Gonzales Cannon June 7 Issue

Motorists on Sarah De-Witt Drive might want to pay special attention to the speed-limit signs in the coming days — because they’re about to change.

And expect an even greater volume of traffic at a key intersection.

Gonzales City Council on Tuesday approved an ordinance adopting rec-ommendations from the state highway department to lower the speed limit on

part of Highway 90-Alter-nate from 45 mph to 35. The slower speed area will run from Highway 183 east to Tinsley Creek, or the Texas, Gonzales Northern railway crossing.

City Manager Allen Barnes told the council that TxDOT had made the rec-ommendation for the slow-er speeds based on traffic and accident patterns in the area following installation of a stop light at the Sarah DeWitt/Church St. inter-

It was a bittersweet mo-ment Tuesday when Bobby O’Neal gaveled his final meeting of the Gonzales City Council into order. A short time later, for the first time in nearly two decades, someone else wore the title “Mayor of Gonzales.”

O’Neal stepped aside Tuesday after 18 years on the Council, 16 of those as Mayor, turning the gavel over to newly-elected May-or Bobby Logan. He said he leaves public office with many good memories and

a record of progress.“Just dealing with peo-

ple,” he said, was his fond-est memory. “I like deal-ing with people. Whether it was TxDOT, the county people, the city staff, the

citizens, I always felt com-fortable working with people. You feel good when projects go well.”

During a reception in his honor preceding the council meeting Tuesday,

O’Neal said he was most proud of two projects the city realized during his ten-ure.

“I think JB Wells (Arena) was probably one of the big things,” he said. “It will

be here for a long time to come. And it’s still grow-ing.”

The other highlight, he said, was bringing Gonza-les into the 21st Century.

“When I came on as may-

or, we had like 100 streets that hadn’t been paved,” he said. “Now they’re all paved. We got that done.”

O’Neal said that being in the spotlight often made

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A warm sendoffOutgoing Mayor Bobby O’Neal accepts a handshake from incoming mayor Bobby Logan as Logan presents him with a proclamation naming Tuesday “Bobby O’Neal Day” in Gon-zales in honor of O’Neal’s 18 years of service to the city. (Photo by Dave Mundy)

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Surprise!TJHRA finalist has unexpected homecoming reunion with Dad

A surprise reunionDavid Thomas was excited to climb into the arena Thursday to greet his daugh-ter, Savanna, after more than a year overseas, exchanging a fatherly buss with his TJHRA finalist. (Photos courtesy Jennings Rodeo Photography)The Thomas family — Calvin, Donna, Savanna and David. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Savannah Thomas had just gotten a no-time in the girls breakaway roping in the Thursday night perfor-mance, missing her calf in the Texas Junior High Ro-deo State finals.

She had absolutely no clue that a big surprise was waiting for her that would make her forget that disap-pointment.

David Thomas of Don-

nie, Texas had just flown halfway around the world and wanted to surprise his daughter, Savanna, at the rodeo.

Following her run, an-nouncer David Rankin made it known to the young cowgirl that a long-absent family member was in the arena, waiting for her.

Savanna was about to

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A two-vehicle acci-dent claimed the life of an area man Sunday af-ternoon in western Gon-zales County.

Thomas Andrew How-ard, 21 of Seguin, died on impact when the 2012 Toyota Tundra he was driving collided with a 2012 Ford F-350.

According to reports from the Texas Depart-

ment of Public Safety, at approximately 3:56 p.m. Howard was traveling westbound on FM 466 when he ran through a stop sign and broadsid-ed the F-350 driven by Justin Lee Kirkland, 32 of Marshall. Howard was not wearing a seatbelt.

Kirkland was travel-ing southbound on Hwy. 80 carrying a passenger, Herman Anderson, 40 of Shreveport, La. Both men, who are in the area

working on an oilfield, were airlifted from the scene to University Hos-pital.

Kirkland suffered sig-nificant but not life-threatening injuries, while Anderson’s inju-ries were described as being minor.

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Thought for the Day

“It is pleasant, when the winds are dashing the seas about, to watch from the shore thestruggles ofanother.”

Lucretius,Roman Poet

June 7, 1876On this day in 1876, construction began on what was to be-

come a permanent major military installation in northeast San Antonio. Citizens had long desired to secure a permanent mili-tary post. Over the years the army had leased many small areas of the city, most notably the Alamo and a plot where the Gunter Hotel now stands. A formal proposal made in 1870 was met with political opposition from Secretary of War Belknap. After his resignation in 1876 a contract for construction was let to the Ed-ward Braden Construction Company. The quadrangular fort with only one entry gate was completed in 1878. In 1890 the post was designated Fort Sam Houston. Since that time Fort Sam Houston has grown to an installation of several thousand acres with hun-dreds of permanent structures. In 2000 it was host to many of the United States Army’s major commands.

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The Gonzales Youth Center was the scene of a break-in late Saturday night. The center’s director, Pat Anders-Ryan, said it ap-peared that the transgres-sors kicked in the kitchen door to gain entry.

“They took some com-puters and a few other things,” she said. “It looks like they went through rooms opening cabinet doors like they were look-ing for money. They even

left the freezer door open, which defrosted all of the food.”

The worst of the damage was done when the intrud-ers sprayed fire extinguish-ers around the building as an attempt to cover their tracks.

“The clean up is going to be monumental,” said Anders-Ryan. “Serve Pro estimated that it’s going to take two weeks to remove the powder from every nook and cranny, surface and air. It is not an easy or cheap process.”

Anders-Ryan said she is hoping the center can re-open on Monday, June 18.

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versely affected by the ac-tions of a few that bothers me the most,” she said. “We are looking at alternatives, but don’t have a plan as of yet. I feel certain that the culprits will be caught and they will be charged and prosecuted.”

The scheduled trip for Seguin to go to ZDT will still take place on Tuesday, June 12 since it is an off-site activity.

If you have any informa-tion regarding the burglary, contact the Gonzales Po-lice Department at 830-672-8686, Anders-Ryan at 830-857-3483 or leave a message on the center’s voicemail at 830-672-7664.

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The attorney for a man sentenced last week disagreed with the light in which his cli-ent was cast.

Lowell Kendall, an attor-ney based in San Antonio, contacted The Cannon to inform us that referring to James Morris Minear as a “convicted child molester” was inaccurate. Minear was called such in an article that ran in the May 31 issue of The Cannon, which reported that Minear received a sentence of four years of deferred adjudi-

cation and an $800 fine from District Judge W.C. Kirken-dall after being indicted on a charge of indecency with a child through sexual contact.

“Deferred adjudication is a special probation where the judge accepts a plea and defers a finding of guilt,” Kendall said. “It is not a con-viction. He got four years of probation which means if he finishes up without incident, then the case is dismissed.”

Minear was arrested as a result of Gonzales police be-ing called to investigate a re-port of sexual assault on July 29, 2008. Minear had been

alleged to attack two female victims, ages 15 and 17 at the time.

Kendall contends that there was no actual attack and the information The Cannon received regarding the case history was “mis-leading.”

“There was no attack or any allegation of an attack,” he said. “Even though the initial charge was indecen-cy with a child, Mr. Minear did not plead to any sex crime. He does not have to register as a sex offender because the case he pled to was not sexual in nature.”

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Seguin man dies in accidentBy CEDRIC IGLEHART

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A woman was able to emerge virtually unscathed after a scary single vehicle accident on Sunday night.

At approximately 8:57 p.m., a 1993 blue Toyota Four Runner was travel-ing on I-10 near Harwood when the vehicle blew out two tires. DPS Trooper Chad Fritz said both tires were on the left side and the front one blew out first.

The vehicle veered onto the shoulder and the driv-er, Raquel Diane Madison

of Houston, was unable to gain control. The car went into a ditch and spun around clockwise. Due to the tires being flat, the rims dug into the ground and the vehicle flipped an esti-mated 10 times, according to a witness’ statement.

After coming to rest, the car then caught on fire. The driver managed to crawl out of the flaming wreckage and was taken to Memo-rial Hospital in Gonzales, where she was treated for minor injuries.

Engine 35 from the Gon-zales Fire Department ar-rived to extinguish the fire.

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Woman escapes injuryin rollover accident

Gonzales Police Department Report from May 31-June 5

May 31Arrested Miguel Vasquez, 29

Of Gonzales, Charged With As-sault Family Violence At 2400 Blk Church St.

Reported Assault At 1100 Blk St. Peter St.

Reported Terroristic Threat At 100 Blk Middle Buster Road.

Reported Theft At 600 Blk St. Matthew St. Property Recovered And Returned To Owner Case Will Be Forwarded To County At-torney’s Office For Charges To Be Filed.

Jonathon Keith Cleveland, 33 Of Gonzales, Arrested And Charged With Possession Of Drug Paraphernalia and Veronica Cleveland, 48 Of Gonzales, Ar-rested And Charged With Inter-

ferring With Public Duties And Resisting At 500 Blk St. Andrew St.

June 1Reported Forgery And Assault

At 900 Blk St. Joseph St.Reported Theft At 2100 Blk

Water St.Reported Burglary Motor Ve-

hicle At 2100 Blk Water St.June 2Steven Brookes Pekar, 21 Of

Gonzales, Arrested And Charged With Possession Of Marijuana And Possession Of Drug Para-phernalia At 400 Blk Sarah De-witt Dr.

Dennis Wayne Smith, 49 Of Gonzales, Arrested And Charged With Assault Family Violence At 1900 Blk Benton St.

June 3Reported Telephone Harass-

ment At 1700 Blk Waco St.June 4John Paul Casares, 34 Of Gon-

zales, Arrested And Charged With Possession Of Controlled Substance At 1400 Blk Dallas St.

Reported Burglary Motor Ve-hicle At 200 Blk St. George St.

Reported Assault At 200 Blk Qualls St.

Reported Burglary Habitation At 1900 Blk Zint St.

Dustin Dwayne Hastings, 22 Of Gonzales, Arrested And Charged With Possession Of Mar-ijuana At 500 Blk Cone St.

June 5Reported Hit And Run Acci-

dent At 400 Blk St. Lawrence St.13-Year Old Female Issued

Citation To Appear In City Court Charged With Disruption Of Class At 400 Blk College St.

Gonzales County Sheriff’s Of-fice report for May 27-June 2:

05/29/12Faulks, Cody Shawn, 12/1968,

Aztec, NM. Public Intoxication. Requires $315.00 Fine. Released on Pay Plan.

Owens, Ashley Nicole, 12/1987, San Antonio. Local Warrant – Pos-session of a Dangerous Drug. Released on Time Served. Local Warrant – Driving while License Invalid. Released on Time Served.

Compton, Rebecca Ann, 08/1970, Luling. Local Warrant – Theft of Property >$500 <$1,500. Requires $5,000 Bond. Caldwell County Warrant – Possession of a Controlled Substance no in PG in

a Drug Free Zone. Requires $7,500 Bond. Remains in Custody.

Munoz-Urbina, Hector, 06/1985, Nixon. Local Warrant – Assault Family/Household Mem-ber with Previous Conviction. Released on $5,000 Bond. Local Warrant – Theft of Property >$20 <$500 by Check. Released on $500 Bond.

05/31/12Walleck, Cody Lane, 10/1992,

Gonzales. Local Warrant – Bur-glary of a Building. Requires $7,500 Bond. Local Warrant – Theft of Firearm. Requires $7,500 Bond. Remains in Custody.

06/02/12Ramos, Frank, 07/1971, Univer-

sal City.Commitment/Sentence – In-

toxicated Manslaughter with Ve-hicle. Remains in Custody.

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

GCSO 06DPS 09GPD 13WPD 01NPD 00Constable 00DWCSO 00DEA 00TPW 01GCAI 00Total 30

DeWitt County Sheriff’s Of-fice Report from May 24-31

May 24Arrested Derrique Arm-

strong, 23, of Maud, Violation of Probation / Forgery of a Finan-cial Instrument, No Bond, DCSO

Arrested Aaron Burks, 30, of Victoria, Speeding Over the Limit 1-10 MPH, Fine of $309.80, Driving While License Invalid, Fine of $453.70, Failure to Appear on Speeding, Fine of $509.60, Failure to Appear on Driving While License Invalid, Fine of $509.60, CPD

Arrested Cristobal Lopez Lo-pez, 48, of Rio Grande City, Il-legal Entry, No Bond, Yorktown PD

Arrested Mark Alan McDon-ald, 20, of Victoria, VOP / Poss. of CS PG 1 < 1G, Bond of $20,000, Capias Pro Fine / Poss. of Drug Paraphernalia, Fine of $548.60, DCSO

Arrested Brooke Leigh Saun-ders, 21, of Victoria, Theft by Check 50-500 by Check, Bond of $1,000, DCSO

Arrested Eric Bryce Lozano, 22, of Grandsberry, Driving While License Invalid, Bond of $1,000, DCSO

Arrested Roger Gonzales, 40, of Cuero, Capias Pro Fine / Speed, Fine of $301, Capias Pro Fine / Failure to Appear on Speed, Fine of $442, Cuero PD

May 25Arrested Melissa Ann Gamez,

34, of Cuero, Capias Pro Fine / Driving While License Invalid, Fine of $423.80, Capias Pro Fine / Possession of Drug

Paraphernalia, Fine of $486.20, CPD

Arrested Drew Vincent Musachia, 20, of Cuero, Viola-tion of Probation / Possession Controlled Substance PG 1 >=4G<200G, Bond of $30,000, DCSO

Arrested Jesse Teodore Ga-mez Jr., 35, of Cuero, Violation of Probation / Manufacture De-livery Controlled Substance PG 1 >=1G<4G, Bond of $20,000, Cuero PD

Arrested James Randall Me-jias, 21, of Cuero, Disorderly Conduct (Fighting), Fine of $339, CPD

Arrested Steven Joshua Me-jias, 20, of Cuero, Disorderly Conduct (Fighting), Fine of $339, CPD

Arrested Eric Anthony Za-pata, 25, of Cuero, Resist Ar-rest Search or Transport, Bond of $2,000, Disorderly Conduct (Fighting), Fine of $339, CPD

Arrested Frank Amos Taylor, 30, of Cuero, Disorderly Con-duct (Fighting), Fine of $339, CPD

May 26Arrested Christopher Lee

Johnson, 26, of Cuero, Driving While License Invalid, Bond of $1,000, CPD

Arrested Cash Emmitt Ray Howell, 27, of Lenaph, OK, Pos-session of Marijuana < 2oz, Bond of $1,000, DPS

Arrested Brandon Taylor Rowe, 19, of Lyles, TN, Posses-sion of Marijuana < 2oz, Bond of $1,000, DPS

Arrested Donald Jacob Rowe, 21, of Lyles,TN, Possession of Marijuana < 2oz, Bond of $1,000, DPS

Arrested Vaughn Saunders, 17, of Yorktown, Burglary of Building x 3, Bond of $5,000 Each, Possession of Marijuana <2oz Drug Free Zone, Bond of $2,000, Yorktown PD

Arrested Peter Muniz, 17, of Yorktown, Burglary of Building x 6, Bond of $5,000 Each, York-town PD

May 27Arrested Steven Robert Mal-

donado, 20, of Cuero, Capias Pro

Fine / No Expired Vehicle Regis-tration, Fine of $367.24, Capias Pro Fine / No Expired Vehicle Registration, Fine of $367.24, Capias Pro Fine / Speeding 11 / 15 Over Limit, Fine of $317.24, Capias Pro Fine / Television Re-ceiver Improperly Located, Fine of $414.50, Cuero PD

May 28Arrested Alejandro Morales

Flores, 37, of Cuero, Public In-toxication, Fine of $364.00, Cu-ero PD

May 30Arrested Anna Agnes Sierra,

46 of Cuero, Hinder Apprehen-sion or Prosecution Known Felon, Bond of $5,000, Cuero PD

Arrested Steve Stanley Mejias Jr., 43, of Cuero, Parole Violation, No Bond, Cuero PD

Arrested Andres Mancha Carmona, 23, of Cuero, Capias Pro Fine / Speeding 26/30 Over Speed Limit, Fine of $211.00, Cuero PD

Arrested Cole Allen Ben-nett, 23, of Victoria, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Fine of $422.00, Fail to Appear/Posses-sion of Drug Paraphernalia, Fine of $392.00, DCSO

The CannonThursday, June 7, 2012 Page A3

Area woman charged with identity theft

Waelder Council sets policyon social networking, media

New GPD officerGonzales has a new police officer. During Tuesday’s City Council meeting, new Mayor Bobby Logan (left) swore in new officer Matthew Cowan. (Photo by Dave Mundy)

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1. Set up/Start time is 9-11 a.m. You can start cooking as soon as you check in. 2. Entry fee is $15 per team/per entry. Deadline to enter is MONDAY, JULY 2 by 4 p.m. at

The Gonzales Cannon, 672-7100 or call Dorothy Voigt, 254-931-5712. 3. ALL entries turned in the day of the event will be $20 per team/per entry. 4. You must cook at least 2 lbs. of beans. Pre-cooked beans are NOT allowed. Pre-soaked beans

in water is acceptable. Meat can be pre-seasoned. 5. You must furnish your own supplies. 6. Cash Prizes will be given for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place

in each category. 7. All entries must be turned in at the registration table by the head cook. 8. Times for turn in are 2:30 p.m. for Beans, 3 p.m. for Ribs, 3:30 p.m. for Chicken, and 4 p.m.

for Brisket. 9. Winners will be announced as soon as the judges are finished. 10. Each team is responsible for cleaning up their area. Please pick up ALL trash around your area. 11. Gonzales Main Street is NOT responsible for THEFT, DAMAGES or ACCIDENTS.

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WAELDER — Revisions to the city’s Personnel Manual were among the topics discussed during Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Waelder City Coun-cil.

City attorney Angela Beck presented new poli-cies to the council con-cerning employees’ use of social networking and guidelines for media rela-tions.

Under the new policy, City employees are re-stricted and not autho-rized to speak on behalf of

the City through any so-cial networking site, such as Facebook. They cannot speak about personnel is-sues unless authorized nor can they create blogs or so-cial networking sites.

“If they identify them-selves as employees of the City of Waelder, I think it’s a good idea to require em-ployees to put a disclaimer saying their site or blog has nothing to do with the City,” said Beck.

In regards to media re-lations, employees are not authorized to talk to the press unless the council says they can. The mayor is recognized as the City’s principal spokesperson, but members of the coun-cil will still be allowed to independently talk to the media.

“You are all elected and have an obligation to your constituents, and this

policy recognizes that,” Beck said. “This specifi-cally states that you all are not prohibited from giving your views on issues. The only thing I would caution is that you not talk about personnel matters to the media.”

In other business, the council:

• Agreed to sell the Po-lice Department House. The move was made in or-der to help meet the needs for housing in Waelder. A property appraisal and sur-vey must first be conducted to ensure the lot size and easement requirements.

• Agreed to discontinue construction of the side-walk on the south side of Hwy. 90 West.

• Administered the Oath of Office to newly-appoint-ed councilwoman Peggy Blackmon.

Longtime Noon Lions HonoredTwo members of the Gonzales Noon Lions Club, Lion Gary Gage (left) and Lion John Davis, were both rec-ognized as 30-year members and were presented certificates and pins from Lions International. Dur-ing the business part of the meeting, it was reported that the club took in just over $3,800 on its recently held Pulled Pork sandwich meal. After expenses of approximately $1,500, the club transmitted just over $2,300 to the Gonzales Leo Club as a payment on the Sun Shade Project at Gonzales High School. (Courtesy photo)

By CEDRIC IGLEHART

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Waelder ISD sees improved scoresWAELDER — The Board

of Trustees of the Waelder Independent School Dis-trict met in a special ses-sion on Monday.

The board received some good news in the form of

improved TAKS scores from the district’s 10th and 11th grade students.

Of the 25 total students in those two grades, 100 percent of them passed the English and Social Studies portion of the test. Addi-tionally, 88 percent passed the Science portion and 76

percent passed the Math portion.

Of all the students that took the test district-wide: 96 percent passed English, 93 percent passed Social Studies, 82 percent passed Math and 71 percent passed Science.

In another agenda item,

the board re-elected Dora Noyola and JoAnn Ibarra as the board president and secretary, respectively.

The board also grant-ed superintendent Mark Weisner the ability to hire certified teachers through August 1 without board approval.

By CEDRIC IGLEHART

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WAELDER — An area woman has been captured by the Waelder Police Depart-ment and is now facing charg-es of identity theft.

Waelder Police Chief Jim Taylor reported that his de-

partment arrested Marta Zuniga-Garcia, 26 of Waelder, Tuesday night for fraudulent use or possession of identify-ing information. The crime is a State Jail felony.

Zuniga-Garcia, who is al-leged to have used another person’s identity for several months in order to gain em-

ployment at a local plant, was released from the Gonzales County Jail after posting a $1,000 cash bond.

Taylor reported another ar-rest in connection with a fight that took place last week at the Waelder City Park.

Myron Williams, 20 of Waelder, was arrested and

charged with assault causing bodily injury. He is still in cus-tody in lieu of a $2,000 bond.

The Waelder Police have also issued an arrest warrant for Francisco Alvarado of Waelder.

The warrant alleges Al-varado committed at least one act of indecency with a child through sexual contact. He was arrested a month ago for sexual assault of a child and is out after being released from jail on a $75,000 surety bond.

Taylor said the cases in-volve two different female victims.

Marta Zuniga-Garcia Myron WilliamsFrancisco Alvarado

By CEDRIC IGLEHART

[email protected]

With the primaries are over, President Obama and his liberal supporters will start launching more vicious political and per-sonal attacks on Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. As they begin their criticisms, voters should see the connec-tion between Obama and local liberals in city halls, the county courthouses, the state legislatures, and the school administrative offices. Voters should remember these lo-cal liberals either grow-upto become big money spending liberals in DC, or they support big spending liberals in DC.

Voters should remember that Obama, supported by local liberals, wants to hum-ble our nation across world by implying that the lack of economic and political progress in the world is America’s fault. They should remember how he has apolo-gized to foreign countries as if our national success and exceptionalism is bad.

The American voters should remem-ber how Obama and his liberal supporters have condemned capitalism and individ-ual freedoms in favor of a “nanny” state. Obama and liberals prefer a system that accepts mediocrity, steals personal aspira-tion and opportunity, and punishes those who strive to succeed. Apparently, this ap-proach by liberals plays into their plans to destroy the idea of American exceptional-ism.

Texas voters, where the oil industry is so important, should remember that when Obama was inaugurated, gasoline was averaging $1.79/gallon. Today that price is $3.59, a 100.6% increase. Rather than keep the U.S. energy industry strong, and by definition the economy, Obama and his liberals wants to push “green” projects which are not cost effective. Furthermore, the EPA has overregulated the coal and oil industries to the point of impeding growth and production.

Without strong energy production, the entire economy has slowed. Voters should remember that since Obama and his lib-eral friends have been in power, unem-ployment has jumped from 31,983,716 to 43,200,878, a 35.1% jump. Long term un-

employment has soared to 146.2% from 2,600,000 to 6,400,000.

As unemployment figures have grown so has poverty. American citizens living in poverty have risen 9.5% from 39,800,000 to 43,600,000, and the number of un-employed has jumped almost 25% from 11,616,000 to 14,485,000 as of August 31, 2011. The number of unemployed blacks has grown from 12.6% at the end of George Bush’s term to 15.8% today, a 25.4% in-crease. Hispanic unemployment has grown from 10.8% to 13.6%.

And finally, voter should remember that our national debt is up from $10.6 trillion to $16 trillion in three years of Obama’s presidency. Obama and his liberal sup-porters feel that government has all the answers for society.

It seems Obama and liberals want to overpower the American economy with regulations, while they overwhelm so-ciety with unemployment and liberal social policies such as the HHS contra-ceptive mandate. Once the economy is slowed or stalled, and poverty is ram-pant, Obama’s government programs “come to the rescue”, and create more public dependence on the government rather than one self.

Now that the primaries are over, the vot-ers must connect the dots between Obama and his liberal supporters at the state, county and municipal levels. Only by de-feating liberals at the grassroots level and in DC, can we regain our nation. Voters should remember in November.

There are a lot of folks who like to say that if you don’t vote, you’ve got no right to complain about the results.

I beg to differ. Why bother to vote when everything has already been decided, and your vote wouldn’t have mattered?

I didn’t vote in last week’s party primaries — primarily because I’m not a member of either of the two major parties, although I cer-tainly have a lot of allies among the Republicans and certainly tend to lean that direction on a lot of issues.

I have in the past voted in the GOP primary — which put me on a lot of mailing lists this elec-tion cycle — but I can’t say I’m a card-carrying Republican. In light of Tuesday’s results, I feel that’s probably wise.

Texas Republicans put Mitt Romney “over the top” in del-egates with Tuesday’s vote. Rah-rah! I say that most facetiously.

By the time the Department of Justice allowed Texans a say in

the matter after all its unconsti-tutional meddling this spring, the Republican presidential nomina-tion was a foregone conclusion. All of the candidates except Rom-ney had already publicly conced-ed — even Ron Paul.

I daresay, given a statewide turnout of less than 10 percent, that I was not alone in not car-ing to vote in a race which was already decided. A lot of inde-pendents apparently stayed away from the polls Tuesday.

Thanks to the way the mod-ern news media portrays these things, voters are herded toward pre-determined results. The Re-

publican Party’s Old Guard de-cided months ago that Romney was the heir apparent, and that it was important to show a “uni-fied” party.

Sorry guys, you’re not gonna get unity from me.

Mitt Romney is not a man I would otherwise support (nei-ther is Ron Paul, by the way, for other reasons). He is middle-of-the-road on most issues, and is most assuredly another advocate of More Big Government.

That’s executive authority we don’t need more of.

Sure, if I want Barack Obama out of the Oval Office, I now have a choice in Mitt Romney — a Republican big-government advocate as opposed to a Demo-cratic one. The over-reaching fed-eralism we are complaining about Obama exercising these days was put into place by Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush.

More lamentably for Texas, a lot of Republican Old Guard

types rode Romney’s coattails Tuesday by taking advantage of the fact that independents and reformists stayed away from the polls.

The most chilling example was the primary victory by “RINO” Joe Straus over Matt Beebe. There is no “Republican” politician in this state who embraces smaller-government ideals less than Joe Straus ... yet voters out in District 121 gave him a 2-1 margin of vic-tory over his challenger, Tea Party favorite Matt Beebe.

Straus has continually blocked Republican limited-government efforts in the Texas House, aided and abetted by his ally Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, yet Straus eas-ily won and Dewhurst nearly claimed the nomination for the U.S. Senate without a runoff.

What in the world were you people thinking?

The fact that the presidential nomination was a moot point ap-peared to keep a lot of Tea Par-tiers, libertarian-minded Repub-

licans and others away from the polls all around the state. A slew of Republicans-In-Name-Only like Straus who should have been defeated turned back challenges from the Tea Party, libertarian-minded Republicans, even Texas Nationalists — because most of those groups stayed away from the polls.

I think there’s a message the Old Guard might want to notice. If you’re promoting a candidate we don’t care for, we’re going to lodge our protest by not voting.

Unless the Old Guard changes Romney’s political philosophy in a big, big hurry, there are going to be a lot of folks who would nor-mally choose a Republican can-didate over a tyrant like Barack Obama who are simply going to go fishing on Nov. 6.

The Republican Party, as we now know it, isn’t going to sur-vive this election cycle.

Speaking for my fellow inde-pendents: we are tired of voting for the lesser of two evils.

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Joe Biden is performing a public service, God love him. Out on the stump, he renders the case for Presi-dent Barack Obama’s re-election in all its populist crudity.

No dulcet tones. No faux sophistica-tion. No charm. C’mon, man! There’s no time for that when Mitt Romney is descending on America promising to commit the most heinous acts in the history of vampire capitalism.

The Obama re-election campaign must make Romney, a mild-man-nered man with a sterling business record and a center-right record as Massachusetts governor, into a fiend-ish apparition too risky to entrust with the highest office in the land. That entails over-the-top attacks de-livered with a cocksure shameless-ness and little regard for nuance or truth. Vice President Biden reporting for duty, sir!

Biden’s willingness to say anything makes him the ideal attack dog. If the Obama team didn’t have Joe Biden, it would have to invent someone as hy-perbolic and overeager.

Vice President Biden may make many mistakes, but insufficient dem-agoguery will never be one of them. In a speech at a manufacturing fa-cility in Ohio, he said that at Bain “Romney made sure the guys on top got to play by a separate set of rules, he ran massive debts, and the middle class lost.” Then, he moved in for the kill: “So what do you think he’ll do as president?” Q.E.D.

The likes of Biden never explain what they would have preferred to happen to the troubled businesses that attracted the attention of Bain. Simply go out of business without any attempt at a turnaround? Even Biden stipulates that he has no problem, as a general proposition, with private equity. If so, he shouldn’t be shocked that some acquisitions turn out better than others.

Of course, Biden can’t help but lend an air of ridiculousness to whatever

he touches. At the same Ohio cam-paign stop, he declaimed that “they” (rich Romney supporters) don’t un-derstand “us” (the struggling working class), before shouting about his par-ents dreaming that one day he could become vice president. Such Biden moments tend to provoke hilarity followed by concern -- i.e., once the chuckling stops, one wonders, “Is he unwell?”

Biden subsequently explained -- if that’s the right word -- that “I get tired of being called ‘Middle Class Joe,’ like that somehow I’m just Joe and I don’t dream. C’mon, man.” Where to start? No one calls Biden “Middle Class Joe,” except maybe his press flacks under extreme duress. And salt-of-the earth people don’t usually refer to themselves in the third person. Biden was first elected to the Senate in 1972. After soaking up the working-class ethos of that deliberative body for 36 years, he decamped to the Na-val Observatory as vice president of the United States.

If Barack Obama circa 2004 had known that his political fate would eventually be tied to a longtime sena-tor famous for buffoonish outbursts, he might have reconsidered the au-dacity of hope. With an unpopular record and a disappointing recovery, the president needs every hatchet man he can get. So the battle cry has gone out, “Unleash Biden!” Hide the women and children.

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No good man even became suddenly rich.— Syrus

I’m sure you know an acquaintance or two, maybe even a dozen or more, that’s always bemoaning the fact that the world owes him or them a GIVING.

And there in a taphouse for thirst, after downing four or five, they’ll always beer up under misfortune. Drooling over what should have happened, but didn’t, some-where down the road along the way.

“If only” is as common in their vocab-ulary as a curse word is to a tacky-and-pulpy idjit.

“If only I would have listened…” “If only I would’ve bought…” “If only I would’ve thought…” and so forth.

At the other end of the spectrum are those that claim of wealth. But don’t pos-sess it. Nowhere near as flush as they feel. The real pretenders of a balanced check-book.

Making believe that a few ones, a ten-cent piece and a number of nickels and dimes jangling around in the jeans tally up to at least $175 after a few 5 o’clock rounds.

A couple of those types come to mind. Back in the early 19 and 60s, where I was reared in Falls County, there was a little grocery store, gas station, beer joint com-bination enterprise that was the center of social activity for the small community of

1,400 souls.Fellow that ran the place was gas pump-

er, beertender, pacifier of family spats, banker, and what is termed in earthy tones, as a “damn good man.” One of the reasons he was often referred to as a “damn good man” is because he’d lend and an ear and a dollar to a total stranger.

One customer wasn’t a stranger. That was Tully. A hard worker of the fields when he worked. Perhaps his pay would amount to a check summing up to $35 for 50 to 60 hours a week under the sun working in the field along the Brazos River bottom.

On Saturdays he’d situate his ownself there on a stool in the place. Where Tully would cash his check and ritualistically order a couple of packs of Pall Malls and bottles of Jax at 12-ounce intervals.

By dusk, Tully’s roll would be gone. And Tully would be too.

What Tully would do while filling up his craw would be to corner up a fellow that would cock an ear in the direction of his conversation. Tully would tell whoever would listen that he didn’t have a thing to his name. Exceptin’ the shirt on his back and the willpower to toil the fields. Cotton or corn. Didn’t make him no never mind.

But on the fourth beer he’d admit to having a little change in the First National Bank. And on the seventh bottle, nursing what some would term an artificial high, Tully would claim to have a trust fund in the Planters National vault.

By the ninth beer, well, he’d be com-plaining about not being able to plow for ol’ man Garrett come Monday. Be mut-tering something about having to drive 34 miles down to Rockdale to do some “bankin’ bizness.”

About this time Tully would have had enough in his belly to be told as much.

That’s when, as the sun was setting, he’d humble himself and ask the “damn good man” there pulling the caps on the Pearls and Lone Stars and Pabsts if he could have $5 ‘til next Saturday. He’d leave with a pic-ture of Lincoln in pocket.

Also a fellow comes to mind that was a recent graduate of good ol’ Rosebud High. Had a senior ring signifying that he’d re-ceived his degree in nineteen and sixty-one.

This fellow opted out of going the col-

lege route. Moved right in on the financial state of well-being by journeying to Hous-ton, getting a job at a petroleum plant in Pasadena, and marrying a 16-year-old sophomore.

You could learn as much about his happiness on a Friday night homecom-ing. He’d come into the combination beer joint-grocery store-gas station and tell the “damn good man” to set up the house, consisting of only three customers at the time (the rest of the townsfolk were at the Rosebud-Cameron football game).

There in his yesteryear letter jacket, he’d inform the congregated, “Yep, been do-ing real good. Was promoted to second in charge of the night crew. Pulling in $2.15 an hour. Thinking about buying our own trailer house in a couple of months.”

He sure would seem happy. Content with his lot in life. Until Sunday, when it was time to tank up the ’58 Ford and head back to Harris County. That’s when he would have to signal the “damn good man” to come out the back door.

So he could borrow $50 to make it home and through the week.

And that’s the way it went for some of the big spenders of the day.

Down the road, well, if any of us decide to quit. Makes no difference. Regardless of your cash flow, we all have enough to live the rest of our lives. If we die tomorrow.

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Dear Editor,Once again, I am con-

fused to the point of anger at the shortcomings of our judicial system. Another child molester - excuse me, indecency with a child isn’t sexual in nature, accord-ing to his lawyer- is freed to walk the streets with no record or mark, while the abused wonder where is justice.

That’s a good question. If I were a lawyer, or a judge, perhaps I’d understand. But I’m not. Instead I see men and, sadly, women often freed to come and go, while young girls are still trying to cope with the physical, spiritual, and emotional violations of an adult action.

These young victims, of both genders, have had their childhoods and ado-lescence, their innocence, ripped from them. Their belief and trust in those who should have protected them, shattered. Thrust into the dirtiest side of an adult world, now having to heal, having to relearn what love and beauty and trust are.

After gathering the cour-age and determination to see that this doesn’t happen to another by: making an outcry, telling their story, sitting in court, preparing for court and seeing the perpetrator, having to re-live the nightmare, faced with always raw emotions; they trust in a legal system

to defend and punish injus-tice. Yet this is seemingly a system flawed by loopholes, rhetoric, charge reductions or anything else that results in light sentencing. The exploited have to wonder why? Where is justice?

May we all take care, good care, of the young and the old and the in-between in our lives. And shame on those arrogant and selfish who betray them.

Darwina GaytanGonzales

Lavaca citizensawait solutionDear Editor,

More than three months after the huge public out-cry at a Lavaca Hospital District (LHD) meeting to address the letting go of Dr. Powell and other urgent matters between the public and the district, citizens are still waiting for the promised answers and resolutions from the LHD.

A written request was submitted to LHD Ad-ministrator, James Vanek, on April 26 asking this be included on the May 21 meeting agenda: “Re-port to the community on what investigations have been done since the public outcry meeting regarding the identified gaps between the board and the director which resulted in Dr. Powell’s

departure from the Dis-trict”. No response was received either confirm-ing or explaining denial of the request, including after a May 10 follow-up written request asking about its status. This is a disappointingly prime ex-ample of how this district disrespects the public.

The May 21 LHD board meeting was well attended by interested citizens, hos-pital staff, and contrac-tors; however, there was not a single copy of the agenda available for the public to view and follow along with at this meet-ing. During this meeting, the newly elected board members took their oath and signed their letters of confidentiality. The Vice Chairman, Baiba Puste-jovsky, then made an at-tempt of welcoming them, but her reference to stop-ping the “vitriol” printed in the paper about the district killed any effort—the statement exemplified the attitude of the board toward the public.

As already and histori-cally practiced by many other local government agencies in the county, immediate changes the LHD board must make are: 1) require Mr. Vanek respond to all public re-quests; 2) Make the item, “Public Comments,” a standard agenda item for every meeting; and 3) ter-minate the requirement

of the public to send ad-vance notice to Mr. Vanek any public comments they plan to say at the next up-coming meeting.

The public will not al-low this board to switch its “auto pilot” button back on. Instead of con-tinuing to be combative with the public, we hope it decides to start working with the public to ensure a more effective district…and the first thing to do is to be accountable by re-sponding with promised answers and resolution addressed by the public a few months ago.

Marie DayChair, Lavaca CountyTaxpayers, Inc.Shiner

Cemetery cleanupeffort succeedingDear Editor:

Below is an email I re-ceived from Laura Bruns, who I met a few months ago when I was painting the sign at the entrance to the Gonzales City Cemetery, located in the 1100 Block of College Street, and she was visiting the cemetery from out of town. She asked to be informed of the next Cemetery Clean-up day but because she couldn’t at-tend, she sent the following message:

“Jo Ann,Just wanted to take a

minutes and thank you for all the work you and the other citizens of Gonzales have gone to to give the City Cemetery the respect and attention it deserves. I went through Gonzales the week-end after your clean-up and was so pleased it brought tears to my eyes. I talked to my brother, Jason, and he sent me some money to give to your group to help out a small way with some ex-penses. I went by Bob Bur-chard’s office and saw him out front. .......I gave him a check for $150.00 made out to the Historical Soci-ety with a comment stating that it was to be intended for use with the cemeteries.

........ It wasn’t a lot of mon-ey, but maybe it can help. Thank you from the bot-tom of my heart for working toward such a wonderful goal. Thanks for all of us who have loved ones buried there. Your work is most appreciated. Please stay in contact and let me know if you have other needs.

Love, Laura and Jason Bruns, Children of Robert and Elvera Bruns”.

To date, Mr. Editor, $550.00 is available to pur-chase more work on some of the tombstones in the Gonzales City Cemetery, by Joe Solansky and his employees, owner of Capi-tol Monuments in Gonza-les.

When this amount to-tals $1,000, Joe will begin further work.

If you wish to contribute to helping to beautify the Gonzales City Cemetery further, please send your check to: Joe Solansky, Capitol Monuments, 5233 N. U.S. 183, Gonzales, TX, 72869, Telephone: 830-672-7929 to talk to Joe or Natalie

Please note on your check: For work on tomb-stones, Gonzales City Cemetery, and if you like, add “In Memory of ” or “In Honor of ”.

It is important how we treat our dead and if we do it by beautifying the Gon-zales City Cemetery, which represents the City of Gon-zales but isn’t totally main-tained by it so it is up to us to help care for it, not only will the families ol these dead, civilian and military alike, be blessed but so will visitors who come from many places in this world to the City of Gonzales as well as those of us who live here.

Many of you have al-ready contributed in many ways for many years to making this cemetery what it is today and I would like to say a special “thank you” to you for the present beau-ty of this cemetery.

Jo Ann LiefesteGonzales

We need to raisetaxes, not cut!Dear Editor,

While the TEA Party continues to play into the hands of Wall Street bankers and billionaires with delusions of gran-deur, the U.S. economy is once again swirling around the drain.

If House Speaker John Boehner is successful in his oft-stated goal of making President Obama a one-term president, we can all look forward to further austerity mea-sures which will put the economy into a tailspin the likes of which haven’t been seen since Herbert Hoover was President.

Many Americans were in desperate shape even prior to the Great De-pression and once it struck their ranks only grew. Our parents and grandparents often went hungry sometimes for days on end. What is usu-ally glossed over in histo-ry classes in this country is that there was quite a bit of civil unrest in this country in the early part of the 20th century with labor strikes and govern-ment troops used by the corporate bosses to break those strikes often using deadly violence.

We’ve already seen pre-cursors to such heavy handed tactics in places like New York and the University of California at Davis where police pepper sprayed peaceful protestors who were sit-ting on the ground. What the Koch brothers and the Walton family seem to have forgotten is that in this age of improvised explosive devices when people have nothing left to lose they are willing to take measures that they would never have risked with just a little food on their tables and a roof over their heads.

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SURPRISE: Rodeo finals serve asbackdrop for father-daughter reunion

Retiring Gonzales Mayor Bobby O’Neal said he’d like to spend more time riding his Har-ley-Davidson motorcycle, so the gift of a leather vest from the city was a welcome one (top). O’Neal also said he hopes to spend more time with his family, including grandson Hunter Nething, daughter Jenna and son-in-law David Nething. (Photos by Dave Mundy)

O’NEAL: Steps down after 18 years

section adjacent to the new H-E-B store.That intersection is likely to see even

more traffic. During Tuesday’s meeting, the council also approved a preliminary plat of a 23-acre tract across Church St. from the H-E-B as the location of a new Walmart store.

The property will be subdivided into three parcels, one of which would contain the new retailer. Walmart has not yet pub-licly announced that a new store is on the way.

The meeting was the first for the coun-cil with a new mayor and new District 4 councilman. Bobby Logan was sworn in as mayor, while Clarence Opiela took over the District 4 seat.

Council rejected a proposal by the Gon-zales Economic Development Corp. for the creation of a new part-time administrative position to assist GEDC executive director Carolyn Gibson Baros.

Councilman Gary Schroeder said he couldn’t back the proposal based on feed-back from constituents.

“I know things are getting busier in the city, but what I’m hearing from people and

th ee-mails I’m getting are telling me that if we need to spend money in the city we need to spend it on lawnmowers and fix-ing streets,” he said. “It’s nothing personal. I just can’t go along with this.”

Opiela’s motion to approve the request failed by a 4-1 vote.

In other action Tuesday, the Council:• Appointed Schroeder as Mayor Pro-

Tem;• Approved official logos for the city for

use on stationery and other city-related business;

• Approved the final plat of the Lou’s Gardens subdivision, 46 homes planned in the area just east of Seydler st.;

• Approved the subdivision of another property to enable the owner to build a home on the property;

• Awarded a bid to Smith Contracting for sewer line replacement on Highway 90A;

• Approved the closure of St. George St. for the grand opening of GVTC’s new re-tail center the evening of June 20;

• Received reports form the Planning & Zoning Commission, the South Side Neighborhood Watch and an update on the Gonzales Veterans War Memorial.

him a target for criticism over the last 18 years, but he accepted that.

“You’re always going to have some people that don’t agree with you,” he said. “What you have to realize is, most of the time they’re in a small minority. You work with them as best you can, but you have to accept that you can’t please everyone all the time.”

O’Neal said the city is headed down the right path of measured growth, although he wishes he could have presided over a pet project during his term.

“I would have liked to see us get a conven-tion center,” he said. “This city needs a place that will hold 500-1,000 people. It could still happen, though.”

He said he is thrilled by recent develop-ment, such as the new H-E-B store and the planned new Walmart. Council approved a preliminary plat for a new Walmart on Tuesday.

“Seeing them go from the little stores they were when we started to now, we’re on the right path,” he said.

O’Neal was “recruited” to run for City Council 18 years ago by then-city manager E.B. Gibson.

“I had borrowed some documents from

him for my job with GVEC and when I returned them he asked if I knew anybody that would run for District 4,” O’Neal said. “I said I’d consider it.”

Two years later, retiring Mayor Jack Finch caught up with O’Nelal as he was preparing to file for re-election — and talked him into running for the big chair.

“I didn’t know that I had any specific goals in mind when I came on other than to be fair to the people of Gonzales,” he said.

An avid gospel musician, O’Neal said he plans to spend more time playing mu-sic and working with his church, as well as enjoying his grandchildren.

And his Harley.The city gifted the outgoing mayor with

a leather motorcycle vest during the swear-ing-in ceremonies Tuesday, and the vest will feature a patch with the new City of Gonzales logo on the back.

“I want to ride my motorcycle more,” he quipped. “I have a 2003 Harley-Davidson, I’ve just never had enough time to ride it much.”

O’Neal said he feels blessed by the expe-riences he’s accumulated with the city.

“I truly depend on God for everything I do,” he said. “I feel blessed.”

exit the arena floor when Rankin called out to her over the arena public-ad-dress system.

“This might make you feel better, your dad just flew in from Iraq,” he said.

Savannah turned and saw her dad come over the railing, and father and daughter embraced.

David, who was work-ing in the Middle East as a civilian contractor for the Department of Defense, made arrangements to trav-el halfway across the world to surprise Savanna at the rodeo.

He flew into San Anto-nio International Airport on Thursday afternoon, following around 20 hours of travel (including stops and layovers) from Iraq to Texas.

David was at the arena to surprise his daughter mere hours after deplaning in San Antonio.

Savanna was glad David had decided to spend al-most a day in airports and on airplanes to come to her rodeo.

“I was very happy to see him,” Savanna said. “I was a little scared at first when the announcer called my name, was not sure what was going to happen.”

Savanna said she was tearful.

“About the only time I cry is when I see my dad.”

David’s wife, Donna said she did not know for sure David would be coming

in until she found out she needed to pick him from the airport.

“I did know about two days before that there would be the possibility David would be coming,” Donna said.

She said several wom-en at the rodeo helped in bringing David to Gonzales in time to see his daughter.

“Vanessa Halford of Ste-phenville was the person who told the announcer David would be coming,” Donna said.

After Donna brought him to St. James Bed and Break-fast where the family was staying, David had to find a place to ‘hide’ so Savan-nah would not see him as she prepared to go out to the arena for her performance.

“I had to wait on the kids to leave so I could get changed from the 15 plus hours of flying,” David said.

When he got to the are-na, David snuck in, got lost in the crowd and sat in the top row of bleachers.

“Savanna’s brother, Cal-vin, helped distract her by helping her get ready for her event,” David said.

Savanna was leaving the arena after her event when the announcer called to her over the PA system to let her know her father was present.

At that point, David stood up and walked down the bleachers to the railing and jumped over onto the arena floor to embrace his daughter.

“Everybody in the arena

was crying,” David said. “It was great for me because I had not seen Savanna in a long time.”

In the past, David was usually present at Savanna’s rodeos.

This time, because of his work schedule overseas, it was a little different.

“Savanna was a little up-set when she found out Da-vid could not likely attend the finals,” Donna said.

David said he had hardly seen his daughter in the last 12 months or so, and the one time he was able to come home, he came down with an illness.

He said he was going to be able to come home but it was not supposed to be for a couple of more weeks.

“I talked to my supervi-sor about going to the US to see my daughter in the rodeo and he let me leave,” David said.“I was able to pull it off and fly here with-out Savanna knowing it.”

“It was neat David was able to make it to the finals,” Donna said.

David said he was also in the process of starting a new job and that helped allow him to return to the USA in time to see Savan-na’s rodeo.

Donna thanked Ann and J.R. Covert, owners St. James Bed and Breakfast for helping her keep David hidden from Savanna un-til the rodeo performance, and thanked the junior high rodeo association for their assistance in the re-union.

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Bobby O’Neal stepped down Tuesday after 18 years on Gonzales City Council, 16 of those years as mayor. During a reception in his honor, new mayor Bobby Logan and former mayor Jack Finch — joined O’Neal in a pose of the city’s three most recent mayors. (Photos by Dave Mundy)


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

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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

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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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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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Remember that the Men’s Brotherhood will have their congregational Fund Rais-er dinner in July to raise money for scholarships to be given to the graduating seniors. I heard that BBQ chicken is on the menu with all the trimmings.

Please lift the following people up in your prayers: Crystal Boyd, Rose Ri-vera, Joe Kotwig, Lisa Ro-driguez, Christian, Diana Garcia, Terry Bowman, Bill and Marie Lott, Doris and Alvin Hewell; “Sarge” Dunkin; Louise Jones, Katy West, Aunt Georgie Gandre; Danny and Joyce Schellenberg, Mildred O’Neal, Doug Walshak, Selma Vickers, Gene Rob-inson, Susie Dolezal, Keith Glass, Joyce and Jack Black, Teresa Wilke, Sandi Gan-dre, Rev A. C. and Evelyn Newman, Aunt Betty Gan-dre, Linda Nesloney, Ma-rie Schauer, Esther Linde-mann, Buster Lindemann, Anna Lindemann, Tony Black, Lanny Baker, Ed Boyd; Case Martin; Shirley Dozier, Matt and Betty Lou, the family of Marilyn Price and remember our military and their families, and Now I think that we might add a prayer for rain. Things are getting a little dry.

As an added note I was told that Keith Glass has been moved to either Aus-tin or Houston to receive a different sort of care. Hope-fully he will respond better to it. I pray he does. I know that it is a real strain on his family to want to see some more recovery in the right direction.

Yes, I think that we had better watch out for the copperhead snakes and scorpions. They appear to be prevalent this year at the house on the hill. Tony and Dena have killed way too many big scorpions. How-ever, this last week they killed two big copperhead snakes. They both were in the bird bath. I guess it provided a cool place with water and maybe a food source. (I will have to look

up what they like to eat.). One was 14 inches long and one was 18 inches long. Copperheads are just as dangerous or maybe more dangerous than rattle-snakes. They give you no warning whatsoever and blend perfectly with the color of the soil most of the time.

Happy Birthday to Mr. Allen over at Tiger Tote No. 8 on June 1st. Happy Birth-day to David Pruett, Lu Ann Benedict Norton, and Glen Soefje on June 8th. I am so glad that Glen and Kathryn got over to visit me yesterday. Kathryn is doing so well.

I celebrated my birthday on June 3rd. They let me out of my “prison” for a couple of hours on my birthday. So I chose to go eat at the Belmont Social Club with some of my friends. Lola and Wade Wilson came to help me celebrate as well as Dena and Tony Black. Dena brought me the most beautiful red rose from the rose bush that I had asked them to plant in the place outside the kitchen window in the exact spot where my mother had a beautiful red rose. That rose died and my daddy replanted it the last year of his life but that one died also. Due to their ten-der care and lots of water, this one is doing great and had a beautiful red rose. They also brought me a dish filled with the beauti-ful passion flowers. My dar-ling sweet husband bought me a cake and wrote Happy Birthday Sandi on it all by himself. That was so sweet. I had wished several more of my friends could have attended but it didn’t work out that way. Lola and Wade gave me a very, very, sweet card that I will keep forever. I was so glad to see James and Ellen Wundt at the BSC. I was also glad to see my waitress Lit’l San-dra, Dale Riverkamp, and Fauna, and Gene Robin-son, and several others who were working as well as several who were eating.

Kathleen Allen and Sean came to see me after I got back to Warm Springs and brought me two of the prettiest cards and a pretty pair of shorts and capris along with a little extra to go shopping with. Paw Paw Allen sent me some of that delicious chocolate turtle candy. Thanks Pastor Paul for your special visit. I think he was killing two

birds with one stone. He was also going to visit Pop Wundt over at Hillcrest Nursing Home while he was in Luling.

I was given a special treat when Jimmy Kelly came to visit me one day and talked to me quite a bit. He was telling me that he was go-ing back over to Belmont to eat and that they were hav-ing a special of rib eye steak sandwich. He also reported that Courtney was now cooking two days a week. So I told him that maybe I would like to try out her cooking in a sort of kidding manner. I have to thank Katie and Belmont Social Club and Courtney for fix-ing me the most delicious rib eye steak sandwich and a big container of potato salad. Thanks so much to Jimmy for bringing it to me. It couldn’t have been a better day because I did not like my lunch that day.

Goodness, I hear that Buster Lindemann is hav-ing a hard time keeping enough blood in his sys-tem. He got some transfu-sions in San Antonio, and then after he arrived at The Heights he was taken to Memorial Hospital to receive some more blood transfusions.

I do not know who had the wreck at Hwy 80 and FM 466 last Sunday after noon, but it was a bad accident. Two were airlifted to San Antonio. The two pickups were re-ally bashed in the front and in the sides. It was thought that there was a passenger in one of the pickups but I am not cer-tain of that. Please be so very careful at that inter-section. That stop sign on either side of FM 466 can creep up on you before you know it and people traveling on Hwy. 80 are flying down that highway at least 70 miles an hour with no thought about someone pulling out in front of them. We need to say some extra prayers for them.

While I was out and about Sunday I got to visit my little puppies for just a bit. That Munchie stood at the fence and looked at that pickup really hard for just a minute and then he gave a big happy bark. He knew I was in that passenger seat. There was no fooling that little dog. When I left I told them that I was just going to be gone a few more days, and they listened so intently. I swear that they under-stood every word I said. Somehow there is just no replacement for the Mama.

Have a good week. God Bless.

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Miss Staznie Addison Molina, age 10, has been chosen as a State Finalist in the National American Miss Texas Pageant to be

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The winner of the pag-eant will receive a $1,000 cash award, the official crown and banner, a bou-quet of roses, and air trans-portation to compete in the national pageant at Disney-land® in California. Pag-eants are held for girls ages four to eighteen, in five age groups.

The National American Miss pageants are dedicat-ed to celebrating America’s greatness and encourag-ing its future leaders. Each year, the pageant awards thousands in scholarships and prizes to recognize and assist in the development of young women nationwide. All activities are age-appro-priate and family-oriented.

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The May 29th meeting of the Auxiliary of Memorial Hospital was held in the din-ing room of the hospital at 2:00 p.m. with 20 members in attendance.

Door prizes were won by Irene Oakes, Kathleen Cad-dell, Dorothy Klapuch and Kennon Brunkenhoefer.

1st Vice- Pres, Lydia Rice gave the report of hours worked by members and awarded a 100 hours to Kath-leen Caddell.

Treas. Leona Zella gave her report showing a loss for the month due to replacing of inventory for the gift shop and vending machines as well

as State Sales tax having to be paid.

Bernice Helderson report-ed sending three cards for the month and Cecelia William-son stated three memorials had been received in April.

Betty Fink gave the Schol-arship Committees report and recommended awarding 2 scholarships in the amount of $3,000.00 each be given. The recommendation was passed unanimously.

Special projects chairman, Dorothy Klapuch, presented a list of equipment needed and requested by the nursing staff. The group voted to purchase the digital wheelchair scale at a cost of $3,225.81, the vital signs monitor for $2,777.18 and a Vena Scope Bundle costing $199.00.

The Care Committee Chairman, Peggy Baros re-ported tray favors had been furnished for patients and Mother’s Day and Memorial Day.

Betty Fink, nominating Committee Chairman pre-sented the slate of officers for the coming year which was ac-cepted by acclamation. Those elected were: Pres. – Barbara Koricanek; 1st Vice-Pres, Bet-ty Fink; 2nd Vice-Pres, Nonis Gibson; Treas. – Leona Zella, Sec. – Carol DuBose; Parlia-mentary – Lois Willmann; Reporter – Kathleen Caddell.

These officers will be in-stalled at the June 26th lun-cheon meeting.

Mammographydrawing winnerA drawing was held and all patients that received a mammography last year were entered in a drawing to win a dozen roses and a choice of a one hour mas-sage or facial. The winner was Elaine Gillar pictured above with Charles Harvey, Radiology Director and Kristy Garcia, Mammography Technician. Elaine was awarded a dozen roses and a one hour facial. (Cour-tesy Photo)

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The Gonzales Economic Development Corp. board of directors on Monday took a preliminary look at a new hotel project and got an update on one already being developed — but pulled the plug on endors-ing an “official GEDC map” of the county.

GEDC executive director Carolyn Gibson Baros told the board the map project was the result of a misun-derstanding, and there had never been any intention of producing a tourism map in competition with the one put out by the Gonza-les Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture.

Baros said that after see-ing a local map put out by the Cuero Record for that community’s economic de-velopment board, she won-dered if Gonzales might consider a similar project. She approached Brenda Adams, the publisher of the Gonzales Inquirer, and said they had some preliminary discussions about the proj-ect before she left for a trip to Las Vegas.

“I went to Las Vegas, and when I came back I found out there was this e-mail going around about the ‘official GEDC map,’” she said. “I can’t endorse a map that requires board action. I apologized to Brenda if there was some misunder-standing ... it got a little convoluted in that I didn’t have authority to endorse it.”

Barbara Hand, executive director of the Chamber of Commerce, told the board the Chamber’s map is put out by a company called Texas Trails, which furnish-es the chamber office with as many copies as it needs.

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ber does,” Baros added. “I would never have gone be-hind Barbara Hand’s back. We would want to make sure that Chamber mem-bers were not targeted (for advertising on the map).”

The Inquirer published a front-page story suggest-ing the map project was endorsed by the GEDC, which raised concern among several of the direc-tors. E-mails from sales-men for that publication suggested the map was the “official” map endorsed by the GEDC and targeted several businesses which currently advertise on the Chamber’s map.

“I think we need to get our name off that map,” said GEDC chairman Na-than Neuse.

“The paper needs to print a retraction,” added direc-tor Hector Porras.

“If there’s some public backlash against the EDC, we need to ask for a re-traction,” added director Clint Hille. “The paper was putting the cart before the horse. We have no quality control over that map.”

“We have no contract, nothing in writing,” Baros said. “All we had was a dis-cussion. No permission was given becuase I don’t have the right to say this is the ‘official’ map.”

The board then took no action on a resolution to authorize the map.

The GEDC board ac-cepted a grant application from WinBin Ventures, LLC, which seeks to devel-op the Gonzales Microtel hotel development. Win-Bin is seeking $500,000 in forgiveable loans and long-term low-interest loans.

The Microtel would in-clude 52 rooms with an at-tached restaurant. The hotel itself would provide 15 full-time jobs, with more once

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Baros also gave the board an update on another proj-ect, partly to dispel rumors that a “man camp” was be-ing developed near the site of the current Gonzales Youth Center.

Developer Pat Johnson has proposed “My Town Cottages,” eight cottage-style structures designed to cater to those making lengthier temporary stays in the city. The cottages would “look like doll hous-es,” Baros said, and would include both one- and two-bedroom styles.

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Underground water from northern Gonzales County is the target of a $60-70 million project to supply the needs of the growing I-35 corridor, the Gonzales Economic Develop-ment Corp. board of directors was told Monday.

Mark Janay of Texas Water Alliance gave the board an over-view of the project, with pre-liminary plans to drill 13 wells on 40,000 acres of land leased in the northern part of the county to access the Carrizo Aquifer. Janay said the company’s plan is to pump some 13,000 acre-feet of water a year, primarily to the Canyon Lake area.

“We began contracting with landowners in 2008 through the Gonzales-Carrizo Manage-ment Inc. for approximately 40,000 acres,” Janay said. “There are upwards of 30-40,000 new homes expected in the next sev-eral years in the area primarily west of New Braunfels.”

Janay said TWA has submit-ted applications to the Gonza-les County Underground Water Conservation District, and that once those permits gain final approval, the project would take about two years to build out. In addition to the well sites in Gonzales County, a pipeline would be constructed from the Harwood area to the Canyon Lake area.

When complete, the project

would generate $1-2 million a year in property taxes, Janay said. Some 15-20 jobs would be involved during construc-tion, with several other person-nel hired once the facilities are complete.

GEDC directors James Ryan and Jim Logan asked Janay how TWA’s project could affect the draw-down of water levels of Carrizo aquifer wells in other areas of the county. Janay ex-plained that because of the San Marcos Arch, a geological for-mation, drawdown from the northern part of the county is unlikely to have much effect on other areas of the county, par-ticularly the southern part of the county where several other water developments are already

in place.The company’s website at

texaswateralliance.com, in an overview of the project, notes that “It is our belief that there is a vast quantity of water stored in the Carrizo Aquifer under Gonzales County, and that it can be utilized in the quantities requested without depleting the water supply under the property of anyone in Gonzales County. We base our belief on studies by the State of Texas as well as our own assessments. The (un-derground water) district in Gonzales County has the final say on water production. It has rules in place that will reduce the use of water under the ap-plied for permits if experience proves our belief to be in error.”

Janay said that TWA views its role as water “harvesting” rath-er than “mining,” because “we don’t want to use the resource up.”

“There are about 38 million acre-feet of water in all the lakes in Texas combined,” he said. “Geologists and hydrologists es-timate there are 60 million acre-feet of water just in the Carrizo Aquifer in Gonzales County.”

Janay said the project can also supply needs in Gonzales County, and TWA has already had preliminary discussions with the Gonzales County Wa-ter Supply Corp.

“A lot of development in Gon-zales county is not occurring because the water supply is not there,” he said.


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annual Come and Take It festival, and also approved $3,000 for promoter Bo Davis to advertise the Gonzales Pro Bull Riding event July 7.

The grant to the chamber came over an objection from Porras, who said he questions the areas targeted by the advertising the chamber plans to do for the event — primarily the Austin market.

“I don’t agree with a lot of this ad-vertising,” he said. “I’d like to see the

economic impact before we give that out. I think our money would be bet-ter spent on places closer to Gonza-les.”

Porras made a motion to keep the chamber’s funding at last year’s level — $3,000 — but that motion failed by a 5-1 vote.

Chamber board member Crissy O’Neal said the Austin market is tar-geted because the festival’s emphasis on entertainment is better received in that market.

“We’re doing our advertising where

a lot of our artists are coming from,” she said.

“Come and Take It’s our flagship event,” director James Ryan noted.

A second motion by Ryan to in-crease funding to $4,000 was passed 5-1, with porras opposed.

The money for the PBR event was also increased, although Davis told the board his advertising focus would be on the market to the south — ranching country in the Victoria market.

“That’s where our market is,” he said.

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All the State Jr. High Rodeo contestants have packed up their gear and left the J. B. Wells Park, af-ter a successful week-long event. The park is lonely looking now, but it won’t last long as the Youth Ro-deo Association will be holding their finals there June 18-23, so make plans to come and watch those kids compete.

Kotzebue Drug Store closed its doors the last of the month, after having been in business in that location since 1960. C. A. Burchard began work on a brick structure at that site in May of 1888. At first, the second floor was used by the Knights of Pythias as a lodge room, but later in its life it became the long-time office of Dr. Stahl. The space in back was used for many years by optometrist Dr. Heberle, while Clarence Traeger ran his pharmacy out of the front space.

Somewhere between 1934 and 1936, Alfred Spohler purchased Trae-ger’s pharmacy business and renamed it Spohler’s Drug Store. Buddy Kotze-bue purchased the entire building from the Bur-chard family in 1960, also purchasing the pharmacy business and his children have run it since his retire-ment. It’s always sad to see a home-grown business close, but we wish the fam-ily well with their future plans and we look forward to the building’s next life.

The First Friday Coffee was hosted by ServPro of Gonzales and Guadalupe

Counties at Victoria Col-lege – Gonzales Center last Friday.

Don’t forget the first Thursday Country Music Show at the Lynn Theatre. Tickets are $6 each from the chamber office or at the door. The June 7th show will feature Dottie Jack and Winston O’Neal. The show is held on the first Thursday of each month with differ-ent artists featured.

The First Friday Music series kicked off on June 1 with Texas Jamm Band. If you missed it, you’ve got time to get in on the next four musical evenings. This Friday the Central Texas Sounds will be playing, so bring your lawn chair down, pick your spot early and enjoy a night on the square in downtown Gon-zales. Vendors open at 6 p.m. and the music starts at 7 p.m.

The Pilgrim Country Opry will be held June 9 with a barbecued-brisket meal from 5 to 6:30 p.m. for $6. The Pilgrim Heirs Band will play at 7 p.m. at $4 each, joined by special guests John Hannson, Terri O’Neal and Terrell O’Neal. For show information call Cal Taylor at 830-545-8499.

Two lifelong friends and business associates, Dennis Stryk and Mark Hybner, have partnered to become the new management at the historic Swiss Alp Dance Hall located on

US highway 77 between Schulen-burg and La Grange.

Hybner of Shiner has worked in the Texas dancehall circuit since 1972.

He founded the Emotions in 1976 and performed on stage with the band until 1992.

During that time, Hybner per-formed at Swiss Alp Dance Hall with the emotions and shared the stage with the Triumphs, Drifters, Texas Unlimited and The Velvets.

Since 1992, Hybner has managed the careers of David Kersh, John Michael Montgomery, Chris Cagle, Ricochet and others while still man-aging The Emotions.

Dennis Stryk, of Schulenburg, started in music in 1962, as one of the original members of the Telstars. In 1973, Stryk became the lead sing-er of the Wild West and performed at Swiss Alp and New Bielau .

And many other dance halls in the area and central Texas until 1978.

Also in 1973, he and his wife, Gail, became the owners and operators of New Bielau Dance Hall. Bands such as The Velvets, Moods, Texas Unlim-ited band, Texas Armadillo band, Nightrider, The Triumphs, Telstars, The Emotions and The Wild West performed regularly every Saturday night until 1995.

Being the new operators of the hall, we will strive to bring the best in musical entertainment for all ages to try to make Swiss Alp Dance Hall everyone’s “home away from home”.

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Gonzales Livestock Market Report

The Gonzales Livestock Market Re-port for Saturday, June 2, 2012 had on hand: 916 cattle.

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

Stocker-feeder steers: Medium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs., $210-$285; 300-400 lbs, $195-$205; 400-500 lbs, $183-$198; 500-600 lbs, $166-$180; 600-700 lbs., $139-$156; 700-800 lbs, $131-$137.

Bull yearlings: 700-900 lbs, $118-$124.Stocker-feeder heifers: Medium and

large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs, $188-$260; 300-400 lbs, $175-$195; 400-500 lbs, $155-$176; 500-600 lbs., $141-$162; 600-700 lbs., $138-$140.

Packers cows: Good lean utility and commercial, $74-$83; Cutters, $84-$91; Canners, $58-$69; Low yielding fat cows, $70-$76.

Packer bulls: Yield grade 1 & 2, good heavy bulls; $101-$110; light weights and medium quality bulls, $89-$98.

Stocker Cows: $850-$1,050.Pairs: $975-$1,275.Thank you for your business!!View our sale live at cattleusa.com!

Nixon LivestockCommission Report

The Nixon Livestock Commission Inc. report had on hand, June 4, 2012, Volume, 900.

Steers: 200-300 lbs, $202 to $212 to $245; 300-400 lbs., $184 to $194 to $230;

400-500 lbs, $162 to $172 to $195; 500-600 lbs, $142 to $152 to $182; 600-700 lbs, $132 to $142 to $156; 700-800 lbs, $123 to $133 to $145.

Heifers: 200-300 lbs, $169 to $179 to $245; 300-400 lbs, $156 to $166 to $223; 400-500 lbs, $149 to $156 to $190; 500-600 lbs, $140 to $150 to $180; 600-700 lbs, $128 to $138 to $170; 700-800 lbs, $112 to $122 to $143.

Slaughter cows: $66 to $95; Slaughter bulls: $101 to $110; Stocker cows: $700 to $1,150; Pairs, $1,000 to $1,400.

Notices: We will be closed on July 2, 2012.

Cuero Livestock Market Report

Cuero Livestock Market Report on June 1, 2012, had 1,410 head.

Had 130 cows and 11 bulls. The cow and bull market was mainly steady with some utility (fat) cows being weaker. The top bull was higher than last week. The calf market was virtually unchanged and remains very strong across the board.

Packer Bulls: Hvy. Wts., $100-$114; lower grades, $85-$96.

Packer cows: boning, $75-$87; cutter, $70-$89; canners, $50-$75.

Dry Cows, $60-$92; young, none.Pairs, none.Steer Calves: under 200 lbs, none;

200-250 lbs $247-$255; 250-300 lbs, none; 300-350 lbs, $207-$240; 350-400 lbs, $170-$211; 400-450 lbs, $177-$194; 450-500 lbs, $167-$192; 500-600 lbs, $158-$181; 600-700 lbs, $145-$159; 700-800 lbs, $136-$148.

Over 700 lbs. bulls, $122-$138.Heifer Calves: under 200 lbs, $218-

$280; 200-250 lbs, $169-$205; 250-300 lbs, $154-$205; 300-350 lbs, $168-$195; 350-400 lbs, $179-$195; 400-450 lbs, $168-$195; 450-500 lbs, $159-$186; 500-600 lbs, $140-$168; 600-700 lbs., $125-$150; over 700 lbs, $123-$141.

Hallettsville LivestockCommission Report

The Hallettsville Livestock Commis-sion Co., Inc. had on hand on May 29, 2012, 873; Week ago, 1,112; Year ago, 907.

The calf market was fully steady this week. Demand good in all areas.

Packer cows and sold steady and strong on approx.. 130 hd. Total.

Packer Cows: higher dressing utility & cutter cows, $82-$98; lower dressing util-ity & cutter cows, $70-$82; light weight canner cows, $57-$70.

Packer Bulls: heavyweight bulls, $103-$112.50; utility & cutter bulls, $90-$103; lightweight canner bulls, $78-$90.

Stocker and Feeder Calves and Year-lings: Steer & Bull Calves: under 200; $235-$295; 200-300 lbs, $215-$275; 300-400 lbs, $190-$230; 400-500 lbs, $173-$193; 500-600lbs, $143-$182; 600-700 lbs, $138-$160; 700-800 lbs, $128-$145. Heifer Calves: under 200 lbs, $220-275; 200-300 lbs, $185-$255; 300-400 lbs, $170-$198; 400-500 lbs, $148-$178; 500-600 lbs, $140-$165; 600-700 lbs, $128-$146; 700-800 lbs, $115-$128

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Recent well location reports from the Texas Railroad Com-mission

DeWitt County

API No.: 42-123-32788Classification: Fld. Dev. and

HorizontalOperator: Burlington Resourc-

es O and G Co. LPLease Name: Hilmer Koopman

Unit A 274Well No.: 2Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-2)Total Depth: 14,200 feetDirection and Miles: 7.6 miles

north of YorktownSurvey Name: I RR Co, Section

21, A-275Acres: 704



es O and G Co. LPLease Name: Lamb Unit AWell No.: 1Field Name: Sugarkane (Eagle

Ford)Total Depth: 13,500 feetDirection and Miles: 7.8 miles

northwest of CueroSurvey Name: K.W. Barton,

A-3Acres: 703.48


HorizontalOperator: Petrohawk Operat-

ing CompanyLease Name: Gaus AWell No.: 1HField Name: DeWitt (Eagle

Ford Shale)Total Depth: 14,000 feetDirection and Miles: 8.62 miles

southwest of WesthoffSurvey Name: I RR Co, Section

9, A-249Acres: 526.43



es O and G Co. LPLease Name: Muschalek Unit

AWell No.: 1Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-2)Total Depth: 12,800 feetDirection and Miles: 11 miles

northwest of YorktownSurvey Name: I RR Co, Section

63, A-269Acres: 208.59



ing CompanyLease Name: Muir DWell No.: 3HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle


northeast of WesthoffSurvey Name: C. Fulcher, A-20

Acres: 704





northeast of WesthoffSurvey Name: C. Fulcher, A-20Acres: 704





northeast of WesthoffSurvey Name: C. Fulcher, A-20Acres: 704



es O and G Co. LPLease Name: Barnhart Unit AWell No.: 1Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle


northwest of CueroSurvey Name: J. Bird, A-60Acres: 278.88

Gonzales County


HorizontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Preston A UnitWell No.: 4HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle


east of SmileySurvey Name: W.W. Pace,

A-373Acres: 825.99




east of SmileySurvey Name: W.W. Pace,

A-373Acres: 825.99



Ford-1)

Total Depth: 12,200 feetDirection and Miles: 11.3 miles

east of SmileySurvey Name: A.W. Hill, A-247Acres: 825.99


HorizontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Boysen UnitWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle


southwest of SampleSurvey Name: W.C. Jones,

A-289Acres: 399.33


HorizontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Boysen UnitWell No.: 2HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle


southwest of SampleSurvey Name: W.C. Jones,

A-289Acres: 399.33


Horizontal RecompletionOperator: Lucas Energy Inc.Lease Name: Elvin GescheidleWell No.: 1Field Name: Peach CreekTotal Depth: 8,850 feetDirection and Miles: 2.5 miles

southeast of GonzalesSurvey Name: M. Powers,

A-387Acres: 104.20


HorizontalOperator: Penn Virginia Oil

and Gas LPLease Name: Rock Creek

RanchWell No.: 11HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle


southeast of GonzalesSurvey Name: J. McCoy, A-46Acres: 2,035.71


HorizontalOperator: Penn Virginia Oil

and Gas LPLease Name: Rock Creek

RanchWell No.: 12HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle


southeast of GonzalesSurvey Name: J. McCoy, A-46Acres: 2,035.71

Lavaca County

API No.: 42-285-33640Classification: Fld. Dev.Operator: H and P Exploration

Co.Lease Name: BorchersWell No.: 2Field Name: BorchersTotal Depth: 6,300 feetDirection and Miles: 19 miles

south of HallettsvilleSurvey Name: J. Chesher,

A-114Acres: 1,321.60

API No.: 42-285-33641Classification: Fld. Dev.Operator: Sev Texas Operating

LLCLease Name: HanslikWell No.: 1Field Name: ValentineTotal Depth: 9,500 feetDirection and Miles: 7.9 miles

northwest of HallettsvilleSurvey Name: T. Chadoin,

A-527Acres: 91.06

API No.: 42-285-33642Classification: Fld. Dev.Operator: Ballard Exploration

Company Inc.Lease Name: Underwood Es-

tateWell No.: 1Field Name: Sublime West

(Midway, U.)Total Depth: 12,200 feetDirection and Miles: 10.34

miles northeast of HallettsvilleSurvey Name: F. Fuchs, A-182Acres: 40

Recent oil and gas comple-tions according to reports from the Texas Railroad Commission

DeWitt County


HorizontalOperator: Pioneer Natural Res.

USA Inc.Lease Name: JB Duderstadt 01Well No.: 1HField Name: DeWitt (Eagle

Ford Shale)Survey Name: D.M. Stapp,

A-437Direction and Miles: 8 miles

northeast from CueroOil: 112MCF: 4,433Choke Size: 1/64 of an inchTubing Pressure: 6,294Shut In Well Pressure: 8,015Total Depth: 18,100 feetPerforations: 13,744-17,951 feet



es O and G Co. LPLease Name: Taylor Unit AWell No.: 1Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-2)Survey Name: F. Gonzales,

A-194Direction and Miles: 10.6 miles

northwest from YorktownOil: 1,202MCF: 907Choke Size: 14/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 4,012Total Depth: 18,235 feetPerforations: 12,715-18,015 feet



es O and G Co. LPLease Name: Maurer Unit AWell No.: 1Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-2)Survey Name: W. Roberson,

A-401Direction and Miles: 14.9 miles

west of CueroOil: 1,464MCF: 1,629Choke Size: 14/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 5,856Total Depth: 18,396 feetPerforations: 12,820-18,183 feet

Gonzales County


HorizontalOperator: Hunt Oil CompanyLease Name: JP RanchWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-1)Survey Name: J. McCoy, A-46Direction and Miles: 8 miles

southeast of GonzalesOil: 754MCF: 467Choke Size: 19/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 1,080Total Depth: 15,333 feetPlug Back Depth: 14,240 feetPerforations: 10,230-15,302

feet


HorizontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Lord A UnitWell No.: 2HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-1)Survey Name: R.A. Lott,

A-324Direction and Miles: 12.8

miles southeast from SmileyOil: 1,518MCF: 1,967Choke Size: 34/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 1,082Total Depth: 15,830 feetPlug Back Depth: 15,779 feetPerforations: 12,000-15,744

feet






feet





miles southeast from SmileyOil: 1,418MCF: 2,010Choke Size: 34/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 933Total Depth: 16,169 feetPlug Back Depth: 16,087 feetPerforations: 12,045-16,084

feet



Ford-1)Survey Name: R.A. Lott, A-324Direction and Miles: 12.8 miles

southeast from SmileyOil: 1,275MCF: 1,772Choke Size: 34/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 1,019Total Depth: 16,441 feetPlug Back Depth: 16,344 feetPerforations: 12,142-16,334 feet






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feet

Gonzales County Courthouse DeedsMay 1-31Donegan, Emmett G. (Trustee) and

Donegan Living Trust, Emmett G. to Donegan Brothers, LLC, w/d, Undiv. Min-eral Int. in 1,052.85 Acres, Noah T Byers A-101. Jacob Dunbaugh A-198 A J F Re-neau A-408 Svys.

Ollison, Gladys to Aguayo, Norma, w/d, Pt. Lt. 12, King’s 2nd Addn, Gonzales.

Prince, Jacie D. to prince, Jackie Dud-man (Trustee) and Prince Trust, w/d, Un-div. Int. in 111.867 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, Gonzales & Lavaca Counties.

Rinehart, Mary Francis to Diamond M Drilling & Exploration Company o/l, 8.89 Acres, Samuel McCoy Svy, A-340.

Parker, Edwin F. to Trammell, Auvye Ray, w/d, Lt. 6, Glenn Heights Addn, Nixon.

Hotz, Roy J. to Hotz Jr., Roy J., Hotz, James R. and McClellan, Bonnie, w/d, Undiv. Int. in 32.815 Acres, Peter Holmes Svy, A-278.

State of Texas, Texas, State of and Commissioner of The General Land Of-

fice to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 1.49 Acres, Karnes City.

Sparks, Johnny M. to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

Sparks, Mario Dwight to EOG Resourc-es, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy., A-36.

Berry, Craig to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 50.00 Acres, Joseph Dillard Svy, A-177.

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

Baker, Sherman L. and Baker, Denessa S. to Short, James, w/d, 0.28 of an acre (Pt. Lts. 4-5, Blk. F) South Rivercrest Addn, Sec. 1, Gonzales.

LaFleur, Kevin and LaFleur, Debbie to H & A Rental & Investments, LLC, w/d, 2.108 Acres, James Thompson Svy, A-72.

Ennis, Larry and Ennis, Joni to Dion, John L. and McBride-Dion, Summer, w/d, 0.25 of an Acre, A B Hammett Svy, A-281.

D&G Investments, LTD to Tatsch, James C. and Poore, Kristin, w/d, Lt. 29, Creekwood Subdvn, J M Salinas Svy,

A-59.Davis, Jon B. and Davis, Kim Wingate

to Johnson, Frank, w/d, 30.07 Acres, Dan-iel Brown Svy, A-103.

Huff, Kenard to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 215.05 Acres, Wilson Simpson A-426 & Joseph Dillard A-177 Svys.

Rowan, Timothy Lee to EOG Resourc-es, Inc., o/l, 4.580 Acres, Isaac Baker A-130 & F Happell A-284 Svys.

Paxton, Vera Ann Strait to EOG Re-sources, Inc., o/l, 4.580 Acres, Isaac Baker A-130 & F Happell A-284 Svys.

Shannon, Roosevelt to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 4.580 Acres, Isaac Baker A-130 & F Happell A-284 Svys. Jack, Jacquelyn Strait to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 4.580 Acres, Isaac Baker A-130 & F Happell A-284 Svys. Gipson, Lashell Burgess to EOG Resourc-es, Inc., o/l, 4.580 Acres, Isaac Baker A-130 & F Happell A-284 Svys.

Strait, Patricia M. to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 4.580 Acres, Isaac Baker A-130 & F Happell A-284 Svys. Strait, Shirley Washington to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 4.580 Acres, Isaac Baker A-130 & F Hap-

pell A-284 Svys. Strait, Derek to EOG Resources, Inc.,

o/l, 4.580 Acres, Isaac Baker A-130 & F Happell A-284 Svys.

Strait, Nikia Charlene to EOG Re-sources, Inc., o/l, 4.580 Acres, Isaac Baker A-130 & F Happell A-284 Svys. Strait, John Russell to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 4.580 Acres, Isaac Baker A-130 & F Happell A-284 Svys.

Curtis, Sheila Strait to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 4.580 Acres, Isaac Baker A-130 & F Happell A-284 Svys. Strait, Mary (Heirs of) and Jackson, Christopher to EOG Re-sources, Inc., o/l, 4.580 Acres, Isaac Baker A-130 & F Happell A-284 Svys.

GRS Productions, LLC to Pvote Water Systems III, LLC, w/d, 18.502 Acres, J J Te-jada A-448 & P S Barnett A-122 Svys.

Ganon, Ruth, Camarillo, Juan and Camarillo, John (AKA) to Wolverine Con-struction, Inc., w/d, 7.68 Acres, Peter Winn Svy, A-464.

Pawelek, Ella Nora and Pawelek, Har-vey James (Atty-in-Fact) to Pawelek Jr., Isador John, Griffin, Caroline Ann,

Pawelek, Harvey James, Hobbs, Sally Marie, Mendez, Peggy Jean and Pawelek, Mark Wayne, w/d, Lts. 9-10, Blk. 81, Schleicher’s Addn, Nixon.

Yang, Robert Yaw and Yang, Hsiao Yen to Rafter PC Development, Inc., w/d, 8.733 Acres (Pt. Lt. 5, RG &), Gonzales.

Marriage LicenseSolansky, Joe F. and Trammell, Landra

D.Stautzenberger, Cody Jacob and

Setliff, Alexandra Marie.Martinez, Cody Garrett and Schaut-

teet, Kimberly Ann.Haynes Jr., Willie Andre and Rodriguez

Rodriguez, Ashlien Ann.Carrillo, Emilio S. and McCrutcheon,

Mary L.Assumed NamesTieken, Ross and Tieken, Patricia –

Shiner Pork, Shiner.Tieken, Ross and Tieken Patricia –

Shiner Beef, Shiner.Valle, Candice – Capturing God’s Beau-

ty by Candice, Gonzales.

Lost in Leesville area... black and white short-haired male Border Col-lie, named Lucky. Owner Carol Martin at 830-424-3408. Reward.(06-07-12)--------------------------

--------------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. --------------------------Job Corps is cur-rently enrolling stu-dents aged 16-24 in over 20 vocational trades at no-cost! Will help students get drivers license GED or High School diploma and col-lege training if qualified. For more info call 512-665-7327

BLUEBONNET TRAILS

COMMUNITY SERVICES

Caldwell/Gonzales Counties.

Case Manager - MCOT - Position

#1025For more

information and to apply please go towww.bbtrails.org

--------------------------CDL DRIVERS

WANTEDCNH Paving is seek-ing professional &

reliable Class A CDL drivers. Hauling belly dumps and home every night. Email - [email protected] --------------------------Friendly, depend-able Receptionist/Insurance Clerk needed for busy Dr. office. Telephone, computer data en-try, insurance filing, competitive pay. Dr. Gary Gage, 305 St. Lawrence.--------------------------Nixon-Smiley CISD is accepting appli-cations for an Assis-tant Maintenance Director at the Smi-ley Campus. See job details and apply online at nixonsmi-ley.net.--------------------------Plant Openings. Plant Palletizers & Cleanup Positions. Benefits include: Va-cation, Sick Leave, Hosp. Ins., Den-tal, Vision, 401K,

ESOP. Apply in per-son at: Cal-Maine foods, Inc., 1680 CR431 or 748 CR 422, Waelder, Texas 78959. Mon-Friday, 7-4 pm. Tele# 830-540-4105/830-540-4684.--------------------------Wanted: Office Manager for small Christian School. Retired teacher or someone with prior school expe-rience preferred. Must have strong computer and leadership skills, be self motivated and versatile. Sal-ary negotiable. Call 830-672-3838 for interview, or email gracechristianacad-emy@gvec,net.--------------------------

CDL DRIVERS WANTED

J.M. Oilfield Service, a family oriented

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

Garage Sale: 225 Reid Street. Satur-day, June 9th, 8am-1pm. No early birds. Clothes, some fur-niture, dishes, misc. items.--------------------------Garage Sale & Bake Sale, Saturday, June 9 from 8-?. 725 N. College. Lots of

M-W-C clothing, women’s accesso-ries, used gas dryer, misc. items.--------------------------Garage Sale: Linde-mann Family, FM 108 towards Smiley, Saturday, June 9th, 7am-12noon. Boys clothing, women’s/men’s clothing, toddler car seats, stroller, household items.--------------------------Garage Sale. Satur-day, June 9, 7-12. 1603 Hickston. Newborn-3T girl clothes, Mens, la-dies, Pack ‘n Play, stroller with car-seat. misc. toys, odds-n-ends. CAN-CEL IF RAIN.--------------------------817 St. Michael. Fri-day, June 8 and Sat-urday, June 9, 8-3. Household goods, clothes, furniture,

toys.--------------------------Multi Family Garage Sale. Saturday, June 9, 8-3. 13 miles E. of Gonzales off 532 towards Moulton. Clothes, furniture & more.

HOME GROWN TOMATOES.

Highway 97 East, next to Green Acres Nursery. 672-2335.--------------------------Lots more household items. Cheap. Also, lg. desk w/swivel chair. 830-203-8529. (06-28-12)--------------------------8 ft. Sheet metal brake and 30” Sheet metal sheer for sale. 437-2927; 263-1181.(06-28-12)--------------------------For Sale. Woodgrain panels for Peterbilt. ‘96-’99. $1,000 obo. Call Luis, 830-339-0645.(06-28-12)--------------------------Utility trailer, $300; small lawnmower trailer, $50; hog trap, $50; 2 lg. dog cages $25 ea.; baby car seat, stroller, walker, $25 ea.; box of 60 re-cent DVDs $50 for all. Gonzales. 360-477-3699. (06-28-12)--------------------------42-inch riding mow-er. Excellent condi-tion. $500. 361-208-3565.(06-28-12)

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Call 672-7100 to place your free classified ads!

MISC. FOR SALE

HELP WANTED

GARAGE SALES

EFFECTIVE NOW: ALL FREE ADS WILL RUN FOR 4 WEEKS AND THEN BE CANCELLED. IF YOU WANT THEM TO RUN ANY MORE AFTER THAT THERE WILL BE A TWO WEEK WAITING PERIOD TO

GET BACK IN.

EFFECTIVE NOW ALL SERVICE ADS WILL START BEING CHARGED FOR. FOR 25 WORDS OR LESS IT WILL BE $5.00

A WEEK; ANYTHING OVER 25 WORDS IT WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL .25 CENTS PER WORD.

LEGAL NOTICES

LOST & FOUND HELP WANTEDHELP WANTED

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NOTICES

NOTICES

GARAGE SALES

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Sealed bids addressed to the City of Gonzales, will be received until 3:00 P.M. on Tuesday the June 26, 2012 at City Hall located at 820 Saint Joseph Street in Gonzales, Texas 78629 at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud, for furnishing all labor, material, tools and equipment and performing all work required for HIGHWAY 97 WELL IMPROVEMENTS. A Non-Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. at City Hall with an on-site visit being a portion of the proceedings. Any bids re-ceived after the above-stated date and time will be returned unopened.

The contract will be awarded upon vote of the City Council at a regular meeting which will be held at 6:00 p.m., on Tuesday July 10, 2012.

Each proposal shall be accompanied by a Certified or Cashier’s Check or a Bidder’s Bond from a surety company licensed in the State of Tex-as, in an amount of at least Five Percent (5%) of the largest amount bid, payable to the City of Gonzales, Texas as a guarantee that the successful bidder will enter into a contract with the Owner.

Major items of work include the following:

The work under this contract shall be for the well improvements lo-cated on Highway 97. The improvements include a 3,050 gallon double wall polyethylene tank for HCL and a 1,500 gallon single wall polyethylene tank for LAS, 12” and 16” ductile iron piping and fittings, five (5) concrete foundation pads, two (2) 3-HP pumps, chemical feed systems, retrofitting an existing building, electrical improvements and miscellaneous PVC and C-PVC (SDR-17 and SCH 80) piping ranging from 1” to 3”.

Copies of the Contract Specifications and Drawings are on file at the City of Gonzales City Hall and at the office of LNV, Inc., 8918 Tesoro Drive, Suite 401, San Antonio, Texas 78217, and will be forwarded to prospective bidders or suppliers upon depositing $40.00 with the engi-neer, LNV, Inc., for each set of documents obtained. If mailed, an ad-ditional non-refundable fee of $10.00 will be required from all prospec-tive bidders or suppliers to cover shipping and handling charges. The payment represents reproduction costs and is non-refundable.

We reserve the right to process checks electronically by transmitting the amount of the check, routing number, account number, and check serial number to your financial institution.

In case of ambiguity or lack of clarity of the prices in the bid forms, the City reserves the right to consider only unit prices written in words, or to reject the entire bid. The City of Gonzales reserves the right to re-ject any or all bids or to waive any informalities in the bidding.

Bids may be held by the City of Gonzales for a period not to exceed 60 days from the date of the bid opening for the purpose of reviewing the bids and investigating the bidders qualifications prior to the contract award.

Honorable Bobby G. O’Neal, Mayor City of Gonzales

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED HELP WANTED

ORDINANCE NO. 2012-19AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GONZALES, TEXAS REPEALING AR-TICLE 4.200 OIL AND GAS WELL OPERATION AND ADOPTING A NEW ARTICLE 4.200; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

ORDINANCE NO. 2012-22AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GONZALES, TEXAS, REPEALING SECTION 13.208 DEPOSITS OF THE CITY OF GON-ZALES CODE OF ORDINANCES AND ADOPTING A NEW SECTION 13.208 UTILITY DEPOSIT POLICY; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVID-ING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

ORDINANCE NO. 2012-24AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF GONZALES, TEXAS CAN-VASSING THE ELECTION RETURNS OF THE GENERAL ELECTION OF MAY 12, 2012 FOR THE ELECTION OF TWO (2) COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR AT LARGE OF THE CITY COUNCIL; DECLARING THE RESULTS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.

RESOLUTION NO. 2012-52A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GONZALES, TEXAS DESIGNATING SAGE CAPITAL BANK OF GONZALES, TEXAS AS THE DEPOSITORY FOR THE CITY OF GONZALES, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A DEPOSITORY CONTRACT WITH SAID BANK.

RESOLUTION NO. 2012-53A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GONZALES, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREE-MENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF GONZALES AND THE GONZALES DAUGH-TERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS FOR THE USE OF THE RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER MUSEUM

LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICESLEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES

HELP WANTED GARAGE SALES

Time Warner Cable is hiring for Installation Technicians in Gonzales.

This position is responsible for performing cable television installations in customer

homes, apartments and commercial properties. Must have a valid TX driver’s

license and a good driving record. Must have good communication skills

and the ability to interact withcustomers and co-workers.

Interested applicants must apply online at www.timewarnercable.com/careers.www.timewarnercable.com

ACCOUNTING CLERKSouthern Clay Products, Inc.

Gonzales, TexasWe are an international company, an industry leader, a friendly place to work, and we have outstanding benefits. Reporting to the Controller, the Accounting Clerk will enjoy a variety of challenges with primary responsibility in Accounts Payable. If you’re look-ing for an opportunity to apply your accounting skills and experience, here’s what we’re looking for:

High school diploma and knowledge of basic accounting with minimum 1 year full cycle accounts payable experience Strong Excel skills a must; proficient with MS Office (Word; Outlook). Sales tax and 1099 reporting a plus. Ability to work efficiently and accurately in a deadline-oriented environment Able to work independently and as part of a team. Strong verbal and written communication skills

Southern Clay Products, Inc. is a Rockwood Holdings Company. Come visit us at http://www.scprod.com/ or http://www.rockwoodspecialties.com/index.htm

Salary commensurate with experience and qualificationsEmail or fax your resume along with salary requirements to HR Dept.

[email protected]: 830-672-1908

Southern Clay Products, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer

HELP WANTED HELP WANTED HELP WANTED

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For Sale: Headache Rack, Bumper Hitch, Aluminum Run-ning Boards, 5 office desks, Lift Chair, An-tique Bed, Leather Sofa Bed. 1109 FM 532 West, Shiner. 361-596-4403.--------------------------Roper Ice Box for sale. $200. Call 810-401-9483. (06-07-12)--------------------------Air Framing Nailer. Contractor Series. $75..00. Call 361-741-2604.--------------------------For Sale: Antique Car Drive up Ramp. 830-672-7094.(06-07-12)

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.

Hay for sale. Large Bales. $50.00 Call 830-481-4707.

Moldboard Plow. 16”, 3 bottom, $150. 3 pt. grader blade, $75. Call 830-481-4707.

For Sale: Queensize mattress set, $200; complete desk w/hutch, $30; Dining Room table with 4 high back chairs, solid wood, $300; Low back swivel re-cliner rocker, $150. Call 672-3728.--------------------------Free - 2 6ft. Curio cabinets (need re-pairs, Cost $300). Haul off. 830-203-8529. (06-28-12).--------------------------Large solid oak wooden desk, w/glass top. also Large dark wood desk. Both in good con-dition. Price nego-tiavle. Call 830-263-4181. (06-07-12)--------------------------Small round dining table with leaf, ex-tends to oval. $50. Vintage pub table with extensions, $175. Black metal futon with mattress & cover. Like new. $75. 830-540-3382.

For Sale: 16X64 2/2, 5 years old, like

new. Call 830-660-1286 for appt.

1985 Ford F250 4WD, 460 motor, Engine, transmission, 4WD, Rear End, Lock-ing Hubs. All work fine. Great for parts. $500.00. Firm, 830-263-2482.(06-07-12)--------------------------Tires for Sale. 4 brand new tires - 255-35-ZR20 Nitto Extreme ZR with Rims - Mar-tin Bros 20” universal rims. $500. 830-857-1340.--------------------------“SIMPLY THE BEST deals on new Chev-rolets and GMCs AND over 100 used vehicles with financ-ing to fit most credit situations. Grafe Chevrolet GMC - Hal-lettsville, TX - 361-798-3281 OR 800-798-3225”. (6/28/12)--------------------------For Sale: 1997 White Mazda Millenia. Has 2.3 DOHC engine, has minor problems but has lots of extra features. All auto, le-ther, and has sound system, etc. Asking $1,800 or best offer. 903-603-2289 or 512-963-3821.(5-10-12)--------------------------2005 Chevy Colo-rado, only 47K miles. $9,999! (830) 305-1330.--------------------------2008 Kia Optima, only 14K miles. $13,988. 830-303-4381.--------------------------2009 Ford Focus. Great Gas Mileage. $14,495. 830-305-1330.--------------------------2010 Chevy Co-balt. Great Car! Gas Saver. Only $14,988 830-303-4381.--------------------------2009 Toyota Corolla. Awesome car great on gas mileage. $15,055. 830-305-1330.--------------------------2008 Dodge Aveng-er. Only 35K miles. $15,799. 830-303-4381.

3BR furnished house. Call 672-6265 for more infor-mation.--------------------------3BR/2BA, 318 De-Witt St. $850/month, $850/de-

posit. No pets. 830-445-9294.--------------------------4BD/1Bath. Fenced Yard. $800/month, $ 8 0 0 / d e p o s i t . 2BD/1Bath/yard. $ 5 5 0 / m o n t h , $ 5 0 0 / d e p o s i t . 2BD/1Bath/yard. $700/month, $500/deposit. No Pets. First month/Depos-it required. Month to Month. Call 830-672-3089.--------------------------House for rent in Ottine. 2/1, CA/CH, Refrigerator, Dishwasher, Stove. Fenced Yard. $750/month + deposit. Rental History and References Re-quired. Call 830-857-0270.--------------------------For Rent in Luling. 3 bed, 1 bath, Cen-tral Air & heat. $850/month, $600/deposit. 830-832-3163. Earl Landry.--------------------------In Flatonia. Nice Oilfield Hous-ing, 1 BR Multiple Units. Overnight/Long Term lease. Equipment, yard/Warehouse next to property. Peyton, 512-948-5306; Da-vid, 713-252-1130.--------------------------House for Rent. 302 Lancaster, Moulton, TX. Nice spacious 1BR home w/ap-pliances & a large yard. Call for info. 832-633-3950.--------------------------Single Suite. Perfect for Supervisor for Oil Company. Full kitchen, washer/dryer, TV/Full cable, wireless internet. No smoking inside. No Pets. Fully fur-nished and all billls paid. Private Yard/Garage. Weekly, $280; Deposit $300. Call 512-292-0070--------------------------Home For Rent. Country Home. completely remod-eled. 2BR/1BA, CA, hardwood floors, roof for AG Proj-ect. Navarro ISD between Seguin & New Braunfels. $1,000 month, $1,000 deposit. 830-660-7351 or 830-822-5348.--------------------------

ATTENTION OIL AND GAS PIPE LINERS - CREW

HOUSING AVAILABLE

Furnished with all bills paid -- Full Kitchen - Personal bedrooms and liv-ing room. WEEKLY RATES AVAILABLE. Please call JR at (512) 292-0070 or (830) 672-3089.--------------------------

MOTEL ROOMS AVAILABLE

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

Small house, apartment,mobile home. Reasonable rent, possibly bills paid. Nixon, Lees-ville or possibly Belmont. 830-203-8529. (Cell phone) (06-28-12)--------------------------Looking for a nice house in or near Gonzales. 940-284-4255.

Male Roommate wanted to share house in Shiner. $350/mo. Bills paid. Call 361-550-1855.(06-07-12)

Office space for rent. 1,500 sq. ft. Recently remod-eled. 314 W. Cone. If interested call 830-672-4433.--------------------------2500 Sq. Ft. Com-mercial Building for rent. CA/CH, 304 Thornton St. Call 830-672-3147. (06-07-12)

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

OIL COMPANY AND OPERATOR TRUCK LOT FOR LEASE. Have land at intersection of Hwy. 80 and 90A. Space available for up to 12 18 wheel-ers. Nice RV Park next door. Serious Inquiries Only! 830-556-6905, Richard Walker.

2BR furnished Apartment for rent. Call 672-6265 for more information.

Electrical Wiring, Troubleshooting, Repairs, etc. Li-censed & Insured. Call 830-437-5747. (06-28-12)--------------------------For Your Specialty Cake Needs. Call Connie Komoll, 830-203-8178.--------------------------Will do house cleaning Monday thru Friday. Call 830-203-0735.--------------------------Sewing & Altera-tions. Jo West. 830-203-5072. Call between 9 a.m. & 9 p.m.--------------------------

LITTLE MISS DAWN’S

CLEANING SERVICES

Residential • Commercial

RV Cleaning - $30.00

Bonded. Ref. #TAR7037872. Have References. Rea-

sonable Rates. Call (512) 508-6221.--------------------------I’M LOOKING FOR

WORKI’m not hiring. Need a job as a Nurse Aide in hospital, Agency or home. I’m a CNA & CPR certified and need work in Medi-cal Center. Fred-ericksburg area ONLY. Full-time. If you have a relative needing excep-tional care in San Antonio, please call and ask for Chell, 830-391-4837.--------------------------Hand for Hire, Odd Jobs Done, FREE estimates. Anything you don’t want to do, Junk hauling, Tree Removal, Lot clearing, House pressure washing, office help, ranch, farm, lawn & Flower beds, Barbed wire fence repair, gut-ter cleaning, I do windows. One call does it all. Call Terry (830) 203-1503 or (830) 857-5927.(06-07-12)

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Maintenance Position OpenWaelder Housing Authority is accepting applications for a full-time maintenance position. Only qualified applicants need apply. MUST be well organized, have

knowledge of Electrical, Plumbing, Sewer Lines and Lift Station, Inventory,

carpentry skills, ability to maintain apartment units in clean, decent and safe condition. Operate lawn equipment, floor equipment, receive and document service request. Good people skills, a plus. Health Ins. and Retirement benefits. Salary based

on qualifications.

Must be able to pass criminal history. Apply at WHA Office located at:

220 North Avenue A, Waelder, TX. Call 830-203-0009 for additional information.

Caraway Ford Gonzales1405 Sarah DeWitt • P.O. Box 1960

Gonzales, Texas 78629830-672-9646

Oil Change Technician

**Full Time**

Valid Driver License Required

***401k, Insurance and Vacation

available upon eligibility!

Application may be picked up at front office

Accolade Home Care and Hospice, a regional faith based company, is looking

for caring and compassionate Registered Nurses and a Social Worker

(LMSW preferred) to serve our patients and families.

Accolade Home Care and Hospice offers competitive salaries, mileage

reimbursement, generous PTO benefits, excellent health and life insurance options,

a 401k program, and an excellent work environment.

To learn more about an opportunity with Accolade Hospice, please contact Judy Cre-tors at 361-293-9099 or you may email your resume to [email protected] learn more about an opportunity with

Accolade Home Care, please contact Matt Lang at 512-517-6531 or you may submit

your resume to [email protected].

Now Hiring

Apply today, Start today!!!Production/Poultry Processing:

• Maintenance • Back Dock Hanger • Back Dock Driver w/ Class B or CDL • 2nd Processing • Sanitation (Nights) Feed Mill - FM 108 S., Gonzales Production • Day & Night Shifts Available

Mon.-Fri., 8-10 hr. days Must have proof of identity and eligibility to work in the

U.S. Drug screening as applicable to position.

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Human Resources603 W. Central, Hwy. 87, Nixon, Texas

830-582-1619 for more information.Si Habla Espanol

Kitchen Pride Mushroom Farms has immediate full time positions available for

Mushroom HarvestersPicker Helpers

Production CrewIrrigation

Pack RoomNight Sanitation Crew

New entry level wages.We offer 401k, vacation and life insurance. Apply at Kitchen

Pride Mushroom Farms, Inc. County Road 348, Gonzales, TX. 830.540.4516. KPMF is an EOE.

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Kitchen Pride Mushroom Farms esta solicitando inmediatamente personal de tiempo completo para las areas de

Piscadores de hongoAyudates de pisqueroGrupo de Producción

RegadoresEmpaque

Grupo Nocturno de Limpieza

Nuevo Salario base.Ofrecemos 401k, vacaciones y seguro

de Vida. Aplicar en KPMF County Road 348, Gonzales, TX 830.540.4516. KPMF es un empleador con igualdad

de oportunidades.

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• All Positions • Full-time • Part-time • Flexible Schedules • Competitive Wages

Now Accepting

Applications

Please apply in person at

1803 N. St. JosephGonzales, Texas

78629

HELP WANTED

FARM EQUIPMENT

FURNITURE

HAY FOR SALE

HOMES FOR RENT HOMES FOR RENT

WANTED:

CDL DRIVERS NEEDEDBobtail Truck Driver

Day & Night Positions AvailableRequirements:

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

Insurance, 401K and vacation included

Applications available at:Schmidt & Sons, Inc.

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

(830) 672-2018 • John Clark @ ext. 112

SEGUIN’S GROWING AND SO ARE WE!

SALES PROFESSIONAL NEEDED

We’re one of the area’s most exciting dealerships and

we want you!

Opening available for an experienced Car Salesperson.

We offer full benefi ts.

Apply in person. Ask for Buddy Cupit

509 W. IH-10 • Seguin830-303-4381

W.B. Farm and Ranch Supply is now hiringSalesperson

Skills needed. Product Knowledge. Computer Skills(General)Customer Service oriented

Truck Driver/YardClass A or B CDL required

Full time. Guaranteed! 40 hours per week.Send Resume or Apply in person

NO PHONE CALLS ACCEPTEDW.B. Farm and Ranch Supply2031 Water St. (Hwy. 183 N.)

Gonzales, TX 78629

Full-time position Equipment Operator, water distribution, wastewater collection

department. This is a skilled service-maintenance posi-tion. Work involves maintaining, repairing and installing new water and sewer lines, meters, fire hydrants, pumps and plumbing systems at all city facilities. Perform re-lated duties as required and ability to operate equipment needed to perform these tasks. Class B-CDL required. Must be available for on call duty every fifth week.

Starting pay $23,664.00.Benefits for full time employees include health insur-ance, retirement program and paid leave. Applicant must be able to pass a pre-screen drug test and physical. The City of Gonzales is an equal opportunity employer and encourages all interested parties to apply. Applications available at the city’s website, www.cityofgonzales.org.Please complete an employment application and take to City Hall or mail to:City of GonzalesAttn: Payroll Dept.P.O. Box 547Gonzales, TX 78629“NO PHONE CALLS, PLEASE”

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Victoria College Gonzales Center and Hallettsville

VN ProgramAre now hiring

Vocational Nursing InstructorsVictoria College is hiring two VN Instructors for the Allied Health

Division Vocational Nursing Program. The positions are available at our VC

Gonzales Center and at our Hallettsville VN Program. The positions are Full-time, 12 month, tenure track positions starting

August 2012.The Salary range is $45,000-$50,000

depending on qualifications. Employee benefits include retirement; paid health

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AUSTIN — Ahead 4-1 going into the bottom of the seventh inning, the Fla-tonia Lady Bulldogs likely felt they had the Class 1A state title just about wrapped up.

So they relaxed a little and lost some focus, allow-ing Sam Rayburn Ivanhoe to bring in three runs to force extra innings but ral-lied in the top of the ninth, winning 6-4 Thursday af-ternoon at the University of Texas at Austin’s Red and Charline McCombs Field.

“We were cruising along in style until the seventh inning when we thought we had it in the bag,” pitcher Katie Steinhauser remarked. “We relaxed too much and let those runs get on the base. We had those two outs and then it got tied.”

“We had to work as a team to get those next three outs and score two runs.”

Taylor Williams’ second home run of the tourna-ment put Flatonia ahead 5-4 with one out in the top

of the ninth. “When I saw Williams

hit it, I thought ‘Stay fair, stay fair because it looked to be hooking a little bit,” Flatonia head coach Rod-ney Stryk said. “And then it was jubilee once I saw it was fair.”

“I was not expecting that pitch to be a home run,” Williams said. “I just want-ed to get on base.”

Alex Bruns drew a walk and Steinhauser got a sin-gle before she was replaced on base by Kimberlyn Michalec. Chandler Fike grounded out to second to move Bruns to third and Michalec to second. Bruns advanced home on the er-ror to cushion Flatonia’s lead by one more run.

The Lady Rebels (25-2-1) had one more chance and three more outs to play with in the bottom of the seventh. Jaiden Pelton got a hit and Sydney Da-vis got a hit to center field. Brittnie Whirley reached on the error, and Pelton went all the way home to bring Ivanhoe within 4-2. Ali Wicheman flew out to Williams at third base for

the first out. Cassidy Hall grounded out to Stein-hauser to move Whirley to second and Davis to third. Maddie Dow singled and got to second on the throw while Davis and Whirley both advanced home for the tie at 4-4. Avery Cran-ford was walked and Alaina

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Steinhauser was not about to let lighting strike twice in the same place in the bottom of the ninth.

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“We did slip up which caused us to have to go into extra innings. We are a great team and we worked together.”

In the bottom of the ninth inning, Steinhaus-er sat Whirley and then

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The Texas Junior High Rodeo Association State Finals will need to grab a Snickers because they are not going anywhere for a while.

Last week during the Summer Concert Series, KCTI radio personal-ity Egon Barthels made the announcement that the TJHRA board of directors voted to keep the event at J.B. Wells.

The finals have been held in Gonzales since their in-ception in 2005. The loca-tion was up for bids this year and is every three years.

Waco was one of the main cities competing against Gonzales for the fi-nals location.

Kelsey Espenson of Hart won the All-Around Cow-girl with 1,460 points and Bandera’s Whitley White-wood was the Reserve All-Around Cowgirl with 1,045 points.

Taking the spot of the All-Around Cowboy was Sy Feltin of Dublin as he ended with 1,655 points and John Douch from Hunstville was Reserve All-Around Cowboy as he re-corded 1,610 points.

Texas Junior High Rodeo State Finals(Top 5 finishers)

Barrell Racing: 1. Holly Wright, 16.676-16.372-16.434-49.482; 2. Kelsey Epenson, 16.667-16.693-16.402-49.762; 3. Darcy Taylor, 16.855-16.615-16.316-49.786; 4. Sissy Winn, 16.614-17.026-16.563-50.203; 5. Whit-ley Whitewood, 16.943-16 .652-16 .578-50 .173 . Season Average: 1. Wright, 60 pts; 2. Espenson, 50 pts; 3. Taylor, 47 pts; 4. Winn, 41 pts; 5. Whitewood, 39.

Boys Breakaway: 1.True

Lacina, 3.240-5.300-2.850-11.390; 2. Greg Cordova, 5.570-3.170-2.700-11.440; 3. Levi Boatright, 2.970-3.320-2.700-9.960; 4. Paden Bray, 4.350-3.840-3.500-11.690; 5. Clint Web-ster, 2.700-2.600-14.360-19.660. Season Average: 1. Lacina, 50; 2. Cordova, 47; 3. Boatright, 44; 4. Bray, 37; 5. Webster, 30.

Boys Goat Tying: 1. Zack Kirkpatrick, 9.540-10.860-10.510-30.910; 2. John Douch, 9.930-11.100-10.710-31.740; 3. Weston Greener, 10.240-10.670-10.890-31.800; 4. Logan Cook, 11.910-11.370-8.820-32.100; 5. Paden Bray, 9.170-10.510-13.750-33.430. Season Average: 1. Kirkpatrick, 60; 2. Douch, 52; 3. Weston, 49; 4. Cook, 45; 5. Bray, 38

Bull Riding: 1. Boudreax Campbell, 83.0-69.0-80.0-232.0; 2. Calvin Kovar, 70.0-69.0-32.0-171.0; 3. Jake Morrow, 0.0-69.0-76.0-145.0; 4. Seth Rus-tin, 0.0-72.0-51.0-123.0; 5. Landon Castillo, 63.0-73.0-0.0-136.0 Season Av-erage: 1. Campbell, 65.75; 2. Kovar, 53.25; 3. Morrow, 48.75; 4. Rustin, 34.0; 5. Castillo, 34.0

Calf Roping: 1. John Douch, 12.940-9.740-10.100-32.330; 2. Sy Fel-ton, 11.10-12.010-10.110-33.230; 3. Zack Kirkpatrick, 1 3 . 3 7 0 - 1 2 . 9 9 0 - 9 . 2 3 0 -35.590; 4. Westyn Hughes, 15.730-11.220-10.570-37.250; 5. Brett Stuart, 13.060-12.870-16.140-42.070. Season Average: 1. Douch, 63; 2. Felton, 57; 3. Kirkpatrick, 53; 4. Hughes, 47; 5. Stuart, 37

Chute Dogging: 1. Ty Nichols, 2.580-2.850-2.120-7.550; 2. Westyn Hughes, 3.530-1.970-2.080-7.580; 3. John Douch, 3.290-3.920-1.980-9.190; 4. Warren Koehn, 3.420-2.140-3.390-8.950; 5. Sy

Felton, 3.270-2.670-2.890-8.830. Season Average: 1. Nichols, 53; 2. Hughes, 53; 3. Douch, 42; 4. Koehn, 37; 5. Felton, 35.50

Girls Breakaway: 1. Destiny Hatfield, 3.260-2.940-3.0-9.20; 2. Mad-isen Goforth, 3.420-2.840-3.940-10.20; 3. Brooke Jordan, 2.670-12.620-3.230-18.520; 4. Bailey Jay, 4.610-3.720-3.040-11.370; 5. Kaci Reaves, 5.350-3.920-3.590-12.860. Season Average: 1. Hatfield, 60; 2. Goforth, 48; 3. Jordan, 43; 4. Jay, 42; 5. Reaves, 35

Girls Goat Tying: 1. Mariah Horton, 7.940-7.380-7.720-23.040; 2. Kelsey Epenson, 10.430-8.160-9.010-27.60; 3. Gage Brown, 8.090-12.180-8.990-29.260; 4. Audrey Wen, 9.590-10.040-8.720-28.350; 5. Chase Mertz, 9.390-10.540-9.710-30.230. Season Average: 1. Hor-ton, 70; 2. Espenson. 51; 3. Brown, 49; 4. Wren, 42; 5. Mertz, 29.50.

Pole Bending: 1. Raelee Self, 20.210-20.022-19.570-59.802; 2. Sadie Fomby, 20.790-20.657-20.846-62.293; 3. Anna Pickett, 20.974-20.786-20.207-61.967; 4. Davette Stegman, 21.025-20.949-20.152-62.126; 5. Laney Fowler, 21.113-20.574-20.906-62.593. Season Average: 1. Self, 65; 2. Fomby, 44; 3. Pickett, 42; 4. Stegman, 40; 5.Fowler, 31.

Ribbon Roping: 1. Zack Kirkpatrick/Kelsey Espe-nson, 7.880-9.850-7.140-24.870; 2. Logan Cook/Lara Elliot, 8.990-9.030-7.390-25.410; 3. Brett Stuart/Jax-on Schultz, 6.790-12.180-7.740-26.710; 4. Tanner Green/Allison Hannah, 7.80-9.920-8.60-26.320; 5. Dakota Felton/Whitley Whitewood, 7.050-11.130-17.910-36.090. Season Av-erage: 1. Kirkpatrick/Es-penson, 59; 2. Cook/Elliot,

55; 3. Stuart/Shultz, 48; 4. Green/Hannah, 45; 5. Fel-ton/Whitley, 35.

Team Roping: 1. Ky-ler Gomez/Ross Ashford, 7.20-7.80-8.080-23.080; 2. Logan Weeks/Greg Cor-dova, 7.0-11.460-7.940-26.40; 3. Brett Stuart/Tyson Thompson, 9.230-7.540-12.010-28.780; 4. Tanner Green/Justin De La Gar-za, 10.770-8.530-13.180-32.480; 5. Blake Bentley/Coleby Payne, 9.760-9.540-14.460-33.760 Season Av-erage: 1. Gomez/Ashford, 62; 2. Weeks/Cordova, 60; 3. Stuart/Thompson, 54; 4. Green/De La Garza, 44; 5. Bentley/Payne, 41.

Local ContestantsCullen Eppright (Cost):

Boys Breakaway, 15. 3.570-100.0-100.0-203.570; Boys Goat Tying, 39. 100.0—18.970-100-218.970; Chute Dogging, 70. 100.0-100.0-100.0-300.0; Ribbon Rop-ing, 145., 12.560-100.0-100.0-212.560.

Rylan Tieken (Nixon): Boys Breakaway, 51. 100.0-14 .380-100.0-214.380 ; Chute Dogging, 42. 9.370-4.710-100.0-114.080; Rib-bon Roping, 85., 100-.0-100.0-100.0-300.0; Team Roping (Heeler), 14., 15.370-21.520-18.250-55.140.

Colt Richards (Yoakum): Calf Roping, 9. 21.670-14 .570-17 .090-53 .330 ; Ribbon Roping, 25., 9.520-1 0 0 . 0 - 1 0 0 . 0 - 2 0 9 . 5 2 0 ; Team Roping (Header), 15., 100.0-6.920-21.360-128.280.

Cierra Nash (Cost): Girls Breakaway, 50. 100.0-100.0-100.00-300.0

McKenzie Caldwell (Gonzales): Girls Break-away, 77. , 100.0-100.0-100.0-300.0; Pole Bending , 50., 29.549-21.970-100.0-151.519.

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Tieken concludes second trip to TJHRA FinalsTJHRA Rodeo

Incoming Nixon eighth-grader Rylan Tieken has been to the Texas Junior High Rodeo Association State Finals now two years in a row.

The young cowboy took part in breakway, ribbon roping, chute dogging and his all-time favorite – team roping, which he has been practicing and riding in for the last eight years.

“I think it was awesome to make the State Finals two years in a row,” he said. “I think I did good, but not good enough or fast enough to advance to the national finals.”

He said he likes being part of a two-man team in team roping.

“I get to rope with a partner,” Tieken said. “I

lose or win with my roping partner. In the first perfor-mance, I caught two feet on the end. On my second and third tries, I legged the ani-mal both times.”

“Breakaway is really competitive. Some of my fellow contestants have horses are a little faster than mine and they are able to spend more time practicing. I just go out and do my best.”

In ribbon roping, Tieken missed both times. He has been ribbon roping since he was eight.

Chute dogging is the event Tieken has done the least amount of time. He only started taking part last year as a 12-year-old, his first year in the junior high rodeo association.

“It is not all that chal-lenging at the regional ro-deos,” Tieken said. “The

steers are tougher to wres-tle at the state finals.”

Tieken and partner Tucker Menz of Boerne came in the top 10 in team roping. Next school year will be his last in the junior high rodeo association. For Tieken, his goal is simple: be one of the best in the na-tion.

“I plan to make it to the state finals in all of my events and then hopefully, I will do well enough to go to nationals,” he said.

Tieken plans to stay in-volved in rodeo in the fu-ture.

“I will take part in high school rodeo and will try to win a rodeo scholarship so I can participate in the sport in college,” he said.

He is the son of Robin and Charles Zella of Nixon, and Gene Tieken of Gon-zales, and the grandson of

Donald and Anne Tieken of Gonzales.

Tieken said he wants

to thank his parents and grandparents for all of their support of his numerous

rodeo and rodeo-related activities.

By MARK LUBE

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Rylan Tieken (left) and partner, Tucker Menz of Boerne, finished in the top ten of Team Roping at the 2012 TJHRA State Finals last week. (Photo by Mark Lube)

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• 8-year-old Specials All-Star Baseball Tournament is tentatively set for June 14 in Lockhart.

Wade Miller draws back before firing a pitch towards home plate. (Photo by Mark Lube) Alex Ortiz slides safely into home to score a run. (Photo by Mark Lube)

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The Great Outdoors

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Texas Weekly Fishing ReportGULF COAST REGION

EAST GALVESTON BAY – Trout are good for drifters work-ing deep shell on limetreuse and plum plastics. Waders have taken good trout on topwaters on the south shoreline. Trout are good on the south shoreline on Catch 5s, MirrOlures and Catch 2000s.

WEST GALVESTON BAY – Trout are fair for drifters on live bait over reefs. Waders have taken good trout on topwaters. Sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs. Offshore is good for ling and kingfish. Red snapper season opens June 1.

TEXAS CITY – Trout are fair to good on April Fool’s Reef on live shrimp and croakers. A few fish are showing in the channel on croakers.

FREEPORT – Trout are good at San Luis Pass on shrimp and MirrOlures. The surf has held trout on live bait and artificial. Sand trout and sheepshead are good on live shrimp on the reefs in Christmas Bay.

EAST MATAGORDA BAY – Trout are good for drifters on live shrimp over humps and scattered shell. Redfish are fair

to good on the edge of the Intra-coastal on crabs and mullet.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY – Trout are good on sand and grass humps on soft plastics and topwaters. Redfish are good on topwaters and live shrimp in Oyster Lake.

PORT O’CONNOR – Trout and redfish are good on topwa-ters and live bait over sand, grass and shell in San Antonio Bay. Trout and redfish are fair for drifters working the back lakes with live shrimp.

ROCKPORT – Trout are fair to good in the guts and chan-nels on free–lined shrimp. Trout are fair over grass while drift-ing with live shrimp. Redfish are good on mullet on the Estes Flats.

PORT ARANSAS – Trout, redfish and sheepshead are fair to good at the jetty on shrimp and croakers. Trout are good in the surf on topwaters and croak-ers. Offshore is good for king-fish. Red snapper season opens June 1.

CORPUS CHRISTI – Trout are fair to good on the edge of the spoils on Gulps and live shrimp. Redfish are good in the potholes on shrimp.

BAFFIN BAY – Trout are good

on topwaters around rocks and grass. Trout are good at night in the Land Cut on live shrimp. Redfish are fair to good in Nine Mile Hole on gold spoons and topwaters.

PORT MANSFIELD – Trout are good on topwaters around sand and grass. Redfish are fair to good while drifting pot holes and while anchored with natu-ral baits at East Cut. Offshore is good for red snapper and king-fish in state waters.

SOUTH PADRE – Trout and redfish are fair to good on live bait in the shallows in South Bay and Mexiquita Flats. Trout, Spanish mackerel and sheeps-head are good at the jetty.

PORT ISABEL – Trout and redfish are fair to good on the flats on live shrimp and in Air-port Cove. Trout are good on the deeper edges and flats in La-guna Vista on topwaters and live shrimp.

SOUTH TEXAS PLAINS REGION

BRAUNIG – Water clear. Black bass are fair on watermel-on crankbaits and soft plastic worms in reeds. Striped bass are fair down rigging silver and gold

spoons near the jetty and dam. Redfish are good down rig-ging spoons near the jetty and dam. Channel and blue catfish are good on liver, cut bait, and cheesebait near the dam.

CALAVERAS – Water clear. Black bass are fair on minnows. Striped bass are fair on chicken livers and shad along the shore-line. Redfish are good on live bait along the crappie wall and the dam. Channel catfish are good on liver and shad near the railroad trestle. Blue catfish are fair on shrimp and cut bait. Yel-low catfish are slow.

CHOKE CANYON – Water clear; 78–82 degrees; 12.69’ low. Black bass are fair on watermel-on crankbaits and Rat–L–Traps. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are good on shrimp and nightcrawlers. Yellow cat-fish are fair on trotlines baited with live perch.

COLETO CREEK – Water fairly clear; 1.80’ low. Black bass are fair on watermelon spin-nerbaits and crankbaits. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on minnows and white striper jigs. Crappie are fair on min-nows and pink tube jigs. Chan-nel and blue catfish are good on shrimp and perch. Yellow catfish

are fair on trotlines baited with live perch.

FALCON – Water stained; 81–85 degrees; 29.54’ low. Black bass are fair on chartreuse spin-nerbaits, crankbaits, and Rat–L–Traps. Striped bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and green tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are very good on frozen shrimp under birds. Yel-low catfish are slow. Everyone in a boat must have a Mexico fish-ing license (if fishing the Mexico side) whether fishing or not.

PRAIRIES AND LAKESREGION

BASTROP – Water stained; 78–82 degrees. Black bass are fair on small spinnerbaits and Rat–L–Traps. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are good on shrimp, minnows, and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow.

FAYETTE – Water stained. Black bass are fair on topwaters and buzzbaits early, later switch-ing to chartreuse soft plastics over grass. Channel and blue catfish are fair on shrimp and perch.

Clean boat is best deterrent for most invasive species

Scramble WinnersShown at top is the first place team from the recent Wednesday Night Scramble held at Independence Park Golf Course in Gonzales. They are Raul Contreras, Jerrod Hoyle, Glenda Kessler and Bill Kessler. Pictured above is the second place team, whose members were Wiley Bluhm, Aaron Burek, Jay Windham and Casey Mims. Not pictured is Roy Staton. (Courtesy photo)


Invasive species, plants or animals that find their way to new places they don’t be-long and cause economic, environmental or ecologi-cal damage, have wreaked havoc throughout the U.S. A couple of well-known examples are the lamprey invasion of the Great Lakes and everybody’s favorite in Texas, the fire ant.

Texas is home to a num-ber of aquatic invasive species. Two species in particular are at the top of the most-wanted list: zebra mussels and giant salvinia.

Zebra mussels are small, less than 1 ½ inches long as adults, and currently exist in Lake Texoma (on the Red River of the Texas/Oklahoma border) and in West Prong Sister Grove Creek above Lake Lavon.

Zebra mussels hitchhike their way from lake to lake on boats and boat trailers. Zebra mussels, once they invade, attach themselves to almost any underwater ob-ject and quickly form large colonies on rocks, boat hulls, boat docks, pipes or even your trotline.

They can make water rec-reation dangerous because of their razor-sharp edges, harm boats and motors, damage public-water intake structures and alter aquatic ecosystems to the detri-ment of native species and sport fish.

Giant salvinia, first found in Texas in 1997, is a free-floating fern that can double in size in just a few days and can form mats up to three feet thick. It can

take over an entire cove in a matter of weeks, choking out all aquatic life below its thick mats and making boating, swimming or fish-ing impossible.

One way to curb the spread of these destruc-tive hitchhikers is to clean, drain and dry boats and trailers after recreating on any Texas water body known to have aquatic in-vasive species. (Hydrilla, the only known aquatic in-vasive in the Big Country, is found at Lakes O. H. Ivie and Hubbard Creek).

First, CLEAN all debris and plant material from the boat and trailer. Second, DRAIN all water from the boat, engine, livewells and bait buckets. Third, let the boat and trailer DRY for at least a week before using the boat in a non-infested water body.

If your boat has invasive species on it or if you don’t have time to let it sit out and dry for at least a week, wash it using a high pres-sure washer with hot (140 degree F), soapy water.

No Big Country water body has either zebra mus-sels or giant salvinia. Let’s keep it that way.

For more information on Texas invasive species, go to www.texasinvasives.org. You can also visit You-Tube on the internet and search “don’t let invasives take over texas lakes” or, for a humorous public service announcement, search “gi-ant salvinia PSA texas parks and wildlife.” These videos are also on our Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/tpwdifabilene).

A Father and Son Bas-ketball Tournament will be held on Saturday, June 16.

Divisions will be 3-on-3 for fathers and sons 18+, 2-on-2 fathers and sons grades 9-12, 2-on-2 fathers and sons grades 7-8, and fathers and sons grades 5-6.

Entry fee for 3-on-3 is $50 and $40 for 2-on-2.

For more information on playing times and sites, call Johnny Ross Hunt at 830-557-3956.

St. Paul Basketball Camp

The Shiner St. Paul Bas-ketball Camp will be held June 18-21 at the St. Paul High School Gym for play-ers in grades 1-12.

Grades 1-4 will go from 8-9 a.m. and grades 5-8 will go from 9-10 in the funda-mentals camp. Grades 9-12 will have position camp from 10-11:30 a.m.

Cost of the camp is $30, and forms need to be mailed to Cardinal Bas-ketball Camp, Attention: Coach Dana Beal, PO Box 1131, Shiner, TX 77984. Make checks payable to Dana Beal.

St. Paul Volleyball Camp

The Shiner St. Paul Vol-leyball Camp will be held June 18-21 at the St. Paul Gym for players in grades 3-12. Grades 3-6 will have camp from 1-3 p.m.; grades 6-8 will go from 3-5 p.m. and 9-12 will go from 5:30-8:30 p.m.

The cost of the camp is $50 and forms need to be mailed to Cardinal Vol-leyball Camp, Attention: Coach Dana Beal, PO Box 1131, Shiner, TX 77984. Make checks payable to

Dana Beal.Apache Baseball CampThe Gonzales Apaches

Baseball non-varsity camp will be held on June 18-20 at T.E. Burrows Field at the high school for incoming grades 3-9.

Incoming players in grades 3-6 will go from 9-10:45 a.m. and grades 7-9 will have camp from 11 un-til 12:45 p.m.

Campers will need to dress in comfortable T-shirt, shoes, cleated shoes, socks and bats and gloves (if you have them). Camp highlights will be daily in-struction by the Apache coaching staff on pitching and hitting drills.

The cost is $30 per camp-er. Applications need to be mailed to Gonzales Apache Baseball Camp, 1801 Sar-ah DeWitt, Gonzales, TX 78629.

AUSTIN — Taylor Wil-liams isn’t so sure she alone deserves MVP of the Class 1A State Tournament.

“I think the whole team deserves it,” she said. “Our pitcher (Katie Steinhauser) pitched one heck of a game and we have a solid de-fense.”

Williams collected home run Nos. 7 and 8 last week in the UIL Softball champi-onship at the University of Texas at Austin.

Williams smacked a two-run jack in the semifinal 4-1 victory against the Gar-rison Lady Bulldogs. Her solo home run in the top of the ninth Thursday against the Sam Rayburn Ivanhoe Lady Rebels turned into the game-winner as Flatonia prevailed, 6-4, to win their second softball state title.

“That felt pretty amazing because I was not expecting that pitch to be a home run. I was just trying to get on base and make things hap-

pen,” Williams said. “It just turned out for the best.”

Against Garrison, Wil-

lams was 1-for-2, two runs, two RBI and a home run. And in the state title game, she struggled early, but went 1-for-4, two RBI.

For the season, Williams batted .449 with 40 hits at 89 at-bats, 48 runs scored, 52 RBI, eight home runs, seven triples, eight doubles, 40 walks, 24 intentional walks, six sacrifice flys, .620 on base and 14-for-14 on stolen bases.

Williams, a junior and three-year varsity starter, has her college plans tenta-tively set as she has verbally committed to play softball for the University of North Carolina.

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FLATONIA: Regained focus in time to emerge victoriousglove to secure the title for Flatonia (30-5).

“I feel like we lost our fo-cus because we were think-ing too much about how close we were but thank goodness, we pulled it out in the end,” said Bruns.

In the top of the first, Rodriguez reached on an error. She advanced to sec-ond on the hit by Courtney Mica. Ivanhoe then rallied for three straight outs.

In the top of the second, Fike got a base hit; Abigail Schacherl was out at first on the groundout from pitcher Alaina Kissinger to second baseman Torri Pannell to move Fike to second. The Lady Rebels prevented any more base runners.

In the bottom of the sec-ond, Kissinger got a double to get on base before Flato-nia got a pair of fly balls to end the inning.

Flatonia struck pay dirt in the third inning. Rodri-guez singled and Mica was walked. Williams struck out and Bruns flew out to center for two away. Stein-hauser singled in Rodri-guez and Michalec came on to run for Steinhauser. Fike reached on an error, and Mica and Michalec scored on the same play.

The Lady Bulldogs went ahead 4-0 in the fourth in-ning. McKenna Lopez and Brooke Migl each got a sin-gle. Mica got a hit to load the bases. Williams flew out to center to score Lopez.

The Lady Rebels threat-ened in the bottom of the inning. Dow got a base hit and Cranford hit to Mica at shortstop and threw to Bruns on the fielder’s choice on Dow. Cranford advanced on a passed ball. Pannell singled to center field and Cranford went to third. Williams got a ball from Pelton to end the in-ning.

Ivanhoe closed down to 4-1 in the bottom of fifth. Mica caught a fly ball and Steinhauser struck out Car-ly Park. Wicheman singled and later stole second. Hall tripled to center to score Wicheman.

While a young team based on classifications, Flatonia is an experienced team with most of the play-ers having played together a long time.

“The same 10 or 11 play-ers played around 25 games together last year and 40 this year,” Stryk said. “Those kids are a lot more grown up than their actual grade.”

The game will be one to savor for the Flatonia faith-ful.

“I do not think you can get a better state champion-

ship game than that,” Stryk said. “It had a little bit of everything. A lead, a come-back, take the lead back, get threatened at the end and get out of it.”

Flatonia won its first title in 2003 and Stryk said the second title was the better one.

“Last time there was not any pressure,” he said. “We had tied for first place in district with two-time state champion Shiner; we were cruising in the playoffs and playing good ball. We met up with Shiner in the re-gional finals and won that series. 2003 was pretty much a Cinderella story for us.”

“This one was different because we knew we had a good team and we did not want to disappoint people.”

The game might not have ever had to have been in doubt. Flatonia had plenty of base runners but was al-ways leaving them strand-ed, 10 times to be exact.

“We kept hitting and hit-ting,” Stryk said. “We told the batters to hit the balls on the ground instead of pop flys. We ran bases ag-gressively and got some steals.”

“I have to give the Lady Rebels credit for coming

back. They are a great hit-ting team with four girls batting over .400.”

The win had to be espe-cially sweet for the three se-niors who would be putting on the Flatonia jersey for the last time: Kaci Pavlicek, Mica and Bruns, who also received their high school diplomas in the Flatonia graduation 24 hours later.

“It is a great feeling to go out with a win and state title. It is the ultimate ac-complishment,” Bruns said. “It feels great that the last time you put on a Flatonia jersey, it is a win and a win on the big stage.”

Steinhauser said she could not describe the ex-act emotions the team felt after Rodriguez hauled in the ball for the final out.

“Definitely joy, relief; mostly joy,” she said.

Steinhauser said the fans were just a part of the state championship team as the players were.

“I am so thankful for all of them,” she said.

Williams was named the Championship Game MVP and was joined on the All-Tournament Team by Bruns, Lopez, Courtney Mica, Kylie Mica and Stein-hauser.

2012 UIL Class 1A State ChampionshipFlatonia 6, Ivanhoe Rayburn 4

Boxscore Flatonia

Player ab r h rbi Crystal Rodriguez cf 5 1 2 0Courtney Mica ss 4 1 3 0Taylor Williams 3b 4 1 1 2Alex Bruns 2b 4 1 0 0Katie Steinhauser p 4 0 2 1 Kimberlyn Michalec pr 0 1 0 0Chandler Fike dp 5 0 1 1Abigail Schacherl 1b 3 0 0 0McKenna Lopez rf 3 1 2 0Brooke Migl lf/ph 3 0 2 0 Kaci Pavlicek ph/lf 1 0 0 0Kylie Mica c 0 0 0 0

Ivanhoe RayburnPlayer ab r h rbiAli Wiecheman c/cf 5 1 2 0Cassidy Hall ss/p 5 0 2 1Maddie Dow 3b 5 0 2 2Avery Cranford 1b 4 0 0 0Alaina Kissinger p/ss 4 0 1 0 Keely Spence pr 0 0 0 0Torri Pannell 2b 4 0 1 0Jaiden Pelton cf/c 4 1 1 0Sydney Davis lf 3 1 1 0Carly Park dp 1 0 0 0Brittnie Whirley rf 1 1 0 0 Score By Innings Flatonia 003 100 002 - 6 13 1Ivanhoe Rayburn 000 000 300 - 4 10 3

E - Steinhauser, Hall, Pannell, Pelton. LOB - Flatonia 10, Rayburn 9. 2B - Kissinger. 3B - Hall. HR - Williams. SH - Schacherl (2), Park, Whirley. SF - Williams. SB - Michalec, Wiecheman, Dow. CS - Lopez, Migl.

PitchingFlatonia ip h r bb kKatie Steinhauser W, 28-5 9 10 4 2 5Ivanhoe RayburnAlaina Kissinger 4 7 4 1 4Cassidy Hall L, 9-1 5 6 2 3 2

Win - Steinhauser (28-5). Loss - Hall (9-1). Save - None. Pitches/strikes: Steinhauser 139/84; Kissinger 76/58; Hall 84/45. Attendance: 1,252.

Williams named tournament MVP BRIEFSBy MARK [email protected]

Taylor Williams is presented with the MVP Award by an official from the UIL. Williams blasted two hom-ers and drove in four runs over the two-game series. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Father/son basketball tourney slated for June 16 in Gonzales


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June 15 - Distance to MidnightJune 22 - Grupo Vida The Electric Cowboys

June 29 - Vince Vance and the ValiantsJuly 4 - Gonzales Main Street Star Spangled

Spectacular - BBQ Cookoff - Live Music - Waterslide - Games

NEW THIS YEAR - Gonzales Main Street BBQ

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July 4 - Cannon Goofy Games during the day

2012 Gonzales Main StreetSummer Concert Series - Every Friday in June

4th of July Star Spangled SpectacularAll held on Confederate Square DowntownMusic, Vendors, Food, Drinks, Childrens Games, Moonwalk,

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This year’s opening night of the Main Street Summer Concert Series was a huge success, thanks in great part to the Texas Jamm band (below). There were the usual fun activities for kids of all ages to enjoy (below), while the Gonzales VFW Post, as always, was ready with an array of cooling beverages. (Photos by Debbie Toliver)


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LOCKHART — In the music business, a lot of “overnight sensations” are actually success stories about building careers over a pe-riod of several years. One musician who’s paid his dues without the aid of power management or a big record label is Casey Donahew

The Burleson native, (with the help of his wife Melinda) has painstakingly carved out an impressive niche for him-self on the Texas regional country music scene over the past decade, attracting a solid base of loyal fans who flock to his legendary live shows. Building his career from the ground up one show at a time, he’s managed to perform on countless stages night after night in front of thousands, topped the Texas music charts sev-eral times, released four albums independently to critical acclaim, and forged a path all his own.

Donahew and his band will headline this week’s Chishold Trails Roundup in Lockhart. They’ll perform from 7:45-9:15 p.m. Satur-day at the Amphitheather.

While he’s a polished tal-ent these days, Donahew ac-tually fell into music gradu-ally. He grew up on a farm the first few years of his life and quickly grew to love riding and team roping, a sport he still enjoys today. His grandfather, who loved to play and sing, gave Casey his first guitar growing up, but it wasn’t until college at Texas A&M that he first be-gan to teach himself to play and really focused on writ-ing songs.

A big fan of 80’s and 90’s country, Casey had always admired the storytelling in the songs of that period, and when a wild-eyed Oklahoma boy named Garth Brooks began swinging from the raf-ters and employing all sorts of crazy, rock show antics during his concerts, Casey was immediately hooked.

“I’ve just always liked the country songs from the 80’s,” says Casey. “It seems like a time when there was a lot of great songwriting going on, and I just enjoy people who can tell a story with a song. And I’ve always been a big Garth Brooks fan, since the beginning. First there was George Strait, and then here came this guy from Okla-homa, Garth Brooks. And you’d see George standing there playing guitar, but then Garth comes along running all over the stage, playing guitar and singing all these songs that he wrote. ”

It was during his college days that Casey also discov-ered another rowdy artist who was forging his own path across the Lone Star state in a big way, Pat Green. When his fraternity hired Pat to play one of their par-ties back in those early days, Casey was instantly inspired by Pat’s way with a song and his ability to connect with an audience.

“Pat Green was really the guy who started it all for me in college. He just did a great job connecting with fans, and later on when we started playing, we really tried to mirror how he did that. He was one of those guys who I thought was a great enter-tainer, and really told stories that people wanted to hear and could relate to, and I think that’s what made him so popular.”

Transferring to the Uni-versity of Texas/Arling-ton, Casey began traveling around with his girlfriend/future wife Melinda to catch shows by Pat, Randy Rog-ers, Cross Canadian Rag-

weed, and other acts who were bubbling up just above the surface on the burgeon-ing Texas music scene at the time. And it wasn’t long before he was testing the waters himself, playing a regular acoustic gig at Fort Worth bar the Thirsty Ar-madillo, trying out the songs he’d been writing since high school.

“I had moved back and was going to UTA, and just started follow-ing some of those guys around,” he recalls. “We’d go see guys like Randy play at the Thirsty Ar-madillo when he was just starting out and the scene was just barely beginning to go anywhere out here. Pat was selling Billy Bob’s out, and we’d go see him, and Ragweed was just starting to break in that timeframe too.

Within a few years Casey had conquered the small club circuit and was packing out larger places like the Fort Worth Horseman’s Club.

He released his first independent CD, “Lost Days,” (which included the autobiographical nod to his home turf, “Stock-yards,”) and the song quickly became a huge hit for the new band, even among fans who had nev-er visited the Texas city.

“Stockyards is one of those songs we started out with. I’ve been to a lot of places, and I’ve never been any-where quite like the North side of Fort Worth. Its just one of those places…I grew up in all those bars, and there’s such a history down there and it’s something I think everyone can relate to. It’s weird, it seems like we go far from Fort Worth and people still sing that song, it’s one of those things people relate to -- everyone’s got their own Stockyards if you will, their own place they grew up that they remember going to the bars and run-ning the streets and getting into trouble, I guess.”

“Hopefully I’ve grown as a songwriter over the past few years, but I don’t try to get too carried away with it, I don’t want to try to be too serious about everything” Donahew said.

Chisholm Trail Roundup buttons are available in ad-vance for $10, which allows patrons grounds access plus all the music and activities for all four days of the fes-tival. Individual evening

tickets are available for $4 on Thursday; $8 on Friday (5 p.m.-midnight); and $6 from 1-5 p.m. amd $10 for 5 p.m.-1 a.m. on Saturday; kids under 12 are admitted free.

Parking is available at the City Park or for your added convenience, Park on the Square, ride a bus for FREE & get dropped off at the Main Pavilion at the City Park. Buses run Thursday & Friday from 5pm-1am and Saturday from 2pm to 2am.

Thursday, June 7Thursday Night Acous-

tic Jam at Ole Moulton Bank, 6:30 p.m. No cover.

Ron Shumate Un-plugged at Troubador’s, Cu-ero, 8 p.m.

The Fossils at Chisholm Trails Roundup, Amphithe-ater, Lockhart, 8-11:30 p.m. Single-night tickets $4.

Friday, June 8Central Texas Sounds at

Gonzales Main Street Sum-mer Concert Series, 8 p.m. No charge.

Mickey and the Motor-cars with Zack Walther at the Chisholm Trail Round-up, Lockhart City Park, 8:30 p.m.-midnight. Admission $8.

In Defense of the Depths at Harmony Sweet, Austin, show begins 10 p.m., $10 cover.

Saturday, June 9Ten High Band at Trou-

bador’s, Cuero, 8 p.m.Texas Renegade at How-

ard’s, Shiner, 8 p.m.Train Wreck with Sam

Riggs at the Chisholm Trail Roundup, Lockhart City Park Amphitheater, 3-7:15 p.m. Admission $10.

Casey Donahew with Eleven Hundred Springs and Lost Immigrants at the Chisholm Trail Round-up, Lockhart City Park Am-phitheater, 7 p.m.-1 a.m. Admission $10.

Train Wreck with Sam Riggs at the Chisholm Trail Roundup, Lockhart City Park Amphitheater, 3-7:15 p.m. Admission $10.

Aimless Gun with Ryan Turner at the Chisholm Trail Roundup, Lockhart City Park Main Pavilion, 2-8 p.m. Admission $10.

Sunday, June 10Shiner Summer Song-

writer Series feat. Bill Pe-kar & the Rainey Broth-ers with Tommy Elskes at Howard’s, 4 p.m. No cover.

Wednesday, June 13Dolly Shine at Blue Light

Live, Lubbock, 8 p.m.

Thursday, June 14Thursday Night Acous-

tic Jam at Ole Moulton Bank, 6:30 p.m. No cover.

J.J. Henson Unplugged at Troubador’s, Cuero, 8 p.m.

Friday, June 15Distance to Midnight at

Gonzales Main Street Sum-mer Concert Series, 8 p.m. No charge.

Saturday, June 9Slim Bawb at Howard’s,

Shiner, 8 p.m.

Sunday, June 17Dolly Shine at Brick

House Tavern, Austin, 11 a.m.

Shiner Summer Song-writer Series feat. Bill Pe-kar & the Rainey Brothers with Dana Cooper at How-ard’s, 4 p.m. No cover.

Thurdsday, June 21Dolly Shine at Legends

Sports Bar, Austin, 6 p.m.The Pale Horses at the

Watermelon Thump, Luling,

no cover.

Friday, June 22Grupo Vida the Electric

Cowboys at Gonzales Main Street Summer Concert Se-ries, 8 p.m. No charge.

Bri Bagwell at Scooter’s, Moulton, 9 p.m. Tickets $10.

Thom Shepard and Kevin Fowler at the Water-melon Thump, Luling, 8:30 p.m., $15 admission.

Saturday, June 23Chris Allbright Band at

Troubador’s, Cuero, 8 p.m.Country Magic Band at

Howard’s, Shiner, 8 p.m. No cover.

The Cody Johnson Band, Charlie Robinson and The Bellamy Brothers

at the Watermelon Thump, Luling, 7:30 p.m., $15 ad-mission.

Sunday, June 24Johnny Dee and the

Rocket 88s with Billy Ba-con and the Forbidden Pigs at the Watermelon Thump, Luling, 1:30 p.m., no cover.

Friday, June 29Vince Vance and the

Valiants at Gonzales Main Street Summer Concert Se-ries, 8 p.m. No charge.

Beau Hinze and the Backporch Shufflers at Howard’s, Shiner, 8 p.m.

Saturday, June 30Six String Boys at Trou-

bador’s, Cuero, 8 p.m.

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

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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20An agreement will be nul-lified before you even get started, Aries. It is time to come up with a different plan of action if you want better results.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21Relationship woes have slowed you down, Taurus. It could take a few days be-fore you return to full speed. Delegate some of your responsibilities, if necessary.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21Gemini, you’re giving off so much creative energy that people may flock to your side for the next sev-eral days. This newfound celebrity could be an asset.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22Cancer, there is no easy way around something you need to get done at work. Being scatterbrained this week may add to the pressure of getting things done.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23Leo, you have to ask a lot of questions to get to the root of a problem that’s been bothering you. You have the personality to get to the answers easily.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22Virgo, an unexpected partnership could arise this week. While it may be bumpy at the start, after a few days, the two of you

will have worked out all of the kinks.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23Libra, after some busy months, you are ready for a vacation. This well-deserved respite could be an elaborate trip to some place exotic, if you should so choose.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22Scorpio, with so many creative ideas constantly whirling in your head, it can sometimes be difficult zero-ing in on one. Luckily this week you will get things in order.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21Sagittarius, avoid passing judgement on someone else close to you. Listen to their problems and work with them to find a good solution.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20There’s no use procrasti-nating on something that needs to get done this week, Capricorn. It will only pro-long the amount of time you have to worry about it.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18Aquarius, patience and

motivation is all you need to start tackling that to-do list. Finding a partner to help will make the work go twice as fast.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20Pisces, others often look to you for inspiration. You will not disappoint this week when you offer some unique ideas.

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If you were like the average rabbit, you would take 18 naps every day.

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a total of 14 Oz books between 1900 and 1920. The series continued even after the author’s death; Ruth Plumly Thompson produced one Oz book every year between 1921 and 1939.

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published that the marketers learned that those symbols spelled out the phrase “bite the wax tadpole.”

The manufacture of a single domestic automobile requires the use of a whopping 39,000 gallons of water.

Every year, about 10 percent of the world’s population visits a zoo. In the United States, though, about half of us make such a visit annually.

Most people have about 100,000 hairs on their head. It’s not clear why, but redheads tend to have somewhat fewer hairs -- about 90,000 -- while blondes have more.

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Lauren Parr of Gonzales High School was recently awarded a $2,500 schol-arship from local electric provider, The Guadalupe Valley Electric Coopera-tive, Inc. (GVEC).

This year alone, GVEC awarded $37,500 in schol-arships providing 15 high school students the opportunity to further their education after high school.

Over 200 applica-tions were received from deserving seniors all throughout GVEC’s ser-vice area. Parr was among 15 recipients who were se-lected for their outstand-ing academics, extra-

curricular involvement, community service, and the desire to seek a college education.

“These students are the future leaders of our com-munities in the Guadalupe Valley, exhibiting a variety of outstanding leadership qualities. We are proud to reward them for their dedi-cation and commitment with this scholarship,” says GVEC General Manager and CEO Darren Schauer. “With the GVEC Scholar-ship Program, we are not only helping these students obtain a good education, but also helping to open up new and exciting opportunities for these young individuals.”

GVEC honored all of the 2012 GVEC Scholarship winners, their families, and their school administrators at a luncheon held at the First Lutheran Church Fel-lowship Hall in Gonzales.

Each spring, GVEC awards thousands of dol-lars in scholarships to high school seniors seek-ing to further their educa-tion. Students will begin to receive their $2,500 scholarship upon the start of the 2012 fall semester at the university, college, or technical school they have chosen to attend.

With help from GVEC, these students are now on their way to fulfilling their dreams, finding a lifelong career and becoming part of the next generation of leaders.

GVEC is an electric cooperative that serves over 68,000 meters across 13 Texas counties. The service area spans 3,500 square miles across South Central Texas. The head-quarters is located in Gonzales, Texas, with four area offices in the cities of Schertz, Seguin, La Vernia and Cuero.

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Parr gets GVEC scholarshipGVEC General Manager and CEO Darren Schauer awards Gonzales senior Lauren Parr her scholarship. Lauren will be attending school this fall seeking a degree in psychology. (Courtesy photo)

COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M University has named its honor students for the spring semester, recogniz-ing them for outstanding aca-demic performance.

The Dean’s Honor Roll recognizes students taking at least 15 semester hours during the spring semester who have maintained a 3.75 or higher grade point (GPR) out of a possible 4.0.

Among those named to the Dean’s Honor Roll were:

• Taylor M. Dees, Junior 60-89, Moulton, Bachelor of Science - Nutritional Sciences

• Brandon J. Klekar, Senior 90+, Hallettsville, Bachelor of Science - Aerospace Engi-neering

• Cherise N. Klekar, Sopho-more 30-, Hallettsville, Bach-elors Degree - Unspecified - General Studies

• Katelyn E. Kuck, Sopho-more 30-, Luling, Bachelor of Arts - Biology

• Miranda L. Lambert, Ju-nior 60-89, Luling, Bachelor of Science - Economics

• Laura M. Moehlman, Sophomore 30-, Yoakum, Bachelor of Science - Genetics

• Kayla L. Rother, Senior 90+, Hallettsville, Bachelor of Science - Health (Lower)

• Kyla L. Schacherl, Kyla L., Junior 60-89, Shiner, Bachelor of Science - Interdisciplinary St (Lower)

• Ashley N. Shimek, Sopho-more 30-, Shiner, Bachelor of

Science - Health (Lower)• Justin C. Wiese, Junior 60-

89, Shiner, Bachelor of Science - Industrial Distribution

• Candace L. Zimmerman, Senior 90+, Yoakum, Bache-lor of Science - Interdisciplin-ary Studies

A second designation, “Distinguished Student,” rec-ognizes those who earned a 3.5 to 3.74 GPR while taking at least 15 hours for the spring semester.

Among those recognized as Distinguished were:

• Clay B. Bludau, Junior 60-89, Hallettsville, Bachelor of Science - Petroleum Engi-neering

• James D. Cook, Senior 90+, Nixon, Bachelor of Sci-

ence - Engineering Technol-ogy

• Jeremy A. Kelley, Junior 60-89, Yoakum, Bachelor of Science - Geology

• Stephanie E. Tobola, Se-nior 90+, Hallettsville, Bach-elor of Science - Interdisciplin-ary Studies

Gaines named to Dean’s List for spring at Beloit CollegeBELOIT, WIS. — Euge-

nia Gaines of Gonzales has been named to Beloit College’s Dean’s List for the spring semester.

To be eligible for the Dean’s List, a student must carry a semester GPA of 3.4 or higher and take a minimum of three letter-graded units for the

term.Beloit College is a resi-

dential, liberal arts col-lege offering 40 majors to its 1,250 students. Locat-ed 90 miles northwest of Chicago, Beloit is one of the nation’s most interna-tional colleges, drawing students from 41 nations as well as 48 states.

Parr earns annual GVEC scholarship

Edwards BarbecueEdwards Association B-B-Q

Chicken Dinner Fundraiser, Fri-day, June 8, 2012. At Edwards Community Center, 127 Fly Street, Gonzales, Texas (Near Gonzales Elementary School) at 11:30 – Until SOLD OUT!!! Get ½ delicious chicken w/trimmings and dessert. Only $7.00. Dine In or Carry Out. 830-672-6309 or 672-7142.

American LegionThe Gonzales American Le-

gion Post #40 will hold their regular meeting June 7, 6:00 p.m. at the Legion Hall. All members and Prospective members are urged to attend.

Piano LessonsSummer Piano Lessons will

be offered at the Gonzales Pub-lic Library.

The lessons are for students age 8-18 with library members and registration can be done at the library by parent or guard-ian. Telephone registration will not be accepted.

WaelderHomecomingWaelder Homecoming will

be held on Sunday, June 10 at the Waelder school gymnasium

Grave decorating begins at 9 a.m. and registration begins at 10 a.m.

A catered lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m. Meal do-nations are requested and you can bring your favorite dessert.

Donations will also be col-lected for the Waelder Home-coming Foundation, Waelder Cemetery Association and Waelder Masonic Cemetery.

Summer ReadingThe Waelder Public Library

will hold a Summer Reading Program for grades K through five through June 8, from 1–3 p.m.

A Reading Celebration Party will be held on Friday, June 8 from 1-3 with Ms. Poppy enter-taining.

Pottery ClassesLuling Icehouse Pottery is

excited to add children’s clay experiences to the 2012 class schedule. We are offering a Kid’s Clay Camp June 11th-15th for children ages 9-12. Students will explore clay, learn basic techniques, and have fun in a supportive, relaxed environ-ment.

The Kid’s Clay Camp is from 9am-12pm, Monday-Friday, June 11th-15th. Class size is small, so please sign your child up early! The cost is $135 per child and includes all materi-als and kiln firing of finished artworks. We are happy to of-fer a 10% discount to families who would like to enroll two or more children from the same household. Please call (830) 875-6282 for more information and visit www.lulingicehouse-pottery.com for details.

Pilgrim OpryThe Pilgrim Country Opry

will be held Saturday, June 9, 2012 at the Pilgrim Com-munity Center, 12809 FM 116, Pilgrim, Texas. Music by The Pilgrim Heirs Band. Special Guest appearances by John Hannson, Terri O’Neal, Ter-rell O’Neal. Menu is Barbecue

Brisket. Serving from 5:00pm-6:30pm, $6.00. Music Starts at 7 p.m. - $4.00. Show informa-tion: Cal Taylor (830) 534-8499. Hall Rental: Plowman Whiddon, (830) 437-2316.

GHS Class of ‘72The Gonzales High School

Class of 1972 will hold its 40th Reunion on June 22-23.

Hospitality night will be on Friday, June 22 at Boomer’s Sports Bar in Gonzales, begin-ning at 7 p.m., and Saturday, June 23 at the Iley place on the river. Meal will be served around 5 p.m.

Bring your boat or jet-skis if you have them, a lawn chair, dominoes, your own cool re-freshing adult beverage, a snack or covered dish and lots of stories and memories. There will be soft drinks, tea and le-mondade available on ice. The meat will be chicken and sau-sage, provided and cooked by professionals (who happen to be married to our classmates).

Plan on bringing your family, or at least pictures, and plan on enjoying a good and blessed weekend of food, fellowship and fun.

If you would like to make a contribution, please send any amount to Janis McCaskill, 6793 N. US Hwy. 183, Gonzales, TX 78629 or call 830-672-3363 with questions.

Meeting PostponedThe Gonzales Community

African American Interfaith Church Scholarship Fund monthly business meeting scheduled for June 7 has been postponed.

The next meeting will be held on July 7 at the Union Lea Bap-tist Church in Gonzales at 7 p.m. The public is invited to attend.

For more information, con-tact Eugene Wilson Sr. at 830-857-3764.

GLC donationsThe Gonzales Learning Cen-

ter wants to let folks know that we’re collecting gently used Christmas ornaments, lights, ar-tificial trees, wreaths, décor, and gift wrap for next year’s Christ-mas bazaar.

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

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

Violence shelterThe Guadalupe Valley Family

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

GVFVS provides survivors with legal advocacy, case man-agement, counseling, assistance with crime victims compensa-tion and other services at no cost. For more information, call 830-372-2780 or 1-800-834-2033.

Senior Citizens CenterThe Gonzales Senior Citi-

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

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

There are also Senior Citizen Centers in Waelder, Smiley and Nixon. For more information about our activities, please call me, Helen Richter at 672-2613.

For general public transporta-tion call 672-7014 or 672-6469, and talk to Kari or Bobby.

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WINDWEHENAdam Edward Windwe-

hen, 27, passed away Fri-day, June 1, 2012.

Adam was born April 5, 1985, in Victoria to Charles Edward and Su-san Jayne Hunt Windwe-hen. He graduated from Victoria Memorial High School with the Class of 2003, where he had been active with the football and swim team. Adam gradu-ated from Texas A&M University in 2009 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture Leadership and Development. He had been a member of the Al-pha Gamma Rho fraternity and a faithful Aggie foot-ball fan.

Adam had been a mem-ber of the Victoria First Baptist Church. He was a good-hearted, generous young man, who passion-ately cared for the welfare of others. He loved life and enjoyed hunting, fishing, cooking and surrounding himself with family and friends. He loved so deeply that he was burdened by the passing away of his mother, dear friends and close fam-ily that seemingly departed so closely together. These losses, though troubling and burdensome to Adam, were held deep within as he endeavored to live his life with the abundance of love that defined his character.

Adam Edward Wind-wehen is survived by his father and step-mother, Charles E. and Beryl Hind-man Windwehen of Mag-nolia, grandfather, David B. Hunt of Victoria, his sister Laura Ann Wind-wehen of Austin and the beautiful young woman he was blessed to have shared the last three and one-half years loving completely, Amanda “Mandy” Simper of Victoria.

Adam was preceded in death by his mother Susan Jayne Hunt Windwehen.

The family will received friends 6-8 p.m. Monday, June 4, at Seydler-Hill Fun-deral Home.

Funeral services were-held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 5, in the Gonzales First Baptist Church with Rev. Dr. Gene Rice and Dr. Margaret Rice officiat-ing. Interment followed in Greenwood Cemetery in rural Gonzales County. Pallbearers included James Kahanek, Wesley Hendrix, Wilson Rogers, Josh Gray, Grant Goforth, Steve Kah-la, Aaron Hunt and Marcus

Ogle.In lieu of usual remem-

brances friends are encour-aged to make memorials to the Susan Hunt Windwe-hen Scholarship Fund c/o of Victoria College, Victo-ria.

Services were under the care and direction of Sey-dler-Hill Funeral Home.

TAMEZPresiliano “Pres” Tamez,

Sr., age 63 of Nixon, died at his home Sunday, June 3, 2012. A native of Nixon, Pres was born July 10, 1948 to Raul Tamez and Delfina (Lopez) Tamez. He worked as a salesman and attended St. Joseph Catholic Church. He is preceded in death by his father, a brother Joey Tamez and a nephew, Joey Tamez. Pres is survived by his wife of 42 years, Janie (Bustamante) Tamez, Nix-on; son, Presiliano Tamez, Jr., Tucson, Arizona; daugh-ter, Priscilla Tamez, also of Tucson; his mother, Delfina Tamez Bustamante, Nixon; sister, Leonora Gaytan and Emilio Vela, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; broth-ers, Rick Tamez, Seguin; Fred Tamez and wife Viv-ian, Victoria; and Robert “Bob” Tamez and wife Sally, Stockdale; and four grand-children: Victor Coronado and Raul Tamez of Nixon; Zoe Tamez and Zavier Ta-mez of Tucson. Numer-ous nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends. Finch Chapel will open for viewing and visitation from 4:00 pm-8:00 pm Thursday, June 7, 2012 with a rosary at 6:00 PM. Funeral Mass, 10:00 am Friday, June 8, 2012, St. Joseph Catholic Church with Father Al-fonso Gioppato celebrant. Burial, Nixon Latin Ameri-can Cemetery. For those desiring memorial contri-butions may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice.

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

COOKAlton Burrous Cook, 87

of San Antonio, died Satur-day, June 2. Alton was born April 1, 1925 in the School Land Community of Gon-zales County to Cleburne D. (CD) and Ethel Tom Cook.

He graduated from Nix-on High School in 1942 and married Nettie Mahan the same year. He volun-teered for Military Service in 1943 serving in the U.S. Army during WWII, both in England and Europe.

Alton began his working career in the retail poultry business in San Antonio, later working at the Purina Feed Store (CD Cook Co.) in Nixon. This led to his employment with the Gon-zales Production Credit Association (PCA) and the Federal Intermediate Cred-it Bank of Houston. Later he served as President of the same bank in Wichita, KS and Louisville, KY, be-fore ending his career in Denver CO as president

of the newly-formed Farm Credit Union.

Alton was a active mem-ber of the Nixon Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite in San Antonio, and the North-side Rotary Club. He took great pride in being a Shri-ner and driving children to the Shriners’ Burn Hospital in the Houston-Galveston area. He was a long-time active member and Elder of the San Pedro Presbyterian Church.

Alton is survived by his wife of 69 years, Nettie Cook of San Antonio; two daughters, Lydia Machac and husband Doug of Houston, and Kay Cook Perez and husband David of Universal City; a sister, Myrtle Colwell of Nixon; grandchildren, Lori Hock-ley, Chris Perez, Stephanie King, Melanie Young and Meredith Kalbus; six great grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren; nu-merous nieces and neph-ews.

The family received friends at Finch Chapel-Nixon on Wednesday June 6. Funeral services fol-lowed at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Calvin Reynolds offi-ciating. Burial was in Nix-on Cemetery. There will also be a Memorial Service on Thursday, June 7 at 11 a.m. at the San Pedro Pres-byterian Church.

Many friends and family will miss this “Tall Texan” and good man. You are invited to sign our online guest book at: www.finch-funeralchapels.com.

NEWMANMildred Evelyn New-

man, 82 of Gonzales, passed away Tuesday, June 5. She was born May 12, 1930 in Ottine, the daugh-ter of Huie Lee and Lillie Mae Cheatham.

She married Arthur Clayton Newman on July 28, 1951. She was a home-maker and a member of Oak Valley Baptist Church.

She is survived by her husband, Arthur Clayton Newman of Gonzales; son, Robert “Mark” Newman of Gonzales; grandson, Clinton Lee Newman of Victoria; and sisters, Bettie Ruth Ramirez of Gonzales and Joyce Marie Watts of Luling.

Visitation will be from 6 until 8 p.m. Friday, June 8 at Seydler-Hill Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 9 at Seydler-Hill Fu-neral Home with Reverend Hollas Hoffman and Rev-erend Robert Ivey officiat-ing. Burial will follow at the Belmont Cemetery.

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

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

Noon Lions New MembersThe Gonzales Noon Lions Club installed two new members at their regular business meeting held Monday, June 4 at the Riverside Community Center. The new members are Haley Browne, a testing coor-dinator at Gonzales High School sponsored by Lion Robert Bland (far left) and Blaine Hill, a salesman at Caraway Ford-Gonzales, sponsored by Lion Andy Rodriguez (far right) (Courtesy photo)

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Gonzales Healthcare Systems Foundation2012 Gala

Focusing on Women’s Health Where True Women SoarOn behalf of the Gonzales Healthcare Systems Foundation Board of Directors,

We wish to extend our most sincere

THANK YOUfor making our gala and fundraising efforts a success!

$350,000.00 Contribution Given in Honor ofJANE JOHNSON

For the Development ofThe Jane Johnson Women’s Center

Given By: Fletcher Johnson & daughters - Ellen Johnson, Judy Gipson & Janet Burke

$20,000.00 $15,000.00 BRENT VAN SICKLE BAND SPONSORTEXAS HERO SPONSORS WALL OF HONOR SPONSOR & TABLE SPONSORGonzales County Health Foundation Auxiliary of Memorial Hospital Jean & Merle OllomFred Koricanek Family Trust Reese & Escobar, L.L.P. Tri-Force Exploration, L.L.C.$5,000.00 $2,500.00 Lexington Real Estate, L.L.C.WALL OF HONOR SPONSORS CARRIAGE SPONSORS Friends of Noel and Kerry ReeseSouthern Clay Products, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Forshagen Kathleen Reese FloydRobert K. Burchard Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative Brad & Toni MorganThe Allan Fink Family Mr. Robert A. Young, Jr. Green Leaf Carpet & Air Duct CleaningChristian Kids Daycare & Preschool Jeremy & Alison KintzKitchen Pride Mushrooms Mr. Jerry FloydJim H. Wilson, LLC $2,500.00 Atomic Tattoo - Larry & Johnnie EdwardsThe Ruby I. Smith Leifeste Family HOT AIR BALLOON SPONSOR The Dixie Starns Wenger Foundation Anonymous Donor AUCTION CONTRIBUTORSStephen & Beverly Pirkle in Memory of Live Auction ItemsStuart & Norma Gescheidle $2,000.00 Mr. & Mrs. Wayne BrownThe Denman Family WELLS FARGO STAGE COACH SPONSOR Kitchen Pride Mushroom FarmsS.R. Lester, Jr. & Bethel Lester Wells Fargo Bank - Gonzales Branch Sievers Medical Clinic ProvidersGuadalupe Valley Telephone Cooperative Mr. Bruce & Mrs. Jeffrey Patteson Lester Ranch/Mr. & Mrs. Tom Lester Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Gindler & Mrs. Sarah Tenberg GENERAL CONTRIBUTORS Mr. and Mrs. Derrick Lester Johnson Oil Company TABLE SPONSORS Dan McBride, DVMTiger Tote Food Stores Johnson Oil Company La Condesa Ranch - Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth FeesMr. & Mrs. Clint Brisco Belle Oaks Inn Mr. & Mrs. David MalaerMr. & Mrs. Eugene Schneider The Gonzales Cannon Mrs. Wanda Lamprecht Sanders & Ms.Jade HodgesMr. Upton Ruddock Prosperity Bank Mrs. Janice Woods WindleThe Honorable Rick Perry Storey Jewelers Mr. & Mrs. John MohrmannQuartum Health Resources Mr. & Mrs. Allan Fink Mr. & Mrs. Houston Munson4 L-RV Ranch Kardosz, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. David KacirMs. Glenna Winegeart Peterek & Associates Real Estate, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Norris The Honorable John Kuempel Sage Capital Bank Mrs. Patricia Finch Lone Star Bank Silent Auction Item DonorsDr. & Mrs. Terry Eska, M.D. Wells Fargo Bank Guadalupe Valley Veterinary ClinicDr. & Mrs. Commie Hisey Mrs. Patricia Finch Lone Star BankMrs. Janice Woods Windle Kitchen Pride Mushroom Farm Green Acres Nursery Mr. & Mrs. Craig Hamilton Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Denman Gonzales Building Center Mrs. Shelly Werner Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Baker China Basket Health Sure Mrs. Suzanne Vrana JM Parr Inc.Mr. & Mrs. Glen Sachtleben Dr. David Garza & Dr. Stephanie Kodak Laurel Ridge Antiques Mr. Gary Schroeder Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Pirkle The Hearty Gourmet Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative Gonzales County Health Foundation Mrs. Barbara KoricanekWerner’s Catering The Culinary Experts Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative The Honorable John KuempelMs. Ellen Kennard Dr. & Mrs. Humberto Rivas Personal ImpressionsFrames & Things Dr. & Mrs. Commie Hisey HEBMr. Brian Fees Dr. & Mrs. David Meredith Circle Y SaddlesThe Heights of Gonzales Guadalupe Valley Telephone Cooperative Double D RanchMr. & Mrs. Bruce Baker Southern Clay Products Mr. & Mrs. Greg GriffinMr. & Mrs. John Falks Auxiliary of Memorial Hospital Apache Lube Mr. & Mrs. Lorenzo Hernandez Mr.& Mrs. Donald Leifeste D&D Liquor Bloomin Creations Lone Star Rentals Prosperity Bank Landmark Awning & Enclosure, LLC City Officials - Bobby Logan Shear Designs Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Pirkle County Officials - Sheriff Glen Sachtleben Running M Restaurant & Bar Sievers Medical Clinic Providers Guadalupe Valley Veterinary Clinic Lindemann FertilizerMr. and Mrs. Houston Munson Graham Land & Cattle Mohrmann’s Drug Store Frames & Things Auctioneers - Joe Adams & J.D. Shelton Mrs. Robin Lester Elks LodgeThank you to all who purchased auction items to benefit our healthcare system. Buddys Natural Chickens ServPro of Guadalupe and Gonzales Counties Discovery Antiques Kardosz Inc. Mr. Jerry Floyd Mr. Sandy Allen Austin Steam Train Tommy Cox WB Farm Farm and Ranch Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative Mr. & Mrs. Derrick Lester Mid Tex Propane Gonzales Inquirer Seaworld Mr. & Mrs. Frank Thomas Mr. Steve Hendershot Mr. Nolan Ryan Caraway Ford Luling Chevrolet A+ Tire and Wheel Ashtin’s Taxidermy Mrs. Donna Koehler Mrs. Mary Rhode Mrs. Emily Buckner E-Barr Feeds Revival Fitness Gym Mr. Jack Mills Mr. Mike Davis Mrs. Julie Clay Graham Land & Cattle Dr. & Mrs. William Craig Iota Omicron Beta Sigma Phi City of Gonzales Mrs. Janice Williamson Skin Ceuticals Gonzales Healthcare Systems

This event has been made possible through the tremendous efforts of many people. A special thank you is extended to every business and

individual who has so generously donated to improving healthcare in our community.

Many thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Johnson for hosting a lovely evening in a beautiful historic setting.

YOUR GENEROSITY FOSTERED THE TREMENDOUS SUCCESS OF OUR 2012 GALA

$523,763.00HAS BEEN PROVIDED IN PROCEEDS FOR THE

DEVELOPMENT OF THE JANE JOHNSON WOMEN’S CENTER FEATURING NEW 3-D

DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY, BIOPSY SYSTEM AND BONE DENSITOMETER

ALL WHICH PROVIDE THE GOLD STANDARD IN WOMEN’S HEALTH.

WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU!!!

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