-time help five hours per day.

Gordon added the Historic Commissionis currently seekingabout $40,000 in grantunding to improve access as well as saetyand other issues.

She added that no additional undingrom the county will be sought or otherrenovation work this year, although theGCHC will continue to pursue a masterCourthouse Square design plan to includethe 1885 Jail as well as the County Court-house and Justice Center.

In other action on Monday, commission-ers passed a resolution supporting efforts toget the exas Department o ransportationto build a turn lane on US Highway 183 atCounty Road 244, near the location o thenew Benny Boyd auto dealership.

Tis is in the interest o public saety,County Judge David Bird said. Tere aresome other things I think are going to begoing in next to the Dodge house, too.

Commissioners also heard rom County

reasurer Sheryl Barborak that sales-tax re-ceipts or the county in June hit the $343,628mark and that or the year, Gonzales Countyis about $500,000 ahead o what was bud-geted.

Commissioners tabled action on a con-tract or new security cameras at the Court-house and Justice Building.

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JULY29-AUG. 1

Eastside VBS

Eastside Baptist Church will have Vacation Bible School, July 28-Aug. 1, from 9 a.m.-noon.Family night will be Friday, Aug. 1 at 6:30 p.m. Pre-Register will be July 26 from 10 a.m.-noon.

JULY26

Southern Gospel

Numerous local and out of town groups will be performing Southern Gospel and CountryGospel selections at the First Baptist Church in Smiley starting at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26.Bring your guitar or other instrument and share your talent. There is no admission charge. apot-luck dinner begins at 6 p.m. in the churchs Fellowship Hall.

JULY28-AUG. 1

Vacation Bible Camp

Abiding Word Lutheran Church will host a Summer Vacation Bible Camp during the week ofJuly 28 - Au g. 1 at the East Avenue Lions Park Pavilion. Children who have completed kinder-garten through fourth grade are invited to pre-register for a limited number of camper slots.Each morning various learning activities are planned from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for Gang wayto Galilee Amazing Grace Adventures. Children must be signed in and out by a parent eachday. For more information and to register please contact Arline Schacherl at 830-857-0134.

AUGUST2

Rummage Sale

The County Village Square Residents Association will hold their annual Rummage Sale from 8a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2 in the Community Room at the Country Village Square Apartments,1800 Waelder Road in Gonzales. Included will be household items, clothing and lots of miscel-laneous items. Proceeds will benefit the R esidents Association.

Donations of good, used and new items for the sale are now being accepted through noonon Friday, Aug. 1. Items may be brought to the Community Room from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday

through Friday, or call 672-2877 for special arrangements.

AUGUST11-15

Lego Camp

Lego Camp is coming to First United Methodist Church Aug 11-15. Come build with 100,000Legos! Learn engineering, architecture, and physics terms and concepts. Taught by Play-Well

Teknologies Instructors. Pre-engineering Camp for ages 5-7, 9 a.m.-noon. Engineering Campfor ages 8-12: 1-4 p.m. Contact 672-8521 for more information and how to register. $100 Regis-tration Fee. Space is Limited.

AUGUST3

Brietschopf-Kuntschik Reunion

The annual Breitschopf-Kuntschik Reunion will be held Aug. 3 at the Knights of ColumbusHall on the Shiner Highway. The Frank and Agnes Kuntschik Family will host the reunion. Meatwill be furnished, each family is asked to bring a vegetable or dessert. Meal will begin at 12:30p.m. followed by a business meeting. For details, call Mary Gayle at 830-437-2076.

ONGOING

Livestock Show ValidationValidation Dates and Locations for Gonzales County Livestock Show have been announced: Steer Validation- September 17, 2014 held at Guadalupe Valley Vet Clinic from 5:30 pm -

6:30 pm Lamb and Goat Validation- October 22, 2014 held at JB Wells from 5- 7 p.m. Halter Heifer Validation Major and County-held at Guadalupe Valley Vet Clinic from 5-7 p.m. Swine Validation- December 3, 2014 held at JB Wells from 5-7 p.m. Commercial Heifer Validation- December 7, 2014 held at Valley Vet Clinic from 1-2 p.m. Broiler/Chicken Orders Due to Extension Oce 5:00 pm December 12, 2014- Pick up Janu -

ary 22, 2015 Commercial Heifer Validation- December 14, 2014 held at Valley Vet Clinic from 1-2 p.m. Rabbit Validation- February 4, 2015 held at JB Wells from 5-7 p.m. Broiler Pick-Up January 22, 2015.SundaysGonzales Fellowship meets at 505 St. Joseph Street, Gonzales on Sunday morning. Live Coun-

try Gospel music at 9:00 am followed by a Bible message from 9:30 to 10:00 am. All are welcome.WeekendsRevival Still going on! Every Fri. & Sat., 7 p.m. nightly. Gonzales Family Church, 320 St. Andrew

Street Pastor Glynn and Pastor Margo invites everyone out! Need Ride! 830-263-4214.Farmers Market - Saturdays, May-JulySaturday morning, 9-12 a.m., May, June, July at Laurel Ridge Antiques, 827 St. Joseph St.

Homegrown vegetables, baked and canned goods, eggs, other homemade or homegrownproducts and plants.

Other vendors welcome (no fees). Call Sandy 713-408-4198 or email johnsandy.llewellyn@

gmail.com.

JULY29

Free Estate Planning Workshop

CLA Estate Services is hosting a free Estate Planning Workshop Tuesday, July 29, 9:30a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Sleep Inn & Suites in Gonzales (2138 Water St., Gonzales, TX

78629). The workshop will provide valuable information for seniors on securing ones es-tate and retirement planning. Guests will receive a workbook and gain useful informationregarding: the pros and cons of wills and trusts; how to avoid probate; long term healthcare concerns; and tax reduction planning. Seating is limited. Please call 1-866-252-8721

to RSVP or for more information.

JULY30-31

NSCISD REGISTRATION

Registration for all students at all grade levels (including PreK) will be held in the High

School Practice Gym: on July 30, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; and July 31, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. All studentsmust register. Parents will need to birth certificate, shot records, social security card, andparents driver license. If new to district they will also need report card (if possible) from

old school and proof of residence.

AUGUST5

McMahan Watch

The next McMahan Neighborhood Watch Meeting will be Tuesday, Aug. 5 at 7 p.m. at

the McMahan Womens Club. We will need to plan our National Night Out Celebration

will be held Tuesday, Oct. 7. For details, call 512-644-5927.

FOGAS, Friends o Gonzales Animal Shel-ter, has just received a grant rom PetSmartCharities to spay/neuter 500 ree roamingcats. Tis grant is named NR: Te Cat So-lution 3 and it provides $34,970 to be usedto rap, Neuter, and Return (NR) cats totheir territories so that un-fixed cats do notmove in and multiply . NR is an approachto cat population management that has beensuccessully applied worldwide. It is the onlyproven method to overcome natures vacu-um effect which quickly repopulates an areabased on ood and shelter resources.

We are very excited about this new grant,said Mary Anne MacLean, spokesperson orFOGAS. Were planning to spay/neuter andprovide a rabies shot and ear tattoo to 500ree roaming cats within Gonzales County.Tese generous grants rom PetSmart Chari-ties are helping us deal with the large numbero unowned or ree roaming cats that are alsopart o the community. Tese cats controlthe mice, rats and snakes and are importantto our wellbeing. We need them and we wantthem.just not so many! NR: Te CatSolution 3 will help us manage the cat popu-lation.

City Manager Allen Barnes states, Wevebeen able to have over 1000 ree roaming

cats fixed on the 2012 and 2013 grants andthe results are very promising in terms oreduced entries into our city shelter system.Were appreciative that PetSmart Charitiesand our local group FOGAS have providedthis program at no cost to the City.

Tis is an example o an independentgroup, FOGAS, working very effectively withthe Citys Animal Control Department tosolve a pet overpopulation problem, com-mented Police Chie im Crow who alsooversees the Animal Control Department.

o participate in this ree spay/neuter pro-gram or cats, just call Guadalupe Valley Vet-erinary Clinic, 830-672-8676, and scheduleyour appointment. Tis is open to all resi-dents o Gonzales County. Or or urther in-ormation, call FOGAS at 830-857-1616.

FOGAS is a 501c3 charitable organizationounded in 2004. Since our inception, FO-GAS has spayed/neutered over 3000 shelterorphans and another 3200 pets owned byresidents o our Community. We have alsore-homed over 4000 cats and dogs. Tesespay/neuter surgeries were done with no costto the owners, the City o Gonzales or Gon-zales County. Due to these efforts the City oGonzales was able to achieve no kill shelterstatus almost 5 years ago.

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Te candidates seekingexas 34th CongressionalDistrict seat struck posessupportive o their generalparty lines ollowing the an-

nouncement this week byexas Gov. Rick Perry send-ing 1,000 exas NationalGuardsmen to the borderto aid DPS criminal-supres-sion efforts.

Congressman FilemonVela (D-Brownsville) saidPerrys decision does notmake sense, while Republi-can challenger Larry Smitho Yorktown voiced supportor the Governors move,saying the troops are need-ed because the administra-tion is exercising blatanthypocrisy.

One o the primary

objections I have to theCornyn-Cuellar border planis its support or militariza-tion o the southern border,Vela said in a news release.I believe a more rationalapproach to the currentunaccompanied child crisiswould be to: (1) provide theneeded resources and helpto address cartel activity inCentral America, Mexicoand across the U.S.; (2) sup-port Customs and BorderProtection by providing thenecessary unding to in-crease the number o agentsand support personnel to

process the influx o immi-grants while allowing theagency to continue to ac-complish their mission; and(3) provide unding to theimmigrant court system toallow or speedier determi-nations pursuant to currentlaw as to whether an undoc-

umented immigrant shouldremain in this country or besent back while protectingdue process requirements othe U.S. Constitution.

I Governor Perry is soeager to deploy the NationalGuard, he should do so bysending them to cities withthe most crime, which arenot along the border, Velaadded. Drug cartels arepresent in cities across theU.S. and have been ormany years. Tus, send-ing the National Guard to arelatively sae region o thestate, to combat a problemthat impacts the entire stateand nation does not makesense.

Smith, a combat veteran,said Velas characteriza-

tion o the border region assae is way off target.

In a press release, Velasaid that the border is rela-tively sae and needs no ad-ditional protection. Whendead children are oundfloating in the Rio Grandeduring this border surge,such a statement not onlydefies reality but compas-sion as well, a news releaserom Smith reads.

Last year, a young moth-er with a one-year-old childtried to breach the barrierat the White House, Smithcontinued. Miriam Carey

was shot by capitol policeand died. President Obamahas no problem with guardswho use guns to protect theborder ence around hisyard, but he couldnt careless or the security o oth-ers property or the securityo our nations borders.

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gram and received a certificate and bag of goodies.

Pictured are the groups that were present for the

ceremony; 3, 4 & 5 year olds, 6-7 year olds, 8-9 year

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SMILEY Te SmileyCity Council appointedKathy Whitehead as thenew Mayor Pro-em dur-ing its regular meeting onTursday.

Te decision was madebecause previous May-or Pro-em Willie AnnCanion has been unableto attend regular meet-

ings afer being injured ina car wreck endured a ewmonths ago. Among other things dis-cussed during their regu-

lar meeting on includedMayor Ellis Villanueva an-nouncing that the citys lifstation will be worked onover the next ew months. Te City will also be auc-tioning and selling surplusequipment that it doesntneed anymore. A noticeregarding the equipmentshould be put into circula-tion around September othis year.

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AP History course draws criticism

Smiley

AUSIN Critics urged the StateBoard o Education on Friday to dowhat it could to prevent or delay ex-as schools rom implementing a newAdvanced Placement U.S. historycourse that the authors admit is basedon the outlawed Common Core Stan-dards.

Te AP History course is designed

by the College Board, which adminis-ters not only the AP test but also thecollege-placement AC and SA ex-ams. Te College Board is now head-ed by David Coleman, widely viewedas the architect o the Common CoreStandards, which have been rejectedby exas.

Board member Ken Mercer, R-SanAntonio, asked the board to delay thenew AP history curriculum and testor at least a year. Te exas Legisla-ture passed a bill in 2013 prohibitingthe state education agency and localschool districts rom adopting theCommon Core Standards.

Mercer said the old AP Historyramework was only five pages long,

while the new ramework is 98 pageslong. He said that many importantpeople and events in U.S. history,including the American Revolutionand World War II, were not coveredin the materials. Further, he said, thematerials ocus on negative aspects ocapitalism rather than its positive at-

tributes.Alice Linahan, leader o the #CanI-

See activist parent group, charged thelate changes to the AP history coursegives exas teachers little choice butto teach to the test.

Tis is radical departure romwhat our exas teachers are accus-tomed to, Linahan said. Were shif-

ing rom passing a exas US historystate exam, based on our exas EKS,that are traditional, oundationaland knowledge-based, and going toAPUSH, which has a completely di-erent philosophy o education.

eacher Mary Bowen told theboard the time rame or implemen-tation will create problems andthat the College Boards rameworkisnt history.

Te intention is that teachers willimplement a course ...to bring intoour schools revisionism in history,Bowen said.

Education researcher and text-book author Jeanine McGregor saidthe unique way Common Core-style

questions are structured is one ve-hicle to transmit revisionist thinking.

Te mode does not include theoutstanding achievements o ourcountry, she said. I the samplequestions in the ramework are indic-ative o what is to come, they are or-matted in what is called the subjective

structure ... in other words, i you donot hold the same valuesas the posi-tion o the test designer, your success(in passing the test) is in question.

Common Core is a ederally-pro-moted curriculum ramework orkindergarten through 12th gradeshould learn in English and math ateach grade level. Te standards wereoriginally adopted beore they wereeven completed by 48 states, but sev-eral states have since withdrawn. ex-as and Alaska were the only two statesto reject the standards outright.

Te exas Education Agencys gen-eral counsel told the board that theSBOE has no authority to block theuse o the ramework or the AP his-tory exam. Several o the cativists tes-tiying said they will seek a decisionrom exas Attorney General GregAbbott to block the use o the rame-work and test.

State Sen. Dan Patrick, who au-thored the bill that prohibits the useo Common Core in exas, offeredhis support to Mercers motion toprevent Common Core rom beingbrought into exas via a backdoor.

Board vice chairman Bill Ratliff oMount Pleasant said he would offera proposal at the next SBOE meetingto require all AP classes to cover thestate-approved EKS, in addition toany College Board requirements.

I you make that as a motion sir, Iwill give you a second on it, Mercersaid.

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AUSIN Te Lower Colorado River Au-thority Board o Directors approved a new one-year "drought rate" or firm water customers or2015 during its June 16 meeting.

Firm customers, including many cities inCentral exas, will pay the new rate o $175 peracre-oot beginning with the January 2015 bill-ing cycle. Te current rate is $151 per acre-oot.(One acre-oot is just under 326,000 gallons.)Te new firm customer rate also will apply todomestic use customers who draw water di-rectly rom the Highland Lakes.

Te Board also approved new rates or inter-ruptible customers in the Garwood IrrigationDivision. Beginning this year, Garwood cus-tomers will pay an effective diversion rate o$39.37 per acre-oot, a 20 percent increase. TeBoard decided not to set new rates or the GulCoast and Lakeside irrigation divisions untilwater is available or them.

Interruptible customers such as Gul Coastand Lakeside have not received water rom the

Highland Lakes in 2012, 2013 and 2014 be-cause o the severe drought. Customers in the

Garwood division have been receiving a lim-ited amount o water rom the Highland Lakesduring this drought because o provisions inthe contract in which LCRA purchased the

Garwood water rights."Tis drought has had atremendous impact on every aspect o LCRAswater operations," LCRA General ManagerPhil Wilson said. "Te drought rate is neces-sary to cover our costs during this droughtbecause we are selling less water now. We arein the same situation many o our customersand other water utilities are in, and thats havingfixed costs that dont change, even though youare selling less water. When the drought breaksand water supplies are greater, those costs willbe spread over a larger customer base."

Firm customers are mainly cities and indus-tries, but also include residential property own-ers who pump water directly rom the High-land Lakes or domestic use. Firm customerspay a premium or water that is guaranteed tobe available even during a repeat o conditions

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Most think of Christ as meek andmild. Te gentle Savior always readyto respond even to His enemies withkindness. Surely, this is a Biblical pic-ture of Christ, and I would never sayotherwise.

Jesus described Himself as meekand lowly in heart. (Matthew 11:29)We read the following statement inPauls writing to the Corinthians,Now, I Paul, myself am pleadingwith you by the meekness and gentle-

ness of Christ. (II Corinthians 10:1)Tis article is not meant to suggest

that our Lord Jesus is not the epito-me of love, humility, and gentleness.However, I do want to say that toonly consider this aspect of Christ isto have only a partial and inadequateview of Christ.

As our church has continued tostudy Matthews gospel, we recentlycame to the following statement asJesus questioned the Pharisees abouttheir understanding of who Christreally is. Tey said to Him. Te sonof David. He said to them, how then

does David in the Spirit call HimLord, saying; Te Lord said to myLord, sit at my right hand, till I makeYour enemies Your footstool. (Mat-

thew 22:42-44)Te Pharisees were right that Mes-

siah would be the son or descendantof David. Yet, their answer was in-adequate.

Quoting from Psalm 110, Jesuspointed out that David referred tothe coming Messiah as my Lord.Jesus is the Son of God. Tis meansthat He shares the very nature of Godthe Father. As Hebrews 1 says, He isthe express image of His person.(Hebrews 1:3) He is not only the de-scendant of David. He is Lord andGod.

Some day the enemies of Christ

will be at his feet. Tis is a picture ofsubjugation.

When a defeated enemy wasbrought before an ancient easternmonarch, the ruler would make theprisoner prostrate himself at his feet.Te king would place his foot on theneck of the enemy as if he were afootstool.

Te Scripture repeatedly showsthat Christ will rule and reign. He isat this point exalted to the right hand

of the Father, angels and authoritiesand powers having been made sub-ject to Him. (I Peter 3:22) Tere-fore God also has highly exaltedHim and given Him the name that isabove every name, that at the nameof Jesus every knee should bow, ofthose in heaven, and of those onearth, and of those under the earth,and that every tongue should confessthat Jesus Christ is Lord, to the gloryof God the Father. (Philippians 2:9-11)

When Christ came to earth thismarked what is called His state of

humiliation. He has now passedfrom His state of humiliation to Hisstate of glory. Te entire universe iscalled to bow to Christ as Lord andGod.

ake heed to the pointed and eventerrifying language of Psalm 2, TeLord has said to Me, You are My Son.oday I have begotten You. Ask ofMe, and I will give you the nations forYour inheritance, and the ends of theearth for your possession. You shall

break them with a rod of iron; Youshall dash them in pieces like a pot-ters vessel. Now, therefore, be wise,O kings; be instructed, you judges ofthe earth. Serve the Lord with fear,and rejoice with trembling. Kiss theSon, lest He be angry, and you perishin the way, when His wrath is kindledbut a little. Blessed are all those whoput their trust in Him. (Psalm 2:7-12)

Notice two things in the passagejust given. First, the certainty ofjudgment to come. Secondly, the of-fer of mercy Kiss the Son, put your

trust in Him.Te meek and gentle Christ calls

out to you today. Come unto Me, allyou who labor and are heavy laden,and I will give you rest. ake Myyoke upon you and learn from Me,for I am gentle and lowly in heart,and you shall find rest for your souls.(Matthew 11:28-29) Yet, those thatrefuse Him will suffer His wrath for-ever and ever.

Revelation chapter 6 gives a terrify-

ing look at the wrath of Christ. Andthe kings of the earth, the great men,the rich men, the commanders, themighty men, every slave and everyfree man, hid themselves in the cavesand in the rocks of the mountains, andsaid to the mountains and the rocks,fall on us and hide us from the face ofHim who sits on the throne and fromthe wrath of the Lamb! For the greatday of His wrath is come, and who isable to stand? (Revelation 6:15-17)

Who can stand? Only those who inhumble repentance have submitted toChrist by faith. rust Him today.

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July 24, 1880

On this day in 1880, the town ofKyle was established when David E.

Moore and Fergus Kyle (for whom thetown was named) deeded 200 acresfor a townsite to the International-

Great Northern Railroad. Kyle is on In-

terstate Highway 35 eight miles northof San Marcos and twenty miles southof Austin in northeastern Hays Coun-ty. The new town drew residents and

businesses from Mountain City, threemiles west, and Blanco, some forty

miles west. Tom Martin operatedthe first business in Kyle. The com-munitys population exceeded 500

by 1882 but later declined. Kyle was

incorporated in 1928 as a general-law city with a mayor and five council

members. In 1937 Mary Kyle Hartson,a seventy-two-year-old great-grand-mother and the daughter of Fergus

Kyle, was elected mayor by a write-in

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government. In the year 2000 Kylecontained some 200 businesses and5,314 inhabitants.

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Gonzales Police ReportGonzales Police Department Week Of July

21:07/06/2014 Reported Theft By Check At

1800 Blik St. Joseph St.07/14/2014 Reported Burglary Motor Vehi-

cle At 1500 Blk Ewing St.07/14/2014 Reported Credit Card Abuse At

100 Blk St. Joseph St.07/14/2014 Reported Criminal Mischief At

900 Blk Kleine St.07/14/2014 Reported Forgery Passing Of

Counterfeit $20.00 Bill At 3300 Blk Sarah De-witt Dr.

07/15/2014 Reported Theft At 1100 Blk Sar-ah Dewitt Dr.

07/15/2014 Reported Hit And Run AccidentAt 1800 Blk Church St.

07/16/2014 Erik Neil Gonzales 24 Of Gonza-les Arrested And Charged With Assault At 600Blk St. Francis St.

07/16/2014 Reported Hit And Run AccidentAt 1600 Blk Sarah Dewitt Dr.

07/16/2014 Reported Theft At 600 BlkChurch St.

07/17/2014 Reported Assault At 2100 Blk St.Andrew St.

07/18/2014 Reported Forgery At 800 BlkQualls St.

07/18/2014 Reported Terroristic Threat At400 Blk Village Dr.

07/18/2014 Reported Marcus Brian Mcqueen23 Of Wortham Tx Arrested And Charged WithPublic Intoxication At 100 Blk St. Joseph St.

07/20/2014 Erica Renee Gonzales 28 Of Gon-zales Arrested And Charged With Public In-toxication At 183 Bridge.

07/20/2014 Reported Criminal Mischief At800 Blk St. Vincent St.

07/20/2014 Reported Hit And Run AccidentAt 300 Blk 90-A.

Gonzales County Sheriffs Office report forJuly 13-19:

07/15/14Moreno, Carlos Orlando, 09/1990, Gonza-

les. Local Warrant Burglary of Habitation w/Intent other Felony. Requires $25,000 Bond.Remains in Custody.

07/16/14Alexander, Roderick Lee, 05/1989, Waelder.

Burglary of Habitation. Released on $20,000Bond.

07/18/14Patek, Ross Clayton, 09/1985, Hallettsville.

Commitment/Sentence. Driving while In-toxicated w/Child under 15 YOA. Released Weekender/Work Release.

Ross, Christopher Paul, 12/1992, Shiner.Commitment/Sentence Aggravated Assaultcauses Serious Bodily Injury. Released Week-ender/Work Release.

Schmidt, Malcom Clay, 06/1964, Austin.Commitment/Sentence Theft of Property>$500

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Market ReportTe Gonzales Livestock Market Report for

Saturday, July 19, 2014 had on hand: 925 cattle.Compared to our last sale: Calves and year-

lings sold to $2.00-$3.00 higher. Packer cowssold steady to $1.00-$2.00 higher.

Stocker-feeder steers: Medium and largeframe No. 1: 150-300 lbs., $310-$340; 300-400lbs, $275-$315; 400-500 lbs, $250-$290; 500-600 lbs, $215-$240; 600-700 lbs., $205-$210;700-800 lbs, $190-$200.

Bull yearlings: 700-900 lbs, $145-$185.Stocker-feeder heifers: Medium and large

frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs, $255-$325; 300-400lbs, $230-$245; 400-500 lbs, $210-$225; 500-600 lbs., $185-$200; 600-700 lbs., $175-$185.

Packers cows: Good lean utility and com-mercial, $94-$100; Cutters, $109-$126; Can-ners, $75-$89; Low yielding fat cows, $93-$108.

Packer bulls: Yield grade 1 & 2, good heavybulls; $120-$150; light weights and mediumquality bulls, $105-$110.

Stocker Cows: $950-$1,800.Pairs: $1,250-$2,200.Tank you for your business!!View our sale live at cattleusa.com!

Nixon Livestock

Commission ReportTe Nixon Livestock Commission Inc. Re-

port had on hand, July 21, 2014, Volume, 804,94 cows, 12 bulls.

Steers: 200-300 lbs, $269 to $279 to $305;300-400 lbs., $257 to $267 to $310; 400-500 lbs,$239 to $249 to $290; 500-600 lbs, $211 to $221to $250; 600-700 lbs, $201 to $211 to $226; 700-800 lbs, $182 to $192 to $216.

Heifers: 200-300 lbs, $250 to $260 to $285;300-400 lbs, $243 to $253 to $380; 400-500 lbs,$219 to $229 to $295; 500-600 lbs, $206 to $216

to $295; 600-700 lbs, $189 to $199 to $218; 700-800 lbs, $169 to $179 to $197.

Slaughter cows: $85 to $123; Slaughter bulls:$105 to $145; Stocker cows: $950 to $1,750.Pairs: $1,100 to $2,575.

Cuero Livestock

Market ReportCuero Livestock Market Report on July 18,

2014, had 1,183 head.Had 109 cows and 21 bulls. Te packer mar-

ket was consistent with last weeks huge risein prices. Tese levels are almost unbelievablebut limited supplies and a huge demand theyshould continue.

Te calf market was essential quite a bit

stronger than last week. Some of the biggersteers were $5-6/cwt h igher while the heifer re-placement market continues to dominate. Eventhe bottom side of the calf market is $1-2/cwthigher. Overall a good solid day. Te averageweight of calves has been getting higher eachweek resulting in higher values per head.

Packer Bulls: Hvy. Wts., $120-$153; lowergrades, $90-$130.

Packer cows: breakers, $78-$90 boning, $79-$90; canners & cutters, $92-$127; light & weak,$40-$65.

Palpated: 14 head bred, $per cwt, $128-$154.Pairs: None.Steer calves: under 200 lbs, None; 200-250

lbs, None; 250-300 lbs, None; 300-350 lbs,$228-$298; 350-400 lbs, $268-$297; 400-450lbs, $237-$282; 450-500 lbs, $239-$266; 500-550 lbs, $196-$242; 550-600 lbs, $206-$229;600-700 lbs, $204-$219; 700-800 lbs, $192-$208.

Bull Calves: under 250 lbs, $322-$350; 250-300 lbs, $303-$320; 300-350 lbs, $246-$316;

350-400 lbs, $260-$292; 400-450 lbs, $255-$292; 450-500 lbs, $246-$268; 500-550 lbs,$229-$254; 550-600 lbs, $212-$224; 600-700

lbs, $198-$216.Over 700 lbs. bulls, $185-$200.Heifer Calves: under 200 lbs., $306-$312;

200-250 lbs, $302-$308; 250-300 lbs, $264-$298; 300-350 lbs, $214-$280; 350-400 lbs,$250-$294; 400-450 lbs, $230-$282; 450-500lbs, $229-$270; 500-550 lbs, $217-$266; 550-600 lbs, $209-$222; 600-700 lbs., $199-$218;over 700 lbs, $172-$188.

Hallettsville Livestock

Commission ReportTe Hallettsville Livestock Commission Co.,

Inc. had on hand on July 15, 2014, 1,434, weekago, 1,361 year ago, 2,187.

Te market this week was lower. Basically

wiping out last weeks gains. Demand was verygood and prices are still very good in all areas.Biggest culprit was an $8 drop in the feeder fu-tures.

Packer cows and bulls sold $2 to $3 higheron approx.. 165 hd. total

Packer Cows: higher dressing utility &cutter cows, $107-$129; lower dressing utility& cutter cows, $87-$107; light weight cannercows, $74-$87.

Packer Bulls: heavyweight bulls, $128-$142;utility & cutter bulls, $117-$128; lightweightcanner bulls, $105-$117.

Stocker and Feeder Calves and Yearlings:Steer & Bull Calves: under 200; $315-$370;200-300 lbs, $290-$345; 300-400 lbs, $280-$315; 400-500 lbs, $226-$295.50; 500-600 lbs,$198-$257.50; 600-700 lbs, $195-$227.50; 700-800 lbs, $185-$210. Heifer Calves: under 200lbs, $285-$345; 200-300 lbs, $272-$315; 300-400 lbs, $238-$305; 400-500 lbs, $218-$268;500-600 lbs, $1945-$230; 600-700 lbs, $182-$208; 700-800 lbs, $170-$197.

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

Te annual FamilyFeudgame benefiting theGonzales Learning and Ca-reer Center is scheduled for8:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 9at First Lutheran Church inGonzales.

Competition begins assoon as team registration iscomplete.

eams consist of six

people (five plays and onealternate) and will competeagainst others from Gonza-

les County for the FamilyFeud title. Te registrationfee of $200 will help theGCLC continue to educateadults in the communityand prepare them for ca-reers. Te field is limited to12 teams.

For more informationor to sign up for the Fam-ily Feud, contact GCLC by

calling 830-719-4522 or e-mail [email protected].

"It should be a great yearfor gardening this year," saidGonzales Master GardenerPresident Gail Johnson."Te weather predictions arefor better rainfall and coolertemperatures which we havealready seen this summer. Itwill be a great year to plan,plant, renew, and revitalizeour gardens and the exasMaster Gardener class is thebest way I know to get aheadof it."

Te Gonzales MasterGardeners will offer theirextensive exas Master Gar-dener training class againthis year. Classes start Sep-

tember 9th and concludeMay 19th of 2015. Classesare held at 623 Fair Street inGonzales on uesday morn-ings from 8:30 am to 12:30pm approximately everytwo weeks. Te spacing be-tween classes varies slightlyto accommodate holidays,Christmas break and springbreak.

"Our program is designedto teach a broad fundamen-tal background in horticul-ture," said David DeMent,past president and ClassCoordinator. "We give ourstudents a solid scientificfoundation as well as a lot of

practical and applied train-ing. Our classes include notonly botany and soil sciencebut how to start and growseeds and cuttings, preparesoil mixtures and install andmaintain irrigation in themost water efficient manner.We are particularly proud ofthe excellent speakers we areable to offer our classes. Ev-ery year, our students tell usthat the class was so muchmore than they expected."

Te exas Master Gar-dener program is a programof exas A&M AgriLife Ex-tension designed to teach

and promote good garden-ing practices. Te Gon-zales association conductsthe training classes underthe supervision of CountyExtension Agent DwightSexton. Students who com-plete the program volunteerin the community for a totalof 50 hours their first yearto earn their certificationas a exas Master Gardener."Honestly," said Fran Saliger,Vice President and volun-teer coordinator for theGonzales Master Gardeners,"I think our students learnas much from their volun-teer activities as they do

from the classes. When youwork alongside other Mas-ter Gardeners, you pick upa lot from what they showand teach. Our volunteerprojects are directed towardteaching in the communitywhich is Extension's mis-sion. "

Enrollment deadline isAugust 27, 2014 at 5 pm.Applications are available atthe Gonzales Extension Of-fice at 1709 E Sara DeWitt,at the Extension website atwww.gonzales.agrilife.organd at the Gonzales MasterGardner website at www.gonzalesmastergardeners.

org. Te cost of the class is$165 which covers the costof the textbook, the staterequired background checkand a soils test along withall fees associated with classactivities. For more infor-mation, call the GonzalesExtension office at (830)672-8531 or Gail Johnson at(830) 491-1996. Te Gon-zales Master Gardeners is anall-volunteer organizationand a 501 (c) (3) dedicatedto advancing the missionof horticultural educationunder the direction of exasA&M AgriLife Extension.

Small business leaders in the Cross-roads can receive two hours of busi-ness law training during a workshopon July 24 at the University of Hous-ton-Victoria Small Business Develop-ment Center.

Business Law Basics will takeplace from 1 to 3 p.m. at the SBDCoffice, 3402 N. Ben Wilson St. Teworkshop is free and open to areabusiness owners, managers, staff andboard members.

Hal Brown, executive vice presidentof SCORE, will lead the workshop. Aresource partner with the U.S. SmallBusiness Administration, SCORE isa nonprofit association dedicated tohelping small businesses get off theground.

Brown is the co-founder, executivedirector and chief financial officer ofUniversal Nursing Services, a San An-

tonio home health care company. Tecompany employs about 50 healthcare professionals and provides homehealth services to approximately 350clients annually.

As a successful small businessowner and in his role as a businessmentor, Mr. Brown has gained agreat deal of knowledge and insightinto business law, SBDC DirectorJoe Humphreys said. Tis will be aworthwhile workshop that will ad-dress some of the most frequent con-cerns and questions of small businessowners.

opics covered during the work-shop will include intellectual proper-ty, employee issues and real estate is-sues. Brown also will discuss differenttypes of legal entities for businesses,such as corporations, partnershipsand limited liability companies.

Business law can sometimes be afrustrating hurdle for small businessowners who dont have legal train-ing or background, said Farhang Ni-roomand, dean of the UHV School ofBusiness Administration. Tis work-shop will cover a lot of ground, fromestate planning and asset accumula-tion to contracts and leases.

Te workshop was arranged byAnnie Hudspeth, a lender relationsspecialist with the San Antonio SmallBusiness Administration District Of-fice and a frequent presenter at SBDCworkshops.

Te UHV SBDC offers assistanceon starting, growing and financinga business; contracting opportuni-ties; and recovering from disaster.Most of its services are free to areasmall business owners in Aransas,Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Gonzales, Go-

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