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WAELDER — The establish-ment of a new facility for the local fire department was the chief top-ic during Tuesday’s regular meet-ing of the Waelder City Council.

The Waelder Volunteer Fire Department has been in seeking to take out a loan through the United Stated Department of Ag-riculture (USDA) for the purpose of building a new facility to op-

erate from. Karl Hutton, the sec-retary/treasurer for the Waelder VFD, told the council he had been receiving conflicting reports about the process.

“We’ve got all of the paper-work ready and then we were told that it had to be either the city or the Emergency Service District (ESD) to apply on our behalf,” Hutton told the council. “We don’t want the ESD involved so we’re here tonight asking if we can do this through the city.”

Based on their research, the de-

partmement is hoping to build a 10,720 square-foot, two-story fa-cility that will house their six ve-hicles. The cost for such a struc-ture has been estimated between $300,000-$400,000.

“It would be available for com-munity events,” Hutton said. “We’ll have a kitchen and a big dining hall. It would also have four drive-thru bays with the fourth bay being a maintenance bay.”

The council instructed city at-torney Angela Beck to assist Hut-

ton in acquiring the loan, even if the city has to serve as the prima-ry applicant.

“My suggestion is if it turns out that the city has to make the application, then it should be submitted to the council so you know what’s all involved,” said Beck. “From there we can pro-ceed to hiring architects and so forth.”

The council met in executive session to discuss the status of Waelder police chief Jim Taylor. After returning to open session,

they instructed Taylor to start keeping a time card of his work hours and to provide the council with a report of his current medi-cal status.

“I think they’re just concerned about my health,” Taylor told The Cannon. “I guess it could be in-terpreted that they don’t think I’m working hard enough, but I don’t believe that’s the case.”

Taylor is currently going through several issues with his health. A few years ago, he had

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A sign of progressWorkmen prepare to hoist the marquee sign at the new H-E-B location on Sarah DeWitt Dr. recently. The store will be nearly three times as large as the current 19,000-square-foot location on St. Joseph St., with an antici-pated opening date in April. (Photo by Debbie Toliver) CHASE, Page A2

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By CEDRIC IGLEHART

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SEGUIN — A special state court of inquiry has been ordered to in-vestigate the role played by Dis-trict Attorney Heather McMinn in handling a 2007 case involving the drowning of a 12-year-old girl in the Guadalupe River — one of three investigations looking into the case.

Texas Third Administrative Ju-dicial Region Presiding Judge Billy Ray Stubblefield issued an order that a special state court of inquiry be convened to determine what happened in the Aug. 12, 2007 drowning death of 12-year-old Francesca Casseb.

Stubblefield’s Dec. 12 decision to convene the special court of in-quiry, came after a request by 25th Judicial District Judge Dwight Pe-schel.

The continuing uncertainty over whether anyone was at fault has led to not only the special court of inquiry, but independent investiga-tions by Guadalupe County Attor-ney Elizabeth Murray-Kolb and by McMinn as District Attorney.

No one has ever been charged with a crime in connection with the drowning, and a review by the Texas Rangers of Sheriff Arnold Zwicke’s original investigation found its conduct “adequate” and the death called a “tragic accident.” An autopsy determined the cause of death as accidental.

The Casseb family was at the va-cation home of James Daniel Rol-lins III, 53, of Houston, where he gave Francesca and her brothers rides up the river to float down to his dock. During the second run, Francesca drowned in rapids below the Lake Dunlap Dam.

Floodgates had to be raised to slow the river flow to recover Fran-cesca’s body because officials felt it was too dangerous or difficult to mount recovery efforts.

One investigation was launched by County Attorney Elizabeth Murray-Kolb after attorneys rep-resenting the victim’s family ap-proached her office. The other was sought by District Attorney Heath-er McMinn, a private attorney at the time of the drowning, who was at the scene.

On Aug. 18, at McMinn’s request,

District Judge W.C. Kirkendall ap-pointed Bexar County District At-torney Susan Reed as special pros-ecutor to investigate the drowning.

The results of that investigation could soon be presented to a Gua-dalupe County grand jury, which would decide whether to hand up an indictment if charges appear warranted or issue no bill for pros-ecution if they do not.

In his request for the special court of inquiry, Peschel wrote there was reason to believe Mc-Minn may have acted as attorney for Rollins just after the accident. Peschel said he found “substantial facts establishing probable cause” Houston resident James (Dan) Rol-lins, 53, “did recklessly cause the death of Francesca Casseb by plac-ing (her) in the Guadalupe River when the water flow was higher than normal.”

Murray-Kolb has doubts about the thoroughness of Zwicke’s origi-nal investigation - which was closed after the drowning was ruled acci-dental at autopsy. She’s also raised concerns about McMinn and ques-tions whether criminal charges should have been filed in the case.

Murray-Kolb said she believes McMinn could have misrepresent-ed herself to the victim’s family, ran interference between the fam-ily and investigators without their knowledge and misrepresented her role to investigators as well.

The reason Rollins has never been charged with a crime is Zwicke believes the death was an accident and says the county attor-ney is pushing the investigation for

By RON MALONEY, Seguin Gazette

Special to The Cannon

Heather McMinn

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WilliamHeller

A high-speed chase re-sulted in a local man kick-ing off the New Year in jail.

Shortly after midnight on New Year’s Eve, De-partment of Public Safety Trooper Ron Holub at-tempted to make a traffic stop on a vehicle near the Gonzales Memorial Mu-seum.

“I had observed the driv-er committing a traffic vio-lation,” said Holub. “He was driving almost from lane to lane. I suspected it was go-ing to be a DWI.”

Holub turned on his lights to get the vehicle to pull over, but instead it accelerated away from the trooper. The car went

by East Avenue Primary School, got on to St. Louis Street and then proceeded all the way to Hermann Sons Cemetery at a high rate of speed.

“He tried to make a 9 0 - d e g r e e angle turn and hit the curve, which dis-abled his car,” Holub said. “He then began to flee on foot.”

The subject was run down and tased by Holub, but he still managed to fight off the trooper. He was tased again before finally taken into custody.

As of press time, William

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“Always end the name of your child with a vow-el, so that when you yell the name will carry.”

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January 05, 1854On this day in 1854, the first telegraph company in Texas

was chartered. The Texas and Red River Company opened its first office in Marshall on February 14, offering patrons connections with New Orleans via Shreveport and with Al-exandria, Louisiana, and Natchez, Mississippi. Wires were strung from treetop to treetop, and in many instances tele-graph operators closed the offices and rode along the lines to make repairs when the wind swaying the trees caused breaks in the wires. By 1870 there was an estimated 1,500 miles of telegraph wire in Texas. By 1943 the Western Union Telegraph Company, which had begun operating in Texas in 1866, was the only telegraph company still operating in the state. The company closed the Marshall telegraph office--the oldest in the state--in 1972.

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Heller, 31 of Gonzales, was in the Gonzales Coun-ty Jail on charges of felony evading arrest with a vehi-

cle, resisting arrest, driving while license invalid and driving while intoxicated. Before his latest arrest, he already had an outstand-ing warrant from Gonzales

County for eluding arrest and failure to appear.

He will remain jailed in lieu of a $32,500 surety bond. The case is still under investigation.

Gonzales Police Department Report From Dec. 26-Jan. 1

December 26Reported Theft At 100 Blk Sar-

ah DeWitt Dr.December 28Reported Criminal Mischief At

1700 Blk Huisache St.December 29Reported Criminal Mischief At

200 Blk Qualls St.Reported Burglary Building At

700 Blk St. Louis St.Reported ID Theft At 300 Blk

Reid St.December 30Reported Burglary Habitation

At 240- Blk Church St.December 31Allen Keith Kiefer, 47 of Gon-

zales, arrested and charged with

No Liability Insurance At 1800 Blk St. Joseph St.

Reported Hit And Run Acci-dent At 200 Blk College St.

Reported Disorderly Conduct At 1300 Blk St. Lawrence St.

January 1Reported Theft At 100 Blk Sar-

ah Dewitt Dr.Reported Burglary Motor Ve-

hicle At 2400 Blk Church St.

Gonzales County Sheriff’s OfficeSheriff’s Report12/25/11 – 12/31/1112/26/11Chavez, Pedro, 12/1953, Taft.

Commitment/Sentence – Driving while Intoxicated 3rd or More. Re-leased – Weekender/Work Release.

Benavides, Steven Ray, 08/1990, Gonzales. Criminal Trespass. Re-leased-Time Served.

12/3/11Driver, Derek Lee, 02/1973, Nix-

on. Assault. Released on Order to Appear.

12/31/11Howard, Cody Wayne, 03/1990,

Huntsville. Disorderly Conduct Dis-charge/Display Firearm. Released on $7,500 Bond.

Gertson, Joshua Everett, 11/1990, Huntsville. Disorderly Conduct Discharge/Display Fire-arm. Released on $7,500 Bond.

Rogers, Jacob Gunner, 04/1991, Shiner. Disorderly Conduct Dis-charge/Display Firearm. Released on $5,000 Bond. Possession of Mar-ijuana <2 oz. Released on $2,500 Bond.

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

GCSO 06DPS 07GPD 03WPD 00NPD 01Constable 00DWCSO 00DEA 00TPW 03GCAI 00Total 19

Gonzales County Courthouse Deeds

December 1-31Sammis Family Trust and

Cody, Patricia Sammis (Trustee) to B-S Ranch, LLC, w/d, 299.78 Ac. F. George A-224 Gonzales & Fayette Co.

Zmeskal, Dorothy L. to Zmeskal, Eddie & Dorothy L Living Trust and Eddie & Dorothy Zmeskal Living Trust (Trustees), w/d, No Exhibit ‘A’ Attached.

Smith, Lynn Jr., Smith, Ruth Janet, Smith, Loy Elizabeth and Cooper, Lynette to L J Ranch Family Limited Partnership, w/d, Oil Gas & Minerals 13 Tracts in Various Surveys.

Smith, Lynn Jr., Smith, Ruth Janet, Smith, Loy Elizabeth and Cooper, Lynette to L J Ranch Family Limited Partnership, w/d, 13 Tracts in Various Surveys.

Gaytan, Pedro and Gaytan, Josephine to Coronado, Margarito Vasquez and Hernandez-Hernandez, Anna Maria, w/d, 0.141 AC Pt. Lt. 1, Campbell Subdiv, Nixon.

Garza, Juan Jesus to Vann Energy Services, LLC, w/d, Pt. Acreage Blk. 66, Schleicher’s Subdiv, J J Tejada, Nixon.

King, Miles Carlton (Succ. Trustee & Extr), Hinton, Mary C. (Estate) and Hinton Revocable Living Trust, Mary C. to Forest Oil Corporation, o/l, 191.50 Acres, George W Barnett Svy, A-110.

Jackson, Rafe and Jackson, Pam to Sea, Kathy and Sea, Norma, w/d, Lts. 5-6, King’s 1st Addn, Gonzales.

Locke Jr., John R. to Locke Partnership, LTD, w/d, Property in Samuel Robbins Svy, Gonzales & Guadalupe Counties.

Walden, Samuel Mason to Gebauer, Chase, w/d, 36.85 Acres, Robert Kelly Svy, A-307.

Finch, Jack to Turk, Sam C. and Turk, Patricia M., w/d, Pt. Lt. 2, Blk. 1, Badger’s Addn, Gonzales.

Houston, Barbara Lee to Erskin, Laverne, w/d, Lt. w, Blk. 39, Nixon.

Garcia, Raynaldo to Garcia Jr., Raynaldo, w/d, Int. in 19.643 Acres, James H Ryan Svy, A-409.

Brown, Alma Nell (Indiv. & Extr) and Brown Jr., C.H. (Estate) to Martinez, Petra Gomez and Martinez, Lorenzo Rios, w/d, Pt. Lts. 6-7, Blk. 1, Lowry Ware Addn, Nixon.

Benes, Frank M. and Benes,

Suzanne K. to Benes, Lance A. and Benes, Jennifer C., w/d, 226.71 Acres, Abraham Zumwalt A-83 & Jose Maria Salinas A-59 Svys.

Sanders, Ewell T., Sanders, Wanda, Cuvelier Jr., Paul Edward, Cuvelier, Viola, Cuvelier, Donald, Cuvelier, Bertha and Tharp, Betty Jean to Benes, Frank M. and Benes, Suzanne K., w/d, Undiv. Int. in 145.00 Acres, Jose Maria Salinas Svy, A-59.

Shannon, William and Shannon, Linda to Catarina Saltwater Disposal, LLC, w/d, 3.60 Acres, William Small Svy, A-425.

Griffin, George Gregory Jr., to Griffin, Joan Yvonne (Trustee), Miller Land Trust U/A, Gigi Rene’ Griffin, Griffin Land Trust U/A, George Gregory Griffin III and Griffin Land Trust U/A, Grant Gerard, w/d, 714.2 Ac R. Bibb A-104.

Griffin, George Gregory Jr. to Griffin, Joan Yvonne (Trustee) and Griffin Land Trust U/A, Gigi Rene’, w/d, 1053.19 AC JFC Henderson A-260, G W Barnett A-110 & A Zumwalt A-84.

Beeman, Ronald and Beeman, Joan M. to Beeman Family Limited Land Partnership, w/d, 172.6 Ac S Y Reams League.

Beeman, Ronald and Beeman, Joan Marie to Beeman Family Limited Land Partnership, w/d, 200 AC S Y Reams A-397

Beeman, Ronald and Beeman, Joan M. to Beeman Family Limited Partnership, 131.69 Ac S Y Reams A-397.

Beeman, Ronald and Beeman,

Joan M. to Beeman Family Limited Partnership, w/d, 309.88 A S Y Reams A-397.

Beeman, Ronald and Beeman, Joan M. to Beeman Family Limited Partnership, w/d, 521.4407 Ac W Barnes A-108, R Gifford A-240.

Beeman, Ronald and Beeman, Joan to Beeman Family Limited Partnership, w/d, 5.51 Ac W. Barnes A-208 & R Gifford A-240.

Beeman, Ronald and Beeman, Joan M. to Beeman Family Limited Partnership, w/d, 100 AC S. Smith Survey A-415.

Beeman, Ronald and Beeman, Joan Marie Janecka to Beeman Family Limited Partnership, w/d, 123 AC S Smith A-415.

Beeman, Ronald and Beeman, Joan M. Janecka to Beeman Family Limited Land Partnership, w/d, All Lt. 10-14 Blk. 38 & all lt. 1-14 Blk. 39, Town of Waelder.

Tompkins, Bobby R. to RT Asset Holders, LLC, w/d, 1.0 AC J B Patrick A-55.

Marriage LicenseCeballos, Juan A. and Marquez,

Dianna.Evans, Kody Allen and Immel,

Tiffany LynnErvin, Quinn R. and Luke,

Sharon D.Assumed NamesStarnes, Larry and Starnes,

Linda – Starnes Enterprises, Bebe.Rice, Loyce - Cutting Edge

Salon & Spa, Nixon.Sample, John – John Sample

Farm.

Just after midnight on Jan. 4, Victoria County Sheriff ’s Office deputies attempted to arrest Derrick D. Hartsfield, 46 of Cattle Guard Road, in northeast DeWitt County on a Revocation of Probation - aggravated assault with a deadly weapon - family vio-lence warrant.

Hartsfield led deputies and state troop-ers on a chase in northern Victoria County into DeWitt County. Hartsfield fired on state troopers during the pursuit and the troopers returned fire. Hartsfield eventu-ally fled on foot near Horseshoe Road and

FM 682 in DeWitt County.DeWitt and Victoria Sheriff ’s Office,

Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and other agencies searched the area along with Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) tracking canines. The dogs led of-ficers to a vacant home on near FM 682 and Cattle Guard Road, where Hartsfield barricaded himself inside.

DPS troopers entered the home around 4 a.m. and upon their entry, Hartsfield took his own life.

The investigation is being handled by DeWitt County Sheriff ’s Office, Victo-ria County Sheriff ’s Office and the Texas Rangers.

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Livestock Show Drug Class

Gonzales Livestock Show Last Drug Residue Avoid-ance class will be held on Saturday, Jan. 7 at 9 a.m. at Gonzales High School caf-eteria.

ALL exhibitors and a par-ent/guardian MUST attend at least one class in order to show at the Gonzales Live-stock Show.

Seniors BingoTexan Nursing and Rehab

invites all Senior Citizens to our home at 3428 Moulton Road on Friday, Jan. 6, for TEXAS BINGO, we will start at 10 a.m. You may begin arriving at 9:30 a.m.

There is no charge and prizes will be awarded for all winners! Please contact Donna Allen at 830-672-2867 for more information.

RFL Fund-RaiserTexan Nursing and Re-

hab will have a Hot Dog lunch for sale for $4. The lunch will be a Hot dog with your choice of chili, cheese,onion, relish, mus-tard or mayo and will come with chips and a drink.

All proceeds will go to-wards American Cancer So-ciety Relay for Life Gonza-

les County. Lunches can be picked up at 3428 Moulton Road.

GLC donationsAs the holidays wind

down, the Gonzales Learn-ing Center wants to let folks know that we’re collecting gently used Christmas or-naments, lights, artificial trees, wreaths, décor, and gift wrap for next year’s Christmas bazaar.

Call 830-672-8291 to make arrangements to drop off your donation at the Learning Center, locat-ed at 1135 St. Paul. We can also pick up donations.

For more information, send email to [email protected].

Valentine’s DayBalloon Sale

The Gonzales High School 2012 Prom Commit-tee will be holding the an-nual Valentine Day Balloon Sale now through February 9th. Balloons will be deliv-ered on Valentine Day.

Balloons will be deliv-ered to any business in the city limits, local schools, and day cares. Home deliv-ery is not available.

Order forms can be picked up at Gonzales

County Senior Citizens @ 818 Seydler Street or from any Prom Committee mem-ber. Everyone is encour-aged to order early.

If you have any ques-tions… please contact Twila Huber, 857-4104, Ke-aton Smith, 857-3538, Tam-my Zella, 203-0455, Misty Cook, 857-0272 or Kyndel Zella, 203-8854.

Gonzales MentalHealth Board

The Gonzales County Mental Health Advisory Board will meet on Thurs-day, January 5 at 5:15, in the conference room at Gonza-les Community Health Cen-ter. All board members are urged to attend and visitors are welcome.

American LegionThe Gonzales Ameri-

can Legion Post #40 will hold their regular monthly meeting January 5, 6:30 p.m., at the Legion Hall. All members and prospective members are urged to at-tend.

personal political reasons.The Seguin Gazette was

unsuccessful Friday in at-tempts to reach Rollins for comment by e-mail and telephone calls to his civil suit law firm and business office.

Murray-Kolb’s office prosecutes misdemeanor cases, but in this case hired an outside investigator to take statements from members of the Casseb family and review deposi-tions taken in connection with a civil case filed by the Cassebs against Rollins and his companies that was settled out-of-court earlier this year.

In his probable cause affi-davit, that investigator rais-es questions about possible negligence in putting chil-dren in fast-moving, high water and potential allega-tions of negligent homicide or abandoning and endan-gering a child that Murray-Kolb believes should have been addressed by Zwicke.

Murray-Kolb said she investigated because of the family’s concerns and because, with McMinn be-ing involved and a poten-tial witness, her office is the one with authority to prosecute criminal cases in Guadalupe County that didn’t have a potential con-flict of interest.

McMinn, then in private law practice, was called to the scene and also took sworn statements about what had happened from Rollins and his daughter the following day.

“The only evidence that was taken by the sheriff ’s office in its file were three police reports taken by officers at the scene, affi-davits taken the next day

by Heather (McMinn) at her law office from [James Daniel Rollins III] and his daughter Kristin and an au-topsy report,” Murray-Kolb said. “According to deposi-tions, no statements were taken by law enforcement of Rollins, his daughter, the victim’s brother who was an eyewitness or the family of the victim.”

Murray-Kolb said she brought the entire file to the Texas Rangers and was surprised when they appar-ently took no action - and, in light of allegations in-volving the district attor-ney - delivered the file af-terward to McMinn’s office.

“The only route left was to go to Judge Peschel,” Murray-Kolb said.

Texas Ranger Maj. Al-vin Alexis, commander of San Antonio-based Ranger Company F said Friday his office had reviewed the case and reached the same con-clusion as Zwicke.

“We felt there was no criminal case to be made,” Alexis said. “It was a tragic accident. The sheriff ’s office in our opinion conducted an adequate investigation.”

Zwicke said he welcomes a second look at the case, but added that with in-vestigations pending, he couldn’t comment on it in detail - at least not yet.

“I’ll let the courts decide whether we did the right thing or the wrong thing,” the sheriff said Friday. “In my opinion, it was an ac-cidental drowning and I don’t think you could give a stronger sentence than that family got.”

Zwicke said he was sad-dened that the Casseb and Rollins families continued to suffer in the aftermath of the drowning, and added that the situation in Gua-

dalupe County right now would do little to improve that.

“I apologize to the fami-lies that our county attorney - who has no jurisdiction - as well as her husband who is a municipal court judge investigating what they call a ‘homicide’ is strictly political,” Zwicke said. “I’ll let the courts make a ruling and then I’ll give complete details on it after it’s done.”

According to Hum-phrey’s deposition, Mc-Minn, then known by her previous married name as Heather Hollub, was at the scene when he arrived at 8:48 p.m. Humphrey said he’d never before en-countered an attorney at a drowning scene and initial-ly regarded McMinn’s pres-ence there as “suspicious.”

In the deposition Hum-phrey said McMinn de-nied she was representing Rollins or anybody else but acknowledged Rollins had called her. Humphrey said McMinn asked him not to tell the Cassebs that she was an attorney - a request the officer said af-terward in his deposition he found “kind of weird.”

Humphrey said in his affidavit that McMinn told him the Cassebs did not wish to speak to anyone, including investigators, needed time to grieve and did not want the drown-ing reported in the news media. McMinn offered to take sworn statements from Rollins and his teen-aged daughter, Kristin, on behalf of investigators, and did so in her law of-fice the following day, Humphrey said.

Bernadette Casseb said in her affidavit she be-lieved McMinn was a county employee and a first responder grief coun-selor.

McMinn, who said she was friends with the Roll-ins family, doesn’t remem-ber it that way.

“I at no time held my-self out to be an employee of the county,” McMinn said.

She tried to comfort the Cassebs and stayed with them, McMinn said, be-cause in the rush of the rescue and recovery ef-forts, she saw them alone and wanted to help them - and had no darker motive than that.

“My sympathy goes out to the Casseb family for the loss of their beautiful daughter Francesca,” Mc-Minn said.

The district attorney said she asked Kirkendall to appoint a special pros-ecutor to investigate the

situation after the Texas Rangers informed her of the general nature of Murray-Kolb’s concerns and dropped the file at her office.

“When I found out that Elizabeth Kolb was re-questing further investi-gation into the death of Francesca Casseb, I im-mediately requested that a special prosecutor be ap-pointed as I was a potential witness,” McMinn said.

Beyond that, with in-vestigations pending, Mc-Minn declined to publicly comment further.

Murray-Kolb said she would welcome another look at the case by the court of inquiry, which will be presided over by Harris County Senior Dis-trict Judge Doug Shaver - and added that she too was saddened to hear Zwicke say her investigation was politically motivated.

“This isn’t about poli-tics,” Murray-Kolb said. “It’s about justice for a 12-year-old girl.”

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The Foundation Board (Gonzales Healthcare Systems Foundation) has been working diligently to fund new digital mammography equipment for the hospital. The cost projection for this state of the art equipment is $409,325.00 and their goal is to raise the monies this fiscal year which ends 6/30/2012. The board is made up of 12 members rep-resenting the community at large with diverse backgrounds dedicated to in-suring a future for quality healthcare in Gonzales. Board Members are Barry Miller, Pres., Lisa Gindler V.P., Barbara Koricanek Sec/Treas, Bill Tate, Tommy Cox, Jon Such, Kris McLain, Brian Fees, Elaine Baker, Laurel Ince, John Lam-precht and Chuck Norris.

Board Meetings are held monthly to educate board members with medical and technology information within the healthcare industry. The board is in-formed on current legislative issues that impact the cost of healthcare today and medical services received. As we con-tinue to face the multitude of challenges such as diminishing federal reimburse-ments paid to provide your healthcare, rising numbers of uninsured patients in addition to the everyday struggles

of rural healthcare it is clear how vital Foundation funding is to insure the fu-ture for quality healthcare.

In November Dr. Kathleen Koerner who serves the hospital as a full time General Surgeon presented a power point program defining the necessity for the technology upgrade to Digital Mammography. The program gave breast cancer statistics and information that she conducts biopsy’s and mastec-tomy’s here at our hospital.

The December board meeting hosted regional representatives from Hologic a global company providing 2D Full Field Digital Mammography equip-ment and they are the 1st and only

FDA approved for tomosynthesis(an advancement in digital mammo tech-nology). The board presented ques-tions to the Hologic team and defined their commitment and motivation to seek the community’s support in fund-ing this project for the hospital. When the community donates to the Founda-tion the money they donate provides them “ownership” in their healthcare system. The donations all come back to serve Gonzales with a higher quality healthcare and assurance for our future.

The Board discussed entertainment for the upcoming Gala on May 5th, 2012 and the “Wall of Honor” for do-nors contributing $5,000.00 or more to the Foundation. The Board is seeking 20 donors of $5,000.00 each to fund $100,000.00 towards the Digital Mam-mography Project. If you would like to discuss the “Wall of Honor” or other naming opportunities within the hospi-tal please call the Foundation office at (830)672-8758. For anyone wishing to make a Memorial in honor or memory of a loved one to benefit the hospital you may now do so by calling the Foun-dation office at the number above or the hospital number (830)-672-7581.

Anna Leigh SealeDaniel and Kristie Lucas Seale of the Woodlands wel-come the birth of their daughter, Anna Leigh Seale, born November 22, 2011. She weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces, and was 18 inches long. Anna is welcomed by big brothers Stephen and Jonathan, grandpar-ents John and Edith Lucas of Gonzales, Darrel and Shirley Seale of Spring, great-grandparents Rosaline Neuse of Seguin and Willie Joe and Haroldean Watts of Luling.

GJH Artist of the WeekJacob Burek was the Artist of the Week for Dec 5-9. He is in 7th grade and has been drawing for about six years. Burek’s favorite type of art is drawing. He is a member of the JH Art Club, which meets each Friday during lunch in the art room, inspired and led by the JH Art Teacher, Mrs. Barta. (Courtesy photo)

an upper GI done on his stomach that revealed a broken vein which led to internal bleeding.

“I came very close to dy-ing,” he said. “I’m now see-ing what I think is the be-ginning symptoms of that happening again.”

The chief has also been experiencing rapid weight loss, dropping about 15 pounds in less than a month.

“I’m starting to gain a little bit of it back but my appetite is still not there,” he said. “A lot of times I’m just forcing myself to eat. One of my doctors are con-cerned about cancer.”

Despite his concerns, Taylor delivered an ada-mant answer when asked if his health was deteriorated to the point where he can no longer be effective in his job.

“No,” he stated. “Let me temper that by adding that the officers here are well-

trained, so even if I’m not there I can still direct them by phone. We’re all good friends who know how to pull together and continue to work for the good of the community.”

Since his health has worsened, Taylor has gone from working 80 hours a week since last December to about 40 hours.

“I’m just having to deal with a lot of things at one time,” he said. “My doctor told me I can go to work if I feel like it, but when I start feeling bad I should leave.”

In other business, the council:

* Adopted a proclama-tion designating January as Waelder Wildcat Month. The proclamation will be presented and read during Waelder’s home basketball game on Jan. 13.

* Completed their 90-day evaluation of Pedro G. Esparza, who works for the city’s Water Department. He was granted a 5% pay raise.



The annual Yoakum Chamber of Commerce Banquet is Thursday, Jan. 12.

Awards will be presented that night to the Leader of Tomorrow, Educator of the Year, the Spirit Award, the Business of the Year, and the Paul Gustwick award.

The Chamber wants to recognize these individu-als for the dedication and

contributions to the better-ment of the Yoakum Com-munity. The Chamber will also honor our outgoing directors and recognize our new directors for 2012.

Corporate Tables are $300 and individual Tick-ets are $25 each and can be purchased from Chamber directors or at the Chamber office. The social will begin at 6 pm and the dinner at 7 pm followed by the pro-gram and a silent and live auction.


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One of the regular counter-points raised every time the subject of illegal immigration comes up is the question: “Why are you spend-ing all your time hating people who are just looking for work? Why don’t you go after the greedy people who are so eager to use that cheap labor?”

Yes, let’s.The other side of the illegal-im-

migration debate is quite correct in pointing out that we’re quick to criminalize the invaders but all too often overlook the complicity of the Quislings who aid and abet them.

Yes, I use the word “Quislings” — because, like the Norwegian sympathizers who paved the way for the Nazi invasion of that Euro-pean country in 1940, these people who hire, house and provide com-fort to the invaders are helping to undermine our society preparatory to a conquest (or, in the case of our immediate neighbor, a reconquis-ta). And they need to be treated like the traitors they are.

That’s strong language, certainly. There is just cause.

People who knowingly hire ille-gal aliens need to face stiffer pen-alties than the slap-on-the-wrist fines they currently face. Loss of business license would be a good starter. Mandatory prison time would be better.

Sure, these businesses are just trying to make a profit. And yes, illegal aliens work for far less pay than most citizens — and are will-ing to do many jobs that our self-absorbed citizenry no longer want to do.

But in the process of scooping up the profits from decreased labor

costs, they’re putting (and keeping) Americans out of work, driving up costs for our social welfare system and holding down our standard of living.

Worse, they’re enabling a de facto demographic invasion — first documented in compelling fashion by Heather MacDonald in 2004 — which is designed to re-claim the territories lost by Mexico in 1836 and 1848 without having to fight a war.

Perhaps these domestic Quis-lings would reconsider their greed (and their patriotism) if they risked being unable to do business or faced time behind bars for helping the invaders.

But if we want to stop illegal immigration, we also need to give these employers an option to hire American.

Maybe it’s time we woke up a few of those self-absorbed citizens who “won’t do” the jobs illegal aliens are eager to fill, too. I’m willing to bet folks who suddenly no longer have free government money coming

in will change their minds about picking cabbage, bussing tables in restaurants or mowing your lawn.

I’ve spent most of my adult life sitting behind a news desk. But when I lost that job a few years back, I took the jobs that were available — I worked freight, I sold lumber, I stocked shelves. It was hard work, but it also paid the bills. I’ve never taken a dime in govern-ment benefits; it would be shame-ful.

Many of those jobs used to be filled by younger folks. The sad fact is, we’ve passed so many laws to “protect” children from labor abuse that we’ve made it virtually impos-sible to hire kids any more.

The argument that a kid who’s working can’t succeed in school is nonsense. I held down a 40-hour-a-week job from the time I was 14, and still made straight A’s in one of the toughest school districts in Texas.

Many of these “child-labor” laws weren’t passed to protect kids from labor abuse, but are instead de-

signed to ensure an endless flow of money to educational institu-tions via higher attendance. And student loans make things even easier; many of today’s young peo-ple graduate from college without ever actually having worked a day in their lives.

We also have to change soci-ety’s perception about sweat, and remind them that you don’t have to go to the gym to do it. We have come to view those engaged in manual labor as lesser beings. We need to re-define that working with your hands is a noble calling. There is a limit to the number of poets, sociologists, kinesiologists and rap artists that is needed by our civili-zation.

So yes, it’s unfair to frame the debate over illegal immigration by concentrating solely on those who have broken our laws to get here, suck up a disproportionate share of our social resources and are in-creasingly engaged in more serious crime. We need to take a hard look at ourselves, too.

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Demonizing ‘rich’ people’ ratherthan doing something concrete

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Rich Lowry is editor of the Na-tional Review and a syndicated columnist for King Features Syndicate.

Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX) is again blaming the Tea Party for creating a “do noth-ing Congress.” That’s like 250 pound fullback being upset that a 100-pound woman keeps stopping him from making a first down in a football.

However, blaming the Tea Party and ignoring the facts is a habit for lib-erals.

Cuellar blamed the Tea Party for federal govern-ment’s credit downgrade. He ignored that issuing credit to a nation that has $15 trillion in national debt is a risk for any lender.

Culler has also ignored facts like his recent claims that the violence in bor-der communities, like Laredo (where his broth-er is the county sheriff ), is exaggerated. He was worried that the reports of violence would hurt tourism and business. What about the violence that might hurt citizens?

In his most recent newsletter, Cuellar is crowing about the Demo-crats’ two month exten-sion of the payroll tax cut. The tax cut means a fam-ily making $50,000 would keep roughly $40 per pay-check. Yes, a whole $40.

They also extended long-term unemployment insurance (more federal spending), and prevented a deep cut in payments to

doctors who see Medicare patients. And these cuts are the result of Obam-acare.

As Congress prepares for another federal bud-get battle, Cuellar needs to remember some im-portant facts. First, the budget writing duties for fiscal year 2011 was the responsibility of those legislators in office be-tween Oct. 1, 2009 and Sept. 30, 2010. Dur-ing that time period the Democrats had majority control of the Congress, Senate, and the White House.

Why didn’t the Dem-ocrat-controlled gov-ernment prior to Oct. 1, 2010 pass a federal bud-get for fiscal year 2011? Since they had the con-trol, what prevented them from doing their duty and passing a budget? The Tea Party members did not arrive until January 2011.

So we must ask Cuellar what he is going to about the President’s proposed

additional $2 trillion in new debt? Before he blames the Tea Party let’s do the math in simple way so that even a liberal can understand.

• U.S. Tax revenue: $2.170 trillion

• Fed budget: $3.82 tril-lion

• New debt: $ 1.65 tril-lion

• National debt: $15 trillion

• Recent budget cuts: $ 38.5 billion

Let’s now remove 8 zeros and pretend it’s a household budget:

• Annual family in-come: $21,700

• Money the family spent: $38,200

• New debt on the cred-it card: $16,500

• Outstanding bal-ance on the credit card: $150,000

• Total budget cuts: $385

It’s sure bet that Cuellar and Senate Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Presi-dent Obama will blame the Tea Party for resisting raising the federal debt. They will claim that the elderly and the poor will die in the streets home-less and hungry.

However, America can-not continue to spend more money than it takes in, and chase off the in-vestors and job creators. Cuellar and other liberals cannot blame common sense economics.

A haze of ugliness hung over President Barack Obama last month in Osawatomie, Kan., where he delivered a speech as malodorous as an Occupy Wall Street encampment and about as thoughtful. The president needs a campaign theme to patch him over for the next year. He settled on all but blaming the rich for trashing the American Dream. Income inequality, he said, “gives lie to the promise that’s at the very heart of America.”

How so? The president maintains that with inequality on the rise, it had already become more difficult in 1980 than at the end of World War II for a child to climb out of poverty into the middle class. What happened between World War II and 1980? For one, we had the advent of the Great Society. The fact that the creation of a liberal dream state coincided, in his view, with the diminution of advancement might make a more reflective man stop and think. Not our president.

President Obama implied that some people are poor because other people are rich, an assumption of class

antagonism antithetical to the American idea and tenuously connected to the evidence. Consider a concrete example. The president’s former top budget official, Peter Orszag, departed the administration to work at Citigroup for upward of $2 million a year. Putting aside the seemliness and the merits of Orszag’s pay and that of his cohorts on Wall Street, how does his paycheck make it harder for anyone else to get ahead? Orszag’s income doesn’t increase out-of-wedlock childbearing, incarceration or lack of work effort -- all significant obstacles to advancement up the income scale.

If inequality were foreclosing opportunity, we would have seen steadily declining mobility since the late 1970s. Scott Winship of the Brookings Institution, an expert in this area, says as near as we can tell,

the data doesn’t bear that out. We are “sticky at the bottom,” meaning we have trouble getting people out of the bottom fifth, but that has been a long-standing failing.

Everyone agrees the ticket ahead in America is education. Children from the bottom fifth who get a college degree have only a 16 percent chance of staying in the bottom fifth and a 19 percent chance of making it to the top fifth and getting excoriated by the most powerful man in the world.

In his speech, President Obama called for a “national mission” to improve education in the same breath he inveighed against “laying off good teachers.” Does it ever occur to him that some of the teachers might not be good? The teachers unions have surely done more to hamper upward mobility in America than the nation’s most loathsome collection of banksters.

We should endeavor to create the conditions for economic growth, transform education fundamentally and champion the bourgeois virtues at every opportunity. But President Obama only wants shiny new wrapping paper for his same old proposals -- taxes on the rich, infrastructure spending and regulation. This familiar litany is now supposed to be the answer to complex, decades-long trends. It’s good to know he takes himself so seriously; no one else should.

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.

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Peculiar Parenting: slapping two first names on your baby

Phone taxes are exorbitant

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Jim Cunningham is a former longtime Gonzales newsman and the former interim publisher of the Gonzales Cannon.

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If you think civilized people no longer take advantage of the weak and unpro-tected, just look at the names they give to helpless infants.

Anon

Nearly normal folks my age and older can recall a couple of TV shows hosted by Art Linkletter. From back in the 19 and 50s and 60s.

One was called “People Are Funny.” And I have never been one to argue with that. The other show was “Kids Say the Darnd-est Things.” I concur with that also.

Nowadays it’s the reality shows that draw in the ratings.

What I reckon would make an interest-ing telly program would be something like “Parents Are Peculiar.” One subject the show could deal with is how parents – es-pecially in the Deep South and Texas, too – would be how parents have the habit of tagging two first names on a single child. I.e. Sidney Michael, Thelma Sue, etc.

From first hand knowledge I know of what I speak. You see, my mother and fa-ther happened to be parents. They started out their family with four daughters. This is why all my sisters are girls. Then I, the baby boy, was begatted. And no, I did not cotton to wearing hand-me-downs.

My oldest sister was named Virginia Dorene. Virginia Dorene was joined by Opal Laverne, Al Wanda and Jimmye Lin-da, respectively.

Would you believe that over the years

as they grew up and moved about and changed hair-dos they each altered their given Christian names? They did.

To Doe, and Verne. Al Wanda just an-swered to Wanda. And Jimmye Linda would give you a look like you owed her money if you called her by any other han-dle that Lynn.

My ownself. The baby of the brood of Cunningham’s. Just call me Jim. ‘Cause I’d rather eat a bug than reveal my middle moniker.

Yep, parents in Texas and the South are truly guilty of slapping a pair of first names on an innocent infant. And it sticks with ‘em. It’s as common as a common name to sit in a classroom and hear children answer roll calls: Betty Sue; Dorothy Faye; Wilbur Lewis; Georgia Ann; Larry Joe; etc.

And how does a beautician answer the phone in Dime Box, Texas at “Thelma Louise’s Style Salon”? Why, as such. “Thel-ma Louise speaking ‘Hon’ what can I do fer ya today and how’s the little ones Billy

Bob and Debbie Denise doing growing like wildfire I bet.”

Beauticians in Dime Box, Texas don’t speak with punctuation. So to speak.

Also, young marrieds in Texas are just human enough to get excited about nam-ing their first born. Let’s check out this sce-nario:

Where: Lot 54 at a trailer park in South Texas.

When: The present.It’s suppertime at the Sammy Gene and

Sally Sue Jackson trailer house. Sammy Gene, a former third string tackle for the fighting Taylor Ducks and considered an average bowler and now at a mature and responsible age of 19 is chawing down on a chicken-fried steak, while alternately killing flies between bites. Sally Sue, a fifth grade graduate, is supping on chili and cheese. Her thoughts are occupied by “Where and how will I ever, I declare and swear, save enough money to get Sammy Gene a chain-saw for his birthday?”

Sammy Gene: Honey Bun, we got us one in the oven now and we best be thinking of what we’re gonna name the Dallas Cow-boys’ future starting quarterback. I think I’d like to think that Chris Collinsworth one day will be announcing something like this over the TV set: ‘And starting for America’s Team, the Dallas Cowboys, at quarterback is Billy Clyde Jackson.’ Boy that sounds good don’t it?

Sally Sue: But Sammy Gene Jackson. What if it’s a baby girl? And that’s what I

want anyway. I should have some say-so, you know. I’ve been carrying this little Jackson-to-be ever since Doc Clyde Allen Jones told me I was in the family way. That was darn near five weeks ago. Lordy, my feet hurt, but I’d just love to see our pre-cious little Wanda Jean Jackson there on the sidelines with her blue and white pom-poms just a bouncing up and down as a Dallas Cowboys’ cheerleader.

Sammy Gene: Now just wait a cotton-picking second here Sally Sue. Now Honey Bun. I am the breadwinner, you know. Since I’m the one putting in the 40 hours when I ain’t calling in sick to go hunting, pass the beans, please, thank you, I think the one that wears the pants in this here trailer house should decide what our first child is going to be. And I say it’s going to be a Dallas Cowboy and not no Dallas Cowgirl. Now listen up, mind you, you do it my way and give birth to a boy the first time out of the chute that we can name Bil-ly Clyde and I’ll take you in to Corpus just as soon as you’re out of the hospital and treat you to some Chinese food at “Jimmy Joe’s Oriental Eat In or Out and Billiards Skull Orchard.” What do you say to that?

P.S. It’s obvious at this particular kitchen table get-together the question of what their first offspring will be, will not be resolved. No matter, over the ensuing months and chicken-fried steaks they’ll change their minds a number of times of what Christian name(s) they’ll tag their little tyke with. Let’s just pray it’s a boy. Or a girl.

Dear Editor,Taxes on phone bills are

exorbitant. As a percent of our total bill at cost, it is al-most half, or 44.6 percent. If it were called a sales tax on the $11.50 the phone company charges, the $10.17 tax would amount to a sales tax rate of 88.4 per-cent. Also, starting Jan. 1, one of the state taxes went up almost one percent.

When you consider how many phone customers there are, the various gov-ernments extract a great deal of money from the people on just telephone taxes alone. Businesses too are assessed their phone taxes which they must re-cover in the form of higher

prices the customer must pay for their goods and services, so the people are paying even more phone taxes than appears on their phone bill.

And, speaking of busi-ness taxes, do you remem-ber when the Legislature levied a new business tax a few years ago with the promise it would reduce property taxes? Didn’t work, did it?

Now some people are clamoring for a state in-come tax for the schools. I say, let those who advocate it, pay it, and leave the rest of us alone.

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Start your new year off with prayerHappy New Year every-

one!!! I hope that your new year started well and for those whose didn’t, I hope that it gets better. I know that some of you below are very ill and have family members that are very ill. That is why you are on the prayer list be-low. Our country needs your prayers and those defend-ing our freedom need every prayer we can give them. We can look to this new year as a starting over point and remember how the United States of America became One Nation Under God. Our Ancestors braved everything and crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a little dinky ship just because they did not have the freedom to worship like they wanted to. If there is one person afraid to say “Under God” , then you had better go back and check and see what happened between then and now, because that is why I can write this—God bless you in 2012.

Please lift the following people up in your prayers: Joe Kotwig, Kenneth Crum-ley, Rudolpho and Edna Garza, Kathryn, Dena Black, Karen Roecker Ma-han, Sabrina Flores, Bill and Marie Lott, Doris and Al-vin Hewell; Hester Behlen, Louise Jones, Aunt Georgie; Danny and Joyce Schellen-berg, Pete Kallies, Mildred O’Neal, Doug Walshak, Selma Vickers, Gene Rob-inson, Blaine Welker, Susie Dolezal, Bo Shows, Teresa Wilke, Melissa Munoz and family, Sandi Gandre, Carl and Vida Tindle; Rev A. C. and Evelyn Newman, Aunt Betty Gandre, Anna Lin-demann, Ann and Bubba Bond; Case Martin, Shirley Dozier, The family of Mary Dodgen, All of our troops, their families, and friends all over the world; and RAIN and we give thanks so much for the rain that we have received.

Little Case Martin is in Houston at Texas Chil-dren’s Hospital where he is waiting his stem cell trans-plant. God has answered a lot of prayers already. They

have found a perfect match for Case. It couldn’t be any more perfect than if it would be his own sibling—it is that perfect. Now you know God has answered those many prayers. He is getting the pulmonary test today and the central blood line put into his chest Wednesday. And guess what, he is trying to cut two bottom teeth and is eating a little cereal and being a normal fussy little boy. They plan to move to the Chemo ward on Janu-ary 13th. They will start chemo on the 15th to wipe out any white cells that he has left, then they plan to transfuse with the stem cells on January 25th. After that the next 14-21 days are cru-cial while the new cells are hoped to take over Case’s immune system. If all goes well, then some time during this period of time they will be moved to the Ronald Mc-Donald House. If you want to keep up with them on the computer go to Caring-Bridge.Org and sign in and look for Case Martin. Clint and Lindsay are with him and need your prayers too. There will be the time when they have to really stay iso-lated with him. They have given us this kind of time line so we will know when to pray extra hard, like when the chemo will prob-ably make him sick etc.

Elson Schreiber is doing well. They amputated his leg and removed all of the can-cer. Now is going to be able to get a permanent prosthe-sis for his leg. I am so happy that some people have suc-cess stories when it comes to beating cancer.

I was just so happy to see Rogelio. I met up with him years ago when he was around age 30 and fighting

cancer for the second time. Medically the statistics were against him beating the type of cancer he had. However, he had a positive outlook, and we kept praying and rooting him on and saying Yes—you are going to beat this. He is now 49 years old and is strong and healthy looking, and driving a truck. Every time I see him I have to wrap my arms around him and give up a big hug. He is a walking talking mir-acle. His daughter was just barely walking then. Now she is a beautiful young lady. They were celebrating his father’s 76th birthday over at the Belmont Social Club on New Year’s Eve.

Yes, there was a lot of celebrating going on New Year’s Eve at the Belmont Social Club. The tables were pushed against the wall and the dance floor was bigger. Jeffrey Charles and his band played good music start-ing at 9PM and the danc-ing began. Jeffrey is a very tall guy and reminds you of Dwight Yoakum, but I think he sings better than Dwight. The New Year came in with fireworks out back behind the social club and the weather was just chilly enough to feel good.

Wade and Lola Wilson enjoyed a little visit from Jes-sie and Angie Wilson and family. Jessie and Angie had been to Georgia to see the other half of the family for two weeks. They are having a time with new baby Casey. I have always admired Jess and Angie and their fam-ily. Angie just seems to float through life taking care of all these children. I don’t know how she manages it. I think Casey made child number five and I think maybe he is the last.

During the last couple of weeks Wade just strung out his birthday celebration all throughout December. He and Lola entertained Gene from San Antonio over at Belmont and then Wayne O’neal came by or sent a card and Wade got his eyes checked so that gave him an

excuse to go out again. Now Lola has a birthday Janu-ary 3rd. I am going to see if she celebrates her birthday a whole month too. Erin Allen we wish you Happy Birth-day on January 9th. You are turning twenty-one. Now that is a big milestone. Con-gratulations!!

Anyway, we are turning psychic over here. A couple of weeks ago I saw a bunch of blackbirds swirling around like you usually see flying south in September, and they were flying North. Will tells me that they were Grackles. No, I determine that they are blackbirds flying North. So Lola calls me yesterday that there are geese flying North above her house. Also she and Wade are sitting at the kitchen table looking out the window and there is a hummingbird. Now what is a hummingbird doing here at this time of the year. So I am wondering about the sci-entist and their data. Is this happening because it was so dry last year or what is going on? There is nothing to eat in so many places. Maybe they are just hunting food and water wherever they can find it.

Dililah is milking this cold weather for all it is worth. She comes to me right be-fore I go to sleep with her little bitty voice and quietly goes ‘Mew, Meow” . Usually Will has half drifted off to slumber land and I say “okay Dililah get up here.” She gets up on my chest and I start rubbing her under her chin and the purring starts, and her feet start going. Oh that little kitty is treading softly because she knows that if she disturbs old grouchy Termite that she will wake up ev-erybody and get in trouble. Then she will finally find her spot and curls up and we are set for the night. She can curl up in such a tight little ball of fluff that Will almost put his big foot on top of her the other night. He thought she was part of the bed. I caught him just in time.

Have a great week, and God bless.

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AUSTIN — Texas continues to do its part to keep helping mili-tary veterans and their families. A full homestead property tax exemption that began in 2009 to help totally disabled military vet-erans will extend to their surviv-ing spouses after January 1.

“This new provision will help families who have been a part of the tremendous sacrifice that veterans have given our coun-try,” said Texas Comptroller Susan Combs. “Texas voters overwhelmingly passed a consti-tutional amendment that will al-low surviving spouses of totally disabled veterans to continue to claim a full homestead exemp-

tion and not pay property taxes on their home.”

In 2009, veterans began receiv-ing an exemption for the total ap-praised value of their residential homesteads if they have received 100 percent disability rating or are considered unemployable by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Based on information provided by appraisal districts,

about 35,300 veterans currently receive that exemption.

The homestead exemption for surviving spouses of veterans who received the exemption be-gins January 1. Senate Bill 516 al-lows the total homestead exemp-tion if a surviving spouse does not remarry after a disabled vet-eran passes away and the proper-ty remains the homestead of the

surviving spouse.Surviving spouses would have

to apply for the tax exemption through their county appraisal district. The application form containing property tax exemp-tions has been updated for resi-dents and appraisal districts to use. It can be found at http://www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/taxforms/50-114.pdf.


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Approved Drilling Permits by the Texas Railroad Commission for the period of Dec. 19-31

December 19Lease Name: F. W. BootheWell Number: 2Total Depth: 8,640 ftAPI#: 177-31111Location: Gonzales County, 5

miles SE from City of GonzalesSurvey: T. JacksonAcreage: 414Type: Vertical Oil WellOperator: Gulf Coast Acquisi-

tions Company, LLC

Lease Name: Borchers TrustWell Number: 1Total Depth: 14,500API#: 177-32432Location: Gonzales County, 6.6

miles SE from City of SmileySurvey: W.C. JonesAcreage: 411.84Type: Vertical Oil WellOperator: EOG Resources, Inc.

December 20Lease Name: Ibrom AWell Number: 1HTotal Depth: 14,000 ftAPI#: 123-32673Location: DeWitt County, 6.71

miles SW of City of WesthoffSurvey: E.G. CropperAcreage: 506.8Type: Horizontal Gas WellOperator: Petrohawk Operat-

ing Company

Lease Name: Lord A UnitWell Number: 5HTotal Depth: 12,500API#: 177-32427Location: Gonzales County,

12.7 miles SE from City of SmileySurvey: R.A. LottAcreage: 869.53Type: Horizontal Oil WellOperator: EOG Resources, Inc.









Lease Name: Ring A UnitWell Number: 2HTotal Depth: 16,500API#: 149-33244Location: Fayette County, 20.6

miles SW of City of LaGrange Survey: W.A. FairesAcreage: 1045Type: Horizontal Oil or Gas Well

Operator: Southern Bay Oper-ating, LLC

Lease Name: Spencer WSWWell Number: 1RETotal Depth: 3,500API#: 177-31064Location: Gonzales County,

19.32 miles NE of City of GonzalesSurvey: P. HopeAcreage: 72Type: Vertical Oil or Gas WellOperator: Southern Bay Oper-

ating, LLC

Lease Name: D. Boothe AWell Number: 1HTotal Depth: 14,000API#: 123-32674Location: DeWitt County, 6.7

miles SW of City of YoakumSurvey: J. SwindelAcreage: 700.73Type: Horizontal Gas WellOperator: Petrohawk Operat-

ing Company

December 21Lease Name: Heibel AWell Number: 1HTotal Depth: 14,500 ftAPI#: 123-32350Location: Gonzales County, 8.6

miles NE of City of WesthoffSurvey: B. FulcherAcreage: 704Type: Horizontal Oil or Gas WellOperator: Geosouthern Energy

Corporation

Lease Name: Newtonville UnitWell Number: 2HTotal Depth: 17,000 ftAPI#: 177-32434Location: Gonzales County,

19.3 miles NE of City of GonzalesSurvey: P. HopeAcreage: 971.57Type: Horizontal Oil WellOperator: Southern Bay Oper-

ating, LLC

Lease Name: Guadalupe UnitWell Number: 8HTotal Depth: 13,000 ftAPI#: 177-32433Location: Gonzales County, 1.5

miles SW of City of DreyerSurvey: J. McCoyAcreage: 1,002.59Type: Horizontal Oil WellOperator: EOG Resources, Inc

Lease Name: H.F.S.Well Number: 6HTotal Depth: 12,000 ftAPI#: 177-32319Location: Gonzales County,

10.2 miles NE of City of SmileySurvey: W.W. PaceAcreage: 1,259.61Type: Horizontal Oil WellOperator: EOG Resources, Inc.

December 22Lease Name: LandgrebeWell Number: 1HTotal Depth: 12,500 ftAPI#: 177-32224Location: Gonzales County, 2

miles N of City of SampleSurvey: W.A. HallAcreage: 858.3Type: Horizontal Oil WellOperator: EOG Resources, Inc.

Lease Name: Culpepper UnitWell Number: 1HTotal Depth: 14,000 ftAPI#: 177-32435Location: Gonzales County,

23.2 miles E of City of GonzalesSurvey: T. HammonAcreage: 320Type: Horizontal Oil or Gas WellOperator: Penn Virginia Oil &

Gas, LP

Lease Name: Carol UnitWell Number: 1Total Depth: 13,500 ftAPI#: 285-33618Location: Lavaca County, 3.57

miles SW of City of ShinerSurvey: T. TobyAcreage: 397.15Type: Horizontal Oil WellOperator: Geosouthern Energy

Corporation

Lease Name: Dworaczyk 01Well Number: 3HTotal Depth: 21,000 ftAPI#: 123-32653Location: DeWitt County, 5.2

miles NW of City of YorktownSurvey: S.D. HurstAcreage: 687.8Type: Horizontal Gas WellOperator: Pioneer Natural Re-

source USA, Inc.

December 23Lease Name: Arnim A UnitWell Number: 3H

Total Depth: 15,800 ftAPI#: 149-33245Location: Fayette County, 17.09

miles SW of City of La GrangeSurvey: B. GreenAcreage: 884.54Type: Horizontal Oil or Gas

WellOperator: Southern Bay Oper-

ating, LLC

Lease Name: Bujnoch-Hender-son

Well Number: 1Total Depth: 10,200 ftAPI#: 285-33619Location: Lavaca County, 7.2

miles SW of City of HallettsvilleSurvey: D. IvesAcreage: 40Type: Vertical Oil or Gas WellOperator: Trio Consulting &

Management, LLC

December 27Lease Name: P Crane Unit AWell Number: 1Total Depth: 13,800 ftAPI#: 123-32680Location: DeWitt County, 5.7

miles NW of City of YorktownSurvey: J. HallAcreage: 633Type: Horizontal Oil or Gas

WellOperator: Burlington Resourc-

es Oil & Gas Company, LP

Lease Name: Newtonville UnitWell Number: 3HTotal Depth: 17,000 ftAPI#: 177-32436Location: Gonzales County,

19.3 miles NE of City of GonzalesSurvey: Prosper HopeAcreage: 971.57Type: Horizontal Oil or Gas

WellOperator: Southern Bay Oper-

ating, LLC

Lease Name: Schroeder AWell Number: 1HTotal Depth: 14,000 ftAPI#: 123-32681Location: DeWitt County, 7.37

miles SW of City of YoakumSurvey: J.D. ClementsAcreage: 658.04Type: Horizontal Gas WellOperator: Petrohawk Operat-

ing Company

December 28Lease Name: Dworaczyk 01Well Number: 04HTotal Depth: 21,000 ftAPI#: 123-32654Location: DeWitt County, 5.2

miles NW of City of YorktownSurvey: S.D. HurstAcreage: 687.8Type: Horizontal Gas WellOperator: Pioneer Natural Re-

source USA, Inc.

December 29Lease Name: Cuero SWDWell Number: 1Total Depth: 8,300 ftAPI#: 123-32683Location: DeWitt County, 1.4

miles W of City of CueroSurvey: J.A. Valdez Y GonzalezAcreage: 6.22Type: Injection WellOperator: Pyote Water Systems

II, LLC

Lease Name: Guadalupe UnitWell Number: 7HTotal Depth: 12,200 ftAPI#: 177-32437Location: Gonzales County, 1.8

miles SW of City of DreyerSurvey: J. McCoyAcreage: 1002.59Type: Oil WellOperator: EOG Resources

December 30Lease Name: Gilbert SchindlerWell Number: 2Total Depth: 11,400 ftAPI#: 285-33621Location: Lavaca County, 6.8

miles S of City of HallettsvilleSurvey: O.H. StappAcreage: 40Type: Oil or Gas WellOperator: Trio Consulting and

Management, LLC

Approved Oil and Gas Com-pletions for the period of Dec. 19-28

Fayette County

API#: 149-32541Operator: Enervest Operating,

LLCLease Name: Vasek-Vasek UnitWell No.: 1Field Name: Giddings (Austin

Chalk-3)

API#: 149-33229Operator: Weber Energy Com-

panyLease Name: CherryWell No.: 1HField Name: Giddings (Eagl-

eford)Well Type: Producing

Gonzales County

API#: 177-32124Operator: Penn Virginia Oil &

Gas, LPLease Name: Gardner, Et AlWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-1)Well Type: Producing

API#: 177-32130Operator: EOG Resources, Inc.Lease Name: Ullman UnitWell No.: 4HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle


API#: 177-32153Operator: Forest Oil Corpora-

tionLease Name: BankheadWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle


API#: 177-32148Operator: Hilcorp Energy Com-

panyLease Name: Barnhart (EF)Well No.: 4HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle



Gas, LPLease Name: Hawn HoltWell No.: 6HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle





API#: 177-32196Operator: EOG ResourcesLease Name: CME UniteWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle



Gas, LPLease Name: Munson RanchWell No.: 3HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle





API#: 177-32239Operator: EOG ResourcesLease Name: Steen UnitWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle


API#: 177-32219Operator: EOG ResourcesLease Name: MerrittWell No.: 6HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle


API#: 177-32152Operator: EOG ResourcesLease Name: Ullman UnitWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle


API#: 177-32135Operator: Riley Exploration,

LLCLease Name: S. DuderstadtWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle



Gas, LLCLease Name: Munson RanchWell No.: 9HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle


API#: 177-32196Operator: EOG Resources, IncLease Name: CME UnitWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle



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The Gonzales Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture again sponsored the ‘Spend Bucks to Win Bucks’ pro-gram, with the goal of pro-moting local holiday shop-ping and keeping sales-tax money in Gonzales County.

Participating businesses included Frames & Things, Shear Designs Boutique, The China Basket, Reese’s Print Shop, Person’s Flower Shop, Storey Jewelers, Green Acres Nursery, Gonzales Chiro-practic, WB Farm and Ranch, Lone Star Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, Christie’s, Craft Cross-ing, Main Drug Co. & Gift Shop, Country Collectables.

This year’s winners, an-nounced on the air Thursday via KCTI 1450AM radio, are:

1st - $250 - Crystal How-erton – St. Hedwig, Main Drug Co. & Gift Shop

2nd - $150 - Tamela Baker – Shear Designs

3rd - $100 – Karen Foug-erat – Christie’s Collection

4th - $100 – Carolyn Baros – W B Farm & Ranch Supply

5th - $75 – Cynthia Kul-hanek – Gonzales Chiroprac-tic Center

6th - $75 – Ernestue Menchaca – Country Col-lectables

7th - $50 – Joyce Tieken – Reese Print Shop & Office Supplies

8th - $50 – William Hill - W B Farm & Ranch Supply

9th - $50 – Carolyn Leazer – The China Basket

10th - $25 – Caroline Cloer – Christie’s Collection

11th - $25 – Debbie Culak – Country Collectables

12th - $25 – Pam Bralet – Christie’s Collection

13th - $25 – Jane Kifer – Frames & Things

14th - $25 - Silip Francis-co – Main Drug Co. & Gift Shop

A Land Owner Oil & Gas Industry Workshop will be held on Thursday, Jan. 12 at the First Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall in Gonza-les.

The workshop will be hosted by Texas AgriLife Extension-Gonzales Coun-ty and the Gonzales Cham-ber of Commerce and Ag-riculture.

Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. and an overview of the Eagle Ford Shale will be given at 9 a.m. At 10 a.m. a speech on “Negotiat-ing Oil & Gas Leases” will be given by Judon Fambo-rough of The Real Estate Center, Texas A&M Uni-

versity.A catered lunch will be

served at noon and Fam-borough will speak on the subject of negotiating pipe-line easements at 1 p.m.

The First Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall is located south of Alternate 90 in Gonzales on St. Jo-seph Street (1206 N. Saint Joseph). There will be a $20 registration fee for this pro-gram to cover the meal and expenses.

For more information, and to RSVP by Jan. 10 for an accurate lunch count, please contact the Gonzales County AgriLife Extension Office at 830-672-8531.

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Local Saxophonist honoredGonzales saxophonist O.S. Grant was honored recently for performing at the an-nual San Marcos Juneteenth 2011 Charity Barbecue Cookoff on the San Marcos River, an event sponsored by Hays County Constable David L. Peterson. Pictured from left are deputy constable Sandy Riojas, Peterson, Grant and deputy con-stable Travis Brown. Grant has also written a number of doo-wop hits for Luling’s Sarg Records and regularly plays with a number of local and regional music acts. (Photo courtesy Yvetta Banda)

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Concert scheduledThe Texas A&M Singing Cadets will perform at the Great Hills Baptist Church in Austin, 10500 Jollyville Road, at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 13. Known as the “Voice of Aggieland,” the Singing Cadets is an all-male chorus that performs ap-proximately 70 concerts each year. The Austin concert is sponsored by Austin Texas A&M University Mothers’ Club. Proceeds from the concert are used to fund scholarships for students attending Texas A&M University. The Singing Cadets perform many different types of music: religious, patriotic, Broadway, school songs, etc. Ticket information – including on-line ticket purchases – can be obtained at www.austinaggiemoms.org, or by contacting Heather Taute at (512) 656-5959.

Christmas Store at East AvenueEast Avenue Primary students participated in an activity to promote good citi-zenship, thoughtfulness and sharing. For the months of November and Decem-ber, children earned “dollars” to spend in the school store. Items are gifts for family members for the holiday season. Children had to be respectful, respon-sible, cooperative and safe to earn dollars. The activity inspired children to give and follow the rules for good citizenship. (Courtesy photo)

LULING — Thank goodness you wouldn’t be able to tell it today, but at one time Luling was known as “The Toughest Town in Texas.”

The city, now located just off Interstate 10 and near the intersection of four other state highways, became a bustling small town in 1874 when the Southern Pacific Railroad made it the far western stop on the Sunset Branch. It was also a gathering point and supply center for cattle drives along the Chisholm Trail, which brought quite a few rowdy cowboys and their dis-

dain for law enforcement into the area.But ultimately it was one man, Edgar B.

Davis, who put Luling on the map for good and transformed it forever when his well began gushing oil in 1922.

The Central Texas Oil Patch Museum pays tribute to Luling’s rich cultural heri-tage in the oil industry and also serves as an informational hub that keeps Davis’ legacy alive.

Appropriately located at 421 E. Davis in Luling, the museum was founded in 1990 to share the town’s history and illustrate the life and times of the Central Texas “oil boom in the oil patch.” It was also a way to help restore travel into the city after the area’s oil bust in the 1980’s.

“Around that time Luling had lost a lot of businesses, so a Tourism Task Force was

formed to come up with ideas that would generate traffic into Luling,” said the mu-seum’s director Carol Voigt. “Since oil had been so important to this area, they came up with the idea of an oil museum and Luling Oil Museum Association was es-tablished.”

Voigt said the idea originally called for the construction of a new building at Blanche Square, so fund raising efforts began to finance the project. During the process, another option surfaced when the historic Walker Brothers Mercantile Build-ing, estimated to have been built around 1874, suddenly became available.

“With the help of a grant, the association was able to purchase this building around 1992,” said Voigt. “The building was abso-lutely empty, so then the process began of collecting donations to build a collection.”

Walking through the museum is literally like taking a stroll through history as you pass antique artifacts, historical reincar-nations and actual items used from years past.

It begins at the museum’s entrance where you see the Luling Building Facade, which shows the fronts of actual business-es that existed in town at some point in time. There are also replicas of Muenster’s Saloon, the OK Cafe and the Princess The-ater, which were all in operation as early as the 1880’s.

“The saloon and the theater were actual-ly located on Main Street,” Voigt said. “The OK Cafe did not originally exist in Luling, it was located right outside of town. But we loved it so much, we just decided we were

going to use the name.”A popular feature at the Oil Patch is its

authentic wooden replica of an oil derrick, so realistic that it actually gushes an oil-like fluid.

“We’ve had it for many years,” said Voigt. “Our board of directors built it and it’s the centerpiece of our museum. Last year, we enclosed it and put it in the flowing well. The kids really love it.”

One of the most unique features of the museum is its Oil Tank Theater, an exem-plary example of mixing past and present technologies. Constructed from an actual

oil tank, the semi-open theater is equipped with carpeted flooring, a flat screen TV and surround sound.

“We show a wonderful 22-minute, edu-cational DVD that is largely about Edgar B. Davis and his discovery well,” said Voigt. “He brought in the Luling Field, which has produced over a 100 million barrels.”

It is impossible to tell the story of Luling without having several of its chapters dominated by Davis, who settled in Luling after living in Sumatra.

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Assemblies of GodGonzales Family Church Assembly of God320 St. Andrew

First Assembly of God509 E. 3rd St. Nixon

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

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

BaptistClark Baptist ChurchF.M. 794, Gonzales

County Baptist Church Hwy. 87 Smiley

Eastside Baptist ChurchSeydler Street, Gonzales

Elm Grove Baptist Church4337 FM 1115Waelder, Texas 78959

First Baptist Church 422 St. Paul, Gonzales

First Baptist Church403 N Texas Nixon

First Baptist ChurchHwy 108 N Smiley

First Baptist Church406 N Ave E Waelder

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

Greater Rising StarBaptist Church3rd Ave S of Hwy 87 Nixon

Harwood Baptist Church North of Post Office

Iglesia BautistaMacedonia201 S Congress Nixon

Iglesia Bautista MemorialHwy 97 Waelder

Leesville Baptist ChurchE. of Hwy 80 on CR 121

Memorial Heights Baptist Church1330 College Gonzales

Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church100 Capes Gonzales

Oak Valley Baptist ChurchHwy. 97 Bebe

Old Moulton Baptist Church2287 FM 1680, Moulton

Primitive Baptist Church1121 N. College Gonzales

Providence Missionary Baptist Church1020 St. Andrew Gonzales

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

Stratton Primitive BaptistFM 1447 9 miles east of Cuero

St. James Baptist ChurchHwy 80- North of Belmont

Saint Paul Baptist ChurchSE 2nd St. Waelder

Shiner Baptist ChurchAvenue F and 15th Street, Shiner

Union Lea Baptist ChurchSt. Andrew St. Gonzales

Union Valley Baptist ChurchFM 1681 NW of Nixon

CatholicSt. James Catholic Church417 N. College, Gonzales

Sacred Heart Catholic ChurchSt. John St. Gonzales

St. Joseph Catholic Church207 S. Washington, Nixon

St Patrick Catholic Church in Waelder613 Highway 90 East Waelder

St. Phillip Catholic Church Hwy 87 Smiley

Christian

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

Churches of ChristChurch of Christ1323 Seydler St. Gonzales

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

Church of ChristE. 3rd & Texas, Nixon

Churches of GodCommunity Church of God1020 St. Louis, Gonzales

Gonzales Memorial Church of God in Christ1113 Hastings, Gonzales

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

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

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

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

Full Gospel Church1426 Fisher, Gonzales

LutheranFirst Evangelical Lutheran1206 St. Joseph, Gonzales

Abiding Word Lutheran Church, LCMS1310 St. Louis

MethodistBelmont United MethodistHwy. 90-A

Dewville United MethodistWest of FM 1117 on CR 121

First United Methodist426 St. Paul, Gonzales

First United Methodist410 N. Franklin, Nixon

Flatonia United Methodist403 E North Main, Flatonia

Harris Chapel United MethodistS. Liberty St. Nixon

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

Henson Chapel United Method-ist1113 St. Andrew, Gonzales

Monthalia United MethodistCR 112 off 97

Smiley United Methodist1 blk S. of Hwy 87

Waelder United Methodist2 blks from Hwy 90 & 97

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

Non-DenominationalAgape Ministries512 St. James, Gonzales

Living Waters Fellowship Church605 Saint Joseph St. Gonzales

Bread of Life Ministries613 St. Joseph, Gonzales

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

Emmanuel Fellowship

1817 St. Lawrence St. Gonzales

Encouraging Word Christian FellowshipHwy. 80 in Leesville

Jesus Holy Ghost Temple1906 Hickston, Gonzales

Lighthouse Church of Our Lord1805 Weimar, Gonzales

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

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

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

Inter-DenominationalFaith Family Church1812 Cartwheel Dr., Gonzales

PentecostalFaith TempleHwy 80 (N. Nixon Ave.) Nixon

Holy Temple of Jesus Christ No. 21515 Dallas, Gonzales

Temple Bethel Pentecostal1104 S. Paul, Gonzales

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Presbyterian Church of Gon-zales414 St. Louis, Gonzales

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which proved to be one of the most significant oil fields ever discovered in the Southwest. His discovery opened up a whole oil field and single-handedly shifted Luling’s economic focus from ag-riculture and railroad to oil. The population ex-ploded from 500 to 5,000 people overnight, and by 1924 the Luling Oil Field was producing 11 million barrels per year.

In 1926, Davis sold out to Magnolia Oil, the fore-runner of Exxon Mobil, for the whopping sum of $12 million. An avid phi-lanthropist, Davis used his fortune to build sev-eral facilities in Luling, including the Northside Clubhouse, the Southside Clubhouse and the Luling Foundation Farm. He also donated land for the cre-ation of parks, golf cours-es and swimming pools.

“Part of what we do here is to help people un-derstand that even though Davis has been gone since 1951, his impact still ex-ists,” said Voigt.

If exhibits are the meat and potatoes of every mu-seum, then the Oil Patch offers up a bona fide buf-fet.

The facility is filled with Exxon memorabilia such as model trucks and hard hats, and also has items from the Haliburton Plant that left town in the 1990’s. There are several interesting things like a replica of the Rafael Rios #1 built in 1929, vintage-era gas pumps, and an ac-tual drill bit.

Of course, there is also an homage to Davis. It consists of display cases featuring books written about him, his handwrit-ten sheet music, manu-script from a play he pro-

duced, pieces of China he had previously owned, the 1974 Luling centennial coin that bears his face, and even a life-sized like-ness of the man himself.

“Everything in the mu-seum for the most part has been donated because we do not have a large purchasing budget,” Voigt said. “We feel very blessed about that.”

As with all non-profit organizations, funding is an ongoing issue with the museum. Right now, there are three main compo-nents in place to assist with the facility’s financing.

“Originally the major fund raiser was the Rough-neck Chili Cook-off and Classic Car Show, and it still is today,” said Voigt. “Now we’re going into our 25th year of that event. It’s always the first weekend in April, except during Easter when it is pushed back to around the 14th.”

“Over the last nine years, we’ve developed a Septem-ber Art Exhibit. It’s always done to show Reflections of Texas and Edgar B. Da-vis’ love of the arts. The artists have the option of having their work being for sale or not. The way the museum makes money is we have sponsors for the event. We do not take any money from the artist’s sales, but we do ask they donate a piece for our Si-lent Auction.”

“Beta Sigma Phi is our volunteer organization and in March, along with the Friends of the Library, we do Meet the Authors Book Signings,” she con-tinued. “We’re now in our fifth year of that event and that’s become a really wonderful thing. This year we’ll be teaming up with H-E-B and doing a big art exhibit this month for all our third-graders to get them interested in art at an

early age.”Already off to an impres-

sive start, Voigt said there are expansion plans in the works for the museum.

“We just finished pur-chasing the lot out behind the museum and someday that will be our Outdoor Exhibit Park,” she said. “We also have a second floor in our building that we don’t use at the mo-ment because it’s not yet in compliance with the Americans with Disabili-ties Act. So we have some long-range plans for ex-pansion as well.”

Trey Bailey is the execu-tive director of the Luling Economic Development Corporation and a long-time museum board mem-ber. He said having the museum in town serves a dual-purpose.

“We’re extremely for-tunate to have a facility where we can express our cultural heritage and share it with people who visit,” he said. “It’s extremely im-portant to show our rich heritage in the oil indus-try, not only from a tour-ism standpoint, but from a community development standpoint. The thing about this museum that’s so encouraging is its abil-ity to keep growing.”

As the facility continues to expand, it also contin-ues to expand its role in Luling’s burgeoning heri-tage tourism program.

“It’s definitely an integral piece,” said Bailey. “We’ve got a great thing going on because in addition to the Oil Patch Museum, we’re also developing a museum at Zedler Mill that will ac-tually showcase our agri-cultural roots.”

“We always say that Luling is a microcosm of what made Texas great. It started out as an agri-cultural-based town, then it was a railroad town, and then it became an oil town.”

Not just content with be-ing a showplace for histo-ry, the Oil Patch Museum is also an avid participant in community activities by serving as a venue for civic meetings.

“It’s mostly non-profits that hold their meetings here,” said Voigt. “Any-thing we can do that helps our community, we try to do.”

“We have a wonderful 22-member board that has set out a five-year plan and we’re working toward those goals. You have to have that kind of stability within your or-ganization and that’s re-ally helped us.”

The Central Texas Oil Patch Museum is part of the Texas Nostalgia Trail, a marketing network for small museums in South Central Texas, that was established two years ago. The group includes museums from around the area including Cu-ero, Flatonia, Gonzales, Hallettsville, Shiner and Yoakum.

“All of the museums in these small towns are on very limited budgets, so we created something that links us all together,” Voigt said. “Periodically, we have gatherings at each other’s museums to allow us a chance to see what everyone else is do-ing and share ideas.”

The Central Texas Oil Museum’s is open Mon-day through Friday from 9 a.m. to noon, and 1-4 p.m. It is also open on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is donation-suggested. For more information on the museum, call 830-875-1922 or visit the website www.oilmuseum.org.

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Obituaries

Amber Leigh Robbins, 1992-2011

ROBBINSAmber Leigh Robbins, 19,

of Gonzales and Seguin, passed away Thursday, December 29, 2011. She was born October 28, 1992 in Austin the daugh-ter of Barry and Pamela West Robbins. She attended Gonza-les High School and graduated from Lockhart High School. She was a student and majored in Criminal Justice. Amber was a very outgoing person and loved to keep up with her many friends or as she said her “Peeps” on Facebook, she had over 1200 listed. She is survived by her parents Pamela West Toland of Gonzales and Barry Robbins and wife Kathleen of Lockhart; sisters Ashley Schafer of Port O’Connor and Ashley Valdez of Hawaii; brothers Kory Layne Robbins of Lockhart, Kevin Lee Kovar of Austin, Kyle DeWayne Robbins of Gonzales and Ryan Vogel of Lockhart; grandmoth-ers Susie West Hicks of Gonzales, Pat Dick and Ruth Robbins both of Taylor. Also surviving are many aunts, uncles and cousins. She was preceded in death by her infant son Kaiden Rockeen Robbins and her grandfathers Michael Ivey, Douglas Hicks, Billy Dick and Lloyd Robbins. Visitation will be from 6 until 8 p.m. Monday, January 2, 2012. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at Seydler-Hill Funeral Home. In-terment will follow at St. James Catholic Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Gonzales Dog Adoptions Fund. Ar-rangements under the care and direction of Seydler-Hill Funeral Home 906 St. Paul, Gonzales, TX 830-672-3232

William “Bill” Noack, Jr., 1943-2011

NOACKWilliam “Bill” Noack, Jr.

passed away on Monday, Jan. 2 at the Methodist Hospital in San Antonio at the age of 68 years and seven months.

Bill was born May 27, 1943 to Olivia Wilheminia Paulina Glatzert Noack and William Ju-lius Noack. He was baptized at the Dr. Martin Luther Lutheran Church in Shiner on December 6, 1943. He was confirmed in the Dr. Martin Luther Lutheran Church in Shiner on April 14, 1957 by Pastor Edwin J. Oehlke. He was a strong believer in his Lutheran church and that any-thing was possible as long as he had God walking along side of him.

The family made several moves since Bill’s father was in-volved in farming and tending cattle for people. One of their moves was to a house where the Green Dickson Park is located in Shiner, and another move was in the house that stood where the Shiner School is now located.

Bill attended the country school called Green School through the first and second grades. The teacher picked him and his sister, Marion, up every morning in her personal vehicle and returned them home each afternoon. This school closed up the next year and he was en-rolled in Shiner Public School in 1952 for the 3rd grade.

Bill, being the only boy of five children, had a lot of fun inter-fering sometimes with his sisters

playing house. He could recall the time he came between their dancing with each other and Marion hit him with a purse they were playing with. For a few minutes he was kind of out, but as he regained his conscious-ness, he realized four sisters were too much to play with.

After graduation from Shiner High School in 1961, he moved to Victoria but remained work-ing for G&G Woodworks in Shiner. Shortly after moving to Victoria, he got employment with Sterrett Supply and A&A Electric. He married the love of his life, Betty “Jeanie” Lampre-cht, on June 2, 1963. Bill and Jeanie then moved to Gonzales in 1970 to be closer to their par-ents and Bill went to work for Superior Dairies and later with Bugman.

In 1978, he went to work for Gonzales Auto Supply and be-came manager of the store in 1989 and retired December 31, 2004. Gonzales Auto Supply was owned by Frances Fishbeck and not only was he Bill’s employer; he took care of Bill in many ways of appreciation. One was by al-ways including Bill and his wife on trips provided by Auto parts dealers.

Bill was an excellent dancer and if it was possible, he and Jeanie did not miss many dances that the Moods played for until the band stopped playing in 1969. He also loved to waltz and polka. They had many Saturday nights at Boedecker’s outdoor dance floor between Shiner and Gonzales, dancing lovingly in each other’s arms. He celebrated Jeanie’s birthday at Turner Hall on August 14, 2010, dancing to the music of the Moods, which was the last time he got to dance.

Bill’s likes and hobbies were fishing, hunting, and spend-ing time with his children and grandchildren. Bill would al-ways reminisce of the days he and his brother-in-law, “Brother Bob” as he was referred too, spent fishing in local tanks and hunting in Dilworth. Bill liked to travel to different places with Jeanie. They traveled through many states visiting relatives, sightseeing and taking tours. He had a desire to visit Wyo-ming and Yellowstone National Park, but leukemia sapped the strength from his body and he was unable to make that trip.

Bill loved his grandchildren and always looked forward to their visits and hearing of their accomplishments in school and sports. He looked forward to the times one of the grandsons would come around, for there were always odd jobs he needed help completing. Since Hunter, Connor, and Coby were around most of the time, they always got the job of trimming and clean-ing up the limbs in the spring. Even though Jennifer, Wyatt, Jessica and Kasey did not live close by, they would get leftover jobs when they came to see Nan and Pop Noack.

Bill enjoyed sitting at the kitchen table telling the grand-children stories of how it was when he was growing up. He told them how it was to get up at 5 a.m. every morning with his sisters to make sure the cows were milked and then eating breakfast and making sure they were ready to catch the bus by 7 a.m. The weather many times brought freezing temperatures. He also told them stories of how he had to feed 20 or more hogs that his dad raised and how he had to shuck three five-gallon barrels of corn every week for the hogs. Even though Bill had a date with Jeanie, the feeding had to be done first.

Bill liked to plant a garden every year. His tomatoes, green peppers and onions were some-thing to brag about. He even made attempts to raise water-melons a few times. During the last years, he would convince his grandson Connor to make sure the garden was plowed for the spring planting. His garden would become the subject of conversation when he visited with his brother-in-law Emil, as they compared the progress of their gardens. He like compar-ing deer hunting stories with his brother-in-laws, Mark and Edwin.

Bill is survived by his wife

of 48 years, Betty Jean “Jeanie” Lamprecht Noack; sons, Ken-neth William and wife Dee, all of Gonzales, Kevin Wayne and his wife Jeannie of Austin, and his daughter Sheila Ann Pruett of Gonzales; and grandchildren, Hunter Noack, Jennifer Noack, Wyatt Noack, Connor Pruett, Coby Pruett, Jessica Noack, and Kasey Noack. He is also sur-vived by his sisters, Ruby Kelly and husband Mark of Gonza-les, Angie Pekar of Shiner and Susan Ulcak and her husband Edwin of Shiner.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Marion Zumwalt.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5 in the First Lutheran Church in Gon-zales with Pastor Ildiko Rigney officiating. Interment followed in Denton Creek Cemetery. Pallbearers were Hunter Noack, Conner Pruett, Coby Pruett, James Kocian, Roger Tomas, David Hewig, and Dustin Ulcak. Honorary pallbearers included Jennifer Noack, Wyatt Noack, Jessica Noack and Kasey Noack. Memorials may be made to the First Lutheran Church in Gon-zales or the American Leuke-mia Foundation. Services were under the care and direction of Seydler-Hill Funeral Home.

ALVAREZBenita Alvarez, age 86, died

Jan. 4 at her home in Smiley. She was born on March 21, 1925 in Gonzales, Texas and was a member of St. Philip’s Catholic Church in Smiley. She was pre-ceded in death by her parents, Crescencio and Rita (Garcia) Galvan; her husband, Felipe Al-varez; a son, Raymond Alvarez; a son-in-law, Domingo Garcia; four brothers and three sisters.

She is survived by three daughters: Minnie Garcia of Smiley, Mary Lynn Alvarez of Smiley, and Delores Lazo of Nixon; four sons: Frank Alva-rez of Smiley, John Alvarez of Smiley, Ray Alvarez of Nixon, and Felipe Alvarez, Jr. of Smiley; three brothers: Fidencio Galvan, Crescencio Galvan, and Jesse Galvan; six sisters: Josie Luna, Inez Hernandez, Janie Herrera, Tina Galvan, Modesta Galvan, and Frances Galvan; 22 grand-children; 58 great-grandchil-dren; three great-great-grand-children; numerous nieces and nephews; as well other family and many friends.

Viewing and visitation will be held Friday, Jan. 6, from 3-8 p.m. at Finch Funeral Chapel in Nix-on with a Rosary recited at 6:30 p.m. by Deacon John Moreno. The Funeral Mass will be held Saturday, Jan. 7, at 10 a.m. at St. Philip’s Catholic Church in Smi-ley with Father Alfonso Giop-pato officiating. Interment will follow at the Burriola Cemetery near Smiley. Memorial con-tributions may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice. The guest book may be signed on-line at www.finchfuneral-chapels.com.

WOBIGCaryl A. Wobig 69 of Cu-

ero, Texas died Sunday, January 1, 2012. Mr. Wobig was born in Rodchester Minnesota on May 4, 1942 to Edward and Agnes Zimmerman Wobig. He worked many years as the City Supervisor for the City of Eureka, Montana. He attended the Baptist Church and was a member or the Eureka Volun-teer Fire Department. Caryl was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Marlin Wobig, and a sister, Adaline Wobig. He is survived by his wife, Eula Wobig of Cuero; his children, David Wobig of Wisconsin, Debora Hern of Raathdrum, Idaho, Bill Morris of Jacksonville, N.C., Don Morrs, Memphis, Tn., Bonnie Warren of Forney, Texas; Brothers, Vern Wobig of Wisconsin, Orvil Wobig of Arkansas; sister, Verrona Young of Montana; and 11 grandchil-dren. Visitation and Viewing, Wednesday January 4, 2012 at Finch Chapel-Nixon from 5:00-8:00 PM. Graveside Services, 2:00 P.M. Thursday, January 5, 2012. Burial, Union Valley Cemetery.

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

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Garage Sale. Sat-urday, January 7, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. in Cost on Hwy. 97. Next to Cost Store. Bicycle, toys, homemade coat rack, jewelry, entertainment cen-ters, clothes, all sizes, children and adult, dishes, linens & much more.

Craftsman Tiller, 5 HP, Briggs & Strat-ton. Front tines. $250.00. 361-208-3565. (01-26-12)--------------------------Halex Power Glide Air Hockey Table. Older Model. Paint job faded, but air jets work. Missing paddles and pucks (can be purchased inexpensively on-line or at a sporting good store). Asking price - $20. Contact the Gonzales Learn-ing and Career Cen-ter if interested. 830-672-8291 or [email protected]. (01-19-12)--------------------------Pearl 6-piece ses-sion series with hardware and cymbals. $350. Call 830-822-6291.(01-19-12)--------------------------Hammond Organ w/pedals, two key-boards. $500. Call 672-2719.(01-12-12)--------------------------4 tires and Alumi-

num rims. Can fit a Ford Probe or Mazda MX6. Muf-flers can fit a pickup truck, good condi-tion. Cabinet fits over refrigerator. Collectibles, sweat-ers (some with Christmas themes). Various sizes. Call Marcus Migl, 361-594-4307.--------------------------Men and Women’s jackets, sweaters. Different sizes. Can be seen at 1822 St. Louis or call 672-8034.--------------------------1 axle trailer, wide ramp, 12’x61/2’ for sale. Call 857-4993.--------------------------For Sale: Whirlpool Washing Machine, like new. Large ca-pacity. $200. 361-208-3565.--------------------------Westein Running Boards. $140. For pictures or any questions, please email [email protected] Windberg - Winters Velvet Mantle - $250.00. Signed Affidavit of Limited Edition 12x36 in frame. Email [email protected] for pictures or any questions.--------------------------Baby and Womens Clothes for sale. Cheap. Call 361-772-5566.--------------------------25” Color TV & en-tertainment center. Excellent condition. 830-672-6414.--------------------------1979 International 5 ton Ramsy winch, rolling tailboard, Hydraulic Crane (detached), down riggers. Like new tires. Runs good. $6,000 obo. Individ-ual, 830-660-2813.--------------------------MUST TAKE IT ALL! Barbie Dolls, some still in packages, purses, games, kitchen items, VHS tapes (new & used), more! All for only $100! Call 713-449-8861.--------------------------Power Box Asphalt Paving Machine and Roller. Good Condition. $9,900. Call after 5 p.m. 361-594-3668.--------------------------Small computer desk, wood, $40.00 obo. Large play-pen, $25.00. Both in great condition. 830-203-9159.--------------------------

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Cobra 25, NW Ltd, Classic CB, Igloo Ref. Cooler, Wave Box, Portable Mi-crowave. $50.00 each. 361-596-4502 or 361-401-0556.

Like new, 26” Men’s 21 spd., $50 obo. Call Theresa at 830-203-5212.--------------------------2 Teenagers For-mals-Party Dresses. 1 White w/spaghet-ti Strap, with rhine-stones. 1 Beige/golden color, spa-ghetti straps, gold rhinestones. Call 672-8034 or come by 1822 St. Louis.--------------------------Heavy, vinyl tarps. 15’x50’. UV proof, tuff boogers. $50 each. 830-660-2813.--------------------------6 oak restaurant booths w/copper inlaid tops. Large round folding ta-bles w/6 armchairs. Contact Tommy, 830-351-1263.--------------------------Baby bed for sale. $60. Call 254-931-5712.--------------------------Electric Hospital Bed, $300. 12 func-tion exercise bi-cycle, $65. Prices Negotiable. 830-582-1120, Nixon.--------------------------Insulated 6x8 stor-age building. Like new. Used as a pro-duce cooler. $1,000. Call 512-227-6950.--------------------------Proform Treadmill. Model 380CS. Pro-grammable, in-cludes built-in fan, speaker for IPOD radio. Like new con-dition. $350/obo. Contact Liz, 830-263-2103.--------------------------Whirlpool Heavy Duty Gas Dryer. Good condition. $75. Can be seen at 511 Church St. 830-857-4993.--------------------------For Sale: Thomas Playmate with Col-or Glo Chord Organ. Good condition. All instruction books included. Call Sue, 672-2192.--------------------------Utility trailer. All wired for lights. Current tag. $575. 512-917-4078.--------------------------Commercial, Martin Luther King, Desk and many other calendars with your chosen informa-tion. Personal ser-vice at your busi-ness. Spread your website or business information all over South Texas. 830-437-5142 or cell, 830-857-0876.--------------------------Prayer Shawl, 38x72, handmade, burgundy, green white, $50.00. 512-917-4078.

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FREE 3 haul Fiber-glass boat, 16 ft. Needs work & no leaks. Call for infor-mation. 830-540-3574.--------------------------Fullsize Mattress & Box Springs, $100. Queensize Mattress and Box Springs, $175. Both in ex-cellent condition & sanitized. 830-672-3728.--------------------------2 young ladies black jackets size 14. One is leather. 672-8034.--------------------------Old Readers Digests for Sale. Call 830-672-3362.--------------------------Autograph picture of Muhammad Ali/Cassius Clay (60’s), Certificate of Au-thenticity (11x16), $1,400. Yellow Lab Stud Service. (806) 577-3962.--------------------------Culligan Water Softner and Rust Remover, old cars, elect. water heater, 2001 Fiber Truck bed w/key, Hay Bal-ers, Bar B Q pipe. 830-437-5759.--------------------------128 used letter-size hanging file folders, most have colored tabs, excellent con-dition. $30 cash for all or $7 per 25. 830-672-1106.--------------------------Computer, printer & desk, all $400. Stamina #4755 ex-ercise machine. Like new condition. $100/obo. 672-2267.--------------------------4 tires. LT2457QR17 in good condition. $100 obo. 830-672-2075.--------------------------Metal Bench, $150; Organ, $50; School desk & books of all kinds. Just out of Moulton on 532. Call 361-596-4403.--------------------------Tanning Bed for Sale. 1996, 24SF. $300. Children’s wardrobe, good condition. $300. 672-7127.--------------------------Beautiful Vintage water color paint-ing, landscape & water. 12x19. $350. Antique very or-nate picture frame. 16x20, $295. Call 512-917-4078.--------------------------Dalhart Winberg original oil painting, landscape, $3800 (512)917-4078.

Cured Mesquite wood. 14-16 inch lengths. Some split. Ideal for firewood or barbeque. 1 cord for $140. Call 830-540-4610.--------------------------For Sale: Oak & Mes-quite Firewood. 830-437-5747.--------------------------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.--------------------------

--------------John Deere 350 C Dozer. 90% Condi-tion Overall and 1988 Wrangler, new mo-tor. Sahara special Make offer on Jeep and Tractor. Call 857-1781.--------------------------For Sale: Cat D6C Dozer, power shift, hydraulic single blade, Hyster Winch w/cable, brush cab, extra set tracks pads. 830-437-5759.--------------------------Ford 3000 Tractor. Diesel. $4,800. Call 830-203-9385.--------------------------1977 WW 2-horse straight load bum-per pull. Good con-dition - ready to haul. Asking $2,000. (830) 857-5695.--------------------------Old western saddle,

needs repair $100. (512) 917-4078.

Twin size head-board, $10.00; Twin size bed frame w/wood headboard & footboard, $25. Call 437-5225.--------------------------Solid Wood Ar-moire/Enter tain-ment Center For Sale: A large, solid pine “Hacienda Style” Entertain-ment center with rustic wood and forged metal hing-es. It is arched at the top and can hold a large TV in the top half. The bottom has a re-movable shelf and can hold hundreds of DVD’s and CD’s. It is also perfect for a bedroom, using the top for a TV and the large bottom half to store sweat-ers and other bulky clothing items. Its a great, classic piece of furniture that will last a long time. Retails for more than $800. We are asking ONLY $350 for it. It’s a steal for solid wood and the craftsmanship. We love it but just don’t have room for it anymore. Call Nikki at (512) 227-4040, or email:[email protected] for more in-formation and pic-tures. Will deliver FREE within Gonza-les County. --------------------------Dining Room China Cabinet For Sale: A large honey pine dining room buf-fet and hutch with glass shelves and doors. Two sepa-rate pieces makes it easier to move. Haswooden cabinet doors and several drawers on the bot-tom half for storage. The drawers are lined with velvet to protect silverware and other objects from scratches. Tophalf has three shelves with a plate rail and is perfect for china and col-lectibles to be dis-played in the glass case. The whole piece is in overall good condition, just has a few dings from moving. Wood color and style matches many clas-sic and contempo-rary dining room sets. Retails for more than $1300. We are asking ONLY $500 for it. Call Nik-ki at (512) 227-4040, or email: [email protected] for more in-formation and pic-tures. Will deliverFREE within Gonza-les County.--------------------------Solid Wood Cubby Shelf With Coat Hooks: A solid pine free-standing cub-by shelf unit with FIVE segmented c o m p a r t m e n t s , each with THREE areas of storage -- a cubby in the top area, a tall back-pack/purse/coat rack section, and a shoe compart-ment at the bot-tom. PERFECT for a classroom, daycare, in the home by the door, or in the garage for organiz-ing tools. Retails for $550. We are asking ONLY $250 for it. Call Nikki at (512) 227-4040, or email: [email protected] for more in-formation and pic-tures. Will deliver FREE within Gonza-les County. --------------------------6 pc. Solid Oak Bed-room Set. $500/OBO. Call 361-772-5566.--------------------------Bar Stools, 2-24” dark w/rattan cane, swivel seats, nice. $35.00 each. 2-24” V-finish ladder back

w/woven seats. $15.00 each. 830-263-1702.--------------------------Cargo style sofa. $100.00. Call 361-772-5859.--------------------------Custom Designed Western motif 3 panel decorative screen, 54”x78 1/2’, horses, brands & leather look, $395. 512-917-4078.

Late 1970’s Mobile for sale. 2BR-1BA. Great remodel-ing project. 12x48. Plumbing good. No electric. Livable condition. Some material included. Ready to be moved. $.1500 firm. 512-718-0482.--------------------------’07 Doublewide, sits on 10 ac. Homesteaded, AG exempt, chain-link fence in yard and around 10 ac. Large deck on front, small one in back. Covered dog pen, outside night light. Different types of sheds. Water Softener tanks at-tached to back of house, for inside water only. 4BR/1 Bath, LR, carpeted, rest have linoleum. Master bedroom has walk-in closet, very roomy, high ceilings all through house. Ceiling fans in all 4 bedrooms and Living room, also White block Fireplace never used, Island kitchen between kitchen & dining room w/bar-stools. Silver cabi-nets. Belmont area, Gonzales School Route. Call Candy, LREB at 210-365-2803. --------------------------2002 Fleetwood Festival Ltd. 76x16 in excellent condi-tion. 3 bedrooms and 2 bath. I am selling it for the pay off, est. $24,000. The payments with Wilson County tax-es are about $250 a month. It is located in La Vernia and needs to be moved. Call Megan, 830-477-9792.--------------------------3/2, Singlewide Mo-bile Home. All elec-tric, excellent con-dition. Also, Zenith 25 in. console TV and 25 inch color TV. All in excellent condition. Call 830-672-6414.--------------------------For Sale: 3br/2ba Fleetwood Mobile Home. 1,728 sq. ft. New roof, lami-nated wood floors, new windows, new furnace and door. Antique bath tub. 85% completely new remodeling throughout house. Must sell fast and be moved. Reduced $18,000/obo. Call 830-445-9889.--------------------------For Sale: 7.3070 Acres w/1973 Dou-blewide Mobile Home. 14 mi. South, FM 1117 in Seguin, TX. Mobile home is in need of repair. New water well. There are two sep-tic tanks on proper-ty. Asking $56,000. Call 830-401-0147.

1995 Ford F350 Du-ally 2x4, 460, 5 spd. Runs good. $3,500 obo. 830-857-3325.--------------------------1977 Chevy 1/2 ton, 2 wd, 4 spd, special ordered. Original owner. $3,000 obo. 830-857-1506.--------------------------2006 Corvette, 16,000 miles. Very Clean. $33,000. Call 830-672-7040.--------------------------1997 Chevrolet 1500, short bed, V6, 128,000 miles. $2,600. Call 830-672-7040.--------------------------4 20” XD Series

wheels from a 2008 Toyota Truck. Asking $800/obo. Call 830-857-6434.--------------------------For Sale: ‘94 Cadillac DeVille. $500/obo. Call Luis, 830-339-0645.--------------------------Mercury Grand Marquis LS. Load-ed, 146,284 miles. $3,000. 830-437-2961.--------------------------For Sale: Bully Brand Sidesteps stainless steel for a Crew Cab Silverado. New body style. Asking $200/obo. Like new. 830-857-5598.--------------------------Grill Guard and Run-ning Boards for 2002 Durango. Westin Brand, excellent con-dition. $300. Call 830-560-0238.--------------------------For Sale. Older Buick Regal Sport Car. En-gine is gone. Body, tires are almost new. Air condition system is new. Make me an offer. 361-594-2129. Shiner, County Rd. 299, Box 577.--------------------------1988 Wrangler, new motor. Sahara special and John Deere 350 C Dozer. 90% Condi-tion Overall. Make of-fer on Jeep and Trac-tor. Call 857-1781.--------------------------1989 Ford Conver-sion Van. Super clean interior, good motor & A/C, transmissions slips, $1,900 firm. 830-437-5659 or 857-6565.--------------------------2000 Jeep Wrangler SE Sport 2D, New Tires and New Sony Stereo. 107,000 miles. Great Condition. Ask-ing $7,000 obo. Call 361-865-3353.--------------------------For Sale: 2001 Crown Victoria Ford, price $3,250. Call 830-587-6230 or 830-857-5559.--------------------------1998 Chevrolet, heavy 1/2 ton 4WD, 350CC engine. New AC. $5,000. Call 830-203-0147.--------------------------Van for Sale. $3,800 OBO. 2001 Oldsmo-bile Silhouette. Well-maintained, very clean. 181,000 miles. Great for family or hauling van. Call 512-905-8226.--------------------------2005 Yamaha V-Star Classic with Silvera-do Package. Lots of extras. 1995 F-250 4x4 Supercab Diesel 5-speed. 281-330-9417.--------------------------2009 Honda Trail-wagon, w/dump bed, headlights, re-ceiver hitch & seat belts. 2wd w/rear dif-ferential. $2,500. For more information, 672-8580.--------------------------2007 Saturn Ion, 56,000 Miles $5000 worth of perfor-mance parts. $9000 OBO 830-203-0282.

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

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.--------------------------2BR/2BA house for rent, w/covered patio, w/electricity. Lots of trees, quiet. No pets, no smok-ing. $650/mo + dep. 1st and last months. Appliances avail-able. Luling area.

210-386-1399.--------------------------Home in Seguin for Rent. Two bedroom, one bath. Com-pletely updated with all new appli-ances. $750.00 per month and $750.00 deposit. Call Deb-bie at 830-445-9583 for details.--------------------------House in country for rent. 3/2, nice yard. 361-594-3233 or 830-857-4364.

I’m looking for a home to rent in the Gonzales area. If you have a prop-erty or something available to look at, please give me a call, 361-571-3466. Egon Barthels.--------------------------Needed: I need to rent a 2 bed or 3 bedroom apart-ment or house in Gonzales or Luling area. Please call 830-822-5076.

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.

HEY LOOK HERE!Are you looking for a job to help you supplement your income? A reward-ing job caring for someone in their home who has Al-zheimers Disease. Do you have refer-ences and experi-ence and do you have a big heart? Then call me, it’s a rewarding job and it will make you feel awesome to know you’ve helped someone else. Call 830-391-4837.

You Vacation, I’ll take care of the place. Includes pets, yard, grand-ma. References. Ma-ture lady. Gonzales, 512-296-4845.--------------------------Do you need your house cleaned? No job is too small or too big. $10-$15/hr. Available M-S. Call Brittany Balderas at 445-0703. --------------------------House cleaning services available. Reasonable rates. Servicing Gonzales and surrounding areas. References available. Call Bar-bara at 979-777-8710 or email [email protected] Care Giver excellent ref-erences available for private setting in home hospital and nursing home. Day and night. 361-865-0286 or 832-655-9195.--------------------------Dennis Fojtek (Me-chanic), Moulton, Tx. 713-408-9388. Repairs the follow-ing: tractors, lawn mowers, tillers, chain saws, trucks etc.--------------------------Private Caregiver. 20+ years experi-ence. Hospice certi-fied. Looking to do private duty, cook, clean, drive. 361-772-2011.--------------------------Ironing done, in my home can pick up & deliver. References if needed. Call Lou-ise (830) 582-1120.--------------------------Will clean your house. I’m depend-able and have refer-ences. Call Mary at 830-672-4691.--------------------------All-around handy-man available. I also build sheds, 16x8 tool shed. Call 830-857-1959.--------------------------Building Demoli-tion – House, barns, etc. 830-263-0663 or 830-203-0540.

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

Willing to do baby-sitting at my house. 8-5 M-F. 511 Church St., 830-857-4993.

2011 Big Horn 367ORL 5th Wheel with 4 slices, load-ed, king bed, flat screen TV, electric awning, two A/C units, non-smok-er. NADA Value $82,500. 38 feet long. Great live-in trailer. Call 830-540-4058 or 830-263-9172, Price $46,000.--------------------------Ford Motorhome. 44,000 orig. miles. All working. $2,995. 830-857-6565.--------------------------

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1997 Kountry Star 34 ft., 5th Wheel. 2 slideouts, upgrad-ed kitchen, ducted A/H, 11 storage c o m p a r t m e n t s , ceiling fans. NADA.com/RV appraised RV at $15,900. Ask-ing $10,000. Great home for oilfield. Located in Rock-port, TX. 361-645-1009.--------------------------2004 Wildcat 5th Wheel RV. 28 ft., equipped to sleep 5, w/lrg. slide con-taining sofa & di-nette. Lots of stor-age. Adapted to pull as gooseneck. Excellent condition. Call 361-218-1880.--------------------------2004 Fleetwood RV Pecos pop-up. Like new, only pulled from dealer. $4,000. Both units located near Old Moulton. Call 857-0734 or 361-596-7317.

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24 ft. 2006 bought in 2007. Zeppelin Travel Trailer w/slide out; Lg. corner shower, qn. bed, m/w, stove, refrig-erator, sat./cable prep, tires 2-yrs-old. $9,800; located near Gonzales. Call 936-203-4378 or 936-594-9809.--------------------------FOR SALE: 25 ft. 5th wheel travel trailer with 5th wheel hitch. Good condi-tion. Microwave, stove, refrigera-tor, sleeper couch, queen bed. Asking $4,000. Call 830-437-2359.--------------------------1996 Pace Arrow. Ready to travel. Good condition. Runs well. 830-660-3883.

Waelder: RV spots available in Waelder, 713-894-0332.--------------------------RV Sites Available in Nixon. $350/mo. in-cludes utilities. Call 830-857-6921.--------------------------FOR RENT: 2-RV Parking Sites, shade trees, easy access, all hookups. 5 miles east Gonzales. $300/mo. Utilitys Furnished. Call 263-0292.

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.

2008 Honda Four-

trax with only 250 miles $3,500 o.b.o. 830-857-5236.--------------------------2 80CC Kawasaki 4-wheelers for sale. $900/each. Call 830-534-4996.--------------------------2006 Buell Blast 500cc bike. Made by Harley-David-son. Only 2,100 miles. Gets 62 miles to a gallon. Great fun, easy to ride, beginners or ex-perienced. $2,500 obo. Located near Old Moulton. Cell, 830-857-0734, after 6, can call 361-596-7317.--------------------------2003 Dyna Super-Glide Harley 100 yr. Anniv. Gold Key ad-dition windshield, backrest, forward controls. Great con-dition. $7,500. 830-875-2278.--------------------------Having Fun with piano lessons with Shelia Wright 1622 N. College St. Youth and Adults Flexible Schedule (830) 672-2719.

Found: Male dog out on Moulton Rd. Young. Pretty, white & brown. Real gentle. Needs a good home. 830-460-0995.--------------------------Adorable Longhair Chihuahua puppy, last one, is looking for a new home, male, 9 wks, pure bred, healthy, play-ful, raised in home with a lot of love. 1st shots, wormed. $125. 830-875-9519.--------------------------Dobermans. AKC Registered, Black/Tan, Born 7-2-11, 4 females. Warlock Breeding. Shots & Wormed, tails and dewclaws, $150. 830-857-3232.--------------------------AKC German Short-hair pointer pup-

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

5 Cockatiels. 2 years old. Yellow and gray. $50 each. Call 830-534-5930.--------------------------American Angus Association. Regis-tered Breeder stock; 5-8 months old; fancy; top genetics; $1,300-$1,600. 361-563-7641 or 361-563-7681.--------------------------Free Donkeys. 3 full grown females, 1 - 1 yr. old female, 1 - 1yr. old male, 1 full grown male. 830-263-0378, leave message.--------------------------For Sale: Two Reg-istered Hereford Bulls. One 5-year old herd bull and one 18-month old. Call 830-857-0560.--------------------------Game Chickens For Sale. 3 roosters, 7 hens. $5.00 each. 512-917-4078.--------------------------Polish crested Blue Legged Bantam Chickens. 512-272-5147.--------------------------HACCP Trained per-son need to help write HACCP plan for poultry. 830-339-0419.--------------------------Boer Goats for Sale: 1 Billy, 6 mths. 1 Nannie, 6 mth & 5 Adult Nannies. Sell as package deal or individual. 830-560-0238.

For Sale: Sorrel Gelding, 10 yrs. old. Big, strong, sound ranch horse. Very good looking. Needs a strong rid-er. Gentle, calm dis-position. $850/firm. Call 361-596-4954.--------------------------Black Limousin & Black Angus Bulls. Also Heifers. Gentle. Increase your wean-ing waits. Delivery available. 979-263-5829.--------------------------Reg. Polled Her-eford Bulls. One year to 3 1/2 years, $1,100-$1,500. Also Reg. Heifers, 1 yr. olds. $650-$850. Call 830-540-4430.--------------------------For Sale. 3 black Brangus Bulls, 1 red Brangus Bull. 2 yrs. old. No papers. $1,200/each. 830-437-5772.--------------------------For Sale. Female mare, 6 yrs. old. $500. Please call if interested. 713-203-2814.--------------------------Riding lessons in Gonzales. My horses or yours. For more information please call, 830-203-0470. --------------------------APHA flashy mare for sale. Broke to ride. FMI please call 830-203-0470. $1750.00. Used in Playdays/trailride.--------------------------Pretty Reg. A.Q.H.A. Cremello Colt, 6 months old. Great c o n f o r m a t i o n . Good bloodline - Hollywood Gold & King. $500.00. 830-437-5671 or 830-857-4591.--------------------------Longhorn young bulls and heifers for sale. Foundation genetics. Yard art or breeders. Gold Star Longhorns, Bob Tinstman, 830-540-4591.--------------------------For Sale: Black An-gus Bulls. 1 1/2 yrs. old. $1200-$1500. 830-437-5772.--------------------------Yearling smoky grulla dun filly (solid). Has halter on and has been trailered. Asking $600 OBO. (830) 857-5695.--------------------------17 year sorrel paint with blue eye. Originally trained in western pleasure - used for trail rides. Asking $1,200. (830) 857-5695.--------------------------7 year dun paint. Well trained, ready to finish your way. Asking $2,000. (830) 857-5695.

White Leghorn chickens, $7.00 each. 830-857-4580.--------------------------M I N I - D O N K E Y S . Great pets, loves people. All ages and colors, some “cross” designs, 36” tall. 830-672-6265, 830-857-4251, 830-672-5152.--------------------------M I N I - G O A T S . (Dwarf Nigerians) 18” to 24” tall. Good weed eaters. Fun to have around. Beautiful silver and white herd sire. (7 left) 830-672-6265, 830-857-4251, 830-672-5152.

Beautiful Stone House. 24 acres. 2 ponds, well, county water. $400,000. For Info call 713-203-2814.--------------------------Owner Finance, 3BR/1BA located at 810 E. 2nd St. in Nix-on. Asking $65,000. Please call for more information. (830) 672-5580.--------------------------FOR SALE: Seven (7) Buildings, 20 Units Multi-Family Apart-ment Complex, lo-cated at 929 Water St, on 1.595 acres in Gonzales, TX, front-age along US Hwy 183. 1, 2, 3&4 Bed-rooms. All buildings built on concrete slabs, brick veneer siding, metal roof, central heat, Paved Parking Lots and Public Utilities. For information contact: Gonzales Housing Author-ity, 830-672-3419 or [email protected]/1 home. 714 Sey-dler St. Owner Fi-nance. $75,000 or best cash offer. Call Martha, 830-556-2280. Habla Espa-nol.--------------------------511 Williams, Up-dated, 2BR/1BA, central A/C & Heat. Insulated. Wood floors throughout, kitchen & shower hard tile. Nancy, Stobaugh, Realtor, 512-297-8500, Sale or Lease.--------------------------House for Sale/To Be Moved: 3BR/1Ba frame house, pier & beam foundation, central A/H. Buyer responsible for moving house from property, $6,000. 830-857-4172.--------------------------Two story, eleven room home which includes three bed-room, two baths.

Apprx. 2,500 sq. ft. on about an half acre. Corner lot, zoned for residen-t ia l /commercia l . Luling. $150,000. 830-875-6975.--------------------------53.35 Improved Pasture with 3/2 older home, CA/H, on FM 1116. 5 miles from downtown Gonzales. Live Oaks, lots of new fence. After 5 p.m. call 830-437-2955 or 830-857-4242.--------------------------Home For Sale; New Construction; 2 bed/1 bath; 1504 Weimar Street; $74,900; 100% fi-nancing for quali-fied buyers; 830-203-5065.--------------------------House for Sale. 3BR/1 bath or 2 BR and dining room, carport & storage building in back. Phone, 830-203-5181, good bargain.--------------------------3BR/2BA at 1609 Gardien St. 1,400 sq. ft, 2 living areas, lg. fenced yard. $94K. 830-203-1874.--------------------------4BR/1BA, privacy fenced-in yard. 1000 Cuero St., Gonzales. Open lot in front of house, carport. Good con-dition. About 20 yrs. old. $75,000. Call 830-203-0389 for information.

5 Acres or more to lease. For Storage or Oilfield Equip-ment etc. 1 1/2 mile from city limits off 183 S. Call 830-263-4888 for informa-tion.--------------------------6+ Acres at end of Oil Patch Lane. Zoned Commercial for $180,000. Can divide into smaller tracts. Call 210-416-0041.--------------------------Small acreage for sale or lease on US 183 just North of US 90A in Gonzales. Great for oilfield, etc. 830-203-0470.--------------------------Approximately 10 acres for lease in Gonzales. Great for commercial busi-ness. For more info please call 830-203-0470.--------------------------For Sale: 7.3070 Acres w/1973 Doublewide Mo-bile Home. 14 mi. South, FM 1117 in Seguin, TX. Mobile home is in need of repair. New water well. There are two septic tanks on property. Asking $56,000. Call 830-

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Hunting Leases Available. Low in-come deer hunting leases available. 8 stands & 8 feeders. New Braunfels area. Call 512-318-9483.

Looking for Leroy Matocha 33 Vinyl Records. “Time to Dance” and “All Aboard”. Call 979-532-3117.--------------------------Want to buy used

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1633.--------------------------Looking for a good, used 3 wheel bike for adult. Call Paula at 672-3747.--------------------------The Heights of Gon-zales Activity De-partment is looking for a fridge/freezer to hold supplies for event refreshments. If you would like to donate or know of one that is reason-ably priced, contact Gwen Koncaba, 830-672-4530.--------------------------Professional Art-ist needs coastal round bales of hay. Will barter for art-work. Brenda Shan-non, 512-917-4078.--------------------------I want to buy a used shower stall & kitchen cabinets. 830-437-5659--------------------------WANTED: Old, bro-ken and unwanted costume and vin-tage jewelry, chain necklaces/belts and loose beads. I am a crafter who loves beading and mak-ing jewelry, and can’t afford new, full price beads. I will make an offer. I am in Gonzales. Please help me with my hobby. YOUR TRASH IS MY TREA-SURE! Call (512) 227-4040 today.--------------------------Wanted: Heavy duty metal shelv-ing, 6-7 ft. tall, 3-5 ft. long, 12-24 inch-es deep. 832-419-5275.--------------------------Looking for a nice house in or near Gonzales. 940-284-4255.--------------------------Small family owned trucking company looking to lease or purchase 5-15 acres in Gonzales or surrounding area. Prefer w/shop or building. Call 501-589-5097.

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

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--------------------------Artist for Hire. Pet portraits, Land-scapes, Wildlife, Murals and More. Call Brenda at 512-917-4078.--------------------------A/C & Electrical side jobs: New installs, A/C maintenance, Condenser change-outs, Residential & Commercial at affordable prices. Please call David anytime at 830-263-1747.--------------------------Need help with lawn or pool? Please call Gene Kridler at 830-857-1576.--------------------------Mobile Massage is now serving Gonzales & Luling. Specializing in Therapeutic Mas-sage for pain in lower back, neck, knees etc. Also corporate chair massage. 13 years experience. LMT Steve Turner, Lic. # MT021213. Call 8 3 0 - 8 5 7 - 0 2 7 0 . “Let me help get-ting you mobile.”--------------------------Welding, Fabrica-tion & Repair. 830-437-5747.--------------------------

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NIXON — The Nixon-Smiley Mustangs got off to a slow start in the first half Tuesday night, scoring just 16 points against the 28 bagged by the Universal City-Randolph Ro-Hawks, but came roaring back to rally to win, 48-39.

Mustang head coach Carlton McKinney said Nixon finally decided to play the way they usually do in the third frame.

“We have not played at home in a while and we had a couple of guys who were a little under the weather,” he said . “Those kinds of things affected us when

they should not have.””We were not fully ready

to play.”The Ro-hawks were ag-

gressive but Nixon limited their scoring in the second half to remain in the game.

“Randolph attacked us, but the score was never out of control to where we could not come back,” McKinney said.

Behind the scoring of Dominique Williams, the Ro-hawks soared to a 6-0 lead in the first frame.

Nixon did not score until the 2:56 mark of the frame but got a layup and then a three-point basket by Mat-thew Finch.

A bucket from Jared Van Auken closed the gap to 8-7.

Williams ended first-quarter scoring with a jumper.

The teams traded two-point and three-point buckets in the second frame as Randolph held a 21-13 lead and then got two more buckets to go up 25-13 en route to a 28-16 halftime lead.

Randolph went ahead 31-18 early in the third and then Nixon scored 12 straight points, getting plays from Finch, Robbie Mejia and Damian Perez.

The Mustangs rallied for a 33-33 game to start the fourth.

Jaime Moreno got a bucket to give Nixon its first lead at 35-33 and Perez scored again for a 37-33 ad-vantage.

Randolph eventually forged a 39-39 score.

A bucket by Seth Bar-row gave Nixon a 41-39 lead with 3:35 to play and the Mustangs held the Ro-hawks without further points and scored seven points to put the game away.

Nixon-Smiley 48,Universal City-Randolph 39

Randolph 10 18 5 6-39Nixon-Smiley 7 9 17 15-48

Universal City Randolph: Dominique Williams 8 3-5 20, Gage Belyeu 2 0-0 6, Reggie Griffin 2 0-0 5, Tyre Jones 1 0-3 2, OJ Jackson 1 0-0 2, Bryan London 1 0-0 2, Shawn Jackson 1 0-0 2. Totals 16 3-8 39.

Nixon-Smiley:Matthew Finch 4 0-0 9, Seth Barrow 4 1-5 9, Robbie Mejia 4 1-5 9, Jaime Moreno 4 0-0 8, Ian Bryan 2 0-0 6, Damien Perez 2 1-2 5, Jared Van Auken 1 0-0 2. Totals 21 3-14 48.

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Inside powerNixon-Smiley’s Hailey Boatright muscles inside for a layup during first-half action in Tuesday’s contest. (Photo by Mark Lube)

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Making a driveNixon-Smiley’s Damian Perez (5) drives the lane between Randolph defenders during second-half action Tuesday. (Photo by Mark Lube)

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Lady Mustangs cruise to winNIXON —If there is one

thing a coach really likes, it is his or her team ready to play and playing well throughout the entire game.

And having everyone pull their fair share.

The Nixon-Smiley Lady Mustangs were prepared to play against Universal City-Randolph Tuesday evening at the Nixon High School Gymnasium, in an 80-22 win over the Lady Ro-Hawks.

“This was a big win for us,” Nixon head coach Jeff Van Auken said. “The girls came ready to play. They played well for 32 minutes.”

Nearly every player that hit the court for the Lady Mustangs made a mark in the scorebook.

“It was a team effort,” he said. “We had five players score in double figures and everyone made a contribu-tion.”

Nixon opened the game with a 5-2 advantage as Hai-ley Boatright connected on

the first basket and Kelby Henderson made a triple af-ter Randolph tied the game on a jumper by Courtney Perry.

A bucket by Alena Alva-rez put N-S ahead 7-4.

The Lady Ro-hawks then got four straight points, on the bucket by Tessa Luna and two free throws by Tay-lor Cummings.

The Lady Mustangs then closed out the frame on 13-0 run, getting five points from Megan Guerra on a triple and a two-point shot as well as points from Boatright, Henderson and Savannah Martinez.

Abigail Scarbrough got two baskets early in the sec-ond to help boost Nixon to a 25-8 lead.

The teams then scored seven each from that point with Scarbrough scoring three and Alvarez getting two points for Nixon.

In the third box, Ran-dolph got the score to with-in 36-17 before the Lady Mustangs pulled away with 16 straight points.

Nixon went on a 24-3

blowout in the fourth to seal the deal with 10 points from Boatright and six from Martinez.

Nixon-Smiley 80,Universal City-Randolph 22

Randolph 8 7 4 3—22Nixon-Smiley 20 14 22 24—80

Universal City-Randolph:Courtney Perry 5 1-6 11, Makaila Stone 2 0-0 4,

Micaela Chenailk 1 0-2 2, Tessa Luna 1 0-0 2, Taylor Cummings 0 2-2 2, Jas-mine Mills 0 1-6 1, Alisha Allen 0 0-1 0. Totals 9 4-16 22.

Nixon:Hailey Boatright 6 4-9 16, Me-gan Guerra 5 0-2 12, Alena Alvarez 4 3-6 11, Kelby Henderson 4 0-0 10, Sa-vannah Martinez 5 0-0 10, Abigail Scar-brough 4 1-2 9, Jazmin Erskin 2 1-4 5, Jennifer Flores 2 0-0 4, D’Laine Palacio 0 2-2 2, Jordan Newman 0 1-2 1. Totals 32 12-27 80.

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HALLETTSVILLE — The Flatonia Bulldogs took advantage of free lunch Wednesday morn-ing against the Gonzales Apaches in both teams’ opening game of the Hal-lettsville Tournament.

They made their free throws in 66-31 win over the Apaches.

“We usually do not make a good percentage of our free throws,” Fla-tonia head coach Bryan Zimmerman said. “We pushed the ball well and were extremely patient in this game.”

Gonzales bagged 31 to-tal points but had almost as many turnovers.

“It is hard to win when you score 31 points but have 28 turnovers in a game,” said Apaches head coach Jason Tucker.

Flatonia forged an 18-11 advantage at the end of the first eight minutes of the game.

The ‘Dogs used a 17-10 run in the second box for a 35-21 lead at the half-time break.

Gonzlaes struggled on the scoreboard in the third period, as they re-corded just four points. Flatonia had better for-tune, sinking 20 points.

The Runnin’ Apaches stepped up in the fourth quarter, bagging six points but the ‘Dogs scored 11 points.

Tanner Davis and Chris Garcia dropped in five points each for the Gon-zales Apaches while Zane Ponder led the ‘Dogs with 15 total points.

St. Joseph 46, Shiner 31The Shiner Comanches

boys basketball has not practiced a lot in the last several weeks.

And that was mani-fested Wednesday in the Hallettsville tournament as they faced a very solid Victoria St. Jopseh Flyers, falling 46-31.

“We did not play all that well against a great St. Jo-seph team. They have a lot of size and hurt us in the rebounding. St. Jo-seph moved the ball very well.” Shiner head coach Wendell Boner said. “We have not practiced a lot recently and had a six-day break for Christmas, so we are getting back into the swing of things.”

He said that what he wants out of the Coman-ches is improvement in each game, regardless of the end result.

“We are a work in prog-

ress now” Boner said. “And we just want to get better as a team, win or lose.”

Behind two free throws and a three by Trevion Flowers, off the feed from Evel Jones, Shiner took an early 5-2 lead. The Flyers then went on a 7-0 run on shots by Dean Vanek and Cody Janak, and a three-point bucket by Luke Wenske.

The Comanches tied the game 9-9 after Lucian Blaschke grabbed a steal and scored but St. Joe scored at the end to lead 11-9.

Shiner opened the sec-ond with a triple from Jones off the pass from Blaschke to go on top 12-11.

The Flyers then went on a 8-1 run to end the frame and a 19-13 halftime ad-vantage.

Shiner started the third quarter with a 5-2 run as Jones hit a layuip and a triple, with Matt Pohler and Blaschke getting as-sists. Patrick Sohrt and Wenske hit triples to help give St. Joseph a 28-18 advantage. The Flyers later went ahead 34-20 as Vanek hit some short jumpers.

Shiner fought back with Pohler and Jones combin-ing to go 3-for-4 from the free-throw line and Jones making a bucket to close down to 34-25 at the end of the third.

St. Joseph had half a dozen players score points in the fourth quarter to close out the game with a 12-6 run.

Later in the day, the Co-manches dropped a close 48-45 decision to Goliad. Flowers led Shiner with 16 points and Pohler scored 14 points. Jones sank six points; Blaschke chipped in six points and Cole Strauss finished with four points.

The Tigers led 10-7 af-ter the first quarter, but a 11-6 run by the Coman-ches in the second gave them an 18-16 margin at halftime. Goliad scored 18 of 29 third-frame points to retake the lead 34-29.

Shiner outscored the Tigers 16-14 in the final eight minutes but could not pull off the rally.

Ganado 38, Yoakum 31Trailing 13-1 at the end

of the first quarter, the Ganado Indians were in a little bit of a hole against the Yoakum Bulldogs.

The Indians woke up and outscored Yoakum 17-8 in the second quarter to trail 21-18 at the break

and then held Yoakum to one point in the third frame while scoring 12 points for a 30-22 lead.

The Bulldogs fought back in the fourth quarter with nine of the 17 points but Ganado held on for the 38-31 victory.

Yoakum grabbed con-trol early as TJ Hights made a layup, Joe Mireles drained an early three and Hights convered a three-point play for an 8-0 ad-vantage. Heath Kristek later made a pair of bas-kets to give the ‘Dogs a 13-1 lead, with Ganado’s point coming on the free throw by Clay Vesely.

The Indians opened the second frame with a 10-4 run as Cameron Smith hit a triple, Miguel Marin made two buckets and Ka-leb Leal sank a three.

A bucket from Mireles and free throw by Chase Hermes put Yoakum ahead 17-11 until the In-dians tied the game on a 7- 0 run.

Yoakum went ahead 21-18 at halftime as Hights assisted on a late Blake McCracken three-point basket.

Ganado opened the third with a 6-0 run and never looked back, lead-ing 30-22 to start the fourth. The Indians went ahead 34-24 in the fourth and Yoakum battled back with a layup from Tre Hights and Troy DeWeese went coast-to-coast after grabbing a defensive re-bound.

Later, a Mireles bas-ket brought Yoakum to within 34-30 and Ganado closed out the game with a 4-1 run.

Gonzales 47,E. Bernard 37

The Gonzales Apaches did a better of job of se-curing the basketball in a 47-37 win over East Ber-nard Wednesday night.

“We only had about 16 turnovers,” head coach Jason Tucker said. “We

improved on ball security and were more patient on offense.

The Apaches got started on the scoreboard right off the bat as Cameron Smith scored after an of-fensive reboound, Donald Cartwright grabbed a de-fensive board and later fed Victor Melgar for a score. Cartwright later turned a steal into a layup and Gonzales led 6-0.

After East Bernard reg-istered a triple to cut the lead to 6-3. Gonzales went up 10-5 with Smith scor-ing after the pass from Chris Garcia, then Cart-wright made a layup after a pass from Tanner Davis.

Davis later scored after he got the ball from Jared Smith for a 12-5 Gonzales lead. Morgan Martinez and Justin Cook got buck-ets to give the Apaches a 16-7 lead at the end of the first frame.

In the second quarter, the Brahmas were award-ed several trips to the free-throw line and made 5-of-9 to close down to 22-16.

Cartwright took a pass from Davis near the end of the quarter and scored to give Gonzales a 24-16 halftime lead.

Early in the third, Mel-gar sank a triple to in-crease the Gonzales cush-ion to 29-18.

East Bernard battled back with five straight points, and then the teams traded short-range shots. Cook scored late to give Gonzales a 33-25 margin to start the fourth.

Two baskets by Smith gave Gonzales a 39-30 lead and they closed out the game with an 8-7 run.

Shiner 89,Hallettsville JV 59

Nearly every Shiner player got to see action Thursday morning in a 89-54 win over the Hal-lettsville JV squad.

“We improved in this game and we shot the ball

well,” Shiner coach Wen-dell Boner said. “Every-one got to play including reserves. That is impor-tant for everyone to get some playing time be-cause it can old sitting on the bench all the time.”

He did not like the fact that the Comanches spot-ted the JV Brahmas 54 points.

“Defense needs to be improved. It is ri-diculous to give up 50 points,”Boner said.

The Shiner players ap-peared to be having a great time on the court which he said is impor-tant to do.

“You have go to have some fun when you play,” Boner said. “We have played a tough schedule up to this point and to get this win boosts our mo-rale.”

The Comanches blitzed out to 32-16 lead after the first quarter of action with Matt Pohler pac-ing the Comanches with 20 points netted in the first eight minutes. Lu-cian Blaschle scored four points; Derek Duke and Kris Patek bagged three points each and Evel Jones finished with two points. For the JV Brah-mas Daylan Soto bagged nine points.

Hallettsville rebound-ed a little in the second quarter, sinking 14 points with Jordan Silgero put-ting down five points. For Shiner, Pohler finished the frame with seven points, Jones chipped in eight points and Duke scored two points as Shin-er led 49-30 at the break.

Shiner held a 19-14 scoring advantage in the third frame with Duke leading the Comanches with six points. Soto had six points for the Brah-mas.

Shiner went on a 21-10 run in the fourth stanza to close out the game.

Fayetteville 55,Yoakum 37

The Yoakum Bulldogs are in a little bit of slump lately. They fell to Fayette-ville 55-37 on Thursday.

“We are going to have to go back to the draw-ing board,” Bulldog head coach Myke Ortiz said. “We are not playing very well lately. We need to be more intense because picking up your intensity can solve about half your problems.”

The Lions jumped out to a 8-0 lead in the first frame as Brett Robe and

Logan Stoelkh converted long-range shots.

The Bulldogs closed down to 9-4 as Blake Mc-Cracken drove inside the paint and scored on a la-yup after a pass from TJ Hights and Fred Thomp-son assisted on a Hights bucket.

Fayetteville then ended the frame on a 13-4 run.

In the second quarter, Heath Kristek, Thompson and Chase Hermes con-verted some free throws and Tre Hights scored af-ter a steal to close down to 32-16, and both squads exchanged a basket to end the first half, with the Li-ons ahead 34-18.

Fayetteville opened the third quarter with an 8-3 run and the ‘Dogs coun-tered with a 6-2 run to trail 44-27 at the end of three quarters.

The Lions sealed the victory with 11 of 21 points in the fourth quar-ter

Smithville 58, Gonzales 40With the assistance of

Gonzales turnovers and some missed free throws, the Tigers of Smithville defeated Gonzales 58-40 Thursday afternoon.

“We had 16 first-half turnovers and around 10 in the second half,” Apaches head coach Jason Tucker said. “That has been the story for most of the season. We missed around 13 or 14 free throws in this game.”

The Tigers opened the game with 6-0 lead, and the Apaches closed down to 6-4 on baskets by Tan-ner Davis and Donald Cartwright.

Smithville got a triple and three free throws from Khalil McCathecn to lead 12-4 , enroute to a 14-7 window after the first quarter.

Smithville opened the second box with two bas-kets, and Gonzales came back with a steal and la-yup from Cartwright, fol-lowed by a steal from An-thony Sullivan who then fed Cartwright for anoth-er bucket and bringing the Apaches to within 18-11.

A little later, Smithville used 1 9-2 run to pull away 29-15 at halftime.

Gonzales scored 10 of 19 points in the third stanza to trim the Smith-ville lead to 38-25.

The Tigers closed out the game with a 20-15 scoring advantage in the last eight minutes of the game.

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Local squads tangle in tournament actionHallettsville Tournament Roundup

Tourney actionYoakum’s Fred Thompson (12) uses an alley-oop move to try a layup during action against Fayette-ville (above), while Gonzales’ Don Cartwright (3) gets high to score on East Bernard. (Photos by Mark Lube)

Tournament hoopsShiner’s Lucian Blaschke (22) drives for a layup dur-ing action against St. Joseph (above). At right, Gon-zales’ Morgan Martinez dribbles out of trouble after encountering the Flatonia zone defense. (Photos by Mark Lube)

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