Gonzales Cannon Feb. 7 issue

VICTORIA — The prin-cipal of Gonzales High School faces a charge of driving while intoxicated following an accident Fri-day night.

Christopher Morrow, 39, was charged after a two-vehicle crash on Main Street at Mockingbird Lane, said Sgt. Lee Lemmons, of the Victoria Police Depart-ment.

GISD superintendent Dr. Kim Strozier said Wednes-day that district employ-ment policy prohibits her

from commenting on Mor-row’s situation and future with the school district. A Gonzales ISD Board of Trustees meeting is tenta-

The Texas Independence Relay is com-posed of 40 relay legs of various lengths, totaling over 200 miles. The course starts in Gonzales, where the spark of the Texas Revolution took place, and it finishes at the San Jacinto Monument, where Texas Independence was won!

To tackle this formidable task, your team will be composed of up to 12 mem-bers (your choice!), and you’ll have an exceptional time either furthering good friendships or making new ones! You’ll encourage each other along the way while you visit the small cities of Gonza-les, Shiner, Moulton, Flatonia, Schulen-burg, Weimar, Borden, Columbus, Altair, Eagle Lake, Wallis, Orchard, Simonton, and Fulshear. Then, you’ll make your way through the paramount city of Hous-ton, experiencing it in a way you never have before! Racing on a team with your friends in this unique format over an in-comparable span of Texas steeped with momentous history all amounts to a GREAT time that you’ll fondly remember for years to come! This all takes place over Saturday and Sunday, March 23 – 24 (and don’t forget the party on Friday, March 22!). Come and take it… if you have what it takes!

Detailed maps for every leg will be provided in the race manual and can be found on our interactive map. Specifics are subject to change, so please refer to the Race Updates section (and perhaps sign up to receive the updates) to get the most current information.

Gonzales is an exceedingly welcoming town, rich with history and attractive to tourists looking to escape the big city! Your entire team will run a small loop together around downtown, marking the commencement of your journey. You’ll enjoy picturesque rolling hills on perfect relay roads as you journey over rural dirt roads and Sam Houston’s Tree! After leav-ing Gonzales, you’ll get a taste of smaller Texas towns with exceptionally large hearts! Shiner, Moulton, Flatonia, Schul-enburg, and Weimar, you’ll appreciate each town’s individual flavor, but you will also note that they all possess a distinct relaxing quality. By the time your team

On March 1, 1836, 32 men from Gon-zales rode into The Alamo in response to a call for aid from LtCol. William B. Tra-vis, joining nine other Gonzales citizens already among the defiant defenders of the old mission.

On March 1 of this year, Gonzales will again answer the call of Travis’ Letter.

William Barret Travis’ famous “Victory or Death” letter will make its return to the Alamo at 4 p.m. Friday, February 22 for a grand celebration at Alamo Plaza. This will be the first time it has been at the Alamo

since it left with a courier on horseback under the cover of darkness during the fa-mous 13-day siege in 1836.

In commemoration of the day the “Im-mortal 32 from Gonzales” joined the de-fenders of The Alamo — the only Texians to respond to Travis’ call — a delegation from Gonzales will gather at the historic site for ceremonies marking the blood shed by the heroes of Gonzales.

Gonzales City Council on Tuesday gave its enthusiastic backing to the project, first proposed by Gonzales Economic Develop-ment Corp. chairman Nathan Neuse. The delegation is expected to gather at Alamo

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Trail Ride moves through townMembers of the Texas Trail Riders out of Oakland enter the Gonzales City Limits along Highway 90A Monday as part of their annual trek to the San Antonio Live-stock Show and Rodeo. A total of five trail rides moved through the region this week in preparation for the annual festivities in San Antonio, which get under-way today. (Photo by Dave Mundy)

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Cuero police nabrobbery suspectsBy DAVE MUNDY

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CUERO — Cuero Police on Friday arrested the final two men wanted in connec-tion with an armed robbery at the Dairy Queen on Jan. 11.

Police Capt. Steven El-lis said Justin Austin, 24, of Cuero and Darien Pat-ton, 21, also of Cuero, were taken into custody without incident in the 100 block of Aggie Street on Friday. The local police were assisted by U.S. Marshals during a day-long search for the two men which included several hours of searching in Gon-zales on Friday.

Police had previously ar-rested three other suspects in the case: Joshua Wil-liams, 20; Dedrick Griffin, 18; and Mary Villareal, 18;

CHEAPSIDE — A San Antonio man was killed Monday after being run over by a trailer in an oilfield ac-cident.

A Department of Public Safety spokesman said an oilfield crew was rolling 3-inch poly pipe on a spool mounted on a trailer being pulled by a pickup at around 12:20 p.m. Mon-day near Cheapside in far southeast Gonzales County. The pickup truck

towing the trailer was traveling northbound at 10-15 miles per hour on County Road 294, troopers said.

A worker who was riding on the tongue of the trailer helping to spool the pipe fell off the trailer and was run over by the trailer’s right rear

wheel.Attempts to revive the man were

unsuccessful, and he was pro-nounced dead at 1:04 p.m. by Justice of the Peace Deidra Voigt.

DPS said an investigation into the accident is proceeding.

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PULLINArmy Sgt. Jonathan N.

Pullin has returned to the U.S. after being deployed overseas at a forward oper-ating base to serve in sup-port of Operation Endur-ing Freedom.

Operation Enduring Freedom is the official name given to anti-terror-ism military operations involving U.S. troops and allied coalition partners. Active duty and reserve component members from all branches of the U.S. armed forces have been de-ployed to support the war against global terrorism outside the borders of the United States. U.S. troops serve in South, Southwest and Central Asia, the Ara-bian peninsula, the Horn of Africa, islands in the Pa-cific, and Europe.

Pullin is a wheeled-ve-hicle mechanic assigned to the 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infan-

try Division at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. He has served in the military for seven and a half years.

The sergeant is a 1997 graduate of Gonzales High

School and the son of Au-drey Pullin of Gonzales. He earned an associate degree in 1998 from Wyoming Technical Institute, Laro-mie, Wyo.

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Feb. 7, 1853On this day in 1853, the town of Seguin was officially

incorporated. This South Texas seat of Guadalupe Coun-ty saw settlement as early as the 1830s, and founders originally called the site Walnut Springs before chang-ing the name to Seguin in honor of Tejano revolutionary and Texas Republic senator Juan Nepomuceno Seguín in 1839. The town enjoyed a rich agricultural landscape and ample water resources thanks to the nearby Gua-dalupe and San Marcos rivers and Cibolo and Geronimo creeks. Its original schoolhouse, built in 1850, was still used for educational purposes well over 100 years later, when the state recognized the structure as the oldest continuously used school building in Texas. Texas Lu-theran College relocated to Seguin in 1912, and the town’s economy experienced a major upswing with the discovery of oil in the nearby Darst Creek fields in the late 1920s. Throughout the twentieth century the com-munity supported agricultural, oil-based, and manu-facturing interests. In 2000 Seguin had a population of 22,011.

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Water Conservation Presentation

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Dr. Guy Fipps, Professor & Irrigation SpecialistCharles Swanson, Extension Program Specialist

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The Gonzales County Veterans Me-morial Association, a 501 (c)(3) orga-nization, will hold a media event on February 8 at 5:15 p.m. at the corner of St. Lawrence Street and Moore St. (next to DAR building).

A display of the proposed Veterans Memorial, in honor of those who serve, past, present, and future will be on ex-hibition. The public is invited to attend.

For more information or to make a donation, contact Larry Mercer at 830-

263-0331, Herman Harris at 830-672-3244, Dick Kuenzler at 830-672-7363 or Barbara Hand at the Chamber of Commerce at 830-672-6532 or go to www.gonzalescountyveteransmemo-rial.com

Pastor anniversaryMembers of Providence Missionary Baptist Church family would like to invite you

to our Pastor’s and Wife 5th appreciation service, on Sunday, Feb. 10 at 3pm. We would love for you to come out and help us celebrate this great occasion and help us show our Pastor and wife how much we love them.

Booster DinnerThe St. Paul Athletic Booster Club will hold its Annual Fat Tuesday Pork Steak Din-

ner Tuesday, Feb. 12. To-go only plates are $8 and can be picked up at the following locations: The Shiner KC Hall, Jahn Refrigeration in Yoakum, and Lone Star Bank in Gonzales. Tickets are available at Patek’s Grocery in Shiner, Shiner Catholic School, or any CSC student

Growing RosesThe Gonzales Master Gardeners will present a free public program on roses Febru-

ary 12, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. at the Fair Street Building, 623 Fair Street, in Gonzales. The speaker will be Peggy Jones, Guadalupe County Master Gardener. Ms. Jones is a long time rose enthusiast and a member of the San Antonio Rose Society. Her lecture will emphasize Earth-Kind and Antique Roses. For more information, call Shirley Frazier, 437-2592.

American LegionGonzales American Legion Post #40

will hold their regular monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 7 at the Legion Hall. All members and prospective members are urged to attend.

Helping HandsIf you are in need of a meal, Helping

Hands, a non-profit, multi-church ministry would like to bless you with a free lunch. Meals will be distributed Saturday, Febru-ary 9th, beginning at 11 a.m. in the GCAM parking lot located at 708 St. Louis Street. Volunteers and donations are welcome. Contact Linda or Gary at 361-275-1216.

CWJC applicationsChristian Women’s Job Corps, offering

free job/life/computer skills for women, is taking applications for its Spring 2013 se-mester to begin on February 11.

For more information, call Sherry Poe at 830-857-4960 or 830-672-6180.

‘Lifelong Love’Faith Family Church, located at 1812

Cartwheel Dr., will host “Lifelong Love Affair: Ignite Your Purpose; Renew Your Vows” on Feb. 8 – 9 (Fri., 7pm-9:30pm / Sat. 9am-noon)

Give your spouse the gift that will transform your relationship: a fulfilling, purpose-filled, dream-come-true mar-riage. Join Jimmy & Karen Evans for their Lifelong Love Affair seminar, live via online broadcast. Seminar is free and provided by Faith Family Church for the community.

Find out more at MarriageToday.com Hosted by: Pastor Forrest Hamilton. Child-care is available for $5 per day. For more information, call 830-857-1659

Benefit Bake SaleBenefit Bake Sale for Ricky Rivera Sr.,

February 9, 2013, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Wal-Mart in Gonzales. To help defer medical

expenses for his kidney transplant.

Hermann SonsGonzales Hermann Sons Lodge #175

will meet Mon., Feb. 18, 2013 at 5:30 p.m. at the Hermann Sons Hall east of Gonzales on US Hwy. 90-A. Discussions on Hall rent-al rates & Cemetery lots/upkeep rates are planned with membership in attendance.

Water ConservationWater Conservation Presentation - Cur-

rent Agricultural and Urban Landscape Management Practices - Dr. Guy Fipps, Professor & Irrigation Specialist, Charles Swanson, Extension Program Specialist, Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Texas A&M University, February 12, 7:30 p.m., at the Elks Lodge 1222 E. Sara Dewitt Dr., Gonzales. Sponsored by Water Protection Association - Gonzales County Texas A&M Extension Service.

Community LentOn Wednesdays during Lent (Feb.

13-March 27) the local Ministerial Alliance will be holding their Community Lenten Services. Every Wednesday at noon a 30 minute service will be held in the Sanctu-ary of First United Methodist Church with lunch to follow in the First UMC Fellowship Hall. A different preacher from the com-munity will bring the message each week with his/her home church providing the meal. This is an ecumenical event all are invited to attend.

Chili SupperThompsonville Ladies Club Annual Chili

Supper and Auction will be held Saturday, February 23, 2013 at the Thompsonville Community Center. Chili Supper will be at 5 p.m. Chili is free – we do accept dona-tions. Auction is at 6 p.m. Proceeds will be used for scholarships to area youth.

Historical CommissionThe Gonzales County Historical Com-

mission is accepting applications form county residents wishing to serve a two-year term on the commission for 2013-14. Applications received by Feb. 22 wil be reviewed and appointments made by Gonzales County Commissioners Court at its regular March meetings.

Application forms may be picked up at the Gonzales County Archives, 1709 Sarah DeWitt Dr., Gonzales, or by contacting chairperson Glenda Gordon at 512-924-5850, [email protected], or secretary Pat Mosher at 830-672-7970, [email protected].

CATI Square DancersThe Come and Take It Square Dance

Club of Gonzales will offer lessons begin-ning Monday, March 4 from 7-8 p.m. To free “open house” sessions will be held on Monday, Feb. 18 and Monday, feb. 25 from 7:30-9:30 p.m. These two get-acquainted sessions will allow prospective students a chance to learn a few basic steps and to meet the friendly dancers.

Lessons and “open houses” will be held at the First Presbyterian Church, located across the street from the courthouse in Gonzales at 414 st. Louis St. Everyone is welcome.

Square-dancing is an enjoyable social form of exercise, appropriate for all ages from teens to seniors. For more informa-tion, call 830-672-7384, 830-672-9307 or 830-672-3224.

Pilgrim OpryThe Pilgrim Heirs Band will be featured

at the Pilgrim Opry Saturday, Feb. 9 at the Pilgrim Community Center, 12809 FM 1116. Special guests will be Ray Manley, Donna Manley, Bill Barrington and Ver-non Whitehead. A barbecue chicken din-ner with beans and potato salad will be served from 5-6:30 p.m. and will cost $6. Music begins at 7 p.m. with a $4 cover charge.

Abiding Word Lutheran Church located at 1310 St. Louis Street (across from Lions Club Park) will host “eyewit-ness” to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ at Jerusalem in 30 A.D.

The testimonies will begin on Ash Wednesday, February 13 at 6:30 p.m. and will con-tinue each week throughout the Lenten season.

Based on the evidence re-corded in the Bible, various participants in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ will testify to what they observed and did. The testimonies will be in the First Person in order to signify the personal report of each participant.

The presentations will take place according to the follow-ing schedule:

I, Judas, February 13, Ash Wednesday

I, Peter, February 20,

WednesdayI, Caiaphas, February 27,

WednesdayI, Pointius Pilate, March 6,

WednesdayI, Dismas, March 13,

WednesdayI, John, March 20, Wednes-

day.Communion service, March

28, Maundy ThursdayI, Longinus, March 29,

Good FridayThe Biblical account of

Christ’s suffering that began on Thursday night and continued to His death at 3:00 p.m. on Good Friday will be reviewed. The services are designed to prepare the hearers for a full appreciation of the climactic resurrection of Christ from the dead on Easter Sunday.

For further information, please call (830) 672-6616

‘Eyewitness’ to Crucifixionscheduled as Lenten service

Gonzales County Sheriff’s Of-fice Sheriff’s Report for Jan. 27-Feb. 2:

01/28/13Molina, Joe Alfred, 08/1963,

Gonzales. Commitment/Sentence – Driving while Intoxicated 3rd or More. Remains in Custody.

01/29/13Williams, Eric Donnell,

12/1992, San Antonio. Local War-rant – Possession of Marijuana <2 oz. Local Warrant – Possession of Marijuana <2 oz. Requires $1,500 Bond. Remains in Custody.

01/30/13Guerra, Jeremy Lynn, 07/1986,

Alice. Local Warrant – Theft of Property >$50 <$500. Released on $1,500 Bond.

01/31/13Egger, Bobby Joe, 01/1969,

Smiley. Public Intoxication. Re-

leased on Order to Appear.02/01/13Vasquez, Alfredo Hernandez,

07/1967, Gonzales. Commitment/Sentence – Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. Released – Weekender/Work Release.

Malatek, Jeffrey Lee, 06/1965, Gonzales. Commitment/Sentence – Driving while License Invalid. Released – Weekender/Work Re-lease.

Huser, James Aaron, 10/1979, Hallettsville. Commitment/Sen-tence – Assault causes Bodily Injury Family Violence. Released – Weekender/Work Release.

Vasquez, Michael, 03/1983, Gonzales. Local Warrant – Assault causes Bodily Injury Family Vio-lence. Released on $2,500 Bond.

02/02/13Pitts, David Fitzpatrick,

12/1980, Gonzales. Austin Parole Division Warrant – Possession of a Controlled Substance PG 1 >4G <200G. Remains in Custody.

Wiley, Texas Ross, 09/1972, Nixon. Austin Parole Division War-rant – Manufacturing/Delivery of a Controlled Substance PG 1 >4G <200G. Remains in Custody.

Total Arrest, Court Commit-ments, other agency arrest and processing’s:

GCSO 10DPS 05GPD 09WPD 01NPD 00Constable 00DWCSO 00DEA 00TPW 00GCAI 00Total 25

ProRodeoLive.com, the Radio and Internet Broad-cast home of Professional Rodeo, is about to kick off its exclusive 2013 schedule of live rodeo coverage in Texas and Oklahoma, at the award winning San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo and the Timed Event Champion-ships at the Legendary Lazy E Arena in Oklahoma.

ProRodeoLive’s coverage from San Antonio will begin 15 minutes before the

beginning of each perfor-mance. ProRodeoLive’s San Antonio broadcast will also be carried on KCTI-AM 1450 in Gonzales and will be carried on kcti1450.com as well as KCTI via the TuneIn Radio App for your smart device.

Broadcasts are set start-ing at 6:45 p.m. Feb. 19-21, 7:15 Feb. 22, 1 p.m. Feb. 23 (XTreme Bull-riding) and the rodeo finals at 7:15 p.m. Feb. 23.

ProRodeoLive will present the final rounds of the San Antonio Rodeo, including semi final rounds, the cham-pionship round, and the PRCA Xtreme Bull Riding on the final day of the rodeo.

A week later, ProRodeo-Live will provide exclusive coverage of the Timed Event

Championships, March 1-3 from the Lazy E in Oklahol-ma.

ProRodeoLive.com is owned by veteran PRCA member rodeo announcer Steve Kenyon, who will be describing the action from San Antonio and from the Lazy E. Kenyon was the

Women’s Professional Rodeo Association’s Announcer of the Year in 2010, and received the PRCA’s Media Award for Broadcasting in 2009. You may have also heard Steves “Rodeo Profiles” radio pro-gram weekday mornings at 7:50 and evenings at 5:50 on KCTI-AM 1450.

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LLANO — Gonzales has been commended for suc-cessful annual progress as a designated Main Street community. The Texas His-torical Commission’s (THC) Texas Main Street Program (TMSP) made the announce-ment Wednesday, Jan. 30 at the winter gathering of Texas Main Street managers.

Sixty-seven designated

Main Street programs in Tex-as were recognized. These cit-ies will be further recognized as Nationally Accredited by the National Main Street Center, a subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, at the National Main Street conference in New Orleans in April.

“It really is a notable ac-complishment to be recog-nized in this way, especially for those programs that do it year after year,” said Debra

Farst, TMSP state coordina-tor. “Incremental progress that leads to comprehensive success is at the core of the preservation-based Main Street model and that is ex-actly what these programs are showing. This process respects the unique nature of each Main Street community. Each program is recognized for their own local effort. They are truly real places tell-ing real stories.”

Accredited programs show

above average performance in ten categories on an an-nual report. Selection criteria focus on planning, partner-ships, staffing, volunteer ef-fort, preservation ethic, train-ing and program assessment through reporting. The state office also works with pro-grams throughout the year by providing various services based upon local needs.

Pictured are Debra Drescher Farst, State Coordinator, Texas Main Street Program, Texas Historical Commis-sion; Barbara Friedrich, City of Gonzales Main Street Administrator, and Brad Patterson, division director, Community Heritage Development Division, Texas Historical Commission.


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Gonzales City Council on Tuesday gave the green light for the city to re-vamp its records retention sys-tem, phone system, mass notification system — and the council itself.

Council approved an or-dinance calling for the an-nual city election on May 11 for council Districts 1 (Gary Schroeder) and 2 (Tommy Schurig). Early voting in that election will begin April 29.

The Council also autho-rized City Manager Allen Barnes to negotiate and enter into several agree-ments to upgrade the city’s information management systems.

Barnes had asked the Council to consider an agreement with Blackboard Connect for mass notifica-tion services for the city. The system will enable the

city to use several differ-ent platforms — includ-ing phone, text and e-mail — to notify citizens of not only emergency events, but also a number of different everyday events of interest to citizens.

“They (Blackboard Con-nect) don’t use the 9-1-1 database like other systems do, so it doesn’t have to be a 9-1-1 emergency to send out a notification,” Barnes said. The city could target only residents of particular streets or neighborhoods, for example, for notifica-tions about eveyrthing from street work to police action to civic events.

Barnes was also autho-rized to enter into agree-ments with Records Con-sultants Inc. to manage the city’s legal recordkeeping requirements, and to seek bids on a new phone sys-tem for the city.

In other action Monday, Council approved partici-

pation in both the “Gon-zales Immortals Day” at The Alamo on March 1 and Gonzales County Day at the state Capitol on March 21. The Alamo event will follow on the heels of the city’s Texas Independence Day ceremonies on Feb. 28, while Barnes said the event at the state Capitol is ex-pected to include the read-ing of resolutions on the floors of the state House and Senate recognizing Oct. 2 as “Come and Take It Day” in Texas and naming

the historic Gonzales Can-non as a Texas Treasure.

Council also accepted the annual Racial Profiling report from the Gonza-les Police Dept.; declared a number of items of city property as surplus and designated them for inter-net auction; set the date for the public hearing on the city’s “sub budget” (April 1-Sept. 30); and re-named two members to the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission.

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In “Zero Dark Thirty,” CIA characters warn of congressmen coming after them for running the agency’s interrogation program. As it hap-pens, they could have said the same thing about making a movie about the agency’s interroga-tion program.

Washington is aghast at Kathryn Bigelow’s fantastically compelling new film. “Zero Dark Thirty” isn’t really about interrogation, al-though you could be forgiven for thinking so given all the debate over its scenes devoted to the agency’s harsh questioning of detainees af-ter Sept. 11.

Sens. John McCain, Dianne Feinstein and Carl Levin have panned the movie as inaccu-rate for suggesting that enhanced interroga-tion, or what its critics call “torture,” helped find Osama bin Laden. Fine. They can slam it all they want. They can give it zero stars on their websites. They can write harsh reviews on Rot-ten Tomatoes. They can urge friends to go see “Silver Linings Playbook” instead.

Where they have shamefully -- and patheti-cally -- overstepped their bounds is in using their positions to badger the CIA over its coop-eration with the filmmakers. In December, the trio wrote the acting director of the CIA, Mi-chael Morell, two heavy-breathing letters about the movie, demanding in one of them to learn everything the agency told Bigelow and her team. It’s as if Bigelow were an agent of a foreign power.

The casual viewer of “Zero Dark Thirty” will find it hard to see what Langley could have pos-sibly revealed that is worth investigating. It is, at the end of the day, another Hollywood movie, even if an exceptionally good one. Did the agency’s hierarchy tell Bigelow that the hunt for bin Laden was led almost exclusively by a wil-lowy, gorgeous redhead (the protagonist Maya, played by Jessica Chastain)? That the events leading to bin Laden were easily compressed into a straight-line narrative, punctuated by conveniently cinematic dialogue?

Bigelow upset the senators and other pur-veyors of polite opinion by trampling on Washington pieties about interrogation. “Zero Dark Thirty” depicts detainees subjected to en-hanced interrogation as providing information -- sometimes through their deceptions -- that helped the CIA zero in on the man acting as bin Laden’s courier.

The movie is hardly an advertisement for harsh interrogation. It depicts the CIA pro-gram as more frankly violent and uncontrolled than it was, confusing it with the abuses at Abu

Ghraib. Even if in reality the CIA program was more antiseptic and bureaucratic than depicted, the movie leaves no doubt that breaking a man is a brutal business.

That’s not enough for the amateur film critics of the world’s greatest deliberative body, though. They want to believe that we could have waged a shadowy war against terrorist operatives in the deadly urgent circumstances immediately after Sept. 11 without ever making difficult moral choices. For whatever reason, they are fine with flying trained killers to a compound in Pakistan in the dead of night to shoot the place up and bring bin Laden back in a sack. But they can’t bear the thought that any of bin Laden’s as-sociates suffered coercive interrogations.

In this case -- in perhaps a first -- it is Hol-lywood that has the greater appreciation for complexity and moral realism.

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.(c) 2013 by King Features Synd., Inc.

While many Texas conservatives con-tinue to focus on national issues, the two most dangerous liberals in the state, U.S. Congressman Joaquin Castro and San Antonio Mayor Julian Castor are laying the foundation to take over the state and to ascend to higher political office.

Last Sunday, (Jan. 27) the Castro brothers were interviewed on CBS’ “Face the Nation” and predicted to a national TV audience that within two presidential election cycles, Texas would be dominated by the Democrats.

“It’s changing. It’s going to become a ‘purple state’ then a ‘blue state’ because of the demographics, because of the population from folks coming from out-side Texas,” Julián Castro said.

Joaquín Castro agreed, but added that “it’s going to take a lot of work from Democrats to lay the infrastructure for change. We are very busy working on that now.”

The key to the Castro’s vision and plan is “the demographics”. Their moth-er, Rosa Castro, was a member of the radical Raza Unida Party (RUP) in the 1970s which preached that America and Texas were the products of imperial ag-gression and colonialism imposed on Mexicans.

Racial politics and “Chicano nation-alism” are at the heart of their politics. Rosa Castro once stated that the de-fenders of the Alamo were “a bunch of drunks”.

The Castros now have a major ally in the Democratic Party. Henry Muñoz, a long time liberal political fund raiser in San Antonio, has been named chairman of the Party’s Finance Committee. Mu-noz’s promotion shows that all the talk about taking Texas over is going a pri-ority for the national Democratic Party.

Since Munoz is already deeply in-volved in Texas Democratic Party poli-tics, he can help fundraise nationally and help in ensuring Texas Democrats

have funding for their state and local races in particular.

If you want to know how Mayor Castro governs, just look at the Texas Comptroller’s report on local debt from December 2012. San Antonio has the highest per capita debt among major Texas cities, even leading Houston. In November, Castro pushed through a Pre-kinder education program for 4 year olds which carries a long term debt for tax payers.

Castro and VIA, chaired by Munoz, have also embarked on a streetcar proj-ect that will cost tax payers an estimated $790 million.

Castor also recently appointed a ho-mosexual liaison to city government. These are just a few of the “indicators” of what is to come if the Castro twins continue unchallenged, and succeed.

The Castros come from the Saul Alinsky school of community organiz-ing, similar to President Obama. They also come from a non-traditional home where they have been taught that the world’s poor are victims of capitalism, imperialism, and racism. If you like Barak Hussein Obama, you will love the Castro twins.

Voters in San Antonio, Bexar County and throughout Texas should sit up and take notice of the Castros and organize to stop them. They truly are the most dangerous liberals in Texas.

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In Our ViewWhen the labels no longer fit, what can we call ourselves?

The Castros: Texas’ mostdangerous leftist politicans

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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 Politi-cal Alliance.

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Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review and a syndicated columnist for King Fea-tures Syndicate.

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We like labels. It helps us identi-fy things. For those of us passion-ately involved in things political, labels are in many ways the most efficient manner to identify the good guys and the bad guys.

Nowhere does this hold more true than with the labels of “con-servative” and “liberal” — be-cause if you look at what they’re supposed to mean versus who is wearing those labels, it doesn’t al-ways fit.

Most folks refer to me to as a “conservative” — but depending on the subject and who you’re talking to, to my views fit into a number of different categories. There are religious funamentalists out there who consider me a God-less heathen promoting the Beast because I don’t much care who anyone else bunks down with. Gay activists hate me because I dare embrace the view that they’re welcome to their lifestyle but that government has no right to force me to like it.

Think about it. Today’s “liber-als” ... are arguing for the status quo. And the most outspoken

“conservatives” ... are fighting for radical change. For a wordsmith like myself, it can be maddening.

Most of those we refer to as “liberals” these days aren’t really “liberal.” With the Progressives in power, they’re no longer pro-moting revolution, they’re imple-menting tyranny — which auto-matically casts them into a role as conservatives.

The classic definition of liber-alism describes minds which are open, listening to all sides of is-sues before reaching a determina-tion. Today’s liberals, however, are about as open-minded as the vault at Fort Knox and as independent-thinking as a boxcar full of zom-bies.

Consider their reaction to op-position:

• Opposed to Obamacare? Then you’re a “racist.”

• Not on board with the admin-istration’s plan for gun confisca-tion? You must be a “racist.”

• Want to see a secure border as part of any immigration overhaul? You “racist” pig, you.

That’s all right out of the script written by the original commu-nists. Leon Trotsky told his fol-lowers in Russia that when con-fronted by opposition, to “shout them down ... with force, if must needs” to ensure that the commu-nists’ agenda comes to be viewed as broadly supported.

The concept was later adapted and refined by a fringe social-ist movement in Germany. Adolf Hitler and the Nazis were ushered into power legitimately and dem-ocratically — and wound up kill-ing millions of people.

Then there’s that term “conser-vative.” Most of those we call “con-servatives” no longer fit the clas-sic definition, since they are now howling for changing things.

The word is supposed to define someone who is averse to change, and holds to traditional values and attitudes. Yet it’s applied today to people whose political beliefs center on bringing about radical change in the way things are done.

Moreover, the word is given several definitions even by those who claim to be “conservatives.”

Those who believe that the best government is government which is limited in scope and power think they’re the legitimate con-servatives, while there are others who think that only those who are Christian evangelical fundamen-talists can claim the title.

Interestingly enough, many of the evangelicals want government to have less power — except when it’s needed to regulate sinful be-havior.

Then you have the Old Guard “conservatives,” best exempli-fied by Karl Rove. Rove, who engineered gubernatorial and presidential political victories for George Bush, now backs a politi-cal action committee, the Conser-vative Victory Project, which aims

to bring big money to bear — not to defeat liberal Democrats, but instead to sideline the primary campaigns of rock-ribbed-con-servatives with Tea Party-style al-legiances.

The assertion by Rove and an organization called “American Crossroads” is that Tea Partiers are “unelectable” when facing liber-als, while Old Guard Republicans (who aren’t the least bit “conserva-tive”) can, as long as they claim the title of “conservative.”

Interestingly enough, you won’t hear Rove and the other Old Guard types voicing the complaint that too much power is resting in the hands of the federal govern-ment and Barack Obama. There’s a reason for that: Rove and Bush are the ones who accumulated all that power to be abused by the current chief executive.

I’m thinking we should coin a new term for those of us who would like to see the nation sur-vive in spite of the idiots the liber-als and conservatives have elected. We can call ourselves “conserver-als.”

This is an edited transcrip-tion of an interview with Texas state representative Tim Kleinschmidt prior to the 2013 legislative session.

Brune: You’ve been redis-tricted away from Colorado County but you’re still a ru-ral representative.

Kleinschmidt: Yes, and I plan to stay that way.

Brune: In past weeks we’ve visited with Senator Donna Campbell and Sena-tor Glenn Hegar. We have a standard first question. What can property owners expect concerning tax re-lief? Is it time to cap prop-erty taxes? Years ago, the oil patch provided a higher per-centage of revenue to school funds. When the oil patch slowed the taxpayers caught the slack with property taxes. Now, the oil patch is back in full swing. Should tax payers expect relief?

Kleinschmidt: I really don’t think it will show up as relief from ad valorem taxes. I do think there will be increased revenues in state coffers. The comptroller tells us we should have 10 to 11 billion more dollars than in the last budget period. So that means we shouldn’t find it necessary to increase any fees or taxes. Texas has a growing population and a 10 percent-a-year growth in the school student population, and, we’re going to service that growth without increas-ing taxes. Fortunately, Texas has the oil industry that helps us come back quickly from recessions. So, if there is a form of relief – it’s that we’re going to take care of a rapidly growing state without raising taxes. If you see any increase in fees or taxes, I would ex-pect them to be transporta-tion related. We also know we’ll be dealing with educa-tion funding. The theme of this session will be budget, budget, budget. Another is-sue that will come up is find-ing a funding mechanism for the State Water Plan. And then deal with future water plan needs for the state. We’ll also deal with Medicaid and healthcare funding. As the Obamacare works its way through the process we’ll be figuring out how to handle that problem. So, those are some of the major issues and they shouldn’t reflect in any raised ad valorem taxes. Any taxpayer discussion on those taxes will probably be on the local level with tax appraisal districts.

Brune: Would you elabo-rate about the Texas Wa-

ter Plan needing a funding mechanism? Also, a con-cern, on local levels, is that Groundwater Conservation Districts were implemented with the understanding that they provided local control. It’s always a fear that the state may make that understand-ing go away.

Kleinschmidt: GCD’s should be safe. The only thing we hear any talk about is whether they need to fol-low aquifer boundaries in-stead of political boundaries. But I haven’t seen a bill to addresses that idea. Instead, I really think the discus-sion will be about a fund-ing mechanism. We can talk about the Water Plan, new reservoirs, desalination, or moving water here. But any-thing that happens will be an expensive program. The number that’s being kicked around is that we need $50 billion over the next few years to fund a water plan. So we hear everything being mentioned including per-acre-foot fees, to tap fees, to other usage fees – and we’ll be trying to figure out some funding mechanism that is fair to municipalities, hom-eowners, industry, agricul-ture, and across the board. It’s an awesome undertaking and an awesome responsibil-ity. But somehow the burden of paying for the water plan must be shared across this spectrum of folks.

Brune: That brings up an-other sticking point. People were promised that personal water wells will never be me-tered. The only meters would be on commercial wells, and those meters weren’t for fees to be applied, but rather as monitor for what’s coming out of the aquifer. Who pays the bills for the Texas Water Development Board? Who pays their salaries?

Kleinschmidt: How the TWDB salaries are paid is beyond my knowledge. There will be some compet-ing interests between agri-culture, industry, the recre-ation industry, homeowners, metro-areas, and rural areas.

There will be many ques-tions concerning when we use groundwater and when to use surface water. It’s a vastly complex problem. We sit over the Corrizo-Wilcox Aquifer which is the second largest in Texas and obvi-ously everyone is looking at us for water. But as for the fees or taxes to create a fund-ing mechanism – that’s what we’ll be discussing during this session.

Brune: In the past, Texas Parks and Wildlife, The River Systems Institute, the 16 Water Regions, and the multiple river authorities have been responsible for water studies and plans. But now if you create a real fund-ing mechanism – aren’t you creating a new bureaucracy for taxpayers to overcome? If a GCD is for local control, is there another government obstacle coming between landowners and taxpay-ers, and the institutions that make water plans?

Kleinschmidt: No, I cer-tainly hope we can get to a funding mechanism without creating a new state agency. The agencies that have done water studies had monies set aside in their budgets for those studies. The Lt. Gover-nor has proposed using the Rainy Day Fund as a nest egg to get this started, or to fill any voids once a funding mechanism is decided upon. But we must be careful about setting precedents when it comes to tapping the Rainy Day Fund.

Brune: What budget amount should we expect from this session.

Kleinschmidt: Two ses-sions ago we were at 180 bil-lion. The last session was at 150 billion. I think a reason-able guess is the 160 to 170 range. We know education will scoop up some surplus, then there’s healthcare, ag-riculture and other agencies that want their budgets re-stored.

Brune: Fund 9 grew when other revenues declined. This is the licenses and per-mit fees sold by TPW to fund that agency. However, a good percentage of those designated funds aren’t de-livered but are used on paper to balance the budget. Will the legislature give TPW more of their designated funds?

Kleinschmidt: I expect so. You will see a more straight-forward budget and increased transparency. Governor Perry and Speaker Strauss have indicated that as a goal.


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An open letter to the citi-zens of Waelder, Texas:

As the Chief of Police for Waelder, Texas, it is important for residents to know my position as it re-lates to the Second Amend-ment to the Constitution of the United States. In the past week I have had sev-eral inquiries concerning my stance on this matter. Normally I attempt to re-main neutral on matters of politics, but this issue tran-scends political division and I feel it appropriate to state my position.

I believe that the right to keep and bear firearms is fundamental to our in-dividual freedom and that firearms are a part of life in our county. The Federal Government has a consti-tutional role in the gover-

nance of our republic, but the United States of Amer-ica is a democratic repub-lic of individual sovereign states. Each state has the absolute right to establish laws, within the confines of the constitution which is the supreme law of this re-public, to regulate behavior.

As a peace officer and your Chief of Police, I swore an oath to uphold and defend the Constitu-tion of the United States and to enforce the laws of the State of Texas. I believe current state law is suffi-cient to protect the public safety while providing in-dividuals the right to keep and bear arms.

If the State of Texas de-sires to change current law, then it must do so through the legitimate process of

legislation. In my opinion, it is a moral sin to erode freedom through obscure regulation and administra-tive rules. I believe this is also true for both State and Federal Government.

I do not believe the Fed-eral Government or any individual in the Federal Government has the right to dictate to the states, counties or municipalities any mandate, regulation or administrative rule that violates the United States Constitution or its various amendments. I would view any such mandate, regula-tion or administrative rule illegal and refuse to carry it out.

Jim TaylorChief of PoliceWaelder

Dear Editor,I am sure most people

have heard or seen the hear-ings on gun control, but before you jump on the emotionally-charged band-wagon for gun control, take a moment to reflect on the real purpose of the Second Amendment – the right of the people to take up arms to defend themselves, their families and property in the face of invading armies or an oppressive government.

The argument that the Second Amendment applies only to hunting and target shooting is asinine. When the United States Constitu-tion was drafted, hunting was an everyday chore car-ried out by men and women to put food on the table. The Second Amendment was written by people who fled oppressive and tyrannical re-gimes in Europe, and refers to the right of American citi-zens to be armed for defense purposes should such tyran-ny rise in the United States.

As time goes on, the av-erage citizen of the United

States continues to lose per-sonal freedom and liberties. Far too many times unjust bills are passed and signed into law under the guise of “for your safety” or “ for your protection.”

Now the right to keep and bear arms is on the table. Before any American citi-zen blindly accepts whatever new firearms legislation may come out of these hearings, they should stop and think for a minute that evil does exist in our world. It always has and always will.

Throughout history evil people have committed evil acts and we cannot legislate evil into extinction. Good people will abide by the law, bad people will always find a way around it.

Where is evil most often found? In the hands of those with the power govern-ments. In the 20th Century, one of the greatest human tragedies was carried out by two governments that slaughtered over 300,000 in-nocent citizens – the People’s Republic of China and the

former Soviet Union. The way they were able

to do this was they first dis-armed the people (once again, they FIRST DIS-ARMED THE PEOPLE). What was Hitler’s first step prior to the mass murders of the Holocaust? He confiscat-ed all the firearms from the people.

I sincerely hope the Unit-ed States is not going down those same roads. I ask every American to contact their senators and congressmen and fight these gun control zealots.

One last thought: When the President of the United States is sworn in, no mat-ter his party affiliation, they place their left hand on the Bible and raise their right hand and swear to uphold and abide by the Constitu-tion of the United States. Maybe I am missing some-thing, but I do not believe this is happening at the pres-ent time.

Jerry AkersGonzales

Dear Editor:I am writing because I

don’t know what to do.I was informed that I

would be taken to court for some vehicles on my property if they weren’t re-moved. What right does anyone have to run over a disabled widow? I have a another serious problem with the new housing ad-dition behind me. They have built their drive way up considerably and it will block drainage when it

rains and I will be flooded. I told the partner and he said we have 2 drain pipes in drive way, but that will not do any good as I have seen heavy rains here and it will not carry enough of the water away from my house to keep it from flooding my home.

Okay, I am a widow, dis-abled and am tired of being run over.

Last June the construc-tion workers on this hous-ing addition tore out my gas

line, had to be persuaded to put the gas line in and re-plumb my house and I was without gas for 31 days, no gas to cook with or to heat water for showers. I wasn’t given any compensation for my hardships, I was having to buy food ready to eat and it is very expensive. I live on a very limited income and this really took its toll on me financially.

Jo WestGonzales

Widow ‘tired of being run over’

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ROBBERY: Cuero police arrest additional suspects

Guadalupe Co. supports split of 25th Judicial prosecutionsBy BOB THAXTON

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Plaza for a solemn reading of the names of the 41 Gonzales men who were among the Alamo garrison when it fell on March 6, 1836.

The local delegation will then move into the Chapel of the old fortress, where the fa-mous letter will be on display.

“To the People of Texas and All Ameri-cans in the world – come and see the letter,” Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson said, paraphrasing the opening lines of the Travis letter. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to be inspired by this patriotic letter at the Shrine of Texas Liberty itself.”

On Feb. 22, the letter will be escorted to the Alamo by officers of the Texas De-partment of Public Safety and San Antonio Police Department. An honor guard will carry the letter inside as Travis’ fifth great- nephew, Denton County Sheriff William B. Travis, reads the stirring letter.

Inside the Shrine, the letter will be care-fully placed inside a custom-built, shatter-proof glass display case made by the world-renowned German company Casewerks at a cost of $20,000. This special case will al-low visitors to see both sides of the fragile letter at a safe distance. Armed peace of-ficers will flank the case for the duration of the exhibit.

As a prelude to the viewing of the letter, visitors will tour an exhibit detailing Tra-vis’ life and the Texas Revolution, through fragile historic documents and artifacts from the vaults of the Texas General Land Office and the Alamo. The arrival cer-emony will include music and historical re- enactors and all are invited to join in the moment.

Public display of the letter will be from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, through

Thursday, March 7. As always, the Shrine of Texas Liberty is open to visitors free of charge. Free full-size reproductions of the Travis letter will also be available to visitors inside the Shrine.

Visitors are asked to be silent and re-spectful when viewing the document and no flash photography will be allowed to protect the light-sensitive paper.

Commemorative items will also be available in the newly renovated gift shop, including an official exhibition guide, T-shirts, mugs and more. Sales from the Alamo Gift Shop fund the operation of the 300-year-old mission.

The event is being coordinated by the Texas State Library and Archives Commis-sion, the Texas General Land Office and the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.

More than $100,000 in private donations from the San Antonio-based McCombs Family Foundation, Fort Worth’s Meta Al-ice Keith Bratten Foundation and Galves-ton’s Moody Foundation will help cover the costs of this extraordinary exhibit. H-E-B and the Kempner Family also contrib-uted to the effort. Texans wishing to be a part of this moment may make an online donation through the San Antonio Area Foundation here: https://www.saafdn.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=202.

“Dedication. Courage. Defiance. The very essence of Texas is captured in this let-ter,” Patterson said. “See this letter and be inspired about what it means to be a Texan and the cost of liberty.”

For more information on the Alamo, please visit www.travisletter.org or the Of-ficial Alamo website at www.thealamo.org. Stay posted with regular updates by click-ing like on the Travis Letter Returns page on Facebook.

tively set Tuesday, Feb. 12.Morrow was offered an opportunity to

comment on the case but did not respond by press time Wednesday.

He was hired by GISD at the June 11, 2012 Board of Trustees meeting after serv-ing as principal at Friona High School from 2008-2012.

Victoria Police said Morrow was driving a silver Hyundai south in the northbound lane on Main Street about 6:30 p.m. when his vehicle struck a Dodge pickup truck.

David Silva, 49, of Dripping Springs, told police he was traveling north on the road in a Dodge pickup when he saw the Hyundai in his lane. Silva said he tried to swerve out of the path of the Hyundai, but it struck the bed of his pickup, knocking his truck off its axle and crushing the front of the Hyundai.

No one was reported injured. Victoria Police Sgt. Eline Moya said Morrow, listed as a Gonzales resident, was charged with DWI, , a Class B misdemeanor punishable

by a fine of up to $2,000 or a maximum 180 days in jail and possible license suspension.

A report in the Abilene Reporter-News on May 15, 2008, noted that Morrow had been placed on paid administrative leave by Huckaby Superintendent Cheryl Floyd as a result of an arrest for driving while in-toxicated.

The Reporter-News report quoted a De-partment of Public Safety account of an accident in which a vehicle was involved in a rollover accident in Stephenville. Ste-phenville police were called to the home of the driver of that vehicle, where he was ar-rested by DPS officers after refusing to sub-mit to a breath test to determine his blood-alcohol content.

According to Erath County Jail records, Morrow was charged with a first offense of driving while intoxicated. The newspaper gave no indication how that case was ad-judicated.

Morrow has also previously worked in various roles for the Dublin, Boerne and Gatesville school districts.

all of Cuero.About $1,000 was taken from the res-

taurant at 802 N. Esplanade St. A previ-ous news release from Police Chief Jay Lewis said the robbery took place about 11:15 p.m. when three armed gunmen entered the restaurant as it was closing and held the manager at gunpoint.

The manager was not harmed, but was forced into the freezer and re-mained there until she felt safe enough to leave and call police. “They were wearing ski masks and hoodies,” said Lewis. “The manager was not harmed and was able to provide detailed infor-mation to the investigating officers.”

In responding to the call, police no-ticed a suspicious vehicle leaving the scene and attempted to catch up to it.

It was later located unoccupied at the corner of Dunn St. and North St.

An off-duty DeWitt County Sheriff ’s deputy contacted police after seeing one of the suspects, leading to the arrest of Williams in the 200 block of Togo St. Williams was a former employee of the restaurant and had quit about a week prior to the robbery, Lewis said.

A revolver and cash were recovered from the car, and police later found a backpack containing cash believed sto-len from the restaurant.

On Jan. 16, police arrested Griffin, and on Jan. 22, Villareal was also ar-rested. Police said Villareal was em-ployed at the restaurant at the time of the robbery.

The suspects are charged with aggra-vated robbery and engaging in orga-nized criminal activity.

reaches Columbus, the sun will be retiring for the day.

Eagle Lake, Wallis, Orchard, Simonton, and Fulshear will be sleeping communities as you pass through (though at least a few will stay up to curiously observe your unre-lenting journey through the night). Press-ing on tirelessly toward the finish, you and your team will follow the trail of little flash-ing lights (other runners).

When you begin to make your way through Cinco Ranch on the west side of Houston, you’ll notice the early indicators that a new day is underway. You’ll also be-come aware that you’re crossing the thresh-old between country and city. Between here and downtown, you’ll traverse paths

that wind through pleasing parks (George Bush Park, Terry Hershey Park, Memorial Park, and the Buffalo Bayou). You’ll admire stately homes in well-preserved neighbor-hoods, and then, you’ll stride through Houston’s very downtown, passing right by reflective sky scrapers and making your way around the Toyota Center!

After exiting downtown, you’ll navigate through an industrial section of Houston that is quickly followed by quiet neighbor-hoods. Then you’ll march due east towards the vast Ship Channel – all culminating with a celebratory finish in La Porte at the San Jacinto Battleground and Monument!

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RELAY: Coming March 23-24

SEGUIN — Guadalupe County Commissioners Court voted 4-1 Tuesday to adopt a resolution support-ing the acquisition of felony jurisdiction by the county attorneys of Gonzales and Lavaca counties and the creation of single-county felony jurisdiction for the Guadalupe County district attorney.

“This is something that has been talked about for several years,” District At-torney Heather McMinn told the court.

Felony jurisdiction by their county attorneys has been supported in resolu-tions passed Dec. 10 by Gonzales County Commis-sioners Court and Jan. 14 by Lavaca County Com-missioners Court.

Jurisdictional changes require action by the Texas Legislature, and State Rep.

Tim Kleinschmidt, R-Lex-ington, has filed House Bill 696 concerning Gonzales County. State Rep. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham, has filed House Bill 717 con-cerning Lavaca County.

Precinct 2 Commission-er Kyle Kutscher, who voted against the resolution, said he was concerned about the financial impact of the pro-posed changes. Gonzales and Lavaca counties cur-rently provide $280,000 an-nually toward the budget of the district attorney for the 25th Judicial District.

“Right off the bat, I’m going to be able to reduce my budget request by $100,000,” McMinn said.

Kutscher pointed out that her $100,000 budget reduction still would leave $180,000 in funding no longer provided by the out-lying counties.

McMinn indicated there could be additional budget reductions through con-

solidating some of the du-ties of the district attorney’s office and the county attor-ney’s office.

“We do have a good re-lationship,” McMinn said, noting that County Attor-ney David Willborn was an assistant district attorney in her office before resigning to run for county attorney. “We’ll continue to work to-gether to combine our re-sources.”

“If we don’t do the com-bination for two or three years, we’re still going to be short,” Kutscher said.

McMinn said more than $40,000 was saved by mov-ing her offices from the La Plaza Building to the Guadalupe County Court-house. “My staff is stacked on top of each other over there,” she said.

“Most of our budget is personnel. If you want good lawyers, you have to pay good salaries,” Mc-Minn said.

Super drawing winnersBrenda’s Buddies recently held their Super Bowl Opportunity Drawing. First place winner of a cooler package with a $50 H-E-B gift card was Brendon Mercer. Winning second place, a Pizza Hut gift card, was Tina Trejo. (Courtesy photo)

Gonzales LivestockMarket Report

The Gonzales Livestock Mar-ket Report for Saturday, February 2, 2013 had on hand: 815 cattle.

Compared to our last sale: Calves and yearlings sold $1.00 to $3 higher. Packer cows sold $1 to $2.00 higher.

Stocker-feeder steers: Me-dium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs., $230-$255; 300-400 lbs, $205-$220; 400-500 lbs, $185-$195; 500-600 lbs, $153-$175; 600-700 lbs., $137-$151; 700-800 lbs, $133-$135.

Bull yearlings: 700-900 lbs, $91-$105.

Stocker-feeder heifers: Me-dium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs, $185-$210; 300-400 lbs, $175-$177; 400-500 lbs, $155-$170; 500-600 lbs., $138-$145; 600-700 lbs., $126-$131.

Packers cows: Good lean utili-ty and commercial, $68-$74; Cut-ters, $75-$86; Canners, $61-$67; Low yielding fat cows, $68-$76.

Packer bulls: Yield grade 1 & 2, good heavy bulls; $94-$104; light weights and medium qual-ity bulls, $84-$91.

Stocker Cows: $950-$1,450.Pairs: $1,050-$1,650.Thank you for your business!!View our sale live at cattleusa.

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Nixon LivestockCommission Report

The Nixon Livestock Commis-sion Inc. report had on hand, February 4, 2013, Volume, 682.

Steers: 200-300 lbs, $216 to $226 to $265; 300-400 lbs., $172 to $182 to $215; 400-500 lbs, $161 to $171 to $195; 500-600 lbs, $149 to $159 to $185; 600-700 lbs, $129 to $139 to $162; 700-800 lbs, $119 to $129 to $137.

Heifers: 200-300 lbs, $164 to $174 to $213; 300-400 lbs, $155 to $165 to $200; 400-500 lbs, $142 to $152 to $198; 500-600 lbs, $130 to $140 to $179; 600-700 lbs, $123 to $133 to $144; 700-800 lbs, $109 to $119 to $130.

Slaughter cows: $40 to $84; Slaughter bulls: $81 to $100; Stocker cows: $600 to $1,200; Pairs, $1,000-$1,600.

Cuero Livestock Market Report

Cuero Livestock Market Re-port on February 1, 2013, had 728 head.

Had 115 cows and 12 bulls. The packer market was fully steady to a little stronger on

some classes. Had a short supply and as a result not much real in-dication of overall market. Mar-ket appeared to be very solid on those sold.

The calf market was stronger throughout with the thinner calves showing the largest gain of $3-5/cwt. Almost all indi-vidual highs were over $8/cwt higher with averages increasing at least $2-3/cwt. Was a very ac-tive and strong demand in all classes. The shorter run of cattle was missing some numbers in some classes but what was sold was high.

Packer Bulls: Hvy. Wts., $85-$100; lower grades, $67-$80.

Packer cows: breakers, $65-$72; boning, $65-$78; canners & cutters, $62-$85; light & weak, $55-$65.

43 Palpated dry and Bred cows sold well, high dollar deal brought $1,234 each, $88-$113.

Pairs: None.Steer calves: under 200 lbs,

none; 200-250 lbs, one $224; 250-300 lbs, $206-$210; 300-350 lbs, $196-$226; 350-400 lbs, $186-$211; 400-450 lbs, $173-$214; 450-500 lbs, $171-$195; 500-550 lbs, $164-$174; 550-600 lbs, $142-$160; 600-700 lbs, $144-$148; 700-800 lbs, $127-$128.

Bull Calves: under 250 lbs, $240-$345; 250-300 lbs, $220-$232; 300-350 lbs, $192-$214; 350-400 lbs, $190-$215; 400-450 lbs, $178-$209; 450-500 lbs, $167-$190; 500-550 lbs, $161-$182; 550-600 lbs, $152-$170; 600-700 lbs, $145-$156.

Over 700 lbs. bulls, $124-$143.

Heifer Calves: under 200 lbs., None; 200-250 lbs, $105-$180; 250-300 lbs, $179-$214; 300-350 lbs, $166-$200; 350-400 lbs, $164-$192; 400-450 lbs, $155-

$189; 450-500 lbs, $149-$168; 500-550 lbs, $145-$167; 550-600 lbs, $135-$147; 600-700 lbs., $125-$137; over 700 lbs, $124-$127.

.Hallettsville LivestockCommission Report

The Hallettsville Livestock Commission Co., Inc. had on hand on January 29, 2013, 1,257; week ago, 1,401; year ago, 1,155.

The market was a little stron-ger this week. Better quality classes of calves and yearlings sold mostly $2 to $4 higher. Demand continues to be very strong in all areas.

Packer cows and bulls sold near steady on approx.. 120 hd. Total. No high dressing cows or bulls on hand – flesh condition a little thinner.

Packer Cows: higher dressing utility & cutter cows, $72-$85; lower dressing utility & cutter cows, $61-$72; light weight can-ner cows, $50-$61.

Packer Bulls: heavyweight bulls, $93-$98.50; utility & cut-ter bulls, $84-$93; lightweight canner bulls, $77-$84.

Stocker and Feeder Calves and Yearlings: Steer & Bull Calves: under 200; $220-$275; 200-300 lbs, $210-$250; 300-400 lbs, $185-$230; 400-500 lbs, $168-$197.50; 500-600 lbs, $145-$182.50; 600-700 lbs, $130-$158; 700-800 lbs, $128-$136. Heifer Calves: under 200 lbs, $210-$275; 200-300 lbs, $185-$235; 300-400 lbs, $162-$198; 400-500 lbs, $145-$174; 500-600 lbs, $128-$158; 600-700 lbs, $123-$138; 700-800 lbs, $116-$124.

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The Chamber had a very successful banquet on January 25. Frank Benes was named the recipient of David B. Walshak Life-time Achievement Award and Charlie Walls was presented the Community Service Award for Vol-unteer Work. Businesses that decorated tables were Randolph Brooks, Prosper-ity Bank, Person’s Flowers, DuBose Ins., GVEC, Lone Star Bank, Pioneer Vil-lage, Gonzales Healthcare Systems, Victoria College, Laurel Ridge Antiques, Dierlam Ins., Rockin’ S Marketing and Design, and Hyden Highway Haul-ing. The table that won the People’s Choice Award was Pioneer Village.

• The Gonzales County Veterans Memorial Asso-ciation will have the unveil-ing of the proposed Veter-ans Memorial on February

8 at 5:15p.m. at the corner of St. Lawrence and Moore Street. The public is invited.

• Do not want to cook? Get your tickets to the Chili and Cornbread Sup-per on February 7, 4:30–6:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Gonzales Learning and Career Center at 113 St. Paul Street or call 830-8291 email [email protected]. Tickets are $12 for a quart of chili and four servings of cornbread.

• Want to learn more

about roses, you may at-tend the Gonzales Master Gardeners free program on February 12 at 6:30 p.m. at the Fair Ground Building, 623 Fair Street. The speaker will be Peggy Jones, with the Guadalupe County Master Gardeners.

• The Pilgrim Country Opry will be held February 9 with a barbecued chick-en meal from 5-6:30 p.m. for $6. The Pilgrim Heirs Band will play at 7 p.m., joined by guests Ray and Donna Manley and Bill Barrington. For show in-formation, call Cal Taylor at 830-534-8499.

• The Business Committee will meet Wednesday at noon.

• J. B. Wells Park will have the Jr. High & High School Region Six Rodeo this weekend Saturday and Sunday.

The University of Hous-ton-Victoria Small Busi-ness Development Center will be hosting two upcom-ing seminars this month.

The first, “Starting Your Own Business,” is a free seminar to be held on Feb. 13 from 10 a.m. to noon, at the SBDC in Hallettsville.

Learn the aspects of starting a business, plus get the answers and informa-tion you need to start up your business. If you have questions that you would like the presenters to ad-dress, they can be sent in advance to [email protected] with the workshop name in the subject line.

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The second seminar, “So-cial Media Revolution,” will be held on Feb. 15, from 10 a.m . to noon in the SBDC located at 427 Saint George St., Ste. 303 in Gonzales.

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CUERO — The cur-rent property site of the Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative’s (GVEC) Cu-ero customer service cen-ter and operations facility may move as H-E-B begins the early planning stages of purchasing land near the corner of US 87 and Fain McDougal Drive.

Over the past two years, GVEC staff has been con-sidering the best way to bring a new customer ser-vice center to its members in the DeWitt County area.

H-E-B’s recent interest in the property comes at a crucial time in GVEC’s planning phase and created the perfect opportunity to determine the feasibility of selling the entire acreage to H-E-B. GVEC and H-E-B will be conducting inde-pendent feasibility studies to determine the viability of partnering on this project.

If, after feasibility stud-ies are complete, an agree-ment is reached, GVEC will build a new customer service center and opera-tions facility elsewhere in Cuero. If no agreement can be reached, GVEC

will continue with plans to renovate the current build-ing or construct a new cus-tomer service center on the existing property.

GVEC and H-E-B share a history of strong com-mitment and involvement in the communities they serve and this factor is an important part of the way each company does busi-ness. In partnering on this project, H-E-B and GVEC could potentially help bring a new grocery store and GVEC customer ser-vice center to residents and customers in Cuero and surrounding areas.

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AUSTIN — Most area municipalities contin-ue to see strong retail growth evidenced by their monthly shares of state sales tax revenue an-nounced Wednesday by Texas Comptroller Susan Combs.

Combs said that state sales tax revenue in Janu-ary was $2.12 billion, up 6.1 percent compared to January 2012.

“Growth in sales tax re-ceipts was led by the con-struction, retail trade and restaurant sectors,” said Combs. “Receipts from oil and natural gas-relat-ed activity also continue to be strong. State sales tax revenue has now in-creased for 34 consecutive months.”

Combs will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts their February local sales tax allocations totaling $741 million, up 4.6 percent compared to February 2012.

The City of Gonzales will cash the largest of the sales-tax checks, with a February allocation for $258,442. That represents a 16.58 percent increase over the 2012 check of $221,668. For the year, Gonzales has collected $475,180, also tops in the

region and 18 percent ahead of last year’s figures.

Two of the region’s smaller cities posted the largest percentage monthly increases. Smi-ley’s February check for $5,968 is a 38.66 hike over last year’s figures, while Moulton will see a 36 per-cent increase over 2012 with a February check for $18,643.

Strong gains were also reported in Flatonia, Yo-akum and Hallettsville. Hallettsville’s check for $147,243 is 29.5 percent above last year’s Febru-ary numbers. Yoakum will be receiving a Febru-ary check for $130,635, 23 percent ahead of last year. Flatonia’s 2013 check for $30,671 represents a 33.8 percent increase.

Seeing smaller, but still steady, increases were Nixon, Luling and Cuero. Nixon will get a February check for $28,066, up 7.1 percent over 2012. Luling’s check for $129,452 rep-resents a 6.67 percent in-crease, while Cuero will re-ceive a check for $240,584, up 5.9 percent.

Only two area cities will receive smaller checks this year than last. Waelder’s February allocation for $1,915 is a 21 percent drop from 2012’s num-bers, while Shiner will see a drop of 16.78 percent on its check for $27,129.


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Gonzales County Records


Recent well location re-ports from the Texas Rail-road Commission

DeWitt County

API No.: 42-123-33029Classification: Fld. Dev.

and HorizontalOperator: Petrohawk Op-

erating CompanyLease Name: Sandy AWell No.: 2HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-

gle Ford-2)Total Depth: 14,000 feetDirection and Miles: 10.04

miles northwest of YorktownSurvey Name: T. Mancha,

A-326Acres: 480.56






A-326Acres: 480.56






A-326Acres: 480.56



erating CompanyLease Name: A.J. Baker AWell No.: 5HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-



A-326Acres: 335.03






A-326Acres: 335.03





miles northwest of Yorktown

Survey Name: T. Mancha, A-326

Acres: 335.03

Gonzales County


and HorizontalOperator: EOG Resources

Inc.Lease Name: Lessor B UnitWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-


miles southeast of SmileySurvey Name: J. Bostick,

A-137Acres: 640



Inc.Lease Name: Vernon UnitWell No.: 3HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-


miles south of SmileySurvey Name: J. Dun-

baugh, A-197Acres: 490.63



Inc.Lease Name: Vernon UnitWell No.: 2HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-


miles south of SmileySurvey Name: J. Dun-

baugh, A-197Acres: 490.63



Inc.Lease Name: Burrow UnitWell No.: 5HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-


miles southeast of GonzalesSurvey Name: S. Bateman,

A-1Acres: 375.87


and HorizontalOperator: Geosouthern

Energy Corp.Lease Name: Oro Negro

Unit No.5Well No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-


miles northeast of WesthoffSurvey Name: R.A. Lott,

A-324Acres: 61.39



Energy Corp.Lease Name: Brown A UnitWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-


miles northeast of WesthoffSurvey Name: R.A. Lott,

A-324Acres: 191.38


and HorizontalOperator: Hunt Oil Com-

panyLease Name: Bubba Good-

winWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-


miles east of GonzalesSurvey Name: C. Roahere,

A-395Acres: 483

Lavaca County


and Re-EntryOperator: Mascot Oil

CompanyLease Name: Rother UnitWell No.: 1Field Name: Moulton

(Jackson)Total Depth: 1,500 feetDirection and Miles: 7.7

miles northwest of Halletts-ville

Survey Name: Hrs. J. Ly-ons, A-282

Acres: 122.61

Recent oil and gas com-pletions according to re-ports from the Texas Rail-road Commission

DeWitt County


and HorizontalOperator: Burlington Re-

sources O and G Co. LPLease Name: N Steinmann

Unit AWell No.: 1Field Name: DeWitt (Eagle

Ford Shale)Survey Name: H.P. Cook,

A-120Direction and Miles: 11.8

miles northwest of CueroOil: 982MCF: 4,444Choke Size: 14/64 of an

inchTubing Pressure: 7,405Shut In Well Pressure:

7,977Total Depth: 18,100 feetPlug Back Depth: 17,938

feetPerforations: 13,500-

17,889 feet



sources O and G Co. LPLease Name: N Steinmann

Unit BWell No.: 1Field Name: DeWitt (Eagle

Ford Shale)Survey Name: H.P. Cook,


miles northwest of CueroOil: 761MCF: 3,192Choke Size: 14/64 of an


7,977Total Depth: 16,960 feetPerforations: 13,616-

16,751 feet



sources O and G Co. LPLease Name: Taylor Unit BWell No.: 1Field Name: Eagleville (Ea-

gle Ford-2)Survey Name: F. Gonzales,


miles northwest of YorktownOil: 768MCF: 596Choke Size: 10/64 of an

inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 6,270Total Depth: 19,080 feetPerforations: 12,809-

18,757 feet



sources O and G Co. LPLease Name: Pilgrim Unit

BWell No.: 1Field Name: Eagleville (Ea-

gle Ford-2)Survey Name: R. Parmer,


miles northwest of CueroOil: 550MCF: 540Choke Size: 10/64 of an


18,338 feet



Energy Corp.Lease Name: Big Oak BWell No.: 1HField Name: DeWitt (Eagle

Ford Shale)Survey Name: S.P. Middle-

ton, A-36Direction and Miles: 2.14

miles southwest of HochheimOil: 787MCF: 1,780Choke Size: 12/64 of an


6,865Total Depth: 17,040 feetPlug Back Depth: 16,938


16,994 feet



Energy Corp.Lease Name: Williams AWell No.: 3HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-

gle Ford-2)Survey Name: J. McCoy Jr.,


miles northeast of WesthoffOil: 649MCF: 2,471Choke Size: 12/64 of an

inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 6,315Total Depth: 19,310 feetPlug Back Depth: 19,212


19,207 feet

Gonzales County



Inc.Lease Name: Cornfield

UnitWell No.: 3HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-

gle Ford-1)Survey Name: F. Hoppell,


mile east of SampleOil: 2,000MCF: 3,327Choke Size: 34/64 of an



16,738 feet



Inc.Lease Name: Cornfield

UnitWell No.: 4HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-

gle Ford-1)Survey Name: F. Hoppell,


mile east of SampleOil: 2,072MCF: 3,015Choke Size: 34/64 of an



16,811 feet



Inc.Lease Name: Boothe UnitWell No.: 2HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-

gle Ford-1)Survey Name: J. McCoy,


miles north of CheapsideOil: 3,812MCF: 5,040Choke Size: 32/64 of an



16,203 feet



Inc.Lease Name: Boothe UnitWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-

gle Ford-1)Survey Name: J. McCoy,


miles north of CheapsideOil: 5,379MCF: 5,976Choke Size: 34/64 of an



15,786 feet



Inc.Lease Name: Hilbrich UnitWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-

gle Ford-1)Survey Name: J.L. Wood,

A-473Direction and Miles: 1 mile

south of SampleOil: 1,588MCF: 2,726Choke Size: 36/64 of an



15,392 feet



Inc.Lease Name: Brothers UnitWell No.: 7HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-

gle Ford-1)Survey Name: S. Gates,


miles southeast of CostOil: 1,874MCF: 1,728Choke Size: 32/64 of an



17,153 feet

Lavaca County


and HorizontalOperator: Eagle Ford

Hunter Resources Inc.Lease Name: BerthaWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-

gle Ford-2)Survey Name: W. Chase,


miles west of MoultonOil: 1,434MCF: 942Choke Size: 16/64 of an



17,012 feet


and HorizontalOperator: Penn Virginia

Oil and Gas LPLease Name: Barraza UnitWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-

gle Ford-2)Survey Name: P. Soy, A-411Direction and Miles: 2.44

miles southeast of MoultonOil: 574MCF: 636Choke Size: 15/64 of an


16,089 feet

Gonzales County Courthouse DeedsJanuary 1-31Blanch, George to Martinez, Josue

Salazar, w/d, Lts. 11-12, Blk. 87, Baker Addn, Nixon.

LWE Properties, Ltd. to Chessher, Jimmy and Chessher, Cortnie, w/d, Lt. 2, Blk. 5, Lakewood Estates & Easements.

Faulkner, James Ray (Trustee), James Ray Faulkner Living Trust and Faulkner Living Trust, James Ray to JRLFaulkner LP, w/d, 278.80 Acres, John R. Hubert

Svy, A-268.Walshak, Dorothy to Cooper, Nicole

and Styre, Edward, w/d, Pt. Lt. 5, Blk. 43, Orig. Inner Town Gonzales.

Commissioner of the General Land Office State of Texas and Texas, State of Texas to EOG Resources, Inc. o/l, 16.311 Acres, Peter Winn Svy, A-464.

Larry, Diondray to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 249.05 Acres, Wilson Simpson A-426 & Joseph Dillard A-177 Svys.

Carter, Barbara to EOG Resources,

Inc., o/l, 1.52 Acres, A W Hill Svy, A-247.Lord, Carl T. to EOG Resources, Inc.,

o/l, 1.52 Acres, A W Hill Svy, A-247.Gill, Opal L. and Gill, Dennis to EOG

Resources, Inc., o/l, 1.52 Acres, A W Hill Svy, A-247.

Heather, Sarah L. to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 1.52 Acres, A W Hill Svy, A-247.

Miller, Edna to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 1.52 Acres, A W Hill Svy, A-247.

Bracken, Catherine to EOG Resourc-es, Inc., o/l, 1.52 Acres, A W Hill Svy,

A-247.Lord, Robert J. and Lord, Ailene P. to

EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 1.52 Acres, A W Hill Svy, A-247.

Carter III, Arthur to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 1.52 Acres, A W Hill Svy, A-247.

Allert, Leslie D. to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 1.52 Acres, A W Hill Svy, A-247.

Colfry, Jessica to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 1.52 Acres, A W Hill Svy, A-247.

Colfry, David to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 1.52 Acres, A W Hill Svy, A-247.

Fehlis, William V. to Boehm, James W. and Walshak, Pamela A, w/d, Lt. 3, Blk. 9 & Lts. 3-4, Blk. 12, Ottine.

Fehlis, William V. to Devries, Roland E. and Devries, Patsy J., w/d, Lts. 1-2, Blk. 9 & Pt. Lt, Blk 6, Ottine.

Nesloney, Thomas Jeffery and Nes-loney, Wanda Gail to Stewart, Michael V., Childress, J. Frank, WA Childress Re-siduary Trust, w/d, 11.0061 Acres, Rob-ert Sellers Sr Svy, A-414.


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Students in Ms. Connie Davis’ multime-dia class made door coverings for teachers, in honor of Black History Month.

Ms. Davis’ students were given names of famous African Americans who are/were authors, civil rights leaders and activists, politicians, inventors, scientists, and edu-cators. The list included: Lorraine Hans-berry, Maya Angelou, Colin Powell, Ralph Ellison, Mae C. Jemison, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Walter Dean Myers, Dudley Weldon Woodward, Fred Shuttlesworth, Zora Neale Hurtson, Guy Bluford, Barbara Jordan, Coretta Scott King, Sharon Drap-er, George Washington Carver, Langston

Hughes, Walter McAfee, Barack Obama, Isabel Bumfree, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, Marcus Garvey, Stokely Carmichael, Med-gar Evers, Percy Lavon Julian, Malcolm X, Doris Miller, Alex Haley, Garrett Augustus Morgan, and two of our own educators: Ms. Wanda Fryer, and Coach Willis Stew-ard.

Students researched these individuals, compiled a biography, found pictures and put the information in a project using Mi-crosoft Publisher. Projects were printed, put together, and delivered to teachers on the Jr. High campus, where they will then be hung on the teacher’s door.

Pictured are participating students including: Sarah Andrews, Victoria Banda, Daniel Barrientos, Keiana Edwards, Evelyn Espino, Miranda Hernandez, Martha Jiminez, Anahi Ramirez, Denessie Reyes, Juan Velazquez and Kenya Villagomez. (Courtesy photo)

Pictured are participating students including: John Hernandez, Jacob Irving, Geovanny Jaramillo, Brandon Leal, Jose Matamoros, Madison Molina, Christian Pena, Guadalupe Ruedas, Rylan Tieken and Lane Vaught. (Courtesy photo)

Pictured are participating students including: Vonnishia Branch, Ashlyn Garner, Aaliyah Hardy, Jacob Havel, Becca Lowery, Ryan Perez, Marina Riojas, and Pre-sleigh Zella. (Courtesy photo)

A job well done, Lorenzo Camarillo! — Posted by Pat BautistaTrent Tabor took the Cannon on a cruise

- The picture was taken in St. Thomas on The Oasis Of Seas Cruise ship — Posted by Carol and Barry Wiley

Diego & Rambo Ramirez pumped up for the Waelder Wildcat homecoming game! — Post-ed by Michelle Lanni Ramirez

My Girls....(Kristen and Har-ley Rodriguez) Loving their 6 1/2 month German Shepard named Bear _ Posted by Me-lissa Marie Gallegos

Emily and Matthew Schramm with baby sheep — Posted by Rachel Sch-ramm

Our Grandsons First deer ever! Aaron Johnson — Post-ed by Shirley Johnson

Joy & Jackie Beaver at Sea World San Antonio for the 2013 Girl Scout Cookie Rally — Posted by Ann Marie Hernandez

Opening the doorfor Black History

If you experience tension headaches you are certanily not alone. Tension headache is the most common type of primary headache accounting for 90% of all headaches.

Approximately three per-cent of the population has chronic tension-type head-aches. The pain often starts at the back of the head and moves forward eventually involving the neck, scalp, and head. It can be described as a constant pres-sure, as if your head were being squeezed or like you have a tight band around your head. The pain may be mild, moder-ate, or severe and may last from minutes to days. The typical duration is 4 to 6 hours.

A comprehensive treatment plan including relaxation, ex-ercise, lifestyle changes, and medication can be very effec-tive in reducing the frequency and intensity of tension head-aches. If you are like me that sounds great, but who has time for a comprehensive treat-ment plan? Who has time for one more thing someone says you need to do? Well, that’s the problem. Learning to decrease stress by managing your sched-ule may be the key to the whole tension headache problem.

Do you find yourself always rushing from one activity to the next and squeezing yet an-other commitment onto your calendar? Learning to say “No” could be very effective.

Or have you been taking yourself a little too seriously? Laughter releases certain sub-stances that can help you relax and feel more positive. Watch a sit-com or call that friend who knows just how to keep you in stitches.

Keeping a headache diary can help identify the source of your headaches and help you identify habits to avoid. Deep breathing exercises, medita-tion, yoga, massage, and accu-puncture can all be very helpful as well.

As is often the case, preven-tion for headaches and other ailments takes us back to the basics, to common-sense self care. Good health habits that may be helpful in lessening stress and tension headaches include:

• Eating a healthy diet. Don’t skip meals.

• Getting regular exercise. Start new exercise regimens slowly.

• Getting enough sleep. Get in the habit of relaxing before bedtime and go to bed at the same time each night. Avoid caffeine near bedtime.

• Avoiding smoking. Ciga-rettes can trigger headaches.

• Learning and using relax-ation techniques.

Medications are used both to relieve pain and to prevent headaches if you have chronic tension headaches. Over the counter (OTC) analgesics are usually effective to relieve pain. These include acetaminophen (Tylenol), aspirin, ibuprofen (Motrin,Advil), naproxen (Aleve), and a combination of aspirin, acetaminophen, and caffeine (Excedrin & other brands). These should not be taken for more than a few days without talking to your doc-tor, and take only the amount recommended on the pack-age. Prescription analgesics may be needed if the head-ache does not respond to OTC medication. Your doctor may choose to try certain prescrip-tion medications to prevent your headaches if he feels it is needed.

Although tension headaches can be painful, they are rarely a sign of a more serious illness. The good news is that more than 90% of all people with tension headaches get signifi-cant relief from a combination of lifestyle changes, relaxation, and medication.


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The latest statistics from the World Health Organi-zation lists the U.S. with 4.2 murders per 100,000 citi-zens. How do we stack up against 25 well-known coun-tries with total gun bans?

Honduras 91.6 El Salva-dor 69.2 Jamaica 52.2 Vene-zuela 45.1 US Virgin Islands 39.2 Colombia 33.4 South Africa 31.8 Central African Republic 29.3 Bahamas 27.4 Puerto Rico 26.2 Dominican Republic 25.0 Ethiopia 22.5 Brazil 21.0 Kenya 20.1 Mex-ico 16.9 North Korea 15.2 Bermuda 12.3 Paraguay 11.5 Barbados 11.3 Russia 10.2 British Virgin Islands 8.6 Cayman Islands 8.4 Lithu-ania 6.6 Philippines 5.4 Cuba 5.0.

Weapons (in and of them-selves) are not the problem. Sociopaths are. Gun bans do not address the real cause of our social ills. Any imple-ment in the hand of the mentally and emotionally unstable is cause for concern. When guns are outlawed, outlaws will still carry guns. Evil lies in the heart of a murderer, not in the weapon.

A sincere change of heart, away from evil and toward God, is the only permanent solution. We’re obligated to offer the love of Christ to the broken people of this world so that a true change of heart is possible. But change is a choice some people refuse to make. So, although there is a time to reach out in love to people who are broken in mind and spirit, there is also a time when the only moral response is to protect inno-cent victims from evil-doers.

To be sure we take the right stand in all critical mat-ters, Christians must be seri-ous students of God’s Word. Some say we should turn the other cheek and never use lethal force against perpetra-tors-even in self-defense.

But, the reference ‘to turn the other cheek’ is a warning against taking vengeance, not self-defense. God does not want us to be powerless against oppression. And the Sixth Commandment does not say “ You shall not kill”. It says “You shall not mur-der’’. Murder – taking an innocent life with criminal intent and malice--is pro-hibited at all times and in all circumstances. Killing is not prohibited under certain circumstances. God says it is our responsibility to protect ourselves and others. Many innocent people are alive to-day because someone took that responsibility to heart. I

am one of them.I was alone the night two

men came knocking at my door. I peeked through the crack without unlocking the top latch. It had never oc-curred to me that disclosing information to my room-mate about her new boy-friend would cause me to almost lose my life. Earlier that day I’d warned her that the man she was dating had a criminal record for beat-ing up women. She stormed out in rage, accusing me of jealousy. Apparently she’d told him because he’d come to set things straight. And he’d brought a friend. They stood silently glaring at me, drinks in hands. Clueless, I told him ‘she’ wasn’t home. When he shook his head and pointed at me, I knew I was in trouble.

The weight of two deter-mined men against the door broke its hinges; pushing me back into the room. The first blow gashed my eye, knocking my glasses across the floor. Blood spew-ing and vision impaired, I backed up slowly. They stalked, knowing I was trapped. My mind raced to find something I could use to defend myself that wouldn’t be turned against me. I dismissed the kitchen knife and crossed off one thing after another- until I saw the iron. I grabbed it and swung. My hesitation lightened the blow. Huge mistake! In fury he threw me across the room. Land-ing between tub and toilet, one man pinned me down as the other punched and kicked me without mercy. I began screaming and couldn’t stop, in spite of the

death threats. Then I heard a voice telling them to move away. They looked up and started to attack him. The warning shot stopped them cold and they backed up against the wall. Bloody, bruised, bones broken and half blind I staggered out-side...alive...because some-one with a gun defended my life. How can we justify disarming ourselves so that we are unable to stop injus-tice such as this?

This is a summary of an informative teaching on ‘The Bible and Self Defense’ by Dr. Richard Seim. (c) 2012 Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network, Inc.

• In a corporate setting, we may defend each other as necessary. (Trusting God, while prepared for self-defense.) Nehemiah 4:7-15, Ecc 4:9-12, Psalm 144:1

• We may defend some-one being attacked by a violent person. Ex 20:2-3, Deut 22:23-27

• Vengeance should be left in the hands of God and the court system. Matt 5:38-42, Matt 26:51-54, Ro-mans 12:19

• Jesus taught about the importance of being pre-pared to defend oneself. Luke 10:25-37, Luke 22:36

As a way of preserv-ing life, God sanctions the possession and lethal use of weapons in war, self-defense and capital pun-ishment. Even so, own-ing a weapon is a choice that comes with much re-sponsibility. We must use weapons with caution, in wisdom and self-control. All our decisions must be guided by scripture; not by our experiences, the opin-ions of others or by our emotions.

So please, if you have un-resolved anger issues...stick to a water pistol.

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Lifegate Christian School welcomed 30 pastors, youth pastors, sunday school teachers and lay ministers for the School’s weekly chapel service on Wednesday, January 30th. The guests included pastors of Lifegate students and in the communities served by Lifegate. Following the service, students and guests met for a reception and refreshments. Lifegate Christian School is a fully-accredited K-12 school serving Christian families who desire a Christian edu-cation for their children. As it has for the past 32 years, Lifegate servies families in Seguin and surrounding communities in Guadalupe, Gonzales, Caldwell, and Wilson counties. The School is a ministry of Lifegate Church and is located three miles southeast of Seguin on FM 466. For additional information on Lifegate Christian School, including enrollment information, please contact the School at (830) 372-0850 or www.lcsfalcons.org.


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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

ChristianFirst 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 Messiah721 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 Methodist1113 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 Fellowship1817 St. Lawrence St. Gonzales

Encouraging Word Christian Fel-lowshipHwy. 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 Fellowship207 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 Gonzales3.3 miles north on 183, Right on CR 235, Right on CR 236

Presbyterian Pilgrim Presbyterian ChurchCR 210 off FM 1116

Presbyterian Church of Gonzales414 St. Louis, Gonzales

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

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Obituaries

Linda Freeman,1946-2013

FREEMANLinda Freeman passed

to Heaven on January 6th. She was very unexpect-edly diagnosed with mela-noma. In just a short time she passed at her home in the northern mountains of Idaho with BA and the kids by her side.

Linda’s Texas memorial will be held February 9th, 11:00 AM, at the First Unit-ed Methodist Church here in Gonzales. Her life cele-bration will continue in the spring in Idaho when fam-ily and friends of the north gather to remember a lady full of life and love, some-one who touched their hearts in so many ways.

Linda was born October 24th, 1946, to JD and Inez Gray in Gonzales and grew up in Wealder. After a ca-reer sewing a million plus stitches most of her life and owning a fabric store, she changed careers and opened her day care, Little People’s Playschool. Upon out-growing her first facil-ity, she and BA designed, built and Linda opened First Step Learning Center. Linda’s eyes sparkled the brightest when she had a baby in her arms. So many days you could find her in her office consoling a tod-dler who was having a bad day and feeding an infant at the same time. She loved all kids, big and small.

She married the abso-

lute love of her life Byron A “BA” Freeman on July 6th, 1963. Their family was small, a daughter Londa Lynnette and a son Chance Allen. A small family with more love than the State of Texas could hold. Af-ter several years of travel-ing, BA and Linda found a place that adopted them - an indescribable 80-acre mountain in the panhandle of Idaho, one mile from the Canadian border. Together BA and Linda lived from the US southern border to the US northern border.

They made their home in Idaho in June of 2000. They constructed their cabin and Linda found their un-derground water that BA developed for their home’s water system. Always be-ing a great cook, Linda be-came a great gardener. Ev-erywhere you look in their cabin you will find a can of ‘something’ she’d grown and canned. She was all giving of herself and helped many neighbors through their tough times. This giving nature was returned ten-fold by the commu-nity out-reaching to Linda in her time of illness. Her neighbors came by with food for the family, love, hugs, songs and prayers for Linda. The cards she re-ceived came not only from family and friends in Texas, but from California, Wash-ington, Arizona, Kentucky and Canada. She touched so many lives.

BA, Londa and Chance express great appreciation to all of you for the love and care shown to Linda and assistance given to our family.

Linda is survived by her immediate family, husband BA, daughter Londa, son Chance, and her guardian angel Australian Shepherd Sweet Lar-O, her mother Inez Gray, an older sister Lorraine Reynolds and husband David, younger brothers and sisters-in-law,

Jay and Donna Gray, Roger and Charlie Gray, Steve and Bonnie Gray. Nephews Travis Reynolds and family, Josh Gray and family, niece Taylor Gray, and several great nieces and nephews.

Linda was preceded in death by her father, JD Gray, her great uncle ‘Bud-dy’ Diebel, and her nephew Ross Gray.

In continuing of her giv-ing nature, Linda requested a scholarship fund be set up and in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Linda Freeman Schol-arship Fund at Prosperity Bank in Gonzales. Dona-tions can also be made to your favorite charity.

VARAErmenia “Minnie” Vara,

67 of Cibolo, formerly of Gonzales, passed away Tuesday, January 29. She was born April 30, 1945 in Gonzales the daughter of Jesus and Jesusa Ramos Vara.

She was an associate with Wal-Mart; a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church; the Guadalupa-na Society and a Cursillo member. She enjoyed bar-bequing and spending time with her children and grandchildren.

She is survived by her daughter, Cynthia Longo-ria and husband Simon of Cibolo; son, Jason Vara and wife Amy of Cibolo; grand-children, Tim Longoria, Josh Longoria, Ariel Long-oria, John Cantu and Jolie Vara; great-grandchildren, Dominik Longoria and Isabel Longoria; brothers, Alfredo Ramos and wife Maria of Austin and Henry Vara of Austin; sisters-in-law, Elvira Vara of Flores-ville, Irene Chavarria and Helen Vara both of Gonza-les; and her special friend, Elisa Alvarez of Cibolo.

She was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Jane Camarillo; and broth-ers, Loreto Vara, Thomas

Chavarria and Jesse Vara. The Mass of the Chris-

tian Burial was celebrated on Friday, February 1 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Reverend Paul Raaz officiating. In-terment followed at the St. James Catholic Cemetery. Pallbearers include Tim Longoria, Josh Longoria, John Cantu, Chris Ca-marillo, Jerry Vara, David Vara, Joseph Ramos and Lawrence Ramos.

Arrangements under the care and direction of Seydler-Hill Funeral Home 906 St. Paul, Gonzales, TX 830-672-3232.

Karena Peck Hurt,1958-2013

HURTKarena Peck Hurt age

54 of Waelder, Texas passed away January 27, 2013. She was born Oc-tober 8, 1958 in Freer, Texas to the late William Staley Hobbs and Har-riett Bingham Hobbs. Karena was a rancher and loved the outdoors.

She is preceded in death by her son-John Hurt-2004, brother-George Peck and grand- mother-Rena Smith Peck.

Survivors: companion-Jerry Adee of Waelder, daughter and husband-Rena Kate and Luther Andrew Pierce of Hob-son, Texas, one brother-

William Kent Peck of Stockdale, five grand children-Alena Null, Hali West, Ryan West, Andrew and Rena Pierce. Visitation was held at 6:00 pm Friday, Febru-ary 1, 2013 at the funeral home. Funeral Services weree held Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 2:00 pm at Smith Funeral Home Chapel –Flatonia with Mr. Harry White of-ficiating. Burial followed at Morgan Smith Ranch near Waelder. Words of comfort can be shared with the family at www.smithfuneralhomeflato-nia.com.

Smith Funeral Home-128 East 5th St.-Flatonia, Texas.

HOUSTON

O.C. Houston, long-time ownber of the Hos-pital Pharmacy — one of the longest-running Af-rican American owned businesses in Austin — died Sunday, jan. 27, from a head injury sus-tained during a fall last week. He was 66.

The lifelong Austin resident dedicated his life to running the phar-macy at 2115 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in East Austin since buying it in 1970. The pharmacy, located originally where the frank Erwin Center now sits, was named for its close proximity what what is now University Medical Center Bracken-ridge.

Benee Brown, Hous-ton’s neice and a phar-macist in Chicago, said she remembers dusting shelves at the shop at 14 while quietly witness-ing her uncle’s generos-ity with customers. He would often let some of them walk away with medications even if they couldn’t pay for it imme-diately, she said.

His knack for business would even overflow into his life at home. Along his quirks that his 42-year--old daughter remembers fondly is that he was always willing

to lend money to fam-ily mmebers, but always expected to be paid back in full.

“He was very serious about how you handled your money,” said Whit-ney Houston of Dallas.

The journey to owning his own pharmacy wasn’t easy, though. Brown said that up until recently, her uncle rarely talked about his experience studying at the University of Tex-as College of Pharmacy, where he was among the firts black students to graduate in 1969. he would later describe how the career fairs at the school, which was still grappling with desegre-gation, would offer little help to black students, Brown said.

Although her uncle’s relationship with the pharmacy schoolo was tenuous, Brown said he served as a role model for aspiring pharmacists and members of the East Austin community.

His community service would later lead to the Bowl of Hygeia Award presented by the Texas Pharmacy Association and NAACP and Martin Luther King Jr. humani-tarian awards.

“When I was grow-ing up, it was rare to see an African-American male who was a business owner, who was married to his wife, fathering his kids, and successfully doing so and extending himself as much as he could to his community,” Brown said. “And he was that man.”

A memorial for Hous-ton will take place at 6 p.m. Feb. 8 at the Great-er Mount Zion Baptist Church, with funeral services at the church at 10 a.m. Feb. 9.

Our loss is heaven’s gain. He was a great friend to George and Ella Harris.

Services direct-ed by Harris Funeral Home in Gonzales.

There are many ways that people in a community can participate in Relay For Life.

Some volunteer as com-mittee members, team cap-tains, team participants, day-of-event volunteers, donors or in other ways. Donors are those individu-als, groups, or businesses that choose to give to the American Cancer Society Relay For Life each year to help in the fight against cancer.

No matter the size of the gift the dollars will benefit someone diagnosed with cancer.

In two months Gonzales County will host the elev-enth annual Relay For Life on April 5 at the J. B. Wells Show Barn. “Celebrating HOPE Year ‘Round” is the 2013 event theme. In order for those diagnosed with cancer to have hope every day, your help is needed.

Sponsorship informa-tion booklets were mailed

to potential sponsors in November. As of the end of January 2013, $8,550 has already been received in sponsorship donations. Sponsorship chair Jo Ann Low and her co-chair Carla Faltisek are busy making personal contacts to re-mind citizens that sponsor-ship donations need to be turned in before the end of February.

The Relay For Life plan-ning committee is grateful for each event sponsor be-

cause their gift brings hope in many different forms. Generous contributions to the American Cancer So-ciety Relay For Life make it possible for the Society to save lives by helping people stay well and get well, by finding cures, and by fight-ing back.

2013 Relay For Life Sponsors (donations re-ceived thus far):

Platinum Level--Gon-zales High School Apache Cheerleaders

Gold Level--Harding Pump & Supply

Silver Level--Perry L. Smith, Robin & Larry Kapavik, Tracey Schendel Ranch, 4L RV Ranch

Bronze Level--Southern Livestock; West Motors; Sage Capital Bank, N. A.; Sunset Livestock Carriers, Inc.; Barbara Koricanek; Graham Land & Cattle; DuBose Insurance

Turn Around Level--Adam’s Extract, Knights of Columbus, Allen’s Body

Tech, Laura Wilson, Tim’s Saddle Shop

If you can’t find your sponsorship information that you received in the mail or you didn’t receive a booklet and would like to become a Relay For Life sponsor, please call Jo Ann Low (830-857-5585), Carla Faltisek (830-857-0993), or Event Chair Arline Rine-hart (830-672-2077).

How will you help bring hope to those diagnosed with cancer?

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JB Wells Show BarnThe Relay For Life planning committee is grateful for each even sponsor because their gift brings hope in many different forms. Generous contributions to the American Cancer Society Relay for Life make it pos-sible for the Society to save lives by helping people stay well and get well, by finding cures, and by fighting back.

2013 Relay For Life Sponsors (donations received thus far)

Platinum Level - Gonzales High School Apache Cheerleaders

Gold Level - Harding Pump & Supply

Silver Level - Perry L. Smith, Robin & Larry Kapavik, Tracey Schendel Ranch, 4L RV Ranch

Bronze Level - Southern Livestock; West Motors; Sage Capital Bank, N.A.; Sunset Livestock Carriers, Inc.; Barbara Koricanek; Graham Land & Cattle; Du-Bose Insurance

Turn Around Level - Adam’s Extract; Knights of Co-lumbus; Allen’s Body Tech; Laura Wilson; Tim’s Sad-dle Shop

If you can’t find your sponsorship information and would like to become a Relay For Life Sponsor please call Jo Ann Low (830-857-5585), Carla Faltisek (830-857-0093) or event Chair Arline Rinehart (830-672-2077)

On Tuesday, January 29, parents of 4th grade students at Gonzales Elementary were invited to an informational meeting about the 4th grade STAAR writing test. Sarah Menking, 4th grade writing teacher, presented information explain-ing the requirements of the state assessment. The STAAR test for 4th grade con-sists of multiple choice editing and revising questions along with a narrative and expository writing prompt. This test will be administered to students on April 2 and 3. Parents also had the opportunity to complete a writing assignment which 4th grade students had completed earlier in the year. (Courtesy photo)

This February marks the 10th year of the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women® movement. In support, Shiner Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (SNRC) participated in the America Goes Red Challenge on February 1st. Resi-dents, employees and volunteers wore their red! The dietary staff even planned a RED menu, featuring chicken cacciatore spaghetti, tomato salad, and red velvet cake. Tables were decorated with red bouquets and the signature little red dress. SNRC will be continuing their support all month long with a Build a Bouquet fundraiser on Valentine’s Day, heart health information at the Shiner Health Fair and wearing our little red dress pins. Stop by and donate to get your little red dress. If you would like to make a donation to the Go Red For Women® cause or for more information, go to www.goredforwomen.org and search for our group. Together we can make a difference. (Courtesy photo)

Here are some pictures taken at the Shiner Catholic School balloon launch last Thurs-day for Catholic Schools Week. It took over a dozen volunteers to blow up hundreds of balloons for the annual balloon launch. This year Philip Pilat, the event organizer, worked extra hard to surprise the kids with a rosary made out of balloons.(Courtesy photos)

A lot of people are happy it is softball time in Gonza-les, Texas.

None more so than the seven Lady Apache seniors, who have started or played on varsity almost their en-tire high school career.

Lindsey Akers, Morgan Simper, Shayla Simper, Sibil Philippus, Carly Bozka, Elea Molina and Gabby Mendoza have one last go at success and making some memories in softball.

And the former is defi-nitely what they are shoot-ing for.

“I have high expecta-tions for us and for myself, of course,” Akers said. “We have a lot of ability and we should go far this year. Coach (Holli) Hatcher ex-pects a lot out of us and we are going to do what we need to do to reach our goal of going to the playoffs.”

“I hope the seniors can finally prove ourselves be-cause every year everybody asks us what we are going to

do this season and that we are supposed to be good,” Philippus said. “I felt we have not proven anything yet and I hope with Coach Hatcher, more seniors and good underclassmen, we are successful this year.”

Morgan Simper said the season is going to be a spe-cial one.

“We have a lot of girls coming back who are big leaders and we have high expectations for the season, and we have a lot of faith in Coach Hatcher,” she said. “If we are going to go some-where, this will be the year to do it and we have full confidence in her.”

Philippus remarked it is “weird” to have a different head coach for their senior year, after having Holly Long for the first three years.

“She will be very benefi-cial for us,” she said. “Coach Hatcher’s style is similar to last year’s but there is more discipline involved. It is not too stressful and we get things done.”

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Shiner girls close out regular season with win over struggling Flatonia

Defense carries Comanches in victory over rival Bulldogs

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The Gonzales varsity softball team is a senior-laden bunch that includes upperclassmen (front row, from left) Sibil Philippus, Morgan Simper, Gabby Mendoza (back row) Carly Bozka, Elea Molina, Shayla Simper and Lindsey Akers. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Into the Paint

Mary Hastings attempts a shot in the Gonzales Junior High 8th A game against Smithville on Monday. She scored a team-high seven points. For more GJH basketball, see page B4. (Photo by Mark Lube)

SHINER — Too much of anything is not good.

The Shiner Lady Co-manches had a lot of adrenaline, maybe a little too much, on Tuesday night as they closed out the season with a 53-27 win over the Flatonia Lady Bulldogs on Senior Night.

“We were pumped up,” Shiner head coach John Hoelter said. “We just missed some shots. It hap-pens.”

With a 7-1 record in dis-

trict, the Lady Comanches will either flip or play a playoff game with Weimar to determine the district championship.

Hoelter said it was good to get the bad game out of the system before the play-offs.

The Lady Comanches (26-7) led just 23-12 at the break but outscored Fla-tonia 30-15 in the second half.

“Our defensive play al-lowed us to pull away,” Hoelter said. “We got some steals and tried to get the ball inside.”

Flatonia concludes the season with a 5-28 and 2-6 record.

“It was a physical game,” Lady Bulldog head coach Jennifer Zbranek said. “We hung with them in the first half. Just did not have enough for us to overtake them and we got into foul trouble, but we never gave up.”

The game was the last for Flatonia seniors Abigail Schacherl, Jasmine Philips, Brittany Silva and Mer-edith Pavlica.

“They made a huge im-


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SHINER — Any time your offense has some trouble, compensate with a stellar defensive effort.

The Shiner Comanches used team defensive effort to pick up their offense in a 52-36 win over Flatonia Bulldogs on Tuesday night.

“Most of the game, we played good team defense,” Shiner head coach Noe Mc-Carthy said. “The defensive play helped our offense out since it can get stale. We got some breakouts with Evel (Jones) and Justin (Stovall).”

Tuesday’s victory has as-sured the Comanches of entry into the postseason. Shiner will host Weimar to-morrow for what will prob-ably be for the district title.

McCarthy said the teams have split the two games

they have played so far, with the Wildcats winning a non-district tournament game and Shiner winning the first district meeting.

“To be successful, we need to play good defense, control the rebounding, make every possession count and make our free throws,” McCarthy said.

“It was an intense game and we knew it would be a fight,” Flatonia head coach Bryan Zimmerman said. “Both teams are trying to stay alive for the district title.”

Zimmerman said Flato-nia should be proud of the battle they gave the Co-manches (5-5, 5-1).

“We just fell short on the scoreboard but not on ef-fort,” he said.

The ‘Dogs (4-3 in dis-trict) are not finished with the season yet as they still have a good shot at the

playoffs with a win in one of their last couple of games.

The Comanches took a 15-8 lead after the first quarter, with four points from Jones and another five from Stovall. Flatonia sank eight points with four points from Colby Craig and a basket each from Gus Venegas and Will Bruns.

The ‘Dogs dropped in eight points in the second quarter, led by four points from Matthew Kozelsky. The Comanches bagged 13 points with Cole Strauss, Stovall and Rigo Baray each sinking a three.

Shiner opened the third box with a three-point play from Caleb Kalich and then he got a two-point shot. Bruns sank a pair of free throws and Shiner got a la-yup from Jones.

The ‘Dogs then stepped up and scored seven

Flatonia’s Colby Craig (5) positions himself between his basket and Shiner’s Evel Jones (4) during Tuesday’s game. (Photo by Mark Lube)


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straight — Casen Novak made a three, Craig hit a jumper ,and Evan Butcher got an offensive board and scored.

The Comanches then scored eight of 10 to end

the quarter, capped by a three by Chad Neubauer.

Early in the fourth, No-vak hit a three-point bomb, and later got a steal, went to the line and made one free throw .

A Jones basket put Shin-er ahead 48-33, and Flato-

nia ended the game with five of nine points as Novak scored after a steal and then made a triple, following two Shiner baskets.

Game SummaryShiner 52, Flatonia 36F 8 8 11 9-36S 15 13 15 9-52

Flatonia: Casen Novak 6 1-2 16, Colby Craig 2 2-2 6, Will Bruns 1 3-4 5, Matthew Kozelsky 1 2-2 4, Gus Venegas 1 0-0 2, Evan Butcher 1 0-0 2, Juan Alvarez 0 1-2 1. To-tals 12 9-12 36

Shiner: Justin Stovall 5 1-2 13, Rigo Baray 3 2-2 9, Caleb Kalich 4 1-1 9, Chad Neubauer 3 1-2 8, Evel Jones 4 0-0 8, Cole Strauss 2 0-0 5. Totals 21 5-7 52.

The 9th Annual Alvis Malatek Catfish Tourna-ment will take place on March 21-23 at Boomer’s Sports Bar.

The event is a fundraiser for two scholarships that will be given to Gonzales County seniors. Fee is $25 per person and all proceeds go to the scholarship fund.

All members of a team must be signed up by mid-night on March 21 and

must fish out of the same camp in public waters in Gonzales County. Lines can be put out prior to the tournament, but cannot be baited. If baited prior to daybreak on March 21, team will be forced to for-feit.

On Sept. 1, 2012, the Texas Department of Parks

and Wildlife added two items to the list of device that require gear tags. All minnow traps and throw lines (including limb lines, tree lines, drop lines, stick lines, etc.) must have gear tags containing the fisher-men’s name, address and date set out.

Gear tags, which used to be good for 30 days, are now only good for 10 days.

Fishing starts at daybreak

on March 21 and weigh-in will take place on March 23 from 1-2 p.m. Any team that does not weigh-in by 2 p.m. will not get weighed.

Bring 30 total fish that includes 25 blue and/or channel and five yellow. All teams must weigh in their Big Fish first and it can not be used on the stringer.

Trophies will be award-ed to Heavy Stringer and

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ScoreboardBasketBall

BOYSDistrict 26-3A Standings

District Overall La Grange 6-2 21-7Yoakum 5-2 10-17Smithville 5-3 19-12Giddings 3-4 13-13Cuero 3-5 13-14Gonzales 0-8 4-24Friday’s game game results – Cuero 42, Gonzales 40 (OT); Smithville 46, Giddings 38 Yoakum 58, La Grange 55 Tuesday’s game results – Smithville 54, Gonzales 48; La Grange 53, Cuero 48; Giddings v Yoakum, n/aFriday’s game schedules – Gonzales at La Grange, 7:30 p.m.; Yoakum at Smithville, 7:30 p.m.; Cuero at Giddings, 7:30 p.m.

District 28-2A Standings District Overall Hallettsville 9-2 21-8Poth 6-4 15-11Stockdale 5-3 13-6Schulenburg 4-5 15-7Luling 4-5 4-17Nixon-Smiley 3-7 10-5Karnes City 2-7 3-12Friday’s game schedules – Schulenburg 70, Hallettsville 66; Poth 82, Stockdale 44; Luling 44, Karnes City 42 Tuesday’s game results – Hallettsville 66, Nixon-Smiley 39; Schulenburg v Stockdale, n/a; Poth at Luling, n/a Friday’s game schedules – Schulenburg at Luling, 7:30 p.m.; Nixon-Smiley at Stockdale, 6:30 p.m.; Poth at Karnes City, 7:30 p.m.

District 31-1A, DII Standings District Overall Moulton 5-0 19-9Waelder 5-1 15-13Austwell-Tivoli 1-2 1-7Nordheim 0-4 0-12*Prairie Lea 0-0 0-1Last Friday’s game results – Waelder 69, Weimar JV 19; Austwell-Tivoli 53, Nordheim 11.Tuesday’s game results – Moulton 66, Nordheim 16Friday’s game schedule – Waelder at Austwell-Tivoli, 6:30 p.m.

BoxscoresMoulton 66, Nordheim 16

M 15 25 13 13–66N 6 0 3 7–16Moulton: Jaydon Nieto 5 0-0 10, Bronson Zapata 5 0-0 10, Tyler Swartz 3 2-2 8, Dallas Rothbauer 2 2-2 7, Dennis Lopez 3 0-0 6, Matt Orsak 3 0-0 6, Nick Perez 1 0-0 3, Tanner Nichols-Ranton 1 1-2 3, Mario Pinedo 1 0-0 2, T.J. Thomas 1 0-0 2, Matt Dornak 1 0-0 2. Totals 29 6-10 66.Nordheim: William Anderson 2 1-4 5, Johanthon Pena 1 2-4 5, Al-fredo Gutierrez 2 0-0 4, Michael Anderson 1 0-2 2. Totals 6 2-4 16.

GIRLSDistrict 26-3A Standings

District Overall Smithville 10-0 25-7Yoakum 8-2 23-9Giddings 5-5 19-13Gonzales 3-7 5-26La Grange 2-7 7-19Cuero 2-7 6-24Last Friday’s game results – Cuero 48, Gonzales 43; Smithville 68, Giddings 24; Yoakum 37, La Grange 36Tuesday’s game results – Smithville 78, Gonzales 49; Yoakum 51, Giddings 48; Cuero at La Grange, n/a

District 28-2A Standings District Overall Schulenburg 11-1 20-5Poth 11-1 23-5Karnes City 7-5 21-7Hallettsville 6-6 17-14Nixon-Smiley 5-7 18-10Stockdale 2-10 17-15Luling 0-12 5-24Last Friday’s game results – Karnes City 54, Luling 38; #18 Schulenburg 41, Hallettsville 31; Poth 63, Stockdale 49Tuesday’s game results – Poth 76, Luling 36; Hallettsville 56, Nixon-Smiley 46; #18 Schulenburg 44, Stockdale 34

BoxscoresHallettsville 56, Nixon-Smiley 46

NS 8 4 20 14–46H 10 15 15 16–56Nixon-Smiley: Savannah Martinez 12, Megan Guerra 9, Alena Alvarez 8, Jennifer Flores 6, Abby Scar-brough 4, Tyhanna Mejia 4.Hallettsville: Heather Henneke 12, Kaymee Howell 9, Kasey Hairell 8, Emma Wick 7, Dazun Silgero 6, Kori Landman 6, Brailyn Gaitan 4, Cassidy Targac 2, Shataira Run-nels 2

Karnes City 54, Luling 38L 11 11 4 12–38KC 20 11 16 7–54Luling: Carley Glass 20, Amanda Lee 9, Sidney Threadgill 5, Hanna Clark 2, Maria Catillo 2

District 29-1A, DI Standings District Overall Shiner 7-1 26-7Weimar 6-1 24-7Ganado 4-4 18-6Flatonia 2-6 5-28Louise 0-7 0-10 Last Friday’s game results – #15 Shiner 48, Ganado, 26; Flatonia 58, Louise 25; Weimar at Moulton, n/aTuesday’s game results – #15 Shiner 52, Flatonia 36; Louise v Weimar, n/a

District 31-1A, DII Standings District Overall Moulton 8-0 18-12Austwell-Tivoli 7-2 18-7Prairie Lea 2-2 10-5Nordheim 0-6 0-14Waelder 0-6 4-18Last Friday’s game results – Austwell-Tivoli 57, Nordheim 16 at Austwell-Tivoli, 6 p.m.; Moulton at Weimar, 6 p.m.; Prairie Lea 31, Waelder 19 Tuesday’s game results – Moulton 73, Nordheim 14; Austwell-Tivoli 44, Prairie Lea 42

BoxscoresMoulton 73, Nordheim 14

M 16 15 23 19–73N 4 8 2 0–14Moulton: Megan Mitchon 9 5-7 25, Malori Mitchon 8 0-0 19, Bethany Braeuer 3 3-5 9, Hannah Perez 2 0-0 5, Taylor Bohuslav 2 1-2 5, Amanda Berckenhoff 2 0-0 4, Megan Euceda 1 0-0 2. Totals 22 9-14 73.Nordheim: Loster 2 2-2 6, Desiree Gutierrez 2 0-0 4, Hailey Tislow 1 0-0 2, Jade Williams 1 0-2 2. Totals 6 2-6 14.

Results from the Smithville Meet held on Jan. 26

(Area athletes only. Listed by class, place, lifter, school, squat, bench, deadlift, total)

Girls132, 1. Laci Lock, Gonzales, 250,

115, 280, 645148, 7. Jessica Malaer, Gonzales,

180, 95, 220, 495165, 3. Elea Molina, Gonzales,

275, 145, 290, 710; 4. Alexis Cerda, Gonzales, 205, 95, 245, 545; 5. Ash-ton Miller, Gonzales, 185, 105, 255, 545

220, 1. Erika Hernandez, Gon-zales, 345, 155, 275, 775

Boys114, 2. Jacob Villareal, Gonzales,

205, 90, 205, 500; 4. Hunter Kutach, Cuero, 195, 80, 190, 465

132, 4. Tyler Wells, Gonzales, 330, 160, 360, 850; 7. Josh Malaer, Gonzales, 245, 125, 275, 645

148, 6. Tristen Barefield, Cuero, 340, 175, 365, 880; 10. Nathan Me-dellin, 285, 165, 295, 745; 12. Elex Martinez, Cuero, 295, 125, 290, 710

165, 4. Travis Schauer, Gonzales, 315, 185, 350, 850; 8. Trent Schauer, Gonzales, 310, 185, 315, 810

181, 6. Jamie Tellez, Gonzales,

COMANCHES: Go on late scoring spree in the third to take command

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TAPPS 2A, District 5 Standings

Dist Overall Austin Waldorf 9-1 20-8NB Christian 9-0 18-11Shiner St. Paul 4-5 5-8Austin Veritas 4-4 5-12Sacred Heart 2-5 3-7First Baptist 2-5 2-8John Paul II 2-8 12-17Last Friday’s game results – New Braunfels Christian Academy 56, Shiner St. Paul 38Monday’s game results – New Braunfels Christian 70, John Paul II 59Tuesday’s game results – Austin Waldorf 57, Austin Veritas 36; Shiner St. Paul v First Baptist, n/a; Hallettsville Sacred Heart v Ganado, n/a

TAPPS 2A, District 5 Standings

Dist Overall Austin Waldorf 8-2 23-7Sacred Heart 8-1 16-3NB Christian 6-4 16-11John Paul II 6-5 15-11Shiner St. Paul 5-5 12-14Austin Veritas 0-8 0-8First Baptist 0-10 0-4Friday’s game schedule – Shiner St. Paul 54, New Braunfels Christian Academy 37Monday’s game results – John Paul II 44, New Braunfels Christian 40

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“It’s crazy that it has gone by so fast,” said Bozka, the second baseman. “I am ex-cited by what this year is go-ing to hold for us. I think it is going to be a lot different. We have more discipline, focus and a different style of coaching.”

“Once it starts, this sea-son will go by fast and it is my last one of high school.”

“I have a really good feeling about this season,” Philippus said. “I think if we work together, things are a lot different, but we will take care of business. I think Coach Hatcher defi-nitely has the ability to keep us going and teach us new things. “

“I think it is going to be great. We have a lot of good people,” Molina said. “A lot of good freshmen that made the team, a lot of discipline and a coach that is going to do a lot of positive things.”

“We get along well” Men-doza said.

Third baseman Shayla Simper said the team will be much improved from last year.

“I think we are stron-ger and more mentally fo-cused,” she said. “Several of us played during last sum-mer and that will help.”

Shayla Simper said she personally has been eagerly awaiting softball after an injury ended her volleyball season in the next –to-last-game of the year.

“I am ready to get back

into athletics,” she said.Akers said practices have

been intense under Hatch-er’s guidance, and Shayla Simper said Hatcher’s rou-tines are going to lead the team to their goals.

Shayla Simper cited the abundance of players that can be leaders to lead the team to success.

“The seniors have been through losing seasons; we know what it is to be the loser and know what it takes to be the winner,” she said. “We want to be winners in our final year.”

Gonzales will see unfa-miliar faces in La Grange, Giddings and Smithville in district this year. La Grange is ranked 8th in the Texas Girls Coaches Association Preseason Poll.

“It will be tough but we have never really had an easy district,” Morgan Sim-per said. “You can only be the best by beating the best.”

“They will be tough but I think we will be able to come out with some strong wins,” Mendoza said.

The Lady Apaches opened with scrimmages against Cedar Creek last week and Wimberley ear-lier this week. They will open regular-season action on Feb. 14 in the Navarro Tournament.

Last year, Gonzales fin-ished the season 18-10 and 6-6 for fourth place in dis-trict. They had a chance at the end to make third place, but did not quite get there.


SENIORS: Want to end final prep season in playoffs

District 29-1A, DI Standings District Overall Shiner 5-1 6-5Weimar 4-1 1-9Flatonia 4-2 8-17Ganado 2-4 3-5Louise 0-6 0-11Last Friday’s game results – Shiner 42, Ganado 40; Flatonia 45, Louise 39 Tuesday’s game results – Shiner 52, Flatonia 36; Weimar v Louise, n/aFriday’s game schedules – Weimar at Shiner, 6:30 p.m.; Flatonia at Ganado, 7:30 p.m.

BoxscoresShiner 42, Ganado 40

G 13 3 12 12–40S 10 10 7 15–42Shiner: Evel Jones 18, Caleb Kalich 11, Kris Patek 5, Chad Neubauer 4, Justin Stovall 2, Cole Strauss 2

Shiner JV 36, Flatonia JV 22Shiner: Chris Herman 12, Kris Hauptman 11

Friday’s game schedules – New Braunfels Christian at Austin Veritas, 8 p.m.; Austin Waldorf at Hallettsville Sacred Heart, 8 p.m.; First Baptist Academy at John Paul II, 7:30 p.m.

Gonzales Junior High

Smithville 7th B 24, Gonzales 6S 8 10 2 4-24G 2 0 2 2-6Gonzales: Mallory Ramos 2, Desa-ray Rodriguez 2, Kelsey Polk 2Gonzales 7th A 19, Smithville 17

S 3 1 9 4-17G 0 11 4 4-19Gonzales: Haley Garza 6, Seidy Villegras 4, Justice Musick 3, Jadyn Eckols 2, Isabel Martinez 2, Cam-eron Kluting 1, Karla Mireles 1Smithville 8th B 14, Gonzales 13

S 7 2 1 4-14G 1 4 2 6-13Gonzales: Jacey Haile 4, Jaycie Bur-ton 2, Chelsea McCauley 2, Skylea Tatsch 2, Jaley Canales 2, Neally Basques 1Smithville 8th A 25, Gonzales 14

S 6 6 5 8-25G 0 4 8 2-14Gonzales: Mary Hastings 7, Jas-mine Steemer 5, Amanda Dixson 2

430, 225, 440, 1,095; 10. Wesley Roberts, Cuero, 370, 210, 345, 925

198, 10. Brandon Trevino, Cu-ero, 415, 225, 350, 990; 11. Walter Hood, Gonzales, 400, 230, 350, 980

220, 3. J.T. Miller, Gonzales, 405, 210, 450, 1,065

242, 4. Bryan Dolezal, Gonzales, 430, 285, 450, 1,165

275, 5.Levi Snider, Gonzales, 425, 260, 440

Results from the Seguin Mata-dor Invitational held on Jan. 31

Girls132, 1. Laci Lock, Gonzales, 670148, 2. Jessyca Malaer, Gonzales,

505165, 3. Elea Molina, Gonzales,

730220, 1. Erika Hernandez, Gon-

zales, 825Boys114, 5. Jacob Villareal, Gonzales,

515123, 2. Josh Estrada, Gonzales,

920132, 2. Tyler Wells, Gonzales,

840; 4. Dalton Couch, Gonzales, 800

181, 1. D.J. Gonzales, Gonzales, 1,135; 2. Jamie Tellez, Gonzales, 1,105; 4. Eddie Gonzales, Gonzales, 1,035

Results from the Yorktown Meet held on Feb. 2

(Area athletes only)Boys114, 5, Hunter Kutach,Cuero,

480123, 2. Tom Palacio, Nixon-

Smiley, 780132, 1, Miguel Hernandez,

Nixon-Smiley, 955; 3. Lane Faust, Yoakum, 910; 8. Ryan Rodriguez, Cuero, 825; 11. Dylan Belcik, Yoa-kum, 630

148, 6. Tristen Barefield, Cuero, 930

165, 6. Matthew Zimmerman, Yoakum, 895; 7. Hector Compose, Nixon-Smiley, 885; 12. Drew Wil-lamson, Cuero, 775

181, 7. Wesley Roberts, Cuero, 930; 8. Ricky Camarillo, Yoakum, 915; 9. Raul Tovar, Nixon-Smiley, 910; 12. Hunter Doggett, Cuero, 775

198, 9. Brandon Trevino, Cuero, 1,020; 13. Oscar Torres, Nixon-Smiley, 1,010

pact and will be missed,” Zbranek said.

The Lady Comanches used a 10-2 run to open the game, getting points from Amanise Coleman, Juli-anna Rankin, Kristin Sch-acherl and Lauren Oden.

The Lady ‘Dogs came back to 10-5 as Alanis Ri-bera sank a triple and that was followed by LaNeisha Hunt turning an offensive rebound into a three-point play, and Hunt assisted on

baskets from Schacherl and Coleman.

Ribera hit a trey in the second period to bring Fla-tonia within 17-10, and the Lady Comanches got two free throws from Shamyra Coleman and a bucket from Hannah Koenning for a 21-10 advantage.

The teams then traded free throws to close out the half, with Shiner ahead 23-12.

The home side got bas-kets from Rankin and Koenning to help increase

their margin to 29-14. Fla-tonia halted the run with a three-point field goal from Crystal Rodriguez and Shiner concluded ac-tion with a 10-0 run with contributions from Oden, Rankin, Hunt and Sch-acherl.

The Lady Comanches opened the final period with six of the first eight points and a 45-19 lead.

Flatonia scored five straight on success from the line from Jaycee Fike, Phil-ips and Schacherl. Shiner

finished off the match with an 8-3 run.

Game SummaryShiner 53, Flatonia 27F 7 5 5 10-27S 17 6 16 14-53Flatonia: Jasmine Philips 2

5-6 9, Crystal Rodriguez 2 2-3 7, Alanis Ribera 2 0-0 6, Abigail Sch-acherl 0 3-4 3, Jaycee Fike 0 1-2 1, Kylie Mica 0 1-2 1. Totals 6 12-17 27.

Shiner: Amanise Coleman 4 4-6 12, Kristin Schacherl 5 0-1 10, Julianna Rankin 4 0-2 8, LaNei-sha Hunt 2 3-4 7, Lauren Oden 3 0-0 6, Hannah Koenning 3 0-1 6, Shamyra Coleman 0 2-2 2, Lenane Kremling 1 0-0 2. Totals 22 9-16 53.

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SHINER: #15 Lady Comanches wrapped up playoff berth with win

Hannah Koenning flies toward the basket with Lauren Oden and Amanise Coleman trailing the play in Shiner’s win over Flatonia on Tuesday. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Flatonia stays in hunt for playoffs by beating Louise

FLATONIA — Flatonia boys basketball coach Bry-an Zimmerman could not have been more simple in his halftime pep talk – Solid defense will win this game

for you.Zimmerman’s predic-

tion came true in the third quarter.

Louise (0-6 in district), which led 25-18 at half-time, scored no points in the third period as Flatonia

Colby Craig is about to attempt a basket in the sec-ond half of the Bulldogs’ game with Louise. (Photo by Mark Lube)


BULLDOGS, Page B4


Flatonia swats Lady Hornets to garner their second win in districtBy MARK [email protected]

Big Fish, but will be kept at Boomer’s for show. They will be tagged with the win-ning team name and year.

For more information, call 830-672-6098.

Lady Apaches place fourth in Seguin

The Gonzales Lady Apaches took fourth place in the Seguin Matador In-vitational on Thursday with 22 points.

Gonzales had a pair of first-place finishes — Laci Lock in the 132-pound class with a total of 670 pounds and Erika Her-nandez in the 220 with 825. Jessyca Malaer came

in second in 148 with 505 and Elea Molina was third in the 165 with a 730 total.

The Apaches came in fourth place as well, scor-ing 34 points.

D.J. Gonzales won the 181 with 1,135 and Jamie Tellez was runner up with 1,105. Josh Estrada came in second place with 920 and Tyler Wells was second in the 132 with 840.

In the Yorktown meet, the Nixon-Smiley Mus-tangs placed sixth with 13 points, Cuero was tenth with eight points and Yoa-kum was No. 12 with six points.

For the Mustangs, Miguel Hernandez won the 132 with 955; Tom Palacio

was second in the 123 with 780; Cuero’s J’Von Thomas won the 275 with 1,600. Yoakum’s Lane Faust was third in the 132 with 910 and Gabrial Garcia was third in the 242 with 1,295.

Gonzales limits Nixon offense in opening scrim-mage

The Gonzales Apaches scrimmaged at Nixon on Monday.

The Apaches scored in every frame of the six-in-ning scrimmage. Gonzales pitching limited Mustang hitters to a pair of hits on the evening.

Gonzales was led by a nucleus of seniors includ-

ing Tyler Janota, Dylan Gomez, Devin Benes, Trey Kridler, Aaron Gayton, and August Bordovsky.

The Apaches host Hal-lettsville at 5 and 7 p.m. tomorrow in junior varsity and varsity scrimmages.

Still taking teams for hoops league

A men’s basketball league will be forming in Yoakum with play set to begin in February.

If interested in sign-ing up a team or for more information, call Mike at 361-655-2909. Deadline to sign-up will be Jan. 31.

BRIEFS: Gonzales girls take fourth at powerlifting meet in Seguin


came back for a 45-39 win Friday night in Flatonia, in the last home game for the ‘Dogs.

“I told them defense will win this game and we played very good defense in the second half,” Zim-merman said. We did not rebound all that well in the first half but in the second half, we owned the boards.”

He said the win was also result of a total team effort by the ‘Dogs.

“We struggled in that first half but everyone played well in the second,” Zim-merman said.

The Hornets opened the contest with a 7-2 lead with four points from Jase Bill. Flatonia briefly closed down to 7-4 after a basket from Colby Craig.

Louise jumped to a 13-4 lead as triples came from Jacob McGown and Blaine Machicek. The ‘Dogs got free throws from Craig and Will Bruns to close down to 15-7 at the end of the quar-ter.

Early in the second quar-ter, Gus Venegas hit a three for Flatonia but the Hor-nets still scored seven of 10 points and led 22-10.

Down 24-11, it was a 7-1 run for Flatonia with a three-point shot from Ven-egas and two short-range jumpers from Craig for a

25-18 lead for Louise at halftime.

Craig sank a free throw to start the third and fol-lowed up with a two-point bucket; Casen Novak con-nected on a three-point shot and Craig hit again from the free-throw line for a 25-25 score.

Flatonia continued to pressure Louise into turn-overs and erratic shooting while coming down with rebounds at both ends of the court. Craig, Evan Butcher and Bruns all made shots to help Flatonia hold a 32-25 lead at the end of the third.

Louise managed a 14-13 run in the final quarter but came no closer than six points.

The ‘Dogs improved to 4-2 in the district with the win.

“We are one step closer to making the playoffs,” Zim-merman said.” We pretty much need to win one more game.”

Game SummaryFlatonia 45, Louise 39L 15 10 0 14-39F 7 11 14 13-45Louise: Blaine Machicek 4 1-3

11, Hunter Koudela 3 3-4 9, Jase Bill 3 0-0 7, Jacob McGown 2 2-4 7, Chris Kutac 1 0-1 2, William Siemens 1 0-0 2, Kobe Gonzales 0 1-2 1.Totals 14 7-14 39.

Flatonia: Colby Craig 8 4-9 20, Casen Novak 3 0-0 8, Gus Venegas 2 0-0 6, Will Bruns 1 2-6 5, Evan Butcher 2 0-0 4, Miguel Grifaldo 0 2-2 2. Totals 16 8-17 45.


BULLDOGS: Use defense to sting the Hornets

FLATONIA — The Fla-tonia Lady Bulldogs picked up their second district win of the season as they dis-patched the Louise Lady Hornets, 58-25, Friday night in Flatonia in the fi-nal home game of the sea-son for the Lady ‘Dogs (5-27, 2-5).

“It was a good team ef-fort,” head coach Jennifer Zbranek said.

In the first four minutes of the game, Flatonia only got points from the free-throw line.

Zbranek decided to switch Flatonia to a press at that time.

“It took a while for us to get going,” she said.

“We jumped into our press in the middle of the first quarter; that sparked something in us and we went from there.”

Brittany Silva and Kylie Mica hit some early free throws to put Flatonia ahead 3-0 in the first quar-ter.

Both teams struggled initially to sink some field goals before the Lady ‘Dogs sank a trio of threes — Crystal Rodriguez con-nected off the pass from Mica, Alanis Ribera was

good as Mica set her up and Ribera connected again, this time on the feed from Abigail Schacherl.

Katelyn Roades scored after getting a steal for the first points for the Lady Hornets (0-6 in district). Flatonia then concluded the quarter on a 5-2 run to lead 17-4.

To start the second, Lou-ise offset two early free throws by Flatonia with a three-point shot by Han-

nah Blumflick, bringing the visitors to within 19-7.

The Lady ‘Dogs then got two free throws from Meredith Pavlica, a Philips basket and a Dana Luck tri-ple for a 26-7 lead. Louise got a score from Miranda Miecheik, and Flatonia got another field goal from Philips and then a steal-and-score from Ribera for 31-9 scoreline.

Hannah Foster managed to put a shot through the

net before the end of the frame, bringing Louise to within 31-11.

The Lady Hornets scored the first points of the third box with the bucket from Amber Lutringer.

Flatonia scored eight of the next 10 as McKenna Lo-pez hit a two-point bucket and got a triple, with assists to Mica and Luck. Later, Luck made another three as Flatonia held a 40-17 advantage at the end of the third quarter.

The Lady ‘Dogs got a pair of Mica free throws, a Phil-ips basket and then two free throws from her to extend their lead to 46-18. A little later, Mica, McKayla Hud-son and Silva all converted field goals to help Flatonia finish the game off.

Game SummaryFlatonia 58, Louise 25L 4 7 6 8-25F 17 14 9 18-58Louise: Hannah Foster 3 1-8

7, Katelyn Roades 2 1-6 5, Ginny Puentes 1 2-8 4, Hannah Blumfick 1 0-4 3, Miranda Miecheik 1 1-3 3, Amber Lutringer 1 1-2 3. Totals 9 6-31 25.

Flatonia: Kylie Mica 3 6-8 12, Jasmine Philips 3 4-4 10, Alanis Ribera 3 0-0 8,McKenna Lopez 2 2-4 7 Dana Luck 2 0-0 6, Crystal Rodriguez 1 2-4 5, Brittany Silva 1 2-2 4, McKayla Hudson 1 0-0 3, Meredith Pavlica 0 2-2 2, Abigail Schacherl 0 1-3 1. Totals 16 19-27 58.

Crystal Rodriguez shoots a three in the first half of Flatonia’s game with Louise last Friday. (Photo by Mark Lube)

The members of the first place team at the Sunday Scramble held at Independence Park Golf Course in Gonzales were: (top) Jerrod Thomas, Dale Holcomb, Jo Richardson, DeAnn Atkinson and Ryan Atkinson. The second place team members were Aaron Burek, Roy Staton, Billy & Carolyn Breitschopf and Steve Ramirez. (Courtesy photos)

Sunday Scramble

Shown above is Bradley Bakken of the 7th B team, driving into position despite contact from an op-ponent. Below, River Haynes of the 7th A team takes aim from three-point range during games against Cuero last Thursday. For GJH scores and results, see Scorebord on B2. (Photos by Mark Lube)

GJH HoopS

LOST: Black cushion on 97 or 304. Call 830-857-3023.--------------------------FOUND: Female Border Collie found at Cannonade Ranch field, close to Southern Clay Pit.

No tags, chain was hooked on. Please call 540-4365.

FREE GED classes, day (M T W and Th, 8 30 to noon) and night (M and W 6

30 to 9), Gonzales Learning Center, 1135 St. Paul, 672-8291. --------------------------Job Corps is cur-rently enrolling stu-dents aged 16-24 in over 20 vocational trades at no-cost! Will help students get drivers license GED or High School diploma and col-lege training if qualified. For more info call 512-665-7327.

Seasonal Maintenance

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Palmetto State Park

Posting #13-00001

Assist with opera-tion and mainte-nance of park facilities, equip-ment, vehicles, and grounds. Operate mowers, trimmers, power tools, trac-tors, vehicles, etc. Assist with reser-vations, registra-tions, and revenue collection. 4 days per week @ $9.87 per hour. For ques-tions call 830-672-3266. Applications are online at www.tpwd.state.tx.us/jobs. EEO--------------------------Part-time position in Housekeeping available at The Heights of Gonzales Nursing and Reha-bilitation Center. Please apply in per-son at 701 N. Sarah DeWitt Drive, Gon-zales, TX.

Oil Field Help Wanted

Stallion Construc-tion is looking for Fork Lift Operator, Crew Pusher and Roustabouts. Call 830-583-6925 for applications or fax resume to 361-771-4611.--------------------------Full-time position available with ben-efits for Assistant Director of Nurses. Must be Licensed Vocational Nurse or Registered Nurse and have long term care experience. Please apply in per-son at The Heights of Gonzales Nurs-ing and Rehabilita-tion Center, 701 N. Sarah DeWitt Drive, Gonzales, TX or send resume to [email protected] you stuck? Do you need a better life? Free job/life/computer skills for women. Contact Sherry Poe at 830-672-6180 or 830-857-4960.--------------------------The Nixon-Smiley CISD is accepting applications for professional and support positions. Review and apply for available posi-tions at: www.nix-onsmiley.net.--------------------------Full-time and Part-time positions avail-able for Certified Medication Aides. Excellent benefits included. Please ap-ply at The Heights of Gonzales, 701 N. Sarah DeWitt, Gonzales, Texas. For more information

please call 830-672-4530.--------------------------Full-time and Part-time positions available for Certi-fied Nurses Aides. Excellent benefits included. Please ap-ply at The Heights of Gonzales, 701 N. Sarah DeWitt, Gonzales, Texas. For more information please call 830-672-4530.--------------------------Full-time and Part-time positions avail-able for Licensed Vocation Nurses. Excellent benefits included. Please ap-ply at The Heights of Gonzales, 701 N. Sarah DeWitt, Gonzales, Texas. For more information please call 830-672-4530.--------------------------

CDL DRIVERS WANTED

Seeking profession-al & reliable Class A CDL Drivers. Haul-ing Belly Dumps. Located in Gonza-les & Harwood area. Call 830-540-3377.--------------------------

CDL DRIVERS WANTED

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

5.0 Chest type freezer, 2 TV’s, 1 - 19”, 1 - 25”, 3 infant car seats. Excellent Condition. Call 830-203-8633.--------------------------Kohler 15” water saver toilet, used 2 months. Paid $200, asking $100 cash. Call Barbara, 830-672-1106.--------------------------For Sale: BGR 14 Series Bottom Mounted Swing Glass Door Refriger-ator by Master Built. Contact Carolyn at Gonzales Poultry. 672-7954.--------------------------Party dresses for sale: 4 short, 2 long. Purple, yellow, gold, blue green. Also jackets, men’s jack-ets, overcoat, etc. Call 672-8034.--------------------------For sale: Singer Sewing Machine with pedal, table w/6 chairs, almost new, hand cro-cheted table cloth, large, white, an-

tique 3 pc. Loveseat and other yarn cro-cheted items. Call 672-8034.--------------------------Ranch Hand grill guard for 2000-2006 Ford Pickup, 1/2 ton or 3/4 ton. Good condition. $250. Call 830-540-4277.--------------------------DynaVoxV series 5. Communication de-vice - has keyboard, m o u s e , c h a r g e r, case. Works great. new $8,000. Can go on internet, read ebooks, play music, download pictures & programs. Ask-ing $1,000. Good for autistic children or speech impaired children or adults. kathy, 830-857-6646.--------------------------Golf Clubs. 2 sets w/bag. $50 each. Great for aspiring Tigers. Call 437-2046.--------------------------Horse blanket great condition paid $70 asking $45 obo, treadmill, good condition, works, asking $125 obo. Call or text, (830) 857-6487.--------------------------For Sale: Concrete parking curbs 6’ long 6” tall plain or painted, 16’ + 20’ long concrete cattle guard bases, cattle feed troughs. Call Vic for pricing, 672-6383 or 857-3827.--------------------------MP3 Player. SanD-isk 8GB. Brand new. 437-2046.--------------------------For Sale: Brush Guard for 2004 1/2 ton Chev. Pickup $50 and 36” Whirl-pool used Gas Range, $50. 361-594-2507.--------------------------21” RCA TV, great for kids room or 2nd TV. $75. Call 437-2046.--------------------------

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Hohner acoustic guitar w/case. Good for student, $75. Keyboard, Casio-tone, TT 360, $125. 437-2046.--------------------------Unicorn Collection for Sale. Call Fran-ces between 9pm-10am, 830-857-6476.--------------------------Wicker Screen Room divider, red poppy design. $45. Lg. rattlesnake skin, mounted on panel, $150. Camp-ing travel pot, $20, Antique Bathtub, $550. 512-917-4078.--------------------------For Sale: Cage large, off the ground. By 2ft, cage size about 3 1/2 ft. front, 2 ft. deep. 2-3 ft. high.

Tray slides out end on bottom for cleaning. Has top large opening & side opening. Clean can be put in house. $65.00 firm. 830-263-4608 anytime.--------------------------Medium size bird cage, slide out bot-tom to clean trays to feed & water & extras. Aqua Green. $25.00. 830-263-4608.--------------------------Baby walker, eating tray combo and it is a red race car, plays tunes and lights up. Ages 6 months-1 1/2 year baby. Cool must see! $40.00. 830-263-4608, day-time or evening.--------------------------Troybilt Trimmer with attachments (edger, tiller). 4 cycle, uses straight gasoline. $250. 361-741-2604.--------------------------For Sale: ORGANIC EGGS. Free Range chickens. $2.00 dozen. Will deliver to Gonzales weekly. 830-540-3536.--------------------------Large shower chair. 19” color TV w/stand, stand has rollers. 857-8090.--------------------------2 Lounge Chairs, 6 ft. tall headboard, bed frame, oak din-ing table, antique egg incubator, en-tertainment cen-ter, lamp stand w/drawers, booth din-ing table, planter boxes. 361-594-4307.--------------------------Large amount qual-ity items. Every-thing $85.00; worth about $300. Health problems prevent garage sale. In Lockhart. Mel, 512-376-9396.--------------------------Clavinova Yamaha Digital Piano w/bench. Under War-ranty. $2,700. Call 830-339-0111.--------------------------Used Dell Com-puter. Keyboard & Monitor. $250 cash. Call 512-917-4078.--------------------------FOR SALE Used cy-clone fencing and post. 1990 Dodge pick up with lift gate. Can be seen at GHA 410 Village Dr. Gonzales, Texas. For information call Jeanette Conques-tat 830-672-3419.--------------------------Upright piano for sale. Great for kids starting piano les-sons. All keys works. Needs to be tuned. $100. Call 830-832-5965.--------------------------Unique BBQ Pit, Stagecoach. In-cludes Electric Ro-tisserie $275. Call 512-917-4078.--------------------------

Gasoline operated Hedger, $125; 5 HP Tiller, $200. Both in excellent condition. 361-208-3565. --------------------------Electric Hospital bed, $150. 582-1120. --------------------------Stain Glass Win-dow, white tail deer. $275. 512-917-4078.--------------------------For Sale: Headache Rack, Bumper Hitch, Aluminum Run-ning Boards, 5 office desks, Lift Chair, An-tique Bed, Leather Sofa Bed. 1109 FM 532 West, Shiner. 361-596-4403.--------------------------Air Framing Nailer. Contractor Series. $75.00. Call 361-741-2604.

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

Fertilized Coastal mix square bales. $7.50. Call 540-3923.

Want to Buy: Oliver 60 Tractor. V.A.C. Case Tractor. Run or Not. 361-293-1633.--------------------------5 Bale Hay King Trailer & Bale Flip-per Loader. Load hay without getting out of truck. Video on baleflipper.com. $13,500. 512-565-5927.

Table with 4 chairs, Loveseat, South-western design, Queen size bed w/mattress & box-springs, Girls white iron daybed, mat-tress, boxsprings, pop up unit, matching white desk, white china cabinet. All excel-lent condition. 830-203-8633.--------------------------KENS’ TRADING POST. Furniture, An-tiques, Appliances and more! Drive a Little and Save a Lot! Open 10-5, Wed.-Sat. 3390 Al-ternate 90, Seguin, TX. We buy and Sell! 830-305-7205.--------------------------Large china cabi-net, $200.00 . 830-672-2604.--------------------------Large Oak desk w/glass topper and large wooded desk. 830-672-3626.--------------------------New Sofa for Sale. $400. Call 830-875-9422, Luling.--------------------------Couch, dresser, buf-fet. $50 each. Call 830-263-1181.--------------------------7 pc. dinette, $95; coffee and end table, $75; 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.

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The City of Gonzales, Texas is accepting sealed proposals for Information Technology (IT) Support Services for the City’s computer network (hardware, software, and connectivity). Sealed proposals clearly labeled Gonzales Texas IT Consultant Proposal must be received by 5:00 pm, February 21, 2013 at the City of Gonzales City Hall, P.O. Box 547, Gonzales, Texas 78629.

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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.

Car and truck rims for sale. 15” and 14” rims. Can be used on trail-ers, trucks or older cars up to 1980. 437-2232.--------------------------2007 Ford Escape, 150K miles - mostly highway. Well main-tained - Runs Great. 830-832-3163.--------------------------“SIMPLY THE BEST deals on new Chevro-lets and GMCs AND over 100 used ve-hicles with financing to fit most credit situ-ations. Grafe Chevro-let GMC, Hallettsville, TX 800-798-3225 or 361-798-3281 or GRAFECHEVYGMC.COM”--------------------------KENS’ TRADING POST. We Sell Good Used Cars and Trucks!

CASH or LAYAWAY! 3390 Alternate 90, Seguin, Tx. 830-305-7205.--------------------------Parting out 1987 Mazda B2000 pickup with camper. Can be seen Tuesday through Thursday in Ottine. Call Elizabeth, 210-274-2209.--------------------------For Sale: 1995 Ford F-250, Ext. Cab, 4x4, V-8, Automatic Trans-mission, Heavy Duty, Good Work Truck, Good condition, 830-672-2192.--------------------------2006 Chevrolet Im-pala for sale. 4-door, V6 engine, a little over 17,000 miles. Silver. One owner. Asking $13,000. 830-672-3147.--------------------------1988 Saab 900 Turbo Coup Convertible. Top work but rebuilt clutch. Good buy. $800. 830-857-5927.--------------------------1972 Chevy Half Ton Pickup. Rebuilt drive train except rear end. All original. 29K En-gine, 50K Transmis-

sion. 3/4 rear springs. $1K. 830-857-5927.--------------------------2008 Mustang GT with Shelby package and low miles (48K), 22” chrome wheels with performance tires, 5-speed manual transmission, leather interior, Shaker 500 sound system with 6 CD/MP3 changer, and auto windows. $25,000 OBO. Call or text 830-263-1212.--------------------------For Sale: 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 - $7,500. 2nd owner pickup with low miles, cold A/C, spray-in bed liner, grill guard, towing package and more! Call Lauren at (361) 648-5049 for more info.--------------------------Tires for Sale. 4 brand new tires - 255-35-ZR20 Nitto Extreme ZR with Rims - Mar-tin Bros 20” universal rims. $500. 830-857-1340.

Tax Time Specials - The Value master by Clayton, Best Value Available. Fayette Country Homes, Schulenburg, 800-369-6888. Open Sundays 1-6. (RBI32896)--------------------------Do Not Wait on your tax refund, get pre-qualified; Select your home from Single, Dou-ble, New or Used. Fayette Country Homes, 800-369-6888. Open till 6pm 7 days a week. (RBI32896)--------------------------Repo Doublewide, 3 & 4 bedroom, Clean-Del ivered, Set with Air-Save Thousands. Fayette Country Homes, Schulenburg, 979-743-6192. Open Sundays 1-6. tier-raverdehomes.com (RBI32896)--------------------------16x80 Trade-In Ex-ceptionally Clean Home. 2x6 Side walls. Fayette Coun-try Homes, Schulen-burg, 979-743-6192, Open Sundays 1-6. (RBI32896)--------------------------3bedroom/2 bath-room singlewide available. $27,900. Call if in need of housing. 830-305-6926. RBI#36486.--------------------------OILFIELD HOUS-ING - 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom with washer and dryer, office spaces, must see to appreci-ate. 830-305-6926. RBI#36486.--------------------------Between 4-5 Acres for Sale. Double-wide. Excellent con-dition. Hwy. front-age. 3BR, all electric, all appliances. Call 830-857-1026.

Roadrunner Mobile Home Park, 3 bed-room/1 bath, fully furnished Mobile Homes for Rent. “MOVE IN SPE-

CIAL”. $675 for the first three months, $775 the fourth month and after! $675 for deposit. More information: 361-293-3420/361-582-6593/361-798-0816, 900 Old Shin-er Rd. Yoakum, Tx. --------------------------For Sale or Lease. 3 BR Trailer House, 2 RV Spots. Leesville. 830-433-0603.--------------------------Mobile Homes for rent, 3 b e d ro o m / 1 b at h , fully furnished. 900 Old Shiner Rd, Yoa-kum. 361-582-6593.--------------------------Mobile Homes for rent: 3 b e d ro o m / 1 b at h , fully furnished, some homes have Wi-Fi. 900 Old Shin-er Rd., Yoakum, 361-582-6593 or 361-798-0816.--------------------------FOR RENT: 2bed, 1 bath trailer. New kitchen floor. For more information call Samantha at 830-857-5812.

Room for rent for working person. 1BR/1BA. Quiet neighborhood. Call 203-7146 after 4 p.m.

Completely re-modeled inside and out. 2 & 3 bed-room homes. Fully furnished. Rent by night, week or month. Fantastic n e i g h b o r h o o d . Cheaper by night than hotel room. 672-5169.--------------------------2 room river cot-tage on Lake Gon-zales. Partially fur-nished. You pay for electricity. $500/+ deposit. Bob, 830-203-9790.--------------------------3/2 house for rent in Gonzales. $1,350/mo., $1,350/sec. de-posit. Call 830-401-4123.--------------------------3/2, house for rent. Living room, Den, Kitchen. 5 miles S. on FM 3282. $800/mo., $800/Dep. Call 437-2370.--------------------------2BR/2BA 1,750SF (+/-) home for lease to a family of four. Located on ranch 7 mi. north of Gonza-les. CA/H, full kitch-en w/appliances. $900/mo + deposit. Email [email protected]/2BA large house. Fully fur-nished, beds, linens, washer/dryer, cable T.V., stove, refrig-erator. CA/CH. Great for crew. Monthly or lease available. Home in town, plenty of parking. 512-820-5461.--------------------------Charming 1/1 home on 2 wooded acs, w/lrg. deck in coun-try, 77 North, paved road. $775/mo. No pets/smokers. 512-415-6483.--------------------------3/2 Large home on

nice lot. $1,250/mo. Stove, refrigerator, included. Families or Oil Field Workers welcome. 713-501-3416.--------------------------For Rent: 2BR/2BA/2CG home on 183 N. $1,250/mo., plus deposit. Call 830-857-4458 for information.--------------------------3BR/2BA Brick house for rent. 1 mile North of Yoa-kum. AC, washer, dryer. Large access driveway in & out for truck parking for large bobtails. Oak grove, great for BBQ’s and enter-taining. Available Now. Call 361-293-6619, leave mes-sage.--------------------------Motel Suites. 2 bed-rooms, full kitchen, porch/small yard. $68 nightly, $310 weekly. Crews wel-come. Call JR, 512-292-0070, 830-857-5727.--------------------------For Rent in Luling. 3 bed, 1 bath, Cen-tral Air & heat. $850/month, $600/deposit. 830-832-3163. Earl Landry.--------------------------House for Rent. 302 Lancaster, Moulton, TX. Nice spacious 1BR home w/ap-pliances & a large yard. Call for info. 832-633-3950.--------------------------Single Suite. Perfect for Supervisor for Oil Company. Full kitchen, washer/dryer, TV/Full cable, wireless internet. No smoking inside. No Pets. Fully fur-nished and all bills paid. Private Yard/Garage. Weekly, $280; Deposit $300. Call 512-292-0070--------------------------Home For Rent. Country Home. completely remod-eled. 2BR/1BA, CA, hardwood floors, roof for AG Proj-ect. Navarro ISD between Seguin & New Braunfels. $1,000 month, $1,000 deposit. 830-660-7351 or 830-822-5348.--------------------------

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

Looking for a 2 or 3BR nice house in Nixon and Leesville area. Call 830-857-1658.--------------------------Looking for a nice house in or near Gonzales. 940-284-4255.

For Rent: Office space or store front, 960 sq. ft., 1/2 block off square. Kitchen-ette, 1 ba, newly re-furbished. For more information, call 830-672-6265.--------------------------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.

Secluded, wood-ed, and wildlife: 3BR/2Ba Double-wide, fireplace, lg. covered front porch, 2 decks, 12x16 storage, car-port, all appliances, livestock capabili-ties; on 5 acres with gravel base truck yard. 12 miles North of Gonzales on CR 284. $1,000. Taking App’s now. Avail-able March 1st. 979-292-6154 or 979-798-5398.--------------------------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, park-ing, storage. Call 203-0585 or 672-6922. (TFN)

Efficiency apart-ment. EVERY-THING furnished. Pots, Pans, towels, TV. 183 N. $600/per month. Call 830-875-3028.--------------------------Two 2 BR. Apts. Fully furnished, Wi-Fi/Ca-ble, covered park-ing. Good neigh-borhood. Fully equipped kitchen, bathroom. 672-6265 or 857-4251.--------------------------3BR, 2BA 1670+Sq. Ft. Upstairs apart-ment on Residen-tial Lot in nice area of Cuero, $1,185/mo. includes all

Util. with cable and WiFi, fully furnished - incl. linens. Hotel-style kitchenette (no sink or stove), but full-size fridge, microwave & Keurig brewer. Hot plate ok, outdoor bbq w/propane & charcoal grill onsite. No pets. $750 deposit, 3 mo. lease. (361) 484-1922, leave mes-sage.

House cleaning ser-vices available. Rea-sonable rates. Ser-vicing Gonzales and surrounding areas. References avail-able. Call Barbara at 979-777-8710 or email [email protected] Home Appliance Repair. Washer, Dry-ers, all major ap-pliances, 30 years experience. Haul Scrap Metal & appli-ances. Call Larry at 361-596-4391.--------------------------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.--------------------------I am looking for a private setting job around Gonzales, Cost or on 1116 (Pilgrim Road). I have 20 years ex-perience. Please call Emily, 830-437-2727; Cell, 820-263-2768.--------------------------

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Certified Nurs-ing Assistant. Not hiring but look-ing for work as a Live-in caregiver or Live Out in San Antonio or Seguin area. Have 30 + years experience. CPR certified. Lov-ing, dependanble and experienced with Home Health, Agencies, Hospice, and have a big heart. If interested please call 830-391-4837.--------------------------Camera work for businesses, pro-motional uses, editing titles. 830-263-0909. [email protected] Your Specialty Cake Needs. Call Connie Komoll, 830-203-8178.--------------------------Will do house clean-ing Monday thru Friday. Call 830-203-0735.--------------------------Sewing & Altera-tions. Jo West. 830-203-5160. Call between 9 a.m. & 9 p.m.

Willing to mow lawns in morning or evening. Also will do weedeating. Not affiliated with any company’s. 830-263-0909.--------------------------Lawn mowing ser-vice, residential & commercial. Will also mow oilfield yards or large oil re-lated businesses. Li-ability ins., free esti-mates and low cost. No job too large or

too small. 830-263-4181.(TFN)

I am looking for a sitter for my 6 year old daughter for before and after school a few days a week. Preferably someone who can come to my home. References and ex-perience required. Contact me at 830-203-9159.--------------------------Mom, let Jumping Jelly Beans be your drop in child care answer. Go shop-ping, run errands or have a great evening out while your mind is at ease knowing your child is safe and happy. Standard drop in hours apply: day, evening and night. Let’s talk! Refer-ences and resume’ available. 830-519-4012--------------------------Child care in home. I have 2 openings, Curriculum and meals included. Please call for de-tails. 830-263-0058.

1999 Mountain Aire Motorhome - Ford V10 gasoline en-gine - Onan gen-erator - 2 slide outs - 2 A/C’s - all appli-ances in working condition - driver side door - sleeps 4-6 - no smoking or pets - VERY CLEAN interior - Call 210-884-7085 - Asking $22,000.--------------------------203 Big Sky 38’ Fifth wheel Travel Trailer. 3 slideouts, very, very nice. 3 1/2 yrs. Bumper to bum-per warranty left. $17,900. Call 512-914-8347.--------------------------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.

Travel Trailer. EV-ERYTHING fur-nished. TV. 183 N. $600/per month. Call 830-875-3028.--------------------------RV for Rent. $300/wk. Call 512-667-4356.--------------------------Travel Trailer for rent or sale. Rent is $300.00 per week with all bills paid. Will relocate to RV park of your choice and I pay the RV Rental. Or $1,000.00 per month with all bills paid. Will sell travel trailer for $55,000. Call 830-351-0943 for de-tails.--------------------------RV Space for rent. $300 month. All bills included. If in-terested please call 820-203-9255--------------------------Fully furnished Travel Trailers for rent. Will rent week-ly or monthly. Pets Allowed. $50.00 Deposit. $300 per week or $1,000 per month. Call Terry for details, 830-351-0943. Will relocate to RV Park of your choice. All utilities paid.


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ASSISTANT MANAGERAssistant Manager needed by the Gonzales Branch of World Finance. Valid driver license and auto re-quired. This is a Manager Trainee po-sition and a career opportunity that offers excellent salary and a complete fringe benefit package. Promotion to Manager possible within 15 months. No experience necessary.

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Travel Trailer for rent for RV space in Smiley. All utili-ties included, good healthy environ-ment. 830-203-9255 or 361-790-6305.--------------------------30’ Travel Trailer w/2 slides for rent in RV Ranch in Gonzales. Swimming pool, laundry facilities, shower house and all bills paid. $300 a week. 830-305-6926.--------------------------28’ Travel Trailer for rent. Can be moved from job site. Call 830-305-6926.--------------------------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.

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

1996, 18.5’ Baymas-ter Center Console Boat, 120 Horse Force Mercury Mo-tor with Jack Plate, Lourence GPS Map-p i n g - S o n a r - Fi s h Finder, Marine Ra-dio. $7,000.00. Con-tact 830-263-2920.--------------------------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 Puppies. Five Lab/Cocker Spaniel Mix. 830-857-0459.--------------------------Precious long haired Chihuahua puppies. Pure bred. 9 wks. old. Born Thanksgiving. 1st shots & wormed. Paper trained. Males & Females. Playful and very cute. Raised in my home with a lot of love. $200/each. 1-830-560-6668.--------------------------Free kittens. Call 361-594-4307.--------------------------

PuppiesHalf Lab, Half Pyr-

enees. Free to good home. 830-203-1733 or 830-540-4485.--------------------------We stock Sportmix Dog and Cat Food, Demon WP for those ants and scor-pions. Livestock show contestants, we carry feed-ers, waterers, heat lamps, access for show birds. Gonza-les Poultry Supply, 1006 St. Paul Street, 672-7954.(TFN)

For Sale: ORGANIC EGGS. Free Range chickens. $2.00 dozen. Will deliver to Gonzales weekly. 830-540-3536.--------------------------For Sale: 2 & 3 year old red & black Brangus Bulls. No Papers. Good selec-tion. Call 830-437-5772.--------------------------Black Limousin and Angus Heifers and Bulls, Gentle In-crease your wean-ing weights. Es-tablished breeder since 1971. Delivery available 979 561- 6148 .--------------------------Nanny Boer Goats (adult). Ages: 1yr-4yr. Pkg. Deal (4). $320.00. 830-560-0238 to request photos..please send an email request to [email protected] or text me at above num-ber.--------------------------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.--------------------------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.--------------------------DISPERSAL SALE. Miniature donkeys (28” to 36”), male and female, solid and tricolored, 6 mos. to 4 years. Four year olds may be registered with vet exam/affidavit. Excellent pets, loves people. Priced ac-cording to gender, age and color. 830-672-6265 or 857-4251.--------------------------Dwarf Nigerian goats (miniature), multicolored, male and female, 3 mos. to 2-3 years. 830-672-6265, 830-857-4251.

Better than rent. Built in 2005, 2BR/1BA on 2.3 Acres West of Gon-zales. Paved front-age. Nice View. Spacious Living and great country kitch-en. Only $109,500. Realtor. Rafe Jack-son, Broker. 512-217-3171.--------------------------House for sale by owner. 2BR/1Bath CA/H. $65,000. 830-234-3415 or 830-279-7900.--------------------------Low Down on a 3/2/1136sq ft. home. Asking $79,800 w/ only $800 down. 202 East Lee Smiley, TX. Call Mr Smith, 855-847-6806. --------------------------3bd/1ba home on 0.985 acres for sale in Nixon. 1,048 sq. ft. with additional 400 sq. ft. attached deck. Recently re-modeled, CA/H, all appliances stay! Asking $79,000. Call 830-203-9383.--------------------------3BR/2Ba Double-wide, lg. covered porch, 2 decks, 12x16 storage, car-port, all appliances, on 5 acres with gravel based truck yard. On CR 284 past halliburton & Oil Tanker Rail Road. 830-445-9131.

3BED, 1 Bath House For Sale! 0.985 acres on Hwy. 80, 8 miles north of Nixon, TX. 78140. 1048 sq. ft with 400 sq. ft. deck attached. Recently remodeled. Central Air and Heat. Appli-ances stay! $89,999. Ph. 830-203-9383. No owner financing available.--------------------------FOR SALE BY OWN-ER: 3 bed, 2 1/2 bath, single story home in Gonzales. Beautiful wet bar and gourmet kitch-en with granite counter tops. Large pantry utility room. 2 car garage with workshop, nice pool and spa, huge covered porches. All on or nearly 1/2 acre. $249,000. Call 210-844-4963.--------------------------Older couple down-sizing 15 acres (10 acres fenced), house, 3/1 1/2, Barn, ponds, trees. Wharton County. $137,000. 979-533-3262.--------------------------4BR/2BA, 1900 Sq. ft. 210 Tanglewood Trail. New appli-ances, remodeled, new master bath. 830-857-6488.--------------------------House for Sale/To Be Moved: 3BR/1Ba frame house, pier & beam foundation, central A/H. Buyer

responsible for moving house from property, $6,000. 830-857-4172.--------------------------Two story, eleven room home which includes three bed-room, two baths. Apprx. 2,500 sq. ft. on about an half acre. Corner lot, zoned for residen-t ia l /commercia l . Luling. $150,000. 830-875-6975.

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

30 Beautiful Acres for sale in Gonzales County, with 1/4 minerals. $6,000/per acre. Diane, 512-655-3293.--------------------------30 acres with

10 mile views in Gonzales County. Fenced with roll-ing hills, large tank, pond, hardwoods, Tifton 86 grass. $150,000 (713)202-2485. --------------------------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 Equip-ment etc. 1 1/2 mile from city limits off 183 S. Call 830-263-4888 for informa-tion.

Wanted: Old work western boots. 830-672-7384.--------------------------Wanted: Used 10-24 Gun Fire Safe. 361-798-0482.Pampered Chef

D e m o n s t r a t o r . Host a Show! It’s Easy! Choose from a Cooking Show, Catalog Show, Face-book Show or if you need an item, here is my site, https://w w w.pampered-chef.biz/zavadi l . Dee Zavadil, 830-857-1495.--------------------------Lucky Shots by Dee.

Need Family Por-traits, Family Re-unions, Birthdays, School Pictures, Weddings, Etc. 830-857-1495 --------------------------Plumbing Repairs.

All Types of Plumbing.

Master Plumber.Reasonable Rates.

Please Call 713-203-2814 or

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HOMESvWAELDER 5641 Hwy. 90, 2/2 on 2 accres........................$117,000vGONZALES 3/2, new construction, 707 St. Francis.............$229,000

FARM & RANCHvWAELDER 97.44 acres, 4BR ranch house, great house, oil/gas in-come, Ranching/Investment...... REDUCED TO SELL!............$650,000

ACREAGEv25.936 acres, Henry Bymer 1/3 League, close to I10, electric nearby, sandy loam, fronts CR420...................................................$98,800vHARWOOD Manufactured home in excellent condi-tion, about 1900 sq. ft., 3bed/2bath, large kitchen, locat-ed on 5 acres with many oak trees. County water and GVEC elec. Ready for move in. Fronting Hwy. 304, 2 miles north of Hwy. 90 and about 16 miles from Gonzales. Owner/Agent. Price............................................................................................$110,000vWAELDER- 10 acres, has utilities.......................................$65,000

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COMMERCIALvGONZALES - 820 Oil Patch Lane, 2.25 acres (+/-), raw land with 3 sides metal equipment shed. Utilities are available at front of property, zoned heavy commercial....................................................................$125,000vGONZALES Income producing poultry Breeder Farm with 50 ac in-cludes Tyson contract and 1600 sq. ft. home...owner/agent.....$1,100,000vGONZALES For Lease: 10 to 20 acres, about 5 miles south of Gonzales, just off Hwy. 183.

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18 AC - 5224 Sandy Fork Rd, Harwood - 3BD/2BA home perfect for the country getaway! 2 car detached garage, 30x40 run-in shed. Large tank, fully fenced. Mature trees. $244,500.14 AC - 1491 Highsmith Rd, Luling - Partially cleared and wooded. 3BD/2BA home with stained concrete and additional living/bonus room. Detached storage building. $245,000.

Land79.5 AC CR 281, Harwood - Partially wooded and cleared land with partial fencing. Co-op water and electricity available. 1 tank and hand dug well. Coun-try Road frontage on 2 sides. $360,000.108.88 AC - Gonzales County - Beautiful tract with combination wooded and pasture land. Panaromic views, 4 tanks, fenced, well, electricity, Fully fenced, partial high fence. REDUCED $410,400. $4,000/acre.RV Park - 10.5 AC - Great location just off IH-10, mature trees and nice tank. Site has been engineered for 54 unit RV Park. 18 AC - 5224 Sandy Fork Rd, Harwood - 3BD/2BA home perfect for the country getaway! 2 car detached garage, 30x40 run-in shed. Large tank, fully fenced. Mature trees. $244,500.14 AC - 1491 Highsmith Rd, Luling - Partially cleared and wooded. 3BD/2BA home with stained concrete and additional living/bonus room. Detached stor-age building. REDUCED $238,000. $245,000.43 AC - 2198 Sandy Branch Rd., Harwood - Secluded with partial high fence, large tank, rustic cabin. Beautiful views. REDUCED $266,600.111 Acres, Creek Rd - Dripping Springs - Scenic property offers partially cleared and wooded land located on high bluff with Onion Creek frontage. Min-erals convey. $1,900,000.

Residential532 Domino Five - NEW LISTING - Guadalupe River Frontage! 3BD/2BA home on approx. 1/3 acre. nice deck & stairs leading to water. Come enjoy the good life! $198,500.960 S. Pecan - Modern, custom 4BD/3BA secluded home on 1 acre home on 1 acre backs to wet weather creek. Open floor plan, security and surround wired. REDUCED $338,000. $340,000.220 Parkview, Luling - 3BD/2BA home with countryside views on corner lot. Large den area. Many updates - granite, tile, hardwood, sprinkler sys. REDUCED $139,000. $155.00.3400 SM HWY, Luling - Large, 4BD/2.5BA on 1.5 acres just outside of town. Spacious kitchen open todining and living. Co-op water & electricity. $135,000.214 E. Crockett, Luling - Charming, move-in ready 3BD/2.5Ba features large den area and beautiful yard. Detached building approx. 650 sq. ft. ideal for stor-age or commercial space. REDUCED $172.000. $185,000.189 CR 280, Harwood - 3BD/2BA home with sunroom and covered porch to enjoy the country views! Storage building. $79,500.The Settlement at Patriot Ranch - 2BD/2BA Main Home on 3 AC - 473 Crockett Lane - views offered with this 2BD/2BA main home and detached efficiency guesthouse. 2 car carport. $239,000.

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Land100 acs., I 10 access, wooded/open,.........................................................................$6,500/ac.56+ acs., commercial/residential site, Hwy. 97 & FM 108,.......................................$10,000/ac31 acs., Co. Rd. 341, city water avail., miner-als, trees,...........................................$7,500/ac.90 A East, 35 acs., + home................$395,000

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The Gonzales Book Club met Jan. 17 to discuss three short stories by Eudora Welty. They are “A Worn Path,” “Liv-vie,” and “June Recital.”

These were chosen from “The Collected Stories of Eu-dora Welty.” Welty’s stories are more than descriptive, they are works of art.

“A Worn Path” is about an old woman who makes her annual trip into town to pur-chase medicine for her sick grandchild. Her experiences on the path are described. She falls and waits ‘like a June bug on its back’ waiting for some-one to come and get her up, and they do. Her skirt gets tangled in thorns. She walks on a log across a stream. These are artfully described.

We discussed the woman, Old Phoenix, her adventures and the writing used to de-scribe her, the path she walks, her arrival and the art of Wel-

ty’s descriptions.“Livvie” is a very short story.

Livvie is a young girl who lives with and old man. He ques-tions her about the things she would be getting into before he takes her. Her answers are always “Yes sir” and “No sir.” She has not left the property for nine years and Solomon gets so old that all he does is sleep all day long.

A young man named Cash comes along and sweeps her off her feet. The descriptions are powerful. The ending is surprising. We discussed the strong descriptions and Solo-mon’s name, among other things.

“June Recital” was the least liked by most of us. There were more characters and Welty was less descriptive. She left the reader perplexed about them.

We thought that was be-cause the story was centered

around the house where the recitals were held, it was in-tended to be the main char-acter. This house was where a piano teacher lived and held her June recitals. Each charac-ter remembers their thoughts and feelings about the teacher and her house. We discussed the reasons for liking this story the least.

These stories led to ques-tions about what caused the role of women to change. We came up with television, when

women began to organize for more rights, and the pill.

Eudora Welty has written five novels. Among them is “The Optimist’s Daughter.” She has received numerous literary awards.

Our next meeting will be Feb. 14, from 10-11 a.m. at Lif-ford’s Books and Fine Art. We will discuss “Killing Lincoln” by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard.

Anyone interested in a liter-ary discussion is welcome.

Oh what a beautiful day we are having in Leesville, TX. The only thing that would be better would be some slow steady rain. We saw a big turtle crawl-ing as fast as he could go across Hwy 90A. Will said from the direction he was crawling it meant we were supposed to have a flood. I don’t know about that, but any turtle crawling on Hwy 90A better get a move on it before it gets squished to pieces. Remember that old ground hog did not see his shadow so we are supposed to have an early spring; but remember we have not gone through February and the only thing that you can safely plant is Irish potatoes and those must be planted on George Washington’s birthday.

The following people need your prayers and en-couragement: Joe Kotwig, Paul Villareal, Mr. Bill, Jes-se Esparza; Bill and Marie Lott, Louise Jones, Aunt Georgie Gandre; Danny and Joyce Schellenberg, Velma and Bobby Bullard; Mildred O’Neal, Rhonda Pruett, Matt McGrew.Terrence, Aunt Frances Gandre, Kathryn, Glenn Mikesh, Fletcher Johnson, Maria Castillo, Selma Vick-ers, Landis, Keith Glass, Timothy and Jack Black, Teresa Wilke, Linda Denk-er, Case Martin, Sandi Gan-dre, Aunt Betty Gandre, Carol and husband, Marcie and Blaine Welker, Shir-ley Dozier, Marie Schauer, Esther Lindemann, Anna Lindemann, Mary and Pete Camarillo, Matt Pohler, Lanny Baker, Bob Young, Lucy Jones, Ann Bond; Marguerite Williams, Big John, Todd, Rita, the fam-ily of Linda Freeman, our troops and their families, and please God we need some rain and the people up North of us need some warmer weather.

Happy Birthday to Joshua Wilson. Joshua is turning fourteen this year. However, Joshua’s grand-

mother, Nonie, in Ken-tucky, passed away so he is somewhat saddened on his birthday. I just think that Joshua needs a lot of extra hugs right now. We send prayers to all concerned and hope that all of those traveling to the funeral have a safe trip.

I am so very happy to tell you that I received a won-derful letter from Linda Denker. She is probably on day maybe sixty-three now. She is on the downhill slide of the one hundred days. The doctors and nurses at MD Anderson say that she is doing well. She gets blood tests twice a week and sees the doctor once a week, and continually gets her medicine adjusted. She has enjoyed your cards, and feels your prayers. Her im-mune system is still zero so she was in the hospital a week for a touch of the flu. Her husband Ron is a great caretaker. Her address is Linda Frederick Denker, 11991 S. Main St, Houston, TX 77035; in case you want to send her a note or card. Keep praying. These are the kind of people you put on a prayer list and keep them there. She is a Master Gar-dener Class 2000 Victoria County. I can tell she is rar-ing to go and get outside in the real world. I have been blessed by learning to know Linda better.

A belated Happy Birth-day to Gary Combs. He was over at the Belmont Social Club with wife, Marie, and daughter Stephanie, and one grandson. Marie and I graduated together way back when. Marie took off to around Round Rock and left her sons up that way and Stephanie lives in

Lampasas, but then Marie ended up back here in the home that she grew up in over on the way to Nixon.

We had a different band playing at the BSC, the Country Magic, and they were magic too. They were led by Pat Rosato from Cost, TX. One was from Gonzales, and the other member was from around the Stockdale/Floresville area. Oh yes, they played lead, bass, and rhythm gui-tar and they could sing. They could play and sing Fraulein, Proud Mary, and everything in between. It is no wonder that they are booked up a lot at Shiner and Sweet Home. They played some good toe tap-ping dance and listening music.

Oh, I heard that long, tall and lanky Jeffrey Charley is to put in an appearance on Valentine’s night. He is the one that reminds me of the Dwight Yoakum. I guess God just gave them ninety per cent of their height in their legs.

It was so good to see Shir-ley Kelso and her friend out dancing and eating. She is looking and doing great. However, I did not know that it was her grandson that was the passenger in the head on accident on Hwy 90 in which his friend Colton was deceased. He needs our prayers. He has no short term memory what so ever and his physi-cal condition is just about as precarious. You ask that God’s will be done in cases like this.

Congratulations to Janet and John Clark on the birth of their first grandchild. Brooke has finally had a little boy. His name is Gray-son Thomas Ziel. Grayson was born on February 2nd, weighing in at 7 lbs. 69 oz. and he is 26 inches long. Brooke and Grayson are doing just fine. Congratula-tions to everyone.

I can’t help it. I just have to say, Thank you God for the safe recovery of the lit-

tle autistic boy in Alabama. I don’t want to ponder why. I am just so very thankful that he is safe.

You need to come out to Belmont and check out the old Rather building now known as the Belmont General Store. Things are moving on inside. There are lights and Matt King was to be there on Saturday night. Richard Walker came back to Texas with a dream and with tons of hard work it is coming true. I am so glad that the beautiful walls of that store are being rebuilt.

Donald Lott and I are going to have to quit meet-ing up like this. Donald is usually on one aisle in HEB and I am in the next one. I believe that Donald is turn-ing out to be a pretty fair cook. Let’s put it this way. We both have the same phi-losophy “if you don’t like what we cook, then just go cook something yourself ”.

That Twerpt can give a person a heart attack. It was sort of chilly last night and she usually makes herself a little bed in the covers. I woke up about 3am and she was uncovered laying out flat. I looked at her and I peered at her sideways. I could not tell if she was breathing. So I touched her and she was cold. Then I punched her, and she fi-nally raises her head up and gives me the most horrible disgusted look. If looks could kill, I’d been dead. Well, by this time I was a little on the disgusted side myself. So I just gave one of her own disgusted looks and one of those snorting noises she makes at me and went back to sleep. But this morning I felt so guilty be-cause she was so stiff that she could barely walk, and she had sinus in her eyes. She looked so pitiful, and she just made me feel worse than awful for not taking her and covering her up. Heavens to Betsy, this is worse than ridiculous!!

Have a good week, and God Bless.


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Walters-BowenMr. and Mrs. Bruce Walters of Cumming, GA an-

nounce the engagement of their daughter, Joanna Jean Walters, to John Levi Bowen of Atlanta, GA. Mr. Bowen is the son of Ms. Susan Bowen and Mr. John Bowen of Albany, GA.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Leifeste of Gonzales, TX and Mr. and Mrs. John Walters of Cumming, Georgia. Miss Walters is a graduate of Valdosta State University with a Bachelor of Science in Economics. She is currently employed by Ranstad Financial and Accounting Ser-vices as a Staffing Consultant.

The groom-elect is the grandson of Mrs. John C. Taylor and the late Mr. Taylor and Mrs. John E. Bowen and the late Mr. Bowen. Mr. Bowen is a graduate of Mercer University with a Bachelor of Science in Busi-ness Administration with a concentration in Man-agement. He is currently employed by Darton State College as a Regional Admissions Counselor.

The wedding will be held April 20, 2013 at Winder-mere Golf Club in Cumming, GA at 5:30 PM.

Fojtik-JanecekDale and Michelle Fojtik of Moulton are pleased to

announce the engagement of their daughter, Eliza-beth Lynn Fojtik, to Justin Allen Janecek, son of Al-len and Julie Janecek.

Elizabeth is the granddaughter of Joe and Linda Pilat and Alphonse and Claudette Fojtik of Moulton, Justin is the grandson of Frankie Janecek of Moulton and the late Jack and Margie Vaught, and Dorothy Janecek. Elizabeth is a 2009 graduate of Moulton High School and a 2011 graduate of Victoria Col-lege. Elizabeth is a certified LVN and is currently em-ployed at the Gonzales Memorial Hospital. Justin is a 2008 graduate of Gonzales High School.

Justin is currently employed with the City of Gon-zales. The couple will exchange vows at 2 p.m. on March 2, 2013 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Flatonia with a reception to follow at the KC Hall in Moulton. The couple will reside in Moulton.

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Nixon-Smiley had 23 solos and one ensemble entered in the UIL Region 12 Solo/Ensemble Contest Feb. 2. The students did a very good job and came home with 22 first division medals.

The following received a first division on their solos and ensemble:

Class 1 Alto Sax Solo - Case Samford; Class 1 Twirling Solo - Erin Agu-irre; Class 2 Flute Solo - Lynette Coronado; Class 2 Flute Solo - Shante Mendez;

Class 3 Flute Solo - Amy Woods; Class 2 Bb Clari-net Solo - Mikayla Cannon; Class 2 Bb Clarinet Solo - Whitley Gonzales;

Also, Class 2 Alto Sax Solo - Carlos Reyes; Class 3 Tenor Sax Solo - Jose Olalde; Class 2 Trumpet Solo - Erin Aguirre; Class 2 French Horn Solo - Chase Neubauer; Class 2 Trom-bone Solo - Marissa Garcia; Class 3 Baritone Solo - Uri-el Tovar; Class 3 Tuba Solo - Shiloh Clifton; Class 2 Snare Solo - John Martinez; Class 2 Snare Solo - Junior Tristan; Class 2 Percussion Ensemble - Frankie Ale-man, Luis Avalos, Johna-than Hidalgo, Ashley Mar-tinez, Junior Tristan, Delrik Vera.

The following received a second division on their so-los. Class 2 Bb Clarinet Solo - Isabela Ramirez; Class 2 Bb Clarinet Solo - Kath-eren Rawls; Class 2 Trum-pet Solo - Kevin Martinez; Class 3 Trombone Solo - Omar Munoz; Class 2 Tuba Solo - Chris Casas; Class 3 Violin Solo - Case Samford.

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CGrand Champion Steers

Saluting the participants in the 2013 Moulton, Flatonia, Yoakum and Luling Livestock Shows

Grand Champion Steer, Yoakum Project Show: Kaci Herman

Grand Champion Steer, Moulton Jr. Livestock Show: Dillon Berckenhoff

Grand Champion Steer, Flatonia Livestock Show: Caleb Brunner Grand Champion Steer, Luling Livestock Show: Meaghan Richardson

Grand Champion Swine

Grand Champion Swine, Luling Livestock Show: Trace Knox

Grand Champion Swine, Flatonia Livestock Show: Micaul Bass Grand Champion Swine, Yoakum Project Show: Sheila Webb

Grand Champion Barrow, Moulton Jr. Livestock Show: Amanda Berckenhoff

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Reserve Champion Steer, Luling Livestock Show: Mark Randall

Reserve Champions: Luling Livestock Show

Reserve Champion Swine, Luling Livestock Show: Kaitlyn Wright

Reserve Champion Broilers, Luling Livestock Show: Ryan Pearson Reserve Champion Rabbits, Luling Livestock Show: Ashlee Watts

Reserve Champion Goats, Luling Livestock Show: Ches Elley Reserve Champion Lambs, Luling Livestock Show: Mark Randall

Reserve Champion Senior Projects, Luling Livestock Show: Michelle Tetley Reserve Champion Junior Projects, Luling Livestock Show: Peyton Roach

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More Grand Champions: Luling Livestock Show

Grand Champion Broilers, Luling Livestock Show: Lane Graham

Junior Showmanship Winners, Luling Livestock Show Senior Showmanship Winners, Luling Livestock Show

Grand Champion Lambs, Luling Livestock Show: Nicole Ussery

Grand Champion Rabbits, Luling Livestock Show: Linzi Daniels

Grand Champion Junior Projects, Luling Livestock Show: Wesley Johnson

Grand Champion Senior Projects, Luling Livestock Show: Emma King

Grand Champion Goats, Luling Livestock Show: Mark Randall

Luling Livestock Show Photos provided by Alexander Photography


Reserve Champions: Moulton Jr. Livestock Show

Reserve Champion Steer, Moulton Jr. Livestock Show: Allison Drabek

Reserve Champion Barrow, Moulton Jr. Livestock Show: Hanna Lucas

Reserve Champion Broilers, Moulton Jr. Livestock Show: John Berckenhoff

Reserve Champion Lamb, Moulton Jr. Livestock Show: Mackenley Ebner

Moulton Jr. Livestock Sale: Kalli Bakjer Moulton Jr. Livestock Sale: Jenna Wenske

Moulton Jr. Livestock Sale: Catherine Wenske

Moulton Jr. Livestock Sale: Hannah Perez

Moulton Jr. Livestock Sale: Railey Aragon

Moulton Jr. Livestock Sale: Tatum Langston

Moulton Jr. Livestock Show Sale: Clayton Drabek


Reserve Champions: Flatonia Livestock Show

Reserve Champion Steer, Flatonia Livestock Show: Zachary Velasquez Reserve Champion Lamb, Flatonia Livestock Show: Jacob Barta

Reserve Champion Broilers, Flatonia Livestock Show: Colby Craig Reserve Champion Steer, Flatonia Livestock Show: Kimberlyn Michalec

Reserve Champion Rabbits, Flatonia Livestock Show: Haley Moeller


Congrats to This Year’s Participants

More Grand Champions: Flatonia Livestock Show

More Grand Champions: Moulton Jr. Livestock Show

Grand Champion Broilers, Moulton Jr. Livestock Show: Kamryn Darilek

Grand Champion Broilers, Flatonia Livestock Show: Colby Craig

Grand Champion Lambs, Moulton Jr. Livestock Show: Kyle Trejo

Grand Champion Rabbits, Flatonia Livestock Show: McKayla HudsonGrand Champion Lambs, Flatonia Livestock Show: Karli Siptak

Flatonia Livestock Show photos provided by Rosalba Villegas, Sunny Photos

A hearty “Job Well Done” to all this year’s Livestock Show

participants and winners from Luling, Moulton, Flatonia and Yoakum!


Reserve Champions: Yoakum Project Show

Reserve Champion Breeding Gilts, Yoakum Project Show: Bridget Frazier

3rd Place Breeding Gilts, Yoakum Project Show: Clayton Wenske

Reserve Champion Breeding Goats, Yoakum Project Show: Payton Quinney

3rd Place Breeding Goats, Yoakum Project Show: Kylie Quinney

Reserve Champion Breeding Heifer, Yoakum Project Show: Ashley Carroll

Reserve Champion Broilers, Yoakum Project Show: Kaitlyn Caka

Reserve Champion Steer, Yoakum Project Show: Kailee Knezek

Reserve Champion Swine, Yoakum Project Show: Anna Reardon

Moulton Jr. Livestock Sale: Kobey TrejoMoulton Jr. Livestock Sale: Kylee Beyer Moulton Jr. Livestock Sale: Kinzey Filipp

Moulton Jr. Livestock Sale: Aimee Fojtik


More Grand Champions: Yoakum Project Show

Grand Champion Breeding Heifer, Yoakum Project Show: Wesley Janik Grand Champion Breeding Gilts, Yoakum Project Show: Ashley Morris

Grand Champion Broilers, Yoakum Project Show: Cole Cowan Grand Champion Goats, Yoakum Project Show: Kylie Quinney

Grand Champion Rabbits, Yoakum Project Show: Justin Ramirez Grand Champion Breeding Goats, Yoakum Project Show: Ashley Morris

Junior Showmanship, Beef, Yoakum Project Show: Wesley Janik

Senior Showmanship, Beef, Yoakum Project Show: KC Rex

Junior Showmanship, Swine, Yoakum Project Show: Rylan Schindler

Senior Showmanship, Swine, Yoakum Project Show: Savannah Kremling

Junior Showmanship, Goats, Yoakum Project Show: Hunter Kvinta

Senior Showmanship, Goats, Yoakum Project Show: Amy Malik

Documents

Gonzales Cannon Feb. 7 issue