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(Editor’s note: Cannon News Editor Cedric Iglehart was present for every day of this trial and posted stories daily to our website. Due to the extent of detail contained in each story, they can’t be published here due to length. To view any of those stories, visit www.gonzalescannon.com.)

After roughly 35 minutes of deliberation, a jury sen-tenced James DuBose to 12 years of incarceration Mon-day afternoon at the Gonza-les County Courthouse.

DuBose was found guilty last Friday on two felony counts of as-sault on a public servant and attempt-ing to take the weapon of a peace of-ficer. He received 10 years in prison for the first count and two years in a state jail facility for the second one. Both sentences, which were the maximum allowed by law, came with a $10,000 fine.

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Achtung! Come and Take It!Gonzales Mayor Bobby Logan accepts a gift of the city flag of Datteln, Germany, from City Manager Allen Barnes dur-ing Tuesday’s City Council meeting. Barnes obtained the flag from Burgomeister (Mayor) Wolfgang Wilhelm of Datteln while visiting the ancient city over the last two weeks as past of a youth ministry project through First Baptist Church of Gonzales. A group of First Baptist members went to Datteln to minister to local youth and to teach the American game of baseball. ((Photo by Dave Mundy)

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TRIAL, Page A5 WAELDER, Page A4

Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson was the keynote speaker during Sat-urday’s Texas Come and Take It Independence Rally at JB Wells Pavilion. The event attracted some 250-300 conservative activists from around the central Texas region. (Photo by Dave Mundy)

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Waeldernixes planfor reservepolicemen

WAELDER – A proposal by the Waelder Police De-partment to reinstate their Reserve Officer program was shot down during a reg-ular meeting of the Waelder City Council Tuesday night.

The program was officially terminated during a special called meeting on March 22 after a motion made by Councilman Valentino Her-nandez was seconded by Councilman Alfred Thomp-son before passing unani-mously.

There were four reserve officers in the Waelder Po-lice Department at that time including Rich Elliott, Rich-ard Chadwell, Brian Jones and Troy Owen.

“Those officers did out-standing work and the rea-son they were targeted for disbandment was because they were doing their jobs lawfully,” said Waelder Po-lice Chief Jim Taylor after that meeting last March.

Taylor vehemently dis-agreed with the notion that the officers were expendable and went so far as to call the council’s action “retalia-tory” in nature because of recent arrests made by them on people related to council

Holding politicians who claim to be “conservatives” accountable, property rights, gun rights and re-jecting attempts by global-ist progressives to imple-ment their ideology by subterfuge were the com-mon themes during Satur-day’s Texas Come and Take It Independence Rally at JB Wells Park pavilion.

The event was designed as a Tea Party-style rally, drew about 300 attendees from across the region. Speak-ers from across the state stuck to the theme. Several speakers noted the recent resurgence of the Tea Party movement in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the Patient Pro-tection and Affordable Care Act -- “Obamacare.”

(President Barack Obama) has slapped Amer-ica in the face and he has awakened her,” noted Fay-ette County’s George Moro-

vich. “We are truly in a bat-tle between good and evil.”

“Texas sent a signal Tues-day (July 31, during the primary runoff elections) that was heard all over this land,” said Gonzales resi-dent Charles Nunes. “The Patriots are coming, the Pa-triots are coming!”

Texas Land Commis-sioner Jerry Patterson, who is gearing up for an expected run for the Lieu-tenant Governor’s job, was the keynote speaker for the event and said our current elected representatives at both the national and state levels are losing ground on protecting the rights of in-dividuals because many of them truly do not under-stand those rights.

“When someone says to you, ‘I believe in the Sec-ond Amendment but I believe in reasonable, sen-sible, common-sense gun regulations’ -- that’s when you know that he knows

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Gonzales City Council on Tuesday rejected what it considered too high a cost for moving five utility poles owned by Verizon, throwing plans for completing renovations in the 300 block of St. George St. into doubt.

City manager Allen Barnes told council members that efforts to ne-gotiate a settlement with the commu-nications company to move its five

utility poles off the street and behind buildings on St. George have proven fruitless.

“All of our advances toward Veri-zon were not acceptable to them,” said Barnes.

The city had balked at Verizon’s estimated cost of $72,000 for it to move the poles, and had offered to put the project out for bids to see if a more economical price could be had. Barnes said the company rejected the city having anything to do with mov-

ing the poles.“We are stuck with a dilemma,” he

said. “I feel the expenditure of $72,000 for the removal of five poles is not re-sponsible at this point.”

During Tuesday’s meeting, council members also got word that hous-ing and retail development appear to be following the expansion of the oil business.

Nathan Neuse, president of the Gonzales Economic Development

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August 9, 1908On this day in 1908, blues pianist Robert Shaw was born in Staf-

ford, Texas. His parents had a Steinway grand piano and provided music lessons for his sisters, but Shaw’s father did not permit the son to play. He played the piano when the rest of the family was away from home. By the time he was a teenager, Shaw would slip away to hear jazz musicians in Houston and at the roadhouses in the nearby countryside. In time, despite his father’s opposition, he decided to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz musician. Shaw learned his distinct brand of “barrelhouse” piano playing from other musicians in the Fourth Ward, Houston, the center of black entertainment in the city. His career flourished in the 1920s and 30s, then suffered a thirty-year hiatus while he ran a grocery store in Austin. Shaw began performing again in 1967 and gained inter-national recognition before his death in 1985.

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Here is the Gonzales Police Department Report for the period of July 29-Aug. 5:

July 29Reported Criminal Mischief At 600 Blk Dunning St.July 30Reported Hindering Secured Creditors At 1600 Blk

Sarah Dewitt Dr.Reported Hindering Secured Creditors At 1600 Blk

Sarah Dewitt Dr.July 31Reported Burglary Habitation At 1100 Blk Hamil-

ton St.Reported Harassment At 100 Blk College St.Juventino Sanchezmedel, 30 Of Gonzales, Ar-

rested And Charged With Possession Of Controlled Substance At 183 At Independence Park.

August 2Christopher Lee Camarillo, 35 Of San Antonio, Ar-

rested And Charged With Possession Of Marijuana, Driving While License Invalid, And Unlawful Carrying Weapon. Chad Derek Mueller, 32 Of Gonzales, Ar-rested And Charged With Possession Of Controlled Substance And Possession Of Drug Paraphernalia. Shawna Chere Zahn, 39 Of Gonzales, Arrested And Charged With Possession Of Marijuana And Posses-sion Of Controlled Substance At St. Peter And St. George St.

Reported Theft At 1300 Blk Kleine St.Reported Criminal Mischief At 800 Blk St. Andrew

St.August 3Reported Burglary Motor Vehicle At St. Paul And

St. George St.Reported Hit And Run Accident At 500 Blk Cone St.Reported Burglary Building At 500 Blk St. Louis St.Reported Hit And Run Accident At 200 Blk Oil

Patch Ln.Reported Criminal Mischief At 700 Blk St. Law-

rence St.Reported Assault At 599 CR 228.August 4Christopher Michael Rodriguez, 40 Of Gonzales,

Arrested And Charged With Assault Family Violence and Melissa Marie Rodriguez, 31 Of Gonzales, Ar-rested And Charged With Assault Family Violence At 1300 Blk St. Paul St.

Reported Indecency With A Child At 600 Blk Col-lege St.

Reported Burglary Motor Vehicle At 1600 Blk St. Matthew St.

Reported Burglary Motor Vehicle At 1700 Blk Don-ovan St.

August 5Reported Aggravated Assault With Deadly Weap-

on At 1100 Blk Sarah Dewitt Dr.Reported Burglary Habitation At 1600 Blk St. An-

drew St.Reported Burglary Motor Vehicle At Park Place.

Gonzales County Sheriff’s OfficeSheriff’s Report07/29/12-08/04/1207/29/12Perez-Correa, Juan Ramon, 09/1992, Gonza-

les. Resist Arrest Search or Transport. Released on $5,000 Bond. Disorderly Conduct. Released on Or-der to Appear.

07/31/12Riebschlaeger, Tracy Rouse, 01/1968, Aransas.

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

Brady, Crystal Lynn, 09/1981, Kyle. Local Warrant – Theft of Property >$20 <$500 by Check. Released on $1,500 Bond.

Badillo, Marcus Cervantez, 08/1988, Ozona. Local Warrant – Possession of Marijuana <2 oz. Released on $1,500 Bond. Local Warrant – Possession of Mari-juana <2 oz. Released on $1,500 Bond.

08/01/12Velasquez, Roberto Eduardo, 01/1977, Rosen-

berg. Local Warrant – Driving while Intoxicated. Re-quires $2,000 Bond. Remains in Custody.

08/02/12Alvarado, Linda Gay, 03/1978, Canyon Lake. Pos-

session of a Controlled Substance PG 1 <1G. Re-quires $8,000 Bond. Remains in Custody.

Almaguer, Bruno, 10/1975, Gonzales. Commit-ment/Sentence – Engage in Organized Criminal Ac-tivity. Released – Weekender/Work Release.

08/03/12Robinson, Leslie Michelle, 04/1968, Gonzales.

Commitment/Sentence – Theft of Property >$50 <$500. Released – Weekender/Work Release.

DuBose, James David, 04/1987, Gonzales. Com-mitment/Sentence – Aggravated Assault against Public Servant. Remains in Custody.

08/04/12Castillo, Juan Ramirez, 03/1966, Moulton. Com-

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

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

GCSO 10DPS 01GPD 12WPD 01NPD 05Constable 00DWCSO 00DEA 00TPW 00GCAI 00Total 29

Yoakum Police Department Weekly Incident Re-port for July 30-Aug. 5:

07/30/12Case #12-310, Assault-C, 203 W. Gonzales; Dispo-

sition, Court Citation.Case #12-311, Burglary-Vehicle, 602 Davis; Dispo-

sition, Investigation.08/01/12Case #12-312 and #12-314, Juveline Male, 15, Yo-

akum, 300 Blk. E. Grand; Offense, Burglary-Building, Theft-Felony; Disposition, Det/Trans/Victoria, Det/Trans/Victoria.

Case #12-313, Green, Kaleigh, 22, Yoakum, 208 Plaza; Offense, Public Intoxication; Disposition,

Bond/$500/Rel.Case #12-316, Burglary-Residence, 402 Bingham

St.; Disposition, Investigation.08/02/12Case #12-317, Baker, Autumn, 27, Yoakum, 117

West; Offense, Public Intoxication; Disposition, Fine/$364/Rel.

08/03/12Case #12-318, Criminal Mischief, 600 Southwell;

Disposition, Investigation08/05/12Case #12-319, Assault F/V, 705A Forest; Disposi-

tion, Investigation.

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The Texas Department of Transporta-tion (TxDOT) has announced that rumble strips and flashing beacons will be installed at the intersection of FM 80 and FM 466 in Gonzales County.

The improvements are designed to sup-port motorist alertness and awareness at the intersection, which has been the site of several fatal accidents in recent months.

“Rumble strips were installed Monday, which create noise and vibration if driven on. This can increase motorist alertness. The flashing beacons will be erected later this week, which improves the visibility of the stop signs at the intersection,” said Maintenance Engineer Jeff Vinklarek, P.E.,

for the TxDOT Yoakum District. “We en-courage motorists to be alert drivers in or-der to arrive at their destination safely.”

State Highway 80 at FM 466 was closed the afternoon of Aug. 2 after a passenger vehicle was struck by an 18-wheeler around 5:15 p.m., Department of Public Safety of-ficials said. One person in the passenger vehicle was killed and two others were taken by AirLIFE to San Antonio hospitals with undetermined injuries. Their condi-tions were not immediately available.

Investigators said that initial indications are that the small pickup failed to stop at a stop sign on FM 466 and was hit by the 18-wheeler traveling on Highway 80.

DPS, Gonzales County Sheriff ’s Office and Gonzales EMS personnel responded to the scene.

GOLIAD — Officials conducted a man-hunt in rural Goliad County Monday eve-ning after a reported 20 suspected illegal immigrants bailed out of a pickup Mon-day along the same stretch of highway in Goliad County where a wreck killed 15 people two weeks ago.

Goliad County Sheriff Kirby Brumby reported that a Dodge truck loaded with suspected illegal immigrants drove off U.S. 59 just south of Goliad during a pur-suit by a highway patrol trooper at about 12:30 p.m. Monday. A similar situation on July 22 resulted in a crash in which 15 people died and eight others were injured.

“They drove about 300 yards to the

tree line, and (the trooper) said about 20 people jumped out of the truck,” Brumby said.

He added that those smuggling the aliens are developing a standard tactic when confronted by law enforcement.

“They find an open spot and they drive through a fence,” Brumby said.

Sheriff ’s deputies apprehended four people from Central America who said they were headed to Houston, Brumby said. A search continued for others, with state, local and federal agents including dog teams involved in the manhunt.

Authorities called off the manhunt later Monday night with all but four of the sus-pects escaping.

Brumby said the suspected smugglers were driving a stolen pickup truck.

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SEGUIN — Jurors need-ed only about 40 minutes Aug. 2 to find Ronnie Lynn James Jr. guilty of capital murder and conspiracy to commit capital murder in the fatal shooting of Vicen-te Garcia.

Attorneys finished their closing arguments at 10:20 a.m., and Second 25th District Judge W.C. “Bud” Kirkendall told the jurors they could take a break un-til 10:40 a.m. At approxi-mately 11:20 a.m., the jury indicated it had reached a unanimous verdict.

James was convicted on both counts of the indict-ment.

Defense counsel Wil-liam Maynard III requested polling of the jury, and as Kirkendall called out the names and asked if it was their verdict, each juror an-swered, “Yes, it is.”

With the offense of capi-tal murder carrying an au-tomatic life sentence, there was no need for the jury to consider punishment, Kirkendall told jurors.

Before deputies took the defendant out of the courtroom, statements were made by brothers of Vicente Garcia. District At-torney Heather McMinn read a written statement by one brother, and the other brother spoke directly at James. “I hope our Lord has mercy on you,” he said,

In his charge to the jury, Kirkendall explained that James could be found guilty of capital murder if the jury believed the state had prov-en beyond a reasonable doubt either of two theo-ries of the offense — that James was the primary ac-

tor or shooter in the killing of Garcia or that James was a party to the shooting of Garcia by Charles B. Har-ris.

“The evidence is clear. The state has shown you that Ronnie James and Charles Harris executed Vicente Garcia,” District Attorney Heather McMinn said in her final argument to the jury. “We’re not sure if it was Charles or Ronnie, but when it comes down to it, it doesn’t matter.”

McMinn said both James and Harris were guilty of capital murder regardless of who actually pulled the trigger, and she noted that all 12 jurors didn’t need to agree on a single theory of the offense. Even if six jurors thought James was the shooter and six oth-ers believed Harris did the shooting, all 12 of them could vote to convict James of capital murder, McMinn said.

During her argument, McMinn played a portion of the interview on June 15, 2009 when James was questioned by sheriff ’s in-vestigators Sgt. Craig Jones and Kevin Ficke. The in-terview lasting more than three hours was recorded on video, and the jury on Wednesday was shown an edited 49-minute version of the interview.

“I did my part,” James says in the portion replayed during McMinn’s argu-ment. “He tells you over and over again, ‘I played my part,’” McMinn said. Play-ing his part made James, by his own admission, a party to capital murder and a participant in the con-spiracy to commit capital murder, she said.

Opening the state’s argu-ment, Assistant District At-

torney Heather Hines also revisited statements made by James during interviews by investigators.

“He told you that Vicente Garcia never saw it coming. How does he know that?” Hines asked. If James, as he claimed, was not in the Ford Ranger pickup when Garcia was shot by Charles Harris, how would James know the victim never saw it coming? she asked.

Hines also mentioned that James and Garcia had been friends. “What did friendship mean to Ronnie James? He left Vicente Gar-cia floating face down in Cibolo Creek,” Hines said.

Maynard’s closing argu-ment focused primarily on his contention that the state had failed to prove that his client shot Garcia.

“There is no evidence that Ronnie shot Vicente,” Maynard said. “He is not on trial for being a drug dealer. He is not on trial for help-ing dispose of a body. He is on trial for capital murder.”

Maynard also argued that witnesses against James were motivated by self-interest. Co-defendant Beatrice Giles, whose fed-eral drug trafficking case was based on Garcia’s role as an informant, took a deal to receive a 15-year prison sentence in exchange for her testimony.

By BOB THAXTONof the Seguin Gazette

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LULING — Tim Glover has been named as the lone finalist for the posi-tion of district superintendent by the Luling ISD board of trustees.

Glover has 20 years in public educa-tion as a teacher, assistant principal, JH/HS principal, and assistant super-intendent. He received his bachelors degree from Sul Ross State University in Alpine and began teaching Indus-trial Technology in Fort Hancock ISD in 1992.

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classroom, Glover earned his masters degree from Sul Ross and was pro-moted as the secondary principal for grades 6-12 while at Fort Hancock ISD. After relocating to central Tex-as with his family in 1998, he spent the next 14 years as an assistant high school principal and assistant superin-tendent in Llano ISD.

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for the first time in the history of the district.

Glover recently relocated to Brown-field ISD as the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction to assist the district with the effective implemen-tation of the CSCOPE curriculum and improve the performance of two aca-demically unacceptable campuses.

Glover and wife Becky have two children. His daughter Baylee will be a sophomore next year and his son Max will be entering the 8th grade. Glover and his family are excited about the op-portunity to serve the parents, students and staff of Luling ISD.

YOAKUM — Members of the Yoakum City Council and vari-ous department heads of the City staff met Tuesday for a budget workshop/meeting.

A review of the Sanitary Sewer Project – Phase III was heard and it was reported that funding for the project includes $2.2 million remaining from bond proceeds and $128,000 from a Texas De-partment of Agriculture grant.

The project is proceeding as planned.

The Council went into Execu-tive Session to discuss a property matter and reconvened in open session at 5:55 PM. No action was taken on the matter discussed.

The audit report for the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2011 was presented and the auditor reported that the “financial state-ments are fairly presented” and he declared it a “clean audit” for the City. He reported that the fi-nancial condition has improved

and the City remains in very good financial condition. Dur-ing his presentation the auditor advised the council of changes in terminology relating to fund balance, and City Manager Kevin Coleman elaborated on chang-es that he is recommending be implemented when the Council adopts a comprehensive fund bal-ance policy in September as per GASB-54. The Council voted to approve the audit.

The City Manager then pre-sented the Council with income

and expense figures concerning the 2012-2013 budget. Revenues from utility and water are based on the previous 5 year average, and Sales Tax and Solid Waste Transfer fee figures are based on 95% and 90% of the current year respectively. Possible changes in expenses for the upcoming year include:

• A raise of merit pay for em-ployees from 5% to 6% per year;

• And across the board 5% in-crease for permanent part-time employees;

• An 11% increase in health in-surance premiums;

• Retaining an employee added to the waste department in Janu-ary and adding an employee to the building and grounds main-tenance;

• Reviewing and revising the 2001 compensation study and salary schedule;

• Moving members of the Wa-ter/Waste Water Department up a pay scale;

• A 15% increase in the cost of fuel.

By JAMES DREYER

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Corp.’s Board of Directors, presented a report on the agency’s financial sta-tus and an update on a number of projects being funded by GEDC.

He also told council members that GEDC has heard from developers who are interested in bringing in an apartment community to the area, as well as an adjacent retail center. Neuse identified the area near the intersection of State Hwy. 97 and US 90 Alternate as a possible location for those developments.

Neuse also noted several other projects already under development, including a new bakery and several hotel/motel projects.

Council approved GEDC fund-ing for two projects during Tuesday’s meeting. The council gave approval to a GEDC offer of a low-interest loan of up to $150,000 to Win Bin Ventures for the 53-room Microtel hotel proj-ect. Council also gave a thumbs-up to a GDEC small business incentive

grant of up to $10,000 to the owners of Frames & Things for roof replace-ment.

The council also took steps Tuesday to update the city’s horse ordinance and to bring the city into compliance with its charter.

Council passed an updated horse ordinance which now bans stallions being housed on property in the city limits. Barnes told the council the previous ordinance already prohibit-ed breeding horses within city limits, but “we’ve had to file vicious-animal complaints on a couple of stallions that have attacked other horses.”

Barnes said that Friends of Gon-zales Animal Shelter (FOGAS) has indicated it will work with owners of stallions to get their animals gelded. “We’re working with these owners, so it’s not ‘take-your-stallion-and-get-out-of-town,’” Barnes said.

The city also appointed Dr. Garth Vaz as the city’s official health officer. Barnes said the city charter calls for the appointment of a city health of-

ficer and staff discovered that several years had passed since the city last had anyone appointed to the post.

In other action, the council also gave the go-ahead for Barnes to sell sponsorship signs at JB Wells Ro-deo Arena; approved a contract with Texas Technology Consultants for information technology services; and approved a contract for baling hay at the Wells complex.

During public comment, Gonzales Chamber of Commerce executive di-rector Barbara Hand told the council that San Antonio television station WOAI has installed a video camera atop the Randle-Rather Building and now occasionally drops in views of downtown Gonzales on its evening newscasts.

The city also received a report from Kacey Lindeman Butler of Gonzales Main Street. Butler reviewed the suc-cess of this year’s Summer Concert Series and the upcoming Scarecrow contest and Christmas Parade, sched-uled for Nov. 3.


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able to delineate the person-al from the professional,” said Taylor at the time.

Captain Austin Harper made a presentation to the council Tuesday night, where he outlined the posi-tives of having reserve offi-cers on the staff.

His first and foremost reason was it gave the de-partment the ability to keep its paid officers and citizens safer through additional pa-trol.

“You have more people on the street so the response time is quicker,” Harper said. “If an officer calls for backup, it can be 30 to 45 minutes before a DPS trooper or county officer shows up. If your house is being burglarized and there are people inside, do you want one officer to show up or do you want five officers to show up?”

Other points Harper made in favor of restoring the program included the fact that the extra person-nel was needed to surround scenes where high-risk ar-rest warrants are served,

paid officers would be able to go to mandatory train-ing or on vacation without leaving the city unprotect-ed, and it would give the department the ability to simultaneously respond to multiple service calls.

“As of right now, it’s very hard for the department to work any type of undercov-er or perform surveillance,” said Harper. “Our investiga-tions are suffering. We can’t sit and watch a house that someone is dealing drugs out of and do patrol at the same time.”

“This (lack of personnel) is turning us into a reac-tive department instead of a proactive department. Rather than catching people in the act, we’re responding to crimes after they’ve hap-pened.”

Harper also pointed out the financial advantages to having reserve officers.

He said the minimum time a reserve officer is re-quired to put in is 16 hours a month. During that same time over the course of a year, the city would save about $7,000 compared to what it would have given to a paid officer in terms of sal-ary and benefits.

“You’d be getting this ser-vice completely for free,” Harper said. “It costs the city nothing.”

Harper further explained that while reserve officers do get use of the city’s po-lice vehicles, nearly every other expense comes out of their own pocket includ-ing equipment costs, meal costs, and the supplying of their own gun.

“The only thing we do is hold their commission,” said Harper. “We have to take them out and qualify them, but they even bring their own ammunition for that.”

Harper told the council the department has a strin-gent screening process they would use to qualify suit-able candidates.

“We don’t want anybody coming here who has a bad attitude,” Harper said. “We don’t want anybody here who is super aggressive or has a bully mentality, and is going to treat the citizens poorly. We don’t hire people like that.”

“When we bring a person

in, we don’t just turn him loose on the streets. There’s a three-phase process and the first phase can last up to nine months depending on the officer. During that ini-tial phase, they will be rid-ing with a paid officer the whole time, more than like-ly myself as a supervisor.”

Councilman Rocky Quintero Jr. said he couldn’t find any reason not to rein-state the program.

“I don’t find any draw-back to bringing them back,” he said.

“I think you need to in-form yourself on the com-plaints we received about them in the past,” said Her-nandez.

The council allowed in-put from the public on hand and Cathy Hernandez of-fered the most vocal oppo-sition.

“I can speak for myself and several other commu-nity members when I say we do not appreciate the reserves because they did not show us respect,” she said. “They did not show that they cared for us. They

harassed us and profiled us, just looking to see who they could stop next.”

“Mr. Harper stated they would train them before they put them out on the streets, I can tell you that didn’t happen in the past.”

Valentino Hernandez re-prised his previous role by eventually making a mo-tion against reviving the reserve officer program and it was once again seconded by Thompson. The motion passed 2-1 with Quintero in opposition. Councilper-sons Peggy Blackmon and Robert Tovar were not in attendance.

In another agenda item, the Police Department awarded certificates of rec-ognition to local businesses for their outstanding civic service contributions.

Among the businesses re-ceiving awards were: Elida’s Snacks, Toby’s Bar, Lucky’s Bar, Texas Egg Products LLC, J-Bar B Foods, Cal-Maine, Right Choice Con-venience Store, Waelder Shell Station and 4D Guest Ranch.

“These people are always there and ready to help out in any way possible,” said Taylor.

In other business, the council:

• Declared a 1982 dump truck and sewer machine as surplus property and autho-rized the City Secretary to post advertising for sealed bids.

• Received a presentation from Ben J. Rosenberg of Coastal Securities Inc about alternate financing options for future projects.

• Agreed to conduct an informal survey of its citi-zens to gauge their desire to erect a fence around Kiddie Park.

• Agreed to record both the regular and executive sessions of all future council meetings.

• Agreed to increase the hourly rate of David Urban from $35 an hour to $40 an hour for bookkeeping ser-vices to the City of Waelder. Urban has been employed for nearly three years and works an average of four hours a week.

A second organiza-tion— this one a city-ap-pointed committee — told Gonzales City Council it will be shutting down its cooperation with the city during Tuesday’s regular Council meeting.

Bob Burchard, chair-man of the city’s Beautifi-cation Committee, spoke during the public com-ment portion of the meet-ing and said his group’s members are upset at what they perceive as a lack of communication with and support from the city.

“There is a feeling on the Beautification Com-mittee that our feelings on beautification are not yours,” said Burchard. He said commitee members felt slighted at having been excluded from the

city’s recent appreciation dinner for city commis-sions and committees.

“At your last meeting, you tabled one of our requests without discus-sion,” Burchard told the council. “We were ready to discuss it. There’s a dif-ference of philosophies here.

“As chairman of the Beautification Committee, as of tonight the Beautifi-cation Committee is not working,” he said. “Let’s see if we can bring our philosophies together.”

The Daughters of the American Revolution — Thomas Shelton Chap-ter, which helps oversee the Gonzales Memorial Museum, informed the council at its last meeting that organization would no longer work with the city until a new agree-ment about support could be hammered out.

The City of Gonzales will hold the first of a series of Neighborhood Town Hall Meetings Thursday at Victoria College.

While Thursday’s meeting, which begins at 6 p.m., is designated for Council District One, citizens from any district are invited to attend.

The meetings will take place as follows:

Council District One – August 9 at Victoria College

Council District Four — August 14 at Gonzales Jr. High School Caf-eteria

Council District Three — August 16 at North Avenue Elementary Cafeteria

Council District Two — August

21 at Gonzales High School Cafete-ria

Downtown District — August 23 at the Gonzales Municipal Library

The meetings will begin promptly at 6 p.m. and end promptly at 7 p.m.

These meetings, which will be held in each Council District, will be an opportunity for the citizens of Gonzales to hear what is going on in the City and to give valuable in-put on the community to the City’s elected and appointed officials.

“When I came to work here we made a commitment to transpar-ency in local government,” said city manager Allen Barnes. “These meetings are a step toward greater transparency.”

Designed to allow an open dia-logue between the people of Gon-zales and their municipal officials, one of the purposes of the meetings is to discuss what projects are going on and what projects are coming up.

Among the topics to be discussed will be the newly-established Code Enforcement Task Force and the steps that are being taken to en-force the City’s ordinances, as well as things like the benefits and chal-lenges of the Eagle Ford Shale.

“We’re going to do about a 15-minute presentation on these things and then we’re going to shut up, listen, and answer questions,” Barnes said.

The meetings will also have a

time for residents to give input on their vision for Gonzales as well as what priorities the City should have. The City has entered an agreement with Texas A&M to prepare a com-prehensive plan for the future.

“We have to have input from our residents to make the plan success-ful,” said Barnes. “We will also use the input for the preparation of our goals and objectives for the future as well.”

The program will be the same for all meetings except for the Down-town District, so if a person cannot attend the meeting for their district they can attend another meeting. The City wants to make these meet-ings as convenient as possible for

the citizens. The Downtown Dis-trict will be more district specific than the other meetings.

“In doing these type meetings in the past I have found it very im-portant to have a definite start and end times,” Barnes said. “This tells people who have other demands on their time exactly how long the meeting will take.”

“However, we won’t leave until every question has been asked and addressed. We may have to do re-search on some questions and get them the answer later.”

For more information or to ask questions, contact Kristina Vega, Assistant to the City Manager, at 830-672-2815.


By DAVE MUNDY

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jury’s service,” said First As-sistant District Attorney Jes-sie Allen after the proceed-ings. “We felt like they put a significant amount of effort and reflection in coming to those decisions, and we think they were the appro-priate decisions.”

After 25th District Judge Dwight Peschel accepted the jury’s verdict, DuBose was taken into custody. Hinton told The Cannon that since he was not an appellate at-torney, he would hire one to handle DuBose’s appeal.

DuBose was on trial as a result of an incident that happened on Feb. 9, 2011 when Gonzales County Deputy Floyd Toliver re-sponded to a 911 call about a fight between DuBose’s estranged wife, Jessica, and his girlfriend, Tracie Wrape, at a residence in Harwood. Based on statements from Toliver and witnesses in the home, at some point after Toliver arrived on the scene DuBose began punching him and knocked him down to the floor twice. Toliver re-ceived injuries to his head, face and back, with several

small bones in his back be-ing broken as a result of re-peated blows.

Sgt. Toliver said he was pleased to hear the jury’s verdict and rejoiced in the message it sent.

“I think it shows that the citizens of this county are willing to stand up for their law enforcement officers,” he said. “As we usually do, we put our lives on the line for them and we’re grateful they’re supporting us in this way.”

Defense attorney Michael Hinton put on expert wit-nesses last week who testi-fied that DuBose’s actions on the day in question where largely due to his intense Marine Corps training, which is based on reflexive responses, and the fact that DuBose was suffering from PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder).

Before the jury retired to deliberate, both sides were allowed to give their sen-tencing recommendations during closing arguments. Allen opened for the pros-ecution and told the jury to impose a sentence that would hold DuBose ac-countable for what he did.

“He never took any re-

sponsibility for anything that happened that day,” said Allen. “Everything that oc-curred was somebody else’s fault.”

“It wasn’t his fault that he hit Deputy Toliver, it was his training. It wasn’t his fault what happened next, it was his PTSD. Not one time did he take responsibility for his actions.”

Hinton spent his closing argument trying to dispel the notion that DuBose was a vicious man and told the jury why he should receive the lightest sentence pos-sible.

“This whole proceeding is about whether or not you’re going to give probation to Mr. DuBose,” said Hinton. “James is a fine young man and his PTSD is in remis-sion. He’s not a danger to anybody.”

During his closing argu-ment, Assistant District At-torney Michael Mark told the jury how important and impactful their verdict was going to be.

“You’re going to set the standard in Gonzales Coun-ty for what this case is worth,” he said. “You’re going to set the standard for what should happen to somebody who

beats a police officer within an inch of his life.”

Mark later characterized DuBose as a hothead with a penchant for going off and as somebody who’s used to doing whatever he wants re-gardless of the rules.

“This man is dangerous,” he said. “He used an officer of the law as a punching bag. He has no boundaries, he’s out of control.”

Mark then asked the jury to assign the maximum pen-alties as punishment.

“Mr. Allen and I will ar-gue that DuBose has earned a trip to the penitentiary,” said Mark. “If he will attack the mother of his child and a man with a badge, is any-body safe from him in Gon-zales County?”

“If he didn’t learn disci-pline from the U.S. Marine Corps, do you think he’s go-ing to learn it from proba-tion?”

Due to the fact that Du-Bose had no previous felony convictions on his record, he was eligible to receive proba-tion as a sentence.

“I think if he had gotten out on probation it would only have been a matter of time before he committed an even worse crime,” Toliver

said. “His crimes have been escalating, moving upwards instead of downwards.”

The day began with the jury hearing from wit-nesses for the prosecution, most notably Jessica Du-Bose. She gave an overview of her stormy relationship with DuBose and recalled a particular incident that occurred on Feb. 13, 2010, when she said DuBose at-tacked her and put a gun to her head.

DuBose’s brother and sister, John and Jody, were called by Hinton to the wit-ness stand and countered Jessica’s version. John said Jessica got “very intoxicated” that night and didn’t want to leave the family gathering until his sister’s friend, Ash-ley Ramos, showed up at the house. Ramos and DuBose had a romantic relationship prior to DuBose marrying Jessica.

“When Ashley showed, Jessica got angry,” said John. “She and John left and went home.”

John said his brother text-ed him from the gate stating that he would be coming back to the house later that night. Ten minutes later, John received a phone call from Jessica telling him if he came to get James from their home “there would be seri-ous trouble.”

John said minutes later he started receiving phone calls from both James and Jessica. He said he answered one of Jessica’s calls and put it on speakerphone for everyone else to hear.

“She was just ranting and raving,” John said. “We heard James tell her it was all right because he was not coming back to my house to be with Ashley.”

John said he saw no bruis-es on Jessica when he arrived and said he believed the at-tack she described never happened.

“She’s a liar,” John said. “It’s not the first time she didn’t tell the truth.”

DuBose was arrested for the incident and as part of his bond condition he was fitted with an ankle monitor, which was intended in part

to keep him away from Jes-sica.

Rachele Smith of Victim Safety First, the company who applied the monitor, was called by the State to tes-tify about the device’s abil-ity to monitor in real-time through its GPS tracking software.

“We not only use satel-lite tracking, but we can use cell phone towers to trian-gulate signals,” said Smith. “This device has optic fibers around a Kevlar strap, so if anyone attempts to cut it off we know it.”

Smith said she personally outfitted DuBose with the device and spoke with him in-depth about what was ex-pected of him.

“I made he sure he knew where he was to stay and where he was not to go,” she said. “He was told that he was not to come to Gonzales County without the court’s prior approval.

“He was my client so I wanted to see him be suc-cessful. He told me I would have no problems out of him.”

Smith said six months went by with minor inci-dents here and there, but a major violation was com-mitted on Nov. 18, 2011 at 5:46 p.m.

She said she received a low battery alert from DuBose’s monitor and tried to contact him, but got no response. At 7:28 p.m., the monitor indi-cated DuBose had traveled into his “exclusion zone” by being where he was not sup-posed to be.

“We immediately contact-ed law enforcement because that’s what we’re supposed to do,” she said. “He exited the zone at 7:34 p.m. and drove back to Austin where he stayed overnight. His bat-tery went totally dead at 3:22 a.m.”

On his cross, Hinton asked Smith if DuBose did anything bad during the six minutes the device indicated a violation.

“I couldn’t see what he was doing so as far as I know, he didn’t,” she said. “Other than going through the zone, no sir.”

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Shiner Council reviews CopSync program for police dept.

SHINER — At the regular meet-ing of the Shiner City Council Mon-day, Council members heard a pre-sentation from Chris Chaney and Marty Cummins on Cop Sync.

Cop Sync is a computer-based tool designed to increase the safety of law enforcement officers and to allow for more efficient use of de-partmental resources. Software is loaded into already existing equip-ment in patrol cars and allows offi-cers real time communication with fellow officers in adjoining cities and counties that are also using Cop Sync.

The system is in use in over 300 law enforcement agencies in Texas and has been credited with saving

the lives of several officers by alert-ing them to dangerous suspects and stolen vehicles.

Assistant Police Chief Brian Birk-man reported to the Council that the department had looked at a variety of systems and vendors and Copy Sync is the most impressive of them all.

Municipal Judge Robert Penley, Sr. advised that the system interfac-es with the system used by his office to schedule court dates and that this will take some of the paper work burden off of his staff. He reported, too, that the system will generate re-ports that will be beneficial to him and his staff as well. The Council voted unanimously to purchase the system.

The Council also heard from Mitch Allen of SplitSecond Produc-

tions concerning the routes to run during the Shiner Beer Run 5K and Half-Marathon to be run Dec. 16. He presented a map of the proposed route for the council to review and advised the members that he expects approximately 1500 runners to par-ticipate in the combined events. Al-len and his staff are working closely with the Shiner Police Department and EMS to help ensure the safety of event participants and citizens of Shiner. The route and an alternative route were approved.

In other business, Council mem-bers:

• Approved a request by the Shin-er Chamber of Commerce to use the Green Dickson Municipal Park for a BBQ cook-off on October 12 and 13, and voted to allow a one-ring circus to set up on the Bocktoberfest

Grounds at the same time;• Approved the updated permit

with Seitel Data for a seismic survey of the City;

• Amended a previous motion to allow payment of dues for the Asso-ciation of Wholesale Customers;

• Discussed possible alternatives for property located at Block 93, Lot 8;

• Tabled action concerning cus-tomer service training for city staff;

• Heard a request from Richard Linn for increased patrol and en-forcement by the Shiner Police re-lating to speeding and loud music;

• Approved the closing of a 4th Street from Avenue H to Avenue I for a few hours for a water play day to be hosted by The New Jerusalem Baptist Church on August 18th;

• Authorized a request by the City

Fire Marshal to declare the property at 923 N Ave A a nuisance and set a hearing for 5:45 PM on September 10, 2012;

• Authorized the letting of bids for the rehab of City Well #8;

• Approved updating the Li-brary Advisory Board by replacing S.I.S.D. student Casey Pesek (recent graduate) with St. Paul student Em-ily Malinovsky;

• Approved renewal of a 12 month CD with First National Bank at a 1.25 APR;

• Approved renewal on the TML-IEBP Group Health Insurance for City employees;

• Discussed the tax rate for the upcoming year and agreed that the roll back rate of .3046 would be rec-ommended at the public hearing to be held prior to adoption of the rate.

By JAMES DREYER

Cannon Correspondent

DeWitt County Sheriff Jode Zavesky (left) and Lava-ca County Sheriff Micah Harmon were the featured speakers at the recent meeting of the Republican Women of Yoakum meeting. (Courtesy photo)

YOAKUM — On Wednesday, Aug. 1, De Witt County Sheriff Jodie Zavesky and Lavaca County Sheriff Micah Harmon spoke to the Republican Women of Yoakum (RWOY) at their monthly meeting.

The informal format, which fea-tured both Sheriffs at the same time, provided voters an opportunity to ask questions. The two main inter-ests of the day were Border Security and the impact of the Eagle Ford Shale on area law enforcement.

They spoke of human smuggling, drug activity, and the challenges they face while trying to fight these crimes with limited staff and re-sources. They spoke of the many methods smugglers use to disguise their vehicles including painting them to imitate legitimate delivery trucks such as Wal Mart and even as ambulances.

White pick-up trucks are often used and are lettered with Texas De-partment of Transportation or even County Identification. If the human traffickers feel they are about to be apprehended, they cut and run, stopping their vehicle on the side of the road, and all the illegals scatter into the country side on our rural roads.

They take their cell phone, com-plete with GPS, to inform their base as to where they can regroup in an-other area. At this point, the illegal aliens are many times left on their own. Each man spoke of his du-ties and responsibilities as County Sheriff in a rural county as opposed to a large urban county. They gave details about their staff and organi-zations. They have lost many quali-fied personal due to higher wages offered in the oil field.

Patrolling a large area and an-swering calls in a timely manner are problems that are being addressed

by our Sheriffs and the County offi-cials. Both Sheriffs agree that crime has not increased since the oil ac-tivity has grown in the Eagle Ford Shale counties. Traffic accidents and road destruction are the main problems.

Having these two fine men serv-ing us in Lavaca and DeWitt Coun-ties is indeed an honor.

The RWOY organization has members and men associate mem-bers from DeWitt, Lavaca, and Gon-zales Counties. Meetings with timely speakers are held the first Wednes-day of the month at 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Yoakum Community Center. Visitors are encouraged and welcomed. Lunch is served.

If you feel that now is the time to get involved in the fight to restore our Constitution as the Supreme Law of the Land, come join with us. For more information, call 361-594-4258 or join us on our RWOY Facebook page.

Sheriffs speak out on illegal immigration problemsBy BRENDA CASH

Special to The Cannon

In America, we are supposed to like constitutional rights.

One would think that an organization that vigilantly -- and effectively -- safeguards a constitutional right would be honored as a kind of national jewel.

Yet the National Rifle Association gets only obloquy. It’s practically branded an accessory to murder whenever a lunatic shoots people. It’s labeled a nefarious special interest that lobbies Congress into submission. It’s all that is wrong with our system.

No one can doubt the NRA’s enormous clout. But the group comes about it the right way. It represents millions of members, including lots of union members and rural Democrats. Its supreme act of influence is defeating officeholders in free-and-fair elections. And its signature victory has been a sea change in public opinion on gun control.

Its influence is a function of its success in the art of democratic persuasion. In short, the NRA won the argument.

In 1959, Gallup found that 60 percent of people supported banning handguns. Now, Gallup doesn’t even show majority support for banning assault weapons. The case for gun control collapsed on the lack of evidence for its central contention that tighter gun regulations reduce crime.

Federal gun laws are unrestrictive. Forty-one states have right-to-carry laws, up from 10 in 1987. Some 80 million people own guns, and about 8 million have conceal-and-carry permits. Nonetheless, violent crime is at 40-year lows. If the proliferation of guns caused violence, the country would look like Mogadishu.

The nation’s highest-profile champion of gun control is a mayor who presides over a metropolis where guns are basically prohibited and yet hundreds of people are killed by them each year. If that hasn’t made New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg stop and think, nothing will.

After the massacre in Aurora, Colo.,

Bloomberg and his allies rushed to plug their favorite gun-control ideas, evidently caring little whether the measures would have stopped James Holmes. Highly intelligent, methodical and determined to kill, Holmes the person constituted the elemental danger. Guns, even frightening-looking guns formerly banned by Congress, do not go on killing sprees on their own.

By the standards usually set for our politics, the NRA is a model organization. We say we want people more involved in the process. The NRA’s more than 4 million members are highly engaged.

We say there’s too much partisanship. Single-mindedly committed to its cause, the NRA endorsed about 60 House Democrats in 2010.

And we say that we value the Constitution. Gun-control advocates, though, treat the Second Amendment like an “inkblot” (to borrow Robert Bork’s famous phrase for the Ninth Amendment). They consider it an unfortunate lapse by James Madison, a forlorn leftover from the 18th century. They were all duly shocked when the Supreme Court ruled, in its 2008 decision District of Columbia v. Heller, that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to bear arms.

No one, during fair political weather or foul, has been as unstinting in its protection of that right as the NRA. For that, we should be grateful.

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.

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

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was criticized for his recent com-ment about Palestinians’ culture, when he said their economic development was hin-dered by their culture. In today’s world of political correctness, Romney’s comment drew immediate attacks from liberals.

However, the facts show that Palestin-ian culture is the problem. Unfortunately, the same can said about many minorities in America.

Palestinian economic growth is hurt by a culture that keeps women poor and un-educated. Also, tribalism rather than the rule of law dominates the individual.

Furthermore, their political and eco-nomic future is guided by zealots who use religion to control people. Finally, there is the support provided by outside organiza-tions like the United Nations that enables Palestinian dictators and bosses who in turn control and prey on their own peo-ple.

These factors have combined to retard the economic growth of Palestinians, and most of the Muslim world. Israel, a nation founded in 1948, has far outpaced most, if not all, of the Muslim nations…because of their culture.

Likewise, many minorities in America have been trapped in their communities because of similar factors.

Minorities in America have lost their sense of “family.” Illegitimate child birth and single female households are com-mon. Teens with children have much greater chance of falling into and remain-ing in poverty. Unfortunately, govern-ment assistance has only made the situa-tion worse.

In America, liberals and militants have undermined the trust toward law en-forcement and the legal system for mi-norities. Minority youth are more prone to dress and act like “gangstas” than to trust and obey authority figures. Vio-lence has become acceptable and expect-ed behavior.

While religious militants control Pal-estinian politics, race is used as the basis for political control in American minori-ty communities. Rather than integrating minorities politically, socially, and eco-nomically, American minority leaders segregate their people under the guise of maintaining community identity or “pre-serving their culture.”

Just like the U.N. supports Arab dic-tators including Palestinians, minor-ity political bosses in America receive government funding for programs that keep them in power, but keep minori-ties dependent. Outside funding which is meant to help, only exacerbates the poverty.

Finally, tribalism or a communal ap-proach versus individual self-initiative have slowed or prevent economic growth for minorities. It is sad that the socialist message of “it takes a village” has been so widely accepted by most people in the minority community.

Some refuse to understand that un-der that concept, the individual can only progress as fast as the slowest (or laziest) member of the community.

The War on Poverty has been waged in America since 1965, and poverty has only gotten worse. As with the Palestin-ians, it’s time for minorities in America to change their culture and to focus on integration and individual success.

I don’t eat at Chick-Fil-A. Thus, I did not participate in the “Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day” Aug. 1.

It has nothing to do with state-ment made by Dan Cathy, the restaurant chain’s owner, that as a Christian he opposes gay marriage. I could care less what he thinks.

I’m just not that big a fan of fast-food chicken.

Judging from the news reports and photos from Chick-Fil-A lo-cations around the country, I’m in a distinct minority — as are those who advocate boycotting the com-pany over the statements in an in-terview given by its owner.

As seems to be the case more and more often nowadays, there is a lot of misinformation out there about this case. And when the available information doesn’t conform to their views, people make things up.

There was a Facebook post from a young lady the other day, for ex-ample, saying she supported the boycott of Chick-Fil-A because it’s not right to “ban gay people from eating at your restaurant.”

No such ban has ever been a pol-icy of the chain. In fact, it wouldn’t be surprising to find that some gay people work for Chick-Fil-A.

Likewise, those who said they participated in the “Appreciation Day” in support of “the company’s policy supporting Christianity.” I don’t have a Chick-Fil-A employee manual handy, but I’m willing to bet there’s not a word in there that says employees have to adhere to ANY religious beliefs.

What’s puzzling to me is the fact that the controversy over “gay mar-riage” didn’t begin with sexuality — it was about property rights.

When a gay man in California

died several years ago, his male partner assumed that he would inherit his late lover’s worldly goods . The deceased man’s fam-ily sued, saying that the survivor was not part of the man’s family, even though the couple had lived together for more than 30 years. They won.

Gay activists used the case to push for changes in the law — and their challenge was answered by re-ligious fundamentalists. The battle continues in city after city, state af-ter state, even though the solution to the whole issue seems pretty clear, to me, anyway.

If you want to ensure your prop-erty passes to the person you con-sider to be your spouse — whether of the same sex or not — file a will. It seems rather straightforward to me.

How many times have we seen the story of courts upholding a will filed by someone leaving millions of dollars to their pets? Surely, a properly-prepared last will and tes-tament leaving what you want to a

person would have even more legal standing.

But the issue is now a moral battle between fundamentalists who will not tolerate homosexual-ity, and homosexuals who demand they be tolerated by everyone, re-gardless of their First Amendment rights to a belief. Both sides are right, and both are wrong.

“Marriage” is an institution that was created by religion. It has only been in the last century or so that it has taken on a civil definition— and that’s because the government wanted the fees asssociated with “licensing” something it is not con-stitutionally licensed to oversee.

Were we obeyant to the Con-stitution’s prohibition against an “establishment” of religion, gov-ernment would have no role in defining or recognizing “marriage,” period.

Thus, if the Guadalupe River Holy Roller Church decides it would not sanction nor recog-nize marriage between same-sex couples, it has every right to do

so. And if the San Marcos River Enlightened Congregation of the FreeForm Gospel decides it will recognize same-sex marriages, it has every right to do so.

If John Smith of Wal-get Inc. de-cides that his religious beliefs are opposed to homosexuality and gay marriage — and even IF he makes that part of his company’s policy — he has every right to that belief. And those who oppose him have every right to not do business with his company.

Both sides in this controversy use the word “hate” a lot when describing one another’s attitudes, and I can’t say they are wrong in that assessment. But both sides are wrong in seeking to use govern-ment to force their beliefs on ev-eryone else.

If we start legislating who you can and cannot hate, you effectively also legislate who you will and will not love.

And in the end, that means you’re legislating an end to human free will.

Yes, culture can hurta people’s progress


In Our ViewChick-Fil-A, gay marriage and legislating free will

El Conservador

George Rodriguez is a San Antonio resident. He is the former President of the San Antonio Tea Party, and is now Executive Director of the South Texas Political Alliance. He is a former official in the U.S. Justice Dept. during the Reagan Administration.

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RichLowry

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Dear Editor,I have been out of town since June

25th. I was reading all the newspapers that were in my mailbox tonight.

In reference to Nikki Maxwell’s reply to my letter, how interesting!

Mrs. Maxwell does know me! She came to one of our cutting horse shows, introduced herself, and asked to take pictures from the office up top. I think it was the Come and Take It Weekend, but am not for sure.

She and I discussed the fundraisers that my cutting horse associations have done in the past for Norma’s House. She even mentioned doing articles in the newspaper about former Norma’s House employees!

Mrs. Maxwell needs to know that Norma’s House directors and volunteers have contacted me via emails, mail, and voicemails to sincerely apologize for their actions. The ones that contacted me seemed to be deeply embarrassed for never giving us recognition. One must admit, $13,000 is a substantial amount, whether the money is collected from out of towners or not.

I have had several emails replying to my letter to the editor. The organizations that have asked me to consider them are just as compassionate as Norma’s House.

Marcy BlanchardBebe, TX

Strait featurerecalls old timesDear Editor,

Great story on Robert Strait. I’ve al-ways wondered what happened to the guy.

I grew up in Gonzales and followed him since playing Junior High Football. I did not play varsity football because I was a Varsity Cross Country and Track runner all four years at Gonzales. My parents and I did not want to jeopardize my running scholarship opportunities by playing football or basketball. I went on to run at UTSA after I graduated from GHS in 1989.

My dad and I would drive all over South Texas to see Cuero, Yorktown, Shiner, Schulenberg, Judson and Refu-gio play-off games. I got to see some remarkable athletes, Willie Mack Gar-za- Refugio, Chris Pryor and Mike Jinks from Judson and the Cash brothers from Holmes along with Gilbert Price, the QB from Shiner. None were as talented as those Cuero guys. I hate to say it but Brad Goebel, Trooper Taylor, Robert Strait, and those Cuero teams were hands down the most dominant and most talented of

the late 80’s.I did ask the sports writer from the

Corpus Christi Caller Times on a High School Football message board whatever happened to Strait. He did not know, he just responded that it would be a great story. It is nice to see that you beat him to it. I had heard about his trouble with the law from one of his distant relatives from Victoria, but nothing was ever con-firmed until I read your story.

James RodriguezHouston, TX

When will someonefix that intersection?Dear Editor,

ANOTHER FATALITY at the in-tersection of Texas 80 and FM 466 oc-curred. How many more deaths does it take for TxDOT to install flashing lights on the stop sign or some type of warning device on FM 466?

There have been numerous deaths at this intersection for years. Recently there were two in May, one in June and now another on Aug. 2.

TxDOT, how mmuch is a life worth? What will it take for your agency to take some type of action?

Harold GraukeHarwood

EDITOR’S NOTE: TxDOT is in the process of installing flashing lights and a “rumble strip” warning device at that intersection: see story on Page A3 of to-day’s paper.

Community empowerment is the oppor-tunity by the citizens to express the needs and problems of the citizens of the city. Now is the time to bring attention to the possi-bilities and give neighborhoods the power of self determination to bring about the ap-propriate change and improvement of the City of Gonzales.

The forthcoming town hall meetings are the place to give voice to our concerns and hopes and dreams for a viable community; to help address the needs and possibilities for a greater neighborhood; to address the local problems and seek solutions.

Ron Kirk, former Texas’ Secretary of State, said in an a speech several years ago that “empowering our communities helps us get away from the paternalistic form of government we have had in the past and work toward greater citizen involvement. The residents of our neighborhoods know what is best for their communities, and they are in the best position to determine which problems need to be addressed first. Giving neighborhoods the power of self-determination is one of the brightest ideas in public administration to come along in many years.”

Many communities have taken this ap-proach and good has come from collabora-tion and working together for a high stan-dard of quality of life. It works to address the common problems of the city and its owners – the citizens.

Kirk says that “City council members have met with citizens in other communi-ties to better understand where problems are and to help solve these problems. And,

that organized community participation and empowerment are key to successful community revitalization. He says I believe this will become even more critical in the years ahead as we look for the best strategies to fulfill our vision for the city as a whole”.

There are many needs here. There are plenty of problems. I have bags of ideas ... To name a few, more activities to involve our young people; litter ordinances, clean up the town, crime prevention, organizations working together, recycling, preservation of historic structures, more beautification, more citizen involvement, more shopping opportunities downtown, more pride in our space here in Gonzales, a happy gathering place like a community center, etc.

In the West Side here in Gonzales, we formed a unified group to address some of our problems. We had great support from our neighbors, the City Manger and the Chief of Police. We all, together, found solu-tions and made a difference. Another such group has formed to improve their neigh-borhood. This kind of responsible action is contagious because it is a great wave of priv-ilege in building a better community.

This town-hall pro active approach to hear our input and suggestions is apparently needed and desired by our new City Man-ager and the Mayor and Council. Our input is valuable. Their positive performance and implementation of a plan that develops is vital.

We, the people, have been invited to help the elected officials accomplish a meaning-ful look into the future. Now is the time to make a difference. If not now when? Speak now or forever … ! Schedule of the meet-ings is available in this paper or at City Hall.


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Town Hall meetings designed to empower the community

Our search for fulfillment ends with God

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EDITOR’S NOTE: The following invocation was offered to open Saturday’s Texas Come and Take It Freedom Rally by Pastor Lynn Wilson, and is re-printed here at the request of those participating in the event.

Almighty God, Father of Freedom and Author of Liberty, we come before You today acknowledging that the nation whose God is the Lord is blessed, because righteousness exalts a nation but sin is a reproach to any people. Our forefathers recognized the truth that Your precepts and principles are the only foundation upon which a nation — or a life — can stand. But today, Lord, too many of our leaders have abandoned those precepts and principles and have rejected You as Lord. They have removed You from our classrooms and from our courtrooms, and have made it clear there is no room for You in our society. But You, Lord, are greater than they. You bring the princes to nothing and make the judges

useless, but Your eyes are always upon the righteous. You have told us that if Your people, who are called by Your name, will humble themselves and pray and seek Your face and turn from their wicked ways, You will hear our prayers and heal our land. Lord, we are crying out to You in humble repentance for the sins of our nation. Forgive us for attempting to alter Your definition of marriage. Forgive us for spilling innocent blood by murdering millions of unborn babies. Forgive us for forgetting You call homosexuality an abomination; forgive us for forgetting the financial precepts of honesty, frugality, and hard work; forgive us for forgetting that those who don’t work, don’t eat. Forgive us for our greed, our looking out only for ourselves, and our seeking of pleasure instead of seeking You.Most of ll, Lord, we ask that You forgive us of our apathy and indifference to those truths that made this nation great. As we gather in this place,

Lord, we pray it will be a time of dedication — a time when we dedicate ourselves to the renewed battle for freedom and liberty that is going on today. May we speak out with a unity of voice and purpose that is heard across our nation; a voice that is again proclaiming liberty throughout the land; a voice that is giving notice to our leaders at all levels of government that we will no longer tolerate the abandonment of Your truths; the forsaking of Your Word and the usurping of the freedom You have given to us all. Heavenly father, I ask that You bless these people who have come to make a statement and that You bless these speakers who are here to inform and encourage us in the battle. Bless this event, that it might be the beginning of the healing of our land and Bless America, Lord, that she might once again be exalted as we re-establish You as our God. For these things, Lord, we give you thanks. Amen.

Why do you think God made man as the only living creature with the ability to become bored? It is said that one of the unfailing laws of the universe is its tendency to fill up an empty space. Billy Graham once stated that boredom is one of the sure ways to measure your own inner emptiness. He considered boredom to be as accurate as a thermometer for telling you how hollow your inner spirit really is.

Now, don’t misunderstand what I am saying. We all get bored at one time or anoth-er. This type of boredom is short-lived. The boredom I am speaking of here is the state of bone-weariness and mental restlessness that keeps us on edge and won’t go away; it’s an emp-tiness which compels us to stay in motion in search for the missing piece, until the nagging hunger is satisfied. That vacuum—that inner hunger—sets us on a quest for ‘an unknown something.’ Why do you think God

made us this way?Our frustration, anxiety,

worry, fear and even anger may be symptoms of a hid-den need that is screaming to be uncovered. And, be-cause the world system is set up to quickly gratify our desires, it is essential for us to know what we are miss-ing, or we will fruitlessly try to fill the inner vacuum with whatever the world offers us. Too many have already been duped into thinking that happiness can be found in the quantity and quality of what they have, what they can accomplish, and how good they look.

If you take a careful look at the behavior of those around you, as well as your own, you will notice that we are all set in motion by what we think we lack (now this is

where you have to do some soul searching). With what have you tried to fill your emptiness? Recognition? Money? Success? Love? Admiration? Work? Vol-unteering to help one good cause after another? Per-haps you’ve tried to get your fill on booze, drugs or sexual pleasures. We have all tried to fill up the internal hol-lowness with one, or all of these things, at one point in our lives. Some of us are still searching—because vacu-ums must be filled.

I’ve said this before, but it is worth repeating. The sad reality is that most indi-viduals don’t realize, or are unwilling to face, their real need. This is the reason we go through the majority of our lives trying to fill our longing with whatever is externally available. Con-fusing the things we need with the things we want-especially when they are outside of God’s will for our lives-occupies our time with pointless activity instead of

godly productivity. The ele-ments you lack to help you fulfill God’s plan for your life is your real need. Self-cen-tered desires, on the other hand, are non-essentials that are not requirements for the fulfillment of your purpose.

We have to stop running after the wrong things, and biting off more than we can chew for the wrong reasons. Let’s start by evaluating what we are spending our time doing against some other things that would produce more or better results. Just because we elected to take something on, doesn’t mean we have to do it forever. We can make new choices, ne-gotiate new agreements and still maintain our integrity. To make room for what we need we must get rid of what we don’t need. This requires a ruthless evaluation of ev-erything we do and why we do it. Simply make the list and be honest.

You can’t put any more into a full cup. When our lives are filled to the brim,

there’s no room for anything else to come in---including God. As our lives become more and more chaotic, we often become stressed, our health suffers, we have less fun, and we feel more and more powerless. Our lives fill up by choice or by de-fault. Let’s choose to occupy our time wisely. Are you presently doing something with your life that gives you joy, benefits others, and glo-rifies God? What would you choose to do if money was not an issue? Do you have the skills and abilities to do it? If not, are you willing to develop them? Are you happy with whom you have become?

There is a God-given pur-pose for you that the devil doesn’t want you to fulfill. His main mission is to keep you from finding Christ. If that doesn’t work he will make sure you get trapped on a hamster wheel that keeps you running so fast that you can’t focus on what really matters. Far too many

of us get caught up snacking on the ‘fluff of life’ instead of getting filled up with the ‘Bread of Life’.

We are all in search of that missing ‘peace’ of the puzzle and are compelled to find it. But, like King Solomon states in the book of Eccle-siastes, acquiring pleasures are meaningless. Going af-ter worldly pleasures is like chasing after the wind, and sooner or later we discover that nothing satisfies us for very long. This is the point. Dissatisfaction and bore-dom with the temporary and physical things of this world gets us searching beyond what is seen.

We were designed incom-plete because vacuums must be filled. God wants us to understand that our search for fulfillment will end—and our life’s purpose will be-gin—the moment we place Christ in that empty spot in-side our hearts.

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We have all heard the old saying, “Time Flies.” Well I can personally attest that whoever coined that term was not here in Afghanistan.

Here, compared to some of the soldiers I have it pretty good. Of course there are pluses to being active duty and a soldier. The support system here is geared to them as it should be. As a contractor, I don’t have near the support system they do.

That being said I still have it good. I attribute most of that to being a pretty self-supporting person. Even among the other civilian contractors, I am con-sidered self-sufficient. Being older, having been in business back home, and always be-ing one that questioned why not instead of why, I’ve done OK. I also attribute a lot of my ability to be OK here is that I was in the Army. I was really the same even back then.

If I need something I find it, trade for it, build it, or on rare occasion, go through the channels and request it (That normally doesn’t work very quickly). I’ve become the “Go To Guy” if someone needs something.

We needed kennels to place at a remote point, so I built them out of the wire Hesco barriers. We needed a shelter from the sun for the dogs and wood around here is at a real premium. Ironically, every day the local Afghani work-ers cart off stacks of wood and supplies. I often watch this and think to myself, “Hey, I could sure use that.”

This is where being a dog handler helps. Jack is a real ham for affection and every-one wants to spend time with the dog, and magically wood appears.

Many times it is a barter system. I can build something or I have found something that someone else needs. Put the deal together and it makes things so much easier.

Need a vehicle tire fixed? I happen to have a compressor I traded for months ago. Need a network cable made? Yep I have those materials and bet-ter yet, the know-how to do it.

This is how it works. It is

how it worked when I was in the service. I think those that take it on themselves to just fix stuff instead of wait-ing for someone else to do it will always make the best of their situation. What does that mean to me?

Well I do live in an 8 foot by 10 foot box. That is the size of the room I have. Stack all the stuff you need and all the stuff you don’t need that you ac-quire, and 82 pounds of shed-ding, drooling and sometimes very needy dog, and it can get a little tight.

I’ve made it pretty comfort-able all things considered. The bed in this room, well, sucked, so I built one. All it took was a couple of 2x4s and a piece of plywood. Throw the mat-tress on top and it works. I set the frame high enough to get some drawers under and found out that Jack likes to live under the thing. I think he sees it as a den or something.

The mattress, well, it also was in the same class as the bed but there is an easy way to fix that. Take your sleeping bag, fill it with some cheap pil-lows and put that under the bottom sheet. Instant pillow top mattress.

I built a computer stand for my laptop that actually swivels out of a camo netting sup-port system. The poles for the camo also became a clothes hanger rod. It is suspended from the ceiling by two loops of parachute cord. I built shelves, a bookcase and even a medicine cabinet. I didn’t have a chair, so I built an otto-man I can sit on. Cushioned it with trashed rubber foam and covered it with a camo blan-ket. It actually looks OK.

All in all, the room is pretty good. It’s tight, but good. Even though the room has all this stuff I built in it, the walls do close in.

All this building and fixing up does two things. One, is I need the stuff. Two is it oc-cupies the mind and keeps me busy. Regardless of all the stuff, it still is not home. No fast food, no outdoor lights, none of the things we take for granted. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve nailed my shins on things outside in the dark. Get hungry at night and you better have squirrelled away something for the long evenings.

That is pretty much a de-scription of the living quar-ters in a nutshell, in fact you could say we live in a nut-shell.

The soldiers are a little different. Some have rooms, seldom by themselves. Some are in tents that have been divided, some are in conex containers and some are in what we call clamshells. These are big, and I do mean big, vinyl structures. They remind me of the old Quon-set hut buildings except on steroids. They house offices, dining halls, gyms, and sol-diers, a lot of soldiers.

There ain’t Sundays any-more!!

I remember a Texas rep-resentative saying that some years ago during the debates over the Texas Blue laws. Those words are certainly true here. Every day is a work day. There are no weekends, there are no holidays, and the bad guys sure don’t take time off just because we do, so we don’t. Days are long and right now, hot and dusty. I just can’t get used to it be-ing light outside at 0430 in the morning. There is just something wrong about that in my book.

It’s funny but you seem to build your schedule around meals. You get a certain amount of stuff done and it’s time for breakfast. OK. Back to work until lunch. Then, work some more and go to dinner. Same place pretty much every time, but it is a

break in the day. You also know what day it

is by the food serve. Yes they try to be pretty creative with the foods they work with. Yesterday they have a special “Cheeseburger in Paradise”. The guy behind me in line asked what it was. I couldn’t resist and told him it meant Jimmy Buffet was cooking (he didn’t get it). I guess the DFAC (dining facility) man-ager is a parrot head. Clearly my age is showing again.

Speaking of age, I am fight-ing the sands of time in the gym. Without the distrac-tions of normal life, there is time for self-improvement. I hit the gym every night, and I do mean every night. It has become a habit that I hope I can continue when it is time to come home.

I also teach. I am an adjunct instructor for Central Texas College and I teach Criminal Justice a couple of days a week in the evenings. I did this back in Germany years ago when I was active duty. The soldiers still need it and I enjoy teach-ing.

I started this article with the title “A Year Behind the Leash.” That is the title of a book I’m writing while here. Besides a little background why I’m here, what caused me to choose to leave my home, and my journey through PTSD from my patrol car accident back in September of 2010, it will be a compila-tion of the dispatches. The dispatches you have been so kind to read and The Gonza-les Cannon has been gracious enough to print them.

Writing these dispatches has been an outlet for me and they will continue to be a way for me to connect with those back home. As I was writing this one, there was a loud speaker announcement notifying the FOB of another Fallen Soldier Ceremony. I got Jack and we went up the hill to attend, again. We stood, I saluted, and watched the he-licopters fly away with their cargo.

I’ve been here a year and these ceremonies are having a profound effect. This may sound a little strange, but

these are something that I think everyone should attend. It just might make a difference in the way we as a nation see things. For me, I’ve always felt there was a long line of silent soldiers somewhere stand-ing guard over all of us. It’s an honored sacred line of heroes. Today, two more heroes took their place in that line.

As for me, I need a break. It’s time to come home.

Thanks for reading, thanks for listening, thanks for your support. I’d love to hear from you. I’d love to hear what you think of my little stories. I’ll answer.

From here in the company of some of the finest people I have ever met, here in the shadow of people doing the very, very hard things in ter-rible surroundings, from here with other Americans doing their very best.

I’m Jon Harris and this has been another Dispatch from Downrange.

PS. I can be reached at Jon Harris, K-9 section, FOB Sha-rana, APO AE 09311


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Dispatches fromDownrange

After a year behind the leash, it’s time to come home

Gonzales Royal CourtThe scorching heat didn’t keep the Gonzales Royal Court from making their grand appearance at the Moulton Jamboree this past Sunday. Pictured are Miss Gonzales County Angela Witzkoske, Miss Gonzales County Cella Lopez, Lil Miss Gonzales County Destiny Voigt and Lil Mister Gonzales County Jeremiah Hast-ings. (Courtesy photo)

Stuff the busThe Gonzales H-E-B location on Sarah DeWitt Dr. will host a “Stuff the Bus” for Gonzales ISD

students from 9 a.m.-8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 10. Customers may purchase and donate school supplies, which will be loaded directly onto a GISD bus to be delivered to GISD students.

HE Buddy will be on-hand from 3-7 p.m., and special children’s activities will take place at the store during those hours. There will also be free blood glucose and blood pressure screen-ings for adults from 3-7 p.m., and the H-E-B pharmacy will have meningitis shots available for a fee from 3-7 p.m. Donations wlil continue to be accepted at the store through Aug. 11.

Eastside Baptist VBS“Be Daring” at VBS Park Adventures. Hosted by Eastside Baptist Church, 701 Seydler St.,

Gonzales, TX. (830) 672-2628. Gonzales Lions Park, August 13th-16th, 2012, 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m., Elementary thru 5th grade. (located near East Ave. Elem., 1500 St. Louis St, Gonzales). Fellowship, Snacks and Fun. Team Bible Drills and Lessons. Team Relays & Activities. Family Celebration & Backyard Festival, Friday, Aug. 17th, 7:00 p.m., Eastside Baptist Church. God Al-ways Wins! 1 Chronicles 29:11. Come Join Us!

Odd Fellows RaffleGonzales Odd Fellows Lodge #38, IOOF, 8th Annual Raffle. Drawing will be held Tuesday,

September 4, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. at the Odd Fellows Building on 1405 Conway St., Gonzales. Ticket prices are $20.00 each. 33 Prizes total. Grand Prize #1 is Cabela’s $1,000 Gift Card, Grand Prize #2 is Bay Fishing Trip, 3 person, bait included. Tickets available at: Caraway Ford-Mercury, Gonzales; Apache Express Care, Gonzales; Café on the Square, Gonzales, LeAnn Wolff CPA-PC, Gonzales, Odd Fellows Building, Gonzales, WB Farm & Ranch, Gonzales, Howard’s, Shiner, Ken’s Kar Parts, Shiner, Hunter Supply, Victoria or from any Odd Fellow Member.

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Last Wednesday morn-ing at 4 a.m., when most of us were sleeping, members of the Hendershot family and their friends were up watching their cousin, Sara Hendershot, participate in the 2012 Olympics in Lon-don, where it was about 10 a.m. Sara lives in Simsbury, Connecticut and is a mem-ber of the USA Women’s Pairs Rowing Team.

The team came in fourth with a time of 7:30.39 and only missed the medal by .20, as the third-place team had a time of 7:30.19.

The Holiday Inn Express will open on Monday, Aug. 6 and the Chamber will hold a ribbon-cutting on Wednesday, Aug. 8. The ho-tel will be open that day to the public for tours.

The first Neighborhood Town Hall Meeting, this one for Council District One, is set for Thursday, Aug. 9 at 6 p.m. at Victo-ria College. The city has entered into an agreement with Texas A&M to pre-pare a comprehensive plan for the future. The plan can only be successful if there is sufficient input from city residents.

The Pilgrim Country Opry, 128809 F.M. 1116 is held on the second Satur-day of the month at the Pil-grim Community Center.

Sausage and all the trim-mings will be served from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and the Pil-grim Heirs will furnish the music, starting at 7 p.m. Special guest appearances will be made by Maryland Crawford, Bobby O’Neal and Cal Taylor.

The Come & Take It As-sociation will meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the cham-ber office and the food booth organizations will meet first. It is count-down time, with only 62 days left to the 2012 Come & Take It Festival. If you need entry forms, visit www.Gonza-lestexas.com and look for the ones you need.

The Community Com-mittee will meet on Wednesday at the Chamber office, South Texas Tours Team Roping is set for Fri-day, Saturday and Sunday, while the show barn will have the Lone Star Classic 4-H Steer and Heifer Show Saturday and Sunday.


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Gonzales Livestock Market Report

The Gonzales Livestock Mar-ket Report for Saturday, August 4, 2012 had on hand: 683 cattle.

Compared to our last sale: Calves and yearlings sold $2 higher. Packer cows sold steady.

Stocker-feeder steers: Me-dium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs., $210-$280; 300-400 lbs, $185-$195; 400-500 lbs, $149-$175; 500-600 lbs, $132-$144; 600-700 lbs., $123-$131; 700-800 lbs, $118-$124.

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

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

Packers cows: Good lean util-ity and commercial, $74-$79; Cutters, $77-$81.50; Canners, $58-$68; Low yielding fat cows, $64-$71.

Packer bulls: Yield grade 1 & 2, good heavy bulls; $93-$98; light weights and medium quality bulls, $83-$89.

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

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Nixon Livestock Commission Report

The Nixon Livestock Commis-sion Inc. report had on hand, Au-gust 6, 2012, Volume, 808.

Steers: 200-300 lbs, $184 to $194 to $235; 300-400 lbs., $140 to $150 to $204; 400-500 lbs, $137 to $147 to $182; 500-600 lbs, $125 to $135 to $152; 600-700 lbs, $117 to $127 to $139; 700-800 lbs, $105 to $115 to $129.

Heifers: 200-300 lbs, $140 to $150 to $180; 300-400 lbs, $138 to $148 to $165; 400-500 lbs, $128 to $138 to $170; 500-600 lbs, $121 to $131 to $180; 600-700 lbs, $110 to $120 to $140; 700-800 lbs, $103 to $113 to $118.

Slaughter cows: $60 to $83; Slaughter bulls: $55 to $97; Stocker cows: $685 to $1,180; Pairs, $820 to $1,600.

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

Cuero Livestock Market Report

Cuero Livestock Market Re-port on August 3, 2012, had 1,138 head.

Had 152 cows and 15 bulls. The cow market was better as demand was better and num-bers to sell were lower resulting

in a higher market. The bull market was also im-

proved for same reason.The calf market was steady to

firmer with last week’s market. The lighter end was up as much as $10/cwt. Under 450 lbs were stronger also. There was good demand in all weight classes. A good solid market from top to bottom was notable.

Packer Bulls: Hvy. Wts., $85-$97.50; lower grades, $80-$88.

Packer cows: breakers, $65-$73.50; boning, $68-$78.50; can-ners & cutters, $68-$86; light & weak, $40-$70.

Palpated dry Cows: $950-$1,200.

Pairs: $930-$1,700.Steer and bull calves: under

200 lbs, $228-$280; 200-250 lbs. none; 250-300 lbs, $189-$217.50; 300-350 lbs, $165-$190; 350-400 lbs, $167-$197.50; 400-450 lbs, $160-$181; 450-500 lbs, $140-$160; 500-600 lbs, $136.50-$151; 600-700 lbs, $131-$136; 700-800 lbs, $124-$127.

Over 700 lbs. bulls, $121-$125.Heifer Calves: under 200 lbs,

$215-$265; 200-250 lbs, $174-$194; 250-300 lbs, $167.50-$208; 300-350 lbs, $158-$172; 350-400 lbs, $141-$157; 400-450 lbs, $137-$150; 450-500 lbs, $131-$148; 500-600 lbs, $128-$162; 600-700 lbs., $115-$120.50; over 700 lbs, $115 (one deal).

Hallettsville LivestockCommission Report

The Hallettsville Livestock Commission Co., Inc. had on hand on July 31, 2012, 982; Week ago, 661; Year ago, 2,604.

Better quality classes of calves and yearlings sold steady to $2 higher on the heavier weight classes and $2 to $6 higher on classes 500 lbs and down. Market very active again this week.

Packer cows and bulls sold steady on approx. 85 hd. total.

Packer Cows: higher dressing utility & cutter cows, $75-$87; lower dressing utility & cutter cows, $63-$75; light weight can-ner cows, $53-$63.

Packer Bulls: heavyweight bulls, $95-$100.50; utility & cut-ter bulls, $86-$95; lightweight canner bulls, $77-$86.

Stocker and Feeder Calves and Yearlings: Steer & Bull Calves: under 200; $200-$260; 200-300 lbs, $188-$222; 300-400 lbs, $172-$198; 400-500 lbs, $146-$192.50; 500-600lbs, $127-$152; 600-700 lbs, $118-$139; 700-800 lbs, $112-$128. Heifer Calves: under 200 lbs, $185-235; 200-300 lbs, $160-$215; 300-400 lbs, $145-$178; 400-500 lbs, $130-$168; 500-600 lbs, $124-$146; 600-700 lbs, $115-$126; 700-800 lbs, $105-$118.

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

Wise ProductsWise Products held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at their warehouse in the Gonzales Industrial Park on Wednesday. Pictured is Bobby Logan, Barbara Hand, Ray Raley, Lorenzo Hernandez, Barbara Friedrich, Carolyn Gibson-Baros, Allen Barnes, Tommy Schurig, Donald Page, Nathan Neuse, Herman Millett of Wise Products, Saturn Kincaid Wise Products Warehouse Manager, Shirley Hodges, Abigail Casares, Debbie Tiek-en and Hector Flores. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Holiday Inn ExpressHoliday Inn Express held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday morning with Holiday Inn Express em-ployees and local community people. City Council member Tommy Schurig said the new hotel “looked like home.” (Photo by Mark Lube)

On Aug. 10, the Univer-sity of Houston-Victoria’s Small Business Develop-ment Center Gonzales Office will offer a no-cost seminar on “Starting Your Own Business.”

The seminar will be at 427 St George St. in the Randle Rather Building, Suite 303, with the seminar scheduled for 10 a.m. to 12 noon.

Kacey Lindemann Butler, Senior Business Advisor, CBA III will cover the as-

pects of starting a business. Reserve your seat by regis-tering and calling 877-895-7232 or send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>.

Starting a small business takes a lot of courage, but courage isn’t all it takes. Kacey helps you under-stand all the ins and outs of running a business, what it takes to start the business and keep it going. Before you invest your time or money into your own busi-ness, attend this workshop and learn if you have what it takes.

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Oil & Gas Activity Report

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Recent well location reports from the Texas Railroad Commission

DeWitt County

API No.: 42-123-32833Classification: Fld. Dev. and Hori-

zontalOperator: Marathon Oil EF LLCLease Name: HendersonWell No.: 4HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-

2)Total Depth: 18,200 feetDirection and Miles: 5.9 miles south

of WesthoffSurvey Name: J.S. Stump, A-430Acres: 787.12











2)Total Depth: 18,400 feet

Direction and Miles: 5.9 miles south of Westhoff

Survey Name: J.S. Stump, A-430Acres: 787.12


zontalOperator: Marathon Oil EF LLCLease Name: Leske Lott UnitWell No.: 4HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-

2)Total Depth: 18,200 feetDirection and Miles: 4.5 miles

southeast of WesthoffSurvey Name: S. Pharrass, A-377Acres: 512.50


zontalOperator: Burlington Resources O

and G Co. LPLease Name: Gunn Unit AWell No.: 1Field Name: DeWitt (Eagle Ford

Shale)Total Depth: 17,000 feetDirection and Miles: 11.2 miles

northeast of WesthoffSurvey Name: D. Davis, A-12Acres: 360



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

2)Total Depth: 17,000 feetDirection and Miles: 10.6 miles west

of YorktownSurvey Name: D. Davis, A-12Acres: 139.36


zontalOperator: Petrohawk Operating

CompanyLease Name: Sonny Seifert AWell No.: 2HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-

2)

Total Depth: 14,000 feetDirection and Miles: 9.27 miles

northwest of YorktownSurvey Name: W.W. Hunter, A-224Acres: 397.70


zontalOperator: Petrohawk Operating

CompanyLease Name: Sonny Seifert AWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-


northwest of YorktownSurvey Name: W.W. Hunter, A-224Acres: 397.70



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


northwest of YorktownSurvey Name: I RR Co, Section 41,

A-258Acres: 698.06

Gonzales County


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


northeast of GlazeSurvey Name: D. Gray, A-517Acres: 520.29


zontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Annie Unit

Well No.: 11HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-


northeast of GlazeSurvey Name: D. Gray, A-517Acres: 387.54


zontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Whyburn UnitWell No.: 8HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-


southeast of CostSurvey Name: S.H. Gates, A-228Acres: 1,122.77


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

1)Total Depth: 12,800 feetDirection and Miles: 1 mile south of

SampleSurvey Name: J.L. Wood, A-473Acres: 640


zontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Henkhaus UnitWell No.: 8HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-


southeast of CostSurvey Name: D. Davis, A-11Acres: 898.66


zontalOperator: Forest Oil Corp.Lease Name: Moos-CookWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-


southeast of SmileySurvey Name: I. Roberts, A-399Acres: 835.04


zontalOperator: Forest Oil Corp.Lease Name: Lester-RicochetWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-


northeast of GonzalesSurvey Name: A.M. Grenage, A-222Acres: 921.68


zontalOperator: Marathon Oil EF LLCLease Name: Barnhart (EF) AWell No.: 2HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-


south of GonzalesSurvey Name: A.W. Hill, A-247Acres: 210.36


zontalOperator: Marathon Oil EF LLCLease Name: Barnhart (EF) AWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-


south of GonzalesSurvey Name: A.W. Hill, A-247Acres: 210.36

Lavaca County


zontalOperator: Eagle Ford Hunter Re-

sources Inc.Lease Name: BerthaWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-

2)Total Depth: 12,500 feetDirection and Miles: 0.9 miles west

of MoultonSurvey Name: W. Chase, A-9Acres: 413.22


zontalOperator: NFR Energy LLCLease Name: Targac UnitWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-


southeast of MoultonSurvey Name: W. Taylor, A-55Acres: 691.02

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

DeWitt County



and G Co. LPLease Name: Wild Unit AWell No.: 1Field Name: DeWitt (Eagle Ford

Shale)Survey Name: J. Wait, A-490Direction and Miles: 7.6 miles

northwest of CueroOil: 648MCF: 4,343Choke Size: 14/64 of an inchTubing Pressure: 6,738Shut In Well Pressure: 7,808Total Depth: 18,400 feetPerforations: 14,073-18,192 feet


zontalOperator: Geosouthern Energy

Corp.Lease Name: Fisher CWell No.: 1HField Name: DeWitt (Eagle Ford

Shale)Survey Name: J. Donoho, A-143Direction and Miles: 6.29 miles

southwest of WesthoffOil: 336MCF: 2,216Choke Size: 10/64 of an inchTubing Pressure: 6,540Shut In Well Pressure: 7,000Total Depth: 18,195 feetPlug Back Depth: 18,047 feetPerforations: 15,814-18,027 feet


zontalOperator: Geosouthern Energy

Corp.

Lease Name: D. Boothe AWell No.: 1HField Name: DeWitt (Eagle Ford

Shale)Survey Name: J. Swindel, A-416Direction and Miles: 6.7 miles

southwest of YoakumOil: 240MCF: 2,196Choke Size: 10/64 of an inchTubing Pressure: 6,550Shut In Well Pressure: 6,651Total Depth: 18,980 feetPlug Back Depth: 18,911 feetPerforations: 13,702-18,901 feet


zontalOperator: Marathon Oil EF LLCLease Name: Ann Friar ThomasWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford)Survey Name: J. McCoy Jr. A-30Direction and Miles: 8.98 miles

southeast of YoakumOil: 524MCF: 2,811Choke Size: 12/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 6,500Shut In Well Pressure:Total Depth: 18,790 feetPerforations: 13,327-18,702 feet



2)Survey Name: J.S. Stump, A-430Direction and Miles: 6 miles south

of WesthoffOil: 233MCF: 4,174Choke Size: 14/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 8,600Total Depth: 17,928 feetPerforations: 13,812-17,827 feet


zontalOperator: Talisman Energy USA Inc.Lease Name: Blackwell Gas Unit 2Well No.: C 1HField Name: Sugarkane (Eagle Ford)Survey Name: W. Quinn, A-394Direction and Miles: 3.16 miles

northwest of NordheimOil: 424.4MCF: 3,612Choke Size: 12/64 of an inchTubing Pressure: 7,346Shut In Well Pressure: 7,810Total Depth: 19,965 feetPerforations: 13,753-19,844 feet

Gonzales County


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

1)Survey Name: Peter Winn, A-464Direction and Miles: 1.5 miles east

of SmileyOil: 690MCF: 239Choke Size: 26/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 600Total Depth: 14,037 feetPlug Back Depth: 14,005 feetPerforations: 9,186-13,825 feet

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On Aug. 1, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its sum-mary of the nation’s proved reserves of oil and natural gas for 2010. Proved reserves of both oil and natural gas in 2010 rose by the highest amounts ever recorded in the 35 years EIA has been publishing proved reserves estimates.

Technological advances in drilling and higher prices contributed to gains in re-serves. The expanding application of hori-zontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing in shale and other “tight” (very low perme-ability) formations, the same technologies that spurred substantial gains in natural gas proved reserves in recent years, played a key role. Further, rising oil and natural gas prices between 2009 and 2010 likely provided incentives to explore and develop

more resources.Oil proved reserves (which include

crude oil and lease condensate) rose 12.8% to 25.2 billion barrels in 2010, marking the second consecutive annual increase and the highest volume since 1991. Natural gas proved reserves (estimated as “wet” natu-ral gas, including natural gas plant liquids) increased by 11.9% in 2010 to 317.6 tril-lion cubic feet (Tcf), the twelfth consecu-tive annual increase, and the first year U.S. proved reserves for natural gas surpassed 300 Tcf.

Proved reserves reflect volumes of oil and natural gas that geologic and engi-neering data demonstrate with reasonable certainty to be recoverable in future years from known reservoirs under existing eco-nomic and operating conditions. It should be noted that the 2010 summary was de-layed due to budgetary restrictions that limited EIA’s survey data collection efforts.

Plains All American Pipeline and Enterprise Products Partners on Monday announced they have formed a 50/50 crude oil pipeline joint venture to transport oil from the Eagle Ford Shale fields to Gulf Coast refineries.

The arrangement provides for PAA and EPD to consolidate certain portions of previously announced pipeline projects ser-vicing the Eagle Ford shale play in South Texas. The joint venture system is supported by long-term commitments totaling 210,000 barrels per day.

The consolidation will provide shippers with increased market flexibility and enable PAA and EPD to optimize their capital in-vestments.

The joint venture will include a 140–mile crude oil and conden-sate line extending from Garden-dale in LaSalle County to Three Rivers in Live Oak County and

continuing on to Corpus Christi, and a new 35-mile pipeline seg-ment from Three Rivers to En-terprise’s Lyssy station in Wilson County.

The system, which is currently under construction, will have a targeted capacity of 350,000 bar-rels per day and will include a marine terminal facility at Cor-pus Christi and 1.8 million barrels of operational storage capacity across the system.

At Lyssy, the joint venture pipe-line will interconnect with EPD’s existing South Texas Crude Oil Pipeline that transports crude oil to Sealy, Texas for ultimate deliv-ery into the Houston-area refinery market. Portions of the system are expected to be placed in service in the fourth quarter of 2012, with the balance of the system expect-ed to be placed into service in the first half of 2013. The joint venture system will be an intrastate com-mon carrier pipeline with a posted initial base tariff rate of $1.25 per barrel from Gardendale to all des-

tinations.PAA will serve as the operator

of the joint venture system, which will not include PAA’s Gardendale Gathering System or EPD’s South Texas Crude Oil Pipeline.

“We are very pleased to work with Enterprise to optimize our respective construction activities in South Texas. This joint venture provides necessary take-away ca-pacity for the growing Eagle Ford region, while reducing capital costs and enhancing returns for both parties,” said Harry Pefanis, President and Chief Operating Officer of Plains All American Pipeline. “The combined project will provide shippers with the option to deliver to Three Rivers, Corpus Christi, Houston, and with dock capabilities at Corpus Christi to access other gulf-coast markets.”

“Consistent with Enterprise’s philosophy of developing mutu-ally beneficial relationships, this joint venture is a win-win solution for both companies as well as pro-

ducers in the Eagle Ford Shale,” said A.J. “Jim” Teague, Executive Vice President and Chief Operat-ing Officer for Enterprise’s general partner. “Combining these two projects is a more efficient use of our capital and it expands market access for our shippers.”

Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. is a publicly traded master limited partnership engaged in the transportation, storage, ter-minalling and marketing of crude oil and refined products, as well as in the processing, transporta-tion, fractionation, storage and marketing of natural gas liquids. Through its general partner inter-est and majority equity ownership position in PAA Natural Gas Stor-age, L.P. (NYSE:PNG), PAA owns and operates natural gas storage facilities. PAA is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is one of the largest publicly traded partnerships and a leading North American provider of mid-stream energy services to produc-

ers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals.

The partnership’s assets include approximately: 50,700 miles of onshore and offshore pipelines; 190 million barrels of storage ca-pacity for NGLs, petrochemical, refined products and crude oil; and 14 billion cubic feet of natural gas storage capacity.

Services include: natural gas gathering, treating, processing, transportation and storage; NGL transportation, fractionation, storage, and import and export terminaling; offshore production platform services; crude oil and refined products transportation, storage and terminaling; petro-chemical transportation and stor-age; and a marine transportation business that operates primarily on the United States inland and Intracoastal Waterway systems and in the Gulf of Mexico. For more information about Enter-prise, please visit www.enterprise-products.com.


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In Loving Memory of Freddy Martin Rosas

You know my loving son, it’s been a year today, that you passed away and yet I still feel the pain

in my heart and tears in my eyes.It’s as if it just happened today my loving son. I wanted you to know that perhaps some people

saw you walk down the street might not have thought much of you, but I want the whole world to know that you were and still are my

treasure, my silver, my gold for as long as God kept you in this world. Though you’re gone, but never forgotten, I will always miss

and love you and as my life goes on without you I can see your smile, hear your laughter, your voice calling out to me, Mom, Mom are you

there. I miss you very much on special days and very especially on your birthday and everyday of my life and no one else can feel the

pain I feel on this day.Love Your Mom

Obituaries

William “Mr. Bill” Muelker, 1928-2012

MUELKERWilliam Warren “Mr.

Bill” Muelker, age 84 of Seguin, passed away on August 6.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, August 9, at 10 a.m. at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Ron Welborn, Rev. Kathy Ed-wards, and Rev. William Knobles officiating. In-terment will follow in Guadalupe Valley Me-morial Park and a recep-tion will follow at the Sil-ver Center.

“Mr. Bill” was born in Gonzales County on June 24, 1928 to Louis John and Alice Marie Knandel Muelker. He was a graduate of Gonza-les High School Class of 1946. He proudly served his country in the United States Army for a short time.

He graduated from Southwest Texas State University (Texas State). He will be remembered as a long-time employee of the Seguin Gazette En-terprise.

Bill enjoyed a good round of golf and was a huge St. Louis Car-dinal baseball fan. He was an active member of First United Methodist Church in Seguin.

He is preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Vernon Muelk-er; and his sister, Joyce (Bobbie) Gilbert. Sur-vivors include his lov-ing wife, JoAnne Pickett Muelker; children, Beth Lawrence and husband Randall, Kathy Muelker and husband Jack Kirt-land, Ruth Muelker and husband Bill Collins, Robert “Bob” Pickett and wife Cindy, Michael J. Pickett, and Debo-rah Pickett Bregoli; his

grandchildren who knew him as “Papa Bill”, Mar-cus Collins, Nathan Col-lins, Christopher Pickett and fiancé Tracy Uschan, Deborah Pickett, Sonya Noell and husband Mi-chael, Tyler Pickett, Paul Bregoli, and Michelle Bregoli; great-grandchil-dren, Kayla Pickett and Riley Pickett; sisters, Do-ris Grisham and husband Otha, Gay Nell McCann and husband Jack, and Faye Louise Intracaso and husband Tony; sis-ter-in-law, Lois Muelker; numerous nieces, neph-ews, cousins and a host of friends.

Bill cherished most of the times he spent with his family and friends and he will be dearly missed. Memorial con-tributions may be made to the First United Meth-odist Church, 710 N. Austin, Seguin, Texas, 78155; Nets for Malaria, C/O First United Meth-odist Church, 710 N. Austin, Seguin, Texas, 78155; Guadalupe Re-gional Hospice, 1215 East Court, Seguin, Texas, 78155; Seguin Pregnancy Center, P. O. Box 1962, Seguin, Texas, 78156 or to the charity of one’s choice.

You are invited to sign the guest book at www.treshewell.com. Ar-rangements are under the direction of Tres Hewell Mortuary, 165 Tor Dr., Seguin, Texas, 78155, 830-549-5912.

BROOKSSHINER—Elvis “T-

Bone” Brooks, Sr. age 53, passed away on Saturday, August 4, 2012.

He was born on June 29, 1959 in Shiner to Ed-ward Devoe and Theresa Brooks.

He was a warehouse and shipping manager at Spoetzl Brewery. He was a member of New Jerusa-lem Baptist Church.

Survivors: mother, Theresa Brooks of Shin-er; wife, Pamela Brooks of Shiner; sons, Charles Evans of Shiner, Elvis Brooks, Jr. of Moulton, Kendall Brooks of Shiner and Desmond Brooks of Bryan; grandchildren, Aiden and Raelyn Brooks; sisters, Patsy Brooks of Yoakum and Evelyn

Brooks of Shiner.Preceded in death by his

father, Edward Devoe.Family visitation was

held on Tuesday from 6 p.m. till 8 p.m. at Thiele-Cooper Funeral Home.

Funeral service was held on Wednesday at 11 a.m. at United Dr. Martin Luther Lutheran Church with Pastor Jimmy Hast-ings officiating. Burial at Old Brasco Cemetery in the Peach Creek Commu-nity.

Pallbearers: Steven Price, Gilbert Price, Ches-ter Evans, Spencer Car-roll, Kenneth Mathis and Charles Greathouse.

BLACKJoyce Black, age 78, of

Nixon, died August 6, 2012 in Seguin. She was born on March 3, 1934 in Nixon and was a member of the Union Valley Bap-tist Church. She was pre-ceded in death by her par-ents, Fredrick Lee Young, Sr. and Annie Martha (Smith) Young; a grand-son, Travis Jordan; two brothers: Fred Lee Young, Jr. and James Roland Young; and a sister, Mar-tha Young. She is survived by her husband of 60 years, James Wesley “Jack” Black; two sons: James Al-len Black and wife Mary, Timothy Elliot Black and wife Tammy; two daugh-ters: Theresa Flores and husband Jesse, Elizabeth (Beth) Laqua and hus-band Louis; a brother, Henry Arnold Young; two sisters: Helen Mines, Nona Appleton; 7 grand-children; 5 great-grand-children; 8 step-great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews and many friends.

Viewing and visitation were held Wednesday, Aug. 8, from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM at Finch Funeral Chapel in Nixon. The Fu-neral Service will be held Thursday, Aug. 9, at 10:00 AM at Finch Chapel with the Rev. Don Hessong officiating. Interment will follow at the Rancho Cemetery near Nixon. Memorial contributions may be made to the Union Valley Baptist Church or the charity of the one’s choice.

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

The board of directors for Seniors in Action for Gonzales County held their annual meeting in July.

During the meeting new officers for the upcoming year were elected. Those officers are president, Don-na Allen; vice president, Pam Akins; secretary, Belle DeCote; treasurer, Tanya Meador; and marketing person, Pat Compton.

During the meeting the “Ladies Night Bunco Bash”

was planned as a fundraiser for the organization. The event will be held on Tues-day, Aug. 21 from 6-8 p.m. at the Gonzales Elks Lodge.

Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased at Texan Nursing & Rehab, State Farm Insurance, Country Village Square, the Heights of Gonzales, Gonzales Chamber of Commerce or from any Seniors in Action member.

Finger foods will be pro-

vided, but drinks must be purchased at your own ex-pense. Prizes will be award-ed to game winners and there will also be a Silent Auction.

For more information, call 830-203-0716.

The next meeting for Seniors in Action will be on Aug. 21 at 4:30 p.m. at the Elks Lodge, prior to the fundraiser.

Seniors in Action News

GHS Freshman OrientationThe Faculty and Staff of Gonzales High School

are pleased to welcome the class of 2016. There-fore, we invite all incoming freshmen and their parents to freshman orientation event at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16, celebrating the beginning of their high school education. Topics covered will include: Schedules, Curricular Programs, Extra-Curricular Activities, High School Requirements, Tour of the High School Facilities, Policies and Procedures.

A hot dog reception will be served under the awning after the informational meeting. We are eagerly anticipating the beginning of the 2012 school year. We hope that you can join us in our efforts to aid you as you begin your high school career equipped with the knowledge and infor-mation necessary for success.

Victoria Master GardenersVictoria County Master Gardener Association.

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

Luling ‘Stuff the Bus’The Luling Lions Club will “Stuff the Bus on

August 11 from 9 am-7 pm at the Luling HEB. The group will be accepting donations to sup-port the program in their effort to ensure area school children who are in need of school sup-plies will be able to receive them through stuff the bus.

On August 17 from 9am-1pm School sup-plies will be distributed to children at the old Fine Arts Gym. On Aug. 17 the Lions Club could use some volunteers in the morning to help dis-tribute supplies to children. Please contact Fred Buchholts (210)745-1904 for more information or if you can help out this GREAT Community Program please call Fred or The Luling Chamber of Commerce.

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 dis-tributed Saturday, August 11th beginning at 11 a.m. in the GCAM parking lot located at 708 St. Louis Street. Volunteers and donations are wel-come. Contact Linda at 361-275-1216.

Biblical archeologistDr. Scott Stripling, Biblical archeologist and

Bible teacher, will be speaking during the morn-ing service at Emmanuel this Sunday, August 12, at 10:30 a.m. The Community is invited to come and join us as Dr. Stripling shares infor-mation about his current work and a message of good news from God’s Word. Dr. Stripling is currently working at excavating the site of what is believed to be Ai. Ai is the second city taken by the Israelites when they captured the Promised Land. The site, known as Khirbet el Maqatir to professionals, has already yielded many excit-ing discoveries. Dr. Stripling spends two months at year at the site, one in the winter, another in the summer. Everyone is welcome to come and hear his interesting archeology report and a great sermon as he shares the truth of God’s Word with us. Emmanuel is located at 1817 St. Lawrence Street, one block east of East Avenue Elementary School. Sunday School begins at 9:30 and the morning service at 10:30. A nursery

for children up to five years of age is available.

Women’s Center meetingThe Gonzales Healthcare Systems Founda-

tion will be making application for a USDA Grant in the amount of $119,868.00 to complete fund-ing for the Women’s Center. The board will meet on Wednesday, August 15th at 11:45 a.m. at the Heights meeting room to hear public comment. The Heights is located at 701 N. Sarah DeWitt Drive, Gonzales.

Oilman’s InvitationalThe 48th Annual Luling Oilman’s Invitational

Golf Tournament is scheduled Aug. 25-26. The entry deadline is Aug. 24. Please call (830) 875-5114 for more information. Applications are available at the Luling Chamber of Commerce.

GVCW scholarshipThe Guadalupe Valley Cattle Women will be

awarding a $500 scholarship to a junior or se-nior college student pursuing a degree in ag-riculture. Deadline for applying is August 15, 2012. Please send resume and class schedule to Ethel Rochester, 4505 CR 289, Gonzales, Texas.

Master GardenersGonzales Master Gardeners. “Come Grow

With Us.” Become a Master Gardener. New class starts September 11, 2012. Contact Alan Marek at 830-857-5820 or Texas AgriLife Extension Of-fice at 830-672-8531. http://gonzales.agrilife.org.

Halliburton reunionThe Halliburton family will celebrate its re-

union Aug. 11 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at St. Joseph Church Parish Hall in Moulton. Bring a side dish or dessert and your own serving utensils. Meat, bread etc. wlil be furnished. Attendees are also asked to bring an auction item.

The Back Porch band will provide entertain-ment, and there will be live and silent auctions. Children are encouraged.

N-S registrationElementary registration will work differently

this year in the Nixon-Smiley CISD. All elemen-tary students enrolled during 2011-2012 will be enrolled automatically in the 2012-2013 school year. There will be no summer registration days for elementary as there are for middle school and high school.

Violence shelterThe Guadalupe Valley Family Violence Shelter,

Inc. (GVFVS) is a non-profit organization provid-ing services to both residents and non-residents that are victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in the counties of Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes and Wilson.

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

Toastmasters meetCome and Speak It Toastmasters Club meets on

the first and third Tuesdays of each month, from 12-1 p.m. at the Gonzales County Farm Bureau Community Room, located at 1731 Seydler Street.

The Toastmasters environment is friendly and supportive whether you are a professional, stu-dent, stay-at-home parent or retiree, Toastmasters can give you the skills and confidence you need to express yourself in any situation.

For more information contact Club President GK Willmann at 830-857-1109 or send email to [email protected], or Gerri Lawing at 830-857-1207 or [email protected].

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

On July 31, the Auxiliary of Memorial Hospital held their monthly meeting in the dining room of the hospital. President Barbara Koricanek presided with 18 members and 1 guest present.

Door prizes were won be Leona Zella, Lois Willmann and Kathleen Caddell.

Secretary Carol DuBose read the minutes from the June meeting, which were approved, and she also read a Thank You card from Wil-liam Brasfield for the schol-arship he received.

Treasurer Leona Zella gave the financial report noting a profit in June of $1,146.14 from the Gift Shop and vending machines.

First V.P. Betty Fink re-ported that after the meet-ing, Executive Director Connie Kacir of the Gon-zales Healthcare Systems Foundation would have give a presentation and that we would be touring the area to be converted for the new 3D mammography and the bone densitometer equip-ment.

She also reported the Au-gust 28th program will be by Tiffany McCauley of Nor-ma’s House to be held at the Hospital dining room and that plans are being made for a brown bag lunch and Sep-

tember meeting to be held at Craft Crossing shop.

Second V.P. Noris Gibson reported that members have worked 259 hours in June. One-hundred-hour bars were earned by Lydia Rice with a total of 909 hours and Elizabeth Bennett with a to-tal of 3,028.

Committee ReportsGift Shop – Zella thanked

Gibson and Irene Oakes for restocking vending ma-chines and Mr. Connolly for purchasing our drinks. Betty Fink and Mr. Allen were thanked for donating the fig

preserves to be sold in the Gift Shop.

Good Cheer – Sally Brown reported sending four cards of sympathy and/or get well to members.

Memorials – Oakes re-ported a memorial was giv-en in memory of Auxiliary member Monna Baldry.

Scholarship – Fink re-ported three approved ap-plications for scholarships. Jill Fullilove, Sophia Pena, and Kristen Scheutte were awarded scholarships for a total of $9,000.

Lydia Rice and Elizabeth Bennett received their 100-hour bars during a recent meeting of the Auxiliary of Memorial Hospital. Rice has worked a total of 909 hours while Bennett has logged a total of 3,028. (Courtesy photo)

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nothing about the Second Amend-ment,” Patterson said.

Local resident Justin Hanson, one of several members of the audience who rose to speak, said he developed a new appreciation for the Second Amendment when he was attacked by a trio of men.

“I was attacked by guys with a lead pipe,” he said. “I got to my truck, I had a pistol in my truck, and I was able to turn the tables on them. I wouldn’t be here today if it wasn’t for the Second Amendment.”

Former gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina ended the event with a stirring address.

“We watch elected officials walk up in a red jersey and say ‘I’m a conser-vative,’ then we applaud everything they say,” said Medina. “But we forget that it was a Republican who gave us the No Child Left Behind Act, when the federal government has no busi-ness in education. Medicare Part D was supported by Republicans, but now we’re saying we don’t want gov-ernment running health care.

“When Washington says, ‘Here’s a

million dollars,’ we should say that’s counterfeit money,” Medina added. “That money the federal govern-ment is giving’ us is borrowed from China.”

The key, Medina said, is convinc-ing current elected officials to abide by the principles they embraced when running for office.

“(State legislators) they are en-meshed in this idea that we can’t run Texas without Washington,” she said. “Texas, by itself, has the 13th larg-est economy in the world. There’s no excuse for us to be dependent on Washington, D.C.”

Former state representative and constitutional scholar Rick Green said that contrary to the opinion of many Texans, he believes the voters of other states can be convinced to help restore constitutional govern-ment at the federal and state levels.

“We’ve put on study sessions in Washington State, in Boston, in Los Angeles, and we get three, four, five hundred people coming in just to spend a day studying the Constitu-tion,” he said. “This system works, friends. There are some people that don’t believe any more that there is a

peaceable means of saving America ... (but) November is going to be a red, white and blue tsunami.”

Green also pointed to the recent primary runoffs as the signal that Texas is leading the national re-awakening.

“Look over in Comal County, Dr. Donna Campbell (who unseated State Sen. Jeff Wentworth), that little spitfire has rocked the establishment despite getting out-spent ten to one,” he said. “Just as America is the last, best hope of the world, I believe that Texas is the last, best hope for Amer-ica.”

Georgetown resident John Marler centered his talk on U.N. Agenda 21, which promotes subjugation of property rights and stealth imple-mentation of socialism by local gov-ernments through the use of innocu-ous-sounding terminology.

“The ‘public-private partnership’ that local government is implement-ing is going to eliminate you from the equation,” he said. “Any time you hear the word ‘sustainable’ or ‘sus-tainable development,’ that’s Agenda 21.”

Marler said the most egregious

offenses are being implemented by utility companies through the instal-lation of so-called ‘Smart Meters,’ de-signed to regulate electricity use. He cited several health concerns raised by the meters.

“Every one of the public utilities is telling you that you will get a smart meter installed or they will close your account,” he said. “The law of Texas prohibits that, but they are do-ing it anyway.”

Marler said the whole purpose of Agenda 21 is to force people into compliance with socialism.

“I have in my database a document from the Southern Baptist Associa-tion describing ‘sustainable develop-ment’ which defines an ‘authentic human’ as anyone who agrees with the government,” he said. “What was the first thing the Nazis did to elimi-nate opposition? They defined Jews as non-humans.”

Lockhart residents Donna Voetee and Tracy Forester said Marler’s observations are spot-on, and that Lockhart is already embroiled in bat-tling the agenda.

“There is a program in Lockhart called ‘Imagine Lockhart’ that is

Agenda 21, it is all about develop-ing ‘sustainable places,’” Voetee said. “The City of Lockhart has already purchased 1,000 smart meters. We’ve been lied to by our County Commis-sioners. Lockhart is to be used as a model for Agenda 21. Agenda 21 is revamped collectivism.”

The speakers were flanked by a background consisting of two huge historic Texas flags — the ‘Come and Take It’ flag of Gonzales and the ‘No Tyranny’ flag of Goliad.

Goliad County GOP chairman Kenneth Buelter said that Texans and Americans are waking up to the fact that God has turned His face from this country, and that “that malediction has come upon us be-cause we are not doing our job as citizens.”

Gonzales County GOP chair Myrna McLeroy said the flags are particularly significant because of the importance of this fall’s elections.

“Where tyranny threatens and freedom is sought, you will find the words ‘Come and Take It!’” McLe-roy said. “We can rid ourselves of the tyranny we’re facing by getting out the vote.”

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D’Aversa becomes the new girls’ bench boss at Luling

LULING – Former Gonzales girls’ basketball coach Andre D’Aversa got a whiff of how things are done at Houston Lamar High School – and he didn’t like it.

“I met with some of the administration and felt there was not a lot of sup-port for the school,” he said. “I felt this was not the position for me.”

D’Aversa said within a couple of days of him re-signing his post at Hous-ton Lamar, the Luling spot came open. He had ap-plied to a couple of other schools, but Luling was the program that got back to him quickly and he inter-viewed and accepted the post.

D’Aversa will take charge of a team that has had success the last couple of seasons.

“From what I can tell, Luling has a great core of senior players,” he said.

The Lady Eagles return four starters: Carley Glass, Maria Castillo, Hanna Clark and Amanda Lee. The Lady Eagles will have

a challenge in the 2012-13 season as they are in a new district that will in-clude Hallettsville, Karnes City, Nixon-Smiley, Poth, Schulenburg and Stock-dale.

“A lot of people con-sider this district to be the toughest 2A district in the state,” D’Aversa said. “Every single team either made the playoffs or was in a play-in game for the playoffs last year. Most of the teams have everybody back.”

In 2011-12, the Lady Ea-gles were regional quarter-finalists, falling to the Poth Lady Pirates. Luling won second place in District

29-2A, defeated George West, 47-35, in the bi-dis-trict round and advanced past Saint Getrudas Acad-emy, 54-26, in the area round.

He said the challenge for the Luling girls hoops team will be to lead a very solid team into the playoffs while battling in a very competitive district.

Accepting the Luling post also means D’Aversa does not have to bother with all of the hassles of moving with Luling being a mere 15-minute drive north on US Highway 183.

In his one year with the Gonzales Lady Apaches, D’Aversa led the team to 10-21 record and missed making the playoffs by just one game.

“I loved coaching the Gonzales kids,” he said. “I just did not always see eye-to-eye on the athletic philosophy. But there is a lot of talent in Gonzales, especially in the youth basketball leagues.”

D’Aversa said academ-ics-wise, Luling and Gon-zales are very similar.

D’Aversa said he would also coach junior high track at Luling.

Andre D’Aversa

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CYFL camp draws record attendance

Scores of area young men were put through the paces during this year’s CYFL Football Camp. The camp, which was held in Gonzales last week, was also at-tended by kids from surrounding communities. (Photos by Cedric Iglehart)

GONZALES – The high temperatures of the past week did nothing to damp-er the enthusiasm levels of the participants at the 2012 Crossroads Youth Football League (CYFL) Camp that was staged in Gonzales.

The four-day event drew a record number for atten-dance as teams prepare to enter another football sea-son.

“We’ve averaged about 165 kids a night,” said Gary Clack, Gonzales’ CYFL co-ordinator. “That was better than last year when we av-eraged about 85 to 90.”

Clack said the goals of the camp were geared to-ward fostering skill devel-opment for players at every level.

“We just wanted to make sure that every kid picked up a fundamental part of both offense and defense,” he said. “We started out with a lot of different agility drills and then we moved on to positional drills. All of the kids who participat-ed worked really hard, we got a lot out of them.”

CYFL realigned its divi-sions this year by adding a fourth one. The divisions now consists of Freshman (ages 5-6), Sophomore (7-8), Junior (9-10) and Senior (11-12).

Clack said the reason for the reorganization was to mirror the guidelines set by USA Football.

“We’ve been affiliated with them for a while and have been receiving all of our certification through them,” he said. “This is the

first year we are actually a part of USA Football.”

Another new wrinkle for this year’s camp was it was held in conjunction with players from surrounding communities including Cuero, Hallettsville, Yoa-kum and Yorktown.

“This is about getting ev-erybody together so we can have fun and teach the kids about the game of football,” said Casey Coleman, head coach of the Lavaca Rams senior team and an eight-year CYFL veteran. “All of the kids get to interact with

each other, which makes for friendly competition.”

“They get a chance to build friendships so when they do see each other in All-Stars, they know one another and then it’s just all about going out and win-ning a championship.”

Monday, Aug. 6 was the first day of practice for all Gonzales CYFL teams. The first week is in helmets and shorts, and Monday, Aug. 13 marks the first day of practice in full pads. The season begins on Saturday, Aug. 25.

By CEDRIC [email protected]

This fall will be Year Two of the Gonzales Youth Soccer League (GYSL), headed up by Gonzales residents Doug Tyler and Jesse Elizondo.

The league offered soc-cer to girls and boys ages 4

to 12 and will expand the age groups up to 15 years old for the second year.

Tyler said Elizondo, himself and a few of the other coaches will also take a class to become United States Soccer Fed-eration (USSF) Grade 9/Recreational Referees.

According to USSF guidelines, Grade 9 offi-

cials may center (officiate) Recreational (non-com-petitive) youth games for age 14 years and younger (U-14), and can serve as assistant referee on any kind of U-14 match and younger.

Another thing new to the league is that any cer-

Gonzales Youth Soccer League readies for its sophomore campaign

G-Town Striders fare well at Junior Olympics

HOUSTON – The G-Town Striders track team completed their perfor-mances in the American Athletic Union (AAU) Ju-nior Olympics in Houston last Friday and Saturday.

On Friday, Keaundra Cray came in No. 12 in the Youth Girls shot put with 38-1/2 and Khelsea Cray was No. 44 with a throw of 27-3/100.

Tyvione Roaches placed No. 18 in the Midget Boys discus with a best throw of 80-1/25. In action on Saturday, Valaria Aguayo came in No. 21 with a time of 13:10.03 in the Youth Girls 3000 and Kenneth

Cavit threw 30-3/5 in the Midget Boys shot put to finish in 45th place.

“As a coach I am so very proud of each of these young athletes,” said Strid-ers head coach Quincy Johnson. “They sacrificed most of their summer for this opportunity to partici-pate in this National meet. After qualifying, we talked about the fact that in order to get a medal at this meet everyone would need to have a PR well above what they had done, so yes they were a little disappointed by not bringing home any medals. But at the same time, they were excited about reaching some per-sonal goals.”

“A meet like this also is motivational for those

who are going into school athletics and has them ex-cited about next summer.”

Johnson said he is thankful to everyone who helped the G-Town Strid-ers during the season.

The Junior Olympics will be held in Detroit next summer and the team is already making plans to be there.

“The G-Town Striders hope to once again repre-sent Gonzales at the Na-tional level,” said Johnson.

“If there are any com-panies or businesses that would like to help sponsor the Striders, please let us know. We will need help with housing and travel expenses for an entire week for eight to 10 ath-letes.”


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tified referee who helps the league will be paid.

“We have budgeted some money to pay refs for work-ing the games,” Tyler said.

He said he also wants the coaches to get certified in coaching soccer. For now, the teams in the GYSL will have to make do with play-ing each other week in and week out.

“We cannot play against the leagues in the other towns,” Tyler said. “Mainly because we do not have our own facilities. If we can get a facility to use, get our referees certified and our coaches certified, then we meet the requirements of being able to play associa-tions in other towns.”

One thing Tyler and Eli-zondo learned after one season of the league was that it takes lots of people, support and teamwork to run the league.

“I would say we had around 40-45 people work-ing together to run the league,” Tyler said. “I am hoping we get that kind of excitement again for this season.”

Most, if not all, of the in-dividuals who worked the league as coaches will be back.

“Our coaches that we retained like working with kids and are fans of soccer,” Elizondo said. “We have also picked some sponsors

for the league and we are anticipating enrollment of around 130 for this season.”

The four different age divisions are Pee Wee, Ju-niors, Seniors and Senior Plus, which is the 13-15 age division. Each age division had around six teams in the first year.

Tyler said he would probably have to limit the number of teams to around eight for each division.

It is likely there are 16-18 year-old youth that would want to play in the league. Tyler said that is not a pos-sibility at this time due to the fact the league would need to be able to use a full-field.

However, that age brack-et can still get involved by refereeing games or being an assistant coach.

“We will have ways they can get involved with the league,” Tyler said.

He said the league has looked into other possibili-ties to build a facility.

There is a full-length field at Gonzales Independence Park, but current ordinanc-es allow drinking there and Tyler said he does not want the league exposed to the drinking culture.

In 2001, when the City of Gonzales opened the J.B. Wells Park, plans were also made to one day build soc-cer fields on the site. So far, no fields have been built. But Tyler and Elizondo are still positive that one day a

complex will come into ex-istence.

“I am optimistic the city will use J.B. Wells as a site for soccer fields,” Elizondo said.

“It is a possibility for us to use a complex at J.B. Wells,” Tyler said.

Registration will con-tinue this Saturday and next at the Gonzales Wal-Mart from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 25 will be the last day for registration, and player evaluations will take place at Lions Park.

The league will hold the coaches’ clinic at Lions Park on Sept. 1, where rules and expectations will be taught to the coaches. Practices will start Sept. 4 and the first games will be Sept. 22 with an opening ceremony.

Make-up games for the Come and Take It weekend will be played on Oct. 9 and Oct. 27 will the last day for games and the awards cer-emony.

For anyone interested in becoming a USSF Rec-reational Referee, Tyler is hosting a clinic on Saturday from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Two Rivers Bible Church at 1600 N. Sarah DeWitt Dr. To register, go to www.stsr.org and click on ‘Clinics’. The deadline to register is at midnight tonight.

For more information, go to the league’s website at www.gonzalesyouthsoccer.com or call Tyler at 830-305-6172.

SOCCER: Most of last year’s coaches have been retained

Continued from page B1

Place Name Time1. Alex Reyes 18:462. Chris Gussman 21:074. Nacho Trevion 21:135. Luis Barrios 21:166. Mitchell Blaschke 21:207. Alfonso Ontiveros 23:138. Lindsey Morkovsky 24:049. Jim Brzozowski 24:2710. Parker Janssen 24:4911. Rachel Ryza 25:0212. John Hrehor 25:0613. Eric Oeding 25:0814. Richard Bray 25:0815. Hannah Bordovsky 25:2216. Jordan Dolezal 25:3617. Cameron Jalufka 25:5518. Maci McDonald 26:0319. Wyatt Darilek 26:0920. Emily Simper 26:2621. Brittania Darilek 26:3522. Scott Smolik 26:3823. Samantha Siegal 26:4725. Matt Cerny 27:1526. Kathryn Nowak 27:2227. Janice Grahmann 28:1728. Robert Koenning 28:1729. Rubi Correa 28:2830. Joel Novosad 28:2931. Conrado Navarro 28:3132. Kaci Harrison 28:3433. Sheri Panus 28:3634. Rhonda Dees 28:4535. Valerie Nowak 29:1636. Mark Lube 29:1937. Amanda Gommert 29:2338. Billy Tatom 29:2539. Chris Garza 29:4840. Tony Shank 29:5441. Phillip Geissen 30:0442. Eugene Trejo 30:5143. Laramie Zant 30:5444. Melinda Abbt 30:5545. Megan Mitchon 30:5846. Brandee Dolezal 30:5847. Mikaela Beard 31:0148. Troy Hrehor 31:0249. Barbie Ryza 31:0850. Kimberly Hrehor 31:2951. Louis Stewart,Jr. 31:3552. Kelly Caraway 31:3953. Pennie Vick 32:1354. Bobby Vick 32:1355. Elayna Simper 32:2256. Anna Bartos 32:2757. Cora Nowak 32:3458. Jordan Rae Moore 32:5959. Shelby Hrehor 33:2860. Desiree Moore 33:5661. Sharon Kram 33:5762. Jenny Zant 34:0963. Monington Clark 34:1664. Gernadette Geissen 34:3265. Malorie Mitchon 34:5866. Kayta Kutach 35:1967. Sloane Kutach 36:5868. Lori Hagemann 38:0169. Amy Picha 38:5270. Allen Kocian 39:4371. Jennifer Loudon 40:0172. Amy Orsak 40:0173. Dara Loudon 40:0274. Kristi Anderle 40:4475. Shelley Nieto 41:0476. Joe Nieto, Jr. 41:0477. Mary Kaplan 41:2178. Danielle Snyder 44:1879. Tia Meisetschleager 47:4780. Kathy Janak 48:2381. Will Lawrence 49:4882. Michelle Foshee 49:5883. Debra Stewart 51:2284. Carol Steinocher 58:50

Results from the 2012 Moulton Run the Jam

Yoakum’s Kornegay puts on finishing touches, rounds out his football coaching roster

BRIEFSYoakum athletic direc-

tor and head football coach Brent Kornegay has five new faces on the Yoakum football staff this season.

Felix Duran will coach the Bulldog secondary and will serve as assistant boys basketball coach. He is from Copperas Cove. Dylan Rodiek will coach the defensive ends and will also be an assistant boys basketball coach. He last worked at Longview Pine Tree and hails from Bell-ville.

Ryan Uechert will coach junior high football and assist with the high school powerlifting and track programs. He played high school football at Sinton and is a graduate of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

Bandera native Brandon Hicks will coach junior high football, basketball and track, and will also coach the quarterbacks on the high school team. He played football at West Tex-as A&M.

Chad Forbus will help coach junior high foot-ball and serve as head golf coach. He is from Arkansas and played golf at Hender-son State.

Gonzales Football Sea-son Tickets

Varsity football season ticket holders from 2011 are now able to pick up the tickets they had last year.

They will have until 4 p.m. on Aug. 17 to get their tickets. All tickets not picked up will be sold to the

public, starting on Aug. 20.The price of varsity foot-

ball tickets have changed to $5 per single game or $25 for the season. Tickets at the gate will be $6.

Tickets can be picked up at the Apache Field House at the high school by the track. They are available from 8 a.m. to noon and from 1-4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

If you do not wish to purchase your tickets, call Athletic Secretary Anita DeMent at 830-672-6641. If the field house has not been notified by 4 p.m. Aug. 17, it will be understood that you do not want your tick-ets. If you cannot get to the field house to pick up your tickets, please call to make arrangements to get them at a later date.

If you are not a season ticket holder but would like to purchase tickets, they will be available to purchase on Aug. 20. You will have to purchase all five tickets for the home games to the get the price break.

No season tickets can be sold after tickets go on sale at 8 a.m. Aug. 28 for the first home game on Aug. 31.

For more information, contact Dement at 830-672-6641.

Gonzales Youth League soccer signups

The Gonzales Youth League is currently hold-ing signups for the 2012 fall

season.The league is for players

ages 4-15.Registration forms are

available online at www.gonzalesyouthsoccer.com. Registration deadline is Aug. 25; practices start Sept. 4 and the first game will be Sept. 22.

For more information, call 830-433-5555.

Hunter Education Course

Instructor Wayne Spahn will hold a Hunter Educa-tion Course on Aug. 25-26 at the Farm Bureau Build-ing in Gonzales.

The class on Aug. 25 will run from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. and will go from 3-7 on Aug. 26. The course is sponsored by Ray Raley and Max Barta.

Every Texas hunter who is born on or after Septem-ber 2, 1971, must success-fully complete a Hunter Education course. Hunters aged 17 and over must suc-cessfully complete a hunter education course; ages 12-16 must successfully com-plete a hunter education course or be accompanied by a licensed hunter 17 or older; hunters under the age of 12 must be accompa-nied hunter 17 or older.

The minimum age of cer-tification is 12, and proof of certification is required to be on your person when hunting but is not required to purchase a hunting li-cense.

Anyone wishing to at-tend the class will need to register by calling 830-672-3720.

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YOAKUM — Newly-promoted Yoakum volley-ball coach Alisha Boysen would like to carry on the success and tradition of the Lady Bulldogs.

Boysen, a fourth-year coach at her alma matter, was recently promoted to head coach following the retirement from coach-ing by longtime boss Paula Berger.

“It is exciting and over-whelming at the same time,” Boysen said. “When you are a head coach, there is a lot more for you to do.”

She said her goal and vision for the team is to carry on the tradition that has been made by Berger over a long career as head coach. Boysen credited Berger with teaching her a lot about volleyball and coaching.

“When I was a player, she taught me how to be competitive,” Boysen said. “Coach Berger pretty much taught me everything I know about volleyball and coaching.”

Boysen said she was mostly looking forward to watch her players develop on the court.

“I like the competitive-ness of the players and watching them learn the game and grow,” she said.

Boysen, a 2004 graduate of Yoakum, also played for Berger’s volleyball team. Boysen spent two years at North Central Texas Col-lege in Gainesville and then transferred to Tarleton State University in Ste-phenville to close out her college career.

She graduated in May 2008 with a degree in Edu-cation/Kinesiology and competed on the volleyball team at both schools. Boy-sen immediately returned home to Yoakum to be-come an assistant volleyball coach, and she also teaches Health, Physical Education and Dance.

Boysen takes command of a team that won second place in district, was the bi-district champion and area finalist en route to finish-ing 26-12. The Lady ‘Dogs return eight starters and will have five seniors on the roster.


Boysen takes over volleyball reigns at alma mater Yoakum

Alisha Boysen

Fall Workouts OpenMonday marked the first day of workouts for athletes at Gonzales High School. Above left, members of the Apache offensive line take part in a position drill. Above right (from left) Morgan Simper looks on as Carly Bozka prepares to make a dig during varsity volleyball practice. (Photos by Mark Lube)

Gonzales CYFL sophomore division coach Roy Johnson puts up resistance for a youngster during a blocking drill at last week’s CYFL Football Camp. See story on page B1. (Photo by Cedric Iglehart)

Recently we had the pleasure of being intro-duced to Dr. Mike Tewes from the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Institute at Texas A&M University in Kings-ville. Tewes was born in Corpus Christi and co-ordinates the Feline Re-search Program.

Brune: There are topics that create job security for outdoor writers. We’ve suf-fered the debate of bullet placement versus big cali-bers since Jack O’Connor and Elmer Keith; and will certainly continue to suf-fer that topic. But today there is one controversy to which we can definitely say, “Rest in Peace”. Sir, is there any such thing as a black panther?

Tewes: Well, there is such a thing as a black panther.

Brune: In Texas?Tewes: No. There are

black leopards and black jaguars, but not in Texas. What you may be referring to are sightings of black mountain lions. But no, black mountain lions do not exist.

Brune: This is a de-bate that rages in hunting camps, beer joints, and wherever outdoor stories are told. It’s long been my stance that it’s an old wives’ tale from frontier days used to scare children to come home before dark.

Tewes: I’ve been doing research for 30 years and even had biologists say they’ve seen black pan-thers. But with all the trail cameras prevalent in to-day’s countryside there are no pictures of black pan-thers or black mountain lions in Texas.

Brune: What about nor-mal jaguars?

Tewes: The past two or three years jaguars have been reported in Arizona. There was one named Ma-

cho B that showed up for about 15 years but he died two years ago. There could possibly be a couple travel-ing from Sonora, Mexico, into Arizona. However, the last documented jaguar in Texas was in 1948 about two miles from Kingsville. We’ve taken pictures of dozens of them in Mexico, but the closest to Texas was about 130 miles south of the Rio Grande.

Brune: What are your primary studies?

Tewes: We’ve mostly studied the smaller species like ocelots and bobcats. Then we’ve also studied mountain lions.

Brune: Please explain the difference between an ocelot and a jaguarundi.

Tewes: An ocelot is about the size of a bobcat. A female will weigh about 15 to 18 pounds and a male will go about 25 pounds. An ocelot has a long tail and is heavily spotted. The jaguarundi is another spe-cies that causes discussion, but I’ve studied reports throughout the 1800’s and 1900’s and there is no documentation suggesting that they exist north of the Rio Grande. Nevertheless, I receive reports of sight-ings all over the southern U.S., but we can’t docu-ment these cats north of the Rio Grande Valley. A jaguarundi would be smaller than an ocelot and

also have a long tail. When people think they’ve seen one, I believe they’ve seen a feral house cat; be-cause the jaguarundis that my students have trapped in Mexico weighed eight to 10 pounds. Jaguarundis have two color phas-es. They have a black peppered phase and a reddish brown phase.

One of my stu-dents, the world

expert on these cats, has collared 21 jaguarundis in Mexico to study their hab-its. They may have even disappeared from the Rio Grande Valley. There was one road-killed in 1986 but we haven’t document-ed any others since then.

Brune: So there are oce-lots in Texas.

Tewes: That’s right. There are two small popu-lations in the Rio Grande Valley. One population may have 20 to 25 cats and the other may be a little larger.

Brune: What do you do to help landowners sustain these populations?

Tewes: I’ve worked with these landowners for 30 years and know that one of their concerns is deal-ing with Endangered Spe-cies. And yes, ocelots and jaguarundis are on the Endangered Species list. We’ve also worked with the U.S. Fish and Wild-life Service to coordinate efforts with landowners for habitat preservation. Ocelot habitat is the dens-est brush with 95 percent canopy. You can’t crawl through it.

Brune: So what’s in the brush that they like?

Tewes: They eat mice and rats and rabbits. And the brush also provides cover for deer. Deer and ocelots are very compat-

ible. The brush also pro-vides cover for ocelots from coyotes. We’ve found where ocelots have been killed by coyotes.

Brune: Are mountain lions spreading across Texas?

Tewes: I wouldn’t say they’re spreading but they have long dispersal distances and can show up anywhere. There are two main populations. The one in West Texas is very healthy, but the one in South Texas may have a different problem. The habitat isn’t as good and the genetics have de-creased.

Brune: Did the drought hurt the mountain lion population in South Tex-as?

Tewes: That didn’t help, but the main concern is loss of habitat. Historically the distribution was on the west side of South Texas. Mountain lions aren’t re-ally spreading in Texas.

Brune: There are other parts of the Texas that re-port mountain lions. In my area for instance, I live between Houston, San An-tonio, and Austin, and of course, it’s hard to believe what surfaces on the inter-net but how do you answer these other sightings?

Tewes: There’s a 20-min-ute video from Michigan or Wisconsin with a fo-rensic expert and two bi-ologists that say they saw two mountain lions in a farm field. But, in the first three seconds of seeing the video I could tell they were house cats.

Brune: How are bobcats doing in Texas?

Tewes: Bobcats are do-ing fine. We’ve got the highest density of bobcats in the U.S. and they live in practically every county except a few in the Pan-handle.


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Looking Downfrom the Saddle

Debunking the myth of the existence of black panthers residing in Texas


SEGUIN – Officials with the Guadalupe-Blanco Riv-er Authority (GBRA) have modified a designated no-wake speed area on Lake Dunlap from Camp Porter Road to Lake Dunlap Dam to a no-wake area in a tree stump field designated by buoys effective noon Fri-day, Aug. 10.

GBRA General Manager Bill West, having taken into consideration comments from Lake Dunlap users and working in coopera-tion with representatives of the Preserve Lake Dunlap Association (PLDA), in-cluding a number of past presidents and others who have worked with GBRA historically, made the mod-ifications to the no-wake speed area in an effort to maximize the recreational area of Lake Dunlap while maintaining safe conditions and balance for all the vari-ous types of lake usages.

This action taken by the general manager is made in accordance with a GBRA Board Resolution that was passed on Jan. 18.

“The property owners around Lake Dunlap and recreational users were compelled to advocate for their interests, and at the same time, as the author-ity overseeing the Guada-

lupe River, GBRA had to give consideration to all the various interest groups, uses, and needs when ex-ercising stewardship of the Guadalupe River and its watershed,” West said, “But through these challenges, GBRA and PLDA represen-tatives have found common ground.”

“The modification of the no-wake zone to a bifur-cated channel opens up a larger segment of the lake for all uses,” said J. Har-mon, PLDA president. “We are looking forward to get-ting back out there with our families and taking full advantage of the available area.”

“GBRA will continually monitor the conditions and situation on Lake Dunlap and will make adjustments accordingly as warranted,” West said.

“While we are satisfied with this agreement, we look forward to the contin-ued monitoring of the lake and maintaining a positive working relationship with GBRA,” Harmon said.

GBRA was established by the Texas Legislature in 1933 and provides steward-ship for the water resources in its 10-county statutory district, which begins near the headwaters of the Gua-dalupe and Blanco rivers, ends at San Antonio Bay.

GBRA and PLDA reach deal on ‘No-Wake’ Zone


AUSTIN — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Deputy Executive Director for Administration Gene McCarty has announced his retirement effective Aug. 31 after 34 years of state service.

McCarty’s distinguished career began as a fish and wildlife technician in a fish hatchery and he rose through the ranks over the years to play an integral role in shaping department policy on a wide range of issues.

“I’ve heard some people say that no one is indispen-sible, but Gene McCarty comes pretty darn close,” said Carter Smith, TPWD executive director. “His counsel is sought by his colleagues at all levels and his long field experience coupled with his strengths as an administrator has made him invaluable to our agency and the conserva-tion mission we serve.”

McCarty began his ca-reer with TPWD at the Dundee Fish Hatchery near Wichita Falls in 1978 as a fish and wildlife technician, and quickly began moving

up to positions of greater responsibility. He was pro-moted to hatchery super-intendent at the Huntsville Fish Hatchery in 1981.

In 1982, McCarty be-came a biologist in Corpus Christi and helped build the original John Wilson Fish Hatchery from the ground up. That hatch-ery is now known as the CCA Marine Develop-ment Center. He worked there until 1987, when he was promoted once again to be statewide director for fish hatchery programs. In 1994 he became the direc-tor of the Coastal Fisheries division, a position he held until 1997. During his ten-ure as head of Coastal Fish-

eries, McCarty also played a critical role in construc-tion of Sea Center Texas, a hatchery and aquarium in Lake Jackson.

After leaving Coastal Fisheries, McCarty became chief of staff at the Austin executive office and worked directly with the executive director until promoted to his present position in 2005. As deputy executive director for administra-tion, McCarty supervises four divisions: Administra-tive Resources, Communi-cations, Human Resources, and Information Technol-ogy.

McCarty’s conservation achievements are many, in-cluding the key leadership role he played in the imple-mentation of the shrimp license buyback program in 1995. Funds generated from a surcharge on com-mercial licenses and on the Saltwater Fishing Stamp are used for purchasing and retiring commercial crab, finfish, bait shrimp, and bay shrimp licenses to stabilize fishing effort and support healthy fisheries stock. Although unpopular to begin with, the program has been successful and as

of February of this year, $13.9 million had been spent to purchase and retire 2092 commercial bay and bait shrimp fishing boat li-censes. This represents 65 percent of the original 3231 licenses grandfathered into the fishery in 1995.

During the latter part of his career, McCarty played a major role in five legisla-tive sessions by working with all divisions to track bills, provide information and respond to lawmaker’s requests. He also worked directly with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Com-mission, the nine-member board appointed by the governor that oversees the state agency.

“From my first day at work cleaning out drain-age ditches at Dundee State Fish Hatchery to negoti-ating the terms of limited entry with a room full of hostile shrimpers to out-lining the agency’s budget with the Legislative Budget Board, it has always been my conviction that there can be no greater honor then to serve TPWD.and its mission,” said McCarty. “I have really been truly blessed..”

McCarthy to retire as TPWD deputy director

Gene McCarthy

Texas Weekly Fishing Report

EAST MATAGORDA BAY – Trout are fair for drifters on live shrimp over humps and scattered shell. Redfish are fair to good on the edge of the Intracoastal on crabs and mullet. West winds have plagued drifters.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY – Trout are fair on sand and grass humps on soft plastics and top-waters. Redfish are fair on live shrimp in Oyster Lake and Crab Lake. Gig-gers have taken half–lim-its of flounder.

PORT O’CONNOR – Trout and redfish are fair on live bait over sand, grass and shell in San Antonio Bay. Redfish are fair on live bait in Saluria Bayou.

ROCKPORT – Trout are fair in the guts and channels on free–lined shrimp. Redfish are good on mullet and shrimp around Dagger Island and in South Bay.

PORT ARANSAS – Trout, redfish and sheeps-head are fair to good at the jetty on shrimp and croakers. Trout are fair around Shamrock Cove on topwaters, piggies and croakers. Offshore is good for kingfish, ling and do-rado.

CANYON LAKE – Water stained; 83–87 degrees; 5.56’ low. Black bass are fair on water-melon Whacky Sticks, tequila sunrise flukes, and white/chartreuse crank-baits off points in 5–10 feet early. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on minnows. Smallmouth bass are good on dark soft plastics and tube jigs on main lake points. Crap-pie are fair on blue tube jigs and minnows around submerged brush piles. Channel catfish are slow. Yellow and blue catfish are slow.

COLETO CREEK – Water fairly clear; 1.35’ low. Black bass are good on pumpkinseed soft plastics and topwaters. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow.

BASTROP – Water stained; 87–91 degrees. Black bass are fair on watermelon spinnerbaits and shallow running crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and blue tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on nightcrawlers and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow.

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SUBSTITUTES NEEDED

Nixon-Smiley CISD is taking applica-tions for substitute bus drivers, sub-stitute cafeteria workers and sub-stitute custodians. Please come by the Administration Of-fice at 800 Rancho Road, Nixon to fill out an application or call 830-582-1536 ext. 0143.--------------------------C U S T O D I A N NEEDED at Memo-rial Heights Baptist Church. Flexible part-time hours. General cleaning of all facilities with some light main-tenance. Changing light bulbs, air fil-ters, etc. Call 857-0772.--------------------------OakCreek Nursing & Rehab in Luling is

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Saturday, August 11, 7 a.m. - 3 p.m. Clothes, furniture, dishes, knick-knacks, shoes, etc. Lots of delicious baked goods. Gon-zales V.F.W. Hall on Harwood Road.--------------------------HUGE YARD SALE: Furniture, Home Interior, Jewelry, Clothes (for Men, Women and Chil-dren), Electric Spray Painter, Tools, Toys, Dishes, Electronics, Collectibles, Scrap-book & Craft Sup-plies, and MUCH More! Friday, Aug. 10 & Saturday, Aug. 11, 7 a.m. - 2 p.m.

820 Saint Michael St., Gonzales. EV-ERYTHING MUST GO!!--------------------------Garage Sale. Queen size headboard & frame, big mirror, table & 2 chairs, swing set, dishes, jeans, clothes, bed linen & much more. Saturday, August 11, 8am-1pm. 1705 N. College.--------------------------Garage Sale. 829 St. Vincent, Saturday, 9-2. Back to school clothes, shoes, dish-es, furniture.--------------------------Garage Sale. 160 FM 2091 N. 4th house on Greenwood Road. Saturday, Au-gust 11, 8-12. M-W-C (girls) clothes, TV, household items, toys, VHS tapes, odds-n-ends.--------------------------5 Family Yard Sale. Saturday, August 11, 8-12, 1022 1/2 Church St. Lots of baby, little girls and boys clothes, also men, women & teenclothes,shoes & misc. items.--------------------------Dollar Day Garage Sale and More... Saturday, August 11, 8-1, 504 South Patrick Street. Chil-dren, adult cloth-ing, kitchen items, beds, appliances and more.

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

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

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

For Rent: 2 B R / 2 B A / 2 C G home on 183 N. $1,250/mo., plus deposit. Call 830-857-4458 for infor-mation.--------------------------For Rent: 3BR/2Bath, central air/heat, newly re-modeled country hme at 1714 CR 383 between Gon-zales and Moulton. No smoking and no pets in house. $1,000.00/month w/$500.00 deposit. First & last months rent due upfront. References re-

quired. Available Sept. 1. 830-263-0910.--------------------------House in the coun-try for lease. Large, clean and nice house and nice yard. Lease and de-posit required. 361-594-3233.--------------------------House for Rent. 3/2, 1,100 + sq. ft. CA/H, remodeled, alarm, furnished, washer/dryer, fridge in-cluded. Flex. lease options. Contact [email protected] or call 830-542-9743.--------------------------3BR/2BA Brick house for rent. 1 mile North of Yoa-kum. AC, washer, dryer. Large access driveway in & out for truck parking for large bobtails. Oak grove, great for BBQ’s and enter-taining. Available Mid July. Call 361-293-6619, leave message.--------------------------Motel Suites. 2 bed-rooms, full kitchen, porch/small yard. $68 nightly, $310 weekly. Crews wel-come. Call JR, 512-292-0070, 830-857-5727.--------------------------

House for RentCompletely fur-nished house, 3 or 2 bdrms, one room furnished as office, one full bath, fully equipped kitchen, microwave, washer and dryer, large storage space, yard maintained. No pets. Cable and Wi-Fi. Near County Clerk’s office. Con-venient for two landmen. $1,250 a month plus utilities. Call 830-672-6265 or 830-857-4251.--------------------------For Rent in Luling. 3 bed, 1 bath, Cen-tral Air & heat. $850/month, $600/deposit. 830-832-3163. Earl Landry.--------------------------House for Rent. 302 Lancaster, Moulton, TX. Nice spacious 1BR home w/ap-pliances & a large yard. Call for info. 832-633-3950.--------------------------Single Suite. Perfect for Supervisor for Oil Company. Full kitchen, washer/dryer, TV/Full cable, wireless internet. No smoking inside. No Pets. Fully fur-nished and all billls paid. Private Yard/Garage. Weekly, $280; Deposit $300. Call 512-292-0070--------------------------Home For Rent. Country Home. completely remod-eled. 2BR/1BA, CA, hardwood floors, roof for AG Proj-ect. Navarro ISD between Seguin & New Braunfels. $1,000 month, $1,000 deposit. 830-660-7351 or 830-822-5348.--------------------------

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NIGHTLY RATESSingle nightly rates starting at $35.00 per night. Which include A/C, Micro-wave, Refrigerator, TV/Cable and fur-nished with all bills paid. Please call JR at (512) 292-0070 or (830) 672-3089.--------------------------For Rent to oilfield or pipeline work-ers 2BR/1BA, CH/A, furnished kitchen in Yoakum. Call 361-293-6821.--------------------------3/2, like new 1,800 sq. ft. in Nixon. $1,000/mo. Call 830-857-6921.

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

Office space for rent. 1,500 sq. ft. Recently remod-eled. 314 W. Cone. If interested call 830-672-4433.--------------------------For Rent: Indus-trial Property for rent. M1 Ind. Stor-age Yard, 70x130. Church Street. 830-423-2103.--------------------------For sale or lease. 10,000 sq. ft. Bldg. with multi-level loading docks - Prime location - with offices and separate garage. Call 830-857-5448.--------------------------For Lease: Small of-fice space w/work-shop located at 339 St. George. Recently Renovated, $400/month. For more information please (830) 672-5580.

12 acres/house/of-fice with Hwy. 80 frontage between B e l m o n t / N i x o n near Leesville. Will subdivide. For sale or lease. Would make a great oil field yard or resi-dence. Call Peyton, 512-948-5306; Da-vid, 713-252-1130.--------------------------Land for lease for oil field service equipment. Prime location. 4 miles N. on 183. 2 1/2 acres. Electric, water, parking, storage. Call 203-0585 or

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

WORKI’m not hiring. Need a job as a Nurse Aide in hospital, Agency or home. I’m a CNA & CPR certified and need work in Medi-cal Center. Fred-ericksburg area ONLY. Full-time. If you have a relative needing excep-tional care in San Antonio, please call and ask for Chell, 830-391-4837.--------------------------Hand for Hire, Odd Jobs Done, FREE estimates. Anything you don’t want to do, Junk hauling, Tree Removal, Lot clearing, House pressure washing, office help, ranch, farm, lawn & Flower beds, Barbed wire fence repair, gutter cleaning, I do win-dows. One call does it all. Call Terry (830) 203-1503 or (830) 857-5927.

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

Office or Living Trailers for lease or buy. Peyton, 512-948-5306; David, 713-252-1130.--------------------------RV Rentals available at Belmont RV Park Estates. Call Rich-ard, 830-556-6095.--------------------------Travel Trailers for rent. Located at J.B. Wells, Gonza-les, Texas. Cheaper than motel. Clean, fully furnished, 32 ft. trailers. $300/ a week. Please call for more info & rates. Pug @ 512-963-0000 or Dawn @ 512-508-6221.

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

For Sale or Trade: 27’ Sailboat, Beam 8’, fiberglass. 361-561-3335. Ask for Jeff.

2006 Land Prides 4x4 Recreational Vehicle For Sale. Approx. 200 hours. Honda Motor. In-dependent Suspen-sion. Windshield and Roof. 4x4. Ask-ing - $4,950.00 in very good condi-tion. Call 830-857-4670.

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

PuppiesHalf Lab, Half Pyr-enees. Free to good home. 830-203-1733 or 830-540-4485.--------------------------We stock Sport-mix Dog and Cat Food, Demon WP for those ants and scorpions. Gonza-les Poultry Supply, 1006 St. Paul Street, 672-7954.(TFN)

Nanny Boer Goats (adults). Pkg. Deal $500.00 (5) or $125 each. 830-560-0238. --------------------------Muscovy ducks for sale. $10.00 each. 8 3 0 - 2 6 3 - 2 4 8 2 . (TFN)--------------------------Laying Hens, $10.00. 512-718-0482.--------------------------For Sale: Registered Polled Hereford Bulls. 8-22 mths old. Heifers also, 8 months to 2 years. 830-540-4430.--------------------------FOR SALE: 4 year old Angus Bull. 830-875-2524.--------------------------

WANT TO BUY: Any or Unwanted Hors-es. Call Leejay at 830-857-3866.--------------------------For Sale: Baby & Young Adult Ducks.

Mix Breeds. Cost $3.50-$20.00 each. Call 830-857-6844, ask for Tammy Ste-phens.

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

Wanted to lease land for cattle graz-ing. Must have water and fences. Contact Mitchell Hardcastle, 830-857-4544.--------------------------90x60 lot for sale. For more info, call Jose at (936) 488-8115.--------------------------5 Acres or more to lease. For Storage or Oilfield Equipment etc. 1 1/2 mile from city limits off 183 S. Call 830-263-4888 for information.

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This newspaper will not knowingly accept any ad-vertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings ad-vertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-669-9777. The toll-free tele-phone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.

REAL ESTATE

Serving Gonzales and Central TexasHomes/Residential

3BD/2BA, handyman special...............$43,000Park Place: Exceptional Home .......$335,000.2 Investment homes, rented. $47,500, $30,000New: 1720 St. Vincent, ....................$265,000Lot - Live Oak......................................$8,000507 St. Michael, 3 bd., 2 ba................$78,000

Land14 Acres, Hwy. 90A East...................$115,00090 A East, 35 acs., + home...............$400,000New: 33 acs., East Gonzales Co....$4,500/Ac.70 acs., wooded, hills, game, tanks...........................................................$420,00058 acs., trees, potential, edge of town...................................................................$12,000/Ac.,

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

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

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

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Assemblies of GodGonzales Family Church Assembly of God320 St. Andrew

First Assembly of God509 E. 3rd St. Nixon

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

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

BaptistClark Baptist ChurchF.M. 794, Gonzales

County Baptist Church Hwy. 87 Smiley

Eastside Baptist ChurchSeydler Street, Gonzales

Elm Grove Baptist Church4337 FM 1115Waelder, Texas 78959

First Baptist Church 422 St. Paul, Gonzales

First Baptist Church403 N Texas Nixon

First Baptist ChurchHwy 108 N Smiley

First Baptist Church406 N Ave E Waelder

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

Greater Rising StarBaptist Church3rd Ave S of Hwy 87 Nixon

Harwood Baptist Church North of Post Office

Iglesia BautistaMacedonia201 S Congress Nixon

Iglesia Bautista MemorialHwy 97 Waelder

Leesville Baptist ChurchE. of Hwy 80 on CR 121

Memorial Heights Baptist Church1330 College Gonzales

Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church100 Capes Gonzales

Oak Valley Baptist ChurchHwy. 97 Bebe

Old Moulton Baptist Church2287 FM 1680, Moulton

Primitive Baptist Church1121 N. College Gonzales

Providence Missionary Baptist Church1020 St. Andrew Gonzales

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

Stratton Primitive BaptistFM 1447 9 miles east of Cuero

St. James Baptist ChurchHwy 80- North of Belmont

Saint Paul Baptist ChurchSE 2nd St. Waelder

Shiner Baptist ChurchAvenue F and 15th Street, Shiner

Union Lea Baptist ChurchSt. Andrew St. Gonzales

Union Valley Baptist ChurchFM 1681 NW of Nixon

CatholicSt. James Catholic Church417 N. College, Gonzales

Sacred Heart Catholic ChurchSt. John St. Gonzales

St. Joseph Catholic Church207 S. Washington, Nixon

St Patrick Catholic Church in Waelder613 Highway 90 East Waelder

St. Phillip Catholic Church Hwy 87 Smiley

Christian

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

Churches of ChristChurch of Christ1323 Seydler St. Gonzales

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

Church of ChristE. 3rd & Texas, Nixon

Churches of GodCommunity Church of God1020 St. Louis, Gonzales

Gonzales Memorial Church of God in Christ1113 Hastings, Gonzales

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

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

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

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

Full Gospel Church1426 Fisher, Gonzales

LutheranFirst Evangelical Lutheran1206 St. Joseph, Gonzales

Abiding Word Lutheran Church, LCMS1310 St. Louis

MethodistBelmont United MethodistHwy. 90-A

Dewville United MethodistWest of FM 1117 on CR 121

First United Methodist426 St. Paul, Gonzales

First United Methodist410 N. Franklin, Nixon

Flatonia United Methodist403 E North Main, Flatonia

Harris Chapel United MethodistS. Liberty St. Nixon

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

Henson Chapel United Method-ist1113 St. Andrew, Gonzales

Monthalia United MethodistCR 112 off 97

Smiley United Methodist1 blk S. of Hwy 87

Waelder United Methodist2 blks from Hwy 90 & 97

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

Non-DenominationalAgape Ministries512 St. James, Gonzales

Living Waters Fellowship Church605 Saint Joseph St. Gonzales

Bread of Life Ministries613 St. Joseph, Gonzales

Cowboy Church of Gonzales CountyJ.B. Wells Showbarn

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

Emmanuel Fellowship

1817 St. Lawrence St. Gonzales

Encouraging Word Christian FellowshipHwy. 80 in Leesville

Jesus Holy Ghost Temple1906 Hickston, Gonzales

Lighthouse Church of Our Lord1805 Weimar, Gonzales

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

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

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

Inter-DenominationalFaith Family Church1812 Cartwheel Dr., Gonzales

PentecostalFaith TempleHwy 80 (N. Nixon Ave.) Nixon

Holy Temple of Jesus Christ No. 21515 Dallas, Gonzales

Temple Bethel Pentecostal1104 S. Paul, Gonzales

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

Presbyterian Pilgrim Presbyterian ChurchCR 210 off FM 1116

Presbyterian Church of Gon-zales414 St. Louis, Gonzales

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

Places of Worship

Family Dentistry of GonzalesGentle Quality Care

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Fax: (830) 672-6368Cell: (512) 376-0773

Logan Insurance Agency

Dry FertilizerCustom Application &

Soil TestingSTEVE EHRIG830-263-1233

P.O. Box 1826Gonzales, TX 78629

Morgan Mills830-857-4086

HOLIDAY FINANCECORPORATION

506 St. Paul St. • Gonzales, TX 78629(830) 672-6556

SATURN SALES & SERVICEJames Miller

4421 Hwy. 97E, Gonzales

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Brandi VinklarekDirector

921 St. Peter St.830-672-6865

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Where You Belong! Gieser Insurance Agency941 St. Joseph

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Leticia M. CenottiAgency ProducerTDI #001243345

Reyna’s Taco Hut1801 Sarah DeWitt Dr., Gonzales, TX

830-672-2551Next to the Courthouse Annex

Open for Breakfast, Lunch & DinnerMon.-Sat. 5 a.m. - 9 p.m.; Sun. 5 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Home of the “Silverado”Authentic Mexican Food Including Caldo & Menudo

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Family

Planning gets underway for 2012 Relay for Life

Getting ready for an interesting yearSandi’s Country

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Beat the heat with the Cool Look!

The parents and the Apache Band Boosters have asked me to remind you that school is getting un-derway. The band is practic-ing some great songs that pertain to the great state of Texas. They are trying to get some electrical wiring updated in the concession stand and trying out sev-eral new varieties of food. If anyone would like to help them in their endeavors, I am sure that would love to have your help now and in the future. That concession stand needs a lot of help during the football games. I have heard that most of the box office tickets have been taken. The playing district has been changed from last year so it should be an inter-esting football season.

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

As noted last week the Leesville Country Fair has been set for October 13th with all kinds of things planned. They have two quilts that the “Happy Quil-ters” are quilting. One is for the auction and one is for the raffle. The Kerr Creek Band will be playing for this event. They will have an auction and a Country Store.

Please lift the following people up in your prayers: Justin Klosel, Joe Kotwig, Alma Hastings, Paul Villa-real, Glenn Malatek, Chris-tian, Diana Garcia, Terry Bowman, Bill and Marie Lott, Doris Hewell, “Sarge” Dunkin; Louise Jones, Katy West, Aunt Georgie Gan-dre; Danny and Joyce Schel-lenberg, Velma and Bobby Bullard; Mildred O’Neal, Doug Walshak, Selma Vick-ers, Charlie, Landis,Gene Robinson, Keith Glass, Joyce and Jack Black, Teresa Wilke, Sandi Gandre, Rev A. C. Newman, Aunt Betty Gandre, Linda Nesloney, Marie Schauer, Esther Lin-demann, Anna Lindemann, Tony Black, Susie Hale, Noreen Soefje, Lanny Bak-

er, Ann Bond; Case Martin, Marguerite Williams, Shir-ley Dozier, Matt McGrew, Bill Muelker, The family of LaVerne Fox, The family of Malcolm DeBerry; The family of Joyce Black; Please pray for the accident vic-tims at FM 466 and HWY 80 from last week. For our military and their families.

People if you have not been praying for Keith Glass, then you really need to start doing so. Keith is re-ported to have made some important strides in his re-covery in the last couple of weeks. He is trying to form words, and that means a whole lot to the doctors, therapists, patient and fam-ily. We have watched Gabby Gifford and Bob Woodruff and the strides in their re-covery. That gives the whole team another set of criteria to work with that will mean so much to Keith and his family.

Belated Happy Birthday wishes to Melba. Her birth-day was last Sunday, and I know she didn’t have much of a birthday as she got called in to work. Maybe she can disappear on the face of the earth and go some-where that she can hide to celebrate her birthday.

Please pray for rain. We got a little surprise shower of rain the other day. It sure was a nice. It may not have put much in the rain gauge but it cooled things off nice-ly. The Oklahoma wild fires have done a lot of damage. The drought above them has done in the corn crop which will affect the price of many of our grocery staples. But it could get worse.

I will have to correct my spell checker. It just does not save things correctly and I have caught it doing this before. It should have

been April Halls Band. Any-way, this last Saturday night Bill Gibbons played the Bel-mont Social Club. He was a very good singer using only an amplified acoustic gui-tar. His range of music was tremendous. We found out that Bill was from Seguin and has also led people on expeditions into Africa. He was also a fighter pilot in the Air Force and later flew for American Airlines.

It was great to see Velma Bullard looking so good yesterday. She had some interesting news to tell me. You know that wedding ring set that Zales remade for her. It was a copy of the one she got when she and Bobby got married many moons ago. They made it “special” for her because they did not have that mold to make that kind of set of rings. The rest of the story was this. She had lost it when she was washing the car. She knew she had put the rings in the car. People had wanted to buy the car. She would not sell the car. That was the last place she had seen her rings and she just would not sell that car. Son Jon Bullard came home and he drove this standard shift car. Then one day he went to drive it, and it would not shift. So wife, Carrie said let me help you look. So she looked down in the box where the gear shift was and said “Ah it looks like a life saver down here.” Well it was a life saver all right. It was Velma’s lost rings. They had been there for fourteen years and three months.

Her other news we will need to pray very hard about. Jon is in training now for a month, and then he will more than likely be deployed for Af-ghanistan. I don’t know whether I am right in say-ing this is the 5th time for either Iraq or Afghani-stan or the 4th, but it has been a lot. Jon is 44 years old and he does not get around like he used to. They have a home in El Paso so that is where his family will stay.

I don’t even know

whether I should start this or not. We had an-other fatality at FM 466 and Hwy 80. I don’t think we need any more recom-mendations to the county or studies to State Hwy. Dept. or people to stand before any powers that be to let it be made clear that something needs to be done. Something needs to be done to alert peo-ple on FM466 way back around the curves that there is a stop sign and an intersection up ahead. Hip hip hooray, I finally saw the DOT painting white lines on the pave-ment. The faded painted Stop Ahead on the pave-ment was so dim that you could not read it. There is nothing on Hwy 80 to warn anyone that this is a dangerous intersection. I am sixty-four years old, lived in the area all my life, and lived off of Hwy 80 since 1969, less than a tenth of a mile from this intersection. I am tired of racing up to this in-tersection and finding dead, and injured people laying around with their vehicles and pieces of their vehicles strewn ev-erywhere. It breaks my heart when one person is doing CPR for all he is worth and the hus-band is shaking his wife crying “BOO Boo. Wake UP!”; and you know from all of the blood gurgling around that there is no hope of Boo waking up ever again. It doesn’t have to be this way.

Well, Mr. Hugo has gained weight lolly gag-ging around. If he gets on his back, he has to make a couple of wiggles and squiggles to roll over to get on his feet. Then old Samson chases him and swats at him with this sharp paw. The only place there is to escape is under the bed. Then this morn-ing Twerpt and Hugo thought that both of them could gang up on Sam-son. Oh that was a laugh!

Have a good week and God Bless.

Berger-GonzalesJessica Berger and Roland Gonzales are delighted to announce their engagement and upcoming mar-riage. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Ricky Berg-er of Gonzales and Cal & CJ Watts of Luling. She is the granddaughter of William “Bill” & Ruby Berger of Gonzales. Jessica graduated Gonzales High School in 2001. She obtainer her Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from TX A&M-Corpus Christi in 2005 and her Master’s of Science in Criminal Justice Man-agement from SHSU in 2012. The groom-to-be is the son of Rey & Diana Gonzales of Ingleside. He is the grandson of Luis & Emilia Gonzales of Ingleside. Roland graduated high school from Ingleside High School in 1999. A September 8th wedding is planned in Port Aransas, TX. (Courtesy photo)

Hey, Baby!Blaine Cason

SchererTravis, Brandy and Trevor Scherer are pleased to an-nounce the birth of Blaine Ca-son Scherer. Blaine was born on March 12, 2012 at 6:29 p.m. at Citizens Medical Center in Vic-toria. He weighed 7 lbs 4 oz and was 19 inches long. Grandpar-ents are Mary and the late Brad Jones of Gonzales, and Calvin and Rena Scherer of Victoria. Great-Grandmothers are John-nie Armstrong of Gonzales and Janett Scherer of Victoria. (Cour-tesy photo)

Sponsors, donors, and volunteers who supported the Relay For Life of Gon-zales County 2012 can be very proud of the fundrais-ing total that reached just over $100,000. That cer-tainly shows how “TENa-cious About the Fight!” the citizens of this county are when it comes to fighting “the big C--CANCER.”

The battle continues and so it’s time to begin plan-ning for 2013. Interested individuals are welcome to attend the first planning session that will be held on Monday, Aug. 13, at 5:15 p.m. at Abiding Word Lu-theran Church, 1310 St. Louis. For more informa-tion about joining the plan-ning committee, contact Arline Rinehart at 830-672-2077.

With the fundraising dollars, there are many programs and services provided by the American Cancer Society that are quite beneficial to indi-viduals and families deal-ing with a cancer diagnosis. Two programs are available

to everyone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Trained cancer informa-tion specialists at the ACS National Cancer Informa-tion Center (1-800-227-2345) offer the comfort of live support, answer ques-tions about cancer, link callers with local resources, assist with health insurance questions, and provide in-formation on local events.

The American Cancer Society website, cancer.org, includes an interac-tive resource center that contains detailed informa-tion on every major can-cer type. Questions about cancer, risk factors, strate-gies for early detection and prevention, new diagnostic techniques, and the lat-est treatment options can be answered on this user-friendly website.

More programs and services provided by the American Cancer Society will be described in future articles. Join the Gonza-les County RFL planning committee and help others know there is hope.


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Me and my handsome date/boy friend :) — with Adam Hollenbach. — Submitted by Julie Bartek

Matthew Schramm relaxing at Splashway — Submittted by Rachel Schramm

Rambo & Diego Ramirez! They love to put on their dad’s gear — Submitted by Mi-chelle Lanni Ramirez

Outlaw, that son of a gun, got his eyes set on that diaper and she hasn’t a clue! Run Bryn run! — Submitted by Michelle Green McKinney

Too late to turn back — Submitted by Dakota Wayne Brown

Definitely missed it, but it looked good LOL — Submitted by Mark Hastings

My nephews Colton and Brandon Sepeda enjoying some pool time — Submitted by Samantha Rae Caraway

My nephew Hayden Matthew Salas en-joying a hot summer day in the pool! — Submitted by Samantha Rae Caraway

Summertime fun with Dalton Couch — Submitted by Jenny Nesser

Flirt?? Pssh we don’t need to flirt, we will seduce you with our awkwardness!! ;D— with Hailey Pardy. — Submitted by Shelly Lynn Kresta

How to beat the dog days opf summer! Molly LOVES her popsi-cles! — Submitted by Amy Pettus

Hilary Smith at the Moulton Jambo-ree — Submitted by Heather Hast-ings Smith

J.T. Lyman, local high school student and Boy Scout, recently completed his Ea-gle Scout Project that involved installing 18 new trail head signs along our trail system. He is pictured here with the trail sign for RATTLESNAKE RUN. Here’s a BIG THANK YOU to him, his family, and his fellow scouts who helped with this project. Come out and hike our trails to enjoy being guided by these beautiful new signs! — Submitted by Texas Parks & Wildlife Lockhart State Park

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ATLANTA, Ga. — The National Honor Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS) has announced that Nixon Smiley High School student Dennis William Nesser III from Smiley has been selected for membership. The Soci-ety recognizes top scholars

and invites only those stu-dents who have achieved academic excellence. The announcement was made by NSHSS Founder and Chairman Claes Nobel, a senior member of the fam-ily that established the No-bel Prizes.

“On behalf of NSHSS, I

am honored to recognize the hard work, sacrifice, and commitment that Dennis has demonstrated to achieve this level of aca-demic excellence,” said Mr. Nobel. “Dennis is now a member of a unique com-munity of scholars – a community that represents

our very best hope for the future.”

“Our vision is to build a dynamic international or-ganization that connects members with meaningful content, resources, and op-portunities,” stated NSHSS President James Lewis. “We aim to help students like Dennis build on their academic successes and en-hance the skills and desires to have a positive impact on the global community.”

Membership in NSHSS entitles qualified students to enjoy a wide variety of benefits, including schol-arship opportunities, academic competitions, free events, member-only resources, publications, participation in programs offered by educational partners, online forums, personalized recognition items, and publicity hon-ors.

LULING — Luling City Council will discuss and con-sider action on the possible sale of city bonds in connection with

the Zedler Mill shoring and dam reconstruction project and will also consider a formal agreement with the Zedler Mill Foundation

when it meets at 6 p.m. Thursday.The Council, in its July meet-

ing, approved an engineering services contract with Freese and Nichols to create a final design for the $3 million project, which consists of a shoring treatment to the Zedler Mill property along the San Marcos River to limit erosion and reconstruction of the dam.

In addition, the council ap-proved a new master plan re-cently which called for another $3.1 million in street projects

and other infrastructure work to tackle expected growth in the im-mediate future.

The Council will also review the proposed 2013 city tax rate and schedule a public hearing; consider action naming a new director for Luling Main Street; establish a permitting fee sched-ule; consider the re-zoning of a section of the city for commercial ventures; and consider a memo-randum of understanding with Luling ISD on a school resource officer.

MATAMOROS TACO HUTSpecials Aug. 13-19

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Sweet Home Dance HallAugust 2012 Schedule

Sunday, August 5 - The Tim Hall Band3-7 p.m. • $8.00

Saturday, August 11 - The Czechaholic 8:00-11:30 p.m. • $8.00

Sunday, August 19 - Charles Fabulous 43-7p.m. • $10.00

Saturday, August 25 - Odessa8-12 p.m. • $8.00

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Howard’sA C-Store with (More)

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LiveMusic

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Student expertiseGonzales High School student Elizabeth Williams gave a report on how the three branches of the fed-eral government are supposed to operate during Saturday’s Texas Come and Take It Independence Rally. (Photo by Dave Mundy)


Local youngster named to NHS membership

HOUSTON — Latoya Taylor, a Soci-ology BS major and a resident of Gonza-les, was among more than 4,200 students who graduated from the University of Houston (UH).

The UH Spring 2012 Commence-ment was held in May at Hofheinz Pa-

vilion.The University of Houston is a Carne-

gie-designated Tier One public research university recognized by The Princeton Review as one of the nation’s best col-leges for undergraduate education. UH serves the globally competitive Houston

and Gulf Coast Region by providing world-class faculty, experiential learning and strategic industry partnerships.

Located in the nation’s fourth-largest city, UH serves more than 39,500 stu-dents in the most ethnically and cultur-ally diverse region in the country.

Taylor earns sociology degree from UH

Gonzales Master Gar-deners are pleased to an-nounce the 3rd free public education class. Do you want to know more about Fall Vegetable Gardening? Then our seminar on Au-gust 30th is for you, and it’s FREE.

On Thursday, August 30th, starting at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall, Liz Palfini will be speaking about Fall Vegetable Gardening. Liz is an avid gardener and well understands our local challenges when it comes

to vegetable gardening. Liz is an entertaining speaker and an endless source of useful information on growing vegetables.

So come along to City Hall on Thursday, August 30th at 6:30 p.m. and en-joy a fascinating talk that will help improve your gar-dening skills. Door prizes will include a free soil test for your garden and many other gifts.

For further information please contact Carol Bond at 210-216-1713.

Luling council to mull bond notice

Master Gardeners plan free seminar

American Legion Hall1612 Robertson St. (Behind Walmart)

For More Information: 830-263-0837 or 830-557-3983

Oldies Night50’s, 60’s, 70’s

Bar Now OpenWed.-Sun.

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Dear Gonzales ISD School Family,

Summer has been a great time to work on plans for school year 2012-2013. I hope that you are having a great summertime fun with your children, family and friends! These months go by so fast! Make the best of every min-ute! In a few short weeks we will begin our new year. I have some district news and some reminders for beginning of school. Additionally, you can find news related to registra-tion, orientations and other pertinent information on our district website at www.gonza-les.txed.net, on facebook where we post district information, or by calling the campus directly.

I am happy to introduce our new administrators. Gonzales High School welcomed Dr. Chris Morrow to GISD to take the lead as high school princi-pal. Dr. Morrow has 6 years of high school principal experi-ence with the most recent from Friona ISD. He brings a fam-ily that will be well involved in GISD. His wife, Laura, will teach Pre-K at East Avenue. His daughters Kendall, Maddie, and Emma will attend school at Gonzales Elementary, North Avenue and Gonzales Junior High, and little Brinley will at-tend East Avenue next year. We are excited to have Dr. Morrow with us, and he is happy to be in Gonzales and excited to start the new school year. We are also happy to have Michael Garcia who will take the role as

an Assistant Principal at GHS. Mr. Garcia worked at GHS as a coach for several years. His wife is a teacher and they have two children Cody Josiah, who is 6 years old, and Kaely Esther, who is ten months old.

Gonzales Junior High will be led by Ms. Wanda Fryer. Many of you know Ms. Fryer as she is well established in the commu-nity. Ms. Fryer has many years of experience in Gonzales ISD as teacher, assistant principal and principal for 4 years at North Avenue. She also has a niece attending GISD at North Avenue. Ms. Fryer is excited to begin the year at GJHS. We are so pleased to have Ms. Fryer as principal at JH. She has a great start having already worked with the Junior High students when they were at North Av-enue. We are happy to have another new administrator to GJHS, Hector Dominguez who will take the Assistant Principal role. Mr. Dominguez has served in the Nixon-Smi-ley district as a band director for several years prior to taking the assistant principal role.

North Avenue Intermedi-

ate will be led by Mr. Gene Kridler. Mr. Kridler has also been a Gonzales resident for many years. He has served GISD as a coach in 1994 and as assistant principal and prin-cipal in the past ,most recently at GHS as Assistant Princi-pal. Mr. Kridler’s wife, Jackie, works as counselor at GHS. Their daughter, Gena, gradu-ated from GHS in 2010 , and their son Trey will be a senior this year at GHS. We are very pleased to have Mr. Kridler as Principal at NA. He is excited to begin the year. Mrs. Jenny Needham will serve as As-sistant Principal at NA. Mrs. Needham has many years of experience in the district and has served as teacher at GE and most currently as assistant principal at GJHS. Her hus-band, Dane, works for GVTC as construction supervisor here in Gonzales and son Brett will join us at GISD in a few years.

Gonzales Elementary will again be led by Mrs. Jayne Iley, Principal and Mrs. Lori Lin-demann, Assistant Principal. Mrs. Iley has served GISD for many years as teacher and as-sistant principal. She has been the principal of GE for the past two years. Mrs. Iley and her husband, George, are long-time Gonzales residents. Both of their daughters, Gennifer and Christina, attended GISD schools. We are happy to have Mrs. Iley at the helm of GE and she is excited to start the new school year. Mrs. Lori Linde-mann has served GISD for several years. Mrs. Lindemann has worked as teacher and dis-trict coordinator for bilingual/esl and testing. Mrs. Linde-mann has been the assistant principal of GE for the past two years. Mrs. Lindemann and husband, Tom, are longtime Gonzales residents and have three children, Tel, Leigh and Beth. Leigh currently teaches school at North Avenue.

East Avenue Primary will again be led by Mrs. Christi Le-onhardt. Mrs. Leonhardt has served GISD for many years as teacher, reading facilitator, assistant principal and cur-

rently as the EA principal. We are fortunate to have Mrs. Le-onhardt as EA principal where she has worked for the past 24 years. Mrs. Leonhardt and husband, Kenneth, are long-time Gonzales residents. They have two daughters. As Assis-tant Principal at East Avenue, we are so happy to welcome Ms. Stephaine Camarillo. Ms. Camarillo has vast experience in education having worked as a representative for the De-partment of Education and at the Regional Education Ser-vice Center for many years as a school improvement specialist. Ms. Camarillo is from Gonza-les and happy to be working at GISD.

Watch for our new teacher announcements to come out in August. We are very happy with our teacher candidate selections and excited to start 2012-2013 school year.

• Student/Parent Handbook and Code of Conduct: All students will receive a copy of the 2012-2013 Gonzales ISD Student/Parent Handbook and Code of Conduct. This hand-book and Code of Conduct will also be available on-line by the week of August 20th, 2012. Please remember that receipt of the Student/Parent Handbook and Code of Con-duct must be acknowledged in writing. The receipt forms will be received with the handbook and should be returned to your child’s campus.

• Bus Routes: Bus routes are posted at individual campuses. Bus information is available by calling 830-672-3010.

• Meet the Teacher-PK-6th grade campuses have scheduled time for Meet the Teacher. Please check dates and times on-line at our Gon-zales ISD website, in the Gon-zales Inquirer, the Gonzales Cannon (first week of August publications) and on the cam-pus marquees.

• Registration- Please check dates and times on-line at our Gonzales ISD website, in the Gonzales Inquirer, the Gonzales Cannon (first week of August publications) and on the campus marquees or by

calling campuses.• School Supplies-

School Supplies-Grade level school supply lists have been compiled and are available on-line, in the Gonzales Inquirer and the Gonzales Cannon and by contacting the campuses. Supplies may be dropped off during Meet the Teacher night for grades PK-6.

• School Start Times- Please check dates and times on-line at our Gonzales ISD website, in the Gonzales Inquirer, the Gonzales Cannon (first week of August publications) and on the campus marquees or by calling campuses. Remember that getting to bed early helps with an early morning routine and assists students through-out the learning process.

• First Week of School Pick-Up/Drop-Off: East Ave-nue Primary: In an attempt to assist with first week of school traffic issues and better serve everyone we are incorporating a staggered start time for East Avenue Primary. This start time is in effect for the first week of school August 27th- August 31st only. Staggered start times follow: 1st grade report to school between 7:30 A.M. and 8:00 A.M., Kinder-garten report from 8:00 A.M.-8:30 A.M. and Pre-K report between 8:30 A.M. and 9:00 A.M. Please help out by fol-lowing the staggered start time schedule in place first week only. (If you must be at work at a time that will not allow you to follow the schedule we understand. Feel free to deliver your child at the normal time from 7:30 A.M.-8:00 A.M.) Re-member to report at the nor-mal time beginning the second week of school.

• Immunizations: Please check out the Gonzales ISD Health Website for immuniza-tion information.

• 2012-2013 District Calen-dar: Please note that the Gon-zales ISD 2012-2013 Calendar can be located on the district website or in the Gonzales In-quirer or the Gonzales Cannon (first week of August). New calendars will be sent home with each student on the first day of school.

• Dress Code: Thank you for following the Gonzales ISD dress code. If you have ques-tions related to the dress code, please refer to the Student/Parent Handbook or review it on-line at the Gonzales ISD website.

• Attendance: Attendance is important! Thank you ahead of time for getting your child prepared and to school on

time daily. Timeliness starts the day calmly for students and ensures that they do not miss their instructional time. Please watch for attendance informa-tion to go home the first week of school.

• Spend time talking: Time contributed now to the importance of learning and attending school will make a difference in your child’s life when he/she becomes an adult. Spend time each school morning and evening talking about what your child is learning at school. Ask your child to show you how to do the assignments he/she is work-ing on. This is great review and practice. Ask your child about new friends and what he/she has learned about their friend’s families, like where they work and how they spend free time. Ask your child about his/her fa-vorite teacher and why he/she would pick that one. The questions to ask are im-portant to show your child that you value who he/she spends time with, the world of education and the time they spend learning. These are some of the most impor-tant conversations you will have with your child.

• Reminder: Talking with children about what to expect is important. It helps them be prepared and takes away normal anxiety that occurs with change in schedules. It helps to re-mind them that this school year is a continuation of the prior year. They will see old friends and make new ones. Everyone feels a little anx-ious. That is normal, and they will have plenty of time to get to know each other. Also, remind them that their teacher will spend time get-ting them acquainted with the procedures and expec-tations. For all students, and especially students who are brand new to school, it is important to talk about what to expect.

The family support, structure, motivation, and encouragement from par-ents, faculty and staff are what inspire students to go to school and do their best. The best education for your children comes about when we work as a team. Thank you for being a part of your child’s education.

Sincerely,

Kimberly StrozierGISD Superintendent


Education

Arturo LeonIn Receiving your Master of Education

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Superintendent’s Letter

Dr. Kimberly Strozier is super-intendent of Gonzales ISD.

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The Gonzales Jr. High Cheerleaders attended a National Cheerleading Association (NCA) camp in New Braunfels July 16-19. They were one of 12 schools represented and one of only two junior- high squads in attendance.

Even though they were the youngest, they man-aged to come home with many trophies and rib-bons. Over the course of the week, the 7th grade received two Excellent rib-bons and four Superior ribbons for their chants and cheer performances, had three All- Ameri-can Nominees: Fernanda

Velazqez, Hailey Hernan-dez and Amerie White.

The 7th grade mascot,

Taylor Mills was an All –American Nominee and received the Mascot Unity

award. The 8th Grade took home one Excellent rib-bon and five Superior rib-

bons, They were awarded the Champion Chant Trophy as well as the Top Team trophy in their divi-sion.

The entire 8th grade squad was asked to try out for All American. The 8th grade mascot, Kendra Cavitt, was not only nomi-nated for All – American Mascot but she made All – American. As a whole the Gonzales program was one of the two programs out of the 12 to receive the Herkie Award that is given for exemplifying leadership, values, team-work and sportsmanship. Both squads won a bid to

the NCA Senior and Ju-nior High School National Championship.

8th Grade cheerlead-ers include: Jaycie Bur-ton, Haley Clampit, Abbie Dolezal, Amanda Dixon, Kalie Leal, Taylor McCol-lum, Emma Morgan, Jay-din Tatsch, Skylea Tatsch, Skylar Zella and Kendra Cavitt.

7th Grade cheerleaders include Kelly Christian, Haley Garza, Hailey Her-nandez, Cameron Kluting, Abby Morrow, K’Leigh Pish, Taegan Thwing, Fer-nanda Velazquez, Amerie White, Presleigh Zella and Taylor Mills.

SHINER – Shiner Catholic School will begin the 2012-13 school year on Monday, August 13.

School begins each day at 8 a.m. and students can arrive as early as 7:30 each morning.

There will be three back-to-school events taking place on Thursday, Aug. 9 including Meet the Teacher, Follow the Bell and Meet the Cardi-nals.

Meet the Teacher will take place from 5-6:15 p.m. This event is for all students entering Pre-K3 through

5th grade. This is a “come and go” time for students to meet their teach-er and bring their school supplies.

This year’s school supply list can be accessed on the school’s website: www.shinercatholicschool.org un-der the registration tab.

Follow the Bell will take place from 5:15-6:15 p.m. This event is for all students entering grades 6-12.

This is a chance for students to follow their daily schedule. Pick up your schedule in the cafeteria between 4:45-5:10 p.m. Students

should be at their first period class, ready to follow their daily schedule by 5:15.

A Mandatory Parent Meeting will be held at 6:25 p.m. This meeting is for all parents (PK3-12) and will be held in the gym.

Meet the Cardinals will begin at 7 p.m. This event is for all student ath-letes and their parents in grades 7-12 and will be held in the cafeteria. This is a time to meet the 2012-13 Car-dinals and enjoy hotdogs with your family.

Shiner Catholic back-to-school activities beginShiner Catholic School

Lunch MenuWeek of August 13-August

17, 2012All lunches served with

milk. Yogurt is also offeredMONDAYBBQ on a Bun, Ranch style

beans, Tater tots, Sliced pick-les, Fruit

TUESDAYSteak Fingers (white or

brown gravy), Whipped po-tatoes, Green beans, Bread, Fruit

WEDNESDAYTaco Salad, With cheese,

lettuce, tomato, jalapenos, Tortilla chips, Pinto beans, Fruit

THURSDAYChicken patties (white

gravy or ketchup), baked rice, Steamed broccoli, Sweet peas, Rolls, Fruit

FRIDAYTuna Salad and Peanut

Butter (plain or with jelly) sandwiches, Baked chips, Fresh veggies with dip, Fruit

GJH cheerleaders earn honors at summer camp

Summer: time to work on plans for 2012-13


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The longest war in history lasted 335 years and resulted in exactly zero casualties. In 1651, the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly off Great Britain declared war upon each other, but nothing ever came of the conflict and it was soon forgotten. Finally, in 1986, the two combatants agreed to a peace treaty.

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