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Former Gonzales city em-ployee Belinda Walker was sentenced to
60 days in jail, 10 years probation and or-dered to pay nearly
$60,000 in restitution on charges of theft by a public servant.
25th District Court Judge Bill Old included a work release as
part of the sen-tence. Walker is scheduled to enter Gonzales County
Jail on Aug. 18 for 60 days on a work release program. She will be
released at 6 a.m. each day during the work week and return to the
jail at the end of work.
Walker was also ordered to pay $57,915.64 in restitu-tion. She
made the first pay-ment of $20,000 on Tuesday.
Walker was initially charged wth theft by a public servant of
more than $20,000 but less than $100,000.
The charge was alleged to have taken place between February of
2009 and June of 2011 when funds were found to be missing from The
City of Gonzales Parks & Recre-ation Department.
She initially pleaded guilty to the charge as part of a plea
agreement, but Old rejected that deal last year.
The exasperation of gridlock in Wash-ington was evident on the
face of Con-gressman Blake Farenthold during a town hall meeting in
Gonzales Aug. 7, and he was quick to assure frustrated local voters
that hes just as outraged as they are.
We have an out-of-control President,
said the 34th Congressional District rep-resentative. The
problem is, weve passed hundreds of bills. Theyre all sitting in
the Senate.
Farenthold said the congressional grid-lock has given President
Barack Obama
Monday was Charlotte Tieken Day in Gonzales, but after 60 years
in the bank-ing business she hasnt lost a step or her sense of
humor.
Unwrapping a gift during her retire-ment reception at Wells
Fargo bank, Tieken unboxed a new jeweled watch.
Good, because mine was about worn out, she quipped. Now Ill be
on time to cook supper.
Tieken was honored with a proclama-tion naming the day in her
honor from Gonzales Mayor Bobby Logan and the banks staff and
customers helped her celebrate the big day.
Tieken said she has lots of memories
from six decades of watching Gonzales grow, and has seen massive
changes to her industry.
I feel like this is the time to go, she said. Its getting too
complicated. It used to be youd post (update bank re-cords) every
day, now its all done by computer. Thats been the biggest thing,
the switch to where everything is auto-matic.
The last few years have made pro-found changes on the town where
she grew up, she said.
The oil industry has changed every-thing, she said. But I look
at it as, its all water under the bridge.
YOAKUM Yoakum City Coun-cil on Tuesday fine-tuned the citys
long-term strategic plan during a spe-cial meeting preceding their
regular monthly meeting.
City management consultant Ron Cox presented his findings from
sev-eral months worth of meetings and sessions with council and
city em-
ployees. Two previous meetings on March 10 and 27, and the
Council of-ficially adopted Quality of Life, Eco-nomic Development,
and Organiza-tional Development as their areas of emphasis for 2014
on May 13.
A group of Yoakum city employees then met with Cox on May 22,
June 19, and July 24 to discuss the best
ways to assess those areas within the citys new Strategic Plan.
They decid-ed that focusing on keeping the city clean, promoting
citizen awareness of and involvement in improvement efforts, and
developing moderately priced housing was key for Quality of
Life.
Employees also told Cox it was important to encourage and
enable
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YOAKUM, Page A7
By DAVE MUNDY
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Investigators including the state Fire Marshalls Office were on
the scene Wednesday looking for clues about what caused this
structure fire at Kleine and School streets in Gonzales late
Tuesday afternoon. Fire crews were on the scene quickly but the
fast-moving blaze made the structure a total loss. (Photo by Dave
Mundy)
Charlotte Tieken delivers a widecrack which gets a grin from
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By DAVE MUNDY
[email protected]
FARENTHOLD, Page A7
Gonzales school trustees on Monday moved toward setting the
districts tax rate for the first time as a Chap-ter 42 district
meaning a fair amount of local taxes collected will wind up go-ing
to other districts.
Trustees will consider setting a total tax rate of $1.1248 per
$100 valuation during its Aug. 25 meet-ing, a slight jump from last
years total rate of $0.9677. The additional taxes were
primarily by an increase in the districts debt service rate
following last Novem-bers voter approval of a $22 million bond
issue. The district will also be expend-ing considerably more local
funding on replacing fund-ing which will no longer be available
from the state.
Last year we got about $2,000 per student from the state, Deputy
Super-intendent Larry Wehde
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Gonzales Police Department News Release Week Of August 11:
08/04/2014 Reported Assault At 500 Blk St. John St.
08/04/2014 Reported Assault At 100 Blk Bates St.08/05/2014
Reported Theft At 700 Blk Sarah De-
witt Dr.08/05/2014 Reported Theft At 700 Blk Church
St.08/06/2014 Reported Theft At 1100 Blk Sarah
DeWitt Dr.08/06/2014 Joshua Tyler Schronce 34 Of Ville
Platte La Arrested And Charged With Assault At 2000 Blk 183.
08/07/2014 Brenda Joyce Girouard 57 Of Gonza-les Arrested And
Charged With Public Intoxication At 2000 Blk Zint St.
08/07/2014 Charmayne Mae Perry 27 Of Gon-zales Arrested And
Charged With Possession Con-trolled Substance, Possession Of
Marijuana, And Possession Of Drug Paraphernalia. Stephen Lee Perry
26 Of Gonzales Arrested And Charged With Possession Of Marijuana
And Possession Of Drug Paraphernalia At 1600 Blk Sarah Dewitt
Dr.
08/08/2014 Willie George Clack Jr 49 Of Gonza-les Arrested And
Charged With Walking On High-way With Traffic At 1000 Blk Ainsworth
St.
08/08/2014 Reported Burglary Building At 300 Blk St. Joseph
St.
08/09/2014 Reported Theft At 700 Blk Sarah De-witt Dr.
08/09/2014 Reported Assault At 900 Blk Espi-nosa St.
08/09/2014 Juan Izaguirre 20 Of Gonzales Ar-
rested And Charged With Public Intoxication At 900 Blk Espinosa
St.
08/09/2014 Reported Burglary Building At 1600 Blk St. Peter
St.
08/09/2014 Myles Nicholas Macy 27 Of Gonzales Arrested And
Charged With Burglary Habitation, Possession Of Controlled
Substance And Evading At 800 Blk St. Peter St.
08/09/2014 Reported Theft At 1300 Blk St. Louis St.
08/09/2014 Michael Frank Brecka 47 Of Gonzales Arrested And
Charged With Public Intoxication And Resisting Arrest At 1700 Blk
Waco St.
08/10/2014 Reported Criminal Mischief At 700 Blk St. Lawrence
St.
08/10/2014 Reported Forgery Passing Of Coun-terfeit $10.00 Bill
At 100 Blk Sarah Dewitt Dr.
Yoakum Police Dept.
Luling Police Dept.
Gonzales County Sheriffs Office report for Aug. 3-9:
Powell, James Bernard, Jr., 06/1978, San Antonio. Bexar County
Warrant Criminal Nonsupport. Re-quires $3,000 Bond. Bexar County
Warrant Crimi-nal Nonsupport. Requires $1,500 Bond. Remains in
Custody.
Ogrodny, Kevin Rey, 03/1974, Bastrop. Local Warrant Assault
causes Bodily Injury Family Vio-lence. Requires $25,000 Bond.
Released Charges dropped by DA.
08/06/14Duran, Gary Daniel, 12/1983, Lockhart. Local
Warrant Forgery Government Instrument/Money/Securities. Released
on $3,500 Bond.
08/07/14Longoria, Sarah Lisa, 12/1969, Gonzales. Lo-
cal Warrant Public Intoxication. Released Paid $175.00 Fine.
08/09/14
Villarreal, Brittany Alyce, 06/1992, Gonzales.
Commitment/Sentence Evading Arrest Detention with Vehicle Released
Weekender/Work Release.
Kiefer, Allen Keith, 08/1964, Gonzales. Local War-rant Driving
while License Invalid. Released Paid $515.00 Fine.
Released Weekender/Work Release.Total Arrest, Court Commitments,
other agency
arrest and processings:GCSO 06DPS 04GPD 12WPD 01NPD 02Constable
00DWCSO 00DEA 00TPW 00GCAI 00Total 25
Yoakum Police Department report for Aug. 4-10:08/04/14Case
#185229, Warrant Arrest, Coronado, Wil-
lie Jr., 54, Yoakum, 608 US 77A S; Offense, W#H-1201417440
Forgery F/3; Disposition, Trans/LCSO.
Case #14-281, Forgery, 1011 US 77A N; Disposi-tion,
Investigation.
Case #14-282, Burglary-Building, 507 Tozik; Dis-position,
Investigation.
Case #14-284, Burglary-Residence, 900 Old Shiner Rd;
Complainant, Rojas, Ramon; Disposition, Investigation.
Case #188544, Warrant Arrest, Yow, Harry D., 62, Yoakum, 507 W.
Gonzales; Offense, W#H-02808-F-Indecency w/Child; Disposition,
Trans/LCSO.
8/05/14Case #08-447, Davis, Benny, 56, Yoakum, 900 Ir-
vine; Offense, W#2008-15868 Theft MB; Disposition,
Trans/LCSO.
Case #185253, Davis, Benny, 56, Yoakum, 900 Ir-vine; Offense,
W#0807903CR Theft-Fel-FTA; Disposi-tion, Trans/LCSO.
Case #08-505, Theft-Felony, Jordan @ Simpson; Disposition,
Cleared by Arrest
08/06/14Case #14-285, Criminal Mischief-B, 205 Walter;
Disposition, Investigation.08/07/14Case #14-011, Case #185295,
Falcon, Nicolas,
24, Yoakum, Irvine @ W. Grand; Offense, W#2014-18521-Criminal
Trespass; Disposition, Trans/LCSO.
08/08/14Case 14-286, Injury Child/Elderly, 124 E. Gonza-
les; Disposition, Investigation.08/10/14Case #14-287, Violage
City Ordinance Curfew (2),
400 Blk. Cecilia; Disposition, Court Citation.
Luling Police Department report for Aug. 4-11:08/05/14Arrest
#14-0282, Niacandro Salinas-Nava, 34, 903
S. Magnolia Ave. #12, Assault w/Deadly Weapon Family
Violence.
8/09/14Arrest #14-0283, DeAndre Gonzalez, 600 Blk. E.
Crockett St., Driving While License Suspended, Re-sisting
Arrest
DeWitt Co. Sheriffs OfficeDeWitt Co. Sheriffs Office Arrest
Report for the week
of Aug. 1-7:Jail Average Daily Count- 140Inmates Housed for
Other Agencies- 43August 1, 2014Tina Flores, 30, of Cuero, Public
Intoxication, Fine of
$219 (30 Days to Pay), DCSOManuel Perez, 49, of Yorktown,
Driving while Intoxi-
cated 2nd, Bond of $2,500 with Interlock Device, Evad-ing
Arrest, Bond of $1,000, Resist Arrest Search or Trans-
port, Bond of $1,000, Yorktown PDAnthony Nordstrand, 26, of
Yoakum, Driving while
License Invalid with Previous Conviction, Bond of $1,000, Cuero
PD
Julio Anzaldua, 36, of Cuero, Aggravated Assault with Deadly
Weapon, Bond of $75,000, Obstruction or Retaliation, Bond of
$20,000, Unlawful Restraint, Bond of $5,000, Interfere with
Emergency Call, Bond of $4,000, Cuero PD
Lucio Arocha, 18, of Yoakum, Unlawful Restraint (Montgomery Co),
Bond of $2,500, Yoakum PD
Calvin Copeland, 51, of Shiner, Theft of Property
>$1,500$50
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A three-year-old article stored on the inter-net provided the
basis Tuesday for a stinging public comment demanding the Gonzales
county Underground Water Conservation District board of directors
rescind water-pumping permits for the Schertz-Seguin Lo-cal
Government Corporation.
Cost resident Pat Rosato furnished printed copies of a news
release posted on the San An-tonio Water Systems (SAWS) website
indicat-ing an agreement between SAWS and SSLGC to enable SAWS to
purchase water supplies from SSLGC water pumped from Gonzales
County wells. The news release he furnished to directors Bruce
Tieken, Steve Ehrig and Barry Miller was originally published Feb.
11, 2011.
A photograph accompanying the piece shows the agreement being
signed by Schertz Mayor Hal Baldwin, San Antonio Mayor Ju-lin
Castro and Seguin Mayor Betty Ann Mat-thies; all three have left
office.
If we go back in history when Schertz-Seguin applied for these
permits, it was for citizens of Schertz and Seguin, Rosato said.
They falsified their application. Weve got to shut down this mass
exodus of water from Gonzales County. There is no reason water
should leave Gonzales County.
The news release notes that in July 2010, the Gonzales County
Underground Water Conservation District (GCUWCD) approved permits
for SAWS to produce and transport up to 11,688 acre-feet per year
of Carrizo Aquifer water from Gonzales County. With todays
contract, SAWS is partnering with the SSLGC to utilize the
Corporations infrastruc-ture to transport water from Gonzales
County to San Antonio.
Rosato also implied that Miller, who is the general manager of
the Gonzales County Wa-ter Supply Corp., was also consering selling
some of its permitted water to San Antonio, drawing a sharp rebuke
from Miller.
You are fabricating things out of thin air, sir, Miller
snapped.
Board president Bruce Tieken reminded
those present the public comment section of the meeting was not
a debate section.
We all hear what youre saying, but we cant resolve it tonight,
its not an agenda item, Tieken said. The information youve
provid-ed will be looked at.
During Tuesdays meeting, directors also looked at substantiually
increasing the dis-tricts maintenance budget, primarily to pro-vide
better pay and benefits for the districts administrative assistant.
Laura Mills has ten-dered her resignation to enter the teaching
field.
The increase would not involve a tax in-crease, however. Board
members opted to in-dicate a tax rate of $0.0045 per $100
valuation, a five-hundredths of a cent drop from last year.
Also during Tuesdays meeting, the board approved the renewal of
a permit for Mary Ann Menning, representing the Ploeger es-tate.
The board also directed that a certified letter be sent to property
owner Bill Seger to obtain proper permits and provide pumpage data
on his well in northern Gonzales County.
The CannonThursday, August 14, 2014 Page A3
By DAVE MUNDY
[email protected]
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The Shiner Chamber of Commerce float won 1st Place at the
Schulenburg Festi-val Parade earlier this month. The 2014 Shiner
Royalty include, from left, Young Miss Shiner Makenzie Peebles,
Little Mister Shiner Clayton Fric, Miss Shiner Jodi Rogers, Little
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BRENHAM, TXState Representative Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham) on
Tuesday launched her campaign for Texas Senate District 18.
The seat is currently held by Glen Hegar of Katy, who is the
Republican nominee for State Comptroller and is expected to win
handily.
Surrounded by family, Kolkhorst wel-comed a large crowd of
supporters, some travelling as far as two hours to be part of the
event. Speaking from the steps of the Washington County Courthouse
in down-town Brenham, Kolkhorst declared her in-tention to run.
This election is about our families and our future, commented
Kolkhorst. Texas faces many challenges like water, trans-portation,
education and the crisis at the border. I have a proven record of
tackling the hard issues head on. As Texans, we can solve our
problems together and provide for a vibrant economy and a great
place to
raise our families. But this is also about the future of our
country. The Federal Govern-ment continues to push down rules
with-out Congress approval, which is wrong and can no longer be
tolerated. Texas must stand up and push back against the over-reach
of programs like Obamacare, an ig-nored border, and the federal
overtake of our public schools, water and electricity.
As a multi-generation Texan, and as your elected voice, we will
stand together and the people will be heard, continued Kolkhorst.
We will fight for the solutions of a responsive and smaller
government that was envisioned by our founding fa-thers. In my
14-years of serving, never has there been a greater need or crisis
at hand. I stand ready to represent the values, cul-ture, and
challenges of this 21-county district. We are Texas. This is why I
am announcing my intention to run for the Texas Senate.
Senate District 18 is currently held by
State Senator Glenn Hegar (R-Katy). As the Republican nominee
for Texas Comp-troller, a victory in November would trig-ger a
special election for his Senate seat.
Rep. Lois W. Kolkhorst is a member of the Texas House of
Representatives, serv-ing House District 13, which includes
Aus-tin, Burleson, Colorado, Fayette, Grimes, Lavaca and Washington
Counties. She currently serves as Chair of the House Public Health
Committee. Lois and her husband Jim have been married for 27 years
and have two children, Lois Kate and Jake. The Kolkhorst Family own
and oper-ate Kolkhorst Petroleum and several other companies in the
area.
Senate District 18 includes all or parts of 21 counties
including Aransas, Austin, Burleson, Calhoun, Colorado, De Witt,
Fayette, Fort Bend, Goliad, Gonzales, Harris, Jackson, Lavaca, Lee,
Matagorda, Nueces, Refugio, Victoria, Waller, Wash-ington, and
Wharton.
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GORDENMilda Hulda Elsie Knetig
Gorden, 89, passed away Tuesday, July 8, 2014 in Houston, Texas.
She was born September 7, 1924 in the Diamond Grove Com-munity of
Gonzales County to Paul and Martha Knetig.
Milda graduated from Gonzales High School and attended beauty
school in San Antonio. In March of 1943, she married the love of
her life, Marshall Wood-row Gorden. They re-turned to Gonzales
where they celebrated 42 years of marriage and the birth of three
children.
Milda owned and oper-ated a beauty salon at her home for many
years. She was a lifetime member and actively involved in many
aspects of the First Evan-gelical Lutheran Church in Gonzales. She
was an accomplished artist and a longtime member of the local art
club. She enjoyed gardening and shared that love with the Garden
Club. Milda was a people person and she enjoyed playing canasta and
dominos and traveling with her friends.
Milda was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her son
Gerald Allen Gorden and her sis-
ter Lillian Gescheidle. She is survived by her son and
daughter-in-law James and Rebecca Gorden of Hous-ton, her daughter
and son-in-law Marsha Gail and Mitchell Helms of Austin, eight
grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren and one
great-great-grandson.
A celebration of Mildas life will be held Saturday, August 16,
2014 at 10:00 am at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in
Gon-zales and burial in the Gon-zales Memorial Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to: First Evangelical Lu-theran Church,
1206 North St. Joseph Street, Gonzales, Texas 78629.
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Guadalupe Zavala, 1927-2014ZAVALA
Guadalupe Zavala, 87, of Gonzales, Texas passed away on Monday,
August 4, 2014 at his res-idence.
Funeral Mass was un-der the direction of Buff-ington Funeral
Home in Gonzales, Texas, and was held on Friday, Au-gust 8, 2014 at
10:00 am at Sacred Heart Catho-lic Church in Gonzales, Texas with
Father Paul Raaz officiating. Inter-ment followed at Saint James
Catholic Cem-etery in Gonzales, Texas. A Rosary was recited on
Thursday, August 7, 2014 at 7:00 pm at Sacred Heart Catholic Church
in Gonzales, Texas.
Guadalupe was born on June 20, 1927 in Gon-
zales, Texas. He was the son of Juan and Petra (Jimenez) Zavala.
Gua-dalupe married Cookie Mata on May 11, 1990. He was the
Owner/Operator of the Casino Bar early in life. He was employed by
H.E.B. Food Stores for five years, and then started his own lawn
ser-vice. Guadalupe was an active member of Sacred Heart Catholic
Church. He liked to spend time at the river setting lines and
bringing home the big catch. He liked to go hunting and camping.
Guadalupe was a family man who enjoyed spend-ing time with his
family and, BBQuing with fam-ily and friends.
He is survived by his wife; Cookie Zavala, five sons; Randy
Rodri-guez of Gonzales, Texas, Dennis JoJo Rodriguez and his wife,
Barbara of Gonzales, Texas, Daniel Rodriguez and his wife, Rebecca
of Gonzales, Texas, David Ray Rodri-guez and his wife, Mar-garita
of Wapaca, Wis-consin, Joey Rodriguez and his wife, Jolanda of
Gonzales, Texas, eleven daughters; Guadalupe Ruiz of Gonzales,
Texas, Liz Hernandez and her husband, Lorenzo of
Gonzales, Texas, Doro-thy Rodriguez and her husband, Robert of
Gon-zales, Texas, Julie Mireles and her husband, Marty of San
Antonio, Texas, Susie Estrada of Hous-ton, Texas, Linda Alma-guer
and her husband, Bruno of Gonzales, Tex-as, Peggy Rodriguez of
Gonzales, Texas, Diane Serna and her husband, Juan of Austin,
Texas, Debra Zavala Cantu and her husband, Sammy of Austin, Texas,
Donna Za-vala and her fianc, Stef-fon Moore of Gonzales, Texas,
Angel Zavala of Gonzales, Texas, sixty-five grandchildren, one
hundred and eight great-grandchildren, ten
great-great-grandchildren, and two great-great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; Juan and Petra Zavala, one
son; Lupe Rodriguez, five brothers; Faustino Zavala, Delfino
Zavala, Antonio Zavala, Pedro Zavala, Abran Za-vala, Sr., and one
sister; Dominga Zavala.
To join the family in celebrating Guadalupes life and to sign
the online guest book, please go to:
www.buffingtonfuneral-homegonzales.com
C.L. Big Boy Steans,1931-2014STEANS
C.L. Steans, fondly re-ferred to as Big Boy, was born June 15,
1931 in Gonzales, Texas to Sandy and Allie (Satberry) Ste-ans. He
was the third of three children born to this union.
Mr. Steans accepted Christ as his Lord and Savior at Little Hill
Bap-tist Church at any early age. He attended school at Canoe Creek
in Gon-zales County.
On September 17, 1949 C.L. was united in holy matrimony to
his
life long love, Ola V. Co-chran. Poppa as he was affectionately
called, ex-perienced an endearing bond and an indescrib-able love
with his wife and the seven children born to this union. Later,
with the help of his sons, C.L. started what has now become known
as Steans Custom Hay Bail-ing. He earned great re-spect from
customers he served in the Gonzales and Caldwell County ar-eas. C.L
is highly spoken of and leaves a legacy of a clean and good name,
which was of value to him and the family alike.
After 47 years of faith-ful service C.L. retired from Gonzales
Warm Springs with the reputa-tion of being a dedicated and hard
worker. After retirement, he continued to oversee the hay busi-ness
and take vacations and road trips with his family until his health
failed.
On August 4, 2014 the Lord called him from la-
bor to rest after a lengthy illness.
C.L. was proceeded in death by his parents Sandy and Allie
Steans; siblings Murray Kid Steans and Johnnie Mae Sister
Pittman.
He leaves to cherish his memory his devoted and loving wife Ola
V. Ste-ans; three sons; George (Mary) Steans of Seguin, Tx; Charles
(Carolyn) Steans of Seguin, Tx; El-vin Steans of Edinburg, Tx and
four daughters; Janice (Herman) Mitch-ell of Missouri City, Tx;
Norma (Phillip) Ross of Schertz, Tx; Carolyn (Leonard) Derrow of
Luling, TX; Linda (Rich-ard) Howell of Schertz, Tx; sister Dorothy
Swaner and a niece who he helped raise, Shir-ley (Charles) Thomas
of Corpus Christi, Tx; 18 grand children, 22 great-grand children
and 2 great-great grand chil-dren as well as a host of nieces,
nephews, rela-tives and friends.
The Auxiliary of Memo-rial Hospital met July 29th for an
Appreciation Morn-ing Tea hosted by Memo-rial Hospital Foundation,
at the home of Connie Kacir. There were 20 members present and
guests includ-ed Hospital Administrator Chuck Norris and Gon-zales
Mayor Bobby Logan. The Mayor presented a long stem pink rose to
each member.
The tables were laid with yellow linen and the chairs with
yellow netting. The tables were set with antique china and crystal.
Breakfast items and sweet pastries were served with straw-berry
yogurt and fresh fruit and hot tea.
Mr. Norris expressed ap-preciation for the ways the Auxiliary
has benefitted the hospital. Mayor Logan was introduced and he
noted it is difficult to find volun-teers to serve these days.
The Auxiliary were invit-ed into the Kacir home to hold our
business meeting. President Kathleen Cad-dell called the meeting to
order. First VP Betty Fink presented outgoing Presi-dent Barbara
Koricanek a commemorative pin for her service.
The minutes were read and approved. Treasurer Zella gave a
financial report for the month. Second VP Gibson reported on hour
bars. Bob Bennett and Bet-ty Neubauer were awarded 100 hour bars.
Bobs total is 808 and Bettys is 712. Cecilia Williamson was awarded
her 100 bar with her total 3831.
Committee reports were
given. The Scholarship pro-posed that Policy #5 will be changed
to state The recipient must be a resi-dent of Gonzales County. It
passed.
Three scholarships were awarded to study for L.V.N.
Special projects was ta-bled for another meeting.
The Auxiliary noted to join the Gonzales Chamber
of Commerce and Agricul-ture.
It was noted that the First VP be responsible for or-dering
outgoing President pin. The T.A.H.V District meeting will be held
in the dining room at 2 oclock.
Attendance prizes were won by Norris Gibson, Dyna DuBose and
Carol DuBose.
Bernice Heldarsen receives her 100 hour bar
President Caddell presiding over meeting.
Happy Birthday Joshua! Joshua, the shelter boss at Friends of
Gonzales Animal Shelter, is turning three years old and to
celebrate FOGAS is celebrating with three weeks of $3 adoptions
Aug. 11-30. To learn more contact FOGAS at 857-1616 or stop by the
shelter at 505 St. Francis in Gonzales from 3-5 p.m. weekdays or
1-4 p.m. on Saturday.
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The grieving process is very personal, and every-one will deal
with it differ-ently. There is no right or wrong way to grieve, but
there are healthy ways to help you cope with what you are feeling.
Working as a Certified Financial Plan-ner for over 20 years, Ive
come across various strate-gies in dealing with the loss of a
spouse. Most recently Ive watched and learned from my Mother, the
stron-gest woman I know, how many pitfalls can occur when
depression over-comes an otherwise strong sense of reason. With the
median age of widowhood occurring at 59.4 years ac-cording to the
US Census Bureau, its important to not only plan your retire-ment,
but also double-check your finances under the scenarios of the loss
of one spouse. Taking it one step at a time
during one of the emotion-ally trying periods of your life can
be challenging, but consider these crucial first steps. Enlist the
help of a close friend and clergy member to support and help with
some of the im-mediate tasks. Arranging the funeral or memorial
service must be done with a clear idea of the budget. Under the
Funeral Rule of the Federal Trade Com-mission, before you sign a
contract, funeral directors are required to provide you with a
written price list of all services and merchan-dise they offer, as
well as an itemized statement of all services that you have
selected. Write an obitu-ary by keeping in mind your loved ones
life such as education, career, family, military service or notable
achievements. Shortly after a loved ones
death, there are legal issues that need to be addressed.
Important documents to gather are the will, death certificate,
marriage cer-tificate, insurance policies, stock certificates,
military discharge papers, auto-mobile title and registra-tion
papers, social security
cards and birth certificates. Most recently a newly wid-owed
client was asked for her original marriage cer-tificate of 58 years
ago by the social security office when she requested a high-er
monthly social security income after her husbands death. Financial
considerations
will include contacting social security office and current and
former em-ployers. The post office should be alerted to new mail
addressed to the ex-ecutor. Deed and prop-erty titles, along with
bank books, account statements and tax returns should be gathered.
Obtain any per-sonal or workplace insur-ance policies and begin the
benefit claim process with each individual carrier. The insurance
agent is a valuable
resource to help with this process. Whether expect-ed or
unexpected, losing a loved one is never easy. You will find
yourself coping with many emotions as you face the numerous
finan-cial decisions ahead of you. I watched and helped my mother
continue to pay bills in the first few months and struggled with
the concept of auto-pay vs. check writ-ing as she was convinced the
electric company was not getting paid. A trusted financial
professional can support you through these complex tasks and guide
you while you realign your financial strategy during this difficult
time. For a copy of our booklet to help guide you during this
dif-ficult time, please contact
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New development to help Nixon get All Tucked In
Texas bonds drawhighest ratings
Dealing with finances during grieving
NIXON All Tucked Inn Cabins that were es-tablished in Stockdale
in December 2011 by Jennifer
Exterior (left) and interior views (above) of the cabins under
develpoment.
Gonzales Mayor Bobby Logan signed the National Health Center
Week proclamation Tuesday at the Gonza-les Community Health Center.
Also present was Henry Salas, Brittany Komoll, Karen Green, Annette
Philip-pus, Rafael DeLa Paz, Alfredo Law, Christina Cordova,
Raiasna Tripatni, Linda Koricanek, Nora Vela, Matilde Vela, Kayla
Scott, Adrianna Montoya, Dana C. Bechtel, Dora Rodriguez, Jean
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AUSTIN Wall Street ratings firms have given their highest
ratings to this years Texas Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes
(TRANs). These annual, one-year notes are sold to help fund
school
payments and manage cash flow between the start of the fiscal
year and the arrival of tax revenue later in the year.
Texas 2014 TRANs are rated SP-1+ by Standard & Poors, F1+ by
Fitch Inc., and MIG 1 by Moodys In-vestors Service. This years $5.4
billion TRAN sale will take place Aug. 26.
These top ratings re-flect confidence in our state and its
economic growth, said Texas Comp-troller Susan Combs. Our state
government contin-ues its pledge to be fiscally responsible by
spending taxpayer dollars wisely. This commitment is re-flected in
the bond rat-ing firms confidence that Texas TRAN notes are a solid
investment.
Noting that Texas is bor-rowing $1.8 billion less than in 2013,
Standard & Poors commented, We believe that the declining trend
in annual cash bor-rowing needs is a reflection of Texas strong
economic and revenue performance.
Moodys Investors Ser-vices noted Texas has a, long history of
con-servative financial man-agement and also cited strong general
fund cash flows and ample alternate cash forecasted to be
avail-able to repay the notes.
Barbara Magor is a Certified Financial Planner with offices in
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Baird will now be opening cabins in Nixon.
The Stockdale location started with 4 cabins but quickly grew to
11 because of the demand of oil field and nightly customers. It has
been proudly managed by Heather Stahl since July of 2012.
The Nixon location will begin with a phase one con-sisting of 9
cabins and will eventually continue with a phase two bringing in 11
more cabins. In addition to Baird, Vernon Lambeck and John
Sanderlin will be join-ing as partners in the project.
The cabins will be indi-vidually placed and will have all of the
comforts of home. Each cabin has a kitchen that will contain a
full size refrigerator, two burner stove top, micro-wave, and
kitchen sink. Pots pans, cups plates and utensils will also be
pro-vided.
They will also have two queen size beds, 32 flat screen TVs with
Direct TV, front porches with seating, picnic tables and barbecue
area.
As in Stockdale, we will offer nightly, weekly and monthly
rates, Baird said. We could not be more ex-cited to be joining the
city of Nixon and Gonzales County!
For more information, questions or to pre-book a cabin, you can
either con-tact Jennifer or Heather at 830-996-1145.
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AUSTINTexas Attor-ney General Greg Abbott on Monday released the
following statement on proposed fed-eral regulations that
unlawfully claim the EPAs Clean Water Act authority extends to
stock tanks, small ponds and even dry ditches:
The EPA has no author-ity to regulate dry ditches and stock
tanks on private prop-ertybut that is exactly what the Obama
Administration is trying to achieve under new rules proposed by the
EPA and the Corps of Engineers. First, the EPA has attempted to
regu-late emissions from schools, churches and apartment
build-ings, and now they are claim-ing they can micromanage dry
ditches on private property. So today we are beginning the
first step in the process of chal-lenging these proposed
regula-tions, which are unlawful and exceed the EPAs authority to
regulate navigable waters.
Under the Clean Water Act, the EPA only has author-ity to
regulate navigable wa-ters. Under new regulations proposed by the
EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers, the Obama Administration is
pro-posing to dramatically expand the EPAs regulatory author-ity by
claiming that navigable waters includes solitary ponds on private
property and even what the EPAs own proposal refers to as ditches.
Today Attorney General Abbott sub-mitted formal comments to the EPA
and the Corps of En-gineers opposing the proposed regulations and
explaining that the EPA is attempting to regulate private property
that
clearly falls outside the agencys jurisdiction.
The following are excerpts from Abbotts letter:
[T]he proposed rulewould erode private property rights and have
devastating effects on the landowners of Texas.
Under this proposed defi-nition, it is difficult to envision any
landsespecially those that lie near the coastthat are not
potentially within the ambit of federal jurisdiction. This broad
and overreaching definition would impose virtu-ally no limit on
federal jurisdic-
tionPerhaps more troubling
is the federal agencies ex-plicit inclusion of ditches as waters
of the United States. Under this untenable and le-gally baseless
definition, any landowner who has a ditch on his or her private
property
is at risk of having the federal government exert regulation
over that ditch and impose burdensome and expensive federal
regulations over dry land that does not remotely resemble any
common-sense understanding of waters of the United States.
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Caldwell County Sheriff Daniel Law announced that the body of a
missing San Marcos River tuber was recovered Aug. 10.
Law said Deputies were called to the scene of a missing river
tuber Aug. 9 and upon arrival met with friends of the subject who
advised that they had last seen their friend five hours prior when
he had advised them he was go-ing to touch the rivers bottom.
The body of 20-year-old Tychicus Foston, originally of Van
Vleck, was recovered just after 1:30 p.m. Sunday
Deputies gathered information
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Dis-patch requesting assistance from area voluntary emergency
search person-nel for assistance.
Deputies along with personnel from the Maxwell Volunteer Fire
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Water Res-cue Team, San Marcos Search and Rescue, TEXSAR, and SMART
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Search teams including Caldwell County Emergency Coordinator
and Texas Parks and Wildlife officers continued the search which
ended when the missing mans body was found.
Texas Parks and Wildlife requested that tubing companies not let
anyone on the river while teams searched. Tubers were allowed to
start getting back on the river around 11:30 a.m. Sunday.
Investigators say an autopsy will de-termine what caused the
death. Still, the death appeared to be a drowning.
Law said his departments investi-gation is ongoing.
Missing river tubers body recovered
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The Board of Directors of The Gonzales Cannon Inc. on Tuesday
formally named General Manager Dave Mundy to serve the paper as
Publisher.
We feel like we have reached a point as a busi-ness, and Dave
has shown the ability to take on the role as publisher, Board of
Directors President W.R. Billy Bob Low said. He will exercise
day-to-day control over the papers op-erations and will report to
the board and shareholders regularly as we continue to grow.
The Cannon is the only local news organization owned entirely by
local shareholders.
Mundy joined The Can-non staff in October, 2009, taking over as
sports editor the second week of pub-lication. He was named General
Manager in 2010.
Im looking forward to the challenges and the opportunities to
take The Cannon to the next level, said Mundy. Weve spent five
years cretaing our niche in the market, and now its time to
grow.
Mundy is a Houston-
area native who began his newspapering career as a sophomore in
high school, writing sports for his local paper in Deer Park.
He has since worked for papers all over Texas, including the
Deer Park Progress, Baytown Sun, La Porte-Bayshore Sun, Pasa-dena
Citizen, Houston Post, Houston Chronicle, Lubbock
Avalanche-Journal, Rosen-berg Herald-Coaster, Katy Times and Orange
Leader. During six years in the U.S. Marine Corps, he also edited
base newspapers at Camp LeJeune, N.C., and on Okinawa and was a
con-tributing writer to Stars and Stripes, Stars and
Stripes-Pacific, Marines Magazine and was also published in
the Arizona Republic.Hes won more than 50
awards for superior jour-nalism at the regional, state and
national level, includ-ing a National Newspaper Assn. award for
Best Cov-erage of Education, a Jim Lehrer Award for Fairness in
Journalism, multiple Associated Press Manag-ing Editors Assn.
awards, and he was the 1988 US Military Sports Association Print
Journalist of the Year.
Mundy is also currently the Republican nominee for State Board
of Educa-tion, District 3. That dis-
trict includes all or parts of 14 South Texas counties.
Weve made The Can-non a big success by giving readers a broader
scope of news coverage, Mundy said. As publisher, my goal is to
create the same kind of success with advertisers. We want to help
local busi-ness grow, whether youve been here since the 1870s or
youre a start-up entre-peneur.
We have the know-how and the talent to help you grow your
business, he added. Lets grow togeth-er.
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YOAKUM: No late beer sales
FARENTHOLD: Stalemate leaves Obama out-of-control
the Economic Development Corporation Board to be more involved,
redevelop the downtown area, promote diversification of the citys
industries, resolve electric service issues, and find ways to
continue to benefit from the Eagle Ford Shale.
Finally, in the area of Organizational De-velopment, employees
agreed that the city needs to maintain their existing service
level, regional utility competitiveness, and low tax rates; foster
a positive customer service culture within the city; prepare a
succession plan for employees anticipating retirement and those
replacing them; and implement technological advancements as well as
technical knowledge among em-ployees.
The City Council will meet with the em-ployees involved with the
project again in September to finalize their strategic plan.
Following the strategic plan review, the City Council held a
regular meeting to ad-dress matters of city business.
Council rejected a proposal to extend hours for the sale of
beer, wine, and mixed beverages for on-premises consumption.
The Council agreed to close off W.
Schleicher Street from 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12 through 1 a.m.
Sunday, Sept. 14 in co-ordination with the Yoakum Gins Grand
Re-Opening and Barbeque Cook-off on Sept. 13.
Council members Elorine Sitka and Tim McCoy were appointed to
the Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission General Assembly
and Joe Hermes was nominated to return to the Texas Munici-pal
League MultiState Intergovernment Employee Benefits Pool Region 11
Board of Trustees.
The Council also voted to reappoint Har-rison, Waldrop, and
Uherek, LLP, as the citys auditing firm for the next fiscal year,
and also voted to reappoint the current members of both the Yoakum
Economic Development Corporation Board of Direc-tors and the
Building and Standards Com-mission, each for two-year terms.
Shortly before entering into executive session, the Council
slated Saturday, Oct. 11 as Fall Cleanup Day. After 45 minutes in
that executive session, the meeting re-opened to the public and it
was announced that the Council agreed to cancel the power and
electric GFS contract and extend their contract with LCRA.
Continued from page A1
explained to trustees. This year it will be around $447.
The district will also be required to have some of its taxes
recaptured by the state under Texas Robin Hood law. Trustees will
consider applying for attendance credits from the state during
their Aug. 25 meeting, a move which could recoup about $40,000,
Superintendent Dr. Kim Strozier said.
Thats a teaching position, she noted.Wehde estimated the
district would be
sending a little more than $1 million back to the state this
year. District voters will cast ballots Sept. 30 on whether to
exercise local control over how that is handled or to allow the
state to determine the re-distri-bution of local funds.
In other action on Monday, trustees ap-proved support for a
resolution proposed by the Central Texas Association of School
Boards calling for specific action by the State Legislature when it
meets in 2015. Among the measures the resolution calls for are:
Providing more state funding for in-structional materials, since
new electronic-based textbooks have proven to be just as expensive
as paper-bound books;
Funding for the controversial call for full-day
pre-kindergarten;
Additional funding for non-English-speaking students;
Flexibility for dual-credit teaching cer-tifications; and
Opposition to taxpayer-funded vouch-ers for non-public
schools.
Continued from page A1
GISD: Funds will go to state the incentive to exercise executive
power with little fear his actions can be over-turned by
Congress.
We tried de-funding stuff, he said. We voted on spending bills
to fund everything in the govern-ment except Obamacare. The Senate
shut down the government, and the House Republicans got blamed for
it.
Impeachment is math-ematically not an option, he said. While the
House could likely muster votes for impeachment, attain-ing the
Senate majority re-quired to remove the Pres-ident is not possible
prior to 2016.
Even if we win back the Senate this November, it would take a
two-thirds vote to remove him, Far-enthold explained. And if we
didnt get it, we look back to the Clinton im-peachment and see what
that does, it re-defined what sex is, what is is ... theyre
(Democrats) out there raising money off the fear of
impeachment.
The only option for the House leadership, he said, was to file
suit against the President.
We voted to sue the President for not follow-ing the law, he
said. This lawsuit is important to put the question of the limits
on executive power to the test.
Part of the problem with an exective branch run amok, Farenthold
said, is that too many voters have become numb to the scandals
associated with the administration of the charismatic Obama.
This president pays at-tention to the polls, he said. The
problem is that people have become numb to all the scandals. If the
CIA were stealing secrets from Congress and the president was named
Nix-on, peoples heads would be exploding.
One area he said he feels he has been able to be ef-fective has
been with cut-ting red tape for veterans seeking help through the
Veterans Administration. Farenthold hosted a Vet-erans Summit in
Victoria following his Gonzales ap-pearance.
Its a national disgrace, the scandals of mid-level managers
cooking the books to get bonuses for themselves while our vet-erans
cant even get in to get seen. he said. Weve passed legislation
mak-ing it easier to fire some of those mid-level managers.
We also have a case worker in my office who is a veteran, in
many cases he can help you get an expe-dited review, he said. You
shouldnt have to call your congressman to get help if youre a
veteran.
Farenthold is also a co-sponsor of a bill to make it easier with
veterans with less than 50 percent dis-ability rating to draw full
benefits.
The Congressman said the House has put together a number of
measures to address border security all of them again stalled in
the Senate.
If you can get a 6-year-old and her grandmother to cross the
border with no help, your border is not se-cure, he said. He said
the Administration will have
to account for the criminal violence associated with illegal
aliens, including the off-duty Border Pa-trol agent killed last
week by two men whod already been deported multiple times.
The current surge of il-legal aliens was created jointly by lax
border secu-rity and marketing ploys by the human smugglers who are
reaping the prof-its, he said.
The coyotes are mark-ing President Obamas DACA program, telling
people that children form Central America will never be sent back,
he said. We changed the law to treat those children the same as
children from Mexico.
Farenthold said the House has also put to-gether a bill to use
the first $40 million in foreign aid to Central American countries,
previously ear-marked for crime fighting, to help re-unite the
unac-companied minor children currently flooding across the border
with the par-ents in their homelands.
This ought to get about 90 percent of them back with their
parents in their home countries, he said. We have also approved
funding to reimburse Tex-as for its cost of mobilizing the National
Guard. The Senate is stalling, saying they want comprehensive
immigration reform. In the meantime, these chil-dren are at
risk.
I spoke with a social worker in Honduras who told me they have
the names of at least 400 chil-dren who left Honduras and were
never heard from again, he said.
Continued from page A1
Dave Mundy
Gonzales County Com-missioners on Tuesday gave prelimiary
approval to the proposed rollback tax rate for 2015, which would be
a slight increase of around 2.5 cents per $100 valuation.
Commissioners re-viewed the tax rates prepared by Tax
Asses-sor-Collector Crystal Cedillo and opted to ini-
tially adopt the proposed $0.3045 rollback rate, which
automatically trig-gers public hearings Aug. 25 and Sept. 8 prior
to fi-nal setting of the rate on Sept. 8. Cedillo presented an
effective tax rate of $0.2709, slightly above 2014s rate of
$0.2704.
The Court could lower the rate as it continues work on the
county bud-get for the coming year, but could not adopt a
higher
rate without a rollback tax election.
Commissioners on Tuesday also approved the preliminary design of
the infrastructure plan for All Tucked in Cabins, to be lo-cated at
the intersection of FM 1117 and Highway 80 near Nixon. The
prelimi-nary plan is for nine cabins in a hotel-like atmosphere,
and more could be added later.
Housing in the Nixon
area has been a particularly acute issue since the start of the
Eagle Ford Shale devel-opment, and All Tucked In owner Heather
Baird said the development is mod-eled on a similar cabin-style
complex in Stockdale.
In other action Tuesday,
Commissioners: Awarded a contract for
seal-coating in Precinct 2 to Agency Construction;
Approved specifica-tions for the countys seal-coating projects
for 2015;
Approved the ter-mination of the lease on
Randle-Rather Building office space by Guadalupe Valley
Telephone Cooper-ative. The county bought the building from its
pre-vious owner and GVTC has announced plans to re-locate its
office to the Cost area.
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Commissioners give tentative OK to rollback rate
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Eagle Ford-focused San-chez Energy reported record revenue of
$151.7 million in the second quarter of 2014, with portfolio-wide
produc-tion increasing 164% year-over-year to 20,437 boe/d.
At the end of the quarter, the company closed its mas-sive Eagle
Ford acreage deal with Royal Dutch Shell for 106,000 net Eagle Ford
acres known to the company as Catarina. The acquisition al-most
doubled the companys acreage in the play. Total pur-chase price for
the acquisition was approximately $639 mil-lion, less approximately
$85.5 million in normal and cus-tomary closing adjustments.
Sanchez CEO Tony San-chez, III, said,as of August 1, 2014,
Sanchez Energy has officially taken over all opera-tions at
Catarina after a brief transition period with Shell. The transition
of operations has gone smoothly and the ramp up of Sanchez Energy
operations is ahead of sched-
ule. We have fully staffed our operations at Catarina and now
have drilling, comple-tion, and artificial lift installa-tion in
progress. Additionally, now that we have achieved critical scale
from the Cata-rina assets, we are utilizing a dedicated frac spread
as well as direct sourcing of chemi-cals and proppant. We expect
these factors will reduce com-pletions costs by an addition-al 30%,
allowing flexibility to increase fracture stage size or improve
returns from a lower development cost.
With the Catarina acqui-sition, Sanchez increased its proved
reserves 170% to ap-proximately 117 MMBOE as of June 30, 2014.
Crude oil constituted 49% and NGLs constituted 24% of the com-panys
proved reserves. 56% of the companys proved reserves were
classified as proved undeveloped, com-pared to 70% at same time
last year.
Sanchez Energy currently has 6 gross rigs running across its
Eagle Ford acreage, with 419 gross producing
wells and 38 gross wells in various stages of completion.
By area, the companys Cotulla, Marquis, and Pal-metto Eagle Ford
operating areas comprised approxi-mately 42% of the crude oil cut
from total second quarter 2014 production volumes. Company
officials expect the percentage of oil expected in the companys
third quarter production volumes should decrease as the impact of
the production volumes from
Catarina are recorded.The companys third
quarter production guid-ance range portfolio-wide of 37,000 to
41,000 boe/d has been revised to 36,000 to 40,000 BOE/D while its
fourth quarter production guidance range of 45,000 to 49,000 boe/d
has increased to 48,000 to 50,000 boe/d. Production guidance for
2015 remains the same at a range of 53,000 boe/d to 58,000
boe/d.
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Regional Oil & Gas Activity ReportRecent well completion
reports as reported by the Texas Railroad Commission for the period
July 29-Aug. 6:Tracking No. Status Packet Type API No. Drilling
Permit No. Well No. Submit Date Operator No. Operator Name Lease
No. Lease NameDeWitt County109771 Submitted Gas / G-1 123-33414
774227 08H 08/07/2014 665748 PIONEER NATURAL RES. USA, INC. BRUNS
01109911 Submitted Gas / G-1 123-33182 763227 06H 08/07/2014 665748
PIONEER NATURAL RES. USA, INC. BRUNS 01111303 Submitted Gas / G-1
123-33181 763222 05H 08/07/2014 665748 PIONEER NATURAL RES. USA,
INC. BRUNS 01111417 Submitted Oil / W-2 123-33435 774873 2H
08/07/2014 216378 DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION CO, L.P. 10255 WALTERS
A111860 Submitted Oil / W-2 123-33436 774883 3H 08/06/2014 216378
DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION CO, L.P. 10255 WALTERS A111882 Submitted
Oil / W-2 123-33089 757655 7H 08/06/2014 216378 DEVON ENERGY
PRODUCTION CO, L.P. 10639 OEHLKE A111925 Submitted Oil / W-2
123-33437 774899 4H 08/06/2014 216378 DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION CO,
L.P. 10255 WALTERS A111926 Submitted Oil / W-2 123-32828 743221 7H
08/11/2014 216378 DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION CO, L.P. 10355 KRAUSE
B111932 Submitted Oil / W-2 123-32825 743197 3H 08/06/2014 216378
DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION CO, L.P. 10355 KRAUSE B111970 Submitted Oil
/ W-2 123-32826 743205 4H 08/06/2014 216378 DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION
CO, L.P. 10355 KRAUSE BFayette County102211 Submitted Oil / W-2
149-33326 774100 5H 08/07/2014 617112 OAK VALLEY OPERATING, LLC
FLATONIA SW UNIT102323 Submitted Oil / W-2 149-33327 774106 6H
08/07/2014 617112 OAK VALLEY OPERATING, LLC FLATONIA SW UNIT110219
Submitted Oil / W-2 149-33324 773850 1H 08/12/2014 747012 SANCHEZ
OIL & GAS CORPORATION FIVE MILE CREEK UNIT A111377 Submitted
Oil / W-2 149-33356 784651 1H 08/06/2014 617112 OAK VALLEY
OPERATING, LLC MECOM D UNITGonzales County102527 Submitted Oil /
W-2 177-33243 774633 2H 08/06/2014 275740 FOREST OIL CORPORATION
ROWELL-CHANDLER109234 Submitted Oil / W-2 177-33228 773760 2H
08/08/2014 275740 FOREST OIL CORPORATION TINSLEY-BARNETT110389
Submitted Oil / W-2 177-33202 771531 9H 08/11/2014 253162 EOG
RESOURCES, INC. 16046 BAKER DEFOREST UNIT110393 Submitted Oil / W-2
177-33203 771533 10H 08/11/2014 253162 EOG RESOURCES, INC. 16046
BAKER DEFOREST UNIT110416 Submitted Oil / W-2 177-33204 771535 11H
08/11/2014 253162 EOG RESOURCES, INC. 16046 BAKER DEFOREST
UNIT110485 Submitted Oil / W-2 177-33351 784674 1H 08/08/2014
651780 PENN VIRGINIA OIL & GAS, L.P. CINCO J. RANCH LTD
UNIT112262 Submitted Oil / W-2 177-33308 780571 1H 08/11/2014
651780 PENN VIRGINIA OIL & GAS, L.P. CULPEPPER UNIT NO. 2112349
Submitted Oil / W-2 177-33321 781293 1H 08/11/2014 651780 PENN
VIRGINIA OIL & GAS, L.P. CULPEPPER UNIT NO. 3Lavaca
County110148 Submitted Oil / W-2 285-33722 767815 1H 08/08/2014
651780 PENN VIRGINIA OIL & GAS, L.P. BOCK UNIT110656 Submitted
Oil / W-2 285-33723 767824 2H 08/08/2014 651780 PENN VIRGINIA OIL
& GAS, L.P. BOCK UNIT111118 Submitted Oil / W-2 285-33783
779743 3H 08/08/2014 651780 PENN VIRGINIA OIL & GAS, L.P. BOCK
UNIT111255 Submitted Oil / W-2 285-33790 779794 4H 08/08/2014
651780 PENN VIRGINIA OIL & GAS, L.P. BOCK UNIT111271 Submitted
Oil / W-2 285-33791 779812 5H 08/08/2014 651780 PENN VIRGINIA OIL
& GAS, L.P. BOCK UNIT111381 Submitted Oil / W-2 285-33768
777612 6H 08/08/2014 651780 PENN VIRGINIA OIL & GAS, L.P. BOCK
UNIT111835 Submitted Oil / W-2 285-33772 777613 7H 08/08/2014
651780 PENN VIRGINIA OIL & GAS, L.P. BOCK UNIT112252 Submitted
Gas / G-1 285-33377 786684 2 08/10/2014 129692 CANTERA OPERATING,
LLC RODEN GAS UNIT 1
Gonzales County RecordsSanchez reports record quarter
revenues
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Gonzales LivestockMarket ReportThe Gonzales Livestock
Market Report for Saturday, August 9, 2014 had on hand: 1,258
cattle.
Compared to our last sale: Calves and yearlings sold $3.00 to
$5.00 lower. Packer cows sold steady.
Stocker-feeder steers: Me-dium and large frame No. 1: 150-300
lbs., $310-$400; 300-400 lbs, $285-$325; 400-500 lbs, $250-$280;
500-600 lbs, $215-$240; 600-700 lbs., $205-$210; 700-800 lbs,
$190-$200.
Bull yearlings: 700-900 lbs, $145-$185.
Stocker-feeder heifers: Me-dium and large frame No. 1: 150-300
lbs, $255-$350; 300-400 lbs, $235-$245; 400-500 lbs, $220-$240;
500-600 lbs., $185-$215; 600-700 lbs., $175-$185.
Packers cows: Good lean utility and commercial, $94-$110;
Cutters, $115-$131; Canners, $75-$89; Low yield-ing fat cows,
$93-$108.
Packer bulls: Yield grade 1 & 2, good heavy bulls;
$120-$146; light weights and me-dium quality bulls, $105-$115.
Stocker Cows: $950-$2,200.Pairs: $1,250-$3,100.Thank you for
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Nixon LivestockCommission ReportThe Nixon Livestock Com-
mission Inc. Report had on hand, August 11, 2014, Vol-ume,
1,000, 78 cows, 13 bulls.
Steers: 200-300 lbs, $263 to $273 to $310; 300-400 lbs., $261 to
$271 to $330; 400-500 lbs, $236 to $246 to $305; 500-600 lbs, $208
to $218 to $250; 600-700 lbs, $196 to $206 to $223; 700-800 lbs,
$182 to $192 to $211.
Heifers: 200-300 lbs, $248 to $258 to $320; 300-400 lbs, $234 to
$244 to $285; 400-500 lbs, $224 to $234 to $310; 500-600 lbs, $196
to $206 to $290; 600-700 lbs, $184 to $194 to $265; 700-800 lbs,
$166 to $176 to $191.
Slaughter cows: $85 to $135; Slaughter bulls: $128 to $146;
Stocker cows: $1,250 to $2,300. Pairs: $1,210 to $3,000. Notices:
We will be closed on September 1, 2014 for Labor Day.
Cuero Livestock Market ReportCuero Livestock Market Re-
port on August 8, 2014, had 1, 939 head.
Had 137 cows and 21 bulls. The packer market was basi-cally
unchanged past weeks. Very strong as there are not many cow/bulls
coming to market at this time. Prices re-main at historical
highs.
The calf market was steady to a little weaker in spots. But
overall was a good solid market. The only weakness may have been in
small of the heavier weight bull calves.
Light calves and replacement heifers were as high as they have
ever been. No surprises in the market coming off several weeks of
new highs and larger numbers hitting the market due to continued
drought.
Packer Bulls: Hvy. Wts., $120-$145; lower grades, $90-$125.
Packer cows: breakers, $78-$90; boning, $79-$90; canners &
cutters, $92-$130; light & weak, $40-$65.
Palpated: 16 head bred, $per cwt, $130-$156.
Pairs: 1 Pair, both $2,300.Steer calves: under 200 lbs,
None; 200-250 lbs, None; 250-300 lbs, $314-$337; 300-350 lbs,
$254-$314; 350-400 lbs, $282-$318; 400-450 lbs, $266-$308; 450-500
lbs, $230-$286;
500-550 lbs, $230-$260; 550-600 lbs, $219-$240; 600-700 lbs,
$207-$226; 700-800 lbs, $201-$211.
Bull Calves: under 250 lbs, $314-$420; 250-300 lbs, $312-$330;
300-350 lbs, $295-$335; 350-400 lbs, $287-$316; 400-450 lbs,
$261-$310; 450-500 lbs, $235-$280; 500-550 lbs, $221-$250; 550-600
lbs, $214-$238; 600-700 lbs, $199-$226.
Over 700 lbs. bulls, $186-$205.
Heifer Calves: under 200 lbs., None; 200-250 lbs, $279-$308;
250-300 lbs, $282-$330; 300-350 lbs, $262-$318; 350-400 lbs,
$246-$298; 400-450 lbs, $244-$278; 450-500 lbs, $228-$270; 500-550
lbs, $220-$262; 550-600 lbs, $211-$243; 600-700 lbs., $198-$242;
over 700 lbs, $180-$193.
Gonzales County Courthouse DeedsAugust 1-31Roberts, Barbara A.
to Howard, Barbara Ann Bateman,
w/d, 4.462 Acres, Phineas James Svy, A-32.Robinson Sr., Eugene
to Robinson, Travis Leon, w/d,
18.165 Acres, E W Cullen, A-148 & Daniel Brown A-103
Svys.
Rafter FC Homes, Inc. to Alaniz, Victor D. and Alaniz, Julie
Marie, w/d, Lt. 21, Blk. 1, Lous Garden Subdvn, Gonzales.
Shelton, Kimberly D. and Ochs, Justin Shane to Jahns, Dennis C.
and Jahns, Christina R., w/d, Lts. 6-7, Stone Creek Subdvn, George
Menefee Svy.
Heritage Bank to Nixon Bancshare, Inc., w/d, 4.718 Acres,
Phineas James Svy, A-32.
Nixon Bancshares, Inc. to Jackson, Wayne, w/d, 4.718 Acres,
Phineas James Svy, A-32.
Zappe Family Limited Partnership to Zappe Ranch, L.L.C., w/d,
998.269 Acres, Simeon Bateman A-1 & C C DeWitt A-180 Svys.
Jahns, Dennis C. and Jahns, Christina R. to Filip, Sal-ly and
Filip, Marvin, w/d, 0.377 of an Acre, Eli Mitchell A-337 &
Green DeWitt A-18 Svys.
MTHS Properties, LLC to Hilbig, Casey, and Hilbig, Kal-ey, w/d,
10.00 Acres, Andrew Winters Svy, A-471.
Redus Jr, James to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd
Lockhart Svy, A-36.
Woods, Beverly Gail to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres,
Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.
Johnson, Michael Wayne to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres,
Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.
Johnson, Terrance DeWayne to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00
Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.
Scruggs, James M. to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd
Lockhart Svy, A-36.
Williams, Deborah Rene to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres,
Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.
Collins, Teresa to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd
Lockhart Svy, A-36.
Graves, Tiffany to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd
Lockhart Svy, A-36.
Collins, Sharon Ann to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres,
Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.
Carley, James Kirk (Indiv & Trustee), Carley Sr, James K.
(Trustee), Carley Jr, James Kirk and Carley, Jeremy Keith to Roddy,
Danelle K. and Roddy, Scottland L., w/d, 80.59 Acres, Charles
Schaller Svy, Gonzales & Caldwell Coun-ties.
Riverkamp, Dale and Riverkamp, Jimmie Lee to Pish, Charles
Curtis, w/d, 50.00 Acres, John Adkison Svy, A-89.
Flores, Francisca to Flores, Manuel Jesus, w/d, Lts. 10-22, Blk.
5, Davis Addn, Gonzales.
County Pvs Cur County Pvs CurKARNES 33 32 ZAVALA 5 4LA SALLE 31
31 LEE 3 3DE WITT 30 29 LEON 3 3WEBB 24 27 COLORADO 2 2DIMMIT 20 20
GRIMES 2 2MCMULLEN 22 19 ROBERTSON 1 2MADISON 15 15 WASHINGTON 1
1ATASCOSA 13 13 WILSON 1 1BRAZOS 13 13 AUSTIN 0 0GONZALES 14 13 BEE
0 0LAVACA 11 13 DUVAL 0 0BURLESON 7 7 GOLIAD 0 0LIVE OAK 5 7
MAVERICK 0 0FRIO 6 5 MILAM 0 0FAYETTE 4 4 BASTROP 0 0
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Assemblies of GodGonzales Family Church Assembly of God320 St.
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First Assembly of God509 E. 3rd St. Nixon
New Life Assembly of GodCorner of Church St. & Jessie Smith
St. Gonzales
Bahai FaithBahai 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 Cris-to)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 Ca-pilla 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,
Gonzales
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 Gonza-les3.3 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
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We all groan and complain that the Christmas season generally
lasts way too long, effectively getting started before Halloween
and lingering around until the January clearance sales end.
I tend to agree that we spend way too much time on a holiday
whose mean-ing long ago skewed away from some-thing meaningful to
something that is crass, commercialized and corrupt. Even though
the date itself is pagan in origin, weve lost sight of the fact
that the holiday is designed to celebrate the birth of the Prince
of Peace, not to see who can give their kids the most toys.
Interestingly enough, thats a view shared by the celebrity
primarily associ-ated with the holiday.
Admittedly, it was a big surprise to run across Santa Claus in
the deli area at a grocery store in San Antonio over the
weekend.
At first I wasnt entirely sure the hefty gentleman with the
flowing white beard and hair, dressed in a fashionable polo shirt,
khakis and Twin Peaks ballcap was, in fact, Santa Claus. But when I
saw the two urchins scream SANTA!, leap out of their mothers
shopping cart and rush up to start hugging the man, I knew my
readers wouldnt forgive me if I didnt get a quick interview.
A transcript:DAVE: I appreciate your taking the time
to chat. So what is the icon of such a Nor-dic event as
Christmas doing shopping at a Krogers in San Antonio? Isnt it a
little too warm in Texas in August for someone with your
background?
SANTA: Actually, Im the hardware manager for that Walmart across
the parking lot. Im on my lunch break.
DAVE: Walmart? Ah, trying to moon-light incognito, huh?
SANTA: No, actually, Ive been with them for 37 years now. Had to
do some-thing else since we closed Santas Work-shop.
DAVE: So whos running Santas Work-shop up at the North Pole?
SANTA: Probably the Alaskan De-partment of Elf Protective
Services. The elves dont have anything to do any more, so they
spend all their time being drunk and rowdy. Theyre all on welfare
now.
DAVE: The elves arent making toys?SANTA: Nah, they havent done
that
for years. We had to lay them all off.DAVE: I dont understand,
why?SANTA (Growling): No one wanted
finely-crafted wooden toys any more,
they wanted cheap plastic stuff made in China and India by slave
labor and ad-vertised on TV. It started with Barbie back in the
1960s and it just got worse. Nowadays the only people that want the
wooden stuff are doll collectors, and even then they buy
machine-tooled toys because theyre cheaper.
DAVE: So youre not happy with the way Christmas has been
over-commercialized?
SANTA: Well lets just say that the af-fluence associated with
the modern age has changed the meaning of toy, and that changed the
holiday itself.
DAVE: Could you explain that?SANTA: Think about it: when we
got
this thing started at the end of the 18th Century, even the
richest of children might get one, maybe two, new toys a year. The
emphasis then was on non-luxury consumable goods. Getting a new toy
then that was a major event, a big thing.
DAVE: I see. So what changed?SANTA: Well aside from the
Indus-
trial Revolution, mass production and broadcast marketing, weve
lost our faith. Christmas is no longer a day to celebrate the birth
of Christ by emulat-ing the gifts given to the Christ Child by the
Three Wise Men. There are a lot of places that refer to it as
X-Mas. Now its all about consumerism.
DAVE: So youre soured on the whole Christmas spirit thing? Can
we ever get it back?
SANTA: Oh no, dont get me wrong, I still love Christmas. But we
cant go back to the way things were. Thats the tricky thing about
history, even when we repeat it we cant go back. No, what I do
these days is promote the Christmas spirit on a one-to-one
basis.
DAVE: How so?SANTA: Mostly I try to talk to todays
parents, to tell them the real reason for the season, to
convince them that they dont have to get their kids every single
thing on the list, that its more important to give gifts that are
meaningful. And most of all, to tell them the best gift they can
give their kids is to be parents, not best friends.
DAVE: Thats deep.SANTA: Thanks. Now could you let
me buy my sandwich so I can eat it be-fore my lunch breaks
over?
Many journalists and politicians are surprised that the
Texas-Mexico border is not very secure. This is nothing new to the
residents of the region who have been living with an unprotected
border for over 150 years.
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo al-lowed for families and
commerce to flow back and forth without much of a barri-er. This
has influenced the politics, econ-omy, and culture of the region
which has created an open border attitude among many people. This
is why the Border re-gion is plagued with problems today.
Furthermore, large immigration surges like we see today are not
new. The first large migration from Mexico was in 1910-20 during
Mexicos Revolu-tion. Almost a million Mexicans came to the Border
States during that period. Most crossed illegally and no one said
much because they mostly stayed in the Border region.
The next large migration was dur-ing the Bracero guest worker
program in 1940-50. It allowed Mexican workers to come the U.S. to
temporarily replace American workers who went off to war. Some
Braceros went home as expected but many stayed, again, in the
Border region.
As the Mexican population grew, so did the media. In the 1960s,
the first Spanish-language TV station started in
San Antonio. With many small Spanish language radio stations,
and now a TV stations, broadcasting in the region the Spanish
language and Latino culture be-came more anchored in the southwest.
This created a further blur of a border because unlike European
immigrants who left their culture and language be-hind, Mexican
immigrants increasingly kept theirs.
As the American economy grew af-ter WW II, commerce and illegal
im-migration grew, also. However, it was still confined mostly to
the Border re-gion, and thus no one said much.
In the 1970s, during the Chicano movement, many Mexican
Americans rebelled against Democratic political bosses who used
illegal aliens to con-trol them politically and economical-ly.
Unfortunately, four decades later, Latino Democrats have become the
new Democrat political bosses who control the region much in the
same
manner. Illegal immigration and contra-
band continued to grow with little notice or hindrance in the
1980s with the implementation of NAFTA, CAFTA, and other free trade
treaties.
These treaties sent mixed messages to Latin America and
indirectly en-couraged more illegal immigration and crime. Even the
Spanish language media helped.
All the while, the Border has re-mained largely unprotected and
open. The Border Patrol and other law en-forcement agencies have
never had the resources to secure the Border.
South Texas has been affected by Border crime and illegal aliens
for a long time. What is different are the overwhelming numbers,
and the will-ingness by Democrats and liberals to openly promote
and excuse illegal in-ternational behavior. Today, its not just
Mexicans who are entering ille-gally, but the whole world.
When I hear someone ask if the Mexican Border has ever been
secure, I answer no. The border has never been secure. It should
have been shut and protected after 1845.
It is never too late, particularly when our national safety and
sover-eignty depend on protecting the Bor-der.
As a child my familys menu consisted of two choices: take it or
leave it.
Buddy Hackett
I am of a generation when sit down din-ners were the norm, not
the exception.
Especially come a Sunday. When a couple of sisters and their
families would be in for a weekend visit from Pasadena and
Dallas.
Were talking the 19 and 50s. Thered be mama in the kitchen.
Unlike the TV moms, say Donna Reed or the Beavers mom, with their
pearl necklaces and coiffed hair and stylish dresses protected by
aprons, my mama, clad in a simple frock, would be rul-ing the roost
with the pots and pans (dang, thats a lot of commas for one
sentence, aint it?).
It was a small kitchen. But mama sure knew how to make the most
of it when it came to preparing big meals.
There at the gas stove shed add a dash of that and pinch of this
to whatever dish she would be conjuring. In the oven would be
several concoctions abakin.
At noon, which is dinnertime for those of us reared in the
country, the table would be set and the vittles arranged for easy
access to the plate.
Yall come on, you hear, and eat. Its ready, mama would
signal.
My brothers-in-law and sisters would basically, simultaneously
seat themselves in unison while bellying their bellies up to the
table. Thered be fried chicken and pork chops and green beans and
cream-style corn and brown beans and cornbread.
Someone was assigned to say a few words over the dead bird we
were about to partake and t