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HALLESVILLE AHallettsville teenager waskilled uesday aernoonwhen she was ejected roma pickup that rolled and

burst into flames on a road

outside Hallettsville.rooper Gerald Bryant,

spokesman or the Depart-ment o Public Saety, saidKayleigh Foster, 16, was oneo five Hallettsville youthsriding in a 2008 Chevroletpickup about 5 p.m. whenthe driver lost control o the

vehicle.Te DPS report indicated

the driver, Matthew Jalufa,17, veered the vehicle sev-eral times beore it rolled,

Te first phase o the new 1835 Vil-lage subdivision in Gonzales is openor business and history may play arole in naming the streets.

Developer Richard Kunz led cityand Chamber o Commerce officialson a short walking tour o the site on

uesday as he celebrated the culmina-tion o 18 months worth o work toget the site ready or building.

We started talking about thisabout a year and a hal ago, andbought the property last August,said Kunz, whos based in Austin. Six

months later and the roads are pavedand ready to sell.

Kunz, a Swiss native, initially ex-plained to the visitors he planned toname streets in the subdivision aeramed Swiss locations, such as Mat-terhorn but Gonzales City Man-ager and Mayor Bobby Logan were

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SMILEY Fresh offSpring Break, Nixon-Smileyschool trustees on Mondayopted to change the dateso next years Spring Breakto avoid a conflict with thelocal livestock show and co-ordinate with other nearbydistricts.

Superintendent Dr.Cathy Booth told trusteesthe 2014-15 school calen-dar approved by the boardrecently would put SpringBreak in conflict with theNixon-Smiley LivestockShow. Te livestock showtraditionally begins the first

day o Spring Break, but shesaid shed been told by or-ganizers that i the district

kept its calendar the showwould wind up being heldat the end o the off period.

rustees approved thechange to return SpringBreak to the third week oMarch.

Te school board also gota first look at new band uni-orms or the high school.Directors Kevin Luedeckeand Rachel Frederiksentold the board the new uni-orms, which can includeboth warm-weather andtemperate-weather ver-sions, are a step up rom thebands current attire and are

more in ashion with cur-rent trends.

Band member Amy Woods (right) models Nixon-Smileys new band uniforms as

directors Rachel Frederiksen and Kevin Kuedecke point out its features during

Mondays Nixon-Smiley CISD Board of Trustees meeting. (Photo by Dave Mundy)

Recording artist Krista Branch, a former American Idol contestant whose

recording of We Americanshas become known as the Tea Party Anthem, belts

out the song during Saturdays Patriots Rally 4 Freedom in Martindale. See story,

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Mayor Bobby Logan cuts the ribbon for developer Richard Kunz (tan jacket) as he and local city and Chamber

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LULING Luling CityCouncil named RC En-

gineering as the engi-neers o record or theBank Reclamation FEMAproject during its March13 meeting.

City Manager MarkMayo said proposals werereceived by RC Engi-

neering and BEFCO En-gineering or the ZedlerMill Bank ReclamationFEMA project. Mayorecommended choosingRC as they have beenworking on the project

and already amiliar withit. he board awardedengineering services toRC Engineering spe-ciically or the FEMABank Reclamation proj-ect based on Mayos rec-ommendation and theircurrent involvement inthe work.

In his monthly PoliceActivity Report, ChieSala said Sergeant Mar-tinez resigned eectivelast Friday. He also saidthe new police vehicle,replacing the one to-taled during last months

storm, will go into ser-vice toni ght, and the las to the video equipment isinstalled.

Councilman Wells o-ered his appreciationo the two new animalcontrol oicers, and saidthey were doing an ex-cellent job. Chie Salaagreed.

he board approvedor adopted the ollowingagenda items: the bud-get or the ensuing iscalyear beginning April 1,2014, and the resolutionregarding a proposed

Property ax AbatementAgreement or the abate-ment o taxes or the newLa Quinta Hotel.

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OBITUARIES

Gregory George

Borowitz, Sr., 1940-2014

BOROWITZGregory George Borow-

itz, Sr., o Gonzales passedaway Monday, March 10,2014. He was born Feb-ruary 1, 1940 in East St.Louis, Illinois, the son o

Marion A. and Victoria Re-gina Rouch Borowitz.

He was the owner oSouthern Illinois InsuranceAgency in Marion, Illinoisor many years. He servedin the United States Navy,in Vietnam. He enjoyedhunting and fishing, andloved antiques and collect-ables. He was the co-ownero J and G Antiques in Gon-zales. He was a member othe Knights o Columbusand was a member o theSt. James Catholic Church.

He is survived by his wieJanet Borowitz o Carbon-dale, IL; daughters: DianaLynn Hubbard o Carbon-dale, IL and Michelle Dentand husband Shane o Yoe,

PA; son Gregory GeorgeBorowitz, Jr., and wie Re-becca o Carbondale, IL;grandchildren Christopherand Jessy Hubbard, andHannah and Berget Borow-itz; brothers Phil Borow-itz and his wie JoAnn oGonzales, and ed Borow-itz and his wie Judy oOnalaska, X.

Memorial Mass was cel-ebrated 10 a.m. Friday,March 14, 2014 at St. JamesCatholic Church with Rev-erend Paul Raaz officiating.Arrangements under thecare and direction o Sey-dler-Hill Funeral Home,906 St. Paul, Gonzales, X830-672-3232.

Louise Adell Howard,

1925-2014

HOWARDLouise Adell Howard,

88, o Weimar, passed awayWednesday, March 12,2014. Louise was born Au-gust 23, 1925 in Gonzalesto Homa Kelso and JewelBotts Kelso. She marriedJack W. Howard on July 2,1946 in Gonzales. She wasa member o the WeimarUnited Church o Christ.

She and her husband hadowned and operated theManhattan Ca in Gonza-les.

Louise was a spiritedyoung woman; she was acheerleader and had evenclimbed the water tower,

just because it was there.During World War II, Lou-ise worked as a welder andas a beautiul young wom-an was asked to model instyle shows at an officers

club. She loved dancingand was very artistic. Shepainted and crocheted andhad made some magnifi-cent aghans.

Louise made riendseasily and kept them asriends. She had a joy orliving that attracted manypeople to her and they

certainly appreciated herloving and orgiving spirit.Louise lived her aith, sheread the bible every dayand when she finished, shewould start all over again.She enjoyed lies modestpleasures, working cross-word puzzles, visiting withriends, and shopping.However she put tremen-dous value on the simplethings her in lie and trea-sured the love o amily.

Louise Adell Howardis survived by her daugh-ters, Patty Lyn Korthauero Brenham, Karen Louise

Husmann and her husbandDavid o Weimar, son, JackWesley Howard, Jr. and hiswie Randi o Pasadena,sisters, Jerry Green and herhusband Jimmy o Hous-ton, Sandra Peters and herhusband Ward o Florida,brother, Frank Kelso andhis wie Sue o CorpusChristi, grandchildren, An-gie Husmann Ebrey, Kris-tin Husmann Fisher, Bon-nie Husmann Seydler, Josh

Howard, Keith Korthauer,and Jason Korthauer, great-grandchildren, MadelineEbrey, Lily Ebrey, HallieEbrey, Carley Fisher, Zach-ary Fisher, Elise Fisher,Baby Fisher, Seth Seydler,Korrigan Korthauer, andKeaton Korthauer, and herspecial riend, Sam. She

was preceded in death byher husband, parents, son,Bill Howard and son-in-law, Kenneth Korthauer.

Funeral services wereheld at 3 p.m. Saturday,March 15, 2014 in theWeimar, United Church oChrist with Rev. Jerry Car-penter officiating. Inter-ment ollowed in HermannSons Cemetery in Gon-zales. Pallbearers were:David Husmann, KeithKorthauer, Alex Seydler,Redd Seydler, BrandonFisher, and James Ebrey.

Memorials may be made

to the Weimar UnitedChurch o Christ, 403 W.Main Street, Weimar, X78962 or charity o oneschoice. Te amily receivedriends rom 2 to 3 p.m. Sat-urday in the United Churcho Christ prior to the ser-

vices. Arrangements areunder the care and direc-tion o Seydler-Hill FuneralHome in Gonzales.

L.A. Lindemann,

1952-2014

LINDEMANN

L. A. Lindemann, Jr. diedpeaceully in his home justbeore sunrise on Wednes-day morning, March 12,2014 at the age o 61. Hewas surrounded by amilyas he entered the Kingdomo Heaven. L A was a lov-ing ather and a devotedriend and husband. Hewas born in Gonzales, Xat Crews Hospital to Lelandand Bernice Lindemann onDecember 27, 1952. L.A.married Janet Marie Hersc-hap on August 16, 1986 inMonthalia. He was a mem-ber o the Monthalia Meth-

odist Church.L.A. graduated rom

Gonzales High School andattended SI in Wacowhere he graduated as ameat inspector in 1972.However, L.A.s passion wasdriving trucks. He went towork or Lindemann Fertil-izer where he drove or thenext 41 years.

L.A. was an avid armerand rancher. He loved theoutdoors and tending tohis small herd o cattle. OnSaturdays one could alwaysfind him with his group oriends at the auction. HisSunday afernoons werespent going to the schoolo higher learning at Hap-py Schieberles.

L.A. set a good exam-

ple or his our childrenthrough his strong workethic and Christian val-ues. When the childrenwere growing up, he wouldspend countless hourstending to their 4H projectsso that they would havemoney put aside or collegewhen the time came. Hecontinued that same tradi-tion or his grand children.

L A is preceded in deathby his parents, Leland Lin-demann and Bernice Gan-dre Lindemann o Cost. Heis survived by his wie o27 years, Janet Lindemann;

oldest sister, Ina Gay Orumand husband Oscar o Aus-

tin; middle sister, Janet Ma-rie Clark and husband Johno Austin; daughters; ReneeLindemann rom Gon-zales, Wendy LindemannORear and husband Mikeo Frisco and Krystal Kel-ley o Gonzales, son, BrianKelley and wie Leslie oGonzales, grandchildrenaegan, revor, and ae-lynn Twing o Gonzales,Kaylie and Graham Kelley,as well as many grand dogs.L A will be terribly missedby those who knew him.

Visitation was held atSeydler-Hill Funeral HomeSaturday, March 15, rom 5p.m.-7 p.m. with servicesand burial at Monthalia

United Methodist Churchon Sunday at 2 p.m. withPastor Paul Smith officiat-ing. Pallbearers were: Al-len Wilke, George Fink,Kenneth Fink, om Linde-mann, Mark Lindemann,and Don Wendell. Hon-orary Pallbearers: RobertButch Gandre, Jr., HarryHappy Scheiberle, NoelBuster Lindemann andClarence Bahlmann. Me-morials may be made tothe Monthalia MethodistChurch or the MonthaliaMethodist Cemetery Assn.Services are under the care

and direction o Seydler-Hill Funeral Home.

Martha Belle Eckols

Moochie Turk,

1930-2014

TURKOn February 3, 1930

an angel was born to Mr.and Mrs. C. A. Eckols. Hername was Martha BelleMoochie Eckols. Mooch-ie was an active child rid-ing horses and playing ball.During high school she was

involved in cheerleadingand barrel racing in localrodeos. She enjoyed playingsofball with some local la-dies. Afer high school shemarried her high schoolsweetheart Milton JamesBubba urk, Jr. Tey wereonly married a short fiveyears when he was killed inan automobile accident.

Moochie poured hersel

into many activities. Shetaught dance, she goled,and she became a very as-tute businesswoman. Mosto all she loved spendingtime with her riends andcherished each o themdearly. Moochie lovedworking with children. othis end she became an aidein the library at Gonzales Jr.High, she went to the citycounsel to initiate the Gon-zales Summer Youth Pro-gram and made it her goalto give out as many hugs asshe could everyday.

She continued this min-istry as a aithul volun-teer at the Gonzales YouthCenter or many years andin 1991 was honored bythe Gonzales Chamber oCommerce with the pres-tigious David B. Walshak,Lietime AchievementAward or all the hard workand dedication to the chil-dren o Gonzales County.

Moochie was a aithulparishioner o the Episco-pal Church o the Messiahwhere she attended regu-larly, while she was able,and served as OutreachChairman and served onthe vestry. Moochie wasan amazing prayer warriorand kept a long list o indi-

viduals lifed up in prayerat all times.

On Tursday, March 13,2014 Jesus called his an-gel Moochie home. She ispreceded in death by herbeloved mother, and atherLucile and Doc Eckols, andher husband Milton JamesBubba urk and brotherin law Sonny Staton. Sheis survived by her sisterPeggy Staton, her nephewommy Staton and hiswie Denise, niece Mar-tha Lee, and her husbandMJ Alexander, Jr., greatnieces and nephews BuddyMaennena (Cassye), BuckyMaennena (Cassady), ZebMaennena (Jenna), andKristin Ancilloti (Patrick),Samantha Maennena, Kait-lynn Maennena, and ChrisMaennena, 5 great-niecesand nephews and her be-loved riends Pat Anders-Ryan, .J. Scheske.

A memorial service washeld uesday, March 18, at11:00am in the Episcopal

Church o the Messiah inGonzales with Fr. RandyMelton officiating. In lieu ousual floral remembrances,the amily suggests riendsoffer memorial gifs inmemory o Moochie urkto the Gonzales Youth Cen-ter, P.O. Box 13, Gonzales,X. 78629. Services wereunder the assistance o Sey-dler-Hill Funeral Home.

Norma Jean Elder,

1933-2014

ELDER

Norma Jean Elder, 80,o Kingsbury, passed awaySaturday, March 8, 2014.She was born July 1, 1933 inLeesville, exas, the daugh-

ter o George Allen andMaggie Belle ownsendMcCray. She married Jo-seph Edmond Elder, Jr.

She was a homemakerwho loved working cross-word puzzles, playing cardsespecially Uno and watch-ing Her eam the DallasCowboys. She was a ormermember o CornerstoneChurch in Springtown,exas, and was a membero the Full Gospel Churchin Leesville.

She is survived by hersister Doris Hartwick andhusband Adolph o Kings-

bury; brothers Johnny Ran-dall McCray and wie Car-lita o Missouri and MarvinWillis McCray and wieLinda o Wyoming. Also

surviving are numerousnieces and nephews.

She was preceded indeath by her parents,husband, sisters GeorgiaWynona Kniteg and Perna-cy Ann Haley, brothers Ste-

ven Lynn McCray Sr. andSamuel Jefferson McCray.

Visitation was Tursday,March 13 rom 12 noonuntil 2 p.m., with uneralservices ollowing at 2 p.m.at Seydler-Hill FuneralHome. Interment was at1 p.m. Friday, March 14 atthe Hilltop Memorial ParkCemetery in Carrollton,

exas. Arrangements wereunder the care and direc-tion o Seydler-Hill FuneralHome, 906 St. Paul St.,Gonzales, 830-672-3232.

Archie B Singleton,

1926-2014

SINGLETONArchie B Singleton, 87,

o Harwood, passed awayuesday, March 11, 2014.Archie was born September17, 1926 in OBrien, exasto Robert Levi Singletonand Elander Malinda An-derson Singleton.

Archie was inducted intothe U.S. Army at the ageo 18 and was stationed inthe Philippines as an act-ing sergeant near the con-clusion o WWII. He washonorably discharged rom

the Army and returnedhome where he worked asa driller.

He married Billie JoBeauchamp on February20, 1950 in Odessa, exas.Eventually Archie oundhis calling as a carpenterand general contractor. Heloved fishing, telling storieswith exacting details andtending to his ranching andarming duties. Archie wasa very intelligent man, hekept himsel well versed incurrent world affairs andalways maintained a pleas-ant sense o humor. Ar-chie was firm raising hischildren, but never heavyhanded. He instilled asense o pride and respectin his amily and ostered alasting impression with hisrepetitive guidance o al-ways be good.

Archie B Singleton issurvived by his daughter,Linda Lee Singleton o

Bryan, sons and daughters-in-law, Jimmy W. and Ce-cilia Singleton o Waelder,Mickey W. and Rene Sin-gleton o Harwood, grand-

children, Cassie Singleton,Matt Singleton, AllisonGonzales, Zachary Single-ton, and Gretchen Single-ton, great-grandchildren,yrann Gonzales, CynthiaGonzales, Gavin Singleton,Lucas Singleton, and XavierGonzales. He was precededin death by his wie, parentsand sister, Vida Martin.

Funeral services wereheld 10 a.m. Saturday,March 15, 2014 in Har-wood Baptist Church withRev. odd Craven officiat-ing. Interment ollowed inHarwood Cemetery. Pall-bearers: Zachary Singleton,Jeffrey Gonzales, Matt Sin-gleton, John Lucas, Lanceatche, and Gary Martin.Memorials may be made tothe American Cancer Soci-ety or Harwood CemeteryAssociation. Te amilyreceived riends rom 6 to8 p.m. Friday at the uneralhome. Services were un-

der the care and directiono Seydler-Hill FuneralHome.

Woodrow Henry Staton,

1955-2014

STATONWoodrow Henry Staton

was born July, 27, 1955 anddied March 14, 2014.

Survived by wie ammy,sons Sam & wie Chelsea,Josh & wie Karen, Matt &girlriend Karlie, daughterKellie Kucera & husbandD.J., granddaughters Kaley,Cheyenne, Savanna, May-

sen, Chesnee, and Presley,stepmother, Frances Staton,and brothers; im & MistyStaton, Joe & Cindy Sta-ton, Mike Staton, Harry &Lauren Staton, sisters; RitaIrene & Lynn Luedecke,

Rose & Bo Jensen, Margie& Jim Cooley, Judy & ErvinKruse, Carol & Craig Payneand Beth & J.D. Tayne,and numerous nieces andnephews. Preceded indeath by his parents Stan-ord & Viola Staton and sis-ter Ruby Anne.

Services were held ues-day, March 18, 2014 at St.

Wenceslaus Mission inBeasley, X at 10:00 a.m.Visitation was held Mon-day March 17, 2014.

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Keeping Texas 38 red:Rally fires up Texas Tea Party crowd

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CUERO Tere will be a amily-stylefish ry undraiser or Republican District34 Congressional candidate Larry Smithrom 3-6 p.m. Sunday, April 6 at the Amer-ican Legion Hall in Cuero.

Fried Catfish, Sides, desserts and teaplates will be available at 2 or $25 or $15per ticket. A silent auction is also planned;

items are needed.Guest speakers will include District 34Congressional candidate Larry Smith, De-

Witt County Judge Darryl Fowler, DeWittCounty Sheriff Jode Zavesky and StateBoard o Education District 3 candidateDave Mundy.

I you would like to volunteer to helpwith this event and Larrys campaign, con-tact Paul Guidry, 713-201-9630, e-mail

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Guadalupe Co. candidate voteshimself out of the race for postBy FELICIA FRAZAR

of the Seguin Gazette

Special to The Cannon

SEGUIN Te Democratic nomineeor Guadalupe County Justice o the PeacePrecinct 2 voted his way out o the generalelection.

It was discovered that on March 4 Man-uel Cevallos went to the polls and voted inthe Republican primary, making his candi-dacy as a D emocratic contender void, saidDuane McCune, Chairman o the Guadal-upe County Democratic Party.

I called Manuel and he admitted that hevoted, he said. He is ineligible.

Te county Democratic chairman wasnotified by Guadalupe County ElectionsAdministrator Sue Basham o the ballotcast by Cevallos afer canvassing and cer-tiying the election results.

She told me that Manuel voted in theRepublican primary. He cant do that be-cause it is a violation o election law. And Icant certiy him as a Democratic nomineebecause o it, McCune said. She sent methe sheets that showed that he signed it.

Afer hearing the news, McCune con-tacted the state Democratic Party whichconfirmed what Basham had told him.

I called the DP (exas DemocraticParty) and asked the staff attorney and he

gave the exact code section, 162.015 o theexas State Election Code, that prohibits

just that, McCune said.It will be up to the Guadalupe County

Democratic Chairs executive committeeto name another candidate or the generalelection, McCune said.

On June 16, when my executive com-mittee will come to office, they will nomi-nate somebody to replace Manuel on theballot, he said. We will have a nominee,although I dont know who that will be. Wethought he had a good chance to beat theincumbent, now Im not so sure we can.We Democrats o Guadalupe County areseverely disappointed in his decision to

vote in the Republican primary.Incumbent Justice o the Peace Sheryl

Sachtleben was shocked to hear o the in-cident.

While Im certainly surprised by thisrecent development, Ive always affirmedthat I have great aith in the democraticprocess, she said. We are so ortunateto have a transparent system, where votescount, and concerned citizens can be in-

volved all the way up to the point o run-ning or office. I was looking orward to theelection against Manuel in November, andalthough I am unclear o the options avail-able to the Democratic Party, I will con-tinue to campaign and let the people o Pct2 know about the great work happening inour Justice o the Peace office.

Cevallos didnt return a call or com-ment.

MARINDALE Along lineup o conserva-tive activists kept a crowdo several hundred fired upin spite o gloomy weathermuch o the day Staurdayat the first-ever PatriotsRally or Freedom event

held at a ranch resort inCaldwell County near SanMarcos.

We came because wewant to help keep exasred, said Wayne Dupree,known to alternative me-dia ollowers as Newsnin-

ja2012. We want to sup-port you good people. Youare not alone and we are allthe same, Americans. Its

just sad that some dont re-alize that yet. We all bleedred, white and blue.

Several o the spealers

emphasized the theme oexas 38 in reerence toexas 38 electroal votesand how important theywill be to maintaining rep-resentative government in2016.

exas you are the ront-line. You are exas 38, Du-pree said. I love exas be-

cause you are a proud state.Your sense o Americana isstrong.

Here in 2014, we as anation are being rustratedto the maximum with jobloss, culture change, gov-ernment intrusion, attackon religion and schools andlawless government offi-cials. We also have a main-stream media showing itstake being Kool-Aid cupbearers or an agenda tear-ing our country apart.

Education activist AliceLinahan, who heads up theCan I See? organization de-

voted to making curricu-lum transparent, told thecrowd that parents who aretaking charge where legis-lators ear to tread.

We are not dependingon elected officials to fixthe issue o the CommonCore philosophy o educa-tion pouring into all o ourschools- private, public orcharter we are calling onall parents, grandparents,aunts, uncles and tax pay-ers to go into the schoolsand ask three questions.CanISee what you areteaching my child? CanI-

See how you are teachingmy child? CanISee who isbenefiting financially romthe curriculum my childsteacher is being evaluatedunder?

Linahan has earned no-

toriety afer State Board oEducation member Tom-as Ratliff, a liberal Repub-lican, filed ethics chargesagainst her claiming sheshould have to file as a lob-byist.

Te exas Ethics Com-mission dismissed thecharges, Linahan said, be-cause I dont get paid orthis. She said Ratliff, how-ever, is a paid lobbyist orMicrosof and thus ineli-gible to serve on the SBOE.

Speakers also invludedDwayne Stovall, who ranthird in the recent GOP

primary or U.S. Senate;ea Party Community co-ounder Ken Crow; DerrickWilburn o American Con-servatives o Color; AndyMangione, VP o the Asso-ciation o Mature AmericanCitizens (AMAC); Kristin

Held, M.D., co-ounder oAmericanDoctors4ruth.com; Sharia law-trainedlawyer and author o NewJihadists & Islam, DanielAkbari; Jason Ravnsborg,Republican Primary can-didate or the U.S. Senaterom South Dakota; MariaEspinoza, RemembranceProject co-ounder; Southexas Alliance or Progress,president, George Rodri-guez; Selling U.S. Out au-thor J.R. Martin; two o Du-prees co-hosts, Stacy Rushand Alyssa Krumm; JosephMiller, Dallas Regional Co-

ordinator, Heritage Actionor America; Mike Hasson,exas Director, Americansor Prosperity; blogger, JeffRakestray; and Curse theMoon Cold War Risingauthor Lee Jackson.

By DAVE MUNDY

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Gloomy morning weather failed to deter a crowd of Tea Party conservatives Saturday who turned out in force to hear speakers such as George Rodriguez, whose

weekly columns runs on The Cannons editorial page.

Parental education rights activist Alice Linahan

urged attendees to demand to see the curriculum

used by their local school districts. Popular internet radio host Wayne Dupree,

Newsninja2012, and two of his co-hosts spoke to

keep Texas red.

Maria Espinoza of the Remembrance Project displayed several quilts enscribed

with the names and photos of American citizens kileld by illegal aliens.

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With ax Day, April 15, quickly approachinggrass roots conservatives have a lot o issues to

celebrate. exas ea Party Patriots is encourag-ing these patriots, particularly in south exas,to organize rallies, protests, celebrations, and ingeneral to make lots noise this year.

First, o course, is the issue o ObamaCarewhich was classified as a tax by the SupremeCourt. ObamaCare is the biggest ederal andsocialist attack on the Constitution, ree en-terprise, and personal reedom ever in U.S.history. Grassroots conservatives everywhereshould denounce it AND tie it to the state andlocal Democrats who are in office or runningor election. oo ofen we ocus on national, butwe must turn our attention to the local officialswho support the national liberal agenda.

Secondly, our message should ocus on cel-ebrating and supporting the American Dream.For example:

1.) Celebrate our personal reedoms and ourrights;

2.) Show your support or the economicreedom to grow jobs and create opportuni-ties. Tis is especially important in south exas,where Eagle Ford Shale is creating a new pros-perity, but where radical environmentalistsand Obamas EPA are doing their best to shutit down.

3.) Demand a debt ree uture or yourseland the generations to come! Research your lo-

cal debt which includes the municipal, county,school district, and hospital district debts andadd them together to the state and national debtto give people an idea o what the uture holdsor their children and grandchildren. Tis mes-sage is important to students and young people.

Please consider planning an event in your lo-cal community regardless o size. ea Party pa-triots should remind exans on April 15 whathas happened to our American Dream, andwhat is happening to our childrens AmericanDream.

On a secondary and different topic, shameon Democrat U.S. Congressman Joaquin Cas-tro o San Antonio.

Castro recently publicly stated he wouldboycott a Buc-ees convenience store north oSan Antonio because the owner is supportingState Sen. Dan Patrick or Lieutenant Governor.Castros reasoning is based on Patricks stronganti-illegal immigration stand.

Its sad when an elected official publicly boy-cotts a small business because it disagrees withhis personal political views. Imagine i all elect-

ed officials behaved in this childish manner andthreaten anyone who disagrees with them.Oh I orgetObama and his IRS do that.However, Congressman Castro seems to not

care about traditional American values. In No-vember, he appeared at a public party with hispregnant girlriend (now his wie). Tat was sadmoral example or young people. Neither Con-gressman Castro, nor his twin brother, MayorJulian Castro, blinked an eye.

Teir liberal attitudes are not surprisinggiven the Castro twins were raised by a singlemother who was a radical La Raza supporter,and where they proudly admit their grand-mother entered the U.S. illegally. Tey could bethe political uture o exas and Americaun-less grassroots conservatives stop them.

Te reset with Russia had a brie, unhappylie. It began with then-Secretary o State HillaryClinton presenting her Russian counterpartwith a mistranslated reset button readingovercharged. It ended with current Secretary oState John Kerry denying knowledge o the late,unlamented policy on Meet the Press: Well, Idont know what you mean by the reset.

Memories are short in Foggy Bottom. Andunderstandably. Who wouldnt try to orget ageopolitical initiative that has been exposed aswillul naivete and strategic obtuseness rom thebeginning?

George Kennan wrote the amous Longelegram at the outset o the Cold War.President Barack Obama would have neededonly A Very Brie elegram at the outset o hisadministration: Bushs ault.

Tis was a perverse misreading o history.O all President George W. Bushs ailings, notgiving the Russians a chance wasnt one o them.He notoriously looked into Russian PresidentVladimir Putins eyes at the beginning o hispresidency and saw sweetness and light. By theend, his illusions were shattered by the Russianinvasion o Georgia in 2008.

President Obama picked up like this Russianact o aggression had been perpetrated long agoby the Grand Duke o Muscovy, instead o by thevery regime he was resetting with.

In a 2009 visit to Moscow, the springtimeo reset, President Obama proessed his belie

that Americans and Russians have a commoninterest in the development o rule o law, thestrengthening o democracy, and the protectiono human rights. He was 0 or 3.

It didnt take a student o Russian history, or ointernational relations or even o the model U.N.,to know that this would end in ashes.

At one level, the Obama administration wasguilty o the human impulse o wanting to seethe world as you would like it to be, rather thanas it is.

At another, the president is not particularlyinterested in international relations. It wasappropriate that one o his statements on thecrisis came at an elementary school whileannouncing his latest budget, which reduces theU.S. Army to pre-World War II levels. Because weall know that we will never ace an unexpected,unpredictable international crisis again.

Whereas Obama has the lefs traditionaldiscomort with American power, Putin hasno such guilty conscience. Whereas Obamabelieves weve entered a paradisiacal new periodin history when everyone can be constrainedby international norms, Putin has no suchdelusions.

President Obama said recently that Ukrainesstability and success are in Russias interest.Not i you are Vladimir Putin and stungby the humiliation o the Russian empiresdiminishment afer the end o the Cold War andinormed by Catherine the Greats belie that theonly way to secure Russia borders is to extendthem.

President Obama declares that Russia ison the wrong side o history. Tat may bea clinching argument in a debate over gaymarriage at Wesleyan University, but wont carrymuch weight with Putin. He thinks he can makehistory move with lies, thuggery and iron.

Its now Obamas challenge to prove himwrong.

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Tax Day should be primedomain for Tea Partiers

Memories are shortin Foggy Bottom

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Re-designing the simple chair of educationDances with

Chihuahuas

Dave

MundyGeneralManager

One o the questions I getasked a lot is, Why cant you besupportive of our educators? Whyare you always questioning whattheyre doing? Teyre trained,

theyre the professionals. Let themdo their job!

My response is to imagine ascenario:

Imagine that your great-greatgrandather and a ew o his ellowwoodcarvers got together backin the early 1800s and ormed acompany to build wooden chairs.Tese were people who knewwhat they were doing with wood,and over the course o their lie-times their company becameknown or producing sturdy,durable, hard-working woodenchairs made without a singledowel, nail or glue.

In your great-grandathers

time, he added some new em-ployees as business expanded,and in his time the companybecame known or making thefinest, sturdiest, most durablechairs in the world. While othercrafsmen rom Europe and else-where made fine chairs, none

were made to last the way yourgreat-grandathers plain wood-en chairs did.

Your grandather continuedto grow the business, and acrosstwo world wars the woodenchairs made by this companybecame known the world over asHE chair that won the war being used to help the Allies win

victory in strategy session aferstrategy session in every theater

o the wars. More employeescontinued to be added, includ-ing a ew who had notions aboutimproving the design o thechair and making it even moremarketable to customers.

In time, your ather took overthe company and saw that the

employees were doing such a finejob with the chairs, he decided tolet them manage the operation.

Te employees quickly ormedcommittee afer committee to

re-design the chairs and makethem even more marketable tocustomers. Your ather began towonder when reports began fil-tering back to him that the newdesign on the chair made it arless sturdy than it was beore: itwouldnt hold as much weightand tended to break ofen, re-quiring more re-design.

Your ather began noticing thecost o the chair rising rapidlyand expressed his concern, buthe was assured by his manage-ment team that theyd take careo it. Afer all, thats what hedhired them to do.

oday, you are the titular head

o a company that makes chairs,but the product your companyturns out bears no resemblanceto that fine, sturdy wooden chairproduced prior to the 1960s.Its made o plastic and pressedcardboard now, with bolts andnails and glue everywhere, and it

wont even hold the weight o anormal man. Te chairs need tobe replaced every three or ouryears.

Your company has an entire

design division working on themany problems the chairs haveencountered almost as manypeople working in designs as ac-tually assembling the chair butnear as you can tell, all they keepdoing is making the same prod-uct worse. In act, the managersyouve hired to build chairs thinkHEY own the company now.

Some olks who liked theway you used to make chairsare looking back at those daysand are beginning businesses tomake the chairs the way yourgrandather and those beoredid it. Your managers spend vastsums o money on advertising to

attack and ridicule these people.Te American public educa-

tion system was once the bestin the world. Like the simplewooden chair, it wasnt ancy but it worked. A hal-centuryago, we turned over control othat system to social scientists

and academic theorists, who re-designed the whole system toproduce something completelydifferent than was originally in-tended. And like the makers o

those modern-day chairs, themodern-day education industryspends exorbitant amounts omoney to produce a sub-stan-dard product while the designersand marketers line their pockets.

It is unortunate that our pub-lic education system seems tobe driven top-down, becauseall too ofen real innovations inour schools come rom the otherdirection rom programs andideas at the local level, tailored tomeet local populations. One sizedoes not fit all.

Perhaps its time we picked upour old-ashioned tools and gavethe system one more re-design

by reminding the theorists,consultants, lobbyists and pro-essors o education who theiremployer is, and letting themknow that their employer is very,

very unhappy with the cheap,unworkable product they aregiving us.

El Conservador

George Rodriguez is a San Antonio resident. He is theformer President of the San Antonio Tea Party, andis now Executive Director of the South Texas Politi-cal Alliance.

George

Rodriguez

Rich

Lowry

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Reviewand

a syndicated columnist for King Features Syndi-

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February was eye-open-ing. I spent almost theentire month talking with

voters in Council District 4,and across our community,who sought me out and en-couraged me to run or CityCouncil. I eventually de-cided not to run this time,and many o you continueto ask me why I made thatdecision.

Prior to the City Coun-cil meeting in February, Inever seriously listened tothose urging me to run orCouncil. At that meeting,two agenda items directlyaffecting the revitalizationo the downtown area diedor lack o a motion andlack o a second. With nomotion and no second,Mayor Logan could noteven call or discussion, letalone call or a vote.

Tis was not the first

time agenda items con-cerning downtown havemet the same end. Clearlysomething had to changei downtown revitaliza-tion was to ever be a real,sustained priority to theCouncil.

During the weeks thatollowed I met with Coun-cilman Opiela, and we dis-cussed the many opportu-nities and challenges thatawait the City o Gonzales.Inevitably our conversa-tion always circled back todowntown, and more spe-cifically to the huge, un-

tapped economic potentialo the downtown commer-cial district.

Downtown commercialGonzales exists entirely inDistrict 4, the district rep-resented by CouncilmanOpiela. But what happensin downtown affects everysingle person in Gonzales.What happens to down-town Gonzales affects thedowntown property own-ers, the business owners,the people who work inthose businesses, and thepeople who requent them.What happens in down-

town Gonzales affects howvisitors view Gonzales, andit affects their decisions onwhether to move to Gon-zales to raise a amily orto retire or to invest in abusiness.

Te downtown commer-cial district will never looklike it did in 1950. Busi-ness and the world havechanged, dramatically. Bigbox stores and bypasseshave been game changers.But as Clarence and I dis-cussed repeatedly, withineasy reach o every voterand every elected official

are no less than three pro-essional (developed with abroad base o citizen input)

revitalization plans outlin-ing what has worked inother communities andwhat can and will work inGonzales.

Tese specific plansprovide the road map ordowntown revitalization,and can ignite its huge eco-nomic potential and restoreits beauty and purpose.

Read a quote rom thefirst paragraph in the econ-omy section o the City o

Gonzales ComprehensivePlan compiled by exasA&M and adopted by theCity just last December:Heed a historically recog-nizable, economically vital,and delightully walkableexas-style town withremarkable and revitalizedtourism-related business.

Revisit the Councilsmost recent goals and ob-

jectives reaffirming theircommitment to the VIPPlan and the exas A&Mrecommendations. Botho those plans rank the re-

vitalization o downtownas the strongest sustainableeconomic driver or theCity o Gonzales.

Aer a couple o ace-to-ace conversations withmy Councilman, a reallygood new idea emerged.Councilman Opiela sug-gested he set up a regularlyscheduled time to meetwith those who live, andwork, and vote in his dis-trict prior to city councilmeetings giving theman opportunity to honestly(and respectully) expresstheir opinions on issuesconcerning their districtand the city beore thoseissues come to a vote.

It was then I came to re-alize I didnt need to runor Council to have an e-ective voice. I alreadyhad one. And it was thenI clearly understood that

each and every one o usneeds to do a better jobo communicating withour elected representative.And now, we have a greatopportunity to do just that every Saturday morningimmediately preceding theregular scheduled councilmeeting.

Te first o these regu-lar District 4 meetings willbe held at 8:30 Saturday,March 29, in the meetingroom o Rodeo Restaurant,107 Saint Joseph Street,Downtown Gonzales.

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Looking and listening whilechewing on some chicken fried

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Make your voice effectivewith town hall meetings

Are special needs being met?LETTERSTOTHEEDITOR

Scratch

Pad

Jim Cunningham is a former longtime Gonzales news-man and the former interim publisher of the Gonzales

Cannon. He now lives in the Moulton area.

Jim Cunningham

Dear Editor,Tis is or caring parents with special

ed children, ADHD and ADD and bipolarchildren.

My son goes to high school Ive beenin the school system or 33 years, with myother children, never beore have I met somany non-caring people in my lie! Be-tween junior high and high school whenyou think your children are getting theeducation at school, theyre not.

I am a very caring concerned mother oa son who people look at him like a men-tal case with problems! Tese special edchildren, ADHD and ADD and bipolarkids have problems, but they are humanbeings and have special needs, but cast aside they dont want to deal with them!Tey just want to send them home! Teyneed special caring teachers or thesetypes o children.

I am here to tell you I am a caring moth-

er whos always there or her child! I fightor my son, and no one will talk to me or

my son like a dog like one in charge o o-fice personnel. I give credit where credit isdue, when my son was at junior high therewas two caring people there.

Now at high school (there are) onlythree people. When I go to the office,people look at you like me and my sonare crazy! Yes these ADHD and ADD andbipolar kids are human beings. No oneneeds to mistreat them, because o theseproblems.

So Ill be there fighting or him no mat-ter what! I am writing this letter to youletting you know, be concern and checkon your children. Dont let anyone pushyou or your children around they cannothelp because they are this way!

Also this goes out to the teacher whocare at the high school. Tank you theresonly our, but thanks or caring. We needmore teachers like you!

Marsha DavisGonzales

You can observe a lot just by watching.

Yogi Berra

Its midweek in early March at middayand the weather outside is snappy.I have taken reuge in a little cae outside

o emple. Alongside Hwy. 95 south. ak-ing time to take in a bite beore I continuemy trek back home. Aer a visit to the doc-tor.

All is well and will be better aer an as-signment with a chicken ried steak withthe gravy served there on the side.

It is warm, climate wise, considering thecold outside. Terere about a dozen dinersinside and I make up the Bakers Dozen.

Now in my day I have mastered manythings. But a ew I am extremely adept atare looking and listening. As I wait or mymeal I do exactly that.

Cocking an ear at a selected conversa-tion while eyeballing the antics at table No.3. Where a girl is antagonizing her babybrother by flipping French ries at im atrandom. Its a judgement call but I suspectshes about 6 years old and the boy about 2.

Te parents are oblivious to the girlsharassment o her sibling. Tey appear tobe in their mid-20s. Hes sipping on a long-neck and entertains a araway look. Tewie, possibly only a girlriend, is animatedand attempting to get his attention. o noavail.

Her serving o lasagna goes untouched.And the baby brother fields another

French ry to the orehead.I suspect the worse case scenario o the

girl getting disciplined at home is maybebeing pelted with marshmallows. Such apunishment.

Four ellas amble in collectively sharinga cocksure manner. All are clad in camou-flage and not being a hunter I have no ideawhat their prey today could be or was.

Loud and gregarious, surely indigenousto the area, one o im hollers to the wait-ress, Telma Lou, well all have todaysspecial. Whatever the hell that is.

So now I know my wait-womans name.When it comes to the caliber o hunters

I otimes hear discussing the big kill, well,in my mind some o em shouldnt be al-lowed to carry a bag o stones and a sling-shot.

And you worry i you could catch madcow rom just listening.

It appears that turkey legs are the specialor today

Telma Lou barely gets the platter to thetable as the our ellas are each clutching aturkey leg and chewing and grinning witha greasy mouth.

I guess I am a little bit too judgmental.Because I reckon some mamas did have

ools. ake the one ella that appears to bestill hungry though hes about 125 poundsoverweight.

He leans back and expels a burp. Nowhes dug a finger in his ear, roots or a mo-ment, then withdraws the tip or inspec-tion. Perhaps hes guilty o playing with ahome lobotomy kit at one time out o bore-dom.

And the conversation, filled with onecurse word aer another, turns to the sec-

ond amendment.I am finished with chewing on the chick-

en ried, but I have not digested any wis-dom rom my looking and listening.

So over coffee, I continue to linger. Callit loitering i you will.

Teres a couple at the other end o the

little cae. In their late 50s or early 60s ismy guesstimate.What catches my eye is that hes dressed

out in an outfit like hes the lead characterin a musical comedy. Has to be travelingthrough. His selection o attire is definitelynot small town exana in style.

Perhaps it wouldve fit in in the 19 and60s or 70s but not today. Polyester pants.Bell-bottom in nature. With a wide whitebelt. And a paisley shirt, basically a blouse.

And the woman. Severely subdued nextto him. Grey-haired and tanned. Tough asenior she sports a quasi-adult figure cladin denim pants and a mans work shirt.Comy as all get out.

Both are enraptured with their smart-phones. I cannot, with conscience, ault

them.Dr. Deb, the wie, and I are guilty as well.When we eat out. Catching up on the newsby way o USA oday and Drudge andHuffington Post apps.

In the corner, at a table or two, sits a gal.All alone. Id say she is in her early 20s. Butshe has a lush maturity about.

Teres a vacant gaze about her. As shetakes halfearted bites rom a burger andhalfearted sips rom her water glass.

Shes alone and somethings on hermind.

A character flaw o mine is that I tendto imagine whats inside other olks hea dson occasion.

Such as now. Tinking about why thewoman seems to have dried off into aprivate abyss.

Maybe shes just le a doctors office.And is now waiting results o a biopsy.Possibly inormed o a death in the am-ily. Or le a courthouse in tears as a judgedeemed the I-DOS werent all that mutualwhile granting a divorce.

My tab amounts to 11 dollars and 28cents, including tax. I place a five and asawbuck by the plate and stand up to de-part the country cae.

One last and cautious glance at thewoman at a corner table becomes a staticimage, as complete as a photograph, as Ihead out the door. And consciously praythat her day gets better.

Now Im back on the road and againheading ... down the road

Tis is a transcriptionof an interview with exasHistorical Shootist Society(HSS) members GlennUrbanek and Steve Harlicaheard on Te News fromthe Camphouse on KULM98.3 FM.

Brune: HSS is the firstorganized cowboy actionshooting club in exas.Tey have been utilizingmy amilys home propertyor more than 20 years. Asa landowner its difficultto keep track o members

and riends. Tey have realnames, but are oen knownby the alias names used orcompetition. So, Rowdy,whats your real name?

Harlica: My real name isSteve Harlica. I use the b-western moniker made a-mous by Clint Eastwood inthe television series Raw-hide. Youll see membersthat use movie characternames, historical names,and then some olks makeup a name like Bob Wire.

Brune: Okay, on the oth-er hand Glenn Urbanek iswith us and thats his real

name. Glenn, tell us aboutyour alias.

Urbanek: My alias is

Charles Goodnight. Tat

is a historical name. I youare amiliar with the mov-ie Lonesome Dove it wasbased on the adventureso Charles Goodnight andOliver Loving. Goodnightwas portrayed as CaptainCall and Loving was GusMcCrae played by RobertDuval. I you are interestedin exas History and wantto know about someonethat had a big impact onexas then read aboutCharles Goodnight.

Brune: What year didHSS begin?

Urbanek: Te organiza-

tional meeting or the clubwas in 1989. Te first orga-nized match was in March,

1990, here on the Bruneproperty.

Brune: Let me make apoint. Tis was the ast-est growing shooting sportthroughout the 1990s.Prior to the first organizedmatch a group o gentle-men approached me withan idea. We chewed onthe particulars and thenshook hands. We are oper-ating 25 years later on thatoriginal handshake. Now,we also have the YauponCreek Silhouette Associa-

tion using our long rangeacilities. Tey likewisehave a handshake deal.Ten we have the rail Rid-ers o Houston motorcycleclub that uses our prop-erty on Brunes Mill Road.Guess what? Tats a hand-shake deal too. In a day andage when people promiseeach other the world, butthree weeks later it allsapart due to an immaturenotion I think it is astrong statement to a per-sons integrity when theykeep their word. A personsword is their bond and a

person is only as good astheir word.

Urbanek: One o the

mainstays o cowboy ac-tion shooting was takingpeople back to the days othe Old West. Tose werethe days when a personsword was their bond. Terewas no need or thousandso lawyers every time youturned around. It was parto the creed, the cowboycode, its part o the imageo the Western Man thatcowboy action shootingwants to present. We try togo back to the Old West notonly in the way we conduct

our shooting, but in theway we conduct ourselves,and the way we conductour business.

Brune: Most olks knowthat I guide hunters upnorth in wilderness areas.Ive had deals to work withoutfitters that were agreedupon years in advance. II said I was going to be ata certain place, at a certaintime, or several months, ayear in advance the out-fitter knew that is exactlywhat was going to happen.Likewise, Ive been strand-ed in northern Montana

without a vehicle and noway home. I called a bronc-riding buddy, in October,

and asked him to come andpick me up rom a localca at 4:00 p.m. late in No-

vember on Tanksgiving.I didnt talk to him againor the next six weeks. ButI knew hed drive 1800miles and be at the ca at4:00 p.m. Tats the way apersons honor and word issupposed to work. Nowa-days, its all about the me-or-me and, I-want-it-right-now mentality thatallows social acceptanceto someone getting their

shorts in a wad, oregoingtheir word, and ultimatelydiminishing the definitiono human integrity.

Besides the socialaspects o belonging to agun club, please elaborateon the political benefits.

Urbanek: Te SingleAction Shootist Society(SASS) is the largest orga-nization o cowboy shoot-ers in the U.S. Tey havealmost 100,000 members.Tere are also many cow-boy shooters that dont be-long to SASS. We cater toamilies, and we want the

women to shoot with us,and well get the kids going

Cowboy action shooting and Trailhead 2014

Herman

Brune

Herman Brune is a freelance writer,

radio personality and author basedin Colorado County.

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from the Saddle

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populace involved inshooting sports morepeople are going to un-derstand what firearmsmean to the citizens ofthe country. In someplaces people blow off the2nd Amendment because

theyre told they dontneed firearms, or thatfirearms are only good forkilling. But once peoplecome out and shoot witha club, and they lear n youcan have fun with a fire-arm they become moreinvolved. here are a lotof lady shooters that at

one time had no use forfirearms. Now, theyresome of the best shootersin the club because theyunderstand a gun isnt justfor killing. And as peoplebecome more aware ofthe value of owning fire-arms and having fun withthem you become morepassionate about the 2ndAmendment.

Brune: How many cow-boy shooting clubs are inexas?

Urbanek: here aremore than 40 clubs.heyre scattered all overexas. When we werethe only club in the stateour monthly average was125 shooters. Now, ev-

ery weekend you have achoice, in exas, whereyoud like to shoot cow-boy action competition.

Harlica: his isnt justabout exas. Every stateand most European coun-tries have cowboy shoot-ing clubs. Weve got agentleman coming fromEngland to shoot thisyear, and in the past wevehad a wide array of folksfrom all over the world.

railhead is March20 -23 on fm 1890, fivemiles north of Columbus,exas, off of Highway71N. Public admittance isfree and there is a bullrid-ing and free chili Fridaynight, March 21, at 7 p.m.

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BRUNE: Cowboy shooting

AUSIN Gov. Rick Perry reactedsharply uesday to the force reductions tothe exas Army National Guard ordered bythe National Guard Bureau.

Tere are many ways to balancethe federal budget, but this decision toeliminate the 72nd Infantry BrigadeCombat eams headquarters risks exasability to properly respond to hurricanes,floods, wildfires and other natural disasters,and is short-sighted, Perry said in a newsrelease. Over the past decade, the exasGuard has responded to more than 150disasters in exas and surrounding states,saving countless lives and helping familiesin distress.

Te exas Guard also plays a vital rolein our nations War on error, he added.Diminishing the Guards capacity to help

in a time of national need is irresponsible.Instead of eliminating the 72nd InfantryBrigade Combat eams headquarters, wemust do all we can to support the citizen-soldiers we rely on to protect our safety, andour nation.

Te headquarters component of thebrigade, which served in Kosovo and Iraqand responded to three hurricanes wouldlose its headquarters under a Pentagonproposal. Te 175 soldiers with theHouston-based brigade headquarters wouldbe reassigned to other units in the state.

Te 72nd Infantry Brigade, part of the36th Infantry Division, dates to CampBowie in 1917. Some brigade regimentsserved in U.S.-Mexico border skirmishesduring the Pancho Villa era and fought inboth world wars.

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Gonzales Livestock

Market Report

Te Gonzales LivestockMarket Report for Saturday,March 15, 2014 had on hand:762 cattle.

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

Stocker-feeder steers: Me-dium and large frame No. 1:150-300 lbs., $245-$275; 300-400 lbs, $260-$270; 400-500lbs, $215-$250; 500-600 lbs,$195-$205; 600-700 lbs., $180-$190; 700-800 lbs, $165-$175.

Bull yearlings: 700-900 lbs,$135-$155.

Stocker-feeder heifers: Me-

dium and large frame No. 1:150-300 lbs, $195-$210; 300-400 lbs, $195-$210; 400-500lbs, $185-$190; 500-600 lbs.,$170-$175; 600-700 lbs., $160-$164.

Packers cows: Good leanutility and commercial, $87-

$97; Cutters, $97-$114; Can-ners, $65-$84; Low yielding

fat cows, $88-$98.Packer bulls: Yield grade 1

& 2, good heavy bulls; $105-$132; light weights and me-dium quality bulls, $93-$101.

Stocker Cows: $950-$1,525.Pairs: $1,250-$2,050.Tank you for your busi-

ness!!View our sale live at cattle-

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Nixon Livestock

Commission Report

Te Nixon Livestock Com-mission Inc. Report had onhand, March 17, 2014, Vol-ume, 516; Cows, 106, bulls 9.

Steers: 200-300 lbs, $210to $220 to $275; 300-400 lbs.,$228 to $238 to $275; 400-500lbs, $200 to $210 to $250; 500-600 lbs, $169 to $179 to $208;600-700 lbs, $161 to $171 to$185; 700-800 lbs, $137 to$147 to $169.

Heifers: 200-300 lbs, $211to $221 to $250; 300-400 lbs,

$197 to $227 to $265; 400-500lbs, $182 to $192 to $213; 500-600 lbs, $167 to $177 to $235;600-700 lbs, $149 to $159 to$173; 700-800 lbs, $131 to$141 to $155.

Slaughter cows: $70 to $111;Slaughter bulls: $100 to $123;Stocker cows: $700 to $1,400;Pairs, $1,050 to $1,700.

Notices: We will be closedon April 21, 2014, Easter Sun-day.

Hallettsville Livestock

Commission Report

Te Hallettsville LivestockCommission Co., Inc. had on

hand on March 11, 2014, 986,week ago, 460; year ago, 854.Te market this week con-

tinued strong. Better qualityclasses of calves and yearlingssold steady to stronger in allareas. Te average of all calvessold was $2.50 higher.

Packer cows sold $2 to $3higher Packer bulls sold #6to $8 higher. otal of approx.280 hd. of cows and bulls.

Packer Cows: higher dress-ing utility & cutter cows, $90-$116; lower dressing utility& cutter cows, $81-$95; lightweight canner cows, $68-$81.

Packer Bulls: heavyweight

bulls, $120-$132; utility &cutter bulls, $105-$120; light-weight canner bulls, $91-$105.

Stocker and Feeder Calvesand Yearlings: Steer & BullCalves: under 200; $265-$315;200-300 lbs, $245-$295; 300-400 lbs, $220-$275; 400-500lbs, $188-$235; 500-600 lbs,$178-$210; 600-700 lbs, $165-$197.50; 700-800 lbs, $160-$172.50. Heifer Calves: under200 lbs, $245-$295; 200-300lbs, $225-$278; 300-400 lbs,$195-$232; 400-500 lbs, $180-$223; 500-600 lbs, $165-$194;600-700 lbs, $154-$176; 700-800 lbs, $136-$164.

If we can help with market-ing your livestock, please call361-798-4336.

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Partner Sponsor. Shown from left are Debbie Toliver, Barbara Friedrich, Ken Holt

and Del De Los Santos. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Patrick Ramirez is recognized by Mayor Bobby Logan for his video audio

contributions to the community with his video audio skills. Teacher is Edy

Salinas at Gonzales High School.

Gonzales Master Gar-deners Spring Plant Sale

Its always fun when theGonzales Master Garden-ers take over exas Heroes

Square for their annualSpring Plant Sale. Tis yearthe event will be April 5from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. oruntil sold out (whichevercomes first).

Te Master Gardenersalways have a variety of

plants at the sale and thisyear will be no different.We plan to have some in-teresting plants this year,said Plant Sale Chair FranSaliger, including Ces-trum, willow tree vine,pigeonberry and severalkinds of cacti. With nobreak in the drought insight, we are emphasizingwater wise plantings.

Te Gonzales MasterGardeners use this op-portunity to answer local

gardeners questions abouthorticulture and help themfind some well adaptedplants that will do well inthis area.

Widely touted as thebest tomato plants intown, the sale will havea variety of vegetables in-cluding peppers, squash,eggplant, and more. We

grow our own vegetables,Jim Johnson, VegetableGrow eam Leader said.Tat way we know ourpublic is getting plants thatare acclimated to this areaand will perform well forthem. We will have every-thing you need for yourspring garden and we arehappy to talk to you aboutyour questions and chal-lenges. Te sale will alsooffer herbs including awide variety of mint, and

Provence lavender, whichis one of the few lavendersthat do well in this area.

Te event raises funds tosupport the Gonzales Mas-ter Gardeners programswhich reached over 980local school children andoffered free public adulteducation programs on a

variety of topics this year.Our goal is to reach as

many children as we can,Gail Johnson, this yearspresident said. Tis yearwe have continued the Egg-leston Childrens GardenProgram for first graders,provided hands on learn-ing on the parts of a plant tosupport the second-gradeEKS requirements, andplanted black walnut treeseeds with the third gradeto teach conservation. Lastyear, we planted gourdswith the third grade and

this year the same childrenwill be using those gourdsin their fourth-grade artclasses.

As part of exas A&MAgriLife Extension, thisall volunteer organizationis dedicated to providinghorticulture and conser-

vation education to thecommunity. Te Gonza-les Master Gardeners say

they really enjoy this an-nual event when they havethe opportunity to providea really fun event for thepublic and all the adviceyou need as well.

Te Silent Auction willbe back and the MasterGardeners always inviteother local charitable or-ganizations to join them tooffer food and drink andraise money for their pro-grams as well. Bring yourused plastic planting pots

in an effort to recycle in-stead of filling up the land-fills.

Te Gonzales MasterGardeners is an all-volun-teer 501(c)(3) corporationdedicated to serving thecommunity through horti-cultural, scientific and con-servation education un-der the direction of exasA&M AgriLife Extension.

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Regional Oil & Gas Activity ReportRecent W-1 well reports as reported by the Texas Railroad Commission for the period March 10-19:Status Date Status No. API No. Operator Name/Number Lease Name Well Dist. County Well.Profile Filing Purpose Amend Depth

Approved 03/14/2014 781594 055-35067 NORTH SOUTH OIL, LLC (614126) YOUNG 1H 01 CALDWELL Horizontal New Drill - 3500

Approved 03/18/2014 780651 055-35068 BRUINGTON OPERATING, L.L.C. (103564) CHRIS M. ALLEN 1 01 CALDWELL Vertical New Drill - 5800

Approved 03/10/2014 766935 123-33245 PIONEER NATURAL RES. USA, INC. (665748) RESSMAN 01 03H 02 DE WITT Horizontal New Drill Yes 21000



Approved 03/10/2014 779348 123-33483 PIONEER NATURAL RES. USA, INC. (665748) RESSMAN 01 06H 02 DE WITT Horizontal New Drill - 21000


Approved 03/10/2014 762375 123-33160 PIONEER NATURAL RES. USA, INC. (665748) BRUNS 01 07H 02 DE WITT Horizontal New Drill Yes 21000

Approved 03/10/2014 770999 123-33336 BURLINGTON RESOURCES O & G CO LP (109333) A MUELLER UNIT B 2 02 DE WITT Horizontal New Drill - 17000

Approved 03/15/2014 780056 123-33496 BURLINGTON RESOURCES O & G CO LP (109333) RUCKMAN RANCH UNIT 16 02 DE WITT Horizontal New Drill - 17000

Approved 03/15/2014 780106 123-33497 SABINE OIL & GAS LLC (742142) LANGHOFF UNIT A 2H 02 DE WITT Horizontal New Drill - 14000

Approved 03/15/2014 780116 123-33498 SABINE OIL & GAS LLC (742142) RATHKAMP UNIT 1H 02 DE WITT Horizontal New Drill - 14000

Approved 03/17/2014 777930 123-33474 BURLINGTON RESOURCES O & G CO LP (109333) A MUELLER UNIT B 3 02 DE WITT Horizontal New Drill - 17000





Approved 03/19/2014 769357 123-33290 BURLINGTON RESOURCES O & G CO LP (109333) WILD UNIT A 2 02 DE WITT Horizontal New Drill Yes 17000

Approved 03/15/2014 775180 149-33333 SANCHEZ OIL & GAS CORPORATION (747012) PROST UNIT O 1H 03 FAYETTE Horizontal New Drill Yes 13000Approved 03/18/2014 776909 149-31818 LEEXUS OIL LLC (495350) RWR 2 H 03 FAYETTE Horizontal Recompletion 11890

Approved 03/18/2014 764771 177-33022 FOREST OIL CORPORATION (275740) KOSUB-HEWELL 1H 01 GONZALES Horizontal New Drill Yes 13500

Approved 03/19/2014 780266 177-33306 EOG RESOURCES, INC. (253162) COLLINS UNIT 1H 01 GONZALES Horizontal New Drill - 9000

Approved 03/19/2014 732760 177-32490 EOG RESOURCES, INC. (253162) STEEN SCRUGGS UNIT 3H 01 GONZALES Horizontal New Drill Yes 11800



Approved 03/14/2014 781159 285-33795 CYPRESS E & P CORPORATION (195903) MURPHY GAS UNIT 1 02 LAVACA Directional New Drill - 14000

Approved 03/17/2014 780239 285-33792 SABINE OIL & GAS LLC (742142) ANDERLE UNIT 1H 02 LAVACA Horizontal New Drill - 14000

Te Governors Small Business Forum will be held onuesday, March 25 from 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m at La Vernia HighSchool Auditorium, 221 F.M. 775, La Vernia.

Exploring the economic impact of the Eagle Ford Shaleand the various opportunities for veterans and small busi-nesses in South exas. Presented by the Office of the Gov-

ernor and the La Vernia Municipal Development District.Speakers include exas Workforce Commissioner HopeAndrade, and Dr. Tomas unstall of USA Institute ofEconomic Development.

Register at www.aacog.com/governorsforum. For moreinfo, call 830-779-2371 or email [email protected].

Gonzales County CourthouseDeeds

March 1-31Peck, Robert S. to Forest Oil Cor-

poration, o/l, 45.352 Acres, WilliamSmall Svy, A-425.

Commissioner of the General LandOffice State of exas, and exas, Stateof General Land Office to Forest OilCorporation, o/l, 9.53 Acres, Gonza-les County School Land Svy, A-229.

Wiley, Cherrise D. to ucker, JackD. and ucker, Candace R., w/d, 0.127of an Acre, James Tompson Svy,A-72.

Schwitz, Gary W. to Fletcher, Mi-chael Kym and Fletcher, Penny Sue,w/d, Lt. 87, Settlement at PatriotRanch, Unit 1.

3-E Land, LLC to Dossey Invest-ment rust, w/d, 16.000 Acres, ownof Gonzales Svy, A-25.

Dossey Investment rust and Dos-sey, Dale A. (rustee) to Benny BoydGonzales RE, LLC, w/d, 16.00 Acres,own of Gonzales Svy, A-25.

Moraw, William Reed and Moraw,Nicole to Moraw, Perry M. andMoraw, Jennifer G., w/d, 10.50 Acres,Henry Bymer Svy, A-105.

Riverkamp, Jimmie Lee and

Riverkamp, Dale to Bland, RobertW., w/d, Pt. Lt. 3, RG 1, East of WaterStreet, Orig. Outer own Gonzales.

DuBose, Darlene (rustee), J.L.DuBose rust and DuBose rust, J.L.to PI Endeavors, LLC, w/d, Pt. Lt. 1,Rg. 1, East of Water Street, Orig. Out-er own Gonzales.

Falco, John A. and Falco, Ann C. toZella Jr, Raymond F. and Zella, Doro-thy K., w/d, Lt. 194, Settlement at Pa-triot Ranch, Unit 2.

Kotzebue Drug, Inc. to Edwards,Larry A. and Edwards, Johnnie L.,w/d, Pt. Lt. 6, Blk. 19, Orig. Innerown Gonzales.

L&N Investments, LLC to Edwards,Johnnie L., w/d, Pt. Lt. 2, Blk. 2, Orig.Inner own Gonzales.

Allen, Calvin E. to EOG Resources,Inc., o/l, 39.41 Acres, Joseph DillardSvy, A-177.

Harrison, Vicki R. to EOG Re-sources, Inc., o/l, 39.41 Acres, JosephDillard Svy, A-177.

Stephens, Michelle Yvette to EOGResources, Inc., o/l, 39.41 Acres, Jo-seph Dillard Svy, A-177.

Jolly, Cynthia E. to EOG Resources,Inc., o/l, 39.41 Acres, Joseph DillardSvy, A-177.

Price, Earnest to EOG Resources,Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd LockhartSvy, A-36.

Roy, David Crockett to EOG Re-sources, Inc., o/l, 84.00 Acres, ByrdLockhart Svy, A-36.

Gailord, Eugene to EOG Resources,Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd LockhartSvy, A-36.

Gust, Cynthia Sutherland to Mey-ers, Joseph Merrit and Myers, JordanRobertson, w/d, Int. in 974.06 Acres,Joseph Dillard Svy, A-177 (KiddUnit).

Secretary of Housing & Urban De-velopment to Prestige Investments,Ltd., w/d, Lt. 7, Oak Creek Subdvn,JFC Henderson Svy, A-260.

Deutsch Bank National rust Com-pany (rustee) and Soundview HomeLoan rust 2006-OPS to Robles,Maria Del Rosario and Diosdado,Antonio M., w/d, Lts. 5-6, WeberAddn, Nixon.

Karnau, Herbert B. (rustee), H.B.& K.A. Karnau Living rust andKarnau Living rust, H.B. & K.A toSepulveda, Jacob, w/d, Lt. D, Blk. 2,3rd Subdvn of Lafayette Place & Pt.Lt. 1, Blk. 2, Lafayette Place Subdvn,Gonzales.

Porter says expandingnatural gas use meansgood jobs and clean air

LONGVIEW exasRailroad CommissionerDavid Porter hosted aworkshop in Longview to-day for area fleet managersand oil field operators on

how they can save moneyand increase the market forexas natural gas, as partof his initiative to promotenatural gas as a transporta-tion fuel in exas.

Growing the market fornatural gas vehicles helpssustain and expand good-paying jobs in the oil patchand significantly reducesgreenhouse gas emissions,Commissioner Porter said.In the past year, employ-ment in the oil and gassector in exas grew morethan five percent, allowingexas to continue to lead

the nation in job creation.Tis workshop is intendedto help more fleet managersand oil field operators makethe transition to naturalgas, both to save moneyand keep generating good-paying jobs for exans.

Panels consisting of areatransportation directorsand oil field operators al-ready using natural gaspresented their experiencesand discussed advantages

and barriers. Representa-tives from Anadarko Petro-leum, Centerpoint Energy,Halliburton, J-W Power,NDMJ ransportation andristate Midstream out-

lined the cost savings theyhave seen by using natu-ral gas in their operations.Most of the time duringeach panel was allotted toaudience discussion withthe panelists, so that op-erators could address theirimportant issues, concerns,perceived barriers and op-portunities for growing themarket for natural gas inexas.

Te purpose of Com-missioner Porters state-wide NGV Initiative is toincrease the volume ofnatural gas used in exas

as a transportation fuel byfacilitating communicationbetween potential con-sumers, existing users andregulators. It will consist ofa series of statewide eventsthroughout this year. Tenext event will be held inLaredo on April 17 at theUni-rade Stadium fol-lowed by a Statewide NGVSummit that will convenein late summer/early fall of2014 in Austin.

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quick to lobby or instead namingstreets aer some o Gonzales amedheroes, such as Capt., Albert Martin,a member o the Old Eighteen andthe leader o the Gonzales Immor-tals Alamo Relie Force.

Te initial phase includes 12 o thesites 55 acres. Kunz said uesday thatlocal builder Ken Morrow was thefirst builder to launch a project, andwill be building eight townhomes onthe site. Te first phase will also in-clude nine single-amily lots and anassisted living center.

Ken Morrow is a local builder whohas proven he can build a nice house,Kunz said. We expect the 24 units othe assisted living center to start thisspring.

Te eight townhome units (1,080

square eet each) will have 2 bed-rooms and 2 bathrooms on twofloors. Te remaining 17 single-am-ily lots in Phase I are set to open laterin the year.

Tis is the first time a master-planned community has come toGonzales, he said. People in the

urban areas are used to the idea, butyou dont see it so much in the smalltowns.

He said he chose Gonzales becauseo its location as the gateway to theEagle Ford Shale and or its rich his-tory and culture.

Te location is idea, he said. Wehave two great amenities with the nat-ural ravines, its right next to the Hos-pital and Mr. Mohrmanns pharmacy,and shopping is very close. Tis is theplace to build a house in an organizedway.

An apartment complex is alsoplanned on the site, with a contractcurrently under review. Kunz said theunits will be available at market rates,not subsidized housing.

We have pretty high standardsor construction ... youll have some-thing better than cookie-cutter homes

here, he said, explaining that a hom-eowners association has already beenset up to regulate the area and keepproperty values up.

Te proximity to Gonzales Memo-rial Hospital and Country VillageSquare senior living center, as well asthe planned assisted center in 1835Village, gives amilies a unique op-portunity, he said.

You can walk to visit your grand-parents, its that close by, he said.Tats the small-town lie people ap-preciate.

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WISD cancelscontract withfinancial advisor

Developer Richard Kunzleads city officials andlocal business leaderson a walking tour of the1835 Village subdivisionTuesday. The first proj-ects underway (right)will be townhomes beingbuilt by local builder KenMorrow. (Photos by DaveMundy)

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Booth reported that en-rollment figures continueto fluctuate but are about 35students up rom last yearsnumbers, with a currenttotal enrollment o 1,054.She said amilies continueto move into the district, al-though housing remains inshort supply.

I dont know wheretheyre living, but theyresquishing them in there,she said.

Te board also approvedcalling or elections to twotrustee positions. Early vot-ing will run April 28-May 6with Election Day set May10 or rustee Position 4(Diana P. Moreno) and Po-sition 6 (Clay Allen).

landed upright and caughton fire on County Road 198about one-tenth o a milewest o Farm-to-MarketRoad 957.

Both Foster, who wasin the ront right seat, andJalufa were ejected romthe vehicle. Foster was pro-nounced dead at the sceneat 5:13 p.m. by LavacaCounty Justice o the PeaceMike Andes.

Jalufa was transported

to a Hallettsville hospitalwith what DPS described

as non-lie-threatening in-juries.

wo others in the truck,Cecelia Loos, 18, and Den-nis Phillips, 19, were takento a hospital with non-lie-threatening injuries.

A fih teenager, GavinFord, 16, was flown by he-licopter to an Austin hos-pital.

An investigation into theaccident continues.

WAELDER Waelder

ISD school trustees onMonday terminated thedistricts contract with itsfinancial advisor.

Te board voted to ter-minate the agreement withCoastal Securities, Inc.,and replaced their serviceswith U.S. Capital Advisorsas financial advisors to theDistrict.

Susan Richardson toldtrustees that Coastal Advi-sors was not proactive anymore since several peoplele. Tey no longer callto remind us o upcom-ing dates or changes in thebond market. U.S. CapitalAdvisors was ormed sixto eight months ago by thepeople who le CoastalAdvisors.

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