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LULING — Luling City Council on Thursday re-viewed plans from the city’s Tourism Task Force for the “Luling Information Sta-tion,” a high-profile facility designed to get drivers off the highway and into the city.

The concept faces some hurdles — primarily from the Union Pacific Railroad, which actually owns the

property at the intersection of US Highway 90 and State Highway 183 — city gov-ernment said it would be enthusiastic about working with the task force to sur-mount them.

“Our prior agreement with the railroad was that there would be parking but no building there other than the existing building,” city manager Bobby Berger noted.

The task force, consist-

The Eagle Ford Shale has been an economic gusher for many property owners throughout the region — and it’s also proving to be an economic boost to many of those who don’t work in the oil fields.

“Honestly, we’re fighting for employees with Mc-Donald’s and Bucc-ees,” Gonzales City Manager Al-len Barnes told city coun-cil during a special called

meeting on Tuesday. Barnes submitted a pro-

posal to the council seeking an amended salary com-pensation package which would bring municipal salaries in line with other cities in the region as well as Gonzales County, where Sheriff ’s deputies this year earned a substantial pay in-crease.

“The facts of life are that we will lose a significant number of our policemen” without a pay increase,

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Accident closes Highway 87Two 18-wheelers collided on U.S. Highway 87 between Nixon and Smiley around 8:20 p.m. Friday, leading to a closure of the highway for nearly 12 hours. One of the vehicles, a tanker carrying several thousand gallons of fuels, overturned and another tanker had to be called in to offload the fuel before the highway could be re-opened, forcing a re-routing of some Friday night football traffic. The highway was re-opened around 8 a.m. on Saturday. No injuries were reported, according to investigators. (Courtesy photo)

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First Shot homecoming

By DAVE MUNDY

[email protected] CEDRIC IGLEHART

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Friday ScoreboardYorktown 34, Nixon-Smiley 12Shiner 27, Schulenburg 24Blanco 7, Luling 0

Flatonia 58, Somerville 0Lockhart 71, Cedar Creek 13Hallettsville 20, Yoakum 18Beeville Jones 35, Cuero 20

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LULING, Page A4

Jamaica RoyaltyKayle Molnoskey, center, was named this year’s Ja-maica Queen Saturday night at the annual celebra-tion at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. First runner-up was Miranda Gomez, right, while Gysel Gomez, left, was second runner-up. (Photo courtesy Erica Gillespie)

Jerry Killen (left) returned to Gonzales last weekend to participate in the First Shot Cookoff with his son Ronnie . Killen was an All-District defensive tackle on the 1963 Apache football team, which set a school record with 11 wins. (Photo by Cedric Iglehart)

It’s Homecoming Week in Gonzales and due to his participation in the First Shot Cookoff, one former Apache stand-out returned to his old stomping grounds.

Gonzales native Jerry Killen graduated from Gonzales High School in 1964 and was a starting defensive tackle on what is largely regarded as the greatest Apache football team in school history. The 1963 Apaches, coached by Clarence Peterson, finished with an 11-0-1 record after bow-ing out in the 3A state quarterfinals to Pharr-San Juan-Alamo.

“Our senior class was really good,” Kil-len said. “We tied once with the Varsity A team when we were freshmen. We won every game our senior year except for Pharr-San Juan-Alamo. They didn’t have overtime when I was playing. We were even on penetrations and they beat us on first downs.”

Even though Gonzales was ranked fifth in the state by UPI, at least two promi-nent newspapers – The Houston Chroni-cle and Dallas Morning News – had them

picked to lose to the Bears, who were state runner-ups in 1962. The Apaches went into the contest riding high after crushing San Marcos 40-0 to win District 14-3A before blanking Austin Johnston 24-0 in bi-district.

Gonzales scored three times in the second quarter, but PSJA scored twice in the fourth to tie the game at 20-20. There were some missed opportunities for the Apaches in that game because Tommy Chenault missed a field goal in the first quarter and Gonzales had a touchdown pass from Ronnie Ehrig to Stanley Tiek-en nullified due to offensive pass interfer-ence.

The Bears’ last touchdown came with one minute and half left to play. Both teams had three penetrations each inside the 20, so the next tiebreaker went to first downs, where PSJA outpaced Gonzales 17-13.

PSJA, who finished the season with three ties, would go on to lose to Corsi-cana, 7-0, in the state finals on a fake field goal pass.

The ‘63 Apaches were led by four-year

By CEDRIC IGLEHART

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The Commissioners Court of Gonzales County adopted a new tax rate dur-ing a special called meeting held on Monday.

The Court agreed to adopt a tax rate of $0.3554 for each $100 of taxable value. Al-though the new rate is lower than year’s rate of $0.6268, it is expected to generate a levy of $7,295,088 resulting in an increase of $544,511.

Both figures are substa-nially lower than last year’s county tax rate of $0.6268 and are based on an increase in property values primarily due to increases in oil and gas exploration revenues.

The rate, which was the rollback amount, consists of an M&O rate of 0.3457 and an I&S rate of 0.0097.

In another agenda item, the Court accepted a dona-tion of equipment for the County Records Center & Archives.

Robert Waters donated $5,000 and the equipment was purchased by Thomas Shelton Chapter DAR. The list of equipment included a Color Image Class Can-on Printer, a Plustek Optic Book Scanner, a Dell Opti-plex 990 Desktop Comput-

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Photos aid in recoveryA Texas Ranger and Gonzales County Justice of the Peace Diedra Voigt confer at the scene where a woman’s body was found inside of a car. (Photo by Cedric Iglehart)

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Thought for the Day

“I always tell my kids if you lay down, people will step over you. But if you keep scram-bling, if you keep going, someone will always, always give you a hand. Always. But you gotta keep dancing, you gotta keep your feet mov-ing.”

– Morgan Freeman

September 20, 1967On this day in 1967, Hurricane Beulah, the third largest hur-

ricane of the twentieth century, struck South Texas. It battered the state for two days. The storm hit Brownsville with winds es-timated at 140 miles an hour, moved northwest across South Texas to the vicinity of Alice, then turned southwest, crossed the Rio Grande between Zapata and Laredo, and finally blew itself out in Mexico. Tornadoes spawned by Beulah did exten-sive damage to South Texas and northeast Mexico. On Sep-tember 28, President Johnson declared twenty-four counties in South Texas a disaster area. Official estimates in these counties set the number of dead at 18, the injured or sick at 9,000, and the number of homes destroyed or heavily damaged at 3,000. Property damage was estimated at $100 million, crop damage at $50 million. Some 300,000 people were evacuated during the storm and subsequent flooding.

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Here is the Gonzales Police Department Re-port for the period of Sept. 10-15:

Sept. 10Reported Theft At 200 Blk St. Louis St.Reported Burglary Building At 1800 Blk Cart-

wheel Dr.Sept. 11Martin David Mata Arrested On Warrant

Charged With Felony Theft In Reference To A Re-ported Theft At The 1600 Blk Of Sarah Dewitt Dr On 09/07/2012.

Reported Terroristic Threat At 1700 Blk Sey-dler St.

Sept. 12Reported Burglary Building And Credit Card

Abuse At 400 Blk St. Paul St. The Investigation Lead To A Warrant Being Issued For Joe Garza Jr,

26 Of Gonzales, on 09/13/2012 By Judge David Bird Charged With Credit Card Abuse And Bur-glary Building And Was Arrested On 09/13/2012 And Placed In The Gonzales County Jail.

Sept. 13Reported Burglary Habitation At 100 Blk

Bates St.Sept. 14Reported Assault At 1500 Blk Gardien St.Reported Forgery At 1500 Blk Gardien St.Reported Assault At 1200 Blk Fischer St.Sept. 15Saul Martinez Montalvo, 25 Of Santa Maria,

Arrested And Charged With Evading And Driv-ing While License Invalid At 900 Blk Church St.

Reported Hit And Run Accident At 1800 Blk Church St.

Gonzales County Sheriff’s OfficeSheriff’s Report09/09/12-09/15/1209/11/12Riebschlaeger, Tracy Rouse, 01/1968, Aran-

sas. Commitment/Sentence – Forgery Finan-cial Instrument. Released – Weekender/Work Release.

09/12/12Ramos, Frank, 07/1971, Universal. Commit-

ment/Sentence – Intoxicated Manslaughter with Vehicle. Released – Time Served.

09/13/12Zahn, Shawna Chere, 06/1973, Gonzales.

Local Warrant – Driving while License Invalid with Previous Conviction/Suspension without Financial Responsibility. Released on $1,500 Bond.

Kerns, Brandon Kyle, 11/1988, Denton. Lo-cal Warrant – Driving while Intoxicated. Re-quires $2,500 Bond. Remains in Custody.

09/14/12Robinson, Leslie Michelle, 04/1968, Gonza-

les. Commitment/Sentence – Theft of Proper-

ty >$50 <$500. Released – Weekender/Work Release.

Richter, Michael Anthony, 09/1959, Pala-cios. Commitment/Sentence – Driving while Intoxicated 2nd Released – Weekender/Work Release.

Garner, Henry Adam, III, 11/1990, Cost. Commitment/Sentence – Theft of Property >$20 <$500 by Check Released – Weekender/Work Release.

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

GCSO 07DPS 02GPD 03WPD 02NPD 04Constable 00DWCSO 00DEA 00TPW 00GCAI 00Total 18

Yoakum Police Department Weekly Inci-dent Report

September 10, 2012 thru September 16, 2012

09/10/12Case #12-377, Assault-C, 220 Price; Disposi-

tion, Investigation.Case #175236, Warrant Arrest, Hart, Nora,

30, Yoakum, 220 Price; Offense, W11-385-No Auto Liability Insurance; Disposition, Fine/$264/Rel.

09/11/12Case #12-738, Burglary-Vehicle, 201 W.

Gonzales; Disposition, Investigation.09/12/12Case #12-379, Juv. Male, 13, Yoakum, 1208

Nelson; Offense, Assault-A (F/V); Disposition, Trans/Vict. Juve. Det.

Case #12-380, Juv. Male, 13, Yoakum, 1208 Nelson; Offense, Criminal Mischief-B; Disposi-tion, Trans/Vict. Juve. Det.

09/14/12Case #175294, Traffic Arrest, Cantu, Mat-

thew, 21, Clute, 400 Blk. E. Morris; Offense, Driving While License Suspended; Disposi-tion, Fine/$564/Rel.

Case #12-382, Hargrove, Cedric, 20, Yoa-kum, 103 Bare; Offense, Public Intoxication; Disposition, Bond/$500/Rel.

09/16/12Case #12-383, Criminal Mischief-A, 900 Old

Shiner Rd.; Disposition, Investigation.

The body of a woman was discovered the eve-ning of Sept. 12 in Gon-zales, and authorities are probing the death as self-inflicted.

The woman, who has been identified as 32-year old Sara Pettit, was pro-nounced dead at the scene by Justice of the Peace Diedra Voigt.

Authorities found the

deceased around 7:30 p.m. inside a blue 2007 Mustang that was sitting in the WalMart parking lot.

Pettit was reported as missing on Sunday, Sept. 9 to the Austin Police De-partment at around 4:30 p.m. No foul play is sus-pected in the case, which is under the investigation of the Texas Rangers.

Pettit’s death is not be-ing viewed as suspicious

and a spokesman with Austin police said a fi-nal determination will be made pending the results of a toxicology report.

Friends and family of Pettit had circulated a flyer deeming her as miss-ing. One website forum, of which Pettit was a mem-ber, contained numerous posts over the last few days expressing concerns that Pettit had recently be-come severely depressed.

Gonzales County Court Failure to Appear List for Court Date September 13Marcus Cervantes Badillo, Possession of Mari-juanaCrystal Lynn Brady, Theft of PropertyAngel Alfredo Contreras, Evading ArrestMoy Corbitt, Theft of Property by CheckCaress Monai Erskin, Assault Causes Bodily InjuryNicholas Erskine, Burglary of a VehicleMonica Marie Felan, Criminal MischiefAbel Lee Flores, Theft of Property and Criminal MischiefJacqueline N. Garcia, Assault Causes Bodily InjuryEdward Hunt, Possession of MarijuanaBobby John Pena, Criminal Mischief

Taylon Edow Porter, Violation of ProbationMario Ramirez, Driving While IntoxicatedBianca Guadalupe Ramos, Violation of Proba-tionBianca Guadalupe Ramos, Assault Causes Bodily InjuryJavier Rangel Reyes, Assault Causes Bodily In-jurySergio Ernesto Rincon, Assault and Unlawful RestraintEric J. Vanhowten, Cruelty to AnimalsStoney Rodel White, Theft of Property

The next County Court date is October 11, 2012. If these people come on this date a war-rant will NOT be issued. For further informa-tion, you may contact the County Attorney’s office at 830-672-6527.

Gonzales County Failed to Appear List

LOCKHART — The Sheriff ’s Combined Auto Theft Task Force Seniors & Law Enforcement Council are sponsoring a Free Auto ID Service on Thursday, October 25, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the WalMart Parking Lot in Lockhart.

Services available will include a VIN Etching pro-

gram where you can have your vehicle identification number etched on wind-shield and window glass for quick identification and to reduce the change of auto being stolen for vehicle parts.

Also offered will be par-ticipation in the HEAT Program. With a HEAT

sticker on your car, you are granting authority to peace officers to stop your regis-tered vehicle anywhere in Texas between the hours of 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. to verify ownership. You may also extend this authority to whenever the vehicle cross-es into Mexico from the State of Texas.

In an ongoing effort to accommodate growth and the ever-changing medical needs of Gon-zales County, Gonza-les Healthcare Systems (GHS) is pleased to an-nounce that Victoria Emergency Associates is providing physician cov-erage for the Emergency Department of GHS as of September 1st.

Victoria Emergency Associates was founded by Dr. Jim Brand in 2002. Dr. Brand began practic-ing Emergency Medicine in 1976 and received board certification in Emergency Medicine in 1993. After graduating from Duke University he completed medical school at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He has been Medical Di-rector of the Emergency Department at DeTar Navarro Hospital since 1991 and has served as Chief of Staff of DeTar Healthcare System in Victoria Texas for the past year. Dr. Brand’s

primary area of inter-est in emergency medi-cine is implementing the most cost effective so-lutions to provide high quality, patient oriented emergency medical care.

Fred Martin, M.D. will be serving as the Medical Director of the Emergency Department (ED) at GHS and his group has been provid-ing physician coverage since September 1, 2012 for the hospital’s ED. Emergency Department physician coverage is just as it implies, physi-cians specially trained in Emergency Medicine contracted to provide and oversee the care of patients that arrive at GHS with in an emer-gency medical condi-tion.

GHS has worked closely with Dr. Brand and the physicians in his group to establish a strong working relation-ship between the physi-cians, nurses and team members in order to provide the best patient

care possible.Gonzales Healthcare

Systems is a progres-sive system of personal-ized healthcare services committed to being the provider of choice by delivering superior, ap-propriate care to im-prove quality of life. GHS is fully accredited by the Texas Depart-ment of Health and of-fers emergency care, surgical services, home health services, and re-habilitation services. Memorial Hospital is a Level IV Trauma Facility For more information visit http://www.gonza-leshealthcare.com or call 830-672-7581.

LULING — Luling City Council approved a slight tax hike Thursday during its regular monthly meet-ing and gave approval to plans to seek a block de-velopment grant to help upgrade the city’s sewage-treatment system.

Council approved a tax rate of $0.44 per $100 valu-ation, an increase of 1.24 percent over last year’s rate and 7.45 percent over last year’s effective rate. The new rate would mean an in-crease of about $5.40 a year on a home worth $100,000.

The council also gave the go-ahead for the city to ap-ply for a Texas Department of Agriculture community-development block grant. The city was rcently award-ed a similar grant, and city manager Bobby Berger said

this grant — a $275,000 grant with $60,000 match-ing funds from the city — would be used to purchase a mobile sludge press for the city’s two water-treat-ment facilities.

Councilman John A. Wells questioned $80,000 of the estimate being used for engineering and admin-istrative purposes.

“It seems to me that 15 percent (of the total proj-ect) for engineering is too high,” he said. “All they’d be designing is a concrete slab.”

“Eighty thousand in ad-ministrative costs seems high to me,” added Mayor Mike Hendricks.”That’s a lot of money.”

Berger said those costs can be negotiated with the individual engineering and adminsitrative contractors once the city is approved for the grant and that the

council’s only action at this point was to approve seek-ing the grant.

“We don’t have to use all of that money,” he said. “Some of this is required by TCEQ and the state.” He added that if approved, he would expect the city’s share of the costs to be part of the 2014 budget.

Also on Thursday, David Welch of the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority gave the city an update on GBRA’s plans for expand-ing water resources in the region, particularly in Caldwell County.

“There was a 42 per-cent population increase in Caldwell County in the years 2000-2010,” Welch said. “By 2020 we expect that 500 additional acre-feet will be needed (per year) by Luling. County-wide, we’re looking at an increase of 45,000 acre-feet of need by 2040.”

Welch noted a number of projects GBRA is undertak-ing, including the proposed ASR (Aquifer Storage Res-ervoir), an underground water storage system to be located just south of Luling, as well as both surface and underground water from Gonzales County.

Oscar Foglke, GBRA’s Caldwell County represen-tative, said the economic impact of the GBRA proj-ects would be some $400 million just in Caldwell County.

In other action Thursday, council also heard a report from Mayor Hendricks that a resolution may be presented at the council’s next meeting stating the city’s support of a higher speed limit on High-way 183 north of Lockhart.

The Texas Department of Transportation has an-nounced plans to lower the speed limit along that stretch of road as the new Highway 130 toll road opens, and both Caldwell County commis-sioners and the Lockhart City Council have already passed resolutions stating their op-position to the lowered speed limit as trying to force drivers to use the toll road.

Evening with the AuthorsLOCKHART — The 2012 Evening with the

Authors is scheduled for 6-9 p.m. Saturday, October 6, at Rebecca Hawener’s Enchanting Garden 625 W. San Antonio Street in Lock-hart.

Participants are invited for an unforgettable evening of conversation with locally and na-tionally renowned authors, gourmet food and wine in an elegant garden setting. The garden is lovely enough-but as dark comes, thousands of twinkle lights make it a fairyland.

This year’s authors are: Donaly Brice (his-tory), Stephen Harrigan (historical fiction), Dr. Kenneth Howell (history), Laurie Wagner Buyer Jameson (memoir), WC Jameson (true adventure), Lynne Kelly (youth), Dominic Smith (fiction), Sylvia Dickey Smith (mys-tery), Robb Walsh (cookbooks).

Net proceeds of this event benefit children’s programming at the Dr. Eugene Clark Library of Lockhart—the oldest functioning library in Texas.

For Reservations, email: [email protected]; by phone: 512-398-9707 or 512-398-3315; or write to: P.O. Box 657 Lockhart, Tx 78644.

Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door.

Yoakum Cleanup DayYOAKUM — The City of Yoakum will hold

its fourth annual Cleanup Day on Saturday, Oct. 6.

Local businesses and citizens are asked to contact City Hall at 293-6321 if they need de-bris on their property disposed of. Calls for pick up on locations will be accepted through Oct. 4.

The city is seeking volunteers to assist with the event. For more information or to volun-teer, contact Gena or Theresa at City Hall at 293-6321.

Borman BenefitFLATONIA — A benefit for Donna Gold-

smith Borman will be held Sept. 29 at the Fla-tonia International Golf Course from 8 am to 1 pm, and at the Flatonia Civic Center from 4 p.m. until. Borman is a single mother un-dergoing chemo for cancer and is in financial distress.

For more information, call Sheila Brunner at 361-772-0246.

Delhi VFD BenefitThe Delhi Volunteer Fire Department is

having their 3rd annual Gun Drawing and Chili Supper on October 27. To purchase your ticket for a chance to win 9 different guns con-tact a Delhi Fire department member or call 830-263-1555. We hope you will join us at the Chili cook-off & supper from 4-6pm on Oc-tober 27th.

Constitution Essay ContestYOAKUM — The Republican Women of

Yoakum, whose members represent DeWitt and Lavaca counties, are sponsoring a Consti-tution essay contest.

Senior students attending high schools, as

well as 12th grade level home-schooled stu-dents in both counties, are invited to partici-pate. Contest information packets will be de-livered to the schools on September 6 and the contests ends on October 9, 2012.

Rules, requirements, and qualifications may be obtained from high school counselors and/or social studies/government departments. They may also be obtained by contacting Ai-leen Hybner, Essay Committee Chairwoman, at 361-293-2436.

A total of four winners will be chosen from all entries. Prizes will be awarded as follows: Grand Prize - $1,000, First Prize - $300, Sec-ond Prize - $200, and Third Prize - $100.

The grand prize includes a donation of $500 from the Teal Holland Scholarship Fund made in memory of Teal Holland by her mother, Shirley Lawhorn. We are grate-ful for this generous donation to the essay contest.

Winners, their parents, and school spon-sors will be notified and invited to the award ceremony at the Republican Women of Yoakum Women’s luncheon meeting on Wednesday, November 7.

Night in Old LulingLULING — Booth space remains for the

annual Night in Old Luling Oct. 13 at the Watermelon Thump Pavilion.

This year’s event will help benefit the Luling High School Drama Club.

Booth rentals are $30 and are available at the Luling Chamber of Commerce, Brushy Creek Outdoors or by calling Lisa Brister at 512-878-7552 or Ashley Flores at 830-875-3214 ext. 1.

Booths can be set up between 6-8 p.m. on Oct. 12 and after 9 a.m. on Saturday. Events begin by 5 p.m. and all booths must remain open until the final Bingo game.

This year’s event will include the fifth an-nual “Fall Harvest Table,” a contest for baked goods. Divisions include cakes and pies; jel-lies, james and candies; and breads and cook-ies.

The 5th annual Pet Parade will start at City Market at 4:45 p.m. Participants are encour-aged to bring their pets in Fall or Halloween costume.

Wounded Warriors GolfLULING —The Luling High School chap-

ter of the National Honor Society wlil host its second golf tournament benefiting the Wounded Warriors Project on Saturday, Nov. 10.

The tournament will be a four-man scram-ble format. Lunch will be provided and spon-sorships for the holes are available.

For entry or sponsorship details, contact Travis Bailey by e-mail at [email protected] or NHS Advisor Mickie Bailey at 830-875-2458 ext. 6001, or by e-mail at [email protected].

YHS Band BoostersYOAKUM — The Yoakum High School

Band Boosters will host a barbecue chicken fund-raiser from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2 at the Yoakum Community Center. Barbecue chicken plates with all the trim-mings will be available for $7 each.

By DAVE MUNDY

[email protected]

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Flatonia RoyaltyTaylor Williams was selected Homecoming Queen for 2012 and Miguel Grifaldo was named Homecom-ing King as Flatonia High School celebrated Home-coming festivities Friday. (Photo by Dave Mundy)

Waelder man injuredA 65-year-old Waelder man was injured and airlifted to an Austin hospital after his vehicle rear-ended a gooseneck trailer Sept. 6 on Highway 95 north of Shin-er. Department of Public Safety investigators said the accident took place near the intersection with FM1891 when a 2001 BMW being driven by Arthur Leon-ard Till Jr. of Waelder attempted to pass the trailer, which was following another truck. Both trucks were slowing and preparing to turn right. Troopers said that as Till started to pass the trucks, he realized another vehicle was traveling south-bound on Highway 95 and took evasive action to avoid a head-on collision, run-ning into the back of the gooseneck trailer. The driver of the truck pulling the gooseneck, identified as Ethan Paul Darilek, 22, of Shiner, was not injured. (Photo courtesy of Mario Gamez)

Luling Council OKsslight hike in tax rate

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ing of members of several organiza-tions including the Luling Founda-tion, chamber of commerce, econom-ic development corporation, Luling Main Street and others, showed the council a PowerPoint presentation with details of the project.

The structure would be located on a lot bounded by Laurel Ave., East Pierce St. and North Magnolia Ave. (Highway 183/80), would include an information station, a renovated re-stroom building, and parking for 20 cars and two tour buses.

The design would be similar in many ways to the “travel rest stops”

erected by the state along major free-ways.

“It’s a glass-box storefront that can flash images on the walls,” said task force member Mike Sanford. “At night, it would glow. The cool thing about this design is that it makes it a hub of the community.”

The images could include every-thing from local sports events to community events to promotions, Sanford said.

“It’s all about getting people off the highway,” said task force member Bonnie Dredla of the Luling Founda-tion.

Council was told the task force was anticipating a cost in the $130,000

range, and that funding for it might be accomplished without any city funds involved.

Mayor Mike Hendricks said the project could also face issues with the location of an oil well adjacent to the property, and also mentioned that 18-wheelers could use the lot for parking.

“The only way to keep trucks out is to block them out,” he said.

Councilman James Nickells said the city needs to work to resolve whatever hurdles that may crop up.

“If we stall this or kill this, we’re gonna be sorry,” he said. “That’s the premier corner in Luling. We don’t need truck parking there.”

The City of Gonzales will make a new bid to host the Texas Independence Re-lay, and may also have someone interest-ed in taking over the Lynn Theatre.

City Council met Tuesday and gave City Manager Allen Barnes the green light to meet with race organizers in an attempt to return the relay to Gonzales. The annual event traces the route of General Sam Houston’s army from its flight from Gonzales to victory at San Ja-cinto, but last year organizers pulled out of Gonzales over what Barnes termed a “mix-up of responsibilities” and began the race in Bastrop instead.

Barnes said he’d been contacted by the race organizer, who was still interested in working with Gonzales.

“I think we can get it back,” Mayor Bobby Logan said. Sevral councilmen agreed that the race has a positive impact on the city, and it would help to have a more formalized contract with organiz-ers.

“I heard from a lot of people in town who would ask what is going on,” Coun-cilman Lorenzo Hernandez said. “They did no advertising (locally), no one knew what was going on.”

“I would think we’d want to have more local involvement,” Barnes agreed. Council gave him the go-ahead to nego-tiate to return the race here.

Council is awaiting action by the Gon-zales Economic Development Corp.’s Board of Directors on a proposal to buy the Lynn Theatre. Former operator Cal Collins terminated his lease on the the-ater last month, but a San Antonio cou-ple met with GEDC directors during a closed session of that chamber on Mon-day night and the board will formally consider their bid on Monday, Sept. 25.

Council could approve that deal when it meets again Oct. 2.

In other action Tuesday, the council reviewed the city’s first-ever comprehen-sive financial audit — and passed a pair of ordinances to correct an oversight turned up by that audit.

Mike Brooks of M&K CPAs told the council his audit turned up “nothing out of the ordinary” and that the city’s books were a “sign of a strong fiscal year.”

One issue noted by Brooks in his report was that the city has a number of outstanding checks that it has issued but which have never been cashed, and the city might seek to re-contact check recipients. he said the amount of money involved in those checks is “financially insignificant,” but the city should seek to close those from the ledger regardless.

Another small discrepancy found by the audit was corrected by Council action on Tuesday. When the council approved its tax rate for the 2011-12 fiscal year, it approved one rate — but the previous year’s rate actually wound

up published in the tax rate ordinance.That led to the council moving

Tuesday to amend both the 2011-12 and 2012-13 tax rate ordinances to re-flect the correct effective tax rate. The amendment does not raise the 2012-13 tax rate of $0.2329 approved by council Aug. 20.

Also Tuesday, the council approved a new personnel manual for city em-ployees but tabled action on a manual to regulate the city’s appointed boards and commissions. Barnes said the boards manual was not yet complete, but said the manual is being revised to ensure that all city committees func-tion under the Open Meetings Act for governmental transparency.

Council also approved an agree-ment with the City of Waelder to use that city’s mosquito fogger for pest control.

Barnes said that no cases of the West Nile Virus have yet been reported in Gonzales County and that cooler weather is likely to abate any real dan-ger, but that it would “provide peace of mind for the citizens” if the city were to begin spraying.

Barnes said it will cost the city about $55 an hour for the use of the machine, which is operated by locally-based An-nie Oakley Pest Control. He said annie Oakley representatives had advised him it would take about four hours to spray the city, so the cost would be about $250 for coverage.

Barnes said. Police chief Tim Crow acknowledged that his department is al-ready five officers short of its budgeted complement and more officers could be tempted to take higher-paying county or oilfield jobs.

Other city jobs are also not drawing the number or quality of applicants they had been before the boom, the council noted.

“It’s my understanding the applications aren’t flow-ing in right now,” Council-man Gary Schroeder said, drawing agreement from Crow.

“Victoria’s losing a lot of their people, too,” said Councilman Tommy Schu-rig.

Barnes said the budget

recently passed by Gonza-les County Commissioners included a healthy increase in the starting pay of depu-ties to counter the higher pay rates offered to security guards by oil companies in the area. Government posi-tions usually offer more se-curity and benefits, he said, but at lower experience levels, higher pay is hard to turn down.

Council agreed with the assessment and approved the new salary sched-ule, with the exception of Barnes’ position, the city parks director and the city’s museum curator.

Longtime Gonzales Memorial Museum Cura-tor Oliver Davis recently submitted his resignation because of health reasons, Barnes said, and he had

been advised by the local Daughters of the Ameri-can Revolution to boost the pay for that position. “They told me it would take $40-45,000” in order to attract highly-qualified applicants, Barnes said. That would be about a $17,000 increase.

Schroeder and Council-man Lorenzo Hernandez said they would like to see a comparison to what kind of pay some other museum curators draw before ap-proving that large an in-crease, and Barnes avowed he hadn’t yet done a com-parison.

“We had originally in-tended to have this as a workshop (discussion) iten,” he said.

The parks director’s po-sition is currently in inter-

viewing stage and would not be included in the compensation package ap-proved Tuesday. Barnes asked the council to also leave his position out of the vote.

He told the council that although the pay increase would significantly in-crease the city’s payroll, the city is well under budget for payroll right now.

“The annual impact ... would be about $250,000,” he said. “We expect about a $326,000 surplus right now.”

The curator’s position will be reviewed after Barnes contacts other mu-seums and also contacts the Texas State University museum studies depart-ment.


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er, a 23” computer monitor, a Microtek Flat Bed Scan-ner and a Hewlett Packard Laptop Computer.

In other business, the court:

• Received the Tax As-sessor-Collector’s month-ly report for August, which stated the county had collected a total of $44,180.27. Through Au-gust, $6,525,103.31 (or 96.49 percent) of the 2011 adjusted levy and rollback levy had been collected

compared to 96 percent in August 2011.

• Approved a lease agree-ment with the Waelder Community Center. The County will pay $550 a month for one year to house an office for Justice of Peace Precinct 3 Jesse Almaraz.

• Entered into an interlo-cal agreement authoriz-ing Gonzales County to become a member of the Cooperative Purchasing Network for acquisition of materials, supplies, services or equipment.


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Nearly 100 teams scram-bled from across the state to be a part of the First Shot Cookoff last weekend in Gonzales.

One of those competitors not only had parental ties to the area, but he brought an impressive pedigree with him as well.

Ronnie Killen is the son of Gonzales native Jerry Killen, whose local claim to fame is that he was an integral member of the 1963 Gonzales Apaches – widely regarded as the best football team in school history. The younger Kil-len has made quite a name for himself in the world, gaining notoriety as the owner/operator of Killen’s Steakhouse, located at 2804 South Main Street in Pear-land.

The restaurant, which has been around for near-ly seven years, was voted by readers of the Hous-ton Chronicle as the Best Steakhouse in the city for 2012. Earlier this year, the establishment was lauded as the 14th best restaurant in Houston, first among steakhouses.

“It’s funny because the location used to be my Dad’s icehouse barbecue place back in 1990 and it was called Killen Time,” said Killen. “He sold it in 2001, got it back in 2005 and I bought it from him to see what I could do with it.”

Chronicle food critic Ali-son Cook gave the business a glowing review during her project to rank the Best 100 eateries in the Houston area.

“With its low-slung ceil-ings and white napery, this far-west Pearland steak and seafood house feels like some wonderful rural roadhouse that initiates keep to themselves,” she

wrote. “Chef-owner Ron-nie Killen has patiently built his place into one of the best of its Texas kind. Everything from dry-aged steaks to mind-blowing creamed corn to peerless fried shrimp, right off the docks, show a chefly touch.”

“And where most steak-houses try and fail to get other entrees right, Killen turns out definitive chick-en-fried steaks and pork chops as if it were no big deal. Caring service and a landmark dessert — Killen’s celebrated creme brulee bread pudding —sweeten the deal. Few steakhouses feel so personal, or so re-gionally right.”

The accolades and ac-claim heaped upon the res-taurant are an offshoot of the excellence of its owner, who will be cooking a din-ner at the prestigious James Beard House in New York City on Sept. 29, en route to orchestrating at $500-a-seat benefit for Recipe of Success on Sept. 27.

“One of the reasons why I’ve been getting back into barbecuing is because of the event at the James Beard House, which is like the Academy Awards of Cooking,” Killen explained. “I cooked there last De-cember and they enjoyed my work so much that they invited me back.”

“The theme is going to the Art of Smoke, so there’s going to be smoke in every-thing we do. We’re going to have Cherrywood, Sas-safras, Mesquite, Hickory and Coastal Hay. It’s going to be really neat.”

A classically-trained chef, Killen began his cu-linary career matriculating at the famed Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, France before transferring to the insti-tute’s London campus.

“When I was in France, I felt like I was losing too much in the translation so

I moved to London and was there for two years,” he said.

Never one to stray too far from his Lone Star roots, Killen tried his hand at high-end cookoff competitions throughout the late 1990’s. He won the Great Texas Rib Cookoff in 1995 and 1996. Later that year. he was in the running for the Head Chef position at the White House.

His propensity for perfec-tion put him on a collision course with one of the true greats of the culinary world. From 1997-1999, he worked at Claridge’s in the Savoy Hotel in London under famed Chef Gordon Ramsey as a commie chef.

“At that time, he had a couple of other restaurants but the one at the Savoy was his bread and butter,” Killen recalled. “I was peeling po-tatoes and things like that, doing anything I could to get hours.”

“It was mostly prep work, but I did do some plating. I actually cooked at the Savoy Hotel on the first night that Prince Charles appeared in public with Camilla after Princess Di’s death. I’ve done some brunches and other different things with the Royal Family since then.”

Known for being a ty-rant and verbally-abusive demigod on his TV shows, Ramsay is everything he’s presented to be during broadcasts in Killen’s estima-tion.

“I was with him before Ramsay became a TV star,” said Killen. “Honestly he’s a good guy but the thing is when you have two restau-rants that have three Mi-chelin stars, you have to be

a hard ass because of the expectations. There’s a lot of drama on Hell’s Kitchen, but he is like that because he has a reputation to live up to and can’t afford to accept any-thing less.”

After his early encounter with the future star, Killen’s career continued to travel along a prestigious path. In 1999, he was the executive sous chef at the Hyatt Regen-cy in Austin and spent some time serving meals to then-Texas Governor George W. Bush.

In 2004, he worked for celebrated chef Tilman Fer-titta when Fertitta catered the Super Bowl Media Party and NFL Commissioner’s Dinner.

Killen’s Steakhouse is re-nowned for its atmosphere, customer service and im-maculate food. Killen said his goal is to raise the busi-ness’ profile even further beyond the lofty perch of where it currently sits.

“If they gave out Michelin stars in Texas, we would probably rate two stars,” he said referring to the system for ranking food used in most parts of the world. The guide awards one to three stars to a small number of restaurants of outstanding quality.

One star indicates a very good cuisine in its category, a two-star ranking represents excellent cuisine, worth a detour, and a rare three stars are awarded to restaurants offering exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey. As of late 2009, there were a total of 81 three-star restau-rants in the entire world.

“The very first restaurant I ever had was a barbecue

place in 1990,” Killen said. “Barbecuing is kind of in my blood. I remember go-ing to cookoffs with my Dad when I was little and I’ve just always enjoyed doing it. As far as I’m concerned, bar-becuing is what Texas is all about.”

“It’s fun to compete in Gonzales because of the history of what my Dad has done here. I hadn’t done a cookoff in about 15 years be-fore we came here last year and placed third overall. I enjoy doing it and I just want my Dad to be proud of what I do.”

With so many notable ac-complishments under his

belt, it’s hard to conceive the next great thing that Kil-len will tackle. He did how-ever, provide a preliminary prelude of what that might be when he talked about competing on the Food Network’s popular show, “Chopped.”

“It’s very intense because the time they give you is re-ally all the time you have,” he said. “I think I would do really good there because my wife calls me the Mc-Gyver of the Kitchen. I can take nothing and make it into something. I did audi-tion for the next season so maybe you’ll see me on TV soon.”

Ronnie Killen checks on a brisket he submitted for judging at the First Shot Cookoff held Saturday in Gon-zales. He is the owner/operator of one of the top restaurants in Houston and the son of Gonzales native Jerry Killen. (Photo by Cedric Iglehart)

lettermen and Second Team All-State player Ehrig at quarterback, who led the team in scoring. Another major contributor that year was Third Team All-Stater James Ruddock.

Other members of that squad included Glenn Brzozowski, Ross Hender-shot, Paul Cerda, Wayne Ellison, Bill Carson, Bobby Cox, Donald DuBose, Rob-ert Gentry, Lee Roy Rice, Gary Smith, Antonio Hi-dalgo, Ronald Behlen, Don-nie Mills, Robert Baron and Mike Montgomery.

Gonzales went undefeat-ed in district play that year – a feat that was matched by last year’s team, which also won 11 games before los-ing to eventual state cham-pion Wimberley in the area round of the playoffs.

“They tied our record,” said Killen with a smile. “They didn’t beat us.”

To this day, no Gonzales football team has advanced as far as the ‘63 Apaches. Nine members of that squad were named to the All-District team, includ-ing Killen who received an Honorable Mention as a

200-pound defensive line-men.

Coming home last week-end was an enjoyable ex-perience for Killen, who worked in the oil fields for over 40 years after graduat-ing from GHS.

“It’s fun to see the old friends that I went to school with,” he said. “Coach Bivins was our junior var-sity coach and to me, him and Coach Shanklin were the best coaches we had growing up. They were role models to us. Coach Shank-lin has passed, but I still see Coach Bivins every now and then and I still call him Coach. The respect will al-ways be there.”

Killen and his son, Ron-nie, were among the nearly 100 entrants at the First Shot Cookoff, where they placed fifth and sixth in the Chicken category. Kil-len’s other son, also named Jerry, made history in Pear-land last year by coaching the high school’s girls track team to their first ever state meet.

Killen and his wife, Hel-en, who is a Moulton na-tive, live in Pearland, where Ronnie runs a very success-ful steakhouse.

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We have murder, riots and at-tacks on American embassies all over the world by mobs of Mus-lims allegedly enraged that an Israeli filmmaker produced a bad comedy which they feel insults the prophet Mohammed simply by portraying him.

President Barack Obama and liberals around the nation are of-fering their most profound apol-ogies to these crazed religious fanatics for the fact that we guar-antee the right of anyone to freely express themselves, no matter how offensive that expression might be. After all, we insulted their religion, didn’t we?

By that reasoning, those of us who call ourselves Christians should go burn down the Tu-nisian and Egyptian embassies, and then go on live television to saw the heads off everyone who escapes the fire, because some Italian photographer took a pic-ture of a plastic crucifix in a cup of urine.

The only thing which angers me more than watching our gov-ernment ignore the warnings and

take live ammunition away from the Marines assigned to guard the lives of the people inside our embassies — opening the door to the murder and mayhem we have seen — is listening to the whiny liberal apologists crying that we need to appease the madmen.

What part of the word “evil” you people not understand?

These Muslim fanatics aren’t angry about a movie! They’re not angry about oil or even about the continued existence of Israel! They want to destroy Western civilization itself and enslave the globe in medieval savagery!

I foolishly posted a comment on one news organization’s cov-erage of the Muslim hysteria,

and I’ll admit I continue to be stunned by the blinders so many of those of the liberal persuasion seem to be wearing.

“If we hadn’t come in and sto-len their oil, this wouldn’t be hap-pening!” raged one Austinite. (I have removed the vulgarities she used, out of good taste). “All of this so Mitt Romney and George Bush can have more money!”

Aside from the fact that we don’t “take” oil from Libya, Egypt, Yemen or Tunisia (of the four, only Libya has any substantial deposits, and we don’t buy theirs at all) what in the world does any of this have to do with Republi-cans? Maybe some of the liberals haven’t been listening: the crazies hate your messiah Obama, too.

“You right-wing (bleeps) think that the solution to everything is (bleep) more war,” chimed in an-other courteous response to my post. “Maybe if you had to risk YOUR life you’d feel a little differ-ent about sending our young men and women to battle!”

I have risked my life, o sancti-monious one. Unlike you. For six

years, I served that flag you wrap yourself in, while you sat in your college dorm room getting high being a professional student.

I’ve met this enemy we’ve been at war with for 21 years now; that’s why I know that he has no respect for civilized conduct.

“You people listen to Rush Limbaugh too much!” shrilled another Travis County debutante. “You keep trying to treat these people like they’re barbarians, when their civilization is both older and nobler than ours!”

I’m certain Rush might be disappointed, but I’m not a fan. I do, however, have a pretty good idea that sawing people’s heads off on live television and defiling the bodies of murdered American embassy personnel by dragging them through the streets is barbaric.

If you still disagree, I guess you could grab a flight over to Lagos, Nigeria, and ask some of the local gay community wheth-er the Muslims are “barbaric”— as they are being burned alive by mobs of Islamofanatics.

Or maybe you could run over to The Sudan, and ask the local Christians what their opinion is — just make sure to hurry, be-cause Christians are being cru-cified there.

If you’re still not convinced, stop over in Saudi Arabia and speak to the woman who was publicly flogged for the heinous crime of driving a car by her-self. I’m willing to bet she won’t speak to you, since they cut her tongue out.

No need to go to a truly alien land, of course. Take a flight over to Jolly Olde England and ask the teenaged girl of Ara-bic ancestry whether or not her brothers are civilized. You know, her loving brothers, who poured acid on her face and left her permanently disfigured for the heinous crime of speaking to a man who was —GASP! — not a Muslim.

The apologizing needs to stop. Every apology America offers is an open invitation to more murder by barbarian madmen.

President Obama’s political and economic views seem to be colored by this anti-colonial philosophy. This was shown clearly when he apologized to Arabs about “American mistakes” early in his administration. Western European Christian capitalists, with the U.S. as the leader, are to blame for the problems of the world.

In Texas, we have liberal Hispanic politicians who support this anti-American colonial phi-losophy whether overtly or covertly. For exam-ple, we have the Mayor of San Antonio, Julian Castro, and his twin brother, Joaquin, who is running for U.S Congress, who are influenced by this view.

Their mother, Rosa Castro, was a leader in the La Raza Unida/Chicano movement of the 1970s which preach anti-American colonial-ism. In fact, Joaquin is named after a “revolu-tionary” poem, called “I Am Joaquin”.

Chicano activists in the early 1970s em-braced an anti-colonial version of American history, claiming that the U.S. had conquered and “stolen” Mexican territory. They viewed Mexicans, Mexican-Americans, or Chicanos as “colonized people” just as other Third World people were colonized, and “exploited” by west-ern European Christian capitalists.

This anti-colonial and anti-American view dominates liberal Mexican Americans and oth-er liberal Hispanics today. It must be combated.

Mexican American liberals assert that, un-like most American immigrants, they didn’t come to this nation, but rather “America came to them”. They emphasize the conquest and vic-timization of Mexicans by an American “impe-rialist” nation.

As a conquered people, the culture, lan-guage, and political/economic institutions of Mexicans in the southwest were subjugated to a “foreign” influence, i.e. America.

Liberal Mexican Americans today justify the idea that “special rights” for Mexican-Americans, like affirmative action, voting rights protections, and other “civil rights” by claiming historical victimization.

Even immigration policy is affected. If a real or perceived wrong was committed 150 years ago or last week, it is reason for federal intervention and protection of the “colonized victims”. Civil rights has actually become “civil revenge”.

Victimization and anti-American colo-nialism has been taught in American schools for over 30 years. An entire generation of Mexican Americans has been raised with this view.

Some young Mexican Americans even hold Che Guevara, are Marxist communist who helped Fidel Castro murder many Cu-bans, as a hero.

Conservative Americans of Mexican de-cent must counter the arguments of their liberal brothers and sisters. The immigrant experience of melting into the America pot is possible and desirable for Mexicans.

Social, political, and economic integra-tion should be the goal of all immigrants, including Mexicans. However, it will be dif-ficult while liberals emphasize a victim and revenge mentality to Mexicans.

The fact is that Mexicans, who don’t see themselves as victims, have integrated into American society easily. I am an American of Mexican decent and I thank God for Man-ifest Destiny which allowed me to born in the greatest nation on earth in history.

After all the oratory at both political conventions, one line stands out. It was from Michelle Obama, talking about her late father, Fraser Robinson, and his in-sistence on paying his small portion of her college tuition bills on time.

“You see, for my dad,” she said, “that’s what it meant to be a man.”

In one moving sentence, she opened a vista on a life of self-sacrifice. The nar-rative arc of her rendition of his life bent upward, and understandably so. He was a working-class father who raised two Princeton University graduates. But she could just as easily have invoked a sense of the country’s loss.

Because we don’t really make Fra-ser Robinsons anymore. He was a high-school-educated man who married and stayed married, who worked and kept working despite considerable adversity. Whatever his relative lack of education and skills, he was a hero of character, shaped by mores that have been eroding for decades.

According to Michelle’s convention speech and to published accounts, her fa-ther was a pump operator at the city wa-ter plant in Chicago. He was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis as a young man, and still got up to work every day. When he came home, he’d reach down to lift one leg after another to make it up the stairs and greet his kids.

It’s difficult to imagine a more affect-ing depiction of everyday dutifulness than that. With his wife of 31 years, Mar-ian, Robinson built a family deeply in-vested in his children’s future.

Too few men in his position now do the same. The 2010 study “When Mar-riage Disappears,” a publication of the National Marriage Project at the Uni-versity of Virginia and the Institute for American Values, tells the story. In the 1970s, 73 percent of adults with a high-school degree or some college were in intact first marriages. In the 2000s, 45 percent were.

As recently as 1982, just 13 percent of births to people with this level of edu-cation were out-of-wedlock. In the late 2000s, 44 percent were. Among blacks with a high-school degree or some col-lege, the figure was 75 percent.

Males with a high-school education have been dropping out of the labor force for decades. One flip side is a drastic in-crease in the rolls of Social Security Dis-ability Insurance, despite better medical care and less-strenuous jobs. Forty years ago, Fraser Robinson left for work in pain every day -- walking on two canes -- and now a small army of his fellow Americans schemes to get paid for doing nothing.

The tectonic plates of the culture and economy shifted since the 1960s to squeeze the likes of Fraser Robinson, at the same time the government has been subsidizing a version of the family -- single-mother households -- that makes him superfluous. The new norm that dispenses with duty-bound fathers is not good for families, and it is not good for men.

Michelle Obama powerfully described her father’s pride. For him, to be a man was to be responsible, day after day. His quotidian courage was her windfall; that it is becoming increasingly rare is our tragedy.

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.

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Eagle Ford driving requires greater skills

Dear Editor,I cannot believe my own eyes. Now the

party of spend, spend, spend is saying that the Republican Party is sabotaging the American economy at every opportunity.

According to the letter to the editor in another paper, the Republicans are block-ing every attempt of the Democratic Party to pass a balanced budget. Might I remind the public, who are not as ignorant as the Democratic Party would have you believe, that the Democratic Party had full control of the Congress from 2006-2010, and never passed a budget.

And Mr. Obama and the Democratic Party controlled the Congress also from 2008 through 2010. Remember Obam-acare? They forced all kinds of legislation down our throats. And our leaders in Con-gress were told to sit in the back of the bus, that they weren’t driving anymore.

In less than three years, the Democrats spent over $5 trillion we did not have, in a vain attempt to “resuscitate” the econo-my. Remember Solyndra, and other failed “green” companies?

And less we forget, Mr. Obama made the “World Apology Tour” in which he apolo-gized for America all over the globe, es-pecially to the Middle East. By doing this, he assured Americans that the rest of the world would no longer “hate” the United States.

We see how that went with the attacks on our embassies in the Middle East. Even the Libyan President admitted that the attacks were planned, and not “spontaneous” be-cause of a video.

Some of you may not be aware of all the executive orders issued by this president to further take away our freedoms.

And remember the UN Small Arms Treaty, that Hillary is so proud of, that will make our right to keep and bear arms, sub-ject to UN approval.

Remember Jesse Owens: The United States flag dips to no one.

Michael NajvarGonzales

Campbell cowardlyabout John courageDear editor,

Who’s afraid of John Courage in Sen-ate District 25? Donna Campbell, that’s who. After watching Courage and Camp-bell being interviewed by the San Antonio Express News editorial board for an hour I can understand why she doesn’t want to be seen in the same room as Courage. She’s both clueless and inarticulate; most of her responses were TEA Party rhetoric without specifics.

With nearly half a million voters in Sen-ate District 25 yet to hear from Campbell she’s only been seen at TEA Party events and cowering at the homes of existing sup-

porters. Campbell won’t accept invitations to be interviewed by opinion writers for the major newspapers in the district When she and Courage have been invited to non-partisan candidate forums she has refused the invitation which means those organi-zations won’t let Courage address their members either because they don’t want to be seen as partisan. When voters ask her questions she doesn’t want to respond to on her Facebook page she bans them.

John Courage recognizes that Texas per pupil funding for education is near the bot-tom in the U.S. causing overcrowded class-rooms in which there aren’t even enough desks for the students. Campbell’s solution is to violate the Texas Constitution and provide half the per student funds to pay part of the tuition at religious schools.

Campbell should be very afraid to be seen in the same venue as John Courage but voters should demand it.

JC DufresneCibolo

Postal employeeknows her stuffDear Editor:

We are blessed to have Julie Vickery at the Gonzales Post Office!

I know I have been blessed by Julie’s ex-cellent customer service but yesterday, she really outdid herself. I mailed a First Class, large size envelope to the TX Attorney General July 25 from the Gonzales Post Office. Fortunately, I purchased a Certified Mail Receipt for $2.95 and the next day, online, was able to verify from my home it had been delivered at 9:12 AM. I thought that was all that could be learned from such a transaction; however, when it turned out that almost two months later, the envelope still couldn’t be found in the TX AG’s Of-fice even though I had used the address given me by the Public Record’s Officer, I thought I had no choice but to put a trace on the letter.

But when I called the Post Office, I learned from Julie that she could on line find the signature of the person in the AG’s Office who signed for the letter. She did, that day, and once I reported this to Cap-tain Lucas in the AG’s Office, within a short time, the envelope was found. I don’t have to tell you what I would have had to do if that envelope hadn’t been found, plus I put a trace on a letter years ago and that trace took about 6 months and still the mail wasn’t found.

So, tonight, when you say your prayers, join me in thanking God for Julie Vickery, who is among the many blessings He pro-vides for each and everyone of us.

Doris LiefesteGonzales

Pulling Eagle Ford trailers safely is no task for the faint at heart. Combination vehicles are usually heavier, longer, and require more driving skill than single com-mercial vehicles. This means that drivers of a vehicle combination like a straight truck with a trailer need more knowledge and skill than drivers of single vehicles. These drivers also need a Combination Vehicle Endorsement on their CDL. To get one, you have to take a written test and a skills test. You’ll have to demonstrate that you know how to handle two characteristics of trailers that make driving a combination vehicle more of a challenge than driving a single vehicle. These are:

• rearward amplification and• yaw instability.

Eagle Ford Trailers – Rearward Ampli-fication

In the busy production-driven envi-ronment of the Eagle Ford Shale oilfield, “crack the whip” usually means, “get busy, get to work!” For drivers of tractor-trailers, however, “crack the whip” has a different meaning.

Trucks with trailers have a dangerous crack-the-whip effect caused by rearward amplification. A quick lane change can cause the trailer to swing out, then swing back, like the tip of a whip. This effect is most severe in double and triple combina-tions. The last trailer in the combination will be affected the most. The result can be

a rollover.Steer gently and smoothly when pull-

ing trailers. Maintain a generous following distance. Leave at least one second for each ten feet of your vehicle length, plus an-other second if you’re going over 40 miles per hour. Look far enough ahead to avoid having to make sudden movements. Drive slowly and make lane changes gradually. Keep plenty of space to the sides of the vehicle so you can enter or cross traffic smoothly.

Control your speed whether fully loaded or empty. When empty, large combina-tion vehicles take longer to stop than fully loaded ones. When lightly loaded, the very stiff suspension springs and strong brakes give poor traction and make it very easy to lock up the wheels. The trailer can swing out and strike other vehicles.

A tractor can jackknife very quickly. Be careful about driving bobtail tractors which can be very hard to stop smoothly and which take longer to stop than a trac-tor-semitrailer loaded to maximum gross weight.

When the wheels of a trailer lock up, the trailer will tend to swing around in a trail-er jackknife. This is more likely to happen when the trailer is empty or lightly loaded. Stay off the brake. Do not use the trailer hand brake while driving, it can cause a trailer skid.

Once the trailer wheels regain traction, the trailer will start to follow the tractor and straighten out.

Yaw Instability Can Cause a Rollover“Yaw” means rotation around a vertical

axis. In terms of trailers, this vertical axis

is the kingpin and it’s where the trailer is joined to the tractor. This connection does not keep the trailer in a fixed, straight line behind the tractor. After all, the whole point of having an articulated vehicle is to create an angle between the tractor and the trailer. That allows the entire rig to take curves and corners.

However, this flexibility can cause prob-lems called “yaw instability” or “snaking.” Sometimes this swaying, or oscillation, can cause a rollover. As the speed at which you’re traveling increases, your trailer or trailers will start to sway from side to side. A sudden steering maneuver can also lead to instability. Several factors can contrib-ute to yaw instability such as:

• the condition of your tires• the stiffness of the suspension• the placement of the fifth wheel• the distribution of cargoLoad cargo and pre-trip your rig with

care. Use caution when passing vehicles on the highway or going around a sharp cor-ner. Don’t understeer or oversteer.

This article first appeared at EagleFord.com

Devorah Fox is president of Mike Byrnes & Associates, a company which has helped to train truck drivers since 1987. She has edited books, newsletters, manuals, a maga-zine and a newspaper, and is a published freelance writer and graphic designer. She is the author of BUMPERTOBUMPER®, The Complete Guide to Tractor-Trailer Op-erations and the Easy CDL iPhone and iPad apps, Mike Byrnes and Associates, Inc. has helped launch successful commercial motor vehicle operator careers since 1987.

By DEVORAH FOX

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Farm Bureau: a place to buy insurance or discount-priced tires, right? Not any-more, and not for a long time!

Farm Bureau of Texas is not just the rusty, dusty old organization selling insur-ance to agriculture buddies or sons or grandsons of loyal long-time members. Farm Bureau has moved upward and outward into the present and future, trying to make sure that agriculture – farm-ers, cattlemen, and other related industries – are not shoved onto a side road of progress. They’re trying, and succeeding, in getting and keeping agriculture-related business into the front of the legislative agendas in Texas and in Washington.

Farm Bureau at its local levels brings topics impor-tant to our local people to the attention of our legisla-tors in Austin. The lobbyists employed by Farm Bureau make sure the topics are un-derstood and stay up front. The same process also travels to Washington. Many of the Senators and Representatives in our nation’s capitol do not have any real-time knowl-edge of agricultural topics, so the lobbyists help them receive and understand the information and then make informed decisions on legis-lation vital to agriculture.

The process begins like this: Farm Bureau members meet annually at the Gonza-les County Farm Bureau con-vention to bring problems and concerns to their peers. If these state and national concerns are deemed to be of interest to a number of our agricultural community, the topic can be forwarded to state level as a potential

“policy”. At the State Convention

policy is voted on, added or subtracted, then the Texas Farm Bureau lobbyists can make certain that our state senators and representatives are aware of what’s important to Texas agriculture. National policies then go on to Ameri-can Farm Bureau convention and the process continues.

Farm Bureau of Texas is an important power behind the decisions made at state and national level. It needs more members to make sure this power behind our agriculture remains strong. Membership in Farm Bureau has a nomi-nal membership fee, with one meeting each year (known as the county convention) where you can voice your concerns and opinions while enjoying a delicious meal with like-minded people.

Farm Bureau has changed and continues to improve its member benefits. For instance, did you know that you can get a rebate (and usually a reduced instal-lation) when you install a HughesNet Satellite system? Or a discount when buy-ing new GMC vehicles at a participating dealership; re-bates on Case IH tractors as well as Grainger industrial supply discounts?

There are benefits to members at Beltone Hear-ing Aids, Careington Dis-count Health programs; discount prescription pro-grams, software discounts on cattle record keeping programs, discount eye-wear, movie tickets, hotel discounts and more, all in addition to the reliable, affordable insurance pro-grams for which Farm Bu-

reau is known.The 14-member Farm

Bureau board is made up of concerned agricultural neighbors you’ve know for a long time. They represent members with a wide vari-ety of interests. Currently they are:

• President Allan Fink- commercial farming, cattle, swine

• Olen Malaer, Vice-Pres-ident – cattle, hay

• Perry Winegeart, Sec.-Treas. – cattle, hay

• John Raeke – farming, ranching

• Bryan Glass – veterinar-ian, cattle

• Barbara Koricanek – cattle, poultry, hay

• Charles Rochester – cattle

• Lawrence Fryer –cattle, retired Ag teacher

• Lanny Baker – poultry• Darrell Catchings –

poultry, hay• Sandra Wolff – cattle• Ben Schramm – poul-

try, cattle, exotic wildlife• Scott Keck – cattleIt is increasingly impor-

tant to support Farm Bureau with many family farms go-ing out of business and large conglomerates becoming the norm. Washington is not knowledgeable or in-terested in the process and hardships that agricultural producers contend with as they work to provide food and clothing, and other Ag products, to the people of this nation.

Upcoming events include the County Convention an-nual meeting on Sept. 27, and Agriculture Informa-tion Day on Nov. 7. For more information, please call 830-672-7518.

Texas Farm Bureau isnot what you think it is

Members of the Gonzales County Farm Bureau will join together Sept. 22 for the annual meeting.

“We will have new faces in Austin next year,” said Allan Fink, Gonza-les County Farm Bureau President. “We face big challenges with budget in Austin and Washington. This

meeting is an opportunity for mem-bers to gather and map a course for agriculture.”

The meeting will be held at the First Lutheran Fellowship Hall in Gonzales, beginning at 12 noon. A meal will be served prior to the meeting. Our guest speaker will be Norman Garza, TFB associate legis-lative director. Born in Harlingen, Norman is an eighth-generation

Texan with roots across the Rio Grande Valley and South Texas. Reared in Pleasanton, his family maintains a Beefmaster cattle opera-tion near Verdi in Atascosa County. Since 2003, Garza has worked for judicial and presidential campaigns.

Garza monitors the following legislative issues for Texas Farm Bureau: criminal justice, eminent domain, energy resources, environ-

mental regulation, private property rights, oil and gas, redistricting, ru-ral economic development, trans-portation, tort reform and utility regulation.

The board of directors will be elected during the meeting. Voting delegates will also be selected to rep-resent Gonzales County FB at the state convention to be held in Waco, Dec. 1-3.

The policy development com-mittee is currently accepting sug-gestions for resolutions. Members are encouraged to submit their thoughts. All recommendations will be considered in drafting tenta-tive resolutions to be voted on at the annual meeting.

Our district’s Policy Development Meeting was held Aug. 22. Several ag-related subjects were discussed.



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Annual CATIobservance setfor October 2

Mark your calendar for the Oct. 2 cannon-firing celebration on Texas He-roes Square. We’ll have a history program, school classes and kick off the 2012 Come & Take It Celebra-tion in style. The event is scheduled for 2:15 p.m.

• We did enjoy the rain; hope we get more. Autumn begins on Saturday, Sept. 22.

• Come & Take It is roll-ing right up on us – this year it’s on Oct. 5, 6, & 7, so be ready. We’re looking for a good year, good en-tertainment, good parade, good food, drinks; it’ll all be fun. We have some new food choices and we’re hop-ing for a little cool weather that will follow this week’s rain.

• The United Daughters of the Confederacy Cross of Honor # 2553 Southern Heritage Recipe Book has arrived in the office and is for sale for $16.25, which includes tax. This book, compiled by local and area UDC members, contains some great recipes along with some historical and fun ones, so stop by and look at it. These will make great gifts. The UDC is rais-ing money for repair and restoration of the Gonzales Confederate Monument

and has a formal plan to return the monument to its original beauty.

• A special presentation will be made at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 24 at Gonza-les County Commissioners Court by Jon Harris, who has been serving his coun-try in Afghanistan. Jon writes a column in a local newspaper that tells of his experiences in that coun-try and in the war there. It should be an interesting presentation, so join us if you can.

• The old Coca Cola Building at St. Vincent and St. Joseph is no longer blue, but is a shade of gray – check it out if you haven’t already done so; it looks great.

• South Texas Tour Team Roping will be at the J. B. Wells Park on Thursday, while Wrap N 3 Barrel Rac-ers will be there Saturday and Sunday.

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Gonzales Livestock Market ReportThe Gonzales Livestock

Market Report for Saturday, September 15, 2012 had on hand: 959 cattle.

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

Stocker-feeder steers: Medi-um and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs., $215-$280; 300-400 lbs, $185-$205; 400-500 lbs, $149-$175; 500-600 lbs, $135-$144; 600-700 lbs., $128-$133; 700-800 lbs, $118-$121.

Bull yearlings: 700-900 lbs, $91-$111.

Stocker-feeder heifers: Me-dium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs, $175-$210; 300-400 lbs, $160-$165; 400-500 lbs, $138-$155; 500-600 lbs., $121-$133; 600-700 lbs., $114-$117.

Packers cows: Good lean utility and commercial, $74-$79; Cutters, $77-$86; Can-ners, $58-$68; Low yielding fat cows, $65-$71.

Packer bulls: Yield grade 1 & 2, good heavy bulls; $93-$103; light weights and medium quality bulls, $83-$89.

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Steers: 200-300 lbs, $163 to $173 to $240; 300-400 lbs., $167 to $177 to $218; 400-500 lbs, $145 to $155 to $185; 500-600 lbs, $121 to $131 to $158; 600-700 lbs, $116 to $126 to $137; 700-800 lbs, $110 to $120 to $130.

Heifers: 200-300 lbs, $129 to $139 to $170; 300-400 lbs, $138 to $148 to $180; 400-500 lbs, $129 to $139 to $176; 500-600 lbs, $118 to $128 to $158; 600-700 lbs, $111 to $121 to $127; 700-800 lbs, $106 to $116 to $124.

Slaughter cows: $52 to $84; Slaughter bulls: $81 to $98; Stocker cows: $780 to $1,100; Pairs, 2 pr - $1,450 each.

September September % Year to date Year to Date %City/county TaxRate 2012 2011 Change 2012 2011 ChangeCaldwell Lockhart 1.500% 166,411.44 147,864.25 12.54% 1,471,638.74 1,364,559.49 7.84%Luling 1.500% 127,132.37 86,557.55 46.87% 1,072,560.64 927,160.67 15.68%Martindale 1.250% 6,244.95 4,914.30 27.07% 43,190.29 31,910.08 35.34%County Total 299,788.76 239,336.10 25.25% 2,587,389.67 2,323,630.24 11.35%

Dewitt Cuero 2.000% 214,563.36 169,712.42 26.42% 1,975,713.30 1,443,165.11 36.90%Nordheim 1.000% 3,325.97 1,331.51 149.78% 17,879.43 12,392.34 44.27%Yorktown 1.500% 33,379.75 23,853.92 39.93% 290,799.27 229,482.44 26.71%County Total 251,269.08 194,897.85 28.92% 2,284,392.00 1,685,039.89 35.56%

Fayette Carmine 1.500% 4,125.73 3,499.91 17.88% 41,261.58 33,877.79 21.79%Fayetteville 1.250% 4,778.24 3,809.63 25.42% 40,108.36 34,802.75 15.24%Flatonia 1.500% 20,999.04 14,140.94 48.49% 188,968.17 154,405.99 22.38%La Grange 1.500% 158,382.88 114,639.40 38.15% 1,356,884.48 1,170,687.64 15.90%Round Top 1.500% 6,616.59 5,407.11 22.36% 81,271.15 66,203.20 22.76%Schulenburg 1.500% 55,860.50 47,376.35 17.90% 462,799.06 444,120.49 4.20%County Total 250,762.98 188,873.34 32.76% 2,171,292.80 1,904,097.86 14.03%

Gonzales Gonzales 1.500% 176,058.99 126,960.53 38.67% 1,736,847.20 1,252,853.15 38.63%Nixon 1.500% 30,795.86 18,809.27 63.72% 234,803.05 154,227.64 52.24%Smiley 1.000% 829.55 942.35 -11.97% 23,887.29 10,599.97 125.35%Waelder 1.000% 1,441.42 2,083.82 -30.82% 18,594.75 18,344.09 1.36%County Total 209,125.82 148,795.97 40.54% 2,014,132.29 1,436,024.85 40.25%

Lavaca Hallettsville 2.000% 74,330.77 66,581.09 11.63% 780,250.15 667,130.51 16.95%Moulton 1.750% 11,129.46 8,500.35 30.92% 108,197.08 84,107.72 28.64%Shiner 1.000% 20,454.40 22,298.30 -8.26% 234,902.21 190,612.18 23.23%Yoakum 2.000% 93,463.05 72,149.96 29.53% 893,207.26 729,763.94 22.39%County Total 199,377.68 169,529.70 17.60% 2,016,556.70 1,671,614.35 20.63%

State Sales Tax Refunds, Area Counties

AUSTIN — Municipalities’ shares of the state sales tax continued to skyrocket throughout the region, with September checks representing July sales particu-larly strong.

The cities of Luling, Flatonia, Gonza-les, Nixon and Moulton all saw monthly increases of 30 percent over last years figures in the monthly release by Texas Comptroller Susan Combs.

Combs announced this week that

state sales tax revenue in August was $2.34 billion, up 18.5 percent compared to August 2011.

“The strong business and consumer spending trend boosted the monthly sales tax revenue, as did money remit-ted at the close of the state’s tax amnesty which ended in August,” Combs said. “The state’s sales tax revenue for fiscal 2012 was $24.1 billion, about 12.6 per-cent higher than the previous fiscal year.

Collections from business sectors such as the oil and natural gas industry and consumer sectors including retail trade increased sales tax revenue for the fiscal year.”

Combs will send September local sales tax allocations totaling $559.2 million to cities, counties, transit systems and spe-cial purpose taxing districts. September sales tax allocations are up 15.5 percent compared to September 2011.

Area cities’ sales continue strong


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I had an absolute blast this afternoon and eve-ning. Rolled up to a stop sign this afternoon, and stumbled onto a brisket cook off, and tractor pull. WOW! I had to stop and I’m glad I did super friendly people having some good old country fun! Started with the tractor pull got there just as the little ones were about to have a pull. Sweet little six year old started it off with her dad’s help. Then over in the other lane there is this sixty plus grandmother on a pink Farmall tractor. That was just a portion of the activities. Then I step out to check on the cook off missed the beans and chili but just in time for the brisket. The contestants had just taken their en-tries in to be judged and were relaxing. As I walked around taking photos of their grills was invited to sample several entries and even given some to take with me . I ended up with about four or five pounds of some excellent brisket. ( I know what’s for break-fast, lunch and dinner tomorrow) Everyone made me feel like I was a local. I really enjoyed my unex-pected stop. Gonzales, Tx. gets a big thumbs up for a good old country good time! — Posted by James Deese, Breaux Bridge, La.

My newborn child and I — Baby Snooks —Posted by Angela Marie Villareal I asked my husband for a golf cart. I really should know better

by now — with Johnny Kloesel. — Posted by Tara Kloesel

Dominick Padilla 10mths old repre-senting Apaches — Posted by Anthony Griselda Padilla

Sisters Kelsey and Makayla enjoying the day. — Posted by Ashley Leal

Joseph & Lillian Hastings with their grandchildren Klashia Eleby, Hilary Smith ,Carter Smith — Posted by Heather Hastings Smith

Sadie waiting for Uncle Chello! — Posted by Esther Gallegos

Lola enjoying the day, watching the rain — Posted by Lorrie Grogg

Enjoying a cool drink at Nana’s...MS Gracie — Post-ed by Michelle Russell Stephens

My Sidney before the football game.... — Posted by John Eric Alvarez

CATI Chili & Bean CookoffThe Come and Take It Chili and Bean Cookoff, sponsored by Adams

Extract & Spice LLC, is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 7 on the square be-hind the Gonzales Fire Station.

Check-in time is 8-11 a.m. You may begin cooking as soon as you have checked in. Cookers must prepare at least two pounds of chili and two pounds of beans. Prizes will be awarded for first, second and third places, as well as Showmanship.

Entry fee is $15 per team prior to 4 p.m. Oct. 5, and $20 thereafter. For details, contact Dorothy Gast at The Gonzales Cannon at 830-672-7100, 254-931-5712 or by e-mail at [email protected], or contact teh Gonzales Chamber of Commerce office at 830-672-6532.

Come & Pitch It!There will be a Washer Pitching Tournament at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct.

6. We only have room for 15 teams, so call the Gonzales Chamber of Commerce at 830.672.6532 to reserve your spot. Entry fee is $20 per team.

Historical ProgramsCome & Take It celebrates its history with many historical programs!This year we will feature the following:• “Gonzales: The Beginning” at 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday

Oct. 6 at the Gonzales County Courthouse; • J.B. Wells Home Tour from 2-5 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday,

Oct. 6-7;• Come & Take It Battle re-enactment at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6 at

Pioneer Village; • Pioneer Village Memorial Service, Sunday October 7th at Pioneer

Village;• Daughters of the Republic of Texas Memorial Service on Sunday

October 7th at 12:15 PM at the Gonzales Memorial Museum

The race is on!Register now for the 5K Come & Take It Run/Walk at Independence

Park. The race begins at 7:45 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6. Early registration is $12, or $15 after Sept. 28. For details or entry, contact the Gonzales Chamber of Commerce at (830) 672-6532.

CATI Car ShowThe 17th Annual Come & Take It Car Show will be held Sunday, Oc-

tober 7 in downtown Gonzales.Entry fees are $15 prior to Sept. 28, or $20 thereafter. The event is

hosted by the Gonzales Classic Cruisers. For details or entry, contact the Gonzales Chamber of Commerce at (830) 672-6532.

Kung Fu PandaKung Fu Panda & The Tigress will appear from 1-3 p.m. Oct. 6 at the

corner of St. George & St. Joseph Street.

Photography ContestThe Gonzales County Camera Club will be hosting a photography

contest & exhibition at the Come & Take It Celebration.Categories include: Texas History, portraits, flowers, animals, ar-

chitecture, landscapes, miscellaneous, still life, people, and digitally altered.

Entry Fees: $3.00 per photo (limit 5 per category) $2.00 per photo in the Youth Division.

All photographs must be turned into the Gonzales Chamber of Commerce by Monday, October 1, 2012.

If you are interested in participating, you can find out more informa-tion on our website at http://www.gonzalestexas.com/celebrations/come-and-take-it and click the “Gonzales Camera Club Photography contest form” link.

The Come and Take It Festival cel-ebrates a spirit of independence and can-do attitude exemplified by the brave farmers and frontiersmen who stood up to professional soldiery on a matter of principle in 1835.

That makes it a perfect venue for Curtis Grimes.

His latest album, Live from the Par-ish, hit the streets this week, while his first single from that album, Smile, is racing up the Texas music charts, jumping 16 spots last week.

He’ll be the featured entertainer at what is shaping up as one of the best-ever music lineups to grace the Come and Take It Biergarten. Grimes takes the stage from 11 p.m.-12:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6, with Gonzales’ own The Pale Horses opening starting at 8:30. Local bands will hold a live jame session that day from noon-5:30, fol-lowed by live practice from 6:30-8 p.m. — so there’s no telling who’ll show up!

The entertainment opens on Friday, oct. 5 with the Hole in the Floor Band from 6-7:30, followe dby the Tejano Crew from 8-9:30. Thom Shepherd, a Gonzales favorite from the Summer Concert Series, returns to headline Friday’s opening night from 10-11:30

p.m.Sunday will see the return of a

CATI tradition, the Shiner Hobo Band, from 1-5 p.m.

In four short years, Curtis Grimes has been a star college baseball pitch-er, chased his dream of being a singer / songwriter, played hundreds of con-certs all over Texas and the south-western United States, and performed in front of millions on television.

Grimes, a 25 year old from Gilmer, was an academic scholar and athlete at Harmony High School where he was an All-State pitcher and member of the 2003 state qualifying baseball team. Following graduation he ac-cepted academic and baseball schol-arships to Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana.

After a breakup with his then-fiancé, he started playing guitar and developed an interest in songwrit-ing, teaching himself how to play on a used guitar that he purchased at a pawn shop. Grimes then headed down I-35 with plans of finishing his degree at Texas State University in San Marcos. While there he fell under the influence of the Texas Country mu-sic scene. With legendary venues so close, he was able to follow the Texas Country artists he looked up to.

After playing for friends and relatives at gatherings and parties,

Grimes was hooked by the entertain-ment bug. He started playing acous-tic shows at a couple of small venues, bars, and fraternity parties.

Things definitely picked up for af-ter he won the Austin leg of Kenny Chesney’s The Next Big Star contest, getting the opportunity to open for Chesney at the Frank Erwin Center during his Poets and Pirates tour. Chesney also invited Curtis on stage for his encore.

Grimes continued to perform all over Texas and had the opportunity to play with artists such as Jack Ingram, Justin Moore, Eli Young Band, Leann Rimes, Josh Abbott, and Kevin Fowler to name a few.

In 2011, Grimes was asked to au-dition for the NBC Television show “The Voice”. He was then invited to Los Angeles to participate on the show and made it to the quarterfi-nals. The show, which was watched by over 15 million viewers during each episode, has opened even more doors for Curtis and he plans on tak-ing advantage of every one of them.

Grimes has extended his fan base as a regular fixture on the Texas mu-sic scene. As he expands his sphere with performances around the state of Texas and beyond, Grimes and his band definitely have things looking up.


Annual SCS Festival set Sept. 30

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The ArtsGrimes ready to Smile at Come and Take It

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SEPTEMBER 20-26 LINE UPThursday, Sept. 20: *Ladies Night* and Thirsty Thursday Acoustic Jam Session w/Brandi Behlen & Linda Robinson

(Music Starts at 8 p.m.)Friday, Sept. 21: DJ Shane & ReneeSaturday, Sept. 22: Jaron Post Band (Cover $8)

Doors open at 6 p.m. Music Starts at 9 p.m.Monday, Sept. 24: Monday Night Football

(Green Bay Packers @ Seattle Seahawks) * All-You-Can-Eat Pizza for just $5

Tuesday, Sept. 25: Texas Hold ‘Em (Starts at 7 p.m.)Wednesday, Sept. 26: Hump Day Karaoke w/DJ Rocketman

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September 20thSouth TX Tour Team Roping

September 22nd-23rdWrap NS Barrel Race

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P.O. Box 87, Luling, TX. [email protected]

LAST 2 OVERNIGHT BUS TIRPS THIS YEAROvernight Coushatta Bus Trip this year ----October 12 & 15

$69.00 pp/db, bus, snacks, hotel-Coushatta Inn, $23 free play on players card. Departs downtown Luling at 7:00 a.m. and Franks in Schulen-burg at 7:45 A.M.Overnight Choctaw Casino, Durant, OK ----December 2 & 3

$89.00 pp/db, bus, snacks, new beautiful Tower Hotel (connected to ca-sino). $10.00 free play on Players card, 2 discounted buffet coupons, & $10.00 dining credit. Just 15 miles further than Coushatta, Departs down-town Luling at 7:00 a.m.

10 Night Eastern Caribbean Cruise from Ft. Lauderdale February 15-25

Royal Caribbean, ship Vision of the Seas. Flight from Austin not included in Price.

Islands to visit: St. Maarten, St. Johns, St. Croix, Tortola & Martinique.Large Outside Room, Taxes & Fees, Transfers and cruise Protection call

for availability. Full service travel agent!

Shiner Catholic SchoolFall Festival

Sunday, September 30Shiner KC Hall

BBQ Dinner with all the trimmings $8.00

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.(Drive thru available)

Live Auction 12:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.Cake Walk, Games, Moon Walk,

Train Rides and ConcessionsStart at 11:00 a.m.

Win a Swimming Pool - tickets can be purchased from any

Shiner Catholic School Student, the school office or call 361-594-3843.

Curtis Grimes

The annual Shiner Catholic School Fall Festival sponsored by the Par-ent Teacher Connection, will be held Sunday, September 30 at the Shiner KC Hall.

A delicious BBQ Dinner with trim-mings at $8.00 a plate will be served. Plates will be served from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm, with drive-thru available.

The Live Auction will begin at

12:00 pm - 4:00 pm, cake walk, games, moon walk, train rides and conces-sions will start at 11:00 am.

The swimming pool ticket winner sponsored by Green Acres Outdoors - Patrick & Michelle Hodges; Robert S. Mikes, Inc. - Robert & Shelly Mikes; David Adamek Construction - David & Amy Adamek; Lone Star Fiberglass Pools; and Pentair Pool Products will

be announced. The KJT ticket winners will also

be announced at this time. Tickets are available from any Shiner Catho-lic School Student and at the School office, or call 361-594-3843. Enjoy a Sunday afternoon with great food, fun and fellowship for the whole fam-ily and our surrounding communi-ties.


Oil & Gas Activity Report

Oil & Gas

DuBose Insurance Agency

826 Sarah DeWitt Drive, Gonzales, TX 78629

Oil & Gas Reports Page Sponsored by

(830) 672-9581 www.JDCOins.com

Gonzales County RecordsGonzales County Courthouse DeedsSeptember 1-30Shaw, Amanda Nicole and Shaw, Lauren Nicole to

Eagle Ford Hunter Resources, Inc. o/l, 28.78 Acres, A.B Hammett Svy, A-281.

Yanez, Valentin and Martinez, Rosa to Gonzalez Jr, Victor and Gonzalez, Inna, w/d, 0.7454 of an Acre, David Kent Svy, A-303.

Lexington Investments I, L.P. to Silvestre, Rafael and Silvestre, Silvia, w/d, Pt. Lts 1-2, Blk. 4, RG 1, West of Water St, Gonzales.

Keen, Dennis and Keen, Shea to Forest Oil Cor-poration, o/l, 1.00 Acre, Joseph Saracean Svy, A-416.

Commissioner of the General Land Office State of Texas and Texas, State of School Land Board to Penn Virginia Oil & Gas, L.P., o/l, Approximately 24.00 Acres (Tract 1-B) of the Guadalupe River.

Commissioner of the General Land Office State of Texas and Texas, State of School Land Board to Penn Virginia Oil & Gas, L.P., o/l, Approximately 31.00 Acres (Tract 4-A) of the Guadalupe River.



Commissioner of the General Land Office State of Texas and Texas, State of School Land Board to Penn Virginia Oil & Gas, L.P., o/l, Approximately 40.00 Acres (Tract 5-C) of the Guadalupe River.

Beeson, Charles Fred and Beeson, Beverly to Byrd, Rodney D. and Byrd, Rhonda L., w/d, 2.692 Acres, Green DeWitt Svy, A-16.

Commissioner of the General Land Office State of Texas and Texas, State of to EOG Resources, Inc. o/l, 6.13 Acres, H G Coffman, J A Sargeant, G W Spears &

Byrd Lockhart Svys.Commissioner of the General Land Office State of

Texas and Texas, State of to EOG Resources, Inc. o/l, 2.2693 Acres, James Jones A-301 & Jean Humphrey A-266 Svys.

TP Poultry, Ltd. and Lester Sr, Thomas E. (Pres) to Wes Pac Energy LLC, o/l, 61.10 Acres, Richard Bibb Svy, A-104.

Vollentine, William Bradley and Volletine Jr, Hen-ry Howard to Blakemore, Danny Michael and Blake-more, Lucianne, w/d, Lts. 1-3, Blk. 4, State Park Addn, Gonzales.

Bryan, Gerald S. and Bryan, Dayle M. to Forest Oil Corporation, o/l, 261.87 Acres, R L Breeding A-102 & Gonzales County Schl. Land A-229 Svys.

J.E. Garcia Investments, Ltd., and Garcia Invest-ments Ltd, J.E. to J. Garcia Farm II, LLC and Garcia Farm II LLC, J., w/d, 100 Acres, Samuel Robbins Svy.

J.E. Garcia Investments, Ltd., and Garcia Invest-ments Ltd, J.E. to J. Garcia Farm II, LLC and Garcia Farm II LLC, J., w/d, 48.446 Acres, Samuel Robbins Svy., A-401.

J.E. Garcia Investments, Ltd., and Garcia Invest-ments Ltd, J.E. to J. Garcia Farm II, LLC and Garcia Farm II LLC, J., w/d, 75 Acres, Samuel Robbins Svy., A-401.

J.E. Garcia Investments, Ltd., and Garcia Invest-ments Ltd, J.E. to J. Garcia Farm II, LLC and Garcia Farm II LLC, J., w/d, 62.22 Acres, Samuel Robbins Svy., A-401.

J.E. Garcia Investments, Ltd., and Garcia Invest-ments Ltd, J.E. to Garcia River Camp, LLC, w/d, 46.822 Acres, Phineas James Svy, A-32.

J.E. Garcia Investments, Ltd., and Garcia Invest-ments Ltd, J.E. to Garcia River Camp, LLC, w/d, 2.00 Acres, Phineas James Svy, A-32.

Capital Farm Credit, FLCA to Syed, Sabeen H. and Syed, Momin H., w/d, Lts. 120-122, Settlement at Pa-triot Ranch, Unit 1.


Recent well location reports from the Texas Railroad Com-mission

DeWitt County

API No.: 42-123-32851Classification: Fld. Dev. and

HorizontalOperator: Burlington Re-

sources O and G Co. LPLease Name: Saunders Unit BWell No.: 3Field Name: DeWitt (Eagle

Ford Shale)Total Depth: 17,000 feetDirection and Miles: 7.6 miles

N.W. of YorktownSurvey Name: I RR Co, Sec-

tion 41, A-258Acres: 698.95

Gonzales County


HorizontalOperator: Denali Oil and Gas

Management LLCLease Name: Moesker UnitWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-1)Total Depth: 12,000 feetDirection and Miles: 15.8

miles N.E. of GonzalesSurvey Name: R. Kelley,

A-307Acres: 585.71


HorizontalOperator: Forest Oil Corp.Lease Name: Mahan-Chan-

dlerWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-1)Total Depth: 13,500 feetDirection and Miles: 4.5 miles

S.E. of SmileySurvey Name: Gonzales CSL,

A-229Acres: 631.56


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

Ford-1)Total Depth: 18,000 feetDirection and Miles: 8 miles

S.E. of GonzalesSurvey Name: F. Taylor, A-71Acres: 378.80


HorizontalOperator: Hunt Oil CompanyLease Name: Cinco J Ranch GWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-1)Total Depth: 18,000 feetDirection and Miles: 8 miles

S.E. of GonzalesSurvey Name: W.B. Lockhart,

A-40Acres: 413.20

Lavaca County


HorizontalOperator: Penn Virginia Oil

and Gas LPLease Name: Matias UnitWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-2)Total Depth: 14,000Direction and Miles: 7.06

miles S.W. of MoultonSurvey Name: E. Bellinger,

A-84Acres: 491.98

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

DeWitt County


HorizontalOperator: Geosouthern En-

ergy Corp.Lease Name: Nelson AWell No.: 2HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-2)Survey Name: T. Churmley,

A-114Direction and miles: 6.51

miles N.W. of NordheimOil: 720MCF: 1,902Choke Size: 11/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 7,390Total Depth: 18,390 feetPlug Back Depth: 18,306 feetPerforations: 13,548-18,295

feet



sources O and G Co. LPLease Name: W Leske Unit AWell No.: 1Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-2)Survey Name: H.P. Cook,


miles N.W. of CueroOil: 1,386MCF: 2,491Choke Size: 14/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 6,084Total Depth: 18,476 feetPerforations: 13,185-18,257

feet



sources O and G Co. LPLease Name: Butler Unit CWell No.: 1Field Name: DeWitt (Eagle

Ford Shale)Survey Name: F. Leal, A-304Direction and miles: 4.4 miles

N.W. of NordheimOil: 760.8MCF: 4,306Choke Size: 14/64 of an inchTubing Pressure: 6,257Shut In Well Pressure: 7,265Total Depth: 18,336 feetPerforations: 13,865-18,039

feet



sources O and G Co. LPLease Name: R. Borchardt

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

Ford Shale)Survey Name: J. Donoho,


miles N.W. of Cuero

Oil: 890MCF: 3,558Choke Size: 14/64 of an inchTubing Pressure: 5,690Shut In Well Pressure: 8,034Total Depth: 17,948 feetPerforations: 13,427 feet-

17,781 feet

Gonzales County


HorizontalOperator: Hunt Oil CompanyLease Name: O. BorchersWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-1)Survey Name: B. Morris, A-49Direction and miles: 9.2 miles

E. of GonzalesOil: 316MCF: 140Choke Size: 14/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 80Total Depth: 14,394 feetPlug Back Depth: 14,350 feetPerforations: 9,885-14,320

feet


HorizontalOperator: Southern Bay Oper-

ating LLCLease Name: Newtonville UnitWell No.: 5HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-1)Survey Name: P. Hope, A-252Direction and miles: 19.78

miles N.E. of GonzalesOil: 513MCF: 226Choke Size: 16/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 1,550Total Depth: 15,667 feetPerforations: 9,914-15,642 feet


HorizontalOperator: Southern Bay Oper-

ating LLCLease Name: Newtonville UnitWell No.: 2HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-1)Survey Name: P. Hope, A-252Direction and miles: 19.3 miles

N.E. of GonzalesOil: 278MCF: 168Choke Size: 18/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 1,400Total Depth: 15,250 feetPerforations: 10,404-15,095

feet


HorizontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Hansen Kullin

UnitWell No.: 5HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-1)Survey Name: J. Oethkin,

A-369Direction and miles: 11.1 miles

S.E. of CostOil: 2,075MCF: 1,634Choke Size: 32/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 1,369Total Depth: 15,642 feetPlug Back Depth: 15,524 feetPerforations: 11,390-15,519

feet


HorizontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Hansen Kullin

UnitWell No.: 6HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-1)Survey Name: O. Von Roeder,



feet


HorizontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Spahn Farms UnitWell No.: 6HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-1)Survey Name: M. Cogswell,



feet


HorizontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Spahn Farms UnitWell No.: 5HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-1)Survey Name: J. Oethkin,



feet

In the past decade, Texas-based corporations have invest-ed hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars to support STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) initiatives in our schools. From providing teacher training, to funding the first STEM school district in the state, corporate investment is aimed at building a competitive work force that will fill high-demand, high-paying jobs. In other words, it’s just good busi-ness. According to an October 2011 state-by-state analysis from Georgetown University:

• The Texas economy will need more than 715,000 STEM jobs by 2018, up from nearly 585,000 in 2008.

• STEM jobs will be 5 percent of all jobs in Texas in 2018, rep-resenting a 22 percent increase in STEM jobs.

• 14 percent of all jobs for master’s degree-holders and 25 percent of all jobs for Ph.D. holders in Texas will be in a STEM field by 2018.

A Collaborative Effort

The Texas Regional Collab-oratives for Excellence in Sci-ence and Mathematics Teaching (TRC), based at the University of Texas-Austin, provides high intensity professional develop-ment to PreK-12 science and math teachers throughout the state. “We provide experiences for teachers to help them build their math and science content knowledge outside of the nor-mal realm of the classroom,” says Carol Fletcher, associate director for the TRC.

These experiences have in-cluded a bus tour of West Texas oil fields with two Shell ge-ologists and problem-solving workshops such as developing a water filtration system. In 2010-2011 the TRC served teachers in 779 school districts and charter schools and 2,800 campuses. The Texas Mathematics Region-al Collaboratives served teach-ers in 816 districts and charter schools representing 2,485 cam-puses.

Susana Arredondo, an eighth grade math teacher at Jaime Escalante Middle School in the Pharr school district, says “They are constantly offering you training to make you better

on specific topics in math and science.”

As teachers become more knowledgeable about the real world demands of STEM jobs, they can pass it along to their students as well as dispel the stereotype students may have about STEM career paths.

The TRC consists of 58 in-stitutions of higher education collaborating with the Texas Education Agency, Education Service Centers, school dis-tricts, and business partners including Shell Oil, AT&T and Lockheed Martin, to name a few.

Corporate SupportStepping up to fill the grow-

ing need, Dallas-based Texas Instruments (TI) Foundation recently committed up to $4.8 million over the next four years to Educate Texas, a public-pri-vate initiative of Communities Foundation of Texas, to partner with the Lancaster Independent School District (LISD) to im-prove STEM education in all of its schools, creating the state’s first “STEM district.”

TI isn’t the only Texas-based company that supports Texas

STEM Initiatives. Since 1995 the Dallas-based AT&T and the AT&T Foundation have given nearly $87 million to support STEM initiatives nationwide, including scholarship programs and science/math focused sum-mer camps for at-risk youth and hands-on technology labs and elite robotics competitions at the nation’s leading universities.

In 2008, the company launched AT&T Aspire, spe-cifically focused on confronting the high school dropout cri-sis to help ensure our students graduate prepared for the future challenges of continuing edu-cation and the workforce says Amanda Chiampi, director of Citizenship and Sustainability at AT&T.

In 2012, AT&T commit-ted an additional $250 mil-lion, planned over 5 years, to high school success and college readiness, with an emphasis on socially innovative and science, technology, engineering and math-focused programs.

“Nearly one-third of all stu-dents — and nearly 40 percent of African-American, Hispanic and Native American students — fail to graduate with their

class,” Chiampi says, “Through Aspire, AT&T and the AT&T Foundation are working to help reverse this trend by identifying programs that work and bring-ing them to scale, supporting the work of educators and help-ing students get excited about setting and achieving their goals.”

Students served by organiza-tions that received Aspire fund-ing from 2008 to 2011 were retained at the end of 10th and 11th grades at significantly higher rates than comparison students, according to AT&T’s research.

AT&T filled more than 12,000 STEM-related jobs in 2011, and more than two-thirds of AT&T’s recent hires began their career in a technology-related area.

“STEM education is cru-cially important in preparing students for the rapidly chang-ing, increasingly sophisticated job market. U.S. businesses are struggling to find talent, espe-cially in the math and science fields,” Chiampi says. “The dropout rate, along with inad-equate training and education, is keeping many high-paying STEM jobs from being filled.”


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Helping HandsIf you are in need of a meal, Helping Hands, a non-profit, multi-church min-

istry would like to bless you with a free lunch. Meals will be distributed Satur-day, September 22nd, beginning at 11 a.m. in the GCAM parking lot located at 708 St. Louis Street. Volunteers and donations are welcome. Contact Linda at 361-275-1216.

Scarecrow ContestThe “Happy Fall Y’all” Scarecrow Contest sponsored by Gonzales Main Street

has begun. Any business can enter. Scarecrows can be anything you come up with. Use your imagination! Scarecrows must be visible from the street with-out going inside. Scarecrows must be up by Oct. 1. Judging will be Oct. 2. For details, call Main Street at 672-2815.

Men’s DayMt. Pilgrim Baptist Church will celebrate Men’s Day, Sunday, September 23,

2012 at 11:30 a.m. Pastor Gary Clack and the Providence Baptist Church Family will be the special guest. Everyone is invited.

For more information please call 830-822-0830.

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The 8th Annual Raffle of The Gonzales Odd Fel-lows Lodge #38 was held on September 4. All prizes were awarded and the winners are as follows:

First Grand Prize of $1000 Cabela’s Gift card was won by Brandon Feh-ner of Gonzales. Second Grand Prize, a Bay Fish-ing trip for 3 people with First Guide Service, was won by Larry Svetlik of Victoria.

Grand Prizes were sponsored by First Na-tional Bank of Shin-er, Sage Capital Bank, Randolph*Brooks FCU, Wells Fargo Bank, Lone Star Bank and First Cast Guide Service of Shiner.

The rest of the winners were as follows:

1. David Mason, do-nated by Michael Mercer Welding of Gonzales

2. Mark Jalufka, donat-ed by Derek Grahmann& Foreverlast Hunting & Fishing products

3. Norman Coleman, donated by William

Hodge Construction, Leesville

4. Eric Rother, donat-ed by Linda Menking of Gonzales

5. Liz Hernandez, do-nated by Borrer Electric of Gonzales

6. Wayne Saliger, donat-ed by Allen’s Body Tech of Gonzales

7. Tommy Baros, do-nated by Larry Mercer of Gonzales

8. Keith Fischer, do-nated by Lehmann Pipe & Cattle of LaGrange

9. Phil Roeber, donat-ed by Nathan Neuese of Gonzales

10. Jimmy Borrer, do-nated by H&H Cattle Co. of Gonzales

11. Delphin Janeka, do-nated by Apache Express Care of Gonzales

12. James Davis13 Jeff Braune14. Roddy Gonzales15. Roy Cole16. Bobby Henke17. Wilbert Kristek18. Kristi Mercer19. Richard Lott

20. Leno Reina, Jr.21. Bradley Fehner22. Chris Ortman23. Derek Grahmann24. Norman Coleman25. Michael Brandt

26. Sharon Tenberg27. Gilbert Camarillo28. Calvin Pekar29. Rowdy Marrow30. William Hodge31. Don Ford

Prizes #3-#29 were picked up from Howard’s in Shiner, and prizes #30 &#31 were given away at Hunters Supply in Victoria.

The Gonzales Odd Fel-

lows Lodge #38 8th annu-al raffle was a success and we wish to thank all of our sponsors and those who purchased tickets. Thanks again for your support.

Odd Fellows announce winners in annual raffle

The Gonzales Odd Fellows Lodge #38 recently announced the winners of their 8th Annual Raffle. Pictured are Ryan Spann, First National Bank of Shiner; Richard P Wiesman, Sage Capital Bank of Gonzales; Amanda Schultze, Randolph Brooks FCU; 1st grand prize winner Brandon Fehner of Gonzales; 2nd grand prize win-ner Larry Svetlik of Victoria; Capt. John C. Ashley of Shiner; Jimmy Windwehen, Wells Fargo Bank of Gonza-les; and Pam Parker, Lone Star Bank of Gonzales. (Courtesy photo)

Obituaries

Carl Acker Jr., 1932-2012

ACKERCarl Hugo Acker Jr., 79,

of Gonzales, passed away Friday, September 7. He was born September 17, 1932 in Caldwell County the son of Karl H. and Myrtle Taylor Acker.

He graduated from Gonzales High School in 1952 and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Gonzales for over 65 years. He served with the United States Navy dur-ing the Korean Conflict. He served as a lieutenant with the Victoria Police Department and later with the Rosenberg Police De-partment. He was a retired material control clerk with GVEC.

A charter life member of the Gonzales VFW Post # 4817, he served as Quartermaster from 1984 until 2004 and also served as District 5 Inspector. He was a life member of the American Legion. He was a member of the Gonza-les Noon Lions Club and a life member of the Elks Lodge.

He married Barbara Dickinson in 2005.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara Acker of Gonzales; daughters, Melissa Lynn Acker of Bebe, Judith A. Shovlin of Gonzales and Valarie Kaye Acker of Gonzales; stepsons, Todd Dickin-son of Caddo Lake and John Dickinson of Gon-zales; sister, Eunice Han-key and husband Larry of Gonzales; brother, Horace Mercer and wife Sylvia of Gonzales; grandchildren, Vicki Stegall and husband Seth of Houston, Alyssa Price of Gonzales and Bethany Shovlin of Gon-

zales; and great-grand-children Carter, Peyton and Grady Stegall all of Houston.

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Joan Aubry Acker, daugh-ter Sandra Kaye Acker and brother Frank Mercer Jr.

Memorial services will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, September 22 at Seydler-Hill Funeral Home with Bob Burchard officiating. A private family inter-ment will be held at the Mercer Family Cemetery in Caldwell County at a later date. Donations in memory of Carl may be made to the First Baptist Church in Gonzales.

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

Rogelio RodriguezCorona, 1977-2012

RODRIGUEZRemembering “Coyote”Rogelio Rodriguez Co-

rona or “Coyote” (as he was known to his friends and family) was born on Sep-tember 16, 1977 in Gua-najuato, Mexico to Maria Corona Elias and Ignacio Rodriguez Gomez.

“Coyote” loved to spend time with his friends and family. His wife & son were the center of his world.

“Coyote” leaves to cher-ish his memory his mother & father, his loving wife (Celia Gonzales), his be-loved son (Javier Veliz), his sisters & brothers (Myreida, Marili, Anita, alma Janette, Alejandro, Romaldo & Je-sus) all of Mexico, his step-children (Cordelia, Jose, Rachel, Griselda Rodriguez & Gina Gonzales) all of Gonzales, and numerous nieces, nephews and cous-ins.

Services were held Fri-day, September 14, 2012 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church and under the care of Harris Funeral Home, Gonzales, TX. 830-672-1075.

SAN MARCOS — Pet Prevent a Litter (PALS) of Central Texas will host the 10th anniversary PET FEST benefit on Saturday, October 6 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The festival has expanded this year to include both sides of the beautiful San Marcos River with events throughout the San Marcos Plaza Pavilion Park (located at 401 East Hopkins Street) and also the City Park (located at 170 Charles Austin Drive). Admission is free, but it is requested that attendees bring a donation of dry pet food. Cash donations are also accepted and all con-tributions are tax-deduct-ible. PET FEST is a cel-ebration of all pets, large and small, and restrained animals with nice manners are invited. Costumes are encouraged! Bring a pet or come meet and greet the homeless pets from shel-ters and rescues who are waiting to be adopted.

Prior to the festival, there will be a 5K race at 8:00 a.m. followed by the 1 mile all ages Fun Run & ¼ mile Kids Fun Run at 9:00 a.m. Dogs are welcome to race in the competition with their runner companions. The celebration includes a gigantic silent auction, contests, demonstrations, children’s games and ac-tivities, food, vendors, live music and a variety of adoptable animals from area shelters and rescues. Attending rescue groups include PAWS shelter & humane society, Heart of Texas Lab Rescue, Austin Westie Rescue, Pawsitive Karma Rescue, Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society, Lucky Mutts Rescue, Wim-berley Adoption Group & Rescue (WAG) and Ordi-nary Miracles Canine Res-cue.

Family friendly events are planned throughout the day. A display of our nation’s colors by the San Marcos High School TX-921st Air Force JROTC.

First Friday coffeeMary Carol of The Heights makes a few remarks at the First Friday Coffee Sept. 7 at the Heights. (Photo by Mark Lube)

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Johnson Oil Co.; Connie Bond; Don and Jennifer Rothbauer, Don’s Automotive; Sarah Wundt; Lindemann fertilizer; Jo and Glenn Sa-chtleben; Ellen Wundt; Mid Tex Propane; Don and Charlie Dashiell; Jackie Kidd; Belmont So-cial Club; Sarah Roecker; WB Farm & Ranch; Sarah Roecker; Mary Zabroski Cannon; Kay Brzozowski; Ronnie and Mary Connell; Renee Bednarczyk; Doug Parker; Green Acres Out-doors; Ray and Kim DeCola; Fehner & Son; Deana Rickman; Allen’s Body Tech; Belmont Pecan; BJ and Brian Phillips; Madeline Glover; Saltwater Charters; Angie DeCou; and Becker’s Feed Store.

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One of the highlights of every September is the an-nual Belmont VFD Barbecue Fund-Raiser. The event is the lone yearly fund-raiser for the department, and folks come from miles around to grab some great food, big on live and silent auction items, and listen to some great music for a great cause. This year’s event took place Saturday at the Belmont Communi-ty Center and again attracted a crowd. Among those choosing to dine in Saturday were Joyce and Z.G. Patteson (above), while Regina and Jennier Balderas (below) loaded up on delicious plates of chicken and brisket with all the fixin’s to head home for a hearty meal with the family. (Photos by Dave Mundy)

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Saturday Chili Second Place Showmanship - Chicks on Trikes

Sunday Chili Second Place Showmanship - Nancy Netardus

Beans Second Place - Joe Adams, Mad Dog

Beans3. Nadine Karnei4. Wilbert Benes - Good, Bad, Ugly & Confused5. Coleby Becker - Starin @ Racks6. Matt Wyant - Sauced Up & Smokin 27. Bill Stout - Walnut Creek Cookers8. Johnny Malik - Up In Smoke9. Shawn Wilke - Rodeo Q Cookers10. Joe Carrizales - Texas Smokers

Brisket Second Place - Ricky Janak, Wingnut Cookers

Chicken Second Place - Bobby Whitfield, Sons of Brisket BBQ

Gonzales County Area Go Texan Second Place - David Kotzebue, No Clue Bar B Que

Gonzales County Area Go Texan Third Place - Sonny Dolezal and Brian Pirkle, Luv Dat Smoke

Gonzales County Area Go Texan trophies were donated by MBH Welding of Gonzales

Reserve Grand ChampionJerry Garcia, Sneaky Dog Smokers

First Shot Cookoff Overall Standings3. Coleby Becker - Starin @ Racks4. Ricky Janak - Wingnut Cookers5. Larry Rodriguez - Smokin Primos6. Bobby Whitefield - Sons of Brisket BBQ7. Tinker Brown - Cheapside BBQ8. Tim Balch - Balch’s Blazing BBQ9. Tyler Filla - Horny Toad Cookers10. Pete DeLuna - Los Krazy Kooks

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Chicken3. Tyler Filla, Horny Toad Cookers4. John Wilkerson, Tex-Mex5. Ronnie Killen, Killen’s BBQ 6. Jerry Killen, Denton Creek Cookers7. Bill Stout, Walnut Creek Cookers8. Matt Wyant, Sauced Up & Smokin 29. Roger Brandt, Twisted System10. Michael Bernshausen, U Kiddin Cookers

Ribs Second Place - Larry Rodriguez, Smokin Primos

Ribs3. Tim Balch, Balch’s Blazing BBQ4. Sequoya Janacek, Just Twisted5. Hampton Pratka, Bottle Cap Cookers6. Aaron Stehle, Texas Style7. Greg Vrana, Shaller BBQ Cookers8. Russell Boedeker, Shiner Smokers9. Monroe Koehne, Apen Remington Pipe10. Robert Elizondo, T&R Cookers

Saturday Chili Second Place - Larry Netardus

Saturday Chili3. Kay Sandlin4. Chuck Spishock5. John Billy Murray6. April McDonald7. Nadine Karnei8. Lisa Duggan9. Dianna Hoy10. Robert Talavera

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Sunday CASI Chili3. April McDonald4. J.D. Duggan5. Nancy Netardus6. Glenn Rummel7. Nadine Karnei8. Keith Kroff9. Linda McDonald10. Dorothy Spishock

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

RVOS Lodge MeetingThe Officers of the local RVOS Farm Insur-

ance Company Lodge 90 will be holding their annual meeting on September 26 at 6:30 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall on Highway 90A east on the Shiner Highway.

All members are invited to attend and come and enjoy an evening of refreshments and so-cializing.

GHS Open HouseAn Open House will be held at Gonzales

High School on Monday, September 24, from 4:30–6 p.m.

Parents are encouraged to pick up their child’s progress report and meet their various teachers, counselors and the administrative staff.

A National Honor Society informational meeting will be held in the GHS Cafeteria be-ginning at 6 p.m. for all interested parents and students.

Movies in the Park The City of Luling will sponsor “Movies in

the Park” at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 29 and Oct. 27 at Longer Park. The Sept. 29 show will be “Puss in Boots,” while the Oct. 27 event is “Real Steel.” The event is sponsored by the City of Luling, Luling Chamber of Commerce and other local supporters.

Bring your blankets and lawn chairs to enjoy this free event. Longer Park is located on South Magnolia Ave and East Bowie St.

Auxiliary luncheon The Auxiliary of Memorial Hospital will be

having a brown bag luncheon at Craft Cross-ing, located at 614 St. Joseph across from Sto-rey’s, on Tuesday, Sept. 25.

We will be ordering sandwiches from Rob-ert’s Deli at a cost of $5.50. Call the Gift Shop at (830) 672-7581 ext 350 with your sandwich choice.

Anyone interested in becoming a member of the Auxiliary is welcome to attend or con-tact Kennon Brunkenhoefer at 830-672-3096 for more information.

SRT MeetingThe Gonzales Chapter of the Sons of the Re-

public will hold their quarterly meeting on Oct. 2 at 10 a.m. at the Old Jail Conference Room.

The Sons of the Republic of Texas (“SRT”) consists of members who are direct lineal de-scendants of those that settled the Republic of Texas prior to February 19, 1846, when Texas merged with the United States as the 28th state. The SRT traces its origins back to April, 1893, and the Texas Veterans Association, which was comprised of members that actu-ally lived in the Republic of Texas. It was incor-

porated as a non-profit corporation in 1934.Since its inception, the purpose of the SRT

has been to perpetuate the memory and spirit of the men and women who achieved and maintained the independence of Texas. Its mission is to (i) encourage historical research and publication of the earliest records of Tex-as, (ii) foster the preservation of historic sites, documents and artifacts relating to the period of the Republic, (iii) participate in community activities which will remind the populace of its Republic of Texas heritage, and (iv) mark the observance of certain dates that are important to the history of the Republic of Texas.

Farm Bureau MeetingAnnual Meeting of the Gonzales County

Farm Bureau will be held on Saturday, Sept. 22, at 12 noon at the First Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall in Gonzales. All Farm Bureau members are encouraged to attend. A chicken fried steak meal will be served followed by the business meeting and a program. Please RSVP by calling 672-7518.

CATI art showThe Gonzales Art Group is looking for artists

of all ages to bring their wonderful artwork for all to see.

The Come And Take It Art Show will be held in the First United Methodist Church again this year. Entries will be accepted on Thursday, Oct. 4 from 2:30-5 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall.

Entry fees are Students-$1 per entry and Adults are $5 per entry for non-members and $4 per entry for members.

For more information, please call Janice Williamson at 830-857-5694 or Sarah Bailey at 830-857-5695. Rules are available at lo-cal schools, Chamber Office, and Frames and Things or send email to [email protected].

Safe Sitter courseGood Babysitters are always in demand, so

here a chance for student to become the sit-ters that parents and kids want.

A medically-accurate Safe Sitter® course will be offered by the Gonzales Youth Center on Sept. 29 from 1-6 p.m.

Learn everything you need to know to be a great sitter. Gain the skills and confidence needed to do the job well and earn parents’ trust.

Space is limited to six students. For more in-formation, call Janie Pineda with the Gonzales County Extension Office at 830-672-8531.

Bastrop HousingThe General Land Office is still taking appli-

cations now for the Bastrop housing assistance program. The deadline is Sept. 28. The phone number for case managers at Luthern Social

Services Disaster Responses is also listed (855-706-7556). For details, go to http://www.glo.texas.gov/GLO/disaster-recovery/wildfires/index.html.

Hooper BenefitThere will be a benefit fundraiser to defray

medical costs for local resident Sherri Hooper at 6 p.m. Oct. 13 at the American Legion Hall in Gonzales. Hooper suffers from autoimmune disease and began chemotherapy in July. Ad-vance meal tickets are $20 and available Mon-day through Friday at Gonzales Livestock Mar-ket and at Scott Dierlam State Farm Insurance. There will be live and silent auctions as well as a drawing conducted by Gonzales County Go-Texan Committee members. For details, call Lavonne Hayden at 713-560-9764 or Roxie Bean at 830-203-0705, of e-mail [email protected].

Gonzales Livestock ShowTo be eligible for the GLS, all exhibitors

must be members of Gonzales 4-H or FFA prior to November 1.

Also, exhibitors and a parent/guardian must attend one drug residue avoidance class. Classes will be held at Gonzales High School cafeteria on Tuesday, October 23rd at 6:30 p.m., Monday November 26th at 6:30 pm and Saturday, January 5th at 9:00 a.m.

Steer Validation is Wednesday, Septem-ber 19th at Guadalupe Valley Vet from 5-7 p.m.

You may also stay updated by visiting the new Gonzales Livestock Show Association Facebook page.

Show rules may be picked up at County Agent’s Office.

SCV to meetThe Sons of Confederate Veterans, Texas

Bonnie Blue Camp #869 and Col. Gustav-Hoffmann Camp #1838 will be honoring the soldiers who fought in the War Between The States at the Harwood Cemetery, located at South 2nd Street in Harwood.

This memorial will be on Saturday, Oct. 13 at 2 p.m. All participants will be in period cloth-ing. The group needs to hear from families who have Civil War soldiers buried there.

Both Confederate and Union will be hon-ored.

For more information, contact Linda Miller at 210-420-5461.

Head StartTMC Golden Crescent Head Start of-

fers pre-school services to children ages 3-5 years, includeing education, nutrition, dental, social, disability, health and mental health. Gonzales Head Start is now accept-ing applications at the Gonzales Head Start Centers at 1600 Elm Street or 925 Wells Street. For information call 361-582-4441.

To apply for head Start, you will need a copy pof the child’s Birth Certificate, proof of income, proof of address and a current im-munization record.

State Representatives Geanie Morrison and Lois Kolkhorst spoke and answered questions on the pressing issues facing the net Legislative Session during the Republican Women of Yoakum’s September meeting. Pictured (from left) are RW of Yoakum President Brenda Cash, Representative Kolkhorst, Representative Morrison, 1st VP and Program Chair Dori Wyatt, and Campaign Activities Chair-man Helen Appelt. (Courtesy photo)

On behalf of the Board of Directors, staff, volunteers and especially the young people who have come to regard the Gonzales Youth Center as their home away from home, we offer profound thanks to each and every one of you who came to our aid following the act of destruction that threatened the future of a program that has served our community for some sixteen years.Your offers of help began almost immediately after news of the break-in became public, and it continues today. From donations of equipment, money and construction services to hundreds of hours of volunteer clean-up and rebuilding work in the unrelenting dust and heat, you have restored the Gonzales Youth Cen-ter not only physically but also spiritually.Judge David Bird, Board PresidentPat Anders Ryan, Executive DirectorPresbyterian ChurchCarl & Patricia BauerAnn WadeGreg & Kris McLainT RamosRudy & Suzanne VranaJerry Kay DuBoseDebra & Charlie AlemanHarold & Billie BrunsPaul & Victoria FrenzelTurn AroundACT’s GroupCommunity Foundation of Greater AtlantaShannon Gonzales HerreraVBS 1st Lutheran & PresbyterianHEBEpiscopal Church of The MessiahGonzales BPOE #2413DuBose InsurancePilot ClubNorma & William FinkGonzales Classic CruisersServ ProAlamo ConcreteHodges ConstructionWallace Electric – Frank

Youth Center Members & FamiliesBaptist Breakfast Men GroupEast Side Youth GroupISF Dan & Lucianne BlakemoreWhite’s Air ConditioningMcCoysGonzales Building CenterGISDGVTCClarence OpielaGVECAllen BarnesConway WhartonAlec RhodesDustin ShirleyWes RodriguezPerry SmithKen & JoAnn HedrickRihn Income Tax ServiceBetty FusnerDavid GumperSteve LibertiFirst United Methodist ChurchMethodist Healthcare MinistriesRandolph Brooks FCU

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TXCase Manager-Child/Youth - Position #812

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please go to www.bbtrails.org.

Want experience Ranch/Farm Hand. Work includes cattle & horse care, pasture and fence maintenance. 40 hr. week. No week-ends. 830-437-5772.--------------------------Full-time position with benefits avail-able in Dietary Dept. for Cook. Experience re-quired. If interested, please apply at The Heights of Gonza-les, 701 N. Sarah DeWitt, Gonzales, Texas.--------------------------GCAM is hiring for a part time posi-tion as Director. Must be proficient in Excel, Spread-sheets, Micro-Soft and Quick-Books. Please send re-sumes postmarked prior to 10/03/2012 to: Lynn Wilson c/o Emmanuel Fellow-ship Church, 1817

St. Lawrence, Gon-zales, TX 78629.--------------------------Part-Time Help Wanted. Apply on-line at www.faste-nal.com.--------------------------Bluebonnet Trails Community Ser-vices contract position: On-Call Crisis Worker for Caldwell, Gonza-les and Guadalupe Counties for eve-nings, weekends and holidays. Pro-vide face-to-face screenings to as-sess individuals at risk of harm to self or others. Re-quires Bachelors in Psychology, So-cial Work, Nursing (or related degree with 24 hours re-lated coursework). Masters preferred. Mental health cri-sis experience and professional li-ability insurance required. Apply at bbtrails.org under Contracting and Procurement.

Part-time position available for Jani-tor/Floor Techni-cian. Experience Re-quired. Please apply at The Heights of Gonzales, 701 N. Sarah DeWitt, Gon-zales, Texas.--------------------------Positions available for Certified Nurses Aides on Memory Care Unit. Special Skills required. Please apply at The Heights of Gonza-les, 701 N. Sarah DeWitt, Gonzales, Texas.--------------------------

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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: Sat-urday, September 22nd at 3404 CR 421 (take Hwy. 97 towards Waelder). Look for signs from 8 to 12. Furniture, m i s c e l l a n e o u s items, beanie ba-bies, racing memo-rabilia and lots of other stuff!!--------------------------Garage Sale. Satur-day, September 22, 8-? 183 N, about 4 miles on right hand side. Vari-ety of things. M/W clothes, tools, odds-n-ends.--------------------------3 Family Garage Sale: Saturday, Sep-tember 22, 8 a.m. - ? 1616 W. Hamilton. M/W/C clothing. Shoes,toys, misc., some furniture, el-liptical exercise ma-chine.--------------------------Garage Sale Friday’s & Saturday’s, 9-4 in Cost, next to Cost Store on Hwy. 97. Winter & Summer clothes, shoes, dish-es & glassware, Hal-loween items, table & chairs, couch, dresser, com-puter items, toys, jewelry,old, new & used items.

Kenmore Washing maching. Excellent condition. $150. Call 361-741-2604, anytime.--------------------------Antique metal wood burning stove. $175. 512-917-4078.--------------------------Single axle trailer.

4 ft. tall, 8 ft. long, 4 ft. wide. $500.00. Call for information. 830-660-2526 or 830-540-4063.--------------------------Large shower chair. 19” color TV w/stand, stand has rollers. 857-8090.--------------------------2 Lounge Chairs, 6 ft. tall headboard, bed frame, oak din-ing table, antique egg incubator, en-tertainment cen-ter, lamp stand w/drawers, booth din-ing table, planter boxes. 361-594-4307.--------------------------Large amount qual-ity items. Every-thing $85.00; worth about $300. Health problems prevent garage sale. In Lockhart. Mel, 512-376-9396.--------------------------For Sale: Scentsy Warmer (Fire De-partment), never been opened or used. $35. 3 Leather scents, $5.00 each. Dell Keyboard and Mouse. $10.00 set. 830-305-2521.--------------------------3 cement steps set, 48”x21”. Like new. Asking $125. 4 cement steps set, 48”x28”, asking $75. You haul any items. 830-540-4277.--------------------------Clavinova Yamaha Digital Piano w/bench. Under War-ranty. $2,700. Call 830-339-0111.--------------------------Chronic Illness, Medical Bills. Every-thing reasonably priced. Long list. Must sell by Mid-Sept. or End. Plan to move away soon. Gonzales, 830-203-

8529, M-F.--------------------------Used Dell Com-puter. Keyboard & Monitor. $250 cash. Call 512-917-4078.--------------------------FOR SALE Used cy-clone fencing and post. 1990 Dodge pick up with lift gate. Can be seen at GHA 410 Village Dr. Gonzales, Texas. For information call Jeanette Conques-tat 830-672-3419.--------------------------Upright piano for sale. Great for kids starting piano les-sons. All keys works. Needs to be tuned. $100. Call 830-832-5965.--------------------------Unique BBQ Pit, Stagecoach. In-cludes Electric Ro-tisserie $275. Call 512-917-4078.--------------------------Gasoline operated Hedger, $125; 5 HP Tiller, $200. Both in excellent condition. 361-208-3565. --------------------------Craftsman Riding Mower. 30” Mower/Mulcher. 13.5 HP Model 536.270300. Purchased April 2011..used 6 times. Exc. Condition. $600.00. 830-560-0238. --------------------------Electric Hospital bed, $150. 582-1120. --------------------------Stain Glass Win-dow, white tail deer. $275. 512-917-4078.--------------------------For Sale: Headache Rack, Bumper Hitch, Aluminum Run-ning Boards, 5 office desks, Lift Chair, An-tique Bed, Leather Sofa Bed. 1109 FM 532 West, Shiner. 361-596-4403.--------------------------Air Framing Nailer. Contractor Series. $75.00. Call 361-741-2604.

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

Fertilized Johnson Grass Bermuda Hay. Large round bales. $50. 857-3324.

Want to Buy: Oliver 60 Tractor. V.A.C. Case Tractor. Run or Not. 361-293-1633.--------------------------For Sale: 231 Massey Ferguson Tractor. $9,000. 830-437-2358 or 830-857-0800. (08-23-12)

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The Historic City of Gonzales Texas is in search of a City Secretary. We are seeking an experienced professional who has faced the challenges of a growing community, a leader

who can find solutions to challenges, and someone who will be part of the team. Gonzales is in the cross roads of the booming Eagle Ford Shale Oil Field.

The person selected for this position will be responsible for the statutory duties of the City Secretary. They will also serve as Staff Liaison to the Planning and Zoning Commission and the Zoning Board of Adjustment. The City Secretary is a di-rect report to the City Manager and will be a part of the senior management team. The City Charter also establishes the City Secretary as the ex-officio Clerk of the Court and as such super-vises the Court Clerk.

The next City Secretary will be an experienced professional with 2-5 years experience as a City Secretary. They will be expected to become part of TMCA and to obtain their Munici-pal Clerk Certification, if not already certified. High School diploma or GED required. A Bachelor Degree in Public Ad-ministration or related field is preferred, but experience can be substituted for education.

Salary is dependent on qualifications and experience.

The City of Gonzales is an equal opportunity employer. Ap-plications available at City Hall or www.cityofgonzales.org. Please complete an application and take it to City Hall or mail to:

City of Gonzales, Attn: Payroll Dept., P.O. Box 547Gonzales, TX 78629

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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

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR COMMERCIAL FLUID INJECTION WELL PERMIT

PYOTE WATER SYSTEMS II, LLC 400 W. ILLINOIS AVE, STE 950 MIDLAND, TX 79701

Is applying to the Railroad Commission of Texas for a permit to inject fluid into a formation which is productive of oil and gas.

The applicant proposes to inject fluid into the Edwards, Nixon Lease, Well Number 1SD. The proposed injection well is located 1.6 miles North of Nixon, TX in the Nixon Field in Gonzales County. Fluid will be injected into strata in the subsurface depth interval from 6050 to 7300 feet.

LEGAL AUTHORITY: Chapter 27 of the Texas Water Code, as amend-ed, Title 3 of the Texas Natural Resources Code, as amended, and the Statewide Rules of the Oil and Gas Division of the Railroad Commis-sion of Texas.

Requests for a public hearing from persons who can show they are adversely affected or requests for further information concerning any aspect of the application should be submitted in writing, within fifteen days of publication, to the Environmental Services Section, Oil and Gas Division, Railroad Commission of Texas, P.O. Box 12967, Austin, Texas 78711 (Telephone 512/463-6792).

Brisco Estate/Garage Sale

Shady Oaks Addition82 Shady LaneGonzales, Texas

Saturday, September 22, 20128:30 am - 5:00 pm

Sunday, September 23, 20129:00 a.m. - ??? (If needed)

Furniture, outdoor decorative items, cookware, glassware, Ultra-Lux

canister vacuum, appliances, Lenox China, linens, John Deere Saber riding lawnmower, 3-wheel bike, ladders, tools, camping equipment

and miscellaneous.

W.B. Farm and Ranch Supply is taking applications for these positions:

Full time Truck DriverLocal Delivery ZoneClass A CDL required

Forklift experience required

Forklift DriverForklife experience/Certification

Yard Hand/Customer Service

Apply in person2031 Water St. (Hwy. 183 N.), Gonzales, TX 78629

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5 Bale Hay King Trailer & Bale Flip-per Loader. Load hay without getting out of truck. Video on baleflipper.com. $13,500. 512-565-5927.

Dining room table, solid wood, with six high back chairs and leaf to extend table, $200.00. Large china cabi-net, $200.00 . 830-672-2604.--------------------------7 pc. dinette, $95; coffee and end table, 475; Rol-laway Bed, $35; 37” TV, $15; 2 office re-ceptionist chairs, couch, table, etc. 361-596-4096. --------------------------For Sale: Queensize mattress set, $200; complete desk w/hutch, $30; Dining Room table with 4 high back chairs, solid wood, $300; Low back swivel re-cliner rocker, $150. Call 672-3728.--------------------------Small round dining table with leaf, ex-tends to oval. $50. Vintage pub table with extensions, $175. Black metal futon with mattress & cover. Like new. $75. 830-540-3382.

South Central Tex-as Largest Dealer. If you need it we have it. Repoed, Used, New. Fayette Country Homes, RBI 32896. Open Mon.-Sat., 9-7. Sundays, 1-6. 800-369-6888.--------------------------OILFIELD Housing - 5 bedroom/5 bath-room bunkhouse full kitchen, washer & dryer. $38,000. Can be set up any-where. 830-305-6926. RBI#36486.--------------------------3bedroom/2 bath-room singlewide available. $27,900. Call if in need of housing. 830-305-6926. RBI#36486.--------------------------Wind Zone II 3 bed-room, 1 bath Deliv-ered, Set, A/C, 2006 Model Never Lived In. $24,900. Fayette Country Homes, RBI 32896. Open Mon.-Sat, 9-7, Sundays, 1-6. 800-369-6888.--------------------------OILFIELD HOUS-ING - 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom with washer and dryer, office spaces, must see to appreci-ate. 830-305-6926. RBI#36486.--------------------------Between 4-5 Acres for Sale. Double-wide. Excellent con-dition. Hwy. front-age. 3BR, all electric, all appliances. Call 830-857-1026.

For Sale: 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 - $7,500. 2nd owner pickup with low miles, cold A/C, spray-in bed liner, grill guard, towing package and more! Call Lauren at (361) 648-5049 for more

info.--------------------------Tires for Sale. 4 brand new tires - 255-35-ZR20 Nitto Extreme ZR with Rims - Mar-tin Bros 20” universal rims. $500. 830-857-1340.--------------------------2003 Saturn - Great Gas Saver - $6,988. (830)303-4381.--------------------------2011 Chevy HHR - Certified - Was $18,499 - Now $15,991. (830) 303-4381.--------------------------2010 Jeep Patriot - only 28K miles. Was $19,999 - Now $17,688. (830) 303-4381.--------------------------2011 Dodge Grand Caravan, 42K miles - Was $22,899 - Now $20,988. (830) 303-4381.--------------------------2011 Chevy Equi-nox - Certified - Was $24,388 - Now $21,988. (830) 303-4381.

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

2 B R / 2 B A , 1,750SF(+/-) home for lease 7 mi. north of Gonzales on gravel road. Central A/C, full kitchen w/appliances. $1,300/mo. + deposit. Email [email protected] country home, 2BR/1BA, near Belmont. Hwy. 90A. No pets. $650/mo. $400/deposit. 830-424-4685.--------------------------2 and 3 Bedroom houses for rent. $650 & up + de-posit. Current ref-erences a must. Furnished or un-furnished. Call 830-672-5169.--------------------------For Rent: 2 B R / 2 B A / 2 C G home on 183 N. $1,250/mo., plus deposit. Call 830-857-4458 for infor-mation.--------------------------House in the coun-try for lease. Large, clean and nice house and nice yard. Lease and de-posit required. 361-594-3233.--------------------------3BR/2BA Brick house for rent. 1 mile North of Yoa-kum. AC, washer, dryer. Large access driveway in & out for truck parking for large bobtails. Oak grove, great for BBQ’s and enter-taining. Available Now. Call 361-293-6619, leave mes-sage.--------------------------Motel Suites. 2 bed-rooms, full kitchen,

porch/small yard. $68 nightly, $310 weekly. Crews wel-come. Call JR, 512-292-0070, 830-857-5727.--------------------------

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

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

sq. ft. in Nixon. $1,000/mo. Call 830-857-6921.

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

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

For Lease: commer-cial 1,500 + square foot warehouse in Luling. Hwy. frontage. $850 per month. 830-305-6248. (10/4/12)--------------------------12 acres/house/of-fice with Hwy. 80 frontage between B e l m o n t / N i x o n near Leesville. Will subdivide. For sale or lease. Would make a great oil field yard or resi-dence. Call Peyton, 512-948-5306; Da-vid, 713-252-1130.--------------------------Land for lease for oil field service equipment. Prime location. 4 miles N. on 183. 2 1/2 acres. Electric, water, parking, storage. Call 203-0585 or 672-6922. (TFN)

Camera work for businesses, pro-motional uses, editing titles. 830-263-0909. [email protected] to do part-time sitting of el-derly man or wom-an after hospital stay or surgery. Take them to local doc-tors visits, grocery shopping, etc. Call 830-788-7123 for more information. --------------------------Electrical Wiring, Troubleshooting, Repairs, etc. Li-censed & Insured. Call 830-437-5747. --------------------------For Your Specialty Cake Needs. Call Connie Komoll, 830-203-8178.

Will do house cleaning Monday thru Friday. Call 830-203-0735.--------------------------Sewing & Altera-tions. Jo West. 830-203-5072. Call between 9 a.m. & 9 p.m.

Willing to mow lawns in morning or evening. Also will do weedeating. Not affiliated with any company’s. 830-263-0909.--------------------------Lawn mowing ser-vice, residential & commercial. Will also mow oilfield yards or large oil re-lated businesses. Li-ability ins., free esti-mates and low cost. No job too large or too small. 830-263-4181.(TFN)

Child care in home. I have 2 openings, Curriculum and meals included. Please call for de-tails. 830-263-0058.

203 Big Sky 38’ Fifth wheel Travel Trailer. 3 slideouts, very, very nice. 3 1/2 yrs. Bumper to bum-per warranty left. $17,900. Call 512-914-8347.--------------------------RV For Sale. Older unit. 5th wheel. $2,900. Contact Richard, 830-556-6905.-------------------------- Ford Motorhome. 44,000 orig. miles. All working. $2,995. 830-857-6565.

30’ Travel Trailer w/2 slides for rent in RV Ranch in Gonzales. Swimming pool, laundry facilities, shower house and all bills paid. $300 a week. 830-305-6926.--------------------------28’ Travel Trailer for rent. Can be moved from job site. Call 830-305-6926.--------------------------Office or Living Trailers for lease or buy. Peyton, 512-948-5306; David, 713-252-1130.--------------------------RV Rentals available at Belmont RV Park Estates. Call Rich-ard, 830-556-6095.--------------------------Travel Trailers for rent. Located at J.B. Wells, Gonza-les, Texas. Cheaper than motel. Clean, fully furnished, 32 ft. trailers. $300/ a week. Please call for more info & rates. Pug @ 512-963-0000 or Dawn @ 512-508-6221.

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

1996, 18.5’ Baymas-ter Center Console Boat, 120 Horse Force Mercury Mo-tor with Jack Plate, Lourence GPS Map-p i n g - S o n a r - Fi s h Finder, Marine Ra-dio. $7,000.00. Con-tact 830-263-2920.--------------------------For Sale or Trade: 27’ Sailboat, Beam 8’, fiberglass. 361-561-3335. Ask for Jeff.

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

Free kittens to good home. Please call 830-587-6278.--------------------------Free to good home. German Shepherd

mix puppies. Pri-marly black with Shepherd mark-ings. Mother pure-bred. Current on shots and wormed. 830-672-2631.--------------------------Free Kittens. Call 672-7094.--------------------------

PuppiesHalf Lab, Half Pyr-enees. Free to good home. 830-203-1733 or 830-540-4485.--------------------------We stock Sport-mix Dog and Cat Food, Demon WP for those ants and

scorpions. Gonza-les Poultry Supply, 1006 St. Paul Street, 672-7954.(TFN)

Baby Guineas. $2.00 each. Call for info. 830-660-2526 or 830-540-4063.--------------------------“Black Limousin and Angus Heif-ers and Bulls, Gen-tle Increase your weaning weights. Established breeder since 1971. Delivery available 979 561- 6148 “

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Full-time position Equipment Operator, water distribution, wastewater collection department. This is a skilled service-main-

tenance position. Work involves maintaining, repairing and installing new water and sewer lines, meters, fire hydrants, pumps and plumbing systems at all city fa-cilities. Perform related duties as required and ability to operate equipment needed to perform these tasks. Class B-CDL required. Must be available for on call duty ev-ery 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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Municipal court clerk

The City of Gonzales is accepting applications for the position of Municipal Court Clerk. Applicant must be of good moral character, a high school grad-uate or obtained a GED, a U.S. citizen, at least 21 years of age, with a good credit history, have a stable work record, no felony convictions, and no DUI or DWI convictions within the last 5 years. Must be able to travel and obtain certification from the State of Texas as a Municipal Court Clerk within one year of hire and must maintain certification requirements on an annual basis. Starting salary is dependent upon qualifications and experience, plus an excellent benefit package. Appli-cations are available on the City of Gonzales web-site Cityofgonzales.org or from the City Manager’s Administrative Assistant at City Hall. Applicants should submit a short resume and job application to the City Manager’s Administrative Assistant. The City of Gonzales is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Nanny Boer Goats (adult). Ages: 1yr-4yr. Pkg. Deal (4). $320.00. 830-560-0238 to request photos..please send an email request to [email protected] or text me at above num-ber.--------------------------Muscovy ducks for sale. $10.00 each. 8 3 0 - 2 6 3 - 2 4 8 2 . (TFN)--------------------------Laying Hens, $10.00. 512-718-0482.--------------------------For Sale: Registered Polled Hereford Bulls. 8-22 mths old. Heifers also, 8 months to 2 years. 830-540-4430.--------------------------WANT TO BUY: Any or Unwanted Hors-es. Call Leejay at 830-857-3866.--------------------------For Sale: Baby & Young Adult Ducks.

Mix Breeds. Cost $3.50-$20.00 each. Call 830-857-6844, ask for Tammy Ste-phens.--------------------------M I N I - D O N K E Y S . Great pets, loves people. All ages and colors, some “cross” designs, 36” tall. 830-672-6265, 830-857-4251, 830-672-5152.--------------------------M I N I - G O A T S . (Dwarf Nigerians) 18” to 24” tall. Good weed eaters. Fun to have around. Beautiful silver and white herd sire. (7 left) 830-672-6265, 830-857-4251, 830-672-5152.

3BED, 1 Bath House For Sale! 0.985 acres on Hwy. 80, 8 miles north of Nixon, TX. 78140. 1048 sq. ft with 400 sq. ft. deck attached. Recently remodeled. Central

Air and Heat. Appli-ances stay! $89,999. Ph. 830-203-9383. No owner financing available.--------------------------FOR SALE BY OWN-ER: 3 bed, 2 1/2 bath, single story home in Gonzales. Beautiful wet bar and gourmet kitch-en with granite counter tops. Large pantry utility room. 2 car garage with workshop, nice pool and spa, huge covered porches. All on or nearly 1/2 acre. $249,000. Call 210-844-4963.--------------------------Older couple down-sizing 15 acres (10 acres fenced), house, 3/1 1/2, Barn, ponds, trees. Wharton County. $137,000. 979-533-3262.--------------------------4BR/2BA, 1900 Sq. ft. 210 Tanglewood Trail. New appli-ances, remodeled, new master bath. 830-857-6488.--------------------------House for Sale/To Be Moved: 3BR/1Ba frame house, pier & beam foundation, central A/H. Buyer responsible for moving house from property, $6,000. 830-857-4172.--------------------------Two story, eleven room home which includes three bed-room, two baths. Apprx. 2,500 sq. ft. on about an half acre. Corner lot, zoned for residen-t ia l /commercia l . Luling. $150,000. 830-875-6975.

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

Wanted to lease land for cattle graz-ing. Must have water and fences. Contact Mitchell Hardcastle, 830-857-4544.--------------------------90x60 lot for sale. For more info, call

Jose at (936) 488-8115.--------------------------5 Acres or more to lease. For Storage or Oilfield Equipment etc. 1 1/2 mile from city limits off 183 S. Call 830-263-4888 for information.

WANTED: Acetylene Gas Regulator for welding torch. 437-2232.

Lucky Shots by Dee.Need Family Por-traits, Family Re-unions, Birthdays,

School Pictures, Weddings, Etc. 830-857-1495 --------------------------Electrical wiring, troubleshooting & repairs. 830-437-5747.--------------------------Plumbing Repairs.

All Types of Plumbing.

Master Plumber.Reasonable Rates.

Please Call 713-203-2814 or

281-415-6108.License #M18337

--------------------------No Limit

AccessoriesDavid Matias,

Owner830-263-1633

1026 St. Paul St., Gonzales

Window Tinting, Commercial.

Call for appointment.


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HOMESvGONZALES 1543 Seydler St. 3/2 on 2.732 Acres................$179,900vGONZALES 3/2.5, 1714 Gardien St..REDUCED AGAIN...$210,000vGONZALES 1006 Seydler St., 2 bed/2 bath, on 2 acres..........$120,500

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

ACREAGEvHARWOOD Manufactured home in excellent condi-tion, about 1900 sq. ft., 3bed/2bath, large kitchen, locat-ed on 5 acres with many oak trees. County water and GVEC elec. Ready for move in. Fronting Hwy. 304, 2 miles north of Hwy. 90 and about 16 miles from Gonzales. Owner/Agent. Price............................................................................................$110,000vWAELDER- 10 acres, has utilities.......................................$65,000vREDROCK Good homesite, hunting, and investment opportunity. Property includes producing oil well with $24K annual production rev-enue and Seller will negotiate the sale of mineral rights...........$895,000

LOTSvFLATONIA- 2 lots (one corner) 100x125............$11,000 for both

COMMERCIALvGONZALES Income producing poultry Breeder Farm with 50 ac in-cludes Tyson contract and 1600 sq. ft. home...owner/agent.....$1,100,000vGONZALES For Lease: 10 to 20 acres, about 5 miles south of Gonzales, just off Hwy. 183.

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Brick office bldg, downtown. ............$125,00022 ACS., home , pool, guest home.......$465,000New Home - 3/2, great location..........$70,0003BD/2BA, handyman special...............$43,000Park Place: Exceptional Home .......$295,000.New: 1720 St. Vincent, ....................$265,000Lot - Live Oak......................................$8,000507 St. Michael, 3 bd., 2 ba................$78,000

Land14 Acres, Hwy. 90A East...................$115,00090 A East, 35 acs., + home...............$369,00070 acs., wooded, hills, game, tanks...........................................................$420,000

Homes3.7 ACS. 4BR, 3BA, 2LV.................. $150,000306 McClure - 3BR, 1 Bath................$65,0001618 St. Peter - Home and extra lot....$70,000473 Crockett Lane-Settlement - 3 bd., beautiful property..................................$258,0001602 Water St.-commercial/rental....$150,0002342 FM 108, 3 bd.,2 story home.....$145,000792 90-B - Lakefront..............................$89,000312 Cr. Rd. 471, Lakefront + ,3 bd., 1.5 acre lot............................................$150,000

Land11.2 acs., Hwy 90. Gast Rd.......$5,300/Ac.CR 228 - 15 acs., M/H, trees................$87,500153 acs., FM 2091.........................$795,00061 acs., perfect homesite.................$4,990/Ac.3.94 acs., Settlement.......................$65,00010 acs., Settlement.........................$79,0002-4 acs., Sarah DeWitt............$25,000/Ac.1 ac. Seydler St...............................$25,0008.7 acs., city limits........................$120,00058 acs., trees, potential, edge of town................................................................$12,000/Ac.

CommercialLot - Live Oak..................................$8,000401 St. George-approx. 3400 sq. ft........................................................................$170,000

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Assemblies of GodGonzales Family Church Assembly of God320 St. Andrew

First Assembly of God509 E. 3rd St. Nixon

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

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

BaptistClark Baptist ChurchF.M. 794, Gonzales

County Baptist Church Hwy. 87 Smiley

Eastside Baptist ChurchSeydler Street, Gonzales

Elm Grove Baptist Church4337 FM 1115Waelder, Texas 78959

First Baptist Church 422 St. Paul, Gonzales

First Baptist Church403 N Texas Nixon

First Baptist ChurchHwy 108 N Smiley

First Baptist Church406 N Ave E Waelder

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

Greater Rising StarBaptist Church3rd Ave S of Hwy 87 Nixon

Harwood Baptist Church North of Post Office

Iglesia BautistaMacedonia201 S Congress Nixon

Iglesia Bautista MemorialHwy 97 Waelder

Leesville Baptist ChurchE. of Hwy 80 on CR 121

Memorial Heights Baptist Church1330 College Gonzales

Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church100 Capes Gonzales

Oak Valley Baptist ChurchHwy. 97 Bebe

Old Moulton Baptist Church2287 FM 1680, Moulton

Primitive Baptist Church1121 N. College Gonzales

Providence Missionary Baptist Church1020 St. Andrew Gonzales

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

Stratton Primitive BaptistFM 1447 9 miles east of Cuero

St. James Baptist ChurchHwy 80- North of Belmont

Saint Paul Baptist ChurchSE 2nd St. Waelder

Shiner Baptist ChurchAvenue F and 15th Street, Shiner

Union Lea Baptist ChurchSt. Andrew St. Gonzales

Union Valley Baptist ChurchFM 1681 NW of Nixon

CatholicSt. James Catholic Church417 N. College, Gonzales

Sacred Heart Catholic ChurchSt. John St. Gonzales

St. Joseph Catholic Church207 S. Washington, Nixon

St Patrick Catholic Church in Waelder613 Highway 90 East Waelder

St. Phillip Catholic Church Hwy 87 Smiley

Christian

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

Churches of ChristChurch of Christ1323 Seydler St. Gonzales

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

Church of ChristE. 3rd & Texas, Nixon

Churches of GodCommunity Church of God1020 St. Louis, Gonzales

Gonzales Memorial Church of God in Christ1113 Hastings, Gonzales

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

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

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

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

Full Gospel Church1426 Fisher, Gonzales

LutheranFirst Evangelical Lutheran1206 St. Joseph, Gonzales

Abiding Word Lutheran Church, LCMS1310 St. Louis

MethodistBelmont United MethodistHwy. 90-A

Dewville United MethodistWest of FM 1117 on CR 121

First United Methodist426 St. Paul, Gonzales

First United Methodist410 N. Franklin, Nixon

Flatonia United Methodist403 E North Main, Flatonia

Harris Chapel United MethodistS. Liberty St. Nixon

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

Henson Chapel United Method-ist1113 St. Andrew, Gonzales

Monthalia United MethodistCR 112 off 97

Smiley United Methodist1 blk S. of Hwy 87

Waelder United Methodist2 blks from Hwy 90 & 97

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

Non-DenominationalAgape Ministries512 St. James, Gonzales

Living Waters Fellowship Church605 Saint Joseph St. Gonzales

Bread of Life Ministries613 St. Joseph, Gonzales

Cowboy Church of Gonzales CountyJ.B. Wells Showbarn

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

Emmanuel Fellowship

1817 St. Lawrence St. Gonzales

Encouraging Word Christian FellowshipHwy. 80 in Leesville

Jesus Holy Ghost Temple1906 Hickston, Gonzales

Lighthouse Church of Our Lord1805 Weimar, Gonzales

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

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

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

Inter-DenominationalFaith Family Church1812 Cartwheel Dr., Gonzales

PentecostalFaith TempleHwy 80 (N. Nixon Ave.) Nixon

Holy Temple of Jesus Christ No. 21515 Dallas, Gonzales

Temple Bethel Pentecostal1104 S. Paul, Gonzales

Life Changing Church of Gon-zales3.3 miles north on 183, Right on CR 235, Right on CR 236

Presbyterian Pilgrim Presbyterian ChurchCR 210 off FM 1116

Presbyterian Church of Gon-zales414 St. Louis, Gonzales

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

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Family Dentistry of GonzalesGentle Quality Care

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Logan Insurance Agency

Dry FertilizerCustom Application &

Soil TestingSTEVE EHRIG830-263-1233

P.O. Box 1826Gonzales, TX 78629

Morgan Mills830-857-4086

HOLIDAY FINANCECORPORATION

506 St. Paul St. • Gonzales, TX 78629(830) 672-6556

SATURN SALES & SERVICEJames Miller

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Leticia M. CenottiAgency ProducerTDI #001243345

Reyna’s Taco Hut1801 Sarah DeWitt Dr., Gonzales, TX

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Life is a comedy of errors. It is said that the wise man learns from the mistakes of others; but It seems that the majority of us learn our best lessons through hard knocks. No one attains anything worthwhile in this life without failing multiple times first. Anyone who is not willing to risk making mistakes, and falling flat on their face more than once, will not receive the abun-dant blessings that could be theirs.

Mistakes are a part of a lifetime learning pro-cess. Quick learners have fewer lessons to learn as they age—but the learn-ing never ends. Those who have achieved their ultimate goals, and are considered accomplished, have gotten there one mistake at a time. These people progressed from lower to higher levels of understanding and ma-turity as they learned what didn’t work for them. The person who achieves great things understands that failing at a particular thing is not an indication of ones worth. They fall. They get back up. They get their bearings back, and then keep on trying.

If you are like me, the most valuable lessons in my life have been learned in the worst of times. Something wonderful can happen to us when we are stretched

to the limits of our physi-cal, emotional and spiritual limits. Through suffering and sorrow we come face to face with who we really are; and for many of us, this is the first time we see our true character. It is under pressure that we are forced to acknowledge our weak-nesses and are able to finally acknowledge that we can’t overcome the obstacles of life alone.

Prideful attitudes limit what can be done in and through us. Obedience, not perfection, is what pleases God most. He has always chosen submissive people to do great things. This is because those who have been humbled through the trials of life are the ones most willing to do things His way.

God has always used flawed individuals- cracked pots- to accomplish miracu-lous things. He intentionally uses the things the world considers foolish to show us that no one can ever boast in their own abilities.

The great leaders of the Bible are perfect examples.

• An old man was called

to be the father of many na-tions.

• A man with a speech problem was sent to con-vince a Pharaoh to release the Jewish people from bondage.

• A small, timid boy was used to destroy an arrogant giant of a man.

• Twelve ordinary men were used to spread the message of salvation to the world.

Whatever you may need to complete your undertak-ing is already within you. Each of us is endowed with something unique that we are expected to put to use for the fulfillment of our intended purpose here. These untapped resources will begin to show up as you put the plan to work. It is a grave mistake to think that you need to have everything in perfect order before you begin your journey. What is needed is the desire to obey. Just start walking and trust that God will lead the way. Don’t let your fear get in the way. Fear is the devil’s way of paralyzing you into inac-tion.

Don’t be afraid to make a few mistakes on your way to success. Try to remem-ber that failing at some-thing doesn’t make you a failure. It simply means that you have not found the winning combination yet.

God’s promises are con-

ditional. That means that we have to do something in order to get something in return. There are so many people who have a burn-ing passion to accomplish something and never see it fulfilled because they are too afraid to take that first step in faith. Others fall short of their goal because they get tired of trying. So they die and are buried with unused talents and abilities, that could have brought them great sat-isfaction and fulfillment. The main reason people re-ceive blessings is that they are obedient to God’s call to ‘go’ and to ‘do’.

Do you have a desire to do something special with your life? Have you prayed about it? Have you sought out godly counsel regard-ing your desire? Will this plan be a tribute to God? Will it help others? Will it give you a sense of pur-pose and fulfillment? Will it bring joy into your ex-istence? Yes? Then what are you waiting for? Get started and don’t quit try-ing until you see it happen.

God asked the Israel-ite’s ‘How long will it be before you claim your in-heritance? Perhaps you are being asked that same question.

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The Music Study Club, a part of the Texas and Na-tional Federation of Mu-sic Clubs opened the Club year with a program held at the Choir Room of First United Methodist Church with Pres. Shirley Spoon presiding; her first item of business was group sing-ing from TOGETHER WE SING the old Stephen Foster favorite LISTEN TO THE MOCKING BIRD with Herb Karnau lead-ing and Carol DuBose at the piano. Mr. Karnau read the song’s story which noted this tune and others by Foster were all used in early movies and when first published, were sheet mu-sic best sellers in the mid 1800s. The members also joined to sing the Federa-tion Hymn, a song of praise to our Creator.

Pres.Spoon then an-nounced the new Year Books are available and each member was given one. She had received sev-eral National Fed.of Music Clubs Awards of Merit for four local churches and the Gonzales Inquirer for participation in National Music Week of 2012. The Music Club was awarded 100 points with a blue rib-

bon for the Achievement Record Book graded at the District 6 level of Texas Federation of Music Clubs.

Along with the Club meeting Minutes from May 2012, Sec. JoAnn Leifeste reported on coming events. Classical guitarist Tony Morris of Austin’s KMFA- FM 89.5, is planning to film in Gonzales’ historical homes, a series of 12, hour-long, made-for-television movies which will be in the form of intimate concerts of classical music and/or jazz and to be beginning the work in the next 6 months. The plan is partially fund-ed as far as the ‘pilot’ film and will be a large boost to tourism for Gonzales to a large audience of viewers of public television, from KLRN Ch. 9 of San Anto-nio because of featuring the concerts in historic homes of Gonzales. The Gonzales Tourism Committee has given a sizeable donation for the work. Mr. Morris and others in the work will again be visiting Gonzales homes in mid-September to do further planning.

Federation Day speaker, TFMC District 6 President Lois Armor of San Anto-nio’s Etude Music Club ad-dressed the Club reporting on the TFMCConvention held in Houston in March

of 2012, noting the theme for the Convention was “Follow the Pathway to Where Music Blooms” car-ried out by the great list of talented young musicians who performed musically during the Convention; one family of four chil-dren ages 8, 10, 12 and 13 were remarkable with their excellent, delightful mu-sic. Older youths who are Young Artist winners per-formed including a virtu-oso pianist, Kwan Li, who thrilled the audience with his music. Mrs. Armor then presented Gonzales member Carol DuBose with an NFMC Award of Merit for 221 hours of Mu-sic Outreach in the Gonza-les Community.

Following Mrs. Armor’s address Pres. Spoon intro-duced the Club’s course of study which is The Mu-sic of Musicals including studies from four publica-tions including THE IL-LUSTRATED VICTO-RIAN SONGBOOK, THE RODGERS AND HART SONG BOOK, THE RODGERS AND HAM-MERSTEIN SONGBOOK and GENIUSES OF THE AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER. Mrs. Spoon re-viewed the first listed book which covered years from 1837 with music in homes of the upper class through the music in salons, sa-loons and theaters through the year 1901; during the

last parts of the period, musicians were finally be-ing paid for performances, through the years until 1930,

when the last of such events occurred. Stephen Foster, whose music was so very popular in the mid 1800s was ostracised by his own family for writing mu-sic now considered classic folk music. We then heard a series of songs sung by the Music Club Chorus; “O, Susanna” and “Beauti-ful Dreamer” by Stephen Foster and in memory of the victims of the 9-11 at-tack, a prayer song, “One Song” with Ann Keck di-recting and Christina Men-king at the piano. Pres.Spoon then led members to speak the NFMC Collect and the meeting adjourned for refreshments.

Hosts JoAnn and Don Leifeste and Shirley Spoon served the makings for mini-hamburgers, va-nilla cake , coffee and a red fruit punch from a ta-ble coverd in white linen accented with red, white and blue ribbons, US flags and a tall vased spring ar-rangement in the US flag colors, as we enjoyed vis-iting.

The October 9th Mu-sic Club will be hosted by Irene and Gene Cerny with Vida Burnett and will feature Part II of the study course titled The Legacy of Musicals.

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Thanks to all who came out and supported the Bel-mont Volunteer Fire De-partment last Saturday night. Attendance was down as far as plates sold, but there were so many things going on in the surrounding area towns that maybe this was the reason. The weather was a little “iffy” but then we really got some wonderful rain on Sunday.

We are so thankful for those rains. Some got their rain a little earlier. Court-ney Watson got around six inches and her road, Mes-quite Pass, became a little river with the water about half way up on the tele-phone pedestal. Johnny Zo-boroski got 2 1/2 inches at Geronimo at the same time. I think a lot of people were just driving around looking at the water.

Please lift the following people up in your prayers: Justin Klosel, Joe Kotwig, Alma Hastings, Paul Villa-real, Glenn Malatek, Chris-tian, Diana Garcia, Terry Bowman, Mr. Bill, Michael Barnard, Sergio Domingo Rodriguez, Jesse Esparza; Bill and Marie Lott, Doris Hewell, “Sarge” Dunkin; Louise Jones, Aunt Georgie Gandre; Danny and Joyce Schellenberg, Velma and Bobby Bullard; Jon Bullard and family; Mildred O’Neal, Doug Walshak, Aunt Fran-ces Gandre, Shirley and Glenn Mikesh; Maria Cas-tillo, Selma Vickers, Char-lie, Landis, Gene Robinson, Keith Glass, Timothy Black, Jack Black, Teresa Wilke, Sandi Gandre, Aunt Betty Gandre, Linda Nesloney,

Marie Schauer, Esther Lin-demann, Anna Lindemann, Tony Black, Susie Hale, Noreen Soefje, Harold Pape, Lanny Baker, Norman Wun-dt, Lucy Jones, Ann Bond; Case Martin, Marguerite Williams, Shirley Dozier, our military and their fami-lies, the family of Brenda Gescheidle, the family of Gary Lehnert. And Thank you God for the wonderful rain.

Congratulations to Jim and Ellen Wundt. They were out at the Belmont Social Club on Friday night cel-ebrating their 44th Wedding Anniversary. Best Friends played them several special songs. They asked Ellen what was the key to their having been married that long and she said “lots of pa-tience”. One thing I noticed though about this whole thing was that Jim ignored the whole situation and he never stopped talking. I did not know that Jim was that incessant a talker. Maybe it was just nervous talking.

April Hall and her fam-ily were out entertaining at the Belmont Social Club on Saturday. Those people re-ally can pick those guitars and mandolin. Their daugh-ter Ashlyn is an upcoming singer too. If you look at their web page, you can see that they entertain in the Victoria area a lot.

Little Twerpt is on an ad-venture. She is the only crit-ter that is allowed to go along with us in the truck and stay a couple of nights when we go on a little vacation. She really is a good traveler. She knows that when I cover her up and tell her to be quiet that she is supposed to hide. When we arrive at our destination, I put her down on the floor and she runs around in so fast that she wears herself out. You have to realize that she is around thirteen years old. She revels in the fact that she gets all of the attention and is a happy little camper.

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When the Leesville Country Fair kicks off Oct. 13, a very unique quilt will be among the items to be auctioned in the annual fund-raiser for the Leesville Cemetery Association and student scholarships.

One of the items up for bids will be the “Two Friends” quilt — a covering more than a half-century in the making.

The “Two Friends” quilt was pieced together by Mrs. Robert Haynes and Mrs. Lem Kidd in 1960, and finished by Leesville’s “Happy Quilters” group just this year.

The quilt is made primarily of pieces of feed sacks from the 1940s and 50s, and is unique in that it’s made into 16 patches per block, a seldom-used pattern.

The story among the Happy Quilters goes that Mrs. Haynes would drive into Leesville to pick up the mail, taking her pieces of the quilt and sewing items with her. She would meet Mrs. Kidd at the Cafe, where they would sit, talk and sew for hours patching the blocks together.

In later years, the quilt was passed on to the Haynes family, who donated it to the Happy Quilters for fin-ishing to be auctioned at the fair.

The Happy Quilters are themselves a rather unique band, started locally in 1998 with Charlene Anderson, Helen Taylor, Juanita DuBose, Bess Jones and Do-ris Hewell as members. Hewell was instrumental in showing the group how to jointly work on projects by framing the quilts, and at first the group bought kits before graduating to creating their own works of art.

The group now meets every Monday at the Leesville Methodist Church. Over the years, members have in-cluded Myrtle Colwell, Jean Lott, Margie Rice, Janyce Littlefield, Lanell Haynes, Frances Altwein, Missy Dirks, Esther Moore, Ruth Newberry, Charlene An-derson, Helen Taylor and Juanita DuBose.

The first quilt created by the group to be won in a drawing at the annual fair was called “Log Cabin” and was won by Linda Patteson.

The Happy Quilters’ crafts have become sought-after items, too: one quilt made by the club was auctioned for $2,400.

This year’s Leesville Country Fair begins start-ing at 10 a.m. Oct. 13 on the Methodist Church grounds, under the two covered pavilions.

There will be a drawing, auction, silent auction, country store, flag presentation, activities for the kids including Bouncer Moon Walk, animal ex-hibits, face painting, ring throw, football throw, bean-bag toss, fire truck and police car. A horse-drawn cart will also provide rides.

The Kerr Creek Band will be providing live en-tertainment and there will be plenty of food and drinks.

The fair is the annual fund raiser for the Lees-ville Cemetery and the area high school scholar-ship program.

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The Luling Eagles might have lost their second straight game last week against Blanco, but head coach Colby Hensley said Luling took a step forward.

“The last two years, Blanco has beaten us bad-ly,” he said. “This year, we gave them a game.”

The game ended in a 7-0 victory for the Panthers and the touchdown was a fumble return for a touch-down early in the second frame.

“We had a chance to win it and we fell a couple of plays short,” Hensley said. “I thought the offense did well in execution but we need to just get the ball across the goal line. On de-fense, we need to not give up the big play.”

The game showed the Eagles (1-2) how physical they are and how much more physical they need to be. And Luling will get their chance to play

physical on Friday at 7:30 p.m. as they welcome the Devine Warhorses (3-0) to town.

“Devine is very, very physical,” he said. “This game will test our physical strength as a team.”

Hensley compared the match up to a bout be-tween two tough kids. The Warhorses opened the campaign with a 45-6 win over San Antonio South-side on Aug. 31. They scored over half a century in points on Sept. 7 with a 60-25 rout of Bandera and last week, defeated San Antonio Sam Houston 40-

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off their first loss of the sea-son, the Gonzales Apaches will take the field Friday night when they play host to Austin Lanier.

On their last outing, Gonzales was tripped up on the road when they lost to Bastrop 28-27.

“It’s never a fun thing go-ing into a bye week coming off a loss,” said Gonzales head coach Ricky Lock. “We had a lot of things to

clean up, all of the things that we felt we were defi-cient in at Bastrop.”

The Apaches (1-1) were inconsistent against the Bears. They had three give-aways, committed a hand-ful of untimely penalties and even gave up a touch-down on special teams.

“We didn’t take care of the ball well,” Lock said. “Another thing is it was the first time in 15 years that a punt was returned for a touchdown on a team that I’ve coached, so that was a real sore spot for me.

We missed some tackles, missed some blocks and were consistently bad all night long. As bad as we were, we still had a chance to win the game.”

Gonzales garnered a late touchdown with 40 seconds left to play to pull within one point. Rather

than attempt a kick to tie the game, Lock called for a two-point conversion pass play that failed.

“I decided to go for the win because I didn’t think we were in a good position to go into overtime with so many kids playing both ways,” he said. “We are al-

ways going to go for the win on the road as a rule of thumb. That’s what you’re taught to do as a coach.”

The Vikings (0-3) will be heading into a more hostile environment than usual since this week marks the beginning of Homecoming for GHS.

“As a coach, you kind of dread the Homecom-ing game because of all the distractions but it’s a fun thing,” said Lock. “We had some good players who missed tackles in that Bastrop game and they’re

chomping at the bit. Hope-fully, we have corrected our mistakes and are ready to get after Lanier.”

Austin Lanier has yet to win a game this season and have been outscored by their opponents 84-20.

“They play very hard and they will get after you in the beginning of the game,” Lock said. “They have a lot of talent, but they always seem to run out of gas. It will be interesting to see how we respond early on.”

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Football roundup,See Pages C3-C4

GONZALES, Page C2

Area Game of the WeekEagles prepare for test against physical Devine

Devine at Luling

Friday, 7:30 p.m.Eagle Stadium in Luling

Sheridan Tate attempts to knock the ball over the net during Gonzales Junior High’s 8th Grade A team match with Cuero on Monday. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Up and OverLULING, Page C2

Lady Apaches return to their winning form against Cuero

CUERO — When things are not going your way, im-provement instead of ad-justment or change is what is needed.

After falling to the Lady Gobblers in the opening set of Tuesday’s district match in Cuero, the Lady Apaches did not make any kind of changes to their game plan. They simply made correc-tions.

Gonzales defeated the Lady Gobblers 3-1 (23-25, 25-20, 25-21, 25-17) to even their district mark af-ter two matches.

“The girls know what is important and they knew what to do,” Lady Apaches head coach Kim Payne said. “We pushed through three sets. We could have fallen apart after losing the first one but we did not. That is a big accomplishment.”

She said she thought the win was one of the biggest accomplishments of the season for Gonzales (11-14, 1-1).

Do not expect Gonzales to slightly ease off the in-tensity any time soon.

“That was one accom-

plishment, there is many more to come,” Payne said.

The things that needed to be fixed from the first game were little things.

“We needed to improve communication and pass-ing,” senior Lindsey Akers said. “We knew what we needed to be fixed and we fixed it.”

A kill from Emmarie Johnson and an ace from Tiffani Shellenbarger put Cuero (18-10, 1-1) ahead 4-1 early in the first set. The Lady Apaches eventually battled to their first lead at 6-5 after a kill from Kendall Fougerat and ace from Al-lison Raley.

The Lady Gobblers scored three straight and then Gonzales went on a 6-1 run, getting an ace from Carly Bozka. Gon-zales maintained the lead until Cuero tied the set at 20-20 and then went ahead 21-20. The Lady Apaches got a kill from Akers to help go ahead 22-21. Plays by Johnson and Missy Odom helped Cuero to a 4-1 run to end the first set.

Gonzales opened the second game with a 5-1 lead off serves from Akers. Cuero closed down to 9-6

and Gonzales scored nine of the next 12 points with plays from Raley, Danyelle Glass and Shayla Simper to go up 18-9. The Lady Gob-blers rallied with two kills from Autumn Means, to help reduce the Gonzales lead to 18-12.

Cuero whittled the score down to 20-18 before Gon-zales scored five of the next seven to end the game, Ak-ers and Raley combining on a block for the game point.

In the third game, Cu-ero battled from an early deficit to trail just 9-7. The Lady Apaches regained the momentum, getting plays from Fougerat, Akers, Sim-per, Raley and Kiley Braune to go up 16-12. Cuero man-aged to catch up, 17-16, before the service of Carly Bozka put Gonzales up 23-17.

The home team had one last rally of 4-2 but Gonza-les held on for the victory and 2-1 match lead.

In the fourth set, Cuero grabbed the early lead with kills from Odom, Means and Abby Sheppard. Gon-zales countered to go up 9-8 and never yielded the

Cuero’s Tiffani Shellenbarger attempts to put a ball over the block of Lady Apache Danyelle Glass during Gonzales’ win on Tuesday. (Photo by Mark Lube)

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LADY APACHES, Page C8

SAN ANTONIO – The weekly meeting of the San Antonio Touchdown Club were treated this week by speakers Jackie Sher-rill, Gridiron Heroes and University of San Antonio assistant coach/running backs coach Polo Gutierrez.

Gutierrez told the crowd,

“We had a heck of a game this week at UTSA; it was a good day for us. This sea-son we have running backs by committee because we have three that do a good job for us.”

When asked from the crowd Gutierrez responded by saying, “The Alamo-dome is a great home for us and our recruits can play in a large metropolitan city. It is amazing the speed and

strength we have this year over last season. Recruit-ment this year over last is night and day and joining Conference USA is a great tool for us. The kids know CUSA and their teams.”

The meeting then shifted to college coaching leg-end Jackie Sherrill. Sher-rill served as head coach at Pittsburg, Texas A&M and his last stop was for

king offense is running back Samuel Charlez, who is averaging nearly five yards per carry this season.

“He runs extremely hard and they’ll get him in some Wildcat stuff,” said Lock. “He’s got a lot of heart and is a throwback player. He’s somebody you’ve got to deal with because of his ef-fort. He’s going to touch the ball about 25 times every game.”

Lanier has a couple of de-pendable receivers in wide-out Lamar McGinnis and tight end Deandre Bolden.

“That receiver is a tall, slender kid who is very ath-letic and has a lot of speed,” Lock said. “They’ve thrown him some jump balls and he’s gone up to get them.”

“The tight end is a big ole kid that can run. They’ve thrown to him at times as well.”

The Vikings have strug-gled so far defensively. They have allowed an average of 303 yards per contest, including 255 in rushing yards. Opponents have only attempted 21 passes against Lanier, but have completed 11 of them for 144 yards and one touchdown.

“They run a 4-3 with a Cover 2 look,” said Lock. “They have very active de-fensive ends and their mike linebacker likes to come on blitzes. They present some problems because they are athletic. They won’t be the most physical defense we’ve seen, but if you don’t pick up stunts you’re going to be in for a long night.”

“Hopefully we won’t turn the ball over and be able to control the clock.”

Lock said he is hoping to see his offense perform on a more consistent level and is eager to see if Darrance James can build on his re-

cent production. James caught six passes against Bastrop for 80 yards.

“He’s just a sophomore but he gets better and better every day,” said Lock. “He’s improved a ton in one year. It’s amazing to watch him because his development has been outstanding.”

On the injury front Gon-zales will be without the services of Cameron Smith, who is still recovering from an emergency appendecto-my. Coming back to action this week will be Chris Gar-cia, who had been out with a knee injury.

“It’s good to get him back,” said Lock. “I don’t know how much he’ll play, but just having him back is good because he’s a cap-tain.”

“Hopefully we can get Cam back in a couple of weeks because he’s impor-tant to us too.”

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By RON OSWALT &SHAWN M TRUPPUTISpecial Cannon Correspondents

GONZALES: Vikings athletic on defense, not overly physical

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counter toss.Their offense is paced by

running back Jordan Fraga (84-704, eight touchdowns rushing) who is a quick back.

“If Jordan Fraga hits a seam, he is usually gone,” Hensley said.

Fullback Dylan Wofford has rushed the ball for 231 yards and four scores while quarterback Tyler Cook has 128 yards rushing and four touchdowns.

Cook has completed 12-of-15 passing for 207 yards and three interceptions.

“Tyler Cook is a physical player and a good blocker,” Hensley said.

Another and key blocker is tight end Robbie Heising.

“He is an extremely phys-ical presence on the offen-sive line,” Hensley said.

On defense, Devine will line up in the 4-2-5/Nickel formation and have an all-around strong defensive presence.

“They do a good job of tackling and are good fun-damentally,” he said.

Main players on Devine’s defense are defensive end Zach Monreal and defen-sive back Pat Mares.

With the Eagles moving the ball well against Blanco, key thing is to just finish the drives off with points on the scoreboard.

“I think if we can fin-ish our scoring drives, this game will be a lot of fun,” Hensley said. “Our of-fensive line must be more physical then Devine’s de-fensive line.

In three games, Luling quarterback Trayden Sta-ton has thrown for over 500 yards and four touch-downs.

Josh Alvarez had five catches for 140 yards and Ty Anderson has six re-ceptions for 139 yards, and each player has a touch-down. Brendon Cubit has eight catches for 101 yards and two scores. Cubit is also the leading rusher for the Eagles with 166 yards and two touchdowns on 41 carries.

Hensley said being more physical in the trenches must also happen for the Luling defensive line.

“We must win the line of scrimmage and push their offensive line back,” he said.

The first home game of the season against Ran-dolph showed Luling can play very well in front of its fans clad in green.

“It is nice to be able to play at home in front of the home crowd where we won our first game,” Hensley said. “It will be nice to get our home cooking going.”

The Flatonia Bulldogs and the Hallettsville Brah-mas have had a pretty good start to their seasons with each winning their first three games. The Lockhart Lions (3-0) and the Nix-on-Smiley Mustangs (0-3) have this week off.

Flatonia at SchulenburgThe Bulldogs’ latest suc-

cess was a 58-0 homecom-ing victory over Somerville.

Flatonia head coach Chris Freytag said the score made the game look better for the ‘Dogs than it really was.

“The kids got the job done and we are glad for the win,” he said. “We had too many penalties and when you win a game in which you did not play all that well, it leaves a bad taste in your mouth.”

Flatonia heads to Schul-enburg for a 7:30 p.m. non-district game against their 2A rivals.

“Schulenburg is a good football team and well-

coached,” he said. “They will be the most physical team we have played.”

The ‘Horns are a strong and speedy team and have personnel advantages over Flatonia.

“They have more depth and more athletes than we do,” Freytag said. “They have one of the top quar-terbacks we will face.”

Schulenburg will field solid quarterback Ross Blu-dau and running back Jy-ron McKenzie as their main weapons.

“We need to get a pass rush on Bludau and contain McKenzie because he is a quick and shifty runner,” Freytag said. “We just need to keep being physical. We also will need to control Schulenburg’s passing at-tack, which will be a tall order for our kids.”

For the Flatonia offense, it should be business as usual.

“We need to ground out the game with our run-ning,” Freytag said. “We must have no turnovers and control line of scrim-mage. We have to click on our play-action passes and hit the open receiver.”

The ‘Dogs had 89 yards in penalties against Somer-ville and Freytag said that must not occur against Schulenburg.

The Shorthorns opened the season with two wins, 35-8 against College Sta-tion and 30-15 over Victo-ria St. Joseph. Schulenburg (2-1) lost a barn burner to Flatonia’s former district opponent and rival, Shiner, 27-24 last week.

According to Freytag, Flatonia and Schulenburg last played each other in 2003. The ‘Dogs won the game, 39-20.

“We are considered the underdogs and we are go-ing to have fun,” he said.

Boling at HallettsvilleThe Brahmas welcome

Boling into town for the 2012 Homecoming game.

Boling is sitting at 2-1 af-ter opening the year with a 20-12 loss to Palacios and winning two straight, 22-12 against Weimar and 14-13 over Needville.

Hallettsville (3-0) con-tinued its good start to the season with a 20-18 win over Yoakum last week.

Brahmas head coach Tommy Psencik said his club has a few things to correct on both sides of the ball before the Bulldogs come to Hallettsville Me-morial Stadium.

“Our defense cannot be giving up the big play,” he said. “Our receivers need to make sure they catch the ball. We had four dropped passes against Yoakum.”

With Boling, the Brah-mas will see a power-run-ning football team.

“Boling is very physically strong,” Psencik said. “They run out of the Power-I and Wing-T formations. They will run sweeps and traps. Boling does not throw the ball; they just run it right at people.”

He added that the Bull-dogs average over 200 pounds on the size of their players. The running game is led by fullback Eric Gooden and is comple-mented by Allen Gillis.

Boling also has a very solid offensive line which can enable them to wear down opponents with their run attack.

Psencik said the key for Hallettsville’s defense is to contain Gooden and Gillis.

On defense, Boling pre-fers to run the 4-3 align-ment and excel in it. Suc-cess at running the ball will be necessary for the Brah-ma offense.

“We need to be able to

run the football to set up our passing game,” he said. “In addition to making catches, the receivers will have to block for each other on the screen passes.”

Homecoming Week al-ways presents a small chal-lenge for high school foot-ball teams.

“It is a sleeper game and I hope we will stay focused,” Psencik said. “We have talked about how to handle success, be humble and continue to work hard.”

Sacred Heart at Thorn-dale

The Indians (0-2) come out of their bye week to face Thorndale in non-district action.

“The off week was good for us because it gave us time to get some players healed,” Sacred Heart head coach Pat Henke said. “In practice, we worked on polishing up everything but especially special teams and minor things on of-fense.”

Thorndale started the season 2-0 and was ranked in the top 20 in Class 1A after defeating Chilton 44-27 and Somerville 54-16. They suffered their first loss of the season last week to Florence 20-13.

Henke said the ‘Dogs will be a stern test for the young Indians.

“They are very physical and are well-coached,” he said.

Thorndale’s offense re-sembles a melting pot.

“They do just about ev-erything,” Henke said. “They go out of the spread and then switch to a pow-er game. Thorndale runs about 15 or 16 different for-mations.”

Key players are quarter-back Riley Scheafer, run-ning back Darius Brooks, wide receivers Keon Mayes and Sam Stockton.

For Sacred Heart’s de-fense, it will be key to keep track of Thorndale’s forma-tions.

“They do not run too many different plays, they just use a lot of formations,” he said. “We have to rec-ognize the formations and make sure we line up cor-rectly.”

Brooks is the key player on Thorndale’s defense as he line ups at middle line-backer.

Henke said, in no un-certain terms, that Sacred Heart must protect the football.

“We have had nine turn-overs in just two games,” he said. “We must have none against Thorndale.”

Cuero at SomersetThe Mean Green of Cu-

ero will head out to Somer-set for Friday’s non-district contest. Cuero (1-2) is coming off their 35-20 set-back to Beeville Jones.

“We played better in the second half than in the first half,” Gobblers head coach Travis Reeve said. “We are still looking for four quar-ters of solid football. The kids played hard and we are proud of them.”

The Bulldogs are 2-1 on the season, with wins against San Antonio Lanier (42-21) and Canyon Lake (54-35). Their only loss was 49-6 game versus Port Lavaca Calhoun.

Reeve said Somerset is another quality football team with excellence on both sides of the ball.

“On offense, they are a pro-style team, running two-back sets with tight ends, one-back and spread formations,” he said. “Som-erset does a good job of running and passing.”

Quarterback Koy Det-mer, Jr. has completed 48-of-76 passes for 743 yards,

PREVIEWS: Bulldogs and Brahmas look to stay unbeaten


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St. Paul senior running back-defensive back Adam Hollenbach was selected as Built Ford Tough Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 3.

“Obviously, it is good for Adam because he is a talented player,” Cardinals head coach Jake Wachs-muth said. “We look at as an award for whole team. You cannot win awards or honors without teamwork and Adam understands this.”

On Friday of last week, in the St. Paul 36-31 loss to Fort Bend Christian, Hol-lenbach had 24 carries for 154 yards and two touch-

downs.

Shiner named Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Army Strong 1A Team of the Week

The Shiner Comanches were named Dave Camp-bell’s Texas Football Army Strong Class 1A team of the Week after their upset of Schulenburg, 27-24, last week.

“It is honor to be chosen among all of the 1A teams in the state,” Shiner head coach Steven Cerny said. “We need to show that it is for real. Honors do not mean much if you cannot back them up.”

Cuero subvarsity teams win

On Thursday, the Cuero junior varsity football team defeated Beeville Jones 25-6 and the Cuero 9th grade team beat the Trojans 44-22.

In CYFL action on Satur-day, the Gonzales freshman

team lost to Yoakum in a close game, 7-6. The junior Gonzales Black shut out Cuero 27-0 and the Orange junior team fell to Yoakum Blue 19-0.

The Gonzales Black se-nior team beat the Titans White 14-6 and senior Or-ange lost to Goliad 34-0. The sophomore Black fell to Yoakum Blue 18-6 and the Orange team fell short against Goliad, 12-6.

Flag football tourna-ment in Moulton

Score For A Cure flag football tournament will be held on Oct. 7 at the Moult-on City Park.

The tournament is a fundraising event for the first ever Relay For Life of Lavaca County.

Cost is $10 per team and registration starts at 3 p.m. on the day of the tourna-ment. Prizes will be award-ed to the 1st and 2nd place Youth and Adult teams.

For more information, call Heather Zavesky at 361-772-2336 or Angie Pi-lat at 361-772-7670.

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Hollenbach earns Built Ford Tough POW honors

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Coaching great Sherrill speaks to crowd at San Antonio Touchdown Club

Football legend Jackie Sherrill (left) poses with Chris and Eddie Canales of Gridiron Heroes as they announced their Helmet Free Tackling Academy is set to run nationally in 2013. (Photo by Ron Oswalt)

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Friday Night Lights

SHINER – It’s been said that football is a game of attrition.

Anyone who doubts that axiom needed to look no further than Shiner’s game against Schulen-burg on Friday, which the Co-manches won 27-24.

Shiner (2-1) used their signa-ture rushing attack to grate on the Shorthorns and pushed them to the point of fatigue by the fourth quarter. The Comanches ran the ball 41 times for 339 yards, led by Evel Jones’ 11 carry, 152-yard performance.

“I thought our conditioning re-ally paid off this week,” said Shin-er head coach Steven Cerny. “We knew they had some key guys going both ways on the line and that’s where we had guys going one way, so we just wanted to try to wear them down.”

The physical grinding Shiner imposed on Schulenburg was not lost their head coach Tommy Bludau.

“They just pound on you for the whole game and we just got tired,” he said of the Comanches’ game approach. “We’ve got a lot of people going both ways and we just got fatigued. I thought our kids fought through it and did the best they could.”

The Shorthorns (2-1) struck first when Ross Bludau found Jeffrey Lara streaking down the left sideline on the game’s third play and hit him with a strike. The play went for 76 yards and a score. Alex Lara kicked the extra point and Schulenburg led 7-0.

The Comanches went three and out, but were able to force the Shorthorns into a punt and took over at their own 10 yard-line. Shiner had to overcome a 15-yard penalty before Flowers

scampered in from 23 yards out. Rigo Baray kicked in the extra point to tie the score at 7-7.

Schulenburg allowed a nine-play drive to be restored and the drive culminated with a 38-yard field goal. The Comanches re-sponded by launching a drive of their own, with Jyron McKenzie and Jeffrey Lara doing most of the heavy lifting.

Shiner was trailing 13-10 late in the second quarter when Flowers picked off a pass in the end zone to preserve the lead.

Game SummaryShiner 27, Schulenburg 24

Score by QuartersSch 7 3 14 0-24S 7 6 7 7-27Scoring SummarySch – Jeffrey Lara 76 pass from Ross

Bludau (Alex Lara kick), 9:42, 1stShiner – Trevion Flowers 23 run (Rigo

Baray kick), 2:52, 1stSch – Alex Lara 38 field goal, 9:53, 2ndShiner – Flowers 2 run (kick failed),

5:05, 2ndSch – Gerardo Montoya 2 run (Alex

Lara kick), 6:29, 3rdShiner – Evel Jones 38 run (Rigo Baray

kick), 2:15, 3rdSch – Jeffrey Lara 52 pass from Bludau

(Alex Lara kick), 0:41, 3rdShiner – Jacob Stafford 2 run (Rigo Ba-

ray kick), 2:53, 4thTeam stats Sch SFirst downs 17 19Rushes-yds 22-68 41-339Passing 14-31-1 1-2-0Passing yds 272 9Punts-avg 2-57 1-36Fumbles-lost 1-0 3-2Penalties-yds 4-35 5-65Individual StatsRUSHING — Schulenburg: Jyron

McKenzie 5-19, Ross Bludau 9-25, Jeffery Lara 1-0, Gerardo Montoya 7-24. Shiner: Evel Jones 11-152, Jacob Stafford 5-34, Trevion Flowers 15-93, Caleb Curtis 10-60.

PASSING — Schulenburg: Bludau 14-31-272. Shiner: Curtis 1-1-9, Stafford 0-1-0.

RECEIVING – Schulenburg: Jeffrey Lara 8-198, Devondre Lewis-Hall 3-37, McKenzie 2-20, Besetzny 1-11. Shiner: Jones 1-9.

Comanches grind out good win over SchulenburgBy CEDRIC [email protected]

Shiner outplayed Schulenburg in a tough game Friday night. Shown above is Jacob Stafford (9) clearing the way for Evel Jones on a running play. Pictured at right is Trevion Flowers executing a stiffarm on a Shorthorn defender Jyron McKenzie. (Photos by Cedric Iglehart)

Flatonia blows out Somerville, 58-0

FLATONIA — His team is 3-0 after three weeks and has allowed all of six points, but Chris Freytag says he’s still not convinced his Fla-tonia Bulldogs are as good as they’ve looked.

“It was nothing spectacu-lar,” the coach quipped after his club bombed the out-manned Somerville Yeguas by a 58-0 score Friday in its Homecoming game. “We’re a better team than we showed tonight. We dropped too many passes and our special teams were an eyesore.”

While the coach’s assess-ment of his team’s short-comings is accurate, it ne-glects to mention the fact that Dalton Griffin rushed for 154 yards on 20 carries and scored three touch-downs to help stake Flato-nia to a 33-0 lead, then a

deluge of Somerville turn-overs led to 25 fourth-quar-ter points for the Bulldogs as the reserves took full ad-vantage of their opportuni-ties to find the end zone.

“The defense played real well, they’ve been play-ing well all season,” Frey-tag said of his defensive unit. The Bulldogs limited the Yeguas to just 85 total yards and only four first downs Friday while forcing four turnovers, including a pick-six and two fumble recoveries by Christihan Rodriguez.

The Bulldogs scored on their opening drive and never really looked back. griffin ripped off a pair of sizeable gainers before quarterback Will Bruns finished the 53-yard, seven-play drive by charging right up the middle on a quar-terback draw to score from 11 yards away. Bruns’ PAT kick failed.

Somerville, which had only 18 players suited up on the sideline, kept things tight for much of the rest of the first half before the Bulldogs scored twice in the final three minutes to take a 20-0 lead at inter-mission.

Griffin capped a very nice 13-play, 71-yard march with an 8-yard scoring slam over tackle to make it a 12-0 game with 2:54 left in the half, and moments later a Somerville punt from deep in its own territory traveled just six yards and gifted Flatonia with a first down at the Yegua 16.

The Bulldogs were quick to capitalize, as Bruns rolled to his right, started to run and then saw Gus Venegas pull free from cov-erage. Bruns hit Venegas with a pass good for a 16-yard score.

Griffin scored twice in

Christihan Rodriguez brings down Yegua quarterback Nathan Coronado during Flatonia’s blowout of Somerville last Friday. (Photo by Dave Mundy)

By DAVE [email protected]

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the third period as the Bulldogs began wearing down the Yeguas, but it was Flato-nia’s reserves who poured it on.

Marcus Mica raced around end for a 16-yard TD on the opening play of the fourth period to make it a 39-0 game, and three plays later junior DB Reed Rightmer hi-jacked a Nathan Coronado pass and re-turned it 55 yards for a touchdown.

To compound the Yeguas’ misery, a mis-handled handoff on a reverse on the ensu-ing kickoff wound up in the hands of Ro-driguez at the Somerville 22. Three straight runs by Eddie Manzano put the ball in the end zone for the Bulldogs.

Flatonia got its final score on another short drive when Rodriguez stripped the ball away from Coronado on Somerville’s next series and recovered at the Yegua 37. Aaron Manzano carried four times in a five-play drive that covered the distance, capping it with a one-yard plunge for the score.

While his team has looked impressive to this point, however, Freytag says his squad knows it has a lot of improvement to make.

“We’ll find out next week,” he said of his team’s next foe, the storied Schulenburg program. “They were on our schedule for years and it was always The Game. It should be a good one this year.”

FLATONIA 58, SOMERVILLE 0Somerville 0 0 0 0— 0Flatonia 6 14 13 25—58

Scoring Summary

FLAT—Will Bruns 13 run (kick failed)FLAT—Dalton Griffin 8 run (pass failed)FLAT—Gus Venegas 16 pass from Bruns

(Mitchell Mica run)FLAT—Griffin 10 run (pass failed)FLAT—Griffin 1 run (Bruns kick)FLAT—Marcus Mica 16 run (kick failed)FLAT—Reed Rightmer 55 interception

return (kick failed)FLAT—Eddie Manzano 1 run (kick

failed)FLAT—Aaron Manzano 1 run (Bruns

kick)

Team Statistics SOM FLAT

First Downs 4 28Rushes-Yards 23-40 46-374Passing Yards 45 89Passes 7-21-2 7-14-0Punts-Avg 4-25.2 1-41Fumbles-Lost 4-2 2-0Penalties-Yards 2-20 10-89Individual StatisticsRUSHING—Marlin Nutall 5-9, Nathan

Coronado 15-19, Jonathan Balboa 3-5. Fla-tonia, Dalton Griffin 20-154, Aaron Manz-ano 6-75, Marcus Mica 4-65, Mitchel Mica 6-16, Will Bruns 6-35, Eddie Manzano 3-22, Colby Craig 1-(-3).

PASSING: Somerville, Nathan Coro-nado 7-21-2-45. Flatonia, Will Bruns 7-14-0-89.

RECEIVING: Somerville, Keanu Graves 2-28, Jonathan Balboa 2-13, Jarrette Hall-ford 1-11, Marlin Nutall 2-(-7). Flatonia, Colby Craig 3-46, Dalton Griffin 2-15, Gus Venegas 2-27.

LOCKHART – The Lockhart Lions continue to amaze their fans with a 71-13 win to stay un-defeated with a 3-0 mark during their 2012 campaign over the Ce-dar Creek Eagles at Lions Stadi-um at General Gary Bunch Field.

The last time the Lions went 3-0 to start the season was 2008, as they advanced to the second round of the playoffs.

The Lions entered the game rushing for 417 yards per game and scoring 45.0 points per game and tonight they continued their dominance. The Lions scored 71 points, and racked up 557 yards without throwing one pass.

Though the offense was great, it was not the only thing that helped with the win. The defense stepped up and only allowed for 210 total yards, and forced a safety against the visiting Eagles.

The game started off with a 3-yard touchdown run by Juan Lopez, with Jordan Johnson mak-ing the extra point at the 10:52 mark in the first quarter, and the game did not slow down from there.

Tyrell Williams had an amaz-ing night as he returned a punt for 57 yards and a kickoff for 96 yards, both for touchdowns. He also was quick to give praise, “[The coaches] had said [Cedar Creek] were ready for us… I wanted to be there for my team.

The team helped me out the most with their great blocking.”

Curtis Hawkins scored the third touchdown of the game by punching it in from the one-yard line at the 2:33 mark in the first quarter. He finished the game by rushing 7 times for 83 yards and he reached the end zone three times, averaging 11.86 yards per carry,

The fourth touchdown of the game came from the leading rusher of the game, Marcus Ro-driguez. Rodriguez scored on a 15 yard run in the beginning of the second quarter. Rodriguez would finish the game with 174 yards and two touchdowns with only 11 carries.

By halftime the game was out of hand, as the Lions were up 48 to 7 over the Eagles.

The Lions added more scores by Tyrell Williams with a 96-yard kickoff return. Marcus Rodriguez added a 1-yard run. Juan Lopez roared on a 41-yard touchdown run. The Lions defense added a safety and Oscar Diaz would end the scoring marathon with a 10-yard run. Jordan Johnson added the PAT to end the Lions scoring for the evening.

Lockhart Head Coach Paul Kilby had something to say about being undefeated, “We are ex-cited and the kids are excited, but we understand that the games that count are the games ahead.”

The Lions return to action on September 28th versus the Mata-dors of Sequin (0-3) after an open

date next week. The 1-2 Eagles of Cedar Creek return to ac-tion next week versus the always tough Hutto Hippos on the road.

Lockhart 71, Cedar Creek 13

CC 0 7 6 0—13Lockhart 21 27 16 7—71Scoring summaryLOC -- Juan Lopez 3-yard run.

PAT Kick (Jordan Johnson), 1st.LOC -- Tyrell Williams 57-yard

punt return. PAT Kick (Jordan Johnson), 1st.

LOC -- Curtis Hawkins 1-yard run. PAT Kick (Jordan Johnson), 1st.

LOC -- Marcus Rodriguez 15-yard run. PAT Kick (Jordan John-son), 2nd.

LOC -- Curtis Hawkins 1-yard run. PAT Kick (Jordan Johnson), 2nd.

LOC -- Curtis Hawkins 35-yard run. PAT Kick (Jordan John-son), 2nd.

CEC -- Devin Tuggle 12-yard pass from Jose Vasquez. PAT Kick (Francisco Tovar), 2nd.

LOC -- Tyrell Williams 96-yard kickoff return. PAT Failed kick (), 2nd.

CEC -- Jose Vasquez 50-yard run. PAT Failed kick (), 3rd.

LOC -- Marcus Rodriguez 1-yard run. PAT Kick (Jordan Johnson), 3rd.

LOC -- Juan Lopez 41-yard run. PAT Kick (Jordan Johnson), 3rd.

LOC -- Safety. PAT (), 3rd.

LOC -- Oscar Diaz 10-yard run. PAT Kick (Jordan Johnson), 4th.

Team Stats CC LockFirst downs 8 17Rushes/Yds 25/104 46/557Passes 7-24-1 0-0Pass yards 106 0Punts 7-24.0 0Fumbles/Lost 3/0 2/0Individual StatisticsRUSHING: Cedar Creek, Joe

Vasquez 10-77, Vincent Fitzpat-rick 11-26, Hector Paez 2-5, Se-drick Smith 2-(-4). Lockhart, CJ

McKinney 5-124, Marcus Rodri-guez 11-174, Charles Ereaux 2-12, Marcos Johnson 1-12, Brandon Clinger 1-2, Keegan Murphy 1-7, Juan Lopez 5-77, Curtis Hawkins 7-83, Darrien Head 2-13, Oscar Diaz 11-53.

PASSING: Cedar Creek, Joe Vasquez 6-20-0-102, Connor Hamilton 1-4-1-25.

RECEIVING: Cedar Creek, Adam Manibusan 3-57, Adrian Ramirez 1-9, Vincent Fitzpatrick 1-4, Devin Tuggle 2-36.


By MARK LUBE

[email protected]

FLATONIA: Defense limited Yeguas to just 95 total yards


Friday Night Lights

YOAKUM — The Halletts-ville Brahmas came into Fri-day’s game with Yoakum with some adversity.

Nate Kowalik had been lost earlier in the week for the sea-son due to a knee injury after pacing Hallettsville the first two games, including a pro-lific 49-28 win over Shiner last week in which he threw for 386 yards and six touchdowns.

A couple of other players were out of this game as well.

Hallettsville stepped up and came away with a hard-fought and intense 20-18 win over Yoakum at Bulldog Stadium.

“My hat is off to them” Brahmas head coach Tommy Pscencik said. “Yoakum is an

excellent football team. We knew they were going to be strong and dangerous. They have a lot of weapons.”

“It just boiled down to our kids found a way to win to-night.”

The game was for the taking for either team.

“Anytime you have two good football teams playing, it can go either team’s way,” said Yoakum head coach Brent Ko-rnegay. “They made one more play than we did.”

Psencik said Hallettsville had to bring up some young-sters to solve the backup per-sonnel issues.

Yoakum’s defensive align-ment required Hallettsville to lean more on the running game.

Receiver Trenton McGee, who had eight catches for over

250 yards and five scores, was only thrown the ball one time.

“They manned up and went with five in the box. It forced us to run,” Psencik said. “The player covering Trenton, Keith Ratley, is a good athlete and he will have some postseason honors.”

He said Hallettsville played at a very high level against the ‘Dogs (2-1).

“Hallettsville is very physi-cal,” Kornegay said. “They are the most physical team we have played.”

Yoakum had its chances af-ter the Brahmas went ahead 20-18 with under six minutes to play.

A 13-yard run on the jet sweep by Blake McCracken and a 13-yard pass from Chase Hermes to TJ Hights set up the

Luling plays Blanco close in lossFootball Roundup

Lions continue to roar, rout Bastrop Cedar CreekBy RON OSWALT &SHAWN M TRUPPUTISpecial Cannon Correspondents

Tyrell Williams comes off the field during Lockhart’s win last Friday. Williams returned two kicks for scores. (Photo by Ron Oswalt)

BLANCO – The Luling Eagles suffered their sec-ond loss of the season with a 7-0 loss at Blanco on Fri-day.

The game was a defensive struggle with the Panther defense earning the game’s only score — a 24-yard re-turn by McKay Adamson with 10:45 to play in the second quarter.

Luling quarterback Trayden Staton was 8-of-25 passing for 98 yards, Bren-don Cubit led the Eagles’ ground game with 42 yards on 14 carries.

L 0 0 0 0-0B 0 7 0 0-7Scoring SummaryB-McKay Anderson 21

fumble return (Aikman El-rod kick)

Team stats L BFirst downs 7 13Rushes-yards 22-43 47-

143Passing yards 116 97Passing 9-25-0 5-12-

0Punts-yards 6-181 3-96Fumbles-lost 1-1 4-2Penalties-yards 6-60

6-55Individual statsRushing — Luling: Bren-

don Cubit 14-42, Aaron Werlein 2-11, Taylor Moore 1-2, Trayden Staton 5-(-7) Blanco: Tim Goodman 23-115, Colton Childress 9-35, Colton Elrod 3-5, Sam Is-enberg 10-(-6), Alex Palos 2-(-6).

Passing — Luling: Staton 8-25-0-98, Trey Hernandez 1-1-18-0. Blanco: Isenberg 5-12-0-97

Receiving — Luling:Ty Anderson 2-60, Jorge Mu-noz 2-20, Josh Alvarez 2-16, Cubit 2-2, Shaft Cubit 1-18, Hernadez 1-15. Blan-co: Childress 4-74, Quinn Dillard 1-23.

Yorktown 34,Nixon-Smiley 12 NIXON – The York-

town Wildcats sped out of the gates Friday at Nixon-Smily with 22 points as Derek Franke, Romans and Schendel all had touch-downs on the ground.

Franke had a 73-yard

touchdown run in the third quarter, and the Mustangs got a 53-yard touchdown by running back Tristan Newman.

Nixon closed the gap to 28-12 with a 1-yard plunge by Miguel Hernandez be-fore the ‘Cats added the final score with a 14-yard run by Romans.

Y 22 0 6 6-34NS 0 0 6 6-12Scoring SummaryYT-Romans 7 run (Der-

ek Franke run)YT-Franke 17 run (Fran-

ke run)YT-Schendel 9 run (run

failed)YT-Franke 73 run (run

failed)NS-Tristan Newman 53

run (run failed)NS-Miguel Hernandez 1

run (pass failed)YT-Romans 14 run (run

failed)Team stats YT NSFirst downs 11 7Rushes-yards 43-281

39-146Passing yards 23 37Passing 1-4-1 4-11-1Punts-yards 0-0 0-0Fumbles-lost 1-1 3-2Penalties-yards 3-40

5-30Individual statsRushing — Nixon:

Tristan Newman 10-105, K. Martinez 7-15, Justin Ra-mos 5-12, Jared Van Auken 7-12, Miguel Hernadez 3-4, Nick Pena 4-(-2).

Passing — Nixon: Nick Pena 4-11-1-37.

Receiving — Nixon: Newman 3-27, Garrett Ear-lywine 1-10.

Beeville Jones 35, Cuero 20

BEEVILLE – Beeville’s Roger Salazar II and Ernest Suniga each ran for over 100 yards and at least one touchdown to help lead the Trojans past Cuero 35-20.

The Gobblers (1-2) took the first lead with a 8-yard pass from Blake Reeve to Ross Reimenschneider. Beeville answered with three touchdowns: an 11-yard run by Salazar II, a 5-yard pass from Cameron

Kremers to Joe Rey Garza and a 1-yard plunge by Er-nest Sungia.

Cuero got another touch-down catch from Reimen-scheider, a 48-yard grab. Beeville scored one before the break, a 41-yard pass from Kremers to Garza, to go up 28-13.

In the third frame, Logan Goebel scored from 2 yards out to bring the Gobblers to within 28-20.

B 7 21 0 7-35C 7 6 7 0-20Scoring SummaryC-Ross Reimensch-

neider 8 pass from Blake Reeve (Pearson Reese kick)

B-Roger Salazar II 11 run (Marcos Ulloa kick)

B-Joe Rey Garza 5 pass from Cameron Kremers (kick failed)

B-Ernest Suniga 1 run (Salazar II pass from Tan-ner Trevino)

C - R e i m e n s c h n e i d e r 48 pass from Reeve (kick failed)

B-Garza 41 pass from Kremers (Ulloa kick)

C-Logan Goebel 2 run (Reese kick)

B-Suniga 1 run (Ulloa kick)

Team stats B CFirst downs 20 12Rushes-yards 51-317

22-90Passing yards 70 144Passing 4-6-0 9-17-1Punts-yards 2-25 1-34Fumbles-lost 0-0 1-1Penalties-yards 1-5 3-19Individual statsRushing — Beeville:

Roger Salazar II 14-129, Er-nest Suniga 22-110, Steven Garcia 13-73, Lucas Glew 2-5. Cuero: Logan Goebel 8-41, Justin Kremling 6-34, Blake Reeve 6-10, Tristan Barefield 2-5.

Passing — Beeville: Cameron Kremers 4-6-0-77. Cuero: Reeve 9-17-1-144.

Receiving — Beeville: Garza 2-46, Salazar II 1-13, Hunter Hardy 1-11. Cu-ero: Ross Reimenschneider 3-80, Justin Rossett 3-46, Tel Holland 1-13, Lane Bal-fanz 1-11, D’Andre Galla-gher 1-4.

Brahmas step it up, hold off fiesty Yoakum team, 20-18

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the Bulldogs of Mississippi State.

Sherrill spoke of his days being raised in Biloxi, Mis-sissippi and playing for Paul “Bear” Bryant at the University of Alabama. He started the 12th Man and also won 5 of 7 games ver-sus the Longhorns during his tenure in College Sta-tion.

Sherrill told the group, “Ask me any question, but my answers are my opinion only.”

He reflected on past days by saying Coach Bryant was a man’s man and Coach Frank Broyles was the best business man in college football.

Sherrill owned the room sharing past football expe-riences and said, “Players win games, coaches don’t.”

He said today with social media and so many other outlets and recruiting ser-vices it has changed the

athletes of today. You only remember the people in your life that make you do things you don’t want to do. These are the people that help you accomplish great things. You must give play-ers more than X and O’s. Noting that Nick Saban is the best college coach today because he gets the most from his players.

Sherrill told the group about how Texas A&M increased its marketing, branding and reputation by joining the SEC. He dis-cussed the SEC footprint and how that will help the Aggies with advertising dollars.

When asked by the crowd about the Aggies expecta-tions this season, Sherrill said, “I expect them to win seven games but it will not be easy in the SEC.”

He also talked about first year Aggie head coach Kevin Sumlin and how all the high school coaches like him and he should be

successful. The group also learned from Gridiron He-roes and their Helmet Free Tackling Academy, a camp that will be introduced na-tionally in 2013 under the direction of Coach Bobby Hosea and his tackling techniques.

Sherrill said, “I used to take helmets off my players when possible. We need to teach our players to stay on the field and on their feet. We must use proper tech-nique and not to lower the head.”

Gridiron Heroes Found-er Eddie Canales added, “Football is at a crossroad. Science is telling us that we need to change the way we are teaching tackling. Our Helmet Free Tackling Academy is about preven-tion. It’s about making the game safer while preserv-ing the game itself. I hope and pray no coach, trainer or parent has to ever call me at Gridiron Heroes.”

‘Dogs at the Hallettsville 27. A quartet of incomplete passes by Hermes, including the fourth-down attempt, gave the Brah-mas the ball back with 4:31. Tim Sheppard and Tedrick Smith helped lead Hallettsville to their 40 where they stalled and had just a 16-yard punt. Yoakum had one last shot with 13 seconds left and 56 yards to go for either a game-winning field goal or touch-down.

The contest ended with three straight in-complete passes as Yoakum left everything on the field.

The Brahmas led 7-3 after a low-scoring first half and busted the game open early in the third quarter as Smith recovered a Hermes fumble at the Brahmas’ 30 and took it the distance for a 14-3 lead.

“That was a significant point in the game,” Kornegay said. “We have to take care of the football.”

Two sideline infraction penalties on the play netted 20 penalty yards for Halletts-ville. A 5-yard call was assessed on the point after and a 15-yarder forced Halletts-ville to kick off from its 25.

Another call on the kickoff eventually allowed the ‘Dogs to start at the plus 43. Hermes hit Reagan Jacobs for an 11-yard gain to the 32 and McCracken took a shov-el pass 13 yards to the 19. Terrance Hall ran twice for a net gain of 4 yards and Hermes had two straight incomplete passes to end the drive.

The Brahmas drove from their 15 to their 31 and fizzled out. Yoakum returned the ensuing punt to its 26. Myron Hights had a short gain followed by Timmy Blakeney’s 12-yard rush to the 39. The ‘Dogs then had an incomplete pass and a false start penalty to push them back to the 34.

Hermes then found McCracken for a short pass and McCracken used his quick-ness and evaded the Brahmas defense to the end zone. Hermes threw a two-point pass to Ratley to bring the ‘Dogs to within 14-11 with less than the five minutes to go in the third.

On Hallettsville’s next drive, more flags appeared to stall the visitors. On a third-and-20 play, Regan McAda juggled a pass from quarterback Carson Schindler and managed to secure the football to race 21 yards to the Brahma 41 to set up fourth and inches. Smith gained 2 yards to convert the fourth down.

Hallettsville later had to punt as Yoa-kum’s defense tightened up and Jima-rio Grounds made a catch but was out of bounds.

A penalty on the punt return moved the ‘Dogs to their 10. On the second play, Hermes had a 21-yard pass to Ratley and two plays later, Hermes threw a deep ball down the sideline to Ratley, who had man-aged to get by two Brahma defenders, to put Yoakum ahead 18-14 with 11:44 left in the game.

“That play was a call between Hermes and Ratley,” Kornegay said. “We give them that option at any point in time. It was a good pass by Hermes.”

Hallettsville then marched 63 yards in 15 plays in nearly six minutes for the go-ahead score, a 22-yard pass from Schindler to wide out Dalton Herrington.

Hallettsville scored the only touchdown of the first half , in the first quarter, on a 14-play, 63-yard drive in under four minutes. Key play was a 15-yard pass from Schindler to Herrington on a third-and-15 play. The ball was a little shy of the marker and Hal-lettsville went for it. Smith had a 9-yard run to the Yoakum 32 and later a 15-yard run to the 14. Two plays later, Schindler found Grounds for an 11-yard score and the 7-0 lead.

Yoakum got on the scoreboard with 4:50 to go in the first half after a Hallettsville punt and penalty set them up at midfield. Hall and Myron Hights had some carries to move Yoakum inside the Hallettsville 30. The drive appeared to fade but Myron Hights took a pitch on fourth down and raced 22 yards to the Brahmas 8. Yoakum got as far as the 4 and settled for the 21-yard field goal by Jacobs.

Hallettsville 20, Yoakum 18H 7 0 7 6-20Y 0 3 8 7-18Scoring SummaryH-Jimario Grounds 11 pass from Carson

Schindler (Sam Barrerra kick)Y-Reagan Jacob 21 FGH-Tedrick Smith 70 fumble return (Bar-

rerra kick)Y-Blake McCracken 66 pass from Chase

Hermes (Keith Ratley pass from Hermes)Y-Ratley 66 pass from Hermes (Jacob

kick)H-Dalton Herrington 22 pass from

Schindler (kick failed)Team stats H YFirst downs 17 11 Rushes-yards 35-177 20-71Passing Yards 134 237 Passing 12-26-0 9-23-0 Punts-yards 5-191 3-116Fumbles-lost 1-1 1-1 Penalties-yards 14-85 4-40Individual statsRushing — Hallettsville: Teidrick Smith

18-133, Carson Schindler 12-25, Tim Sheppard 3-17, Dalton Herrington 2-2. Yoakum:Myron Hights 6-34, Blake Mc-Cracken 1-13, Terrance Hall 3-12, Timmy Blakeney 2-12, TJ Hights 1-3, Reagan Ja-cobs 1-3, Keith Ratley 1-0, Chase Hermes 5-(-6).

Passing — Hallettsville: Schinder 12-26-0-134. Yoakum: Hermes 9-23-0-237.

Receiving — Hallettsville: Herrington 6-84, Jimario Grounds 3-16, Sheppard 2-14, Regan McAda 1-21, Smith 1-1, Tren-ton McGee 1-(-2). Yoakum: Ratley 2-87 McCracken 2-79, Jacobs 2-18, Myron Hights 1-53, TJ Hights 1-13.



SHERRILL: Talked about his coaching days, A&M in SEC

BRAHMAS: Herrington scores late to lift Hallettsville to win

Dalton GriffinRB, FlatoniaThe junior running back ripped

through the Somerville defense last Friday. He ran for 154 yards and three touchdowns in the 58-0 Homecoming win over the Yeguas.

Honorable Mentions• Curtis Hawkins, Lockhart, 83 yards

rushing, three touchdowns versus Cedar Creek

• Blake Reeve, Cuero, 9-of-17 passing for 144 yards, two touchdowns versus Beeville Jones

• Ross Reimenschneider, Cuero, 80 yards receiving, two touchdowns versus Beeville Jones

• CJ McKinney, Lockhart, 174 yards rushing, two touchdowns versus Cedar Creek

• Evel Jones, Shiner, 152 yards rushing, touchdown versus Schulenburg

• Trevion Flowers, Shiner, 93 rushing yards, touchdown versus Schulenburg

• Marcus Mica, Flatonia, 65 yards rushing, touchdown versus Somerville

• Chase Hermes, Yoakum, 9-of-23

passing for 237 yards, two touchdowns against Hallettsville

• Tristan Newman, Nixon-Smiley, 105 yards rushing, touchdown versus York-town

• Dalton Herrington, Hallettsville, 84 yards receiving, touchdown versus Yoa-kum

• Blake McCracken, Yoakum, 79 yards receiving, touchdown against Halletts-ville

• Keith Ratley, Yoakum, 87 yards re-ceiving, touchdown against Hallettsville

CannonPlayer of the WeekFrom coaches’ reports

The Shiner St. Paul Lady Cardinals swept New Braunfels Christian 25-18, 25-14, 25-20 on Sept. 11.

Alexa Schaefer had four aces and five digs; Morgan Long had 12 kills; Kate-lynn Leist had five digs and Kourtney Knesek had 27 assists.

St. Paul got a 3-0 (25-8, 25-19, 25-14) win over Austin Veritas Academy on Thursday. Jacy Pawelek had 10 kills and 1.5 blocks, Knesek had 28 assists, and Long had six aces and six digs

• Shiner swept Prairie Lea 25-14, 25-9 and 25-17 on Sept. 14 to improve to 16-12 and 2-1 in district.

Kristin Schacherl had eight aces, 22 assists and 18 points; Lauren Oden had nine digs; Amanise Cole-man had nine kills and three blocks.

Shiner beat Louise in three sets, 25-14, 25-12, 25-12, on Tuesday to improve to 17-12 and 3-1. Rankin had 11 aces, 15 points and six kills; Coleman and Tabitha Blashke had three blocks each; LaNeisha Hunt and Coleman had six kills; Schacherl had 23 assists and Meagan Chum-chal finished with 10 digs.

The Lady Comanche JV Purple defeated Louise 25-11, 25-13.

• The Yoakum Lady Bull-dogs opened district with a 3-1 win over Gonzales on Friday, 23-25, 25-18, 25-18, 25-13.

Lesley Seidenberger had 21 kills, two aces, 18 digs and 14 assists. Callie Witte had 41 assists and Danielle Pohl had 11 points.

For Gonzales, Allison Raley had nine kills, two blocks and two block as-sists; Carly Bozka had 18 digs; Shayla Simper had two aces; Kiley Braune had 30 assists while Lindsey Akers had two blocks.

The Lady Bulldogs fell to La Grange on Tuesday. Witte had 19 assists; La-trice Brown had nine kills, one ace, one block and four points while Shelby Pesek had nine digs and Pohl had one block.

Yoakum is 16-11 overall and 1-1 in district.

La Grange won the junior varsity game 25-14 and 25-13. The Lady Leopards won the 9th grade game 25-10 and 25-10.

• Hallettsville Sacred Heart notched a pair of district wins last week. On

Sept. 11, the Indianettes defeated Universal City First Baptist 3-0 (25-13, 25-18, 25-14). Rachel Saulnier had 13 assists, Jenna Brown had 14 digs, Adrienne Klimitchek had eight kills and Erin Miksch had two blocks.

Sacred Heart swept New Braunfels Christian 25-18, 25-22, 25-21, on Thursday.

Miksch had nine kills and three blocks, Saulnier had 11 assists, Brown had eight digs and three aces.

“New Braunfels would give us a few points and we would relax then they would come storming back,” Sacred Heart coach Wanda Orsak said. “This would really pump them up and these are the types of teams that can surprise you in the end. The girls did a good job of keeping their composure when things didn’t go our way.”

The Indianettes im-proved to 5-15 and 2-2.

Sacred Heart defeated Austin Veritas Academy 3-1 (25-17, 25-14, 9-25, 25-16) on Tuesday.

Klimitchek had 12 kills, one block and six aces; Saulnier had 14 assists; Brown had nine digs; Am-ber Labay had one block and Sandra Adams had one block.

“We played very strong in all but game three where we decided to fall back

into our old habits of sit-ting back and waiting around instead of taking control of the match,” Or-sak said. “It was good to see us come out of game three and start game four fired up and ready to play with inten-sity.”

Sacred Heart’s record currently stands at 6-15 and 3-2.

• The Flatonia Lady Bull-dogs swept Prairie Lea on Sept. 11, 25-22, 25-6, 25-18.

Alanis Ribera had three aces and 15 assists, Chan-dler Fike had 12 kills, Crys-tal Rodriguez had four digs and Meredith Pavlica had two blocks.

• The Nixon-Smiley Lady Mustangs fell to 1-3 in district with a 3-2 loss to Stockdale Tuesday, 25-10, 25-15, 15-25,19-15, 17-19.

Megan Guerra had 19 assists, Trecca DeLeon had 11 digs; Savannah Marti-nez had two aces; Hailey Boatright chipped in three blocks and Devon Tristan had 17 kills

• The Luling Lady Eagles dropped two 28-2A match-es last week. On Sept. 11, Luling fell to Stockdale, 18-25, 25-11, 17-25, 22-25.

The Lady Eagles played at ranked Schulenburg on Saturday, losing 3-0 (12-25, 13-25, 13-25).

Luling is now 0-3 in 28-2A play.

Lady Cards pick up pair of wins

Jacy Pawelek goes up for a spike during St. Paul’s win over New Braunfels Christian on Sept. 11. (Photo courtesy of Lori Raabe)

Volleyball Roundup

All games played at Lions Park

Pee Wee Sept. 22 — Lil Apaches vs Lil Gators, 9:30

a.m., Lions Park Peewee 1; Red Dragons vs Sharks, 9:30 a.m., Lions Park Peewee 2.

Junior Sept. 22 — Scorpions vs Red Wasps, 9:30

a.m., Lions Park Junior 1; Eagles vs Bull-dogs, 9:30 a.m., Lions Park Junior 2; Eels

vs Tigers, 10:45 a.m., Lions Park Junior 1SeniorSept. 22 — Destroyers vs Strikers, 9:30

a.m.; Lions vs Raptors, 10:45. Opening Ceremony is set for Sept. 22 at

9 a.m. at Lions Park and Picture Day will be Sept. 23 at Two Rivers Bible Church. Clos-ing ceremony and awards will be Oct. 27.

For more information, log on to www.gonzalesyouthsoccerleague.com.

Gonzales Youth Soccer LeagueSchedule

My eyelids drooped and I melted into a canvas fold-ing chair preparing to doze. The outfitter had a cap-tive audience and he was primed for a lecture. He was a speaker who enjoyed the sound of his own voice.

It was the first evening in camp and our guests were about to hear everything they needed to know about wilderness hunting. They sat in a Sunday school circle and waited. The first ser-mon was about gun safety around camp, around the horses, and in the field. I actually appreciated this oration--a little--but knew that I would be the one judging and managing my client’s gun-handling hab-its.

Gun safety: sometimes the subject had a different meaning when I was a kid. Then I closed my eyes and drifted into one of my fa-vorite memories.

Duke lunged into the air and yipped. We were in the thickest nest of brush. Then he stuck out his nose and streaked after a rabbit. The neighbor boy, Keith Scho-bel, and I raced behind, trying to keep the yellow and white dog in view. We dodged, jumped, leaped, and ran at full gallop through the yaupon jungle. We barreled head over heels down steep sandy creek banks and crunched across dry gravelly rock beds. We hurtled logs and used thick grapevines to climb trees when we needed to relo-cate Duke. Limbs slapped us and tore our clothes. Briars ripped our hides and scratched our faces. Sweat coursed off our foreheads out of our hair down our necks and dripped off our arms, but we hardly no-ticed. Our pursuit was too earnest.

Finally, we stopped to catch our breath.

“Wonder where that dog went, “ I said.

“I don’t know, I think we went the wrong way,” said Keith. I looked at the piece of board he gripped. It was

a split 1x6 with a nail in the end.

“I don’t think we’re gon-na get many rabbits with a club,” I said. “That damn dog would have ‘em ate before we ever got to ‘em. Wonder when our folks are gonna let us use rifles. We could get a whole mess of rabbits with our .22s.”

Keith agreed. We knew how to shoot, but our par-ents were leery of turning us loose together. Giving up on our hound, we head-ed back to Keith’s house.

Alfred, Keith’s dad, was sitting in a lawn chair in the shaded backyard. The old man fascinated me and always seemed pleased with himself. He was bald-headed, toothless, wore overalls (and not much else), squinted at me with one eye, and was known far and wide for his story-telling/lies. Leon Hale even printed some of his hunt-ing fables in the *Houston Chronicle*.

I approached him. “When are y’all gonna let us hunt with guns?”

He shifted a cigar stub from one corner of his mouth to the other. “Well, I reckon whenever I think you boys are safe.”

“How old do I gotta be before that’s gonna hap-pen?”

He cocked his head. “Go home and get your rifle. I’ll see how safe you are.”

I took off at a lope. Thir-ty minutes later, I trotted back into his yard packing my grandpa’s bolt action .22. Alfred stood beneath a giant live oak holding his own .22. He pointed up

into the tree. Twenty-five feet off the ground was a 4-inch spot where a limb had been sawed off.

“Can you hit that?” he asked.

I looked at him like he’d been eating horse nug-gets, jacked a round in the chamber, shouldered my rifle, and stuck a .22 bul-let almost dead center. He shrugged, mumbled some-thing indiscernible, and brought up his rifle. His shot enlarged the bullet mark and he looked mighty proud. I chambered anoth-er round, aimed, and stuck my second bullet in the same hole as the first.

“You missed,” he said.“I did not. I stacked ‘em.”Alfred studied the knot

with the bullet marks. “Okay, you boys be careful and y’all can hunt with your guns.”

Every other aspect of gun safety was considered com-mon sense. Alfred’s main concern was a clean kill on game.

The next afternoon was wasted on piano lessons, and I missed our usual tour through the brush. I agonized over the prospect of Keith shooting rabbits without me. The follow-ing day, I met Keith at the appointed rendezvous. I carried my weapon and he showed up with his split 1x6 with a nail in the end. I was incredulous.

“Where’s your rifle?”He hung his head. “Well,

yesterday me and Duke ran a rabbit in a log. I tried to twist a forked stick into its hair and drag it out, but I couldn’t reach it. Then I saw a crack and I tried to pry the log open with my rifle barrel.”

“What happened?”“I bent the barrel; Daddy

is pretty mad.”“Did you get the rabbit?”“No, but, now we could

take turns with your rifle.”I pondered our situation

and decided to keep my rifle safe and let Keith hunt with his 1x6 with a nail in the end.


The Great OutdoorsA most unorthodox approach to gun safety

Herman Brune

Herman Brune is a freelance writer, radio personality and author based in Colorado County.

Looking Downfrom the Saddle

Texas Weekly Fishing ReportBASTROP Water stained;

83–87 degrees. Black bass are fair on watermelon Rat–L–Traps and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and white tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on shrimp, nightcrawlers, and punchbait. Yellow catfish are slow.

FAYETTE Water stained. Black bass are good on water-melon crankbaits and Carolina rigged soft plastics. Channel and blue catfish are fair on liver and shrimp over baited holes.

SOMERVILLE Water murky; 83–97 degrees; 1.59’ low. Black bass are fair on watermelon crankbaits and Rat–L–Traps. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and blue tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on liver and nightcrawlers.

Yellow catfish are slow.BRAUNIG Water clear.

Black bass are slow. Striped bass are good on liver and shad near the pier. Redfish are good down rigging spoons near the dam. Channel catfish are fair on cut bait and cheesebait near the dam. Blue catfish are slow.

CALAVERAS Water clear. Black bass are good on dark soft plastic worms, spinnerbaits, and Rat–L–Traps near the dam. Striped bass are slow. Redfish are good down rigging spoons near the dam in 15–25 feet. Channel and blue catfish are fair on liver and cheesebait near the railroad trestle. Yellow catfish are slow.

CHOKE CANYON Wa -ter clear; 80–84 degrees; 15.74’ low. Black bass are fair on wa-termelon/red flake soft plastics and spinnerbaits in 10–18 feet.

White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and blue tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on live bait. Yellow catfish are fair on live perch and goldfish.

COLETO CREEK Wa -ter fairly clear; 2.92’ low. Black bass are fair on chartreuse Rat–L–Traps and crankbaits early. Striped bass are slow. White bass are good on pet spoons and minnows. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel and blue cat-fish are fair on trotlines baited with live perch. Yellow catfish are slow.

NORTH SABINE Red-fish are good in the marsh on weedless soft plastics. Trout are fair to good under slicks and birds on topwaters and soft plas-tics.

SOUTH SABINE

Trout are fair to good under birds and pods of shad. Trout are good at the jetty on live bait and topwaters. Bull redfish are good at the jetty on crabs and table shrimp.

TRINITY BAY Redfish are good on the north shoreline on gold spoons and small top-waters. Redfish are good in the marsh on shrimp. Trout are fair to good around the wells on live bait and plastics.

EAST GALVESTON BAY Trout are good over reefs while working slicks with soft plas-tics. Whiting and sand trout are good on the edge of the Intra-coastal on fresh shrimp. Redfish are good in the marsh on natural baits and Gulps. Tides are above normal.

WEST GALVESTON BAY Bull redfish are good in the surf

and at San Luis Pass on crabs and mullet. Sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jet-ties on shrimp and crabs. Trout are good over reefs in Christmas Bay on live shrimp.

TEXAS CITY Bull redfish are good in the channel on crabs and mullet. Sand trout and Gulf trout are good in the channel on shrimp. Redfish are fair to good in Moses Lake on crabs and shrimp.

FREEPORT Bull redfish are good on live bait and crabs on the Surfside Beach. Black drum and redfish are good on the reefs in Bastrop Bay.

EAST MATAGORDA BAY Trout are fair for drifters on live shrimp over humps and scat-tered shell. Redfish are good in Lake Austin on shrimp and topwaters. Trout are fair to good

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Haarsma 2:07:24.6; 3 Frank Arriola 2:08:04.3; 4 Helena Finley 2:12:15.0; 5 Vanessa Rowden 2:15:49.3;6 Wade Woeh-rmann 2:18:22.7; 7 Bryan Ford 2:19:04.1; 8 William Jabour 2:23:22.1

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3:19:49.6; 48 Aimee Hartwick 3:20:29.0; 49 Brian Arriaga 3:22:11.4; 50 Unknown Partic. 3:27:52.0; 51 Chas Humphrey 3:32:25.9; 52 Melodye 3:32:29.2; 53 Joann Garza-Mayberry 3:34:09.4; 54 Pepe Lopez 3:41:25.8; 55 Della Corales 3:44:36.6; 56 Nikki Lynch 3:50:55.3; 57 John Gonzalex 4:11:15.6

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without a Clue 3:15:49.1; 3 Team Flores 3:41:20.0; 4 Irma Bermea 3:44:09.4

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2:23:24.8; 3 Do or Do Not - there is no 2:33:29.9

Relay Female1 2 1/2 Sisters 2:49:02.7Relay Co Ed1 Angry Monkeys 2:31:09.3; 2 Mental

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six touchdowns and one interception. Justin Guerra is his leading air destina-tion with 13 catches for 233 yards and four touch-downs, while Rocky Reyna has eight grabs for 139 yards and two touchdowns. Donaldo Perez is the lead-ing rusher with 182 yards on 32 carries and four touchdowns.

“We have to do what we always need to do on de-fense — line up correctly, tackle well and swarm to the ball,” Reeve said.

The Bulldogs will line up in multiple fronts on de-fense, but tend to pack in the box to stop the run and play man-to-man in the secondary. Cuero’s offense will need to execute and protect the football, and the offensive line will need to block very well to offset the aggressiveness of Som-erset’s defense.

Shiner at Universal City-Randolph

The Shiner Comanches (2-1) did what they did best in a 27-24 win over the ‘Horns last week. Run the football.

But the thing Shiner did really well was they were in better shape.

“We were more physical,” head coach Steven Cerny said. “I think our kids’ hard work paid off.”

Shiner’s defense also had a good day.

“I am happy we stopped the run. We gave up two long pass plays and we have to fix that but overall we did well.”

The Comanches will hit the road in a 7:30 p.m. game at Universal City-Randolph on Friday.

The Ro-Hawks are 1-2 but better than their record indicates.

“They are very athletic,” Cerny said. They just have been plagued with mis-takes.”

Randolph has a run-ori-ented offense ran out of the Wing-T and Slot-T. Run-ning back Alonzo Barclift has 24 rushes for 173 yards and one touchdown while

Leo Blount, Damiani Phil-lips and Christian Hosley have one rushing touch-down each.

“We have to play assign-ment football,” Cerny said. “You chase a ghost and they end up breaking a big run. We also have to watch for play fakes.”

Randolph’s defense plays very aggressively.

“Our offense has to con-trol the line of scrimmage and we need to pick up the blitz from their lineback-ers,” Cerny said. “We have to stay with what their defense gives our veer of-fense.”

Weimar at St. PaulThe St. Paul Cardinals

(2-1) are back in action fol-lowing an unexpected open date last week.

“We used the time to work on a lot of things and get some new players who are in new positions up to speed,” Cardinals head coach Jake Wachsmuth said.

St. Paul will host the 1A Weimar Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. at Comanche Stadium.

“Weimar has a lot of talented athletes,” he said. “They have a good team and this game will tell us a lot about ourselves.”

The ‘Cats prefer to run the football but will chuck it every now and then.

“They run a lot of three-back formations and mix up with counters, pitches and option,” Wachsmuth said. Weimar’s key run-ning threats are Delexus Gordon, Jakayle Harris along with quarterback Set Helmcamp.

“Our defense will have to keep our eyes on certain players and know what they prefer to do when in certain formations,” he said. “We cannot give them any big plays.”

Weimar runs a 4-3 on de-fense and shifts to five-man fronts as well.

“They are very aggres-sive and get to the football,” Wachsmuth said. “They usually will not give you big plays.”

He said St. Paul must hang on to the ball for long

periods of time, keeping Weimar’s talented offense on the sidelines.

Yoakum at EdnaThe Bulldogs dropped

their first game of the sea-son last week to Halletts-ville. Head coach Brent Ko-rnegay said Yoakum (2-1) must improve in a hurry.

“We cannot give quality teams scores. Hallettsville returning that fumble for a touchdown was huge,” he said. “We had some errors down the stretch and we have to play smarter than that.”

The Cowboys have an identical record to Yoakum. They opened with a pair of wins against Needville 35-7 and got by Goliad 35-28. The ‘Boys ran into a buzz saw, losing to Refugio 56-0.

Edna runs a spread of-fense with the occasional use of sets with tight ends. The offensive production comes from quarterback Austin Kelley, and run-ning backs De’Quan Cantu, Dominque Gosson and Ty-ler Kucera.

“We have to contain Kel-ley and Edna’s running backs,” Kornegay said. ‘We have to prevent them from making a big play.”

Kelley has passed for 321 yards and one touchdown. Cantu has 115 rushing yards and two touchdowns while Gosson has 118 and Kucera has ran for 140 yards and a touchdown.

The ‘Boys run a 4-3 de-fense with key players be-ing middle linebacker Da-vid Callis and defensive tackle Timiron Williams.

Yoakum was successful against Edna last year, but that was last year.

“They are a good football team and you cannot com-pare their team this year to last year’s team,” Kornegay said. “I tell my players that no one we play will be a walk in the park.”

Bastrop Tribe at Prairie Lea

The Indians host Bastrop Tribe at 7:30 p.m. today to kick off a six-game homes-tand. Prairie Lea is 0-3 on the year, falling to San An-tonio Winston, 45-0.


From coaches’ reports

The Moulton cross-country teams opened their season Aug. 20 in Schul-enburg. The boys and girls teams each placed first place.

Individually for the girls, Megan Mitchon was in sixth place in 16 minutes, 4 seconds. Paige Bartos came in third in 15:12; Mack-eney Ebner was in ninth in 16:35; Kendall Kristynik was No. 12 in 16:48; Lara-mie Zant was No. 13 in 17:04; Makaela Beard was No. 14 in 17:19; Sarah Bak-er finished in 17:24 for No. 15; Norma Colchado was No. 17 in 18:07 and Malorie Mitchon was No. 18 with a time of 21:22.

The BobKatz had Alex Reyes finish first individu-ally in 17:39, followed by Dennis Lopez in 18:50. Mario Pinedo was in fourth in 20:08; Holden Jahn was sixth in 20:42 and behind him was Mitchell Blaschke in 20:47. Cameron Jalufka was No. 16 in 24:27.

• Shiner cross-country teams took part in the Brookshire Royal meet on Saturday. The varsity girls came in sixth place in the junior varsity race with 167 points.

Maggie Grosenbacher was No. 23 in 14:22; Kris-tin Schacherl was No. 42 (15:06), Shanan Pardy and Tabitha Blaschke were No. 48 and No. 49, respectively, in 15:11; Meloni Berger was No. 50 in 15:18 and Keely McCarthy was No. 79 in 16:23. Other runners were Rose Egan, Clarissa Boehm, Whitney Williams and Kaci Jamison.

The Shiner varsity boys also competed in the JV di-

vision. Ethan Berger was No. 49

in 21:45 and Ethan Zissa followed with the same time. Also for the Coman-ches were Chase Schroeder and Blake Miraz.

The Shiner Junior High girls placed second as a team with Greta Grosen-bacher (No. 12), Brooke Kloesel (No. 15) and Jenna Berkovsky (No. 20) medal-ing.

Other Shiner junior high girl runners were Berence Cruz (No. 33), Brittany Villareal (No. 34), Sammy Kremling (No. 35), Sabrina Blaschke (No. 41), Victoria Veit (No. 62), Claire Patek (No. 64), Madison Jalufka No. 65), Allie Koone (No. 72), Kailey Williams (No. 73)and Cherri Jeffereys (No. 75).

Shiner junior high boys competing are Jacob Tousek (No. 36), Luke Pe-tru (No. 65), Colton Pardy (No. 85) and Cole Jalufka (No. 95).

• The Gonzales Lady Apaches varsity cross coun-try team came in No. 18 at the UTSA Ricardo Romo Classic Saturday in San An-tonio.

Gonzales scored 589 points and were led by Kaily Zumwalt who came in No. 81 in 14:18. Vale-ria Aguayo was No. 105 in 14:49; Hannah Lorton fin-ished in 14:54 for No. 111; Alejandra Diaz DeLeon placed No. 133 in 15:24 and Nicki Schauer crossed the finish line in 16:29 for No. 159.

The Gonzales JV girls placed No. 15 with 460 points. Briana Miller was No. 50 in 15:23; Juana Sanchez was No. 85 in 16:22; Krisslyn Sexton was

clocked at 16:57 for No. 97; Gretchen Singleton placed No. 113 in 17:20; Gabby Castillo was No. 115 in 17:23 and Alana Stern fin-ished in 18:33 for No. 145.

Cuero’s Joccee Bennett placed No. 41 in the 3A varsity race with a time of 13:36.

The Gonzales Apaches varsity came in No. 19 with 592 points. Jose Olade was No. 91 in 19:59; Dalton Couch was No. 117 with a time of 20:36; Grayson Meredith finished in 20:39 for No. 122; Ashton Wil-liams followed in 20:40; Max Moreno was No. 139 in 21:02; Alan DeLeon was No. 161 in 22:03 and Au-gust Bordovsky finished in 22:37 for No. 167.

The Gonzales JV boys finished No. 19 with 482 points. Edward Buvalcaba finished in 12:51 for No. 57; Ian Maxwell was No. 71 with a time of 13:04; Dil-lion Catchings was No. 81 in 13:17; Dylan Gomez was No. 134 in 14:31; Patrick Ramirez finished in 14:37, placing No. 139; Nathan Medellin was No. 145 in 14:49 and Jesus Diaz De-Leon was No. 176 in 16:55.

In the 2A boys race, several runners from Nix-on-Smiley competed. Ju-nior Tristan was No. 40 in 19:41.7; Raul Tovar was No. 43 in 19:48.5; Luis F. Vasquez was No. 97 in 21:49.97 and Cain Perales was No. 126 in 23:22.8.

The Waelder Wildcats had four runners entered in the 1A boys. Keyshawn Fields was No. 49 in 22:22.3; Jeremy Gonzales finished No.51 in 22:26.1; Deondrae Fields was No. 62 in 23:44.7 and Caleb Ibarra was No. 75 with a time of 27:40.5.

Cross Country RoundupBobkatz, Bobkittens race to wins at Schulenburg

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