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A Gonzales man is in custody, charged with stab-bing two men during an altercation which erupted at a quincinera at the Her-mann Sons Hall Saturday.

Gregory Fonseca, 41, of Gonzales, remained in custody Wednesday at the Gonzales County Jail faced with two charges of aggra-vated assault with a deadly weapon. A $25,000 bond was established in each case.

Two men, 19-year-old Jose Banda and 19-year-old Adrian Ramirez, were transported to University Hospital by Life Flight. Banda suffered a stab wound to the abdomen and Ramirez was stabbed in the neck. Chief Deputy Den-nis Richter of the Gonzales County Sheriff ’s Office said investigators had received word that both are expect-ed to recover.

Richter said deputies responded to a call for as-sistance from deputies who were working security at the party after a fight broke out among some of the adults attending the event.

The deputies at the event

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St. Paul, Sacred Heart duke it out for state football titleBy MARK LUBE

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Members of the Sacred Heart Indians erupt in jubilation after defeating Brazos Christian 30-23 in overtime Saturday to earn a spot in the state championship game. see complete game coverage for Sacred Heart and St. Paul on Page C4. (Photo by Dave Mundy)

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Taking on junky properties in NixonThe City of Nixon’s new emphasis on code enforcement is targeting properties in violation of city ordinances. The property at left was cited for “abandoned car, lack of skirting on mobile home, and junk,” while the one at right drew a citation for an abandoned vehicle, high grass and more junk.(Courtesy photos, used with permission)

It isn’t often a team plays its arch-rival in the playoffs — and even rarer for two rivals to play in a state championship game.

The St. Paul and Sacred Heart football teams will have the op-

portunity to add an especially exciting chapter to their storied rivalry this weekend.

The gridders from the two re-gional Catholic schools, bitter rivals on the field but staunch friends off it, will meet in the TAPPS Division IV State cham-pionship game at 6 p.m. Saturday

at Wildcat Stadium in Temple.“Rivals almost never play each

other in the playoffs, let alone the state championship game,” said first-year Cardinal head coach Paul Johnston.

“It is just like playing in district for the district title, only you are now playing for a state title, so

more is at stake,” Sacred Heart coach Pat Henke said. “We have never played a rival for the state title.”

“The fans are going to be excit-ed about the two schools playing each other. That says something about the type of football played by both schools.”

The teams have developed a penchant for facing one another in key contests — most often with the district title at stake. This time it is for more than just bragging rights as the winner will walk away with the TAPPS Division IV State Championship.

NIXON — On Monday, Nov. 21, the city of Nixon hired patrolman Mike Villarreal of the Nixon Police Department as its code compli-ance officer. And he’s quickly earning a repu-tation for refuting the argument that “Things

never change in Nixon.”Villarreal works four days a week from 9 a.m.

until 7 p.m. During his first three days, 10 no-tices were issued for excessive weeds and high grass, abandoned cars, junk (defined as “sal-vage”), and mobile homes without skirting.

The property owners are being given 10 busi-ness days to comply with the complaint before

a citation is issued and a court date set. If the charged citizen contests the complaint(s), he/she may request a hearing by the municipal judge or a trial by jury.

Fines can be up to $500, plus court costs and the initial compliance changes corrected. When an individual fails to appear in court, a warrant

Cleaning up Nixon:City seeing immediate impact from focus on code enforcementBy KEY GARNER

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NIXON, Page A3

Caldwell County Sheriff’s Of-fice Report from Nov. 18-26

November 18An assist EMS at the McMahan

General Store, in McMahan.A burglary of a building com-

plaint on Hwy 183, south of Lock-hart.

November 19A suspicious vehicle com-

plaint on Hwy 183 at the Luling Bowling Alley, near Luling.

A disturbance in the 200 block of Herm’s Way, near Luling.

A suspicious vehicle com-plaint on Hwy 183 at the Hucka-bee Ranch at Catfish Lane, near Luling.

A motorist assist on FM 1854 at County Line Road, in Lytton Springs.

A disorderly conduct loud mu-sic complaint in the 500 block of Lytton Lane, in Lytton Springs.

A discharge of a firearm com-plaint in the 2800 block of FM 713, near McMahan.

A missing person/runaway complaint at Pegasus School, south of Lockhart.

November 20A missing person/runaway

complaint in the 200 block of FM 671, between Lockhart and Luling.

A motorist assist on Hwy 80, north of Luling.

A criminal mischief complaint in the 3100 block of Barth Road, near Lytton Springs.

November 21A suspicious vehicle com-

plaint in the 100 block of Bug Tussle Lane, near Luling.

An assist DPS with a traffic ac-cident on FM 1322 north of FM 86, between Lockhart and Luling

A criminal trespass complaint in the 1800 block of Clear Fork Road, near Luling.

November 22A disturbance in the 6100

block of Hwy 183 South, south of Lockhart.

A disturbance in the 1800 block of Homann Road, in Lytton Springs.

A criminal trespass complaint

in the 15000 block of FM 86, near McMahan.

A criminal mischief complaint

involving a damaged vehicle in the 100 block of Norwood Cove, in Lytton Springs.

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Gonzales Co. Sheriff’s Office Report

Gonzales Police Report

Thought for the Day

“Above all, we must re-alize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arse-nals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adver-saries in today’s world do not have.”

Ronald Reagan

December 01, 1901On this day in 1901, William Riley Curtis, well-known

Panhandle rancher and owner of the Diamond Tail Ranch, was accidentally shot on a train headed for Mem-phis, Texas. A fellow passenger’s gun fell to the floor and discharged. The stricken rancher was taken to Fort Worth, where he died a few days later. Curtis had bought the Diamond Tail in 1870 and subsequently built up his herd. He began hosting an annual barbecue in the 1880s. A highlight of that event was his presentation of a baby carriage to every baby named for him that year. In 1893 when a blizzard swept across the Panhandle, Curtis saved the Diamond Tail cattle by riding ahead of them in a heavy Arctic suit and cutting the fences in his path.

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Gonzales Police Department Report from Nov. 17-28

November 17Reported theft at 100 blk Sar-

ah DeWitt Dr.Reported injury to a child at

5700 blk Hwy 90A.Reported disorderly conduct

at 1400 blk Cavett St.Stephanie Elaine Morales, 30

of Seguin, arrested and charged with failure to ID and for out-standing warrant for theft out of Gonzales Police Department at 1000 blk Water St.

November 18Luis Alberto Hernandez, 32 of

Gonzales, arrested and charged with public intoxication at 1800 blk 9Hwy 90A.

November 19

Reported theft at 1100 blk Sarah DeWitt Dr.

November 20Reported assault and criminal

mischief at 100 blk Sarah DeWitt Dr.

Abraham Joseph Ramos, 25 of Houston, arrested and charged with possession controlled sub-stance at 1000 blk St. Michael St.

Reported hit and run accident at 100 blk Sarah DeWitt Dr.

November 21Reported theft at 400 blk

Cone St.November 22Dustin Dwayne Hastings, 22 of

Gonzales, arrested and charged with possession of marijuana, prohibited substance in correc-tional facility and outstanding

warrant at 1200 blk St. Peter St.November 24Reported terroristic threat at

300 blk Hwy 90A.November 25Amber Leigh Robbins, 19 of

Lockhart, arrested and charged with assault at 300 blk Hwy 90A.

Reported aggravated assault at 200 blk Cone St.

Reported assault at 400 blk Sarah DeWitt Dr.

November 27Juan Neito Gonzalez, 21 of Yo-

akum, arrested and charged with no driver’s license at Water St and St. John St.

November 28Reported aggravated assault

at 2000 blk St. Joseph St.

Gonzales County Sheriff’s Of-fice Sheriff’s Report for Nov. 20-26:

11/21/11Rivera, Richie, 12/89, Nixon.

Public Intoxication. Released on Time Served.

11/23/11Gossett, David Kendell, Jr.,

04/1975, Luling. Local Warrant – Theft Stolen Property >$1,500 <$20K. Released on $2,500 Bond. Parker County Warrant – Theft >$20 <$50 by Check. Released

on $500 Bond.11/25/11Vela, Roel, Jr., 10/1974, Pasa-

dena. Commitment/Sentence – Driving while Intoxicated w/Child under 15 YOA. Released – Weekender.

McMurrin, Christopher Guy, 04/1976, New Braunfels. Local Warrant – Driving while Intoxi-cated 3rd or More. Remains in Custody.

Total Arrest, Court Commit-ments, other agency arrest and

processing’s:

GCSO 03DPS 04GPD 04WPD 00NPD 00Constable 00DWCSO 00DEA 00TPW 00GCAI 00Total 11

Yoakum Police Department Weekly Incident Report for Nov. 21-27:

11/21/11Case #11-455, Burglary-Build-

ing, 810 Front; Disposition, Inves-tigation.

Case #11-456, Violation of City Ordinance, 514 Baldwin; Disposi-tion, Investigation.

Case #11-457, Runaway (C.I.N.S.), Juvenile Male, 14, Yoa-

kum, 312 Elenora; Offense, Run-away (C.I.N.S.); Disposition, Rel/Parent.11/23/11

Case #11-458, Theft-B, 102 Burt; Disposition, Investigation.

11/24/11Case #11-459, Assault-C, 705

Lavaca; Disposition, Cleared by Arrest.

11/26/11Case #11-460, Theft-C, 1300

Carl Ramert; Disposition, Inves-

tigation.11/27/11Case #170876, Traffic Arrest

(2), Rodriguez, Juan , 24, Yoa-kum, 500 Blk. Irvine; Offense, (1)TK#25320-A-No Drivers License; Disposition, Bond/$500/Rel.; Of-fense, (2nd), TK-25320-B-Fail to Signal Right Turn; Disposition, Bond/$500/Rel.

Lavaca County Sheriff’s Office Calls for Service from Nov. 21-27

November 21Chief Deputy JR Peters spoke

to a complainant on FM 532 in reference to suspicious activity.

Deputy Noe Miranda was dis-patched to a location on CR 284 in reference to a suspicious ve-hicle.

Sgt. Mike Buchanek was dis-patched to a location on CR 324 in reference to a domestic distur-bance.

Deputy Jimmie Heiman was dispatched to a location on Hwy. 90A East in reference to suspi-cious activity.

November 22Deputy Noe Miranda was dis-

patched to a location on Hwy. 111 to assist at the scene of an accident in which an 18-wheeler lost a load of pipe.

Deputy Jimmie Heiman was dispatched to a location on Hwy. 90A East in reference to a distur-bance.

November 23Chief Deputy JR Peters spoke

to a complainant at a location on Hwy. 77 South in reference to theft of diesel fuel. The incident is being investigated.

Chief Deputy JR Peters and Deputy Chris Rosales responded to a location on FM 532 in refer-ence to an assault. One subject was arrested and transported to the Lavaca County Jail.

Deputy Allen Rutledge was dispatched to a location on CR 132 in reference to illegal dump-ing.

November 24Deputy Allen Rutledge was

dispatched to a location on CR 260 in reference to a disturbance.

November 25Deputy Noe Miranda spoke to

a complainant on FM 1891 in ref-erence to suspicious activity.

Deputy Jimmie Heiman was dispatched to a location on CR 425 in reference to property damage.

November 26Deputy Noe Miranda was dis-

patched to a location on CR 15 in reference to a report of suspi-cious activity.

Deputy Jimmie Heiman was dispatched to a location on Hwy. 90A East in reference to a com-plaint of gunshots.

AUSTIN — At the Nov. 17 Public Safety Commis-sion meeting, DPS Director Steven C. McCraw high-lighted the Texas Highway Patrol’s efforts to get dan-gerous commercial vehicles off the roads.

Since the first of the year, Commercial Vehicle En-forcement personnel and specially-trained Highway Patrol troopers have in-spected 331,505 commer-cial vehicles. As a result of these inspections, DPS re-moved 66,189 unsafe com-mercial vehicles and 12,301 unsafe commercial vehicle drivers from Texas roads for a variety of safety viola-tions.

“Commercial vehicles are responsible for approxi-mately 15 percent of the fatalities in Texas crashes,”

said McCraw. “Most com-mercial vehicle operators obey the law; however, those who choose to drive unsafe commercial vehicles or drive a commercial ve-hicle unsafely pose a seri-ous threat to the motoring public.”

McCraw cited Opera-tion Texas Thunder initia-tives, which are DPS surge enforcement operations in a targeted area, as one example of how DPS deals with unsafe truck and bus operators. After complaints about truck traffic in Mc-Mullen County, a recent Operation Texas Thunder effort put 64 percent of the vehicles inspected during that operation out of ser-vice. Another recent Texas Thunder operation in the Corpus Christi area result-ed in almost 400 citations and 206 vehicles placed out of service.

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WASHINGTON — To mark the official beginning of the online holiday shopping season, known as Cyber Monday, U.S. Im-migration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Cen-ter), the Department of Justice and the FBI Washington Field Office have seized 150 website domain names that were illegally selling and distributing counterfeit mer-chandise.

Fourteen of those sites — eight in Hous-ton, four in El Paso and two in San Antonio — were operated from Texas.

“For most, the holidays represent a sea-son of good will and giving, but for these criminals, it’s the season to lure in un-suspecting holiday shoppers,” said ICE Director John Morton. “More and more Americans are doing their holiday shop-ping online, and they may not realize that purchasing counterfeit goods results in American jobs lost, American business profits stolen and American consumers receiving substandard products. And the ramifications can be even greater because the illicit profits made from these types of illegal ventures often fuel other kinds of or-ganized crime.”

“Through this operation we are ag-gressively targeting those who are selling counterfeit goods for their own personal gain while costing our economy much-needed revenue and jobs,” said Attorney General Eric Holder. “Intellectual property crimes harm businesses and consumers,

alike, threatening economic opportunity and financial stability, and today we have sent a clear message that the Department will remain ever vigilant in protecting the public’s economic welfare and public safety through robust intellectual property en-forcement.”

This operation is the eighth phase of Operation In Our Sites, a sustained law en-forcement initiative to protect consumers by targeting counterfeit and piracy on the Internet, and the second year it has coin-cided with Cyber Monday. These 150 do-main name seizures represent a more than 80 percent increase over the 82 websites that were seized during last year’s Cyber Monday-related operation.

The 150 seized domains are in the cus-tody of the federal government. Visitors to these websites will now find a seizure banner that notifies them that the domain name has been seized by federal authorities and educates them that willful copyright infringement is a federal crime.

During this operation, federal law en-forcement agents made undercover pur-chases of a host of products, including professional sports jerseys, golf equip-ment, DVD sets, footwear, handbags and sunglasses, representing a variety of trade-marks from online retailers who were suspected of selling counterfeit products. In most cases, the goods were shipped di-rectly into the United States from suppliers in other countries. If the trademark hold-ers confirmed that the purchased products were counterfeit or otherwise illegal, sei-zure orders for the domain names of the websites that sold the goods were obtained from federal magistrate judges.

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P&Z gives green light to zoning request

Injuries reported in several accidents

Tanker truck accidentAn oil trucker overturned close to the intersection of FM 2067 and US Highway 183 in southern Gonzales County around 5:35 a.m Wednesday. According to Department of Public Safety troopers, the truck, owned by Martin Transportation Inc. of Corpus Christi and driven by James Maupin, 50, of Spring Hill, Fla., was driving eastbound on FM 2067. Troopers said Maupin was driving too fast and ran the stop sign while at-tempting to turn right onto southbound US 183. Maupin lost control of his momentum and overturned 1 3/4 times before coming to a rest, facing south, on the east side of 183. Minor damage was done to the fence, owned by Rex Kelly of Yoakum. Maupin sustained non-life threatening injuries and was transported to Gonzales Memorial Hospital via Gonzales County EMS. The truck was carrying 175 barrels of sweet crude oil. (Photo by Mark Lube)

STABBINGS: Suspect in custody

NIXON: Clamps down on code

reported they were at-tempting to break up an-other altercation involv-ing juveniles when the fight among the adults broke out, but Richter said it was unclear if the two fights were related. He said he also could

not confirm reports from witnesses that some of the juveniles were being served alcohol by family members.

“It was close to the end of the night when this all broke out,” Richter said. “The cause of the alterca-tion is still under investi-gation.”

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for his/her arrest will be issued.Homeowners have not found it easy to ac-

cept being told their personal property is unac-ceptable. One of the first responses is, “What are you talking about? Those cars have been parked there for 15 years!”

Another reaction is, “That’s not junk! I’m sav-ing it for parts!”

But, the immediate reaction is usually, “Why’d you come here? Why haven’t you been to that house down the street, yet?”

The updating of city ordinances has been a dogged determination of the current council. Many of them ran for office on the promise to “clean-up” Nixon. It has taken over a year, but their pledges are starting to become realized.

The changes were explained and discussed at council meetings; proposed ordinances were published in the local newspaper, and then vot-ed on to approve as described. No one came to question what the changes would mean to them personally, and now, those concerns have be-come moot – the enforcement phase has begun.

Decisions approving the changes were made to increase property values, encour-age citizens to show pride in their properties, and create incentives for outsiders to consider

making Nixon their home.The success of ordinance enforcement de-

pends on Villarreal. His credentials include a 1985 start in San Antonio animal control. He graduated from the San Antonio Law En-forcement Academy at San Antonio College in 1993 and worked as a code enforcement officer for 11 years.

Villarreal worked as a sheriff’s deputy in Bexar County, Kendall County, and Frio City, which included special operations units. He was employed by police departments in Pearsall and Kirby before coming to Nixon in October, 2009 to serve as a reserve officer while continuing contracted work in highway traffic control.

The patrolman’s demeanor is not abrasive or challenging; it is not aggressive or personal. He has a job requiring him to enforce ordi-nances. Interestingly, his victims have been complimentary about his patience in explain-ing his responsibilities and their obligations – after they get over their shock at the intrusion.

Complaints of violations made by citizens are first on the agenda for being addressed, but they will be followed by pro-active sightings.

Villarreal cautions that any adult who lives on the premises may be cited, and he promises to make every effort to be firm, but fair.


In for a scoreSt. Paul’s Adam Hollenbach raises the ball in celebration as he scores a touchdown during Saturday’s state semifinal contest in Giddings. Hollenbach and the Cardinals will be out to defend their TAPPS Division IV state title this weekend against their arch-rivals, the Sacred Heart Indians. (Photo courtesy Photos by Lori Raabe)

STATE: Local rivals St. Paul,Sacred Heart battle for title

This is Johnston’s first time to coach a team in the state title game

“This is a big, big rivalry,” Johnston said. “More is at stake when a state title is on the line.”

Johnson said the Cardinal offense needs to execute their game plan as flawlessly as they can.

“We have to avoid mistakes. We must not turn the ball over and we must not have costly penalties,” he said.

The Cardinals’ defense will have to deal with the keep-it-on-the ground offense they saw when they played the Indians back on Oct. 29 — when they scored an upset 14-12 win.

“We have to prevent Sacred Heart from making big plays. We have to tackle their backs well and we have to force some turn-overs,” Johnston said.

He said it speaks volumes for the Cardinal players having made the state championship game with a new coach and a new system.

“I give the credit to our kids,” Johnston said. “Our kids are like sponges. They ab-sorbed all of the new things I brought. I am

very proud of them. They have come a long way.”

Last season, under previous head coach Jake Wachsmuth, the Cardinals ran off 14 straight wins, defeating Colleyville Cov-enant Christian for the title.

Sacred Heart’s last appearance in the TAPPS DIV title game was 2007, where they beat Fort Worth Calvary.

“It is an honor to play in the state title game,” Henke said.

He said the biggest concern for the Indi-ans will be hanging on to the ball. Last week against Brazos Christian, Sacred Heart had five turnovers on offense.

“We had five turnovers and still won. We cannot have five turnovers and expect to win in the state title game,” he said. “We must do a better job of protecting the football.”

Brazos Christian managed to produce some big plays on offense, another thing Sacred Heart cannot allow against the Car-dinals.

“We must play sound and prevent St. Paul from making big plays,” Henke said. “Both our offense and defense must consider ev-ery play as important. You just do not know when a play will be a crucial one or not.”


The City of Gonzales Planning and Zoning Com-mission on Tuesday gave its approval to a request to re-zone a property from R-1 residential (single-family) to R-2 (multi-family), but not before hearing from neighbors who voiced their concern about the possible influence on traffic.

Ken Morrow of KP En-terprises, LLC, wants to erect a pair of quadraplexes on the property, located at the southeast corner of

Seydler St. and Schurig Lane. A number of nearby residents filed written com-ments with the P&Z board, and two spoke during Tuesday’s session.

Herman Harris told the commissioners that he has concerns about the traffic because Schurig Lane is a very narrow street, and also voiced his concern about the possible impact to wa-ter pressure in the area from eight additional resi-dences.

“The water pressure, I understand the city is working on it, but they’ve

been ‘working on it’ for 20 years,” he quipped.

Harris said that if the quadraplex’s driveway exits onto Schurig Lane, those exiting have limited vision when attempting to enter the faster-moving traffic along Seydler.

“It’s going to create a bad street because of the con-gestion,” he said.

Evelyn Johnson echoed many of Harris’ concerns, adding that the deep drain-age ditches to either side of Schurig lane, especially near the Seydler intersec-tion, already makes for

some tough situations for drivers.

“If you don’t watch out you’re going to have people going into those ditches,” she said. “If you decide to zone it this way, it (drive-way) should come out on Seylder, not Schurig. It’s a lane, not a street.”

Morrow told Harris, Johnson and other neigh-boring residents that he wants his project to be a good neighbor.

“You guys have some very valid comments,” he said. “I would consider amend-ing the plat to have one driveway between the two fourplexes rather than two entrances.”

Morrow said his proj-ect is designed to create units which will rent for around $800-900 a month. “I could put a duplex there or a single home there, but I can’t make the (economics) work,” he said. “I just want to build. I’m a builder, that’s what I do.”

The rezoning request will now go to the Gonzales City Council for final action.

Several area residents were hospitalized after a rash of accidents around the area involving passenger vehicles and 18-wheelers following the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

Two persons were taken to hospital via Life Flight fol-lowing a truck-car accident on Monday in the Leesville area, Department of Public Safety troopers said.

A DPS spokesman said that a 1999 Mercury Moun-taineer SUV driven by Me-lissa Munoz, 39, was north-bound on U.S. Hwy. 80 when she slowed to make a turn. The DPS said a 1997 Ken-worth tractor-trailer driven by Ronald Hensley of Penel-ope, Texas, was behind Mu-noz’s vehicle and didn’t see her turn signal in time.

Hensley attempted to avoid a collision, jacknif-ing his truck, and the trailer clipped the Mountaineer, which rolled over two and a half times and ejected Mu-noz’s passenger, an 18-year-old female not immediately identified by troopers. The DPS spokesman said both women were taken to Uni-versity Hospital by Life Flight.

Hensley was cited for fail-

ure to control his speed. The accident remains under in-vestigation.

Other accident on Mon-day near Belmont left a local man with a broken nose and other injuries. DPS inves-tigators said Charles Wells, operating a 2009 Chevro-let pickup truck, was west-bound on Hwy 90A near the county line when he failed to see a turn signal of a tractor-trailer in front of him. A DPS spokesman said Wells steered to his right to avoid a collision and instead hit a GVEC pole, a fence line and concrete pad off the roadway.

Wells was cited for not wearing his seat belt and fail-ure to control speed.

Another weekend acci-dent which closed US Hwy 183 about eight miles south of Gonzales inadvertently spawned another collision.

A DPS spokesman said a 2007 Chevrolet flatbed truck driven by Jimmy Wheeler of Adkins had slowed because of the other accident, and his vehicle was struck from behind by a 2002 GMC pickup truck being driven by Ila Lavasseur, 80, of Pa-lacios.

Lavasseur was trans-ported to Gonzales Memo-rial Hospital, where she was treated for minor injuuries and released.

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SAWS and Silent SantaSan Antonio Water Supply recently donated $750 to Silent Santa of Gonzales County. Pictured from left are Ken Holt, SAWS Regional Outreach coordinator and Robert McCauley, Silent Santa director. (Photo by Mark Lube)

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President Barack Obama was wrong to say at the Asia-Pacific economic sum-mit that America has gotten “lazy” in the past few de-cades at attracting foreign investment.

What he should have said, in light of his administra-tion’s handling of the pro-posed Keystone XL pipeline, is that America has become quite adept at blocking it. To delay the project for more than three years and then, after giving every indication that it would go through, announce the ultimate de-cision will be kicked past the 2012 election takes hard work and brio.

TransCanada wants to in-vest $7 billion in building a pipeline across the United States to carry oil from Al-berta, Canada, to the Gulf Coast. If we were merely lazy, we’d have accepted the project and the thousands of associated construction jobs long ago. That would be the path of least resistance, not to mention common sense.

The president’s “lazy” comment is one of a se-ries of remarks carrying an undercurrent of disap-proval of the country he is so luckless to govern. A few weeks ago, he observed that Americans had gotten “a little soft and we didn’t have the same competitive edge that we needed over the last couple of decades.” At a San Francisco fundraiser, he la-mented that “we have lost our ambition, our imagina-tion, and our willingness to do the things that built the Golden Gate Bridge and Hoover Dam.”

Obama is prone to the posture of the dispassion-ate critic, floating above the foibles of America. It never

seems to enter his mind that he might have disappointed us, but he certainly seems to think that we have dis-appointed him. We’ve been lazy and soft in our prac-tices going back decades, hopeless until the advent of one Barack H. Obama, the would-be Redeemer President frustrated by the recalcitrant national mate-rial with which he’s forced to work, Michelangelo with a bum piece of marble.

The distance between President Obama’s self-im-age and the reality is yawn-ing. Ambition? His heroic stimulus bill funded road-work to create temporary insta-jobs and subsidized green-energy projects, some of which would have hap-pened anyway. Imagina-tion? He perpetually wants to send federal money to the states to prop up their existing unaffordable struc-tures. Willingness to do the

things necessary to build? He can’t even disregard his left on Keystone XL. His National Labor Relations Board is harrying Boeing for the offense of building state-of-the-art aircraft in a nonunionized South Caro-lina plant.

It’s within the president’s power to do a few major things to make us more competitive. He could cut a deal with Republicans to re-form individual and corpo-rate taxes, exchanging lower rates for loophole closings. He could cut a deal restrain-ing entitlements, sending a signal to the markets that Washington can begin to control its budget. Sen. Pat Toomey, a Pennsylvania Republican on the “super committee,” has offered a compromise plan along these lines. The president has shown no interest. He apparently prefers wag-ing a blunt-force campaign against a “do-nothing Con-gress” and carping about what’s wrong with us.

If this helps him win a second term, he can add poor judgment to his run-ning indictment.

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.

(c) 2011 by King Features Synd., Inc.

Last week, several south Texas law enforce-ment officials protected the Democratic Party and the Obama Admin-istration’s failed border security policies, rather than speak out to protect American citizens.

Using a White House roundtable and Demo-cratic forum, these law enforcement officials claimed the U.S.-Mexico border region is not turn-ing into a war zone. On the contrary, they blamed Republicans for creating fear.

Their comments follow the lead by Congressman Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, who publically attacked retired Gen. Barry Mc-Caffrey and retired Army Maj. Gen. Robert Scales for their report which claims the US-Mexico border is becoming a “war zone.”

Cuellar and Congress-man Silvestre Reyes, D-El Paso, said Republicans are trying to exploit the drug cartel violence in Mexico for political ends. “For someone to come in and exaggerate what is happening here on the border, I do not think that is right. It is not good for business people. They are scaring people off,” said Cuellar regard-ing the McCaffrey-Scales report.

Of course, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano claimed fed-eral, state, and

local law enforcement

agencies are working to keep border communi-ties safe, while facili-tating commerce. The “commerce” concern is the same voiced by Cuel-lar when he met with San Antonio Tea Party lead-ers who took him to task for his outburst toward McCaffrey and Scales. Cuellar admitted to the Tea Party leaders that there may be problems in the rural areas, but not in the urban areas.

It should not surprise anyone that these law enforcement officials are Democrats, and that they are trying to put a positive spin on Obama’s failed border and immi-gration policies. How-ever, how can Cuellar and these Democrat law en-forcement officials swear to defend U.S. Constitu-tion and ignore the crime and contraband along the border?

How can they support selective enforcement of immigration laws?

How can they sup-port an Administration that sides with foreign

countries in legal action against states when they are trying to address the immigration problems caused by the Obama Ad-ministration?

Hildago County Sheriff Lupe Trevino, a Demo-crat, says “the border is not in chaos.

He claims they are not at “Ground Zero.” Webb County Sheriff Martin Cuellar, who happens to be a direct relative of Congressman Cuellar, also claims the border does not have problem with Mexican crime. I’m sure Sheriff Cuellar’s comments were not po-litically motivated.

Congressman Cuellar considers himself a “blue dog” Democrat, which means he is supposed to be more moderate and independent than other Democrats. However, his comments about the US-Mexico border, shows he does not want to criticize Obama’s failed immigra-tion policies.

American citizens along the border should be very concerned that local law enforcement officials and their Con-gressional representative chose to place political concerns above public safety.

Mexican crime is al-ready spilling over into the U.S., and Cuellar is more concerned about the business environment and towing the Party line than the safety of Ameri-cans.


In Our View

Distance between Obama and reality is widening

Protecting the party rather thanprotecting American citizens

National identity, ethnic identity: not the same thingDances withChihuahuas

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Around 250 years ago, the DNA strains which wound up mapping my body were living elsewhere.

Near as we’ve been able to fig-ure out, my mom’s side of the family lived in southern Scot-land, although some were part of Clan Buchan, one of the more in-fluential highland clans from the northeastern coast of the Misty Isles.

My daddy’s family descended from the Von Mundts of Prussia, changing the name to the Angli-cized “Mundy” after emigrating to Wales in the 1400s.

Sometime after the Jacobite re-bellion, both bloodlines emigrat-ed en masse to the New World, where at least one of them mat-ed with at least one branch of a Cherokee bloodline. And around two centuries later, Joe Mundy met Barbara Maness and foisted me on the world.

So if you ask me what nation-ality I am, you’ll get the answer: “Texan.”

Yes, my heritage is Scottish,

Prussian, Welsh and Cherokee. But I was born in Texas. I’m not a European or an Indian. I’m not an immigrant. I’m a native.

The topic came up after seeing a Facebook post from a young man in which he identified some-one else as a “Mexican,” and I foolishly responded with a very crude comment which, in hind-sight, was unprofessional of me. I need to confine my editorial comments to my editorial page.

The young man was quick to let me know my comment was of-fensive, and said that he, too, was a “Mexican.” I hastened to correct him: he’s a Texan. He may be eth-nically Latino, but he’s a Texan.

This urge to claim a national-ity as our ethnicity is one of the things which continues to polar-ize our society, and all too often we can’t distinguish between na-tionalism and racism.

If you’re wearing a tee-shirt that says “Latino and Proud,” I’ll assume you’re into research-ing your family tree and, being a history buff, I’ll be interested in hearing what you have to say. If your shirt says “Mexican and Proud,” I’ll assume you are a for-eign national, ask if you’re enjoy-ing your vacation in my country and if you plan to visit us again soon.

Yes, the same can be said of those millions of Americans who run around proclaiming that they’re “Irish” on St. Patrick’s Day. Most of those wearing the “Kiss Me, I’m Irish” shirts are not even Irish by heritage. But they only claim to be visiting foreign na-tionals one day a year.

Admittedly, we native-born folks of lighter skintone haven’t helped matters over the years. It’s

only been in the last couple of de-cades that we’ve begun unravel-ing ourselves from the notion of ethnic superiority.

Latinos’ use of “Mexican” to identify themselves has been aid-ed and abetted by good ole coun-try boys, who have used the same term — wrongfully — since we first claimed this country. Look at what the early Texians did to a true Texas hero, Juan Seguin, simply because he was “Mexican.”

And yes, there are African-Americans. Those are the recent immigrants from Nigeria and the Ivory Coast. But the people who have been in this country since the 1800s are not “African.”

But the main reason that being a “Mexican” these days is an is-sue is because of national — not ethnic — considerations. Texas has always had a unique His-panic (and, yes, Mexican) flavor. It’s what has helped make Texan a distinct nationality within the United States.

But our nation has been in-vaded by millions of people who

aren’t here to become citizens. They are not “Latinos” or hy-phenated Americans — they are Mexicans, Hondurans, Salva-dorans and Guatemalans. They are not here to participate in the American Dream: they are here to grab as much of it as they can and send it home.

Admit it or not, we are at war with Mexico. They are subvert-ing our culture, waging a demo-graphic war of reconquista — and they are winning it without firing a shot.

You’ll recall the story a couple of weeks back about the student in McAllen who objected strenu-ously when required to recite the Mexican national anthem and pledge of allegiance for a Span-ish class. The school district there considers that “cultural educa-tion” — but doesn’t require stu-dents to pledge allegiance to the American or Texas flags.

So yes, I bear a grudge against Mexicans. But it is a bias based not on skin color or heritage, but on national allegiance.

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In Your ViewLetters to the editor Science in the headlines

‘Life Amendment’ won’t work

Facing the unseen buzzards

Dear Editor, Re: letter to the editor on

Human Life AmendmentThe pro-life movement

had to fight to pass a Partial Birth Abortion Ban. This was even after showing sketches of a viable 9-month old fetus passing through the birth ca-nal feet first only to have the abortion doctor use scissors to cave in the skull and kill the child —all somehow call-ing this abortion rather than infanticide.

As it stands many who are pro-life realize that the Supreme Court did not have five votes on it to support embryonic human life if it barely could pass the Partial Birth Abortion Ban. The HLA was well intentioned, but it is ahead of its time.

Much work and education has to be done promote the humanity of unborn chil-dren- even human embryos. Every one of us was once a “fertilized egg.”

This topic has helped to once again make the point that the Pill is abortifacient (causes early abortions). According to Grimes et al. (Obstet Gynecol, 1994) and other studies, breakthrough ovulations can occur be-cause of contemporary low-dose tablets. When this occurs, the newly created human embryo cannot im-plant in the barren womb. Thus, it dies.

I believe we should respect human life, from natural conception to natural death. In the end, however, use of the Pill and IUDs make that statement difficult to agree with for many when they know the details of how they can work.

Roe v. Wade will be over-turned one day, but the HLA won’t be the vehicle anytime soon. It was ahead of its time.

Mary Ann WenskeGonzales

Grass roots mustregain controlDear Editor,

When the States signed on to the Constitution, in order to form a “more per-fect union”, they remained zealous over their State Sov-ereignty, to the point of add-ing statements in their state constitutions stating such sovereignty.

It was the States, the peo-ple of those sovereign states, which formed the Federal government. It was the States, the people, who were to re-main sovereign and rule the Beast they created. The Beast was to be tied down with the “chains of the Constitution” and the powers given to the Beast, by the States, limited to those spelled out in Ar-ticle One Section 8 of the

US Constitution. The first ten amendments, the Bill of Rights, were added just to make sure the government understood the rights of the people which could not be infringed upon; and that of State sovereignty.

My Dad always said “hind sight is 20/20”. It seems we should have listened to Pat-rick Henry and friends a bit more.

Grassroots, put your armies together, your mon-ies together, and your efforts together and forget DC for now. Concentrate your ef-forts within the states. Help get the Several States back in order, and the people of the Several States in order. Let’s take our States back one County Sheriff, one County Judge, one State Congressio-nal District at a time. Help us do that this election cycle.

The Polls have shown the people of Texas want In-dependence. We intend to give them that vote. Is it re-ally Liberty and Justice you are after or is some lofty BS platitude about a benevolent government in DC watching out for and over America the Beautiful and the rest of the world?

The People of the Several States, as Sovereign States, created this murderous Beast in DC and it must be The People of the Several States, as Sovereign States, which must put it to death. Then Liberty and Justice may ring within the Sovereign States. Grab the right end of the Stick.

Robert SmithHouston

Gonzales needsa truck routeDear Editor,

It is time for our city leaders to open their eyes and see the big picture and take action now to avoid serious, possibly deadly ac-cidents in the school zones and residential areas of Gonzales. The city leaders need to act now and cre-ate a truck route through Gonzales. There is no need for convoys of 18-wheel-ers hauling large oil field equipment to be using St. Louis Street to pass through Gonzales. With the schools, museum, busi-nesses, and residents, the street is just too crowded for the trucks to safely pass through. There simply no reason for the trucks to be there. The downtown area is too congested for trucks to be using St. Joseph Street also.

The most logical route would be Sarah DeWitt and Water Streets. I’m sure TX-DoT had that in mind when

the bypasses were built. But the “new breed” of truck drivers wants everyone to see and hear them today. They have no respect for anyone but themselves. They speed, they use their exhaust brakes (for which we have a city ordinance prohibiting that goes un-enforced), they park wher-ever they please, and they force other vehicles to take evasive actions when they change lanes or pull out in front of them.

Please city leaders, enact a truck route and demand the police department to enforce it!

I’m glad Gonzales is ex-periencing a windfall from the oil boom, but action needs to be taken today to ensure the safety and peace of the citizens.

Bill SheppardGonzales

No reason fordeath penalty Dear Editor:

A couple of weeks ago the Guadalupe County Com-missioners Court voted to spend $300,000 of taxpayer money wastefully. Guada-lupe County hasn’t had a death penalty case in over 30 years yet they approved an inter-local agreement with Lubbock County to provide public defenders in death penalty cases, essen-tially an insurance policy.

Guadalupe County need never have a death penalty case as the District Attor-ney can simply choose to ask for life in prison with-out the possibility of parole and save the people of this county the $300,000 insur-ance premium.

Whatever you think about the justifiability of the death penalty you should re-member two things. It costs about four times as much to execute someone as it does to put them in prison for life due to the appeals and other legal fees. There’s every rea-son to believe that not only did Texas kill an innocent man when Cameron Todd Willingham was executed by lethal injection but as we now know there was no crime committed at all be-cause the fire that killed his children was accidental and not arson.

Guadalupe County should never have a death penalty case and if we don’t then we have no reason to spend $300,000 of the citizen’s money. Call your County Commissioner and Judge Mike Wiggins and tell them how you feel.

Melissa DufresneCibolo

These are just some of the headline sci-ence stories from the past two weeks:

Digital Contact LensA group of eye doctors and electronic

engineers are working on a contact lens that can display information directly to the eye. The device is pretty crude right now, but a single LED light built into the contact lens can be turned on and off remotely.

In its current form, it can be used as an indicator of when a person’s blood sugar drops below a preset level. In just a few years, the lenses are predicted to allow wearers to read email, browse the inter-net, and watch TV and play video Games. (Sciguy: Ooh, bionic eyes. Maybe even bet-ter than the X-ray specs offered in comic books…)

Cyborg InsectsResearchers from the University of

Michigan believe an army of robotic and cyborg insects might spearhead rescue op-erations in the future.

Energy from the insects wings could power the various life-detecting sensors mounted on them. The small cameras mounted on their backs send images back to the rescue workers. The bugs can be moved in different directions by turning small lights mounted on their heads on and off.

What is the difference between a robot and a cyborg? Robots are all machine, whereas cyborgs are a combination of bio-logical and robotic. Steve Austin: The Six Million Dollar Man, would be a cyborg, while Transformers, Bicentennial Man, Chip in “Not Quite Human” and Lt. Cmdr. Data, of Star Trek: The Next Generation would be examples of robots. (Sciguy: Just send the bugs in. People would scream so loud that rescue workers will hear them)

A Dutch Researcher creates a “super Flu” capable of killing millions

Some researchers and experts seem to consider that this research is so dangerous that it shouldn’t even be published. Some

others say that it shouldn’t have ever hap-pened.

The virus is a mutation of the avian influ-enza H5N1-the bird flu, and was intended to study the natural mutation that the vi-rus may undergo. The genetically modified strain is only as contagious as regular flu, but has a 50% death rate. (Sciguy: YIKES!)

A Ridiculous studyA scientific study at St. Lawrence Uni-

versity has shown that the first 20 minutes of chewing gum boosts the brain and helps solving difficult logic problems, and re-peating random number backwards. (Sci-guy: Who pays for this stuff?)

Deafness cured by gene therapyResearchers have managed to restore

hearing to a significant level in guinea pigs by using gene therapy, raising hope for a similar procedure to cure human deafness in the future.

The therapy works by promoting the re-generation of the tiny hair cells, called cilia, in the inner ear. The little hairs pick up fluid motion caused by sound. These hairs are damaged by loud sounds, certain drugs and old age.

A specially designed virus takes the gene called Atoh1 or Math1, into the cells of the cochlea in the inner ear. The gene gener-ates a signaling molecule known to direct the development of hair cells in babies dur-ing development in the womb.

The researchers reported that the gene causes other cells to pitch in and help the restoration process.

Science Guy

Steve Scott is a former science teacher at Gonza-les High School.

SteveScott

One of the eeriest sights I’ve ever witnessed occurred on our property a few years ago.

As my husband and I began our daily routine of feeding and watering the animals, we spotted some movement above us. When we stopped to take a bet-ter look at the sky we were shocked to see what looked like 100 buzzards circling slowly over our field.

Anyone who lives in the country knows that buz-zards are a familiar sight. However, seeing such a large number of them in one spot was like a neon sign that we couldn’t ignore. We stopped what we were doing and im-mediately began to look for a dead animal. Every inch of our place was searched without finding anything resembling buzzard food. (I couldn’t help asking my husband at this point if he was feeling alright.)

As we laughed about the possibility that one of us might be the object of the buzzards’ attention, some-thing strange happened. One of our baby lambs suddenly went into convul-sions. Without showing any previous signs of sickness, it was dead within two hours.

It’s common knowledge that vultures survive on dead and rotting flesh. The mystery was why they were gathering above an ani-mal that was still romping around in the field. How did they know he was going to die?

In an attempt to answer this question I began re-searching buzzards. This is what I discovered.

The scientific name for black vulture is cathartes atratus meaning “a puri-fier dressed in mourning, as for a funeral”. What an im-age! Ever-ready eaters of the dead.

Buzzards are scavengers with a keen sense of sight and smell which enable

them to recognize an easy mark. They sight-see from a good vantage point until the potential meal is spotted. By finding warm currents of air that rise off the ground, they are able to glide effortlessly while they scout the ground below.

When one bird is seen riding a thermal, others soon join in. Together they circle above an unprotected creature that is too weak to stand on its own, and pa-tiently wait for the animal to die.

Unable to shake the im-age of those buzzards, and the sudden death of a seemingly healthy animal, I deduced some truths that brought me around to a point of revelation.

Basic truths:n Things are not always

as they appear. For instance, fatal illness is not always no-ticeable by someone’s out-ward appearance. We can easily overlook the indirect signs of death by assuming that illness will always be obvious. In reality, the hu-man body is attacked by a variety of unseen things that can, and often do, kill.n The fact that something

is not visible doesn’t make it any less real.n There is more to us

(humans) than meets the eye; that is, what you see of you is not all there is of you. Only one-third of you is vis-ible.n We are spiritual cre-

ations temporarily housed in a physical body.n The human soul is at-

tacked by unseen things.n Spiritual attacks are

most effective against those who are weak.n Spiritual strength,

like physical strength, is expended and must be re-newed regularly. Those who do not receive regular sus-tenance become weak and may die.n Signs of impending

death are evident to those who know what to look for.

Revelation:There are unseen buz-

zards circling above us searching for easy prey. They can smell impending death and quickly follow the scent. These scavengers are always dressed and ready to attack those who are too weak to fight.

If we could see the eat-ers of the dead hovering overhead, we would be-gan a thorough search for whatever may be dying in us. I doubt if we would ig-nore the true state of our spiritual life then. We would take notice of bad attitudes and wrong behavior, mak-ing changes as quickly as we can. We would be eager to do whatever we should to get back in line with what is right.

There are people who choose not to think about these things. Many people choose not to believe in them at all. Nevertheless, the Bible warns us about them for a very good rea-son—our spiritual life may depend on it.

The book of Ephesians clearly states that we are in a battle against powerful unseen forces that are out to destroy as many of us as they can. It would be wise to know our enemies and their strategies so that we can fight effectively against them.

It would also be to our benefit to know ourselves at least as well as they know us.

“Each of us had bet-ter tremble and turn from our wrongdoing; silently searching our hearts as we lie in bed.” Psalm 4:4

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Bull yearlings: 700-900 lbs, $92-$111.

Stocker-feeder heifers: Me-dium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs, $129-$134; 300-400 lbs, $136-$141; 400-500 lbs, $124-$131; 500-600 lbs., $119-$126; 600-700 lbs., $116-$119.

Packers cows: Good lean utili-ty and commercial, $43-$52; Cut-ters, $57-$67; Canners, $34-$39; Low yielding fat cows, $51-$64.

Packer bulls: Yield grade 1 & 2, good heavy bulls; $69-$75; light weights and medium quality bulls, $59-$65.

Stocker Cows: $425-$800.Pairs: $725-$950.Thank you for your business!!View our sale live at cattleusa.

com!Christmas Holiday Schedule:Last Sale for Year 2011 will be

December 17th.No Sale on December 24th

and No Sale on December 31st.January 7, 2012 will be First

Sale of the New Year.

Nixon LivestockCommission ReportThe Nixon Livestock Commis-

sion Inc. report had on hand, No-vember 28, 2011, Volume, 1,317.

Steers: 200-300 lbs, $155 to $165 to $204; 300-400 lbs., $149 to $159 to $193; 400-500 lbs, $138 to $148 to $177; 500-600 lbs, $121 to $131 to $150; 600-700 lbs, $116 to $126 to $137; 700-800 lbs, $107 to $117 to $126.

Heifers: 200-300 lbs, $136 to $146 to $196; 300-400 lbs, $127 to $137 to $174; 400-500 lbs, $123 to $133 to $173; 500-600 lbs, $117 to $127 to $150; 600-700 lbs, $108 to $118 to $126; 700-800 lbs, $107 to $117 to $125.

Slaughter cows: $27 to $50 to $67; Slaughter bulls: $61 to $71 to $76; Stocker cows: $520 to $867; Pairs, $650-$770.

Notices: Last sale of 2011 is on December 19, 2011.

Hallettsville LivestockCommission ReportThe Hallettsville Livestock

Commission Co., Inc. had on hand on November 22, 2011, 1,527; Week ago, 2,098; Year Ago, 1,241.

Better quality classes of calves and yearlings sold steady to $3 higher on the lighter weights and $2 to $4 lower on classes 500 lbs and up. Demand good for a holiday shortened sale.

Packer cows and bulls sold $1 to $2 lower on approx. 350 hd. total.

Packer Cows: higher dressing utility & cutter cows, $54-$69; lower dressing utility & cutter cows, $42-$54; light weight can-ner cows, $30-$42.

Packer Bulls: heavyweight bulls, $69-$78; utility & cutter bulls, $61-$69; lightweight can-ner bulls, $54-$61.

Stocker and Feeder Calves and Yearlings: Steer & Bull Calves: under 200 lbs, $130-$175; 200-300 lbs, $128-$175; 300-400 lbs, $130-$180; 400-500 lbs, $122-$165; 500-600lbs, $118-$142; 600-700 lbs, $116-$130; 700-800 lbs, $110-$121. Heifer Calves: under 200 lbs, $125-$168; 200-300 lbs, $122-$150; 300-400 lbs, $120-$148; 400-500 lbs, $116-$132; 500-600 lbs, $112-$128; 600-700 lbs, $110-$118; 700-800 lbs, $95-$112. No. 2 & 3 Steer & Bull Calves: under 200 lbs, $93-$130; 200-300 lbs, $92-$128;

300-400 lbs, $90-$124; 400-500 lbs, $88-$120; 500-600 lbs, $85-$116. No. 2 & 3 Heifer Calves: under 200 lbs, $90-$122; 200-300 lbs, $90-$120; 300-400 lbs, $87-$115; 400-500 lbs, $84-$112; 500-600 lbs, $80-$110.

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

Weekly Sheep/Goat reportProducers Livestock Auction

Co, San Angelo, TexasTotal Receipts: 5897 Last

Week: 4057 Year Ago: 5251Sheep Receipts: 2505 Last

Week: 1480 Year Ago: 2281Goat Receipts: 3392 Last

Week: 2577 Year Ago: 2970 Compared to last week heavy

slaughter lambs not well tested; light

slaughter lambs firm to 10.00 higher. Slaughter ewes weak to 5.00 lower.

Feeder lambs 10.00-20.00 higher. Nannies and kids firm. Trading fairly active, demand good. Supply included 15 per-cent slaughter lambs, 10 percent slaughter ewes, 10 percent feed-er lambs, 5 percent replacement ewes, balance goats. All slaugh-ter lambs went to non-traditional markets.

All sheep and goats sold per hundred weight (CWT) unless otherwise specified.

SLAUGHTER LAMBS:Choice 2-3 shorn and wooled

100-165 lbs 150.00-170.00. Choice and Prime 1 30-40 lbs 226.00-268.00; 40-60 lbs 200.00-220.00, few 220.00-274.00; 60-80 lbs 186.00-200.00, few 200.00-216.00; 80-90 lbs 186.00-192.00; 90-110 lbs 160.00-170.00. Choice 1-2 40-60 lbs 165.00-200.00; 60-90 lbs 160.00-185.00; 90-100 lbs 150.00-160.00; 100-115 lbs 139.00-148.00. Good 1 40-100 lbs 130.00-155.00.

SLAUGHTER EWES:Utility and Good 1-3 (medium

flesh) 65.00-76.00, few 78.00-80.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 57.00-66.00; Cull and Utility 1-2 (very thin) 48.00- 57.00; Cull 1 (ex-tremely thin) 34.00-45.00.

SLAUGHTER BUCKS:50.00-78.00, few 80.00-94.00.

FEEDER LAMBS:Medium and Large 1-2 40-60

lbs 220.00-257.00, few 260.00-270.00; 60-70 lbs 210.00-226.00, few 230.00-238.00; 70-100 lbs 205.00-210.00. Medium and Large 2 40-60 lbs 190.00-220.00; 60-70 lbs 190.00-210.00; 70-105 lbs 185.00-200.00.

REPLACEMENT EWES:Medium and Large 1-2 year-

lings 125.00 per head; solid mouth 85.00-108.00 per head; mixed age hair ewes 80-140 lbs 80.00-94.00 cwt.

GOATS: Estimated 60 percent of receipts:

All sold per hundred weight (CWT) unless otherwise speci-fied.

SLAUGHTER CLASSES:KIDS: Selection 1 25-40 lbs

188.00-218.00, few 220.00-230.00; 40-60 lbs 184.00-204.00, few 205.00-238.00; 60-80 lbs 180.00-190.00; 80-100 lbs 170.00-178.00. Selection 1-2 25-40 lbs 160.00-180.00; 40-80 lbs 160.00-182.00; 80-100 lbs 149.00-166.00. Selection 2 25-40 lbs 130.00-160.00; 40-80 lbs 130.00-160.00.

DOES/NANNIES: Selection 1-2 70-130 lbs 70.00-86.00; 130-165 lbs 64.00-76.00, few 80.00; thin 60-115 lbs 50.00-70.00.

BUCKS/BILLIES: Selection 1-2 70-100 lbs 112.00-154.00; 100-150 lbs 100.00-138.00, year-

lings 125.00-146.00; 150-250 lbs 100.00-116.00.

REPLACEMENT CLASSES:DOES/NANNIES: Selection 1-2

60-115 lbs 85.00-112.00.

Source: USDA Market News Service, San Angelo.

South CentralRegional Eggs SHELL EGGS: Prices are steady with a steady

to fully steady undertone. Retail demand continues fairly good to good. Food service demand is moderate. Offerings are light to moderate, while supplies are moderate. Market activity is mod-erate to active. The weekly shell egg inventory decreased 5.9% for the South Central region. Breaking stock prices are steady. Offerings are light for the light demand. Supplies are moderate to instanc-es heavy. Market activity is slow.

PRICES TO RETAILERS, SALES TO VOLUME BUYERS, USDA GRADE A AND GRADE A, WHITE EGGS IN CARTONS, CENTS PER DOZEN.

PRICES DELIVERED TO WAREHO

USE: RANGE MOSTLY EXTRA LARGE 122.5-131

124-127 LARGE 120.5-129 122-

125 MEDIUM 97.5-106 99-

102 SOUTH CENTRAL AREA:

AR,AZ,CO,KS,LA,MO,NM,OK, and TX Source: USDA AMS Poultry Pro-

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Beginning Jan. 1, 2012, if you claim an exemption from sales tax on the purchase of certain items used in the production of agricul-tural and timber products, yes. In the Texas 82nd Regular Legisla-tive Session, a bill was passed (House Bill 268) that requires a per-son claiming an exemption from sales tax on such purchases must provide a registration number issued by the Comptroller of Public Accounts on the exemption certificate issued to the seller. The Comptroller will provide a registration number to you upon your successful application for registration.

What types of items are subject to this requirement?A registration number will be required in order to claim an ex-

emption from Texas sales and use tax when purchasing the following goods and services:

• fertilizers, fungicides, insecticides, herbicides, defoliants and desiccants used exclusively in the production of timber for sale, or on a commercial farm or ranch in the production of food or other agricultural products for sale;

• machinery and equipment (including component parts) used exclusively in the production of timber, or on a commercial farm or ranch in the production of food or other agricultural products for sale or the building or maintaining of roads and water supplies;

• machinery and equipment used by an original producer for packing and processing agricultural or timber products;

• machinery and equipment used exclusively in an agricultural aircraft operation, as defined by 14 C.F.R. Section 137.3 (crop dust-ing);

• tangible personal property incorporated into a structure used for poultry carcass disposal;

• components of irrigation systems used in the production of food and other agricultural and timber products for sale;

• seedlings used in the production of timber for sale;• electricity used in agriculture or timber operations;• services performed on exempt tangible personal property iden-

tified in this list; and,• farm, timber and off-road motor vehicles.

What types of items are not subject to this requirement?A registration number is not required for the following types of

agricultural items:• horses, mules and work animals commonly used in agricultural

production;• animal life, the products of which ordinarily constitute food for

human consumption, such as cattle, hogs, goats, sheep, chickens and turkeys;

• feed, including oats, corn, chicken scratch and hay, for farm and ranch animals and wildlife;

• feed for animals held for sale in the regular course of business;• seeds and annual plants, the products of which are commonly

recognized as food for humans or animals, or are usually only raised to be sold in the regular course of business such as corn, oats soy-beans and cotton seed; and,

• ice used exclusively by commercial fishing boats in storing aquatic species including, but not limited to, shrimp and other crus-taceans, finfish, mollusks and similar creatures.

Who is eligible for a registration number?A person, including a non-Texas resident, engaged in the produc-

tion of agricultural or timber products for sale in the regular course of business is eligible for a registration number that can be used to claim an exemption from Texas sales tax on the purchase of qualify-ing items included for eligibility for registration numbers are persons in these groups:

• farmers and ranchers who raise agricultural products to sell to others

• persons engaged in aquaculture and apiculture; (i.e. commercial fish farms or bee keepers)

• custom harvesters;• persons engaged in agricultural aircraft operations, as defined by

14 C.F.R. Section 137.3 (crop dusting);• commercial nurseries engaged in fostering growth of plants for

sale (i.e., growing stock from seed or cuttings, replanting seedlings in larger containers); and,

• timber producers, including contract lumberjacks.

Who is NOT eligible for a registration number?A person who is not engaged in the production of agricultural or

timber products for sale is not eligible for a registration number and may not claim an exemption from tax when purchasing the items noted above. Examples of the types of activities that do not qualify for exemption include home gardening; horse racing; florists or sim-ilar retailers who only store or maintain plants prior to sale; wildlife management and/or land conservation; maintenance or operation of hunting and fishing leases; horse boarding; trail rides; commercial fishing; dog breeding and pet kennels.

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While the State of Texas and state Republicans are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene and pre-vent a federal district court from re-drawing lines for legislative districts approved by the state Legislature last spring, Gonzales County Republicans aren’t altogeth-er unhappy with the federal court’s intervention.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to grant an emergency stay to stop the federal district court in San Antonio from imposing what they termed unlawful redistricting maps upon the State of Texas.

The State’s appeal requests that the Supreme Court re-view the redistricting case on an expedited basis, re-verse the federal district court’s unlawful decision and prohibit the district court’s interim map from being implemented.

The district court’s re-drawn map, however, has

one advantage over the map approved by the Texas Leg-islature and its Republican majority: Gonzales county doesn’t get split in half.

Under the legislative plan, Gonzales County could be split between Congressio-nal District 27 — currently represented by Republican Blake Farenthold of Corpus Christi — and the newly-created Congressional Dis-trict 34, which would be a Hispanic-majority district.

The federal court’s revised plan places all of the county, as well as Lavaca and Fay-ette counties, in District 34, where Farenthold is a resi-dent.

“Having looked at the new Congressional District map, I like it better than the previous plan where Gonzales Co. was split into two districts,” said Gon-zales County GOP Chair-man Ray Hause. “I’ve not looked closedly at the State Rep and Senatorial Dis-tricts and probably would rely upon Senator (Glenn) Hegar to make any judge-ment and since I haven’t spoke with him will reserve comment.”

The federal court’s plan makes no major changes to the area’s legislative and senatorial districts. Gonza-les County would remain in state Rep. Tim Klein-schmidt’s District 17, as well as Hegar’s Senate Dis-trict 18.

The Cannon solicited comment from Gonzales County Democratic Chair Ken Mosher, but did not receive a response.

The Supreme Court set Thursday as the deadline for filing objections to Ab-bott’s appeal, and in a news release the attorney general said the thrust of his argu-ment is that state sover-eignty is at stake.

“(The) appeal empha-sizes that no court has, at any time, found anything unlawful about the redis-tricting maps passed by the Texas Legislature,” Abbott said. “It is judicial activism at its worst for judges to draw redistricting maps of their own choosing despite no finding of wrongdoing by the State of Texas.”

Abbott’s news release said that Fifth Circuit Judge Jerry Smith is the only federal court of appeals judge to review the district court’s maps. Judge Smith dissented after finding that

the other two judges on the panel exceeded their legal authority and acted as a “mini-legislature” by im-properly imposing a “run-away plan” that substitutes unelected judges’ policy preferences for those of the duly elected Texas Legisla-ture.

Abbott’s appeal for an emergency stay would al-low the Texas election pro-cess to proceed. Current deadline for filing for state and federal offices in the 2012 primaries is Dec. 12.

“In summary, it is dif-ficult to overstate what the majority… has wrought in ordaining its ambitious scheme,” Abbott said. “Its plan is far reaching and ex-treme. It expands the role of a three-judge interim court well beyond what is legal, practical, or fair.”

Under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, all redistrict-ing in Texas is subject to review by the U.S. Justice Department to protect the voting rights of minorities, based on a history of prior voting discrimination. Historically, the Justice Department has denied re-districting plans which did not set aside districts with ethnic-minority majorities or which lowered the per-centage of minority popu-lations in districts which were already considered “majority minority.”

Democrats and ethnic-rights advocates have ob-jected to the Texas legisla-tive plan, saying it did not set aside enough Hispanic-majority districts based on population increases docu-mented in the 2010 Census. The Justice Department sided with the objectors and asked the San Antonio district court to review the plans.

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Gonzales County DeedsGonzales County Courthouse DeedsNovember 1-30Thibodeaux, Chris and Thibodeaux, Amy to

Westwood Inn, LLC, w/d, 2.204 Acres (Pt. Lt. 4, Blk. 8, RG 1 West) Orig. Outer Town Gonzales.

Pavliska, Charles Neil and Pavliska, Cheryl Ann to Almaguer, Sergio, w/d, 10.20 Acres (Tract 28) Run-ning Wolf Subdvn.

Barnett, Thelma to Forest Oil Corporation, o/l, 205.00 Acres, Robert Sellers Jr. Svy, A-419.

Equity Trust Co. (Custodian), Olsen Ira #19194, R.E. to 304 W. 2nd Ave. Land Trust and Johnson, Frank (Trustee), w/d, Lt. 9, Blk. 24, Nixon.

Presbyterian Church of Gonzales, Texas to Dia-mond M. Drilling & Exploration Co., o/l, 156.387 Acres, Sarah Seeley Svy, A-60.

Mercer, Michael Gene and Mercer, Rhonda Jean to Shirley, Dustin and Shirley, Loretta, w/d, 0.585 of an Acre (Pt. Lt. 7) Pecan River Ranch.

Wingo II, Michael J. (Trustee), Wingo Revocable Living Trust, Michael J. and Wingo Revocable Liv-ing Trust, Calla Loraine to Wingo II, Michael J., w/d, 100.00 Acres, N M Bane Svy.

EOG Resources, Inc. to Coastal Plains Disposal #1, L.L.C., w/d, 9.43 Acres, R H Wynn Svy, A-474.

Jones, J.D. and Jones, Mary J. to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 40.00 Acres, Thomas Jackson Svy, A-30.

Acts Tabernacle to Forest Oil Corporation, o/l, 17.20 Acres, Svy. Not Shown.

Green, Warren Dell (Trustee), Fryer, Frank (Trust-ee), Wilson, Eugene (Trustee), Thomas, Sidney (Trustee), Henson Chapel Community Outreach Foundation and Henson Chapel Methodist Church to Fryer, L.W., w/d, Pt. Lts. 10-11, Blk. 12, Burchard Addn, Gonzales.

Mejias, Daniel P. and Mejias, Roberta A. to Sharon Hunter Resources, o/l, 10.20 Acres, P Priestly Svy, Gonzales and Lavaca Counties.

Zigmond, Marilyn Jo to Diamond M Drilling & Ex-ploration Co., o/l, 57.48 Acres, Samuel McCoy Svy, A-340.

Pahmeyer, Barbara W. to Forest Oil Corporation, o/l, 31.00 Acres, Hardy W B Price Svy, A-370.

Hernandez, Steve to Hernandez, Ancieto, L., w/d, Lt. 10, blk. 6, Davidson Hill Addn, Gonzales.

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Better than splitting the county, but ...

Plan originally approved by Texas Legislature

Plan ordered by San Antonio federal court

Court’s redistricting plan wouldkeep Gonzales in single district

AUSTIN — Texas State Senator Glenn Hegar filed the proper documents with Re-publican Party of Texas, mak-ing his reelection campaign for a third term in the Texas Senate official. Hegar was first elected to represent the 18th Senate District in 2006.

Senate District 18 remains one of the largest senate dis-tricts in Texas following the most recent redistricting pro-cess. The district consists of all or part of 21 Texas coun-ties including: Lee, Burleson, Gonzales, Fayette, Washing-ton, DeWitt, Lavaca, Colo-rado, Austin, Waller, Harris, Fort Bend, Wharton, Jackson, Victoria, Goliad, Refugio,

Calhoun, Matagorda, Aran-sas, and Nueces counties.

“I stand proud of my ser-vice in the Texas Senate and my record in defending our values that have made Texas the best state in our nation and the best place to call home,” Hegar said. Today, I seek reelection to the Texas Senate so that I can continue to seek common sense solu-tions to improve our educa-tion system, meet the every growing transportation needs, and the devastating drought of this past year has proven that Texas must work even harder to find innova-tive solutions to our growing water demands.”

American LegionThe American Legion and Auxiliary of Gon-

zales will meet Thursday, December 1st at 6 p.m. at the American Legion Hall for their an-nual Christmas Party.

Everyone is asked to bring some non-per-ishable food items to help stock the shelves at G.C.A.M. over the holidays.

All members, Ladies Auxiliary and guest are invited.

Gonzales ICA to meetThe Gonzales Independent Cattlemen’s

Association will meet at the Gonzales V.F.W. Hall, Thursday, Dec. 8, at 5:30 p.m. for a social and 6:30 p.m. for meal & meeting. Paul Yura with the National Weather Service will be the guest speaker. Special thanks to Lone Star Bank, Prosperity Bank and Sage Capital Bank for sponsoring the meal.

Helping HandsIf you are in need of a meal, Helping Hands,

a non-profit, multi-church ministry would like to bless you with a free lunch. Meals will be distributed Saturday, December 3rd begin-ning at 11 a.m. in the GCAM parking lot lo-cated at 708 St. Louis Street. Volunteers and donations are welcome. Contact Linda at 361-275-1216.

Art Group LuncheonThe Gonzales Art Group will hold their

annual Christmas luncheon on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Tony’s. Mem-bers of the group and guests will bring art kits/supplies for Child Advocacy and Santa’s Helpers, as well as food for the food bank. Tony’s will have the lunch buffet line. Come join the holiday spirit and celebrate with other artists.

Please call Janice Williamson at 830-857-5694 or Sarah Bailey at 830-857-5695 for more information.

New church opensTrue Vine Community Church & Activity

Center invites you to come and worship with us in our new location at 310 St. An-drew St., Gonzales, Texas 78629. Rev. M.L. Calvin, pastor. Worship Services are Sunday at 1:00 p.m. and prayer meetings are Thurs-days at 7:00 p.m. If you need special prayer please come. If you need special help, please come out. To God Be The Glory.

Christmas lights contestThe City of Gonzales and the Spade and

Trowel Garden Club are once again spon-soring the City Christmas Lighting Contest. Entry forms may be picked up at the City Office, the Gonzales Chamber of Commerce or downloaded from the City of Gonzales website. Rules for the contest appear on the entry forms. Entries must be turned in no later than noon, December 15th to be judged. Judging by out of town judges will be December 15th from 6 pm – 10 pm.

The BriefcaseThis is your special invitation to join us on

Tuesday, December 6 from 12:05-12:55 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of First Baptist Church for a Brief time of Caring and Sharing Every-thing. The program “The Christmas Table-cloth: will be presented by Phyllis Nichols. Ham, potato salad, bread and drinks will be furnished; bring your favorite Christmas side dish or dessert and a friend or two and come for this very special time of inspira-tion and sharing. Childcare available on re-quest; call the church at 672-9595.

Norma’s House open houseThe Gonzales Regional Children’s Advo-

cacy Center (Norma’s House) will be cele-brating 12 years of service and 1 ½ years in their new home with a Grand Opening. The event will be held on Dec. 6 from 2-7 p.m. at 1604 St. Paul Street in Gonzales.

The Gonzales Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture will hold a Ribbon Cutting cer-emony at 2 p.m. and the Capital Campaign Contributors of Norma’s House will be rec-ognized at 2:30 p.m. Guided tours of the facility will be held every half hour begin-ning at 3 p.m., and the Board of Directors will hold a Meet & Greet from 5-6 p.m. Raffle drawings will also be held at 6 p.m.

JRH basketball signupsThe Johnny Ross Hunt Youth Basketball

League will begin registration in the front of the old gym at Gonzales Junior High School on Saturday, Dec. 3 from 9 a.m. to noon.

The league is for children ages 4-12 years old and the registration fee is $35 per child.

For more information, call Johnny Ross Hunt at 830-557-3956.

Flag football leagueAn adult flag football league will take place

in Yoakum starting in January. Games will take place on Saturday and/or Sunday. The 8-on-8, non-contact league will follow TAAF rules and regulations. Entry fee is $300 per team. Registration deadline is Dec. 30. If interested or for more information, call 361-655-2909 or e-mail: [email protected].

Baseball, softball tourneysThe Shiner Starplex will be hosting base-

ball and fastpitch softball tournaments for 8u through 18u teams on Dec. 3-4 and Dec. 17-18. Low-cost entry fees with great prizes. Dis-counts for early-bird registrations. Visit www.shinerstarplex.com for more information, call 361-655-2909 or e-mail: [email protected]. Spaces are limited, so hurry and sign-up today.

Livestock Show validationsThe Gonzales Livestock Show Board an-

nounced that validation for commercial heif-ers and halter heifers will be held Sunday, Dec. 4 and Sunday, Dec. 11 from 1-3 p.m. at

the Guadalupe Valley Veterinary Clinic. Vali-dation for market and breeding swine will be held Wednesday, Dec. 7 from 5-7 p.m. at the J.B. Wells Showbarn.

Deadline for ordering chickens is Dec. 16.

RFL team captainsAmerican Cancer Society Relay For Life in

Gonzales County Team Captain’s meeting Monday, December 5 at 5:15 p.m. at the Abid-ing Word Lutheran Church at 1310 St. Louis Street in Gonzales. For more information, may contact Carolyn Kocian at 830-672-9403 or Kristie Mercer at 672-7581.

4-H poinsettia saleGonzales County 4-H members will again

be selling Poinsettias this year. The sale will be on Friday, December 2nd 10:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. at Marrou & Company. Everyone is invit-ed to come by and see the beautiful flowers. All pre-sale orders for flowers and wreaths are to be picked up that day between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M.

For more information please contact the Gonzales County Extension Office at 830/672-

8531.

Senior Citizens CenterThe Gonzales Senior Citizens Center

would like to invite anyone over 60 years of age to come and eat with them at 604 St. Michael St., Monday thru Friday. The center is open from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.

We serve a hot delicious 1/3 RDA deli-cious meal noon each day. The cost of the meal is a $2.00 voluntary donation that is applied to the total cost of the meal.

We would like some suggestions for ac-tivities that you would like to see at the Gonzales Center.

I would also like to remind you that we have Senior Citizen Centers in Waelder, Smi-ley and Nixon. For more information about our activities, please call me, Helen Richter at 672-2613.

For general public transportation call 672-7014 or 672-6469, and talk to Kari or Bobby. Please make your reservations as soon as you know you need transportation because it is on a first come first serve basis.


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Obituaries

Patricia Ann “Patty” Lippke Benton,

1954-2011

BENTONPatricia Ann “Patty” Lip-

pke Benton, 57, of Gon-

zales, passed away Friday, November 25, 2011. Patty was born August 25, 1954 in Yorktown to Bruno and Nettie Wurtz Lippke. She had earned a Masters of Arts Degree in Social Sci-ence from Sam Houston State University. Patty had worked at The Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation Center as a social worker and therapist. Patty was by and large a private per-son; she loved animals, en-joyed horseback riding and found caring for the elderly personally and spiritually rewarding. Patricia Ann Lippke Benton is survived her boyfriend, George Ray Gescheidle of Gonzales,

his daughter and son-in-law, Laura and Tim Conley of Liberty Hill and their children, Lilly and Zane Conley, all of which Patty adored. She was preceded in death by her parents. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, November 29, 2011 in the Westside Cemetery of Yor-ktown with Rev. Clint Low-rey officiating. A visitation was held from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday evening at Sey-dler-Hill Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the charity of one’s choice. Services are under the care and direction of Seydler-Hill Funeral Home.

Grill GiveawayTexas Gas Company held its annual raffle on Tuesday, Nov. 29. The grand prize was a custom-made barbecue pit built by Carl Debault (left) and won by Eduardo Estaniste. The second place prize, a wok with a burner, went to Juanita Ramirez of Cuero and the third place prize, a wok, was won by Gonzales’ Glen Bachmay-er. Also shown is Charles Tounley, Texas Gas Company Service supervisor, and Gonzales Chamber of Commerce president Barbara Hand. The proceeds from the raffle benefit Texas Gas Company’s communities (Cuero, Yoakum, Gonzales, Lockhart, Nixon, Shiner and Luling) through the United Way. (Photo by Mark Lube)

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Specialty Physician Outpatient ClinicAudiologyHelen Ross,Hearing Specialist(830) 372-2237

CardiologyWilliam Craig, M.D.(830) 672-3845Dustin Agan, M.D.(830) 672-3845

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NeurologyPraveen Thangada, M.D.(830) 303-1819

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The Museum StarsAre Hung and LightedThe Spade and Trowel Garden Club recently strung lights at the Gonzales Memorial Museum to launch its annual Christmas season city beautification drive. The club is accepting contributions, with in-dividuals, families and businesses honoring friends and relatives by “buying” lights. Each light on a star is a $1 contribution, and a complete star is $60. To make your donation, send a check to the Spade & Trowel Garden Club, 1312 Gardien, Gonzales 78629. Past efforts have enabled the club to assist county commissioners with beautification of the court-house grounds and other projects. (Photo by Mark Lube)

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Miss Gonzales County Teen Represented WellMiss Gonzales County Teen, Angela Witzkoske of Gonzales, participated in the prestigious MissTexas Teen USA 2012 Pageant, held in Houston on November 26-27. While she did not bring home the crown, Witzkoske did return with a wealth of experience and friendships with young talented and goal-oriented women from all across Texas. Angela states that it was an honor to represent Gonzales and looks forward to bringing the area to the forefront in its vast history. Angela congratulates the 2012 Miss Texas Teen winner, Maddison Lee of Bay Area. Witzkoske is pictured during the swimsuit and evening gown competitions. (Courtesy Photos)

SHINER — The Christ-mas season is upon us and one area student is going above and beyond to make sure her city gets into the spirit of the holiday.

Julianna Rankin, a 15-year old sophomore at Shiner High School, has spearheaded an Angel Tree in Shiner. The project is designed to help provide Christmas gifts to needy children (or Angels) in her community. The children are often victims of ongo-ing child abuse and/or ne-glect issues in their home.

The concept is the same as the project that was staged in Gonzales in years past. In fact, it was Rankin’s participation in those un-dertakings as a youngster that made her decide to resurrect the idea.

“When my brother, Cu-atro, and I were young, my mother always took us to Gonzales during this time of the year,” she said. “We would go to Wal-Mart and pick out a gift to buy for the Angel Tree there. Our mom worked for Child Protec-tive Services (CPS) for a long time, so we knew there were kids who wouldn’t be

getting much for Christmas and we just wanted to give back.”

“I just kind of thought it would be cool to bring one back to Shiner because we haven’t had one around here lately. I wanted to get

the people around town to notice how these kids don’t receive anything and to re-alize how lucky we all are to have what we have.”

Last year marked the first time the Angel Tree was

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WAELDER — Former Waelder Police Chief Larry Stamps has filed a lawsuit against his former employ-er and two other parties in regards to last year’s dis-missal from his post.

The suit was filed on Nov. 14 in the 25th Judicial Dis-trict Court in Gonzales and accuses the City of Waelder of wrongful termination, discriminatory employ-ment practices, constitu-tional violations and breach of contract.

“I would love to com-ment but I cannot at this time,” Stamps told The Cannon when he was asked to elaborate on the matter.

Stamps was fired by the Waelder City Council on Dec. 7, 2010 for his role in the untimely filing of a fel-ony case with the District Attorney’s office that left a man imprisoned in county jail for over 90 days without a grand jury indictment. The man, Valentin Men-

dez, was arrested on April 19, 2010 on charges of in-decency with a child and released on a personal re-cognizance bond on July 22 after his court-appointed attorney filed a writ of ha-beas corpus. The offense re-port wasn’t received by the D.A.’s office until Nov. 18.

In the lawsuit, Stamps cited an incident which occurred on Election Day, Nov. 2, 2010, as the im-petus for his eventual re-moval from office. On that day a truck and trailer was parked in front of Waelder City Hall, the city’s princi-pal polling station, display-ing a campaign sign for Jesse Almaraz for Justice of the Peace Precinct 3.

Stamps reportedly re-ceived a call from Waelder Mayor Roy Tovar to force the vehicle to move, but Stamps informed Tovar that since it was parked outside of the 100-foot re-stricted zone and in the right-of-way owned by the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDoT),

Stamps would have to call the state for guidance.

According to the law-suit, TXDoT said the truck was parked legally in the right-of-way and they had no objection to it being there, and Stamps passed the information along to Tovar. Supposedly, Tovar later called Stamps again and demanded he remove the sign. Being under no authority to do so, Stamps refused and Tovar alleg-edly became so upset with Stamps that “he hung up on him immediately.”

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LULING — The Blue Santa 2011 program is a continued endeavor of the Luling Police Department.

This program is essentially an “open re-quest” for families with children who at-tend the Luling school district who need assistance with providing toys and gifts to their children between the ages of 2 and 14. The gifts will be new, unused, age and fam-ily appropriate, wrapped and delivered to the families on Dec. 17, by local first responders, Police, Fire, EMS & community volunteers.

To be eligible for the 2011 Blue Santa pro-gram, families must live in the Luling Inde-pendent School District, and be available at their residence on Saturday, Dec. 17 between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m., to accept delivery of gifts.

To sign up for the program or refer a fam-ily, please complete an application, which is available at all Luling ISD schools, Luling City Hall, Luling Telecommunications Of-

fice, or the Luling Police Department, 1800 E. Pierce St. in Luling.

Applications may also be requested via e-mail at: [email protected].

Also please remember the following dates as we encourage and appreciate your contin-ued support,

• Tuesday Dec. 6, 4-9 p.m.. Luling Police: To Protect and Serve — your dinner! Join us at Blake’s Café on Davis St. as your Local Police Officers serve you dinner as they work for “tips” for Blue Santa. This is a rare oppor-tunity to watch your local police officers hand out bread instead of citations! Please support us with your presence, new/unwrapped chil-dren toys, and monetary donations.

• Dec. 12-16, wrapping and organizing Blue Santa packages for Delivery at Blue San-ta HQ. Any and all volunteers are welcome from 5-9 p.m.

• Dec. 17 — Delivery Date! Join us at Blue Santa HQ at 7AM and assist in delivering presents around our school district to fami-lies in need!

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Shiner Angel TreeJulianna Rankin, a sophomore at Shiner High School, is the driving force behind the Shiner Angel Tree, located in the lobby of Sage Capital Bank in Shiner. The project is designed to provide Christmas gifts for children in need. (Courtesy Photos)

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News and Updates From Relay For Life of

Gonzales County2012 will be the 10th anniversary of Relay For Life Of Gonzales County, and we want to make it our biggest and best ever. Our theme this year is “TENacious About The Fight.” The event is

scheduled for March 23, 2012 at J.B. Wells Show Barn.

Sponsorship letters have been sent out. If you did not receive a letter and would like to be a sponsor or support the Relay in some manner, please contact Arline Rinehart @ 672-2077 or Jo Ann Low @ 857-5585. We will update our sponsors weekly and let you know how our

fund raising efforts are progressing. If you are interested in forming a team for Relay, the next team captain’s meeting is

scheduled for December 5th, 2011 at 5:15 pm at Abiding Word Lutheran Church. Nine teams

have currently registered and include: The Sunshine Girls; Warm Springs;

Texan Nursing and Rehab; Brenda’s Buddies; Susie’s Soldiers; Faith Walkers; The Cannon;

North Avenue; Sage Capital Bank.Team fund raisers will be posted in this column

weekly.The committee is currently looking for leaders who would like to help in the following areas.

Luminarias; Marketing and Publicity; Entertainment and Accounting. If you are

interested in serving in any of these positions please contact Arline Rinehart @ 672-2077.

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Assemblies of GodGonzales Family Church Assembly of God320 St. Andrew

First Assembly of God509 E. 3rd St. Nixon

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

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

BaptistClark Baptist ChurchF.M. 794, Gonzales

County Baptist Church Hwy. 87 Smiley

Eastside Baptist ChurchSeydler Street, Gonzales

Elm Grove Baptist Church4337 FM 1115Waelder, Texas 78959

First Baptist Church 422 St. Paul, Gonzales

First Baptist Church403 N Texas Nixon

First Baptist ChurchHwy 108 N Smiley

First Baptist Church406 N Ave E Waelder

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

Greater Rising StarBaptist Church3rd Ave S of Hwy 87 Nixon

Harwood Baptist Church North of Post Office

Iglesia BautistaMacedonia201 S Congress Nixon

Iglesia Bautista MemorialHwy 97 Waelder

Leesville Baptist ChurchE. of Hwy 80 on CR 121

Memorial Heights Baptist Church1330 College Gonzales

Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church100 Capes Gonzales

Oak Valley Baptist ChurchHwy. 97 Bebe

Old Moulton Baptist Church2287 FM 1680, Moulton

Primitive Baptist Church1121 N. College Gonzales

Providence Missionary Baptist Church1020 St. Andrew Gonzales

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

Stratton Primitive BaptistFM 1447 9 miles east of Cuero

St. James Baptist ChurchHwy 80- North of Belmont

Saint Paul Baptist ChurchSE 2nd St. Waelder

Shiner Baptist ChurchAvenue F and 15th Street, Shiner

Union Lea Baptist ChurchSt. Andrew St. Gonzales

Union Valley Baptist ChurchFM 1681 NW of Nixon

CatholicSt. James Catholic Church417 N. College, Gonzales

Sacred Heart Catholic ChurchSt. John St. Gonzales

St. Joseph Catholic Church207 S. Washington, Nixon

St Patrick Catholic Church in Waelder613 Highway 90 East Waelder

St. Phillip Catholic Church Hwy 87 Smiley

Christian

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

Churches of ChristChurch of Christ1323 Seydler St. Gonzales

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

Church of ChristE. 3rd & Texas, Nixon

Churches of GodCommunity Church of God1020 St. Louis, Gonzales

Gonzales Memorial Church of God in Christ1113 Hastings, Gonzales

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

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

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

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

Full Gospel Church1426 Fisher, Gonzales

LutheranFirst Evangelical Lutheran1206 St. Joseph, Gonzales

Abiding Word Lutheran Church, LCMS1310 St. Louis

MethodistBelmont United MethodistHwy. 90-A

Dewville United MethodistWest of FM 1117 on CR 121

First United Methodist426 St. Paul, Gonzales

First United Methodist410 N. Franklin, Nixon

Flatonia United Methodist403 E North Main, Flatonia

Harris Chapel United MethodistS. Liberty St. Nixon

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

Henson Chapel United Method-ist1113 St. Andrew, Gonzales

Monthalia United MethodistCR 112 off 97

Smiley United Methodist1 blk S. of Hwy 87

Waelder United Methodist2 blks from Hwy 90 & 97

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

Non-DenominationalAgape Ministries512 St. James, Gonzales

Living Waters Fellowship Church605 Saint Joseph St. Gonzales

Bread of Life Ministries613 St. Joseph, Gonzales

Cowboy Church of Gonzales CountyJ.B. Wells Showbarn

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

Emmanuel Fellowship

1817 St. Lawrence St. Gonzales

Encouraging Word Christian FellowshipHwy. 80 in Leesville

Jesus Holy Ghost Temple1906 Hickston, Gonzales

Lighthouse Church of Our Lord1805 Weimar, Gonzales

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

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

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

Inter-DenominationalFaith Family Church1812 Cartwheel Dr., Gonzales

PentecostalFaith TempleHwy 80 (N. Nixon Ave.) Nixon

Holy Temple of Jesus Christ No. 21515 Dallas, Gonzales

Temple Bethel Pentecostal1104 S. Paul, Gonzales

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

Presbyterian Pilgrim Presbyterian ChurchCR 210 off FM 1116

Presbyterian Church of Gon-zales414 St. Louis, Gonzales

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

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ANGELS: Making Christmas special for abused children

Continued from page B1

To be presented by the:Music Ministries of

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On Nov. 29, 2010, a complaint letter signed by Tovar was sent to Stamps, which alleged Stamps had failed to timely deliver the Mendez offense report to the Gonzales County DA’s Office. According to the lawsuit, Mendez took no part in the complaint pro-cess and has not filed any such protest to date against Stamps.

After receiving the letter, Stamps said he responded to it on Dec. 3 and was not told that the complaint would result in any further action. Instead of being in-formed directly by the city administration, Stamps claims he only found out his employment would be an issue discussed at the Dec. 7 meeting after read-ing the agenda posted on the City Hall window.

During that meeting, Stamps contended he had followed the department’s customary method of pro-viding such reports to the prosecutor. Reportedly the procedure at that time was to drop off reports in a brown envelope at the clerk’s office, where they would sit in a box until a member of the D.A.’s office retrieved them.

According to the law-suit, Stamps said as soon as he realized the report never made it into the hands of the prosecutor he not only personally trans-ported the document, but changed the department’s procedures to ensure such an incident would never happen again.

Councilperson Mike Harris made the motion to fire Stamps and it was seconded by Councilper-son Robert Tovar. The vote was tied 2-2, with then-Councilperson Annie Jackson and Councilper-son Becky Ayala opposed. Since Councilperson Dora Ramirez was absent, May-or Tovar cast the deciding vote, which Stamps’ law-suit alleges was in violation of the Texas Local Govern-ment Code.

The lawsuit further al-leges Stamps was wrong-

fully terminated under Chapter 21 of the Texas Labor Code, which out-laws employment practices on the basis of race and color, because Stamps con-tends he was treated dif-ferently than non-White employees and was not af-forded “progressive disci-pline or a fair opportunity to clarify the situation or prepare a proper defense” to the complaints outlined in the letter.

According to the law-suit, there were two prior incidents which serve as the basis for the discrimi-nation claim that the City treated non-White em-ployees differently by ei-ther affording progressive discipline or giving no dis-cipline at all in more severe offenses.

Abelardo Ibarra, a His-panic employee, was ar-rested for theft over $500 by a public servant in Aug. 2010 after he admitted to stealing city property. He was later indicted for the state jail felony by a district grand jury, but was not re-moved from his job.

Abel Rios, another His-panic who served as a po-lice officer under Stamps, was brought up on charges of fabricating an official document to intimidate a suspect. Rios allegedly cre-ated a form which he used to demand a witness speak with him or go to jail. He was also charged with the manipulation and damag-ing of city property after some of the department’s computer programs were altered or deleted. Stamps recommended Rios’ ter-mination, but on Aug. 26, 2010, the city council over-looked the recommenda-tion and decided to issue a written reprimand instead.

The other parties named in Stamps’ lawsuit are cur-rent Waelder Police Chief Jim Taylor and former Jus-tice of the Peace Pct. 3 Eu-logio (Lacho) Melchor. The lawsuit accuses both men of slander and additionally cites Taylor for invasion of privacy, trespassing, libel and violation of Stamps’ constitutional rights.

According to the lawsuit,

Taylor “intentionally in-vaded Stamps’ privacy by intruding on his solitude” on Dec. 31, 2010 when Tay-lor and other members of the Waelder Police Depart-ment went to Stamps’ resi-dent “without provocation or probable cause.”

It further states that Tay-lor made reports to local newspapers in which he impliedly accused Stamps of impropriety involving the misappropriation of case files. This was alleged-ly done with intent to harm Stamps’ reputation and to cast Stamps as a criminal.

The lawsuit states Melchor slandered Stamps when he made it known to Ayala that Stamps had sup-posedly downloaded por-nography at a public library and had been caught by au-thorities doing so at a pre-vious job. According to the document, Melchor also accused Stamps of ruining his re-election bid by not moving the campaign sign of his opponent (Almaraz) on Election Day and fur-ther stated that Stamps was “prejudiced and could not be trusted.”

Melchor was contacted by The Cannon, but he de-clined to comment.

In regards to the consti-tutional issues, the docu-ment states the due process clause of the U.S. Consti-tution was violated when Stamps was fired without proper notice. Addition-ally, Taylor’s “invasion” on Stamps’ property violated a liberty interest owed to Stamps.

Taylor was contacted by The Cannon, but he de-clined to comment under the advisement of legal counsel.

A laundry list of damages to Stamps were itemized in the lawsuit including loss of enjoyment of life, mental anguish in the past and fu-ture, loss of earnings in the past, loss of earning capac-ity, property damage in the amount of $1, loss of ben-efits and injury to reputa-tion. According to the doc-ument, among the things Stamps is requesting is that all attorney fees and court costs be paid by the City, back pay with interest be is-sued from the date he was denied equal pay for work, and front pay be issued in an amount the court deems acceptable and just to make him whole.

Under the heading of Reliefs, the document lists in part prohibiting by in-junction the defendants engaging in further unlaw-ful employment practices, the rehiring of Stamps, reinstatement to his prior position and pay grade, and reinstatement of all benefits.

Waelder City Attorney Angela Beck said the law-suit is “working its way through the legal process” and that the city would have a response at the ap-propriate time.

back in Shiner and 20 Angels received gifts from various individuals, business lead-ers and school organizations. This year, through the help of local CPS worker Deane Novosad, 27 Angels were identi-fied and their ages, genders and gift sug-gestions have all been placed on the Angel Tree, which is situated in the lobby of Sage Capital Bank in Shiner.

“We have an actual tree that my mom and I decorated last week,” Rankin said. “We placed 27 angels wings on the tree and each set represents a child in need.”

The project is proving to be popular once again. As of press time, all but six Angels have been adopted.

“We just want to encourage people to participate and help out these kids,” said Julianna, who is the daughter of Tray and Paige Rankin of Shiner. “It’s a really spe-cial thing and I know the Angels will be very appreciative. These children are in need of your love, your time and your at-tention.”

In order to participate, stop by the bank and select an angel. Purchase a gift or gifts and return them unwrapped to the bank by Friday, Dec. 16. The gifts will be delivered the week before Christmas to CPS case-workers, who will distribute them among the children.

For more information, call Paige Rankin at 361-594-8098 or send email to [email protected] or [email protected].

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The Holiday Seasons Is Here!Don’t have time to do everything?

Let me help.Back by popular demand I’ll be doing Pies, cakes, candy,

cookies and party trays again this year.Order early so you don’t miss out.

Mary Ann Pullin830-857-0897

Want a warm, fuzzy feeling this holiday season that can be yours for years to come?

The Friends of Gonzales Animal Shelter (FOGAS) offers adorable cats ready to go home with you dur-ing its $5 Felines Adop-tion Event, which will take place Saturday, Dec. 3 from 1-5 p.m. at the Cat Adoption Center, located at 505 Saint Francis in downtown Gonzales.

The event is part of pro-motion across the United States, supported by na-tional animal welfare or-ganization, Best Friends Animal Society.

Come meet the adopt-able cats and adolescent

kittens (age 5 months or older) rescued by FOGAS. All are already spay/neu-tered and current on vac-cinations.

“We have learned that you simply cannot put a price tag on love,” said Mary Anne MacLean, FO-GAS spokesperson. “We are offering this special pricing for these fabulous felines so more families can add the charm of cats to their lives. s.”

“Whether you adopt two kittens who provide nonstop entertainment when they play, an athlet-ic cat who keeps you hop-ping, a couple of senior sweeties who will cuddle with you on the couch, or a confident cat who will be the host for your home parties, our goal is

to hook you up with your very own Meow Master who fits your lifestyle.”

This adoption event is part of Best Friends Animal Society’s nation-al mission of No More Homeless Pets®, which aims to end the killing of dogs and cats in America’s shelters. FOGAS is a par-ticipating member of the No More Homeless Pets® Network, a program of Best Friends Animal So-ciety, offering help and support to animal rescue groups that save lives in their communities.

“We all want to be with our families for the holi-days, and so do these cats and older kittens,” said MacLean. “They’d like a stocking stuffed with cat-nip, a food bowl with their name on it, a cozy pillow by the fire. The simple act of adding a rescue cat to your family saves two lives: the kitty you adopt allows us to rescue one more.”

FOGAS is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in 2004. Since our inception, FOGAS has spayed/neutered over 2,600 shelter orphans and another 2,500 pets owned by residents of our com-munity. We have also re-homed over 4,000 cats and dogs. These spay/neuter surgeries were done with no cost to the owners, the City of Gonzales or Gon-zales County. Due to these efforts, the City of Gonza-les was able to achieve “no kill” shelter status almost three years ago.

For more information, visit www.gonzalescats.webs.com or call 830-857-1616.

FOGAS offering $5 Feline Adoption Event on Dec. 3Cannon News Services

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Found: Wedding Ring left at Wal-Mart. Call (830) 445-6597 and describe.--------------------------Lost - 5 Donkeys. 1 Black, 4 white. I-10, 304, Hensling Lane area. 830-437-2952.

Do you need a unique Christmas

Gift?Terry’s Texas Mes-quite, Sunday, Dec. 4, Seguin Yule Fest, Guadalupe County Coliseum, 10 AM-5PM.--------------------------The Heights of Gon-zales Activity De-partment is looking for a fridge/freezer to hold supplies for event refreshments. If you would like to donate or know of

one that is reason-ably priced, contact Gwen Koncaba, 830-672-4530. --------------------------Gonzales Learning Center seeking do-nations of caps and gowns. Call 830-672-8291 for infor-mation.--------------------------Job Corps is cur-rently enrolling stu-dents aged 16-24 in over 20 vocational trades at no-cost! Will help students

get drivers license GED or High School diploma and col-lege training if qualified. For more info call 512-665-7327

Local Ranch hand looking for work. Experienced with cattle, goats, sheep & exotics. Also ex-perienced in fenc-ing, heavy ma-chinery operator, tractors. Call Cow-boy Ryan, 830-857-4286.

Part-time position available for Activ-ity Assistant. Expe-rience in long term care preferred. If in-terested, please ap-ply at The Heights of Gonzales, 701 N. Sarah DeWitt, Gon-zales, Texas or email resume to adminis-trator@theheights-gonzales.com--------------------------Full-time position with benefits avail-able for Laundry Aide. Experience preferred. If inter-ested, please apply

at The Heights of Gonzales, 701 N. Sarah DeWitt, Gon-zales, Texas.--------------------------Full-time position available for Medi-cal Records Direc-tor/Staffing Coor-dinator. Must be Licensed Vocational Nurse. long term care experience preferred. Must be able to take 24 hr. call for staff-ing. Includes ben-efits. If interested, please apply at The Heights of Gonza-les, 701 N. Sarah DeWitt, Gonzales, Texas.--------------------------Full-time posi-tion available for Wound/Skin Care Nurse. Must be Li-censed Vocational Nurse. Long term care experience preferred. Must be able to take 24 hr. call for staff-ing. Includes ben-efits. If interested, please apply at The Heights of Gonza-les, 701 N. Sarah DeWitt, Gonzales, Texas.--------------------------Medical Billing Clerk needed at The Vaz Clinic, 1103 N. Sarah DeWitt. Wages negotiable. Two years experi-ence. Looking for

experience in com-munication with in-surance companies. Stop by for applica-tion or can email resume to THE VAZCLINICPA@ stx.rr.com. 672-2424.--------------------------

Plant OpeningsPlant Palletizers,

PackersBenefits Include:

Vacation, Sick Leave, Hosp. Ins.,

Dental, Vision, 401K, ESOP. Apply

in person at:Cal-Maine Foods,

Inc.1680 CR 431 or 748

CR 422Waelder, Texas

78959Mon.-Friday 7-4

p.m.Tele: 830-540-

4105/830-540-4684--------------------------W. B. Farm and Ranch Supply is taking applications for a Full time Truck Driver.Local Delivery Zone

Class A CDL required

Forklift experience required

Apply in personNO PHONE CALLS

ACCEPTEDW. B. Farm and Ranch Supply2031 Water St. (Hwy 183 N)

Gonzales Tx 78629 --------------------------

WRITERS NEEDEDThe Cannon, your regional weekly for Gonzales and sur-rounding counties, is taking applica-tions for regional c o r r e s p o n d e n t s in Luling, Waelder, Moulton, Shiner, Flatonia, Halletts-ville, Yoakum, Cu-ero, Smiley and Nixon to cover everything from meetings to feature stories to sports. Pay is on a per-assignment basis. Please contact Gen-eral Manager Dave Mundy at [email protected] position available for MDS Coordinator. Must be Licensed Voca-tional Nurse with knowledge of MDS in Long Term Care. Please apply in per-son at The Heights of Gonzales Nurs-ing and Rehabilita-tion Center, 701 N. Sarah DeWitt Drive, Gonzales, TX.--------------------------Automotive & Die-sel Repair Business looking for Service Writer/Clerical Help M o n d a y - F r i d a y, 8:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Please send resume to: P.O. Box E, Gon-zales, Texas 78629.--------------------------

CDL DRIVERS WANTED

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

Garage Sale. Dec. 3. 8-4. On Hwy. 97 in Cost next to Cost Store. New and

uses items. Clothes, handmade coat racks, Christmas items, linens, ap-pliances, & much more.--------------------------Estate Sale by ap-pointment, email: d k n o s h o e s 4 @gmail.com to schedule. Antiques, cedar chest, paint-ings, teak bar, vic-torola, glassware, paintings, table with iron chairs, one iron bedframe, two sewing ma-chine topped with marble, coffee table with two match-ing barnwood end tables, hall table, antique tools, barn-wood desk,old teacher’s desk, knick-knacks, de-cons bench, bronze fountain and many other items.

1990 Sears Model refrigerator. Good for RV or travel trail-er. 23x59. $50.00. Call 512-718-0482.--------------------------MOVING SALE. Sat-urday, Dec. 3rd, 8:30 a.m. 916 Qualls St. Not a yard sale (can’t afford the permit). Every-thing will be in the house. Household stuff, small appli-ances, trolling mo-tor, some furniture, fabulous treasur-ers and lots of free clothes. --------------------------FREE clothes. Satur-day, December 3 at 916 Qualls St.--------------------------Acer Laptop. Has 2GB memory. 2 years old. Very good condition. $200. Also has T-Mobile Pre-Paid Web Card. $50.00. Call 512-718-0482.--------------------------Heavy Duty Super Capacity Roper Washing Machine $50 GE Dryer Com-mercial Style, $35. Must sell by Dec. 13th, Moving. 830-424-3818 or Cell 830-263-3096 after Friday, 12/2.--------------------------For Sale: Whirlpool Washing Machine, like new. Large ca-pacity. $200. 361-208-3565.--------------------------FOR SALE: Queen size mattress, Box Springs & frame. $75.00 Call Debbie, 672-7100 or 857-3974.--------------------------Westein Running Boards. $140. For pictures or any questions, please email [email protected].

LOST & FOUND

LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICESLEGAL NOTICES

NOTICES

MISC. FOR SALE

CARD OF THANKS

HELP WANTEDNOTICESNOTICES HELP WANTED

Call 672-7100 to place your free

Garage Sale Ad!

PUBLIC NOTICE

VOTING RIGHTS ACT SUBMISSIONTO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION

TAKE NOTICE that the City of Gonzales, Texas, submitted an ap-plication to the Department of Justice for pre-clearance, pursuant to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, of the Adoption of a Redis-tricting Plan for the City of Gonzales. The City of Gonzales approved the redistricting plan on October 4, 2011.

Pursuant to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 1973, and 28 C.F.R. Part 51, of the City of Gonzales filed a Voting Rights Act Submission with the Department of Justice for preclearance of the above references Redistricting Plan dated November 23, 2011.

A complete copy of the Voting Rights Act Submission is avail-able for inspection, review and copying in the office of the City Secretary of the City, located in the City Hall, 820 Saint Joseph Street, Gonzales, Texas 78629. Such complete duplicate copy is available to the public during office hours from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

The general public is invited to make comments to the Attorney General of the United States regarding such Voting Rights Act Submis-sion and the posting of this notice. Any interested person is invited to make any comment in writing addressed to:

Chief, Voting Section Civil Rights Division Room 7254 – NWB Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, D.C. 20530

Posted this the 29th day of Nov. 2011

Candice Witzkoske, City Secretary City of Gonzales, Texas

HELP WANTEDHELP WANTED

LEGAL NOTICES

GARAGE SALES

WORK WANTED

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

GARAGE SALES

Now Hiring

Human Resources603 W. Central, Hwy. 87

Nixon, TexasThe following positions are currently available:

Production/Poultry Processing: • Back Dock Hanger • 2nd Processing • Sanitation (Nights) • Mon.-Fri., 8-10 hr. days

Feed Mill - FM 108 S., Gonzales • Production

Apply today, Start today!!!Must consent to and pass a criminal background check. Must

have proof of identity and eligibility to work in the U.S.Drug screening as applicable to position.

Call Human Resources @ (830) 582-1619 for more information.Si Habla Espanol~

WANTED:

CDL DRIVERS NEEDEDBobtail Truck Driver

Day & Night Positions AvailableRequirements:

Class A CDL with HazMat/Tanker EndorsementsMust be at least 25 years of age

Insurance, 401K and vacation included

Applications available at:Schmidt & Sons, Inc.

2510 Church St. • Gonzales, Texas 78629www.schmidtandsons.com

(830) 672-2018 • James @ ext. 107

ESTATE SALE1714 Gardien Street

Gonzales, TexasSaturday, December 3, 2011

8:30 am - 5:00 pmSunday, December 4, 2011

9:00 a.m. - ???Furniture, appliances, TV,

Decorative items, collectibles, pictures, linens, quilts, china, crystal,

vintage yard furniture, Christmas decorations, tools, clothes....and

much more....must see to believe....Don’t Miss This One!!!

ESTATE SALEESTATE SALE

The Family of Gerald Kendrick would like to say

thank you for all the prayers, food and visits during the

sickness and loss of our loved one. We

would especially like to say thank you to Dr. Ramirez and

nurses that took care of him in the E.R. and the E.M.S. that took him to San Antonio.

Thank you to Tim with Seydler Hill, you did a

great job with my husband, Our Dad

and Pa-Pa. We would also like to thank

everyone for all the donations to

different organizations in memory of Gerald.

Thank You,Nancy KendrickJerry & Family

Debbie & FamilyBilly & Family

HELP WANTED

Dalhart Windberg - Winters Velvet Mantle - $250.00. Signed Affidavit of Limited Edition 12x36 in frame. Email [email protected] for pictures or any questions.--------------------------Baby and Womens Clothes for sale. Cheap. Call 361-772-5566.--------------------------25” Color TV & en-tertainment center. Excellent condition. 830-672-6414.--------------------------For Sale: Hydrau-lic Motor Lift, Hy-draulic Transmis-sion Jack, 2 motor stands, Large Air Compressor, Fridgedair, double door ice box, Elec-tric stove (range), 9 months old, Shop Grinder & vice w/table and numer-ous other tools etc... Prices are negotia-ble. Call for prices. 830-857-4997--------------------------1979 International 5 ton Ramsy winch, rolling tailboard, Hydraulic Crane (detached), down riggers. Like new tires. Runs good. $6,000 obo. Individ-ual, 830-660-2813.--------------------------MUST TAKE IT ALL! Barbie Dolls, some still in packages, purses, games, kitchen items, VHS tapes (new & used), more! All for only $100! Call 713-449-8861.--------------------------Power Box Asphalt Paving Machine and Roller. Good Condition. $9,900. Call after 5 p.m. 361-594-3668.--------------------------Small computer desk, wood, $40.00 obo. Large play-pen, $25.00. Both in great condition. 830-203-9159.--------------------------For Sale: pickup bed utility trailer, $125. (830) 377-8814.--------------------------Deer Hunters: For sale; feeder and feeder parts; cam-eras etc. 830-857-5720 --------------------------

ATTENTION TRUCKERS.

Cobra 25, NW Ltd, Classic CB, Igloo Ref. Cooler, Wave Box, Portable Mi-crowave. $50.00 each. 361-596-4502 or 361-401-0556.--------------------------Like new, 26” Men’s 21 spd., $50 obo. Call Theresa at 830-203-5212.--------------------------2000 Buick Century, large capacity Es-tate Clothes Dryer, Kingsize mattress & standard box spring. 857-8090.--------------------------2 Teenagers For-mals-Party Dresses. 1 White w/spaghet-ti Strap, with rhine-stones. 1 Beige/golden color, spa-

ghetti straps, gold rhinestones. Call 672-8034 or come by 1822 St. Louis.--------------------------Heavy, vinyl tarps. 15’x50’. UV proof, tuff boogers. $50 each. 830-660-2813.--------------------------6 oak restaurant booths w/copper inlaid tops. Large round folding ta-bles w/6 armchairs. Contact Tommy, 830-351-1263.--------------------------For sale: Float tube for fishing, like new. $50 obo. Also elec-tric trolling motor-make offer. 857-5720.--------------------------Baby bed for sale. $60. Call 254-931-5712.--------------------------Electric Hospital Bed, $300. 12 func-tion exercise bi-cycle, $65. Prices Negotiable. 830-582-1120, Nixon.--------------------------Insulated 6x8 stor-age building. Like new. Used as a pro-duce cooler. $1,000. Call 512-227-6950.--------------------------Proform Treadmill. Model 380CS. Pro-grammable, in-cludes built-in fan, speaker for IPOD radio. Like new con-dition. $350/obo. Contact Liz, 830-263-2103.--------------------------Whirlpool Heavy Duty Gas Dryer. Good condition. $75. Can be seen at 511 Church St. 830-857-4993.--------------------------For Sale: Thomas Playmate with Col-or Glo Chord Organ. Good condition. All instruction books included. Call Sue, 672-2192.--------------------------Utility trailer. All wired for lights. Current tag. $575. 512-917-4078.--------------------------Commercial, Martin Luther King, Desk and many other calendars with your chosen informa-tion. Personal ser-vice at your busi-ness. Spread your website or business information all over South Texas. 830-437-5142 or cell, 830-857-0876.--------------------------Prayer Shawl, 38x72, handmade, $75.00. Animal or bird cage, utility wire, 14x18, $60.00. 512-917-4078.--------------------------FREE 3 haul Fiber-glass boat, 16 ft. Needs work & no leaks. Call for infor-mation. 830-540-3574.--------------------------Fullsize Mattress & Box Springs, $100. Queensize Mattress and Box Springs, $175. Both in ex-cellent condition & sanitized. 830-672-3728.

2 young ladies black jackets size 14. One is leather. 672-8034.--------------------------Old Readers Digests for Sale. Call 830-672-3362.--------------------------Autograph picture of Muhammad Ali/Cassius Clay (60’s), Certificate of Au-thenticity (11x16), $1,400. Yellow Lab Stud Service. (806) 577-3962.--------------------------Beautiful hand-made “orange poin-settia” pottery bowl. Large. Great gift. $35. Call (512) 917-4078.--------------------------Culligan Water Softner and Rust Remover, old cars, elect. water heater, 2001 Fiber Truck bed w/key, Hay Bal-ers, Bar B Q pipe. 830-437-5759.--------------------------128 used letter-size hanging file folders, most have colored tabs, excellent con-dition. $30 cash for all or $7 per 25. 830-672-1106.--------------------------Computer, printer & desk, all $400. Stamina #4755 ex-ercise machine. Like new condition. $100/obo. 672-2267.--------------------------4 tires. LT2457QR17 in good condition. $100 obo. 830-672-2075.--------------------------Metal Bench, $150; Organ, $50; School desk & books of all kinds. Just out of Moulton on 532. Call 361-596-4403.--------------------------Tanning Bed for Sale. 1996, 24SF. $300. Children’s wardrobe, good condition. $300. 672-7127.

Beautiful Vintage water color paint-ing, landscape & water. 12x19. $375. Antique very or-nate picture frame. 16x20, $295. Call 512-917-4078.--------------------------Dalhart Winberg original oil painting, landscape, $3800 (512)917-4078.--------------------------For Sale: Picnic ta-bles built with treat-ed 2x6 lumber with bolts and screws. No nails. 4, 6, and 8 foot sizes available. For more details call 830-540-4776 or 830-857-3273. De-livery Available.

Oak Firewood, $100/Cord; $50/1/2 cord; $30/Wheel-barrow; $5.00/bun-dle. Delivery Avail-able. Discounts on large orders. Hwy. 304 Delhi area. 830-857-4286.--------------------------For Sale: Post Oak Firewood - year old - size and quantity to fit your need. De-livery available. Call for prices, 830-540-4776 or 830-857-3273.

Heavily fertilized, horse quality, coast-al square & round bales. Bebe, Tx. 210-326-6053.

Fuel Transfer tank. Older, good working condition. Used for gas or diesel. 15 gal. $30.00. Call 512-718-0482.--------------------------For Sale: 4 bale hay hauler. $1,000. (830) 437-2826.--------------------------For Sale: Case 970 tractor, new rear tires. $5,000. (830) 377-8814.--------------------------John Deere 350 C Dozer. 90% Condi-tion Overall and 1988 Wrangler, new mo-tor. Sahara special Make offer on Jeep and Tractor. Call 857-

1781.--------------------------For Sale: Cat D6C Dozer, power shift, hydraulic single blade, Hyster Winch w/cable, brush cab, extra set tracks pads. 830-437-5759.--------------------------Ford 3000 Tractor. Diesel. $4,800. Call 830-203-9385.--------------------------1977 WW 2-horse straight load bum-per pull. Good con-dition - ready to haul. Asking $2,000. (830) 857-5695.--------------------------Old western saddle, needs repair $150 (512) 917-4078.--------------------------2 wheel trailer. Call Robert at 830-203-0540.

6 pc. Solid Oak Bed-room Set. $500/OBO. Call 361-772-5566.--------------------------Solid wood double bookcase head-board, $50. 36x62 solid wood table, $40. 672-8390.--------------------------Bar Stools, 2-24” dark w/rattan cane, swivel seats, nice. $35.00 each. 2-24” V-finish ladder back w/woven seats. $15.00 each. 830-263-1702.--------------------------Cargo style sofa. $100.00. Call 361-772-5859.--------------------------Custom Designed Western motif 3 panel decorative screen, 54”x78 1/2’, horses, brands & leather look, $395. 512-917-4078.--------------------------For sale 3 piece an-tique loveseat, lamp’s new and used mo-bile chair with bat-teries. 1827 St. Louis 830-672-8034.

’07 Doublewide, sits on 10 ac. Homesteaded, AG exempt, chain-

link fence in yard and around 10 ac. Large deck on front, small one in back. Covered dog pen, outside night light. Different types of sheds. Water Softener tanks at-tached to back of house, for inside water only. 4BR/1 Bath, LR, carpeted, rest have linoleum. Master bedroom has walk-in closet, very roomy, high ceilings all through house. Ceiling fans in all 4 bedrooms and Living room, also White block Fireplace never used, Island kitchen between kitchen & dining room w/bar-stools. Silver cabi-nets. Belmont area, Gonzales School Route. Call Candy, LREB at 210-365-2803. --------------------------2002 Fleetwood Festival Ltd. 76x16 in excellent condi-tion. 3 bedrooms and 2 bath. I am selling it for the pay off, est. $24,000. The payments with Wilson County tax-es are about $250 a month. It is located in La Vernia and needs to be moved. Call Megan, 830-477-9792.--------------------------3/2, Singlewide Mo-bile Home. All elec-tric, excellent con-dition. Also, Zenith 25 in. console TV and 25 inch color TV. All in excellent condition. Call 830-672-6414.--------------------------For Sale: 3br/2ba Fleetwood Mobile Home. 1,728 sq. ft. New roof, lami-nated wood floors, new windows, new furnace and door. Antique bath tub. 85% completely new remodeling throughout house. Must sell fast and be moved. Reduced $18,000/obo. Call 830-445-9889.

For Sale: 7.3070 Acres w/1973 Dou-blewide Mobile Home. 14 mi. South, FM 1117 in Seguin, TX. Mobile home is in need of repair. New water well. There are two sep-tic tanks on proper-ty. Asking $56,000. Call 830-401-0147.

Chevrolet Cavalier for sale. $999 or best offer. Can be seen at 916 Qualls St.--------------------------1977 Chevy 1/2 ton, 2 wd, 4 spd, special ordered. Orinal own-er. $3,000 obo. 830-857-1506.--------------------------1995 Z71 Club Cab 4x4. 350 engine, auto, tilt wheel, cruise, receiver hitch, bed rails, bed liner, toolbox, short wide bed. $1,700. 830-460-0995.--------------------------2006 Corvette, 16,000 miles. Very Clean. $33,000. Call 830-672-7040.--------------------------1997 Chevrolet 1500, short bed, V6, 128,000 miles. $2,600. Call 830-672-7040.--------------------------1999 Dodge Quad Cab. 5.9 engine, automatic, 85,000 miles. Clean. $13,500. Call 830-672-7040.--------------------------4 20” XD Series wheels from a 2008 Toyota Truck. Asking $800/obo. Call 830-857-6434.--------------------------For Sale: ‘94 Cadillac DeVille. $600. Call

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“SIMPLY THE BEST deals on new Chev-rolets and GMCs AND 3 over 100 used vehicles with financ-ing to fit most credit situations. Grafe Chevrolet GMC - Hal-lettsville, TX - 800 798-3225 or 361-798-3281.”--------------------------1989 Ford Conver-sion Van. Super clean interior, good motor & A/C, transmissions slips, $1,900 firm. 830-437-5659 or 857-6565.--------------------------2000 Jeep Wrangler SE Sport 2D, New Tires and New Sony Stereo. 107,000 miles. Great Condi-tion. Asking $7,000 obo. Call 361-865-3353.--------------------------For Sale: 2001 Crown Victoria Ford, price $3,250. Call 830-587-6230 or 830-857-5559.--------------------------1998 Chevrolet, heavy 1/2 ton 4WD, 350CC engine. New AC. $5,000. Call 830-203-0147.--------------------------Van for Sale. $3,800 OBO. 2001 Oldsmo-bile Silhouette. Well-maintained, very clean. 181,000 miles. Great for family or hauling van. Call 512-905-8226.--------------------------2,000 F-250, Power-stroke, Ford Diesel truck, Hunter Green, Tow Ball, Bedliner, CLEAN, 182K Miles. Power windows, locks. $6,500 cash. (512) 917-4078.--------------------------2005 Yamaha V-Star Classic with Silvera-do Package. Lots of extras. 1995 F-250 4x4 Supercab Diesel 5-speed. 281-330-9417.--------------------------2009 Honda Trail-wagon, w/dump bed, headlights, re-

ceiver hitch & seat belts. 2wd w/rear dif-ferential. $2,500. For more information, 672-8580.--------------------------2007 Saturn Ion, 56,000 Miles $5000 worth of perfor-mance parts. $9000 OBO 830-203-0282.--------------------------For sale: 1998 GMC P/U, V8 automatic, 2D Extended Cab, 181K miles, bed liner, tow-package, $3,800. 830-203-0287.

Travel Trailers for rent. Ready for move-in. Equipped with everything you need. All you need to bring is your personal items. Call 512-963-0000 or 512-508-6221.

3/2, like new 1,800 sq. ft. in Nixon. $1,000/mo. Call 830-857-6921.--------------------------2BR/2BA house for rent, w/covered patio, w/electric-ity. Lots of trees, quiet. No pets, no smoking. $650/mo + dep. 1st and last months. Appliances available. Luling area. 210-386-1399.--------------------------Home in Seguin for Rent. Two bedroom, one bath. Com-pletely updated with all new appli-ances. $750.00 per month and $750.00 deposit. Call Deb-bie at 830-445-9583 for details.--------------------------House in country for rent. 3/2, nice yard. 361-594-3233 or 830-857-4364.

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Need your house or office cleaned? Call 512-216-4901 or 512-644-7682. Good References.--------------------------

HEY LOOK HERE!Are you looking for a job to help you supplement your income? A reward-ing job caring for someone in their home who has Al-zheimers Disease. Do you have refer-ences and experi-ence and do you have a big heart? Then call me, it’s a rewarding job and it will make you feel awesome to know you’ve helped someone else. Call 830-391-4837.--------------------------You Vacation, I’ll take care of the place. Includes pets, yard, grand-ma. References. Ma-ture lady. Gonzales, 512-296-4845.--------------------------Do you need your house cleaned? No job is too small or too big. $10-$15/hr. Available M-S. Call Brittany Balderas at 445-0703. --------------------------House cleaning services available. Reasonable rates. Servicing Gonzales and surrounding areas. References available. Call Bar-bara at 979-777-8710 or email [email protected].

Experienced Care Giver excellent ref-erences available for private setting in home hospital and nursing home. Day and night. 361-865-0286 or 832-655-9195.--------------------------Dennis Fojtek (Me-chanic), Moulton, Tx. 713-408-9388. Repairs the follow-ing: tractors, lawn mowers, tillers, chain saws, trucks etc.--------------------------Private Caregiver. 20+ years experi-ence. Hospice certi-fied. Looking to do private duty, cook, clean, drive. 361-772-2011.--------------------------Ironing done, in my home can pick up & deliver. References if needed. Call Lou-ise (830) 582-1120.--------------------------Will clean your house. I’m depend-able and have refer-ences. Call Mary at 830-672-4691.--------------------------All-around handy-man available. I also build sheds, 16x8 tool shed. Call 830-857-1959.--------------------------Building Demoli-tion – House, barns, etc. 830-263-0663 or 830-203-0540.--------------------------Hand for Hire, Odd Jobs Done, FREE estimates. Anything you don’t want to do, Junk hauling, Tree Removal, Lot clearing, House pressure washing, office help, ranch, farm, lawn & Flower beds, Barbed wire fence repair, gutter cleaning, I do win-dows. One call does it all. Call Terry (830) 203-1503 or (830) 857-5927.

Need help with lawn or pool? Please call Gene Kridler at 830-857-1576.--------------------------Lawn care & shred-ding. Call for free estimates. 830-203-9385.--------------------------Lawn mowing ser-vice, residential & commercial. Li-ability ins., free esti-mates and low cost. No job too large or too small. 830-263-4181.--------------------------Will mow yards - reasonable rates. Call for free esti-mate, 830-857-5147.

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Ford Motorhome. 44,000 orig. miles. All working. $2,995. 830-857-6565.--------------------------Deer Hunter Spe-cial. Travel Trailer, $1,500. No AC or Fridge. 830-857-6565.--------------------------

GREAT DEAL!1997 Kountry Star 34 ft., 5th Wheel. 2 slideouts, upgrad-ed kitchen, ducted A/H, 11 storage c o m p a r t m e n t s , ceiling fans. NADA.com/RV appraised RV at $15,900. Ask-ing $10,000. Great home for oilfield. Located in Rock-port, TX. 361-645-1009.--------------------------2004 Wildcat 5th Wheel RV. 28 ft., equipped to sleep 5, w/lrg. slide con-taining sofa & di-nette. Lots of stor-age. Adapted to pull as gooseneck. Excellent condition. Call 361-218-1880.

2004 Fleetwood RV Pecos pop-up. Like new, only pulled from dealer. $4,000. Both units located near Old Moulton. Call 857-0734 or 361-596-7317.--------------------------1976 Ford Eldorado Motorhome. V-8, super clean, good motor & A/C. New refrigerator. $3,700/obo. 830-437-5659 or 857-6565.--------------------------24 ft. 2006 bought in 2007. Zeppelin Travel Trailer w/slide out; Lg. corner shower, qn. bed, m/w, stove, refrig-erator, sat./cable prep, tires 2-yrs-old. $9,800; located near Gonzales. Call 936-203-4378 or 936-594-9809.--------------------------FOR SALE: 25 ft. 5th wheel travel trailer with 5th wheel hitch. Good condi-tion. Microwave, stove, refrigera-tor, sleeper couch, queen bed. Asking $4,000. Call 830-437-2359.--------------------------1996 Pace Arrow. Ready to travel. Good condition. Runs well. 830-660-3883.

5 RV Spots for rent. $350/mo. Electric, sewer hookups, wa-ter all included in price. Off 90A and Kelly Loop. For in-formation call 830-857-3112.--------------------------RV Sites Available in Nixon. $350/mo. in-cludes utilities. Call 830-857-6921.--------------------------FOR RENT: 2-RV Parking Sites, shade trees, all hook ups. 5 miles East Gon-zales. $350/mo. Call 263-0292.

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Chihuahua puppies for sale. 7 wks. old. 1 male, 3 females, $100. Call 830-203-8899 for more infor-mation.--------------------------Adorable Longhair Chihuahua puppy, last one, is looking for a new home, male, 9 wks, pure bred, healthy, play-ful, raised in home with a lot of love. 1st shots, wormed. $125. 830-875-9519.--------------------------Dobermans. AKC Registered, Black/Tan, Born 7-2-11, 4 females. Warlock Breeding. Shots & Wormed, tails and

dewclaws, $150. 830-857-3232.--------------------------AKC German Short-hair pointer pup-pies for sale. Great hunters & family companions. Male - $200; female - $250. 830-203-0470.--------------------------Pups For Sale. Great Pyrenees, (1/8 Ana-tolian). Call Sammie Gibson at (830) 203-8666.--------------------------Very cute Rat Terrier puppies. 6 wks old. $75. 830-203-0470.--------------------------Tiny Chihuahua puppies. 8 wks. Registered. S/W, ti-ger striped, Apple Head. $150-$175. 210-379-0771.--------------------------Cocker Spaniels AKC, 3 males, shots & wormed. $250.00. 830-540-4368 or 830-203-8511.--------------------------2 Great Dane pup-pies. Asking $225. 857-5147.--------------------------Turn your favorite pet photo into a work of art! Artist Brenda Shannon, Pastel or Acrylic. Great gift idea. (512) 917-4078.--------------------------5 Cockatiels. 2 years old. Yellow and gray. $50 each. Call 830-534-5930.

Laying Hens. $12.00 each. Also, 2 Hamp-shire Lambs, 50-60 lbs. $150. each. Call 512-718-0482.--------------------------For Sale: Two Reg-istered Hereford Bulls. One 5-year old herd bull and one 18-month old. Call 830-857-0560.--------------------------Banty’s For Sale. 3 roosters, 7 hens. $5.00 each. 512-917-4078.--------------------------For Sale: Minia-ture donkey, male, brown and grey, cross on back. 6 months old. Great pet and farm guard. Fairly friendly. Call 830-263-1441 or 830-672-2346.--------------------------Polish crested Blue Legged Bantam Chickens. 512-272-5147.--------------------------HACCP Trained per-son need to help write HACCP plan for poultry. 830-339-0419.--------------------------Boer Goats for Sale: 1 Billy, 6 mths. 1 Nannie, 6 mth & 5 Adult Nannies. Sell as package deal or individual. 830-560-0238.--------------------------For Sale: Sorrel Gelding, 10 yrs. old. Big, strong, sound ranch horse. Very good looking. Needs a strong rid-er. Gentle, calm dis-position. $850/firm. Call 361-596-4954.--------------------------Black Limousin & Black Angus Bulls. Also Heifers. Gentle. Increase your wean-ing waits. Delivery available. 979-263-5829.--------------------------Reg. Polled Her-eford Bulls. One year to 3 1/2 years, $1,100-$1,500. Also Reg. Heifers, 1 yr. olds. $650-$850. Call 830-540-4430.--------------------------For Sale. 3 black Brangus Bulls, 1 red Brangus Bull. 2 yrs. old. No papers. $1,200/each. 830-437-5772.--------------------------For Sale. Female mare, 6 yrs. old. $500. Please call if interested. 713-203-2814.--------------------------Riding lessons in Gonzales. My horses or yours. For more information please call, 830-203-0470.

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APHA flashy mare for sale. Broke to ride. FMI please call 830-203-0470. $1750.00. Used in Playdays/trailride.--------------------------Pretty Reg. A.Q.H.A. Cremello Colt, 6 months old. Great c o n f o r m a t i o n . Good bloodline - Hollywood Gold &

King. $500.00. 830-437-5671 or 830-857-4591.--------------------------Longhorn young bulls and heifers for sale. Foundation genetics. Yard art or breeders. Gold Star Longhorns, Bob Tinstman, 830-540-4591.

For Sale: Black An-gus Bulls. 1 1/2 yrs. old. $1200-$1500. 830-437-5772.--------------------------Yearling smoky grulla dun filly (solid). Has halter on and has been trailered. Asking $600 OBO. (830) 857-5695.--------------------------17 year sorrel paint with blue eye. Originally trained in western pleasure - used for trail rides. Asking $1,200. (830) 857-5695.--------------------------7 year dun paint. Well trained, ready to finish your way. Asking $2,000. (830) 857-5695.--------------------------White Leghorn chickens, $7.00 each. 830-857-4580.--------------------------M I N I - D O N K E Y S . Great pets, loves people. All ages and colors, some “cross” designs, 36” tall. 830-672-6265, 830-857-4251, 830-672-5152.--------------------------M I N I - G O A T S . (Dwarf Nigerians) 18” to 24” tall. Good weed eaters. Fun to have around. Beautiful silver and white herd sire. (7 left) 830-672-6265, 830-857-4251, 830-672-5152.

FOR SALE: Seven (7) Buildings, 20 Units Multi-Family Apart-ment Complex, lo-cated at 929 Water St, on 1.595 acres in Gonzales, TX, front-age along US Hwy 183. 1, 2, 3&4 Bed-rooms. All buildings built on concrete slabs, brick veneer siding, metal roof, central heat, Paved Parking Lots and Public Utilities. For information contact: Gonzales Housing Author-ity, 830-672-3419 or [email protected]/1 home. 714 Sey-dler St. Owner Fi-nance. $75,000 or best cash offer. Call Martha, 830-556-2280. Habla Espa-nol.--------------------------511 Williams, Up-dated, 2BR/1BA, central A/C & Heat. Insulated. Wood floors throughout, kitchen & shower hard tile. Nancy, Stobaugh, Realtor,

512-297-8500, Sale or Lease.--------------------------Brick Home for Sale. 4BR/3BA, 1513 St. Michael Street on about 1 acre. Lots of trees. 830-857-5231 or 830-857-5236.--------------------------House for Sale/To Be Moved: 3BR/1Ba frame house, pier & beam foundation, central A/H. Buyer responsible for moving house from property, $6,000. 830-857-4172.--------------------------Two story, eleven room home which includes three bed-room, two baths. Apprx. 2,500 sq. ft. on about an half acre. Corner lot, zoned for residen-t ia l /commercia l . Luling. $150,000. 830-875-6975.--------------------------53.35 Improved Pasture with 3/2 older home, CA/H, on FM 1116. 5 miles from downtown Gonzales. Live Oaks, lots of new fence. After 5 p.m. call 830-437-2955 or 830-857-4242.--------------------------Home For Sale; New Construction; 2 bed/1 bath; 1504 Weimar Street; $74,900; 100% fi-nancing for quali-fied buyers; 830-203-5065.--------------------------House for Sale. 3BR/1 bath or 2 BR and dining room, carport & storage building in back. Phone, 830-203-5181, good bargain.--------------------------3BR/2BA at 1609 Gardien St. 1,400 sq. ft, 2 living areas, lg. fenced yard. $94K. 830-203-1874.--------------------------4BR/1BA, privacy fenced-in yard. 1000 Cuero St., Gonzales. Open lot in front of house, carport. Good con-dition. About 20 yrs. old. $75,000. Call 830-203-0389 for information.

5 Acres or more to lease. For Storage or Oilfield Equip-ment etc. 1 1/2 mile from city limits off 183 S. Call 830-263-4888 for informa-tion.--------------------------6+ Acres at end of Oil Patch Lane. Zoned Commercial for $180,000. Can divide into smaller tracts. Call 210-416-0041.--------------------------Small acreage for sale or lease on US 183 just North of US 90A in Gonzales. Great for oilfield, etc. 830-203-0470.--------------------------

Approximately 10 acres for lease in Gonzales. Great for commercial busi-ness. For more info please call 830-203-0470.--------------------------For Sale: 7.3070 Acres w/1973 Doublewide Mo-bile Home. 14 mi. South, FM 1117 in Seguin, TX. Mobile home is in need of repair. New water well. There are two septic tanks on property. Asking $56,000. Call 830-401-0147.--------------------------Lot for Rent. $100/month. 70’x130’ on Church St. Call 830-423-2103.--------------------------25 acres for sale. I-10 & 304 area. Abundant wild-life, great hunting, pond, nice home-site. $4,500/acre. Call 713-203-2814 for information.

Want to buy used tractors, running or not. Call 361-293-1633.--------------------------Looking for a good, used 3 wheel bike for adult. Call Paula at 672-3747.--------------------------The Heights of Gon-zales Activity De-partment is looking for a fridge/freezer to hold supplies for event refreshments. If you would like to donate or know of one that is reason-ably priced, contact Gwen Koncaba, 830-672-4530.--------------------------Professional Art-

ist needs coastal round bales of hay. Will barter for art-work. Brenda Shan-non, 512-917-4078.--------------------------I want to buy a used shower stall & kitchen cabinets. 830-437-5659--------------------------WANTED: Old, bro-ken and unwanted costume and vin-tage jewelry, chain necklaces/belts and loose beads. I am a crafter who loves beading and mak-ing jewelry, and can’t afford new, full price beads. I will make an offer. I am in Gonzales. Please help me with my hobby. YOUR TRASH IS MY TREA-SURE! Call (512) 227-4040 today.--------------------------Wanted: Heavy duty metal shelv-ing, 6-7 ft. tall, 3-5 ft. long, 12-24 inch-es deep. 832-419-5275.--------------------------Looking for a nice house in or near Gonzales. 940-284-4255.--------------------------Small family owned trucking company looking to lease or purchase 5-15 acres in Gonzales or surrounding area. Prefer w/shop or building. Call 501-589-5097.--------------------------Wanted: Looking for Deer Lease to pay by the day. 361-596-7792.--------------------------Needed: I need to rent a 2 bed or 3 bedroom apart-ment or house in

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K&S Storage Units922 St. Peter, Gon-zales, Texas. Units are available for rent with specials. First Month $10.00 - Move in special for month of August and September!!! Call 830-445-9583 or 830-857-3505 for details.--------------------------APACHE STORAGE - The Store All Place is located at 2502 Harwood Rd. Gon-zales, TX. 830-203-5115.

Buy loose gem-stones and allow us to custom design your upcoming gift. Over 1,000 cts. to choose from. Call 979-743-5840.--------------------------A/C & Electrical side jobs: New installs, A/C maintenance, Condenser change-outs, Residential & Commercial at affordable prices. Please call David anytime at 830-263-1747.--------------------------Ranch Hand Work. Rounding up cattle, fence work. Willing to learn. Call Steven & Gerald, 512-538-8950.--------------------------Need help with lawn or pool? Please call Gene Kridler at 830-857-1576.--------------------------Mobile Massage is now serving Gonzales & Luling.

Specializing in Therapeutic Mas-sage for pain in lower back, neck, knees etc. Also corporate chair massage. 13 years experience. LMT Steve Turner, Lic. # MT021213. Call 8 3 0 - 8 5 7 - 0 2 7 0 . “Let me help get-ting you mobile.”--------------------------

Brush Busters.Bobcat, w/tree cut-ter attachment, land clearing, mesquite spray-ing, fence building, misc. odd end jobs. Reasonable Rates. Call James at 512-738-0848.--------------------------Electrical wiring, troubleshooting & Repairs, new con-struction, addi-tions, meter loops, ceiling fans, metal buildings, panel upgrades, etc. 830-437-5747.--------------------------

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On Nov. 14, all 20 members of the Saturn Friendship Club and one associate member met at the Schoolhouse in Cistern at 1 p.m. for a Thanksgiving Covered Dish meal.

The T-shaped meeting table was covered by a runner with the Fall colors and motif of the season of Thanksgiving. Each member brought a favorite dish of food. Everyone was in a festive mood and eagerly chatted about their family plans to celebrate the upcoming holiday.

When all had assembled club president Roberta Kilpat-rick called the meeting to order and Nancy Littlefield offered a prayer of Thanks for our many blessings. The serving table of-fered a variety of delicious and tempting salads, relishes, vegeta-bles and rolls to complement the baked turkey and ham. Dessert choices included pumpkin and pecan pie, several kinds of cake, cookies and ice tea.

As the meal was enjoyed, the discussion turned to the dress-ing that usually accompanies the Thanksgiving Day turkey. Not all members grew up in the state of Texas where cornbread dress-ing is the usual choice. Some had grown up in New York, Colorado, Virginia, Oregon and Louisiana. Each member told a little about their family choice of dressings.

Instead of cornbread, some used homemade bread, rolls or biscuits as the main ingredient with a number of other items such as fresh apples, raisins, pe-

cans, chestnuts, green peppers, green onions, sausage, or hard boiled eggs added. It seemed that different areas of the coun-try had their own idea of what should flavor the bread. Some families cooked the dressing in-side the turkey, others around it while most baked the dressing in a separate pan. More than likely, dressing of some variety was served with the turkey. Although at least one member and her family had Bar-B-Q, beans and potato salad.

When the business session began, the club prayer was read, and the motto stated. Littlefield brought the devotional “Joy Ver-sus Happiness,” written by Velma I. Woods and based on the Scrip-ture John 15:10-11. The author had received a plaque that stated, ”Now is the Time to Be Happy”.

She had been going through a sad experience and the plaque intensified her feeling of sadness. She turned to the Bible concor-dance and learned the word “happy” occurred only six times in the New Testament while “joy’ was found 63 times. The Scrip-ture that interested her most was Matthew 28:8, “So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy.” Velma came to realize that even when we are sad or fearful, we can still have joy in our hearts. Joy is a blessed gift from Our Father in Heaven.

A gaily-decorated box cov-ered with Christmas wrapping was passed among the members to allow them to make a love of-fering for Santa’s Helpers of Gon-zales County. It would be in ad-dition to what the club treasury

would send. Everyone was in a very generous mood because the offering more than doubled the amount that had been given in 2010.

The minutes of the Octo-ber meeting were read and ap-proved. The treasurer’s report was accepted. Information for the 2012 Yearbook was gath-ered. The time and place for the Christmas Party was announced. Members were also reminded to bring their favorite Holiday Treat, a gift for their Secret Pal and extra gifts for the area Nurs-ing Homes. November Birthday Ladies, Elizabeth Brosch, Dora Ibarra and Penny Snyder were recognized, serenaded and pre-sented a gift from their Secret Pal. Jo Brunner requested that we all support our local Volun-teer Fire Departments by voting for a VFD that you would like to see be awarded a $1,000 dona-tion. Please vote at http://www.ksaeng.com/vfd_nom.html.

At this point, the president asked each person to tell what they were thankful for. The most important things in life were named including family, faith, freedom, good health, water, and life itself. The president ended the meeting by reading a lovely poem entitled ”Things to Be Thankful For” by Helen Steiner Rice.

There were a lot of empty dishes to collect as the members continued to visit and enjoy time spent with loving friends. The December meeting will be held in the charming country home of Barbara Vinson, near Flatonia at 1 p.m. on Dec. 5.

My goodness we got through the Thanksgiving holidays, as far as I know, without accidents, and people woke up this Monday morn-ing and said let’s go smash some metal and plastic and make those scanners and ra-dios talk. I don’t know who was injured but Hwy. 80 was blocked off in Leesville be-cause an accident between a SUV and a big rig that rolled-over/jack-knifed or something of the sort. Two helicopters arrived to air flight people out. We pray they will be alright. I heard there were less serious accidents in other parts of the county. Most I have talked to had a good time with relatives or friends and a good variety of food. Now let’s try to settle down our driving out there. Now here late at night we have all kinds of commotion and smoke over on 90B. Yes it is cold out there. Please watch where you put your heaters and knock the dust out of the space heaters before you turn them on and don’t put them on top of newspapers or sit them on top of the cat’s tails. Cats have a real adverse reac-tion to things like that. Do you know how I know that? I went to locate the one I had in the bathroom and Samson would not get out of my way so I just gently put it on his tail. He didn’t like it at all. Then I told him he had enough tuna and salmon cat food and he didn’t need any more and that made him walk off huffier than he was. Oh well!!

The Monthalia United Methodist Church is trim-ming the Christmas tree and sanctuary this Saturday at 5PM to be followed by fol-lowed by chili and tamales. Then this Sunday Rev. Ter-rence Hays, District Superin-tendent, will be bringing the message followed by a con-gregational dinner.

December 24th, “Come and Go” Communion Ser-vice 5-6 PM at the Monthalia United Methodist Church. It is hard for me to get into my head that Christmas Eve is on a Saturday this year.

The Christmas program at Belmont United Method-ist Church will be December 18th with a candlelight pro-gram. If anyone has someone that needs to be on the shut-in list, please let them know, so that this can be packaged up after the Christmas program.

The Belmont Ladies Club will have their Christmas din-ner on December 6th at the Belmont Community Center. I think that Shirley Bradley

is bringing the ham and the rest of us are to fill in with the other dishes on the menu. We each are to bring only our secret pal gifts. We can then bring our little gifts for each other, but we did not draw names for gifts this year. We will probably meet a little be-fore noonish.

Please lift the following people up in your prayers: Joe Kotwig, Kenneth Crum-ley, Gilby, Rudolpho and Edna Garza, Elson Schreiber, Kathryn, Dena Black, Karen Roecker Mahan, Sabrina Flores, Bill and Marie Lott, Doris and Alvin Hewell; Deb-bie Soefje, Lisa Rodriguez, Hester Behlen, Aunt Geor-gie; Danny and Joyce Schel-lenberg, Pete Kallies, Mildred O’Neal, Doug Walshak, Lou-ise Rossow, Selma Vickers, Gene Robinson, Blaine Welk-er, Susie Dolezal, Bo Shows, Teresa Wilke, Sandi Gandre, Carl and Vida Tindle; Rev A. C. and Evelyn Newman, Aunt Betty Gandre, Anna Linde-mann, Ann and Bubba Bond; Shirley Dozier, the family of Tom Dolezal, The Family of Joyce (Sis) Thurmond Whit-worth, The family of Patty Bennet, The family of Lillian Balado, All of our troops, their families, and friends all over the world; and RAIN that I was so psyched up for and it all went north of us. I hope that maybe this weekend will be our turn.

I think the columnist here has early deadline paranoia. I went for a total relaxation weekend and I knew things would have to be in early, but not quite so early. My heart went scretzing or something like that and I know it isn’t a word, but maybe I’ll make it one. You don’t know the great things you learn on vaca-tion—like the delicacy of Fri-tos and chocolate bars; I coun-tered with chocolate bars and cheddar cheese. Then there is turkey and dressing and ranch dressing. I learned to not lis-ten to Hugo. Hugo ate too much and made himself sick. He is on the mend. He didn’t blame himself. He blamed me. Poor, Poor Hugo thought that he was on the recall list. I loved him and petted him. I kissed him and I told him he was going to live to see anoth-

er day. Hugo did not believe a word I said.

I heard from our friends Jerry and Anna Marsh that suddenly moved to California so Jerry could help them with pipeline calculations. They had a great Thanksgiving away from home. The weather is nice to them out there most of the time. One of Jerry’s co-workers had no place to go for dinner so they invited him over for dinner and TV watching and talking with fellowship. They said to tell everyone “Hello”. Anna has been able to fly back and forth but Jerry has had to stay put and work, sometimes up to way over forty hours a week. I hope they don’t do Jerry in by overworking him with this job.

I am sending a picture that is courtesy of Ross Pruett. It was taken when they attended a fashion show courtesy of a special friend of theirs. The picture made the social page of the El Paso Times. The friend is Ana Gonzalez (in blue), Betty Benedict Arnett, Ross Pruett, Joyce Benedict Duncan, and Ronda Pruett. People from this area will re-member the Benedict cous-ins, the daughters of Paul and Olga Soefje Benedict. Joyce was known as “Dee Dee” and the twin of “Buddy” Benedict, who lives in this area.

I think that Ross and Ronda Pruett moved to El Paso just to keep up with our relatives out there. However, Genelda Pru-ett, his mother, and his sister, Carol Ann Alyea just made that nine hour drive to El Paso to visit for the weekend. Then they left and made the drive back down here like there was nothing to it. I made that drive once and only once, and I thought perhaps that I might be on the recall list. Somehow Betty, Joyce, and Aunt Olga and Uncle Paul when they were alive, made that drive without too many problems. I am glad that Genelda and her family can do the same. I just got through explaining about half of the above information to our friend Mary Ann Hart Norris over at the Belmont Social Club on Saturday night. So I think I will buy her a copy of the paper and just hand it to her.

We certainly had a good time talking to Mary Ann and meeting her son Morgan Norris, and family last Satur-day night at Belmont. She is a descendent of “Box” Roberts who is known for his fiddling abilities from the Seguin area and lived just a few miles up 90A in Guadalupe County

.They used to have a “Box” Roberts Fiddling Contest every year at the Guadalupe County Fair.

The Kerr Creek Band did a great job playing and singing with a different drummer and singer with young Richter do-ing the honors. You just never know what Dr. Bob is going to pull out of the bag for our entertainment. Next Saturday, Dec. 3rd., our smooth singing Tommy Schlein from Victoria will be at Belmont Social Club. I am going to email our friend and request some of Elvis’s

good Christmas songs. I had such a great steak that I think that I just might have to have another one of them. They have a beautiful Christmas tree up and decorated. Guess where they got the tree? The whole family of Abrameits trooped over to the Abrameit Tree Farm and picked out a tree and cut it down. Katie has the pictures to prove it.

We have some birthdays to celebrate. Karen Bauer Smith has a birthday on December 3rd along with Jessica Hyman Boxley, Donna Hull Behrendt

has a birthday on December 2nd, and Christine Wilke has one on November 30th. Hap-py Birthday to all of you and Many, many, more.

I think between the inside humans and outside dogs and cats we have finally demol-ished all of our bounty from Thanksgiving and found out how everyone cooked every-thing. I hear that Paw Paw Allen’s candy is such a hit that people are now wanting to pay him for making this candy. This is a true labor of love and takes two days to make it. I don’t see how he ever gets this stuff made. Dena’s pecan pies are marvelous and are just as good as my Mother’s were. It seems that Kathleen Allen holds the secret to delicious mashed potatoes and all of us will double over laughing about that well- kept secret. I don’t have any idea what I make the best. Maybe it is dressing or English pea salad.

Have a good week, and God Bless.


Saturn Friendship Club meets

Post-holiday accidents; trimming the Christmas treeSandi’s Country

Fried News

Sandi Gandre

By EVA BOSCAMP

Special to the Cannon

Xi Lambda Zeta Donates to GCAM.

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Pictured from Left to Right is GCAM Director Suzie Twome and XI Lambda Chapter member Carla Green


Parade, live music, homes tour to light up Gonzales this weekend

Upcoming Events!December 10December 9

9:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.Doors open at 6 p.m.

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2011 Silent SantaEmergency Services Throwdown

Bean & Chili Cook-OffSaturday, December 3, 2011

On Confederate Square During Winterfest

RULES:

1. Limited space is available. All vehicles must park on out-side of square. If unloading inside area of the square you must remove your vehicle when thru. NO VEHICLES WILL BE AL-LOWED INSIDE AREA WHERE COOKERS ARE.2. NO glass containers allowed. All teams must furnish their own supplies. No electric cookers are allowed. Only propane cook-ers. You are responsible for cleaning up your area.3. Entry fee is $15.00 per team/per entry by Friday, Dec. 2 @ 3:00 pm. After that time the cost will be $20.00 each entry.4. Check in time - starting 8:00 - 10:00 am. Registration ta-ble will be located near the band stage. ALL MEAT AND BEANS WILL BE INSPECTED AT THAT TIME - NO PRE-COOKED OR SEASONED MEAT. After inspected you may begin cook-ing. BEANS AND CHILI MAY NOT BE COMBINED. Each en-try will have it’s own separate container. If combined together the entry will be disqualified.5. All teams must cook at least 2lbs of chili/beans. Turn in time - 1:00 PM . Winners will be announced after the judges deter-mine the winners. 6. The Silent Santa Committee is NOT RESPONSIBLE for theft, damages or accidents.

ENTRY FORM

Mail this entry form with entry fee to: The Gonzales Cannon, P.O. Box E, Gonzales, TX 78629 ATT: Silent Santa Cook Off. Forms can also be picked up at The Gonzales Cannon, 618 St. Paul St.

For more information contact Debbie Toliver @ 830-857-3974, Sanya Harkey @ 830-203-0131, Dorothy Voigt @ 254-931-5712 or The Gonzales Cannon 830-672-7100.

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Friday, Dec. 2The Rankin Twins at The Hills Cafe, Austin,

7 p.m.Bill Pekar and The Rainey Brothers at

Winterfest, downtown Gonzales, 8-10 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 3Robert Stowell at Scooter’s Dancehall,

Moulton. $10 cover.

Friday, Dec. 9Buster Jiggs at Yoakum Gin & Feed, Yoa-

kum, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.Slim Bawb at Howard’s, Shiner, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 10Black Matches at Yoakum Gin & Feed, Yoa-

kum, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.The Rankin Twins with Dolly Shine at Port

San Antonio, San Antonio.Clint Martin Band at Billy’s Ice House, New

Braunfels, 9 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 11Dolly Shine at Fat Daddy’s Sports and Spir-

its Cafe, Mansfield.

Friday, Dec. 16Doug Stone at Scooter’s Dancehall, Moult-

on. Tickets $15.Chad McBride and the Drifters at Yoakum

Gin & Feed, Yoakum, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Saturday, Dec. 17Broke 60 at Scooter’s Dancehall, Moulton.

Tickets $8.Rich O’Toole at Yoakum Gin & Feed, Yoa-

kum, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.Andrea Marie and the Magnolia Band at

Howard’s, Shiner, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 20Dolly Shine at Legend’s Sports Bar & Grill,

Austin, 8 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 23Pale Horses at Scooter’s Dancehall, Moult-

on. $8 cover.Scott Taylor Band at Yoakum Gin & Feed,

Yoakum, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Friday, Dec. 30Cloverside at Yoakum Gin & Feed, Yoakum,

9 p.m.-1 a.m.Saturday, Dec. 31New Year’s Eve Party feat. Jarrod Bir-

mingham at Scooter’s Dancehall, Moulton. $15 cover.

New Year’s Eve Party feat. The Washers at Yoakum Gin & Feed, Yoakum.

Friday, Jan. 6John David Kent at Yoakum Gin & Feed,

Yoakum, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Saturday, Jan. 7Granger Smith at Yoakum Gin & Feed, Yoa-

kum, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.Clint Martin Band at Watterson Hall, Red

Rock, 9 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 21Phil Hamilton at Yoakum Gin & Feed, Yoa-

kum, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Friday, Jan. 27Bri Bagwell at Yoakum Gin & Feed, Yoakum,

9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Musicians and Venues: To add or update events, contact us via e-mail to [email protected].

Robert Stowell (“G.R.I.T.S”) will be fea-tured at Scooter’s Dancehall in Moult-on Saturday.

Downtown Gonzales will be lit up Friday for the fifth annual Parade of Lights and Winter-fest, scheduled in and around Confederate Square starting at 7 p.m.

Bill Pekar and The Rainey Brothers will headline the entertain-ment at Winterfest from 8-10 p.m. Music starts about 8 p.m. after the Christmas parade and lighting of the Christ-mas tree, which begins at 6:30 p.m. Music will be moved inside in case of bad weather.

The parade will in-clude more than 30 en-tries — including clas-sic cars from Gonzales Classic Cruisers and the city’s own “lighted lawnmowers” — featur-ing organizations and local businesses, with parade entrants form-ing up from 4-6 p.m. The parade is sched-uled to culminate in the city’s Christmas Tree lighting at 7:45 p.m.

Vendors will also be available with arts, crafts and food on the square.

Winterfest will con-tinue on Saturday and Sunday with the 16th annual Winterfest Homes Tour. The 2011 Winterfest Historic Homes Tour is 2-6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 3-4. Tickets for all five homes are available at the Gonzales Cham-ber of Commerce for

$15. Single-home ad-mission is $5 each at the door.

Homes on this year’s tour include the J.H. Boothe House, 706 St. George; C.H. Hoskins House, 906 St. Louis; J.P. McDowell House, 524 St. Francis; C.T. Rather House, 828 St. Louis;

and T.N. Matthews House, 829 Mitchell.

The Gonzales Histor-ic Homes Association has sponsored the home tour since 1996, and has helped raise more than $60,000 in the process for beautification and preservation efforts in the city.

Christmas music at the J.B. Wells HouseJohn Chenault and Friends will again perform Christ-mas music at the J.B. Wells House during the Winter-fest Homes Tour on Saturday, December 3rd. John Chenault, Elizabeth Montgomery and Janye Finch have played for tours and luncheons at the house. Their music adds to the enjoyment of the tour and is a gift to the Wells House and the Winterfest Homes Tour. (Courtesy Photo)

LULING — Luling Main Street is kicking off the Christmas season with musical entertainment, hot cocoa and Santa.

The festive event is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 9, from 5-8 p.m. Several groups of carolers will be visiting downtown Luling retail stores which will be open that night, sing-ing holiday jingles while customers sample each business’s hot cocoa. The businesses will be compet-ing for the highly coveted “Cocoa Cup.”

All participating busi-nesses will be preparing their own special recipe of hot chocolate for visitors to sample. Then the cus-tomers will vote on which one tastes the best. Ballots for the contest will be dis-tributed to all businesses and can also be picked up at the Luling Visitor’s Cen-ter.

Visitors will have these ballots stamped or signed off after sampling cocoa at each business. After their ballot cards are filled with stamps they will be eli-gible to submit their votes for the best tasting cocoa. In addition to bragging rights, the winner of the people’s choice will have the honor of displaying the Cocoa Cup in their estab-lishment for an entire year.

All ballots must be turned in at the Luling Vis-itor’s Center to enter a raf-fle for a chance to win one of three gift baskets. The drawing will take place at 8 p.m. and the cocoa contest winner will be announced immediately afterward.

Santa Claus will also be in town, spreading holiday cheer in downtown Luling. On behalf of the Luling Main Street board, I look forward to sharing a won-derful night of cocoa, car-ols and Christmas cheer with you all.

The First Baptist Church of Gonzales’s Christmas gift to the community and sur-rounding area is “The Road to Bethlehem – Just the Beginning.”

The Music Departments under the di-rection of Steve Faulkner, Minister of Mu-sic and Education, have been excitingly busy for a number of weeks preparing to present this gift.

“The Road to Bethlehem” is a musical drama complete with costumes and pag-eantry. The Sanctuary Choir, The Glory Bound Singers and the Children’s Choirs

will present this heart-touching produc-tion on Friday and Saturday nights, De-cember 9th and 10th beginning at 7:00 p.m., then again Sunday morning at 11:00 o’clock.

Come witness the journey young Lydia takes with her parents in a caravan bound for Bethlehem. Traveling in the same cara-van is a young couple named Joseph and Mary. The rumors abound about them, but young Lydia makes friends with Mary and we are privileged to see the birth of Jesus through a child’s eyes.

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Noted organist Storm Knien of Austin will perform on one of the area’s most historical

organs this Saturday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m., at the Presbyterian Church of Gonzales.

There is no charge for admission.

An active recitalist,

accompanist, teacher, conductor, and com-poser, Knien has per-formed around the Pa-cific Northwest, New England, France, Mex-ico, and Texas. Though

Knien is a native of Se-attle, he currently calls Austin his home.

Recent performances include the premiere of Ethan Frederick Greene’s Around, Awry,

for organ and flute. He has also done chamber performances with the flute duo Chiaroscuro, as well as his newly es-tablished flute-oboe-piano trio.

Knien holds degrees from the University of Washington and Uni-versity of Texas at Aus-tin, including the Doc-toral of Musical Arts degree in Organ Per-formance. His primary teachers have included Dr. Carole Terry (Se-attle), Dr. Naji Hakim (Paris), and Dr. Gerre Hancock (Austin).

A quarter-finalist in the 2008 National Young Art-ist’s Competition in Or-gan Performance, Knien also took second prize in the 2010 William C. Hall Organ Competition.

In August 2005, Knien was appointed Director of Music at St. Albert the Great Catholic Church in Austin. He has been a member of the audio pro-duction faculty at the Art Institute of Austin since 2008.

Knien is credited with a

number of compositions, including works for piano, flute, violin, organ, choir, computer, and a variety of ensembles. Some of his choral pieces have been ac-cepted for publication by Cantica NOVA and by GIA Publications, and will be is-sued soon.

Listeners will be treated to a variety of different pieces at the free concert this Saturday and refresh-ments will follow the event.

The Presbyterian Church is located at 414 Saint Lou-is Street across from the old courthouse. For more information, call the church office at 830-672-3521.

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Like the United States Navy, the Gonzales Apaches basketball team will have to enjoy the ride.

“We are real young and do not have a lot of experienced players,” head coach Jason Tucker said.

“That can be fun and hectic.” “It will be fun to see them improve. It could get hectic because we might get thumped while wait-ing for that experience to kick in.” The Runnin’ Apaches just have two seniors on the team — Jon Anthony Casares and Don Cart-wright, who were starters last

season, Tucker’s inaugural as the head coach. At press time, it was not sure if junior Cecil Johnson would compete in basketball or not. Tucker said Casares, Cart-wright, Johnson along with Cam-eron Smith and Jerald Smith, would get some rest very earlier in the season, having just come

off football season, where the Apaches went 11-1 and advanced two rounds deep.

“Football takes its toll on you,” Tucker said. “I told those guys to rest up and get after it when we got back from the Thanksgiving break. Tucker said Smith would hopefully develop into a good

player somewhere down the road. He said there are a lot of young guys on the varsity team who will be moved to the junior var-sity team. “Before football ended, we had about seven players on each team and now we will have around 10 guys on each team,” he

The Shiner Comanches, like any other football team, do not focus a lot on the past.

The Comanches will play the Mason Punchers at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Georgetown

in the Class 1A Division I state quarterfinals. This is the second straight year in which Shiner and Mason have faced each other in the playoffs. The Punchers knocked down Shiner in the regional final last year 28-21.

Shiner head coach Steven Cerny said last year’s game

has not been talked about or discussed among the team, with attention soloy on Friday’s game.

“We are focused on this year’s game and this year’s version of Mason,” he said. “We have to go out and play better football then Mason.”

“We have been playing good football this year and have had good practices this week.”

Mason is 12-0 and ad-vanced into the state quar-terfinal game with a modest 7-0 win against Ganado, who is in the Comanche’s district.

This year’s team has a new head coach but returns most of the players from last year’s team.

The Punchers are a mul-tiple offense that favors

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Finding the holeShiner’s Marlon wallace (8) looks to play off the block of teammate Caleb Curtis (22) during action from Sat-urday’s game against Winters in Marble Falls. Shiner faces Mason this week in the state quarterfinals. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Comanches look to punch out Mason

Apaches headline 28-3A honor team

Two Mustangs claim spotson first-team 14-2A squad

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The bi-district cham-pions and area finalists Gonzales Apaches had four players receive All-District 28-3A superlative honors announced Tues-day.

Fu l lb ack- l ineb acker Landon Lock and quar-terback-defensive back Jon Anthony Casares were named co-Most Valuable Player. Defensive back Zach Lopez was named Defensive MVP and Jor-dan Johnson was selected as Defensive Newcomer.

The Apaches, who fin-ished the season 11-1, had several linemen named to

the First Team Offense: Cody Jurek as offensive tackle and Zach Perez-Clack as center.

The Yoakum Bulldogs had Jeff Harrison (QB), Kyle Mikulk (FB), Fred-dy Thompson (WR) and Brice Lauer (OG) selected to the First Team Offense.

Cuero had offensive tackle Colton Jacob make the First Team Offense.

The Apaches had four selections to the First Team Defense: linebacker Hunter Noack, outside linebacker Alejandro Hernandez; tackle Jurek and end J.T. Miller.

Representing Cuero were linebacker and punt-er Logan Goebel and out-

side linebacker Jacob.On the Second Team

Offense, the Apaches had running back Cecil John-son, tight end Cameron Smith Miller at guard and wide receiver Don Cart-wright. The Bulldogs had tackle Zane Terry and run-

ning back/return specialist Blake McCracken.

For Cuero, Goebel was named placekicker and A.J. Bustos was selected as run-ning back.

On the Second Team De-fense, Gonzales had outside linebacker Cory Espinosa,

tackle Perez-Clack and end Adrian Molina.

Yoakum had outside linebacker John Patek and safety Taylor Nobles make the second team, and Cu-ero’s Bustos and D’Anthony Hopkins were selected at the corner and safety posi-

tions, respectively.Apaches receiving hon-

orable mentions were Damian Airhart at guard and defensive end; Matt Hillman at kicker; Cart-wright at defensive back and Hernandez at wide receiver.

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Jon Anthony Casares Landon Lock Zack Lopez Jordan Johnson

Although they just missed the playoffs, the Nixon-Smiley Mustangs had several players receive postseason District 14-2A All-District honors, includ-ing a pair of First Team se-lections.

Michael Martinez made First Team Offense as cen-ter and the First Team De-fense as tackle.

Alex Hernandez was chosen for the First Team Offense as kicker and the First Team Defense as in-side linebacker.

Quarterback Jaime Moreno, running back Miguel Hernandez and wide receiver Robert Mejia made the Second Team Of-fense.

Picked for the Second Team Defense was free safety Damian Perez.

The Mustangs had five players receive honorable mentions: Alex Hernandez for fullback; Perez for wide

receiver; Logan Mcmain for offensive and defensive tackle; Jared Van Auken for running back and Garrett Earlywine for wide receiver.

Alex Hernandez Michael Martinez

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The No. 7 Yoakum girls team beat Columbus 56-46 on Tuesday to raise to 6-0 on the season.

Three Lady Bulldogs scored in double digits as Rae Rae Samuels and Shardae Jones had 15 points each and Ashtyn Henkes bagged 12 points. Allison Blakeney sank seven points; Shervante Cauldwell scored four points; Jaccarri Hights deposited two points and Calli Witte finished with one point.

• The Shiner Lady Comanches defeated Hallettsville, 54-41, on Tuesday.

For Shiner, Amanise Coleman chipped in 15 points and Lauren Oden finished with 13 points; LaNeshia contributed eight points; Meagan Chumcal added six points; Jordan Pietsch and Ciara Harper bagged four points each; Hannah Koenning sank three points and Stacey Perez had one point.

Sha’Tiara Runnels led the Lady Brahmas with 14 points; Chey-enne Dowdy scored nine points; Kanesha Moore netted eight points; Lauren Jones scored four points with Danielle DeLeon, Cassidy Targac and Emma Wick bucketing two points each. Shiner won the JV match, 30-25.

The junior varsity Lady Co-manches fell to Schulenburg 28-21. Shamyra Coleman scored nine points and had five steals; Tabitha Blaschke bagged six points and had seven rebounds and one as-

sist; Lenae Kremlin had two points and one assist; Jennifer Hartl bagged two points and two blocks; Sarah Koenning chipped in two points and five steals. B.J. Mathis had two blocks. The Lady Coman-ches next were edged by Weimar 35-33. Coleman had nine points and four blocks; Sarah Koenning scored eight points; Blaschke had four points, 10 rebounds, three blocks and two assists; Alex Flynn scored two points; Hartl scored six points; Destiny Chum-chal scored two points and has two assists; Mathis chipped in two assists. Shiner bounced back with a 30-25 decision over Hal-lettsville. Coleman bagged nine points with three assists and one block; Blaschke dropped in nine points with nine rebounds, four steals and one block; Flynn had one point; Hartl deposited seven points; Sarah Koenning scored two points and had one block.

• The Moulton Kittens scratched Ganado Lady Indians 37-17 on Tuesday.

Megan Mitchon led Moulton with 11 points; Chelsey Darilek bagged 10 points; Brandee Dolezal sank nine points; Jennifer Crum-ley, Chelsea Gabler and Casey Zimmerman scored two points each and Taylor Bohuslav scored one point. The Kittens won the JV game, 32-21.

• The Luling Lady Eagles col-lared the Somerset Lady Bulldogs Nov. 22

The game was knotted at 8 af-ter the first quarter before Lull-

ing held a 16-11 advantage in the second frame for a 24-19 halftime advantage.

Luling led 36-30 after three quarters and outscored Somerset 19-17 in the final eight minutes.

Adriana Morales led the team with 16 points, six rebounds, an as-sist and a steal; Carley Glass added 12 points, 10 rebounds, eight as-sists, four steals and a block; Ma-ria Castillo bagged 12 points, and had two rebounds, two steals and two assists; Amanda Lee racked up seven points, four rebounds, two blocks, two steals and an as-sist; Hanna Clark bucketed six points, eight rebounds, two steals and four assists;

Cayla Taylor had two points and two rebounds.; Hallie Ran-dall had a steal; Brittany Finley sank one point while Linsey Rios and Miranda Sheffield saw action for the victorious lady eagles.

Luling is 3-3 on the season and starts play in the Navarro Invita-tional

Tournament Thursday through Saturday.

•The Sacred Heart Indianettes beat Victoria Cobra, 51-29, on Tuesday.

Adrienne Klimitchek bucketed 13 points; Kirsten Hager scored eight points; Jayce Orsak and Ari-ane Kubena each finished with five points; Jenna Brown and Marian Herndon bagged four points each; Emily Harper, Olivia Vohuslav and Rachel Saulnier finished with two points each.

• The Moulton Bob Katz edged

the Goliad Tigers 67-59.Bronson Zapata chipped in two

dozen points for Moulton while Matt Dornak scored 16 and Jacob Novosad brought down another 11. Jason Gold had seven points; Dylan Beyer sank six points; Ty-ler Swartz bagged two points and Douglas Fojtik booked one point.

Bronson Zapata 24, Douglass Fojtik 1, Matt Dornak 16, Jacob Novosad 11, Dylan Beyer 6, Jason Gold 7, Tyler Swartz 2

• The Hallettsville Brahmas de-feated Giddings, 59-49, on Tuesday.

Trevor McGee bucketed 24 points and Dazaun Silgero chipped in 11 points. Dalton Her-rington registered nine points; Hunter Mican put down another seven points; Tate Bludeau added four points, and Brandon Davis and Anthony Vessel contributed two points each.

Hallettsville won the junior var-sity game, 43-31, and the fresh-men game, 51-22.

•The St Ludmilla girls B team defeated Lima St. Rose 14-5 on Nov. 21 and won 16-8 on Monday against St. Philips.

• The SLE girls A team fell to St. Rose 29-23 Nov. 21 and held off El Campo 38-28 on Monday.

• The SLE boys teams defeated St. Philips on Monday. The B team won 13-4 with Ryan Bell bank-ing in five points, Austin Barton scoring four points and Kameron Knesek and Noah Leist scor-ing two points each. The A team won 42-23. T.J. Bell bucketed 12 points and Reagan Bell added

nine points. Ryan Geiger chipped in six points; Jed Janecek scored five points; Weston Davis record-ed four points, and Nathan Pilat, Derek Kapavik and Colton Mach-art scored two points each.

• The Gonzales Lady Apaches were defeated by Flatonia, 44-31, on Tuesday.

• Karnes City Lady Badgers rolled Cuero, 50-24, on Tuesday.

For the Lady Gobblers, Abby Sheppard scored 11 points; Emery Johnson sank five points; CayCay Toot recorded three points; Mad-eline Davis and Cezele Patton fin-ished with two points and Chelsea Vait scored one point.

• Victoria St. Joseph defeated Flatonia 70-58.

Robins led the Bulldogs with 16 points; Branecky bagged 12 points; Powder bagged 10 points; Mica and Kaliana each bucketed eight points; Bruns bagged two points and Butcher and M. Mica had one point each.

• The Gonzales Runnin’ Apach-es fell to Victoria West, 55-28, on Tuesday.

Cameron Smith, Anthony Sul-livan and Jon Anthony Casares bagged seven points each; Don Cartwright, Tanner Davis and Victor Melgar recorded two points each with Cecil Johnson bagging one point.

•The Yoakum boys fell to Vic-toria St. Joseph 53-36 on Monday. Hights led Bulldog scorers with 18 points, Hermes scored five points, Kristek bagged four more points, Hights, Deweese and McCracken

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Lady Mustangs runseason record to 5-0

Face-check?Nixon-Smiley’s Savannah Martinez (23) draws contact from Pleasanton’s Kier-styn Dumont (13) during action in Tuesday’s basketball contest. (Photo by Mark Lube)

7th-ranked Yoakum stops Columbus; Shiner girls win

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NIXON — The Lady Mustangs took a step in learning to be consistent on defense and run a fast but controlled tempo on of-fense.

Nixon rose to 5-0 on the season with a 51-27 win over 3A Pleasanton Eaglelettes Tuesday night at the Nixon High School Gymnasium.

“We preach to the play-ers that we want them to get a little better with each game,” said head coach Jeff Van Auken. “I thought we played better tonight than in our last game against Yorktown.”

“We are heading in the right direction.”

He said The Lady Mus-tangs improved on defense with more consistent play and were under control on offense.

“We are still learning how to play fast and under control,” Van Auken said. “There were a lot of bright spots tonight.”

The first frame started off

slow but eventually Nixon scored the first two buck-ets for a 4-0 lead —Jen-nifer Flores assisted on an Abigail Scarbrough jumper and Alena Alvarez set up Savannah Martinez for a score.

A bucket by Pleasanton’s Allyson Graybill brought the Eaglelettes to within 7-4.

The Lady Mustangs then went on a 8-2 tear to end the first period with Jazmin Erskin, Scarbrough, Marti-nez and Kelby Henderson all dropping in points.

Nixon created some turnovers with defensive pressure early in the second box, scoring the first two baskets on plays by Flores and Martinez, and then scored five of the next nine points to hold a 24-10 lead at the halftime break.

Pleasanton got a bucket by Ashston Lopez to keep the deficit at 14 points, 28-14.

The Lady Mustangs then zipped out to six straight points on a bucket by Hen-derson, a triple by Erskin, a Scarbrough free throw and

a layup by Erskin.The Eaglelettes answered

with a 5-0 run to end the quarter, closing down to 36-19.

Nixon put the game away in the last eight minutes with 15 of 23 points.

Nixon-Smiley 51, Pleasanton 27Pleasanton:Kierstyn Dumont 3 2-5

8, Ashston Lopez 3 1-2 7, Adrian Ra-mos 0 4-8 4, Allyson Graybill 1 0-0 2, Celeste Escalante 1 0-0 2, Jacquelyn Tanner 0 2-4 2, Kim Villalobos 0 2-2 2. Totals 8 11-21 27.

Nixon-Smiley:Jasmin Erskin 5 2-2 13, Savannah Martinez 4 1-5 9, Kelby Henderson 3 2-2 8, Abigail Scar-brough 3 1-2 7, Alena Alvarez 1 4-6 6, Brooke Hester 2 0-2 4, Jennifer Flores 2 0-0 4,. Totals 20 10-19 51.Pleasanton 6 4 9 8—27Nixon-Smiley 15 9 12 15—51

Rebounds: Pleasanton 31 (Ramos 7, Dumont 6, Villalobos 4, Tanner 3, Graybill 3, Escalante 2, Lopez 2, Madi Leyva 2, Kristian Garcia 2), Nixon 30 (Martinez 7, Scarbrough 6, Hester 3, Henderson 3, Hailey Boatright3, Dev-on Tristan 3, Lauren Trigo 2, Megan Guerra 2). Assists: Pleasanton 8 (Tan-ner 2, Villalobos 1, Garcia 1, Escalante 1, Dumont 1, Ramos 1, Lopez 1), Nixon 17 (D’Laine Palacio 5, Alvarez 3, Guer-ra 3, Hester 2, Flores 1, Henderson 1, Tristan 1, Scarbrough 1). Steals: Pleas-anton 8 (Tanner 2, Garcia 2, Graybill 1, Ramos 1, Lopez 1, Escalante 1), Nixon 26 (Alavarez 4, Guerra 4, Scarbrough 3, Martinez 3,Tristan 3, Flores 3, Erskin 3, Palacio 1, Henderson 1, Boatright 1). Blocks: Pleasanton 2 (Dumont 1, Tanner 1), Nixon 3 (Henderson 1, Boatright 1, Flores 1). Three-point baskets: Nixon 1 (Erskin 1).

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said. “That will be better as far as us play-ing basketball the way we want to which is getting up and down the floor quickly. We wear out pretty quickly when we have a thin bench.”

Gonzales still retained the epithet, ‘Runnin’ Apaches’, although the team had to pick and choose when it ‘ran’ at the start of the season. The lack of expe-rience will be one of Gonzales’ biggest hurdles to overcome, but the program will just have to roll with the punches. “It is going to be fun to watch and hectic to watch,” Tucker said. “Your sophomore point guard will be playing like a sopho-more point guard when you will want him to play like a senior point guard.”

The Apaches can hopefully get some early season, non-conference wins by utilizing their athletic ability. “I think our athleticism will be a strength when it is all said and done,” Tucker said.

He said he is sifting through the per-sonnel for the right combinations for varsity and if he has a hard-working player who has to yield to more experi-enced players, that player will see a lot of playing time on the junior varsity squad.

Before football concluded, the Apach-

es had a mix of varsity and JV players competing on the varsity, and freshmen and JV players both making up the JV team. Now Tucker will have to see who will move down to JV and who will stay on varsity with the football players now available for practices and games.

He said he hopes everything will be in place once district rolls around.

“I had to get the football players in basketball shape. It is not the same thing. In football, you go hard for several sec-onds and then rest several seconds. In basketball, it’s back and forth, back and forth,” Tucker said. “They have to get into basketball shape and that will take a little while.

Coming back from Thanksgiving, for a week or two, the Apaches will have an early-week game on Tuesday and then play in a tournament Thursday through Saturday, giving them the Monday and the Wednesday to practice.

“Before Christmas, we will have more games than practices so the coaches will have to coach on the fly,” Tucker said. “That will be tricky getting them into shape and all the things we have added from what was taught last year.

The Apaches have added a few things on offense to become more ‘well-round-

ed’, Tucker said.For November and December, Gon-

zales did not have a home game sched-uled with the exception of the Apache Tournament Dec. 1-3.

Tucker said he tried to schedule some 2A or 3A teams to play Gonzales at home but none that he contacted were willing to.

Another factor was some schools that were on the schedule from last year and were set to make the trip to Gonzales but informed the Apache coaches that they could not come to Gonzales for financial reasons.

Gonzales played or will play, Austin Crockett, Manor, Victoria East, Victoria West, Austin McCollum, Wimberley, Navarro and Canyon Lake in non-dis-trict. The Apaches will also travel to the Bastrop Cedar Creek and Hallettsville Tournaments.

Scheduled to play in the Gonzales tournament are Houston Santa Fe, El-gin, Victoria St. Joseph, Wimberley and Weimar.

Tucker said Sam Houston will be the team to beat in 28-3A.

“They have most everyone back,” he said.”Everyone else lost a lot, it seems like.”

running the football.Mason on the year has

2,052 yards of offense on the year and averages around 171 yards a game.

Behind their offensive line, the Punchers have 1,694 rushing yards.

The ground game is led by running back David Mora who has 13 touchdowns on 42 carries and 691 yards. Quarterback Austin Tripp has 274 yards on 17 carries. Running back Rio Schimdt had four touchdowns on 14 carries with 181 yards.

Tripp has completed 8-of-12 for 208 of Mason’s 358 passing yards with five touchdowns.

His primarily target has been receiver Chance Stockbridge who had three touchdowns on four recep-

tions for 122 yards.“Mora and Tripp are out-

standing players,” Cerny said.

The Shiner defense will need to control the line of scrimmage, as the Punch-ers’ offensive line is their main offensive strength, he said.

On defense, Mason runs a split and will shift into a five-man front or the 3-4 alignment.

“Mason will mix it up on defense and we will not know exactly what they will run until the game,” Cerny said. “Our offense will not do anything different. We just need to do what we do best and be prepared for multiple looks from their defense.”

Stockbridge leads the team with two intercep-tions.

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Comanches warm up Winters, 42-14MARBLE FALLS — The

third round of the playoffs has been a bugaboo for the Shiner Comanches the last few years.

No more.The Comanches stayed

focused and on course Sat-urday, however, with a 42-14 freezing of the Winters Blizzards at Mustang Sta-dium in Marble Falls.

Getting past this recent hump provided plenty of motivation for the Co-manches the last several practices.

“I think this is prob-ably the first time since we went to state in ‘04 that we have gotten past the third round,” Comanche head coach Steven Cerny said. “The third round is tough for us but the kids had a great week of preparation and played well tonight.”

Shiner had some dif-ficulty with ball security, losing three of five fumbles in the game.

The Blizzards scored on offense after recovering the first fumble and re-turned the second one for a touchdown.

Cerny said he was not sure why the Comanches lost the handle on the ball a few times.

“It happens in the col-lege game. It happens in the pros. It is just one of those deals,” he said. “We overcame it (the trouble caused by our turnovers) and that is the main thing.”

Shiner played well on defense as they cooled Winters’ offense.

The Blizzards were held to just 179 yards of offense and a just a dozen first downs.

“Our defense has been very good all year and they have to continue to play like that,” Cerny said. “Defense helps win cham-

pionships, no doubt.”In contrast, Shiner had

463 yards and got major-ity of those on the ground with 396 rushing yards.

The Comanches were led by Marlon Wallace who had 269 yards on 20 attempts, including about four long runs of 30 or more yards and a long rush of 61.

The Comanches ran the toss play with Wallace and Caleb Curtis with a lot of success.

Cerny said adjustments to the offensive game plan were made to negate the Blizzards’ size on their in-terior defensive line.

“They are big on the in-side so we felt we needed to go outside with our speed and when we have something that is working, we are going to keep doing it,” he said.

The Blizzards opened the game with a loss of four yards in three plays and had a short punt to their own 45.

Winters created a break for itself by returning a a Comanche fumble to the 32. After a holding call and some short runs, the Blizzards faced third down and 17 from the Shiner 39. Cristian Sandoval zipped 22 yards to the 17. Quar-terback Riley Ripley lost 8 yards when he was tack-led by Shiner’s Nick Nev-lud. He then had a 6-yard pass to tight end Andy Garcia and then went to Strait Daniel for a 19-yard touchdown for the 6-0 lead as the extra point was no good.

The Comanches started at their 33 but a false start call negated the net re-sults of the first two plays. Quarterback Jacob Staf-ford launched a home-run ball to Evel Jones down the far sideline. Jones made the catch and narrowly outraced the defense for a 67-yard touchdown catch. Shiner made its extra point for a slim 7-6 advantage.

Winters ran six plays on

its next drive, getting one first down but eventually had to punt.

Shiner was pinned in-side its 30, but then the Comanches started to run wild.

Wallace took a pitch and raced 33 yards to the Bliz-zard 42. Stafford picked up a couple on a keeper and then it was ‘Student Body Right’ for Wallace which was the right call as he burst outside and into the secondary, behind blocks from Stafford, went the distance to give Shiner a 14-6 advantage with 1:28 to go in the first quarter.

On the next drive, Win-ters got a 14-yard run by Sandoval on a counter but could not get past midfield and punted again.

Two more sweeps by Wallace netted a total of 45 yards and moved Shiner to the Winters 19.

The Comanches put the ball on the turf on the next play and Garcia scooped it up up at the 20 and re-

turned the fumble all the way for a touchdown. He caught a two-point pass from Ripley to knot the game at 14-14.

Shiner answered with a 63-yard march with Jones gaining 38 yards after a handoff through the mid-dle. Stafford later capped the drive with a 1-yard run and the extra point was no good, but Shiner was back on top 20-14 with 8:00 to play in the first half.

The Comanches later had driven inside the Bliz-zard 15 but another lost fumble ended the chance for more points before halftime.

Punts were exchanged to open the third period.

Shiner had the ball at its 45 with 5:39 to go in the third. Wallace had runs of 32, 15 and 5 to set up Shiner at the 13 where Stafford scored his second on the ground and tossed a two-point pass to Trevion Flow-ers for the 28-14 lead.

Shiner scored on its next

possession after having to start in the shadow of its own end zone. Wallace had a 61-yard run from his 21 to the Winter 18. Several plays later, Caleb Curtis scored from the 9 and Shiner was up, 35-14.

On the next drive, Win-ters made progress into Shiner territory but later faced fourth down at the 43. The Blizzards elected to try a fourth-down conversion but Ripley’s pass fell incom-plete as Shiner stepped up the pass coverage.

The Comanches then had a three-and-out, and had a 30-yard punt.

Winters had a ball-secu-rity issue and muffed the punt, giving the Coman-ches first down at the 26. Six plays later, Curtis was in from the 3 for the last touchdown of the night.

The Comanches are set to play Mason at 7:30 p.m. Fri-day at Georgetown ISD in the state quarterfinals.

Class 1A Division I Regional Semifinal

Shiner 42, Winters 14Winters 6 8 0 0—14Shiner 14 6 8 14—42

Scoring SummaryW-Strait Daniel 19 pass from Riley

Ripley (kick failed)S-Evel Jones 67 pass from Jacob

Stafford (Lucian Blaschke kick)S- Marlon Wallace 39 run (Blaschke

kick)W-Andy Garcia 80 fumble return

(Garcia pass from Ripley)S-Stafford 1 run (kick failed)S-Stafford 13 run (Trevion Flowers

pass from Stafford)S-Caleb Curtis 9 run (Blaschke

kick)S-Curtis 3 run (Blaschke kick)

Team stats W SFirst downs 12 17Rushes-yards 44-117 44-396Passing 5-13-0 1-2-0Passing yards 62 67Punts-yards 7-258 2-68Fumbles-lost 1-1 5-3Penalties-yards 7-41 7-55

Individual statsRushing — Winters: Cristian San-

doval 18-120, Chris Gerhart 9-28, Riley Ripley 17-(-31). Shiner: Marlon Wallace 20-269, Evel Jones 4-53, Ca-leb Curtis 6-46, Jacob Stafford 14-28.

Passing — Winters: Ripley 5-13-0-62. Shiner: Stafford 1-2-0-67.

Receiving — Winters:Strait Daniel 3-37, Andy Garcia 2-23. Shiner: Jones 1-67

GIDDINGS — While getting bounced from the playoffs by a 34-0 score isn’t anyone’s idea of the ideal way to end a season, Tommy Psencik says his Hallettsville Brahmas have nothing to hang their heads about.

“I’m very proud of our guys,” Psencik said after the Brahmas were blanked by the unbeaten Hempstead Bobcats in the regional semifinals Friday at Buff Stadium to end their 2011 campaign. “We knew we had a young team coming in to this year, most people were picking us last or next to last in the district.

“Being able to go three rounds in the playoffs is a big boost to this program,” he added.

The powerful Bobcats blew the game open in the second quarter behind the explosive rushing of Archie Taylor, while safety Will Smith ensured he’ll never get invited to Thanksgiving dinner in Hallettsville by intercepting three Braden Kahanek passes to foil the Brahmas’ attempts to rally.

“They made great plays,

you have to give credit to them,” Psencik said. “I knew they were a good team com-ing in, they earned every-thing.”

The Bobcats got on the scoreboard in the first pe-riod following an exchange of punts, mounting a 7-play, 54-yard drive which ended with a 3-yard scoring run by Taylor.

The Brahmas, who won both their previous playoff outings by shutting out their opponents, came charging right back, moving across the midfield stripe before Smith stepped in front of a pass intended for Trevor McGee to kill the drive.

Seven plays later, Taylor crashed in from 14 yards out on the first play of the second quarter to make it a 14-0 ballgame.

A 46-yard halfback pass from Smith to Devonta Curtis opened Hempstead’s next drive to launch the Bobcats toward their third TD. Taylor again capped the march with a 13-yard dash for the score.

The Bobcats got their fi-nal six points of the first half thanks to the steady toe of placekicker Hernan San-chez.

Tyler Kozel stepped in

front of a screen pass on Hallettsville’s next play, but the Brahma defense held the Bobcats in check and Hempstead settled for a 35-yard field goal from San-chez.

Late in the first half, the Brahmas put together their best threat of the game, driving from their own 11 to the Hempstead 28 before three straight incomplete

passes turned the ball over on downs.

On the next play, Obie Wilder fired a slant to Trent Momon, who lateraled to Taylor. The play covered a total of 54 yards and set up a 36-yard field goal by San-chez to end the half.

The Brahmas got a gold-en opportunity of their own midway through the third period when lineman

Troy Murphy sniffed out a screen pass and intercepted deep in Hempstead terri-tory at the 12-yard line, but the Bobcat defense kept the Brahmas blanketed on four straight pass attempts.

Hempstead picked up its final score after a 77-yard breakaway by Taylor on the final play of the third pe-riod. One play later, Wilder found Momon open in the

end zone from seven yards out for the final score.

“They made the plays when they had to,” Psencik said. “We helped them out, but they made the plays when they had to. I hope they go a long ways in the playoffs.”

HEMPSTEAD 34, HALLETTSVILLE 0Hallettsville 0 0 0 0 -- 0Hempstead 7 20 0 7 -- 34

Scoring SummaryHEMP—Archie Taylor 3 run (Her-

nan Sanchez kick)HEMP—Taylor 14 run (Sanchez

kick)HEMP—Taylor 13 run (Sanchez

kick) HEMP—Sanchez 35 field goalHEMP—Sanchez 36 field goalHEMP—Trent Momon 7 pass from

Obie Wilder (Sanchez kick)

Team Stats Hall HempFirst Downs 8 14Rushes-Yards 23-65 40-301Passing Yards 158 158Passes 15-38-4 9-17-1Punts-Avg 8-37 7-34.3Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0Penalties-Yards 0-0 9-70

Individual StatsRUSHING: Hallettsville, Tim Shep-

pard 6028, Tiedrick Smith 4-14, Braden Kahanek 7-(-16), Trenton McGee 1-0, Nate Kowalik 1-1, Austin Reeves 3-3, Dalton Herrington 1-3. Hempstead, Archie Taylor 17-208, Obie Wilder 7-33, Michael Wolfe 8-16, Brian Glover 5-28, Will Smith 2-4, Alex Trujillo 1-2.

PASSING: Hallettsville, Kahanek 14-37-4-146, Kowalik 1-1-0-12. Hemp-stead, Wilder 8-16-1-112, W.Smith 1-1-0-46.

RECEIVING: Hallettsville, Trevor Mc-Gee 6-112, Trenton McGee 3-5, Antho-ny Vesely 2-23, Herrington 2-1, T.Smith 1-5, Kahanek 1-12. Hempstead, Trent Momon 7-101, Devonta Curtis 1-46, Taylor 1-11.

Bringing the pressureHallettsville’s Troy Murphy (52) puts the brakes on Hempstead quarterback Obie Wilder (8) during first-half action Friday. (Photo by Dave Mundy)

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Breaking awayShiner’s Evel Jones (4) pulls out of the grasp of a Winters defender en route to a big gain during Saturday’s contest. (Photo by Mark Lube)

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Cards rush past Warriors, return to finalsGIDDINGS — When he

took over the St. Paul Car-dinals at the start of this year on very short notice, coach Paul Johnston in-herited a team which had gone 14-0 the year before by pounding the ball be-hind a big, experienced of-fensive line.

Faced with the loss of much of that offensive line to graduation, Johnston promptly tailored his team to a new look and installed a wide-open spread of-fense which has become known for its air-it-out passing game.

Let it not be said, how-ever, that playing the golden oldies every now and then doesn’t have its advantages.

The Cardinals surprised The Woodlands Christian with a slashing ground game to open up a 20-0 first-half lead, then held on in the second half to edge the Warriors 27-24 in Saturday’s state semifinal game, earning themselves a repeat berth in the state finals.

“We were intending to run the ball a little more today, but when you’ve got a 40-mile-an-hour gale-force wind blowing at you it makes it easy to decide that,” Johnston said after the Cardinals used exclu-sively their ground game to pound out a pair of first-quarter touchdowns and force The Woodlands to play catch-up the rest of the evening. “We ran (the “jet sweep”) a lot last week, too. It was in our game plan.”

Taking full advantage was junior Adam Hol-lenbach, who scored both first-quarter TDs on runs of 7 and 75 yards, then caught a 28-yard scoring pass from Dakota Kresta to help stake the Cardi-nals to a 20-0 edge at in-termission. Hollenbach, a thousand-yard rusher as both a freshman and sophomore in Jake Wa-chsmuth’s more conven-tional offense, hasn’t put up the glamor numbers in the new system but on this night rushed for 181 yards and caught three passes for 41 more.

The 20-point lead, how-ever, almost wasn’t enough as the Warriors mounted a comeback behind quar-terback Todd Eaglin in the second half.

“He’s a good athlete,” Johnston said of Eaglin, who rushed for 146 yards

and two scores and tossed TD passes of 33 and 43 yards to James Bento for two more scores. The dif-ference was conversion points: Cole Hybner hit on three of four kicks for St. Paul, while all four of The Woodlands’ point-after tries failed.

For St. Paul, the game-breaker came with 5:10 to play, and it was a de-fensive gem which pro-vided the points. Facing a third-and-4 at his 38, Ea-glin retreated to pass but found himself harassed by Laddie Patek. As Patek dragged him down, he tried to launch a despera-tion pass to avoid the sack -- but instead threw it into the waiting arms of Martin Kennedy, who returned the interception 24 yards to give the Cardinals a 27-12 lead.

The Cardinals opened

the contest facing into a howling wind, and thanks to a 70-yard kick return by Kennedy started at the Woodlands 25-yard line. A 14-yard pickup by Hollen-bach got the ball inside the 10, and three plays later the junior slashed in from seven yards out for a quick 7-0 lead.

A deflection by Mitchell McElroy led to an inter-ception by Dylan Barton on the Warriors’ first play and St. Paul was right back in business at the Wood-lands 38, but the Cardi-nals couldn’t capitalize and turned the ball over on downs. The Woodlands got to midfield before stalling, and a wind-aided Eaglin punt rolled 57 yards before being killed at the Cardinals’ 1-yard line.

Hollenbach and Brett Hodges helped push the Cardinals out of danger

with a pair of first-down runs before Hollenbach found an open seam on the jet play and shot through, racing 75 yards to paydirt for a 14-0 lead.

The Cardinals padded their lead on their next series to start the second quarter after the wind blew an Eaglin punt back-ward eight yards. This time, Kresta fired a strike to Hollenbach behind the coverage good for a 28-yard TD.

While the Cardinal de-fense kept the Warriors frustrated in the first half, The Woodlands battled back in the second, with Eaglin doing the lion’s share of the work. A 35-yard run on a quarter-back draw helped set up a 3-yard run to cap a six-play, 57-yard drive to open the second half that cut St. Paul’s lead to 20-6.

The Cardinals followed with an 11-play drive, but a chop-block penalty stalled it out at the Wood-lands 36.

A fumble recovery by Cray Noah early in the fourth quarter helped get the Warriors back into the contest. A 25-yard run by Eaglin ignited a 65-yard drive capped by a 33-yard scoring bomb to Bento, who wrestled the ball away from two defenders to pull in the scoring toss and make it 20-12.

St. Paul pushed deep into Warrior territory before stalling out, and on fourth down a 34-yard field-goal try by Hybner came up short. Four plays later, Ken-nedy’s interception gave the Cards a 27-12 cushion.

The Woodlands stormed

back, with Eaglin and Ben-to connecting on a 27-yard pass play before another bomb covered 43 yards for the score to make it 27-18.

Another St. Paul fumble -- the Cardinals lost three in the contest -- got The Woodlands the ball back at midfield and Eaglin capitalized immediately, popping free on the quar-terback draw and racing 55 yards to score.

The Cardinals recov-ered the onside kick try with 2:33 remaining in the game, however, and with Hollenbach picking up a first down, were able to run out the clock.

STATE SEMIFINALSST. PAUL 27,

WOODLANDS CHRISTIAN 24St. Paul 14 6 0 7—27Woodlands Chr. 0 0 6 18—24

Scoring SummaryStP--Adam Hollenbach 7 run (Cole

Hybner kick)StP--Hollenbach 75 run (Hybner

kick)StP--Hollenbach 28 pass from Da-

kota Kresta (kick failed)TWC--Todd Eaglin 3 run (run

failed)TWC--James Bento 33 pass from

Eaglin (kick failed)StP--Martin Kennedy 24 intercep-

tion return (Hybner kick)TWC--Bento 43 pass from Eaglin

(kick failed)TWC--Eaglin 55 run (run failed)

Team Stats StP TWCFirst downs 17 13Rushes-Yards 48-243 31-176Passing Yards 127 124Passes 7-11-0 9-27-3Punts-Avg 2-31 3-28.3Fumbles-Lost 5-3 1-0Penalties-Yards 5-45 3-40

Individual StatisticsRUSHING: St. Paul, Adam Hollen-

bach 17-181, Martin Kennedy 9-40, Brett Hodges 6-10, Dakota Kresta 13-24, Team 3-(-12). Woodlands Chris-tian, Todd Eaglin 21-146, Michael Sacks 6-25, Jeffrey Chen 3-5, Cray Noah 1-0.

PASSING: St. Paul, Dakota Kresta 7-11-0-127. Woodlands Christian, Tood Eaglin 9-27-3-124.

RECEIVING; St. Paul, Adam Hol-lenbach 3-41, Justin Natal 2-22, Cole Hybner 1-51, Martin Kennedy 1-13. Woodlands Christian, Cray Noah 5-22, James Bento 3-103, Marcos Mora 1-(-1).

GIDDINGS — Casey Jirkovsky was an unhap-py camper when Sacred Heart coach Pat Henke pulled him off the field late in the third quarter of Saturday’s state semifinal against Brazos Christian after the young linebacker came up limping following a tackle.

“He was mad at me for taking him out earlier, but he made the play when we needed it,” Henke mused after Jirkovsky intercepted a pass in overtime to seal the Indians’ 30-23 win and move them into next week’s state championship game. “We got a break right there at the end. I am so proud of these kids. They beat a great team to-day.”

The Indians got their winning points in over-time on a 3-yard run by Sterling Hrncir after con-verting twice on fourth down, a drive which was illustrative of the ball-control offense which won 10 of 11 regular-season games.

The teams ended regu-lation play tied at 23, and after Brazos Christian declined the option after winning the coin toss in overtime, Henke chose to drive into a stout wind

that had already played havoc with both the kick-ing and passing games of both teams.

“They’ve got a great field-goal kicker (Brad Brown),” he said. “I didn’t want to give them a chance to beat us with a field goal.”

As it turned out, the Ea-gles didn’t get that chance. Facing a third-and-7 from the 22 on their overtime possession, Brazos’ Jaxton McNair was smothered attempting to pass and Casey Mueller got a hand on the ball, deflecting it. Jirkovsky snapped up the ball in the air to seal the victory.

It was a game which the Indians dominated on the clock, but the explosive-ness of the Eagles nearly gave Brazos Christian the win.

Sacred Heart ran 26 of the game’s first 30 plays, but emerged with only a 15-9 halftime lead thanks to McNair and Brown.

The Indians chewed nearly eight minutes off the clock with their first drive of the game, a work-manlike 14-play, 80-yard march which was capped by a 1-yard scoring dive by Hrncir. Jared Krischke tossed a conversion pass to Cole Wick for an 8-0 lead with 4:26 remaining in the first quarter.

It took Brazos only one

play to respond, however. Brown took a handoff up the middle and, after seemingly being stopped for a 3-yard gain, kicked into high gear, shucked tacklers and raced 57 yards for a score. A failed conversion try left the In-dians in front, 8-6.

Following an exchange of punts, Sacred Heart extended its lead with a 7-play, 47-yard march. A Krischke scramble for 10 yards keyed the march, which ended with a 4-yard TD run from Hrncir and Colton Brown’s PAT for a 15-6 lead.

The Eagles closed that

gap at intermission with a short drive after the Indi-ans turned the ball over on downs near midfield. Brad Brown punched through a 25-yard field goal as time expired to make it a 15-9 game.

McNair put Brazos Christian on top early in the third period with an-other lightning strike. Fac-ing a third-and-6 at his 33, he got outside the contain-ment and won a footrace down the sidelines for a 67-yard touchdown to put the Warriors on top 16-15.

The Indians responded with a strike of their own after the teams swapped

fumbles deep in Sacred Heart territory. Wingback Scott Stoner took the ball on an inside reverse and found a seam over the left side, turning upfield and racing 79 yards for the go-ahead score. A two-point conversion run by Krischke gave the Indians a 23-16 edge.

Fumbles came back to haunt the Indians, how-ever, when the Eagles’ Hunter Murphy recovered a loose ball at the Sacred Heart 8-yard-line on the second play of the final quarter. Moments later, Gentry Gayle punched it in from a yard out to tie

the game at 23.The Indians got a break

of their own with 3:44 re-maining when a McNair punt was partially blocked and Cole Bludau returned the ball to the Eagle 30-yard line. Three plays later, however, a halfback pass attempt by Hrncir wound up in McNair’s hands to kill the threat.

STATE SEMIFINALSSACRED HEART 30,

BRAZOS CHRISTIAN 23, OTSacred Heart 8 7 8 0 7—30Brazos Christ. 6 3 7 7 0—23Scoring Summary

SH—Sterling Hrncir 1 run (Cole Wick pass from Jared Krischke)

BRZ—Brad Brown 57 run (run failed)

SH—Hrncir 4 run (Colton Brown kick)

BRZ—Brad Brown 25 field goalBRZ—Jaxton McNair 67 run

(B.Brown kick)SH—Scott Stoner 79 run (Krischke

run)BRZ—Gentry Gayle 1 run (B.Brown

kick)SH—Hrncir 3 run (C.Brown kick)

Team statistics SH BrazosFirst downs 18 10Rushes-Yards 59-342 43-316Passing yards 5 11Passes 2-7-2 1-7-2Punts-Avg 3-31 5-19.8Fumbles-Lost 3-3 2-1Penalties-Yards 4-35 7-45

Individual StatisticsRUSHING: Sacred Heart, Sterling

Hrncir 38-136, Matt Holub 13-67, Jar-ed Krischke 7-50, Scott Stoner 1-79, Cole Wick 1-7, Cole Bludau 0-3. Brazos Christian,, Jaxton McNair 24-181, Brad Brown 14-130, Will McCurdy 2-3, Zach Reinisch 2-1, Gentry Gayle 1-1.

PASSING: Sacred Heart, Jared Krischke 2-6-1-5, Sterling Hrncir 0-1-1. Brazos Christian, Jaxton McNair 1-3-2-11, Gentry Gayle 0-4-0.

RECEIVING: Sacred Heart, Sterling Hrncir 2-5. Brazos Christian, Brittain Bost 1-11.

Finding the seamSt. Paul’s Adam Hollenbach (21) sprints for the seam for a big gain during Satur-day’s state semifinal contest in Giddings. (Photo by Dave Mundy)

Paving the roadSacred Heart’s Matt Holub (44) finds a big hole to run through as teammates Cody Greer (63), Scott Stoner (19), Sterling Hrncir (12) and Jared Krischke (10) surround a would-be Brazos Christian tackler during Saturday’s semifinals. (Pho-to by Dave Mundy)

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Eugene M. Potter of Dale harvested this 12-point buck in Gonzales County to hold the lead in the Shiner Big Buck Contest for Gonzales County.

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The Great OutdoorsGonzales CountyName, Town Points Spread Tine R1 Tine R2 Tine L1 Tine L2 Total1, Eugene M. Potter, Dale 12 17 3/4 10 1/8 9 5/8 8 1/4 9 5/8 67 3/82, Jana P. Tomlinson, Sealy 12 16 1/8 9 7/8 9 1/4 10 1/8 9 7/8 67 1/43, Henry Kalich, Shiner 8 15 1/4 9 3/4 10 1/4 9 1/4 9 3/4 62 1/44, Rodney Stewart, Hempstead 8 20 5/8 7 1/2 8 3/4 7 3/8 9 1/2 61 3/4

Colorado CountyName, Town Points Spread Tine R1 Tine R2 Tine L1 Tine L2 Total1, Shane Pesak, Weimar 10 17 5/8 10 1/4 9 1/2 11 1/4 9 1/8 67 3/42, Edward Friedrich, Hockley 11 18 7 1/2 8 1/4 6 3/4 8 1/2 603, James Mcmillan, Weimar 10 19 6 3/4 8 5/8 5 5 1/4 54 5/8

Dewitt CountyName, Hometown Points Spread Tine R1 Tine R2 Tine L1 Tine L2 Total1, Virgil Brown, Cuero 10 16 3/8 10 7/8 9 1/4 11 1/2 8 3/4 66 3/42, Travis Voskamp, Hallettsville 9 19 1/8 12 3/8 6 9 1/4 9 64 3/43, Marty Bludau, Hallettsville 10 16 9 1/2 8 1/2 10 3/8 9 3/4 64 1/84, Allen Moeller, Cuero 8 15 7/8 10 9 7/8 9 1/4 9 1/8 62 1/8

Lavaca CountyName, Hometown Points Spread Tine R1 Tine R2 Tine L1 Tine L2 Total1, Paul Hanslik, Hallettsville 14 14 7/8 10 1/4 9 10 1/8 9 1/4 67 1/22, Herschel Schulte, Hallettsville 13 11 3/8 7 7/8 8 3/4 14 3/4 9 1/8 64 7/83, Richard Stavinoha, Moulton 11 16 1/8 10 1/4 8 8 1/2 8 3/8 62 1/44, Clarence S. Brown, Hallettsville 10 19 3/4 9 5 5/8 9 8 1/8 61 1/2

Fayette CountyName, Hometown Points Spread Tine R1 Tine R2 Tine L1 Tine L2 Total1, Joey Krnavek *, West Point 12 16 7/8 9 3/4 8 5 3/4 17 3/4 70 1/82, Andrew Bockholt, Richmond 12 16 1/2 10 5/8 8 5/8 9 7/8 9 66 5/83, Patrick Machala Jr. La Grange 9 18 7/8 7 5/8 9 1/8 10 1/2 8 5/8 63 3/44, Brett Janecka, Engle 10 16 1/4 8 3/4 9 1/8 8 5/8 9 61 3/4

Texas Open - North ZoneName, Hometown Points Spread Tine R1 Tine R2 Tine L1 Tine L2 Total1, Brock Moody, Victoria 13 20 3/4 9 7 1/2 9 1/4 6 7/8 66 3/82, Frank Bludau Jr.,Hallettsville 8 16 7/8 10 3/8 8 7/8 10 7/8 9 1/4 64 1/43, Gary Mcbride, Schulenburg 10 21 3/4 6 3/4 6 3/4 7 3/4 7 3/8 60 3/84, Ervin Patek, Moulton 12 17 7/8 7 1/2 6 7/8 7 8 5/8 59 7/8

Texas Open - South ZoneName, Hometown Points Spread Tine R1 Tine R2 Tine L1 Tine L2 Total1, Travis L. Orsak, Bulverde 15 19 3/8 12 7/8 11 1/2 10 1/4 9 782, Leon Grones, Hallettsville 12 18 1/2 11 3/4 12 3/8 10 3/4 11 5/8 773, Frank A. Wojtek, Richmond 12 18 3/8 10 3/4 10 5/8 11 5/8 10 5/8 74

17 & Under Youth DivisionName, Hometown Points Spread Tine R1 Tine R2 Tine L1 Tine L2 Total1, Ben Mercer, Gonzales 9 19 1/4 10 1/8 9 7/8 9 1/2 12 5/8 70 3/82, Jerod Moeller, Shiner 11 16 3/4 11 3/8 9 1/4 10 7/8 10 1/4 69 1/23, Brice Bernshausen Shiner 9 14 5/8 10 1/8 9 1/8 9 1/4 9 3/4 61 7/84, Kellen S. Opela Hallettsville 11 14 7/8 9 8 1/8 9 1/4 8 60 1/4

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SEGUIN — The 34th Texas Paddling Trail and second in Seguin will open on Wednesday, Dec. 7, along a scenic stretch of the Guadalupe River. City officials and repre-sentatives of the Texas Parks and Wildlife De-partment will gather at the River Shade RV Park for a 4:30 p.m. dedication of the Seguin Paddling Trail (Lake Nolte/Meadow Lake).

The River Shade RV Park and Max Starcke Park on Lake Nolte (also known locally as Meadow Lake) have been designat-ed the put-in and take-out spots for Seguin’s newest paddling trail that ranges in length from 2.6 miles to 8.4 miles, depending on the route taken. Due to the river’s being dammed at Starcke Park and Nolte Dam, the slow current al-lows for kayakers and ca-noeists to vary their time on the water – from one to six hours — by paddling the river in either direc-tion and accessing the river from either site.

The shortest trip covers 2.6 miles one way from Max Starcke Park East, a popular fishing area, to River Shade RV Park. The longest paddle would cover 8.4 miles round trip from Starcke to Nolte Dam and back. The new

paddling trail also allows for 3.2-mile and 5.8-mile treks.

The Guadalupe River along this trail features slow-moving waters lined by large pecan, green ash, sycamore and majestic bald cypress trees. Pad-dlers on this segment of the river enjoy excellent birding and fishing op-portunities. More infor-mation about the pad-dling trail can be found on informational kiosks located at each river ac-cess site.

TPWD partnered with the City of Seguin’s Parks and Recreation Depart-

ment and Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority to develop the paddling trail. Canoe and kayak rent-als are available through outfitters in nearby San Marcos.

The Texas Paddling Trails program, which began in 1998, helps pro-mote habitat conserva-tion through sustainable economic development, while providing addition-al recreational opportu-nities to the public. More Americans paddle (canoe, kayak or raft) than play soccer, making it one of the fastest-growing nature tourism experiences.

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AUSTIN — Throw your rod and reel in the car and take the short drive to your local fishing hole, it’s time once again for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Depart-ment’s annual winter rain-bow trout stocking.

Each year TPWD stocks roughly 250,000, 9-12 inch hatchery-reared rainbow trout in more than 100 neighborhood and state park locations across Tex-as as a part of the annual stocking program. Loca-tions such as Brackenridge

Park in San Antonio, Bull-frog Pond in Austin, Bob Sandlin State Park in Mt. Pleasant and Arena Park Pond in Marshall are some of the locations used by the program in past years. The program occurs in the win-ter due to the cooler water temperatures in Texas water bodies.

While most of the popu-lar locations will still get trout this year, stockings will be down about 10 percent from last year due to water level conditions at some sites, according to Todd Engeling, TPWD hatchery

program director.“Trout stockings will be

down, but not as bad as we initially anticipated,” Enge-ling said. “Our popular stocking sites should remain the same as long as there is sufficient water and those sites without enough water may not receive stockings.”

For the 2011-2012 trout stocking schedule broken down by city or county visit http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fishboat/fish/manage-ment/stocking/trout_stock-ing.phtml. For an inside guide for fishing rainbow trout, read the TPWD Win-ter Trout Stocking Program Angling Tips by Marcos J. De Jesus at http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publica-t ions/pwdpubs/media/pwd_rp_t3200_1692.pdf.

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Migratory Bird Report No. 14Weekly migratory bird hunting reports are posted from early

September through early February.High Plains Mallard Management Unit: The recent cold front pushed

more geese to the High Plains. Goose hunters enjoyed better decoying action near Dumas, Spearman, Etter and Amarillo. Limits of Canadas have been taken from corn and plowed ground. A few snow geese have been mixed with dark geese. A good juvenile hatch of snow should help when snows develop a feeding pattern. Specklebellies and Canadas continue to work in Knox and Haskell counties. Duck numbers continue to build in the Panhandle, with more mallards showing with the cool front, but water remains a premium. Few playas are wet, so most ducks have had to resort to feed lot ponds and larger reservoirs. Sandhill crane hunters have enjoyed great decoying action. Prospects are good.

North Zone Duck: The first split of duck season ended at sunset Nov. 27 and results across the region ranged from poor to fair. Lack of water was the culprit, as the region and the rest of Texas have been suffering from a record drought. Many areas of the North Zone did receive solid rain as the front blew through over the weekend, but backwater sloughs and bayous that are normally wet soaked up the moisture quickly. Gadwalls and wigeons have been taken in shallow coves of lakes and reservoirs. Divers are steady around Lake O’Pines, Sam Rayburn, Lake Fork and Toledo Bend, though boat ramp access has been limited. Hunting was good around the zone boundaries of IH-10, especially after the front as an influx of green-winged teal hit the coast. Freshwater impoundments have held pintails, wigeons, teal and shovelers and the weekend rains helped recharge freshwater impoundments. The second split opens Dec. 10.

South Zone Duck: Duck hunters along the coast enjoyed the best duck hunting in the state during the first split. The coast continued to produce steady duck shoots on the prairies, marshes and bays. Gadwalls, wigeons, shovelers and pintails were taken on the coastal prairies. Large wads of green-winged teal had been absent during the past week; however, wads of greenwings showed on the heels of the blowing north wind. Bay hunters enjoyed limits to near-limits around Port O’Connor, Rockport and Port Mansfield. More snow geese showed with the front, but large concentrations have been using isolated ranches with multiple roost ponds. A bumper crop of young snow geese have decoyed well over rag spreads. Rice fields have been best thus far. Specklebellies have readily decoyed, with unofficial estimates of 30-40 percent juvenile birds in the coastal population. Sandhill crane numbers are steady, but the season does not open in Zone C until Dec. 24. Hunters must possess the free crane permit to hunt sandhill cranes. The South Zone duck season reopens Dec. 10.

Season/Bag Limits: The High Plains Mallard Management Unit runs Oct. 29-30, Nov. 4-Jan. 29, 2012. The North and South zones run Nov. 5-27 and Dec. 10-Jan. 29, 2012.

The daily bag limit shall be 6 ducks, to include no more than the following: 5 mallards (only 2 of which may be hens), 3 wood ducks, 2 scaup (lesser scaup and greater scaup in the aggregate), 2 redheads, 2 pintails, 1 canvasback, 1 dusky duck (mottled duck, Mexican-like duck, black duck and their hybrids are closed the first five days of the season in each zone). All other species: 6.

Migratory Bird Report

When you’re shopping locally, think of several businesses that have new lines. The China Basket is carrying Mud Pie in in-fant and toddler sizes through 2-3. She has added some new fragrances in her candle line and is carrying Tervis Tumblers.

Person’s Flower Shop has some new ideas for decorating, including a deco-mesh that can be used for Christmas wreaths. Of course she also has all her seasonal decora-tions and flowers.

Green Acres Nursery has their poinset-tias in and has added a line of lawn furni-ture and accessories, along with Summer Patch Kids that has coordinating items for children such as books, games and other original things.

The First Friday Coffee will be at Victo-ria College from 8:30 a.m. to 9:15 or so and everyone is invited to attend.

Our LCRA calendars have arrived, just in time, as we’ve had a number of inquiries about them. They are beautiful as ever.

The Christmas parade and lighting of the Christmas tree on the Square will be held on Friday, Dec. 2. There should be a large crowd for that.

Remember to call the Chamber office and sign up for the Christmas luncheon on Dec. 7, sponsored by Randolph Brooks FCU.

And don’t forget the Crystal Theatre’s presentation of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’. Last week my fingers got tangled, as they’ve been known to do in the past, and the in-formation came out wrong. It will be held on Saturday, December 10 at 2 p.m. at the theater. It’s a one-time only thing and you can get tickets for $18 for adults, $5 for children under 12 by calling the chamber office at 830-672-6532. It stars Todd Mar-tin and Sondra Saible from the Lockhart Gaslight Baker Theatre and it features the Jingle Sisters. It promises to be great, so get your tickets early.

The chamber board will meet on Wednesday at noon in the chamber office.

South Texas Tour Team Roping will be at the J.B. Wells Park on Thursday and Bar-J Team Roping will be there on Friday.


While you’re shopping,check our local stores

County will taxgoods ‘in transit’

Barbara Hand is the Executive Director of the Gonzales Chamber of Commerce.

Around the Chamber Office

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Odd Fellows DonationsOn Nov. 15, the Gonzales Odd Fellows Lodge #38 I.O.O.F. held a social gathering which featured a meal, 18 guests from the community, 12 lodge members, and special guest Grand Master Clifton Cates with the Grand Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Texas. Proceeds from our two annual fund raisers are the source of funds for these donations to these institutions that work so hard to serve the children of our com-munity. The Gonzales Odd Fellows Lodge #38, I.O.O.F. recognized some of our supporters that have made our annual Gun Raffle successful. These are: Randolph- Brooks Federal Credit Union (top left, Derek Grah-mann NG and Monica Greathouse), Lone Star Bank (top right, Derek Grahmann NG and Gary Mobbs), Wells Fargo Bank (above left, Derek Grahmann NG and Jimmy Windwehen), Sage Capital Bank, and First National Bank of Shiner (not pictured). After a very fine meal the Odd Fellows Lodge #38 made donations to the fol-lowing: (lower right, from left) Noble Grand Derek Grahmann, Sharon Pirkle (Norma’s House,The Gonzales Regional Children’s Advocacy Center),Pat Heinemeyer (Gonzales County Child Service Board), Jacque Jung-bauer (Shiner Public Library), Ann Alexander (Norma’s House), Paula Pekar (Shiner Public Library), Pat Ryan (Gonzales Youth Center), Sally Brassell (Nixon Public Library), Jackie Mikesh and Jon Such ( Victoria College Gonzales Campus, Scholarship program) (Courtesy Photos)

GONZALES – The Gon-zales County Commission-ers Court adopted a resolu-tion that could result in some future revenue for the county during a brief regular meet-ing held Monday morning.

In a unanimous vote, with Precinct One Commissioner K.O. (Dell) Whiddon ab-sent, the court agreed to tax all goods in transit in the county for the 2012 tax year. Goods in transit are defined as tangible personal property stored for not longer than 175 days in a public ware-house, which is not owned by the property owner. They do not include petroleum or natural gas products.

“I do not know of any goods in transit that we have in Gonzales County,” said the county’s Tax Assessor-Collector Norma Jean Du-Bose. “We can choose to pass the resolution to tax them in case we have any come in 2012, and the taxpayer has to apply for an exemption.”

This measure was also recently passed by other taxing entities in Gonzales County including the City of Waelder, with the Gonzales Independent School District expected to follow suit.

In another agenda item, the court authorized the hiring of Austin Task Inc. (ATI) to destroy county re-

cords which have reached or passed the retention date. ATI is a 501(c) (3) non-profit corporation that has operat-ed for the past 10 years in se-cure document destruction.

Precinct One Justice of the Peace Diedra Voigt recom-mended the firm, which will charge $50 per trip and $30 for up to 3,000 pounds of content.

“This is a state vendor that has been approved by the state’s Comptroller’s Of-fice,” Voigt said. “The main thing I’m concerned about is security; our records have to be secure. You can’t have somebody pulling them out, looking at them and then dropping them in a recycling bin. These are confiden-tial records and they (ATI) guarantee them to remain secured.”

In other business, the court:

• Authorized the trade-in of a 911 voice recorder toward the purchase of a new one. Gonzales County Sheriff Glen Sachtleben said a new recorder will cost $15,835, including the $2,300 for the trade-in, and a $15,000 grant is in already in place to help defray the cost.

• Approved renewal of Auto and General Liability Insurance with Texas Asso-ciation of Counties.

• Approved out of state travel for training for the Elections Administrator.

By CEDRIC IGLEHART

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City Manager speaks to Noon LionsAllen Barnes, (left) recently hired as Gonzales City Manager, was the guest speaker at the Monday, October 28th meeting of the Noon Lions Club. Barnes, a native of Sherman, took over the City Manager position in September to replace interim City Manager Charles Windwehen. He is one of about 300 certified Tex-as City Managers and before coming to Gonzales he previously served in three other Texas cities. He also previously had about 20 years in law enforcement. Barnes spoke about the day-to-day operation of the city, the need for improve-ments in the water system, street paving, and his view of future plans to make the city’s budget and financial operation more transparent to the public. Barnes was the guest of Lion Elgin Heinemeyer (right). In other business, the Noon Li-ons noted that less than a week remains to purchase tickets in their Gift Certifi-cate Giveaway, which is replacing their annual Turkey Giveaway. Drawings will be held December 5th for gift certificates in the amount of $100 from Hearty Gourmet, $50 from Storey Jewelers, $50 from Laurel Ridge, $30 from H.E.B. and Personal Impressions, and two tickets to see “It’s a Wonderful Life” at the Crystal Theatre, valued at $36. Tickets for the drawing are available from any Noon Lion member. (Courtesy photo)


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AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18Aquarius, you have been keeping up with all of the social events in your life but they are wearing you down considerably. It’s time to give yourself a timeout.

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Puzzle Answers

It was English biologist Thomas Henry Huxley who made the following sage observation: “Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.”

If you put your rubber bands in the refrigerator, they’ll last longer.

It’s not just the tiger’s fur that has stripes; its skin is striped, too.

You probably know that the iconic film “Rocky” starred Sylvester Stallone in the leading role, but you might not be aware of the fact that he wrote the script, as well. The sale of the rights to the script came just in time; he had a total of $106 in his bank account and was trying to sell his dog for lack of the means to feed it.

In the winter of 1932, Niagara Falls froze solid.

Madame Tussaud started creating her famous wax figures in 1777 and created many models during the French Revolution. She traveled around Europe displaying wax figures (both the ones she created and ones she inherited from her mentor), and she

opened her first museum in London in 1831. Today there are branches located in the United Kingdom, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Vienna, Moscow, Bangkok, Dubai, Berlin and Hamburg, plus five U.S. locations. It’s appropriate that there are more locations in American than in any other country, since so many Hollywood celebrities are recreated in the museums. In fact, in 2006, Shiloh, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s baby, became the first infant to be memorialized in wax

for Madame Tussauds.

Those who study such things say that apples are more effective than caffeine at waking you up in the morning.

It’s not clear why, but a duck’s quack doesn’t create echoes.

***Thought for the Day:

“The trouble with being punctual is that nobody’s there to appreciate it.” -- Franklin P. Jones

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