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After months of appli-cant reviews and research, the Gonzales City Council named Allen L. Barnes as the new city manager dur-ing a special called meeting Tuesday night.
Barnes was one of more than 50 applicants, and only three finalists who were interviewed by the council last week.
“Mr. Barnes was the sole finalist in our city man-ager search,” Mayor Bobby O’Neal said. “Welcome to the city of Gonzales. We wish you well here.”
Barnes thanked the council for selecting him for the coveted position.
“I want to tell you how
excited I am to be your new city manager,” he said.
Barnes said he spoke to the interim city manager Charles Windwehen about some of the changes he has made in the past seven months.
“We are going to con-tinue that and take Gonza-les to the pinnacle,” Barnes said. “My goal is to make Gonzales one of the bright shining stars of Texas. I want to be innovative and creative.”
He said he wants other communities to look to Gonzales as an example of how to solve problems and be a successful city.
“I want others to look at us and say, ‘Wow, I want to do it like they did,’” Barnes
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Today in Texas History August 18, 1813On this day in 1813, the Spaniards
defeated a would-be Texas republic in the bloodiest action ever fought on Texas soil. The battle of Medina ended the filibustering efforts of the Gutiérrez-Magee expedition. The expedition col-lided with the Spanish royalist army twenty miles south of San Antonio in an oak forest then called el Encinal de Medina. The republican force of 1,400 men was under the command of Gen. José Alvarez de Toledo y Dubois. The royalist army of some 1,830 men was commanded by Gen. Joaquín de Ar-redondo and included the young Lt. Antonio López de Santa Anna. On the morning of August 18, royalist scouts lured the republican army into an am-bush. A four-hour slaughter ensued. Only 100 of the defeated republican army survived. The bodies of the fallen republicans were left to lie where they fell for nine years.
Today’s Quote“So much attention is paid to the ag-gressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic effects, that too little attention is paid to the passive sins, such as apathy and laziness, which in the long run can have a more devastating effect.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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Railroad tracks damaged after sparks from train ignite rural fires
Council picks Barnes as new manager
Way Too Close for ComfortA Gonzales Fire Dept. vehicle moves away from fast-spreading flames during Tuesday’s fire along County Road 237. Officials be-lieve sparks from a passing train may have been responsible for that blaze as well as one along County Road 184. The CR 237 fire eventually set a pile of old railroad ties ablaze and will be allowed to burn itself out. (Photo by Dave Mundy)
H-E-B, Page A3
BARNES, Page A3
H-E-B breaks ground onnew 53,000-foot facility
Construction of new H-E-B underwayOfficials with H-E-B, the City of Gonzales and Gonzales County gather to break ground Wednesday at the site of a new 53,000-square-foot H-E-B store, to be located at the corner of Church st. at Sarah DeWitt Dr. (Photo by Dave Mundy)
Firefighters take on blazes
Happy Birthday!Aug. 16: Gwen HodgesAug. 17: Cory Mundy, Carla Revis Green, Eddie Escobar, Jay Pruett, Jenny Nesser, Laurina Bess, Leann May Wilk-erson, Rhonda Davis, Tommie Marti-nez, Becky Gonzales, Noey RamosAug. 19: Adrian James Sr., April Rock-well, Gary Clack, Stacy ScottAug. 20: Candice Machacek, Charamin Kluting, Candace Bell, Kevin Smith, Raymond Ramos
Firefighters from several area fire departments as well as the National Forest Service battled three very nasty blazes north of Gonzales Tuesday afternoon, with several acres blackened and the Southern Pacific rail line near
County Road 237 damaged.Firefighters responded early
in the afternoon to a blaze along Interstate 10, then had a second fire to contend with along County Road 184 before a fire erupted in thick brush and took hold in a pile of railroad ties near the Southern Pacific rail line along County Road 237 later in the af-
ternoon.At around 4 p.m., witnesses re-
ported the fire was growing out of control, whipped by a steady but not strong wind from the south, and was threatening to jump the road, threatening a nearby house and poultry barn. A Gonzales VFD ladder truck had to beat a retreat after the huge ball of flame
eating the ties threatened to over-whelm the truck.
Gonzales Fire Chief Keith Schmidt said Wednesday that as-sistance from the Forest Service helped contain the blaze along CR 184.
“They helped out, they plowed a line around it to contain it,” he
By DAVE MUNDY
FIRES, Page A3
New City ManagerAllen L. Barnes was selected Tuesday as the new city manager for Gonzales. (Photo by Nikki Maxwell)
Construction on Gonzales’ long-awaited new grocery super-store is now offiically underway.
Officials with H-E-B, the City of Gonzales and Gonzales Coun-ty gathered at the site of H-E-B’s planned store site at the corner of Church St. and Sarah DeWitt
Dr. on Wednesday for official ground-breaking ceremonies, and both local and company officials said they are tickled to finally see the project underway.
“My name is Bobby, and this is my H-E-B,” quipped Mayor Bob-by O’Neal, eliciting a chorus of chuckles in imitating the grocery giant’s advertising catch-line.
The new store is planned at
53,000 square feet, compared to the current Gonzales store’s 19,000 square feet, and will have acres of parking available for shoppers.
“I know you’ll be pleased to be able to shop with a cart instead of playing bumper cars inside the store, and you won’t have to park on the side street,” said Rob
By DAVE MUNDY
By NIKKI MAXWELL
Yoakum Police Department Weekly Incident Report
August 8, 2011 thru August 14, 2011
08/08/11Case #11-330, Criminal Tres-
pass, 201 US 77A S; Disposition, Investigation.
Case #11-331, Criminal Tres-pass, 201 US 77A S; Disposition, Investigation.
Case #11-332, Theft-B, 221 E. Gonzales; Disposition, Investiga-tion.
08/10/11
Case #11-334, Theft-B, 611 West; ; Disposition, Investigation.
08/12/11Case #11-311, Clay, Sidney, 29,
Yoakum, 900 Irvine; Offenses, As-sault-C; Dispositions, Fine/$564/YPD Custody.
Case #11-335, Theft-B, 201 US 77A S; Disposition, Investigation.
08/13/11Case #165174, Traffic Ar-
rest(3), Konecny, Michael(3), 23, Hallettsville, 300 Blk. Irvine, Yoakum, 900 Blk. Irvine(2); Of-fenses, TK#25415A-No Drivers
License, TK#25415B-No Seat Belt, TK#25416A-Poss. Open Container-Alcohol in M/V; Dis-position, Fine/$164/YPD Cus-tody, Fine/$147/YPD Custody, Fine/$114.10/YPD Custody.
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Gonzales Police Department News Release Week Of August 15Th, 2011
07/07/2011 Reported Theft At 600 Blk St. Joseph St.
08/10/2011 Reported Criminal Mischief At 700 Blk St. Michael St.
08/10/2011 Reported Theft At 900 Blk Wells St.08/10/2011 Reported Criminal Mischeif At 1200
Blk Division St.08/11/2011 Reported Criminal Mischeif At 1800
Blk St. Joseph St.08/11/2011 Reported Assault At 500 Blk Guerra
Lane.08/11/2011 Reported Theft At 600 Blk Badger St.08/11/2011 Reported Theft At 700 Blk St. An-
drew St.08/12/2011 Reported Burglary Habitation At 700
Blk St. George St.08/14/2011 Reported Burglary Motor Vehicle At
200 Blk St. Peter St.08/14/2011 Reported Theft At 700 Blk St. James
St.08/14/2011 Reported Unauthorized Use Motor
Vehicle At 100 Blk Dunning St.
The Gonzales County Sheriff’s Office Sheriff’s Re-port for 08/07/11-08/13/11
08/07/11Washington, Terryn Dwayne, 04/1987, El Paso.
Local Warrant - Possession of a Controlled Sub-stance PG 1 >4G <200G. Requires $7,500 Bond. Re-mains in Custody.
08/08/11Vesely, Eugene John, 04/1961, Victoria. Local
Warrant - Criminal Nonsupport. Remains in Cus-tody.
Cook, Chad Anthony, 10/1978, Gonzales. Lo-cal Warrant - Manufacturing Delivery Controlled Substance PG 1 <1G in a Drug Free Zone. Requires $25,000 Bond. Remains in Custody.
Upshaw, Scotty, 11/1982, Gonzales. Local War-rant - Aggravated Assault causes Seriously Bodily Injury. Requires $15,000 Bond. Local Warrant - Bur-glary of a Habitation. Requires $15,000 Bond. Re-mains in Custody.
08/09/11Fuhre, Christopher Scott, 03/1970, Kingwood. Lo-
cal Warrant - Driving while Intoxicated 3rd or More. Requires $25,000 bond. Remains in Custody.
08/10/11Tumlinson, Christopher Lee, 11/1984, Harwood.
Local Warrant - Theft of Property >$500 <$1,500. Released on $1,500 Bond.
Evans, Damon Jabor, 04/1978, San Antonio. Lo-cal Warrant - Driving while Intoxicated with child under 15 YOA. Requires $20,000 Bond. Remains in Custody.
Marion, Benjamin Jason, 10/1977, San Antonio. Local Warrant - Driving while License Invalid with previous conviction or suspension. Requires $1,500 Bond. Remains in Custody.
Macias, Anthony, 04/1980, Gonzales. Commit-ment/Sentence - Assault Public Servant. Released - Work Release/Weekender.
08/13/11Mathis, Blake O’Neal, 07/1983, Austin. No Drivers
License Issued. Requires $265.00 Fine. Released on Pay Plan.
Total Arrest, Court Commitments, other agency arrest and processing’s:
GCSO 10DPS 02GPD 04WPD 00NPD 03Constable 00DWCSO 00DEA 00TPW 00GCAI 00Total 19
DeWitt County sheriff’s Office Arrest Report for Week of August 5, 2011 - August 11, 2011
Jail Average Daily Count - 72. Inmates Housed for other Agencies - 4
August 5, 2011
Leah Rhea, 35, of Yorktown, Capias Pro Fine / No Seat Belt, Fine of $476, Capias Pro Fine / No Liability Insurance, Fine of $224, Theft of Property >= $20 < $500 By Check, Bond of $3,000, DCSO
Dennis Chambers, 53, of Hallettsville, No Drivers License, 30 Days to Pay, Failure to Appear, 30 Days to Pay, Fail to Maintain Financial Responsibility, 30 Days to Pay, Yorktown PD
Jonathan Mesa, 27, of Houston, Criminal Tres-pass, Bond of $1,000, CPD
Erika Ramirez, 30, of Runge, Driving While Li-cense Invalid Enhanced, No Bond, DCSO
Juvenal Caltzontzi, 23, of Austin, Illegal Entry, No Bond, DCSO
Jose Morales, 28, of Austin, Illegal Entry, No Bond, DCSO
Maria Cervantes, 17, of Austin, Illegal Entry, No Bond, DCSO
Maria I. Cervantes, 22, of Austin, Illegal Entry, No Bond, DCSO
August 6, 2011Jeffery Weise, 40, of Yorktown, Driving While Li-
cense Invalid, Fine of $551.20, Driving While License Invalid, Fine of $242, Driving While License Invalid, Fine of $242, Failure to Appear, Fine of $607.10, Yor-ktown PD
Timothy Hernandez, 23, of Port Lavaca, Driving While License Invalid, No Bond, DCSO
Phillip McKay, 39, of Waynesboro, MN, Driving While Intoxicated, Bond of $800, DPS
Cody Flessner, 17, of Cuero, Criminal Mischief >=$50 <$500, Bond of $800, Consumption of Alco-hol by Minor, 30 Days to Pay, CPD
Jacob Rodriguez, 17, of Cuero, Criminal Mischief >=$50 <$500, Bond of $800, Driving Under the In-fluence, 30 Days to Pay, Violate Driver License Re-striction, 30 Days to Pay, CPD
Raul Ortega, 44, of Yoakum, Driving While In-toxicated Felony, Bond of $10,000, Illegal Entry, No Bond, Yoakum PD
Jose Baladez, 25, of Victoria, Speeding 16/20 Over Limit, 30 Days to Pay, Failure to Appear, 30
Days to Pay, DCSO
August 7, 2011Rachael Douglas, 25, of Yoakum, Revocation of
Probation / Failure to Appear Theft By Check, Cash Bond of $1,500, DPS
Kelly Fric, 33, of Cuero, Driving While Intoxicated, Bond of $800, CPD
Eric Mendez, 25, of Yorktown, Public Intoxication, 30 Days to Pay, Yorktown PD
Marcus Talamante, 18, of Yorktown, Public Intoxi-cation, 30 Days to Pay, Yorktown PD
Edgar Resendiz, 25, of Hallettsville, No Texas Driver License, 30 Days to Pay, Driver Not Secured by Seat Belt, 30 Days to Pay, DCSO
Scaramento Alaniz, 34, of Yoakum, Illegal Entry, No Bond, DCSO
August 8, 2011Mary Mathis, 37, of Yorktown, Violation of Proba-
tion Forgery Financial Instrument, No Bond, DCSOBrian Roberts, 44, of Cuero, Violation of Proba-
tion Aggravated Assault w/Deadly Weapon, Bond of $20,000, DCSO
Isaiah Mata, 18, of Yorktown, Manufacture Deliv-ery of Controlled SubstancePG 1 >= 1G <4G, Bond of $25,000, DCSO
Mandy Bustos, 28, of Cuero, Fraudulent Use/Pos-session of Indentifying Information, Bond of $5,000, CPD
August 9, 2011Mary Cardenas, 34, of Cuero, Secure Execution
Doc Decept >=$1,500 <$20,000, Bond of $5,000, CPD
Calvin Green, 53, of Cuero, Attempted Murder, Bond of $300,000, DCSO
Hector Lopez, 48, of Yoakum, Contempt of Court Child Support, No Bond, DCSO
August 10, 2011Jon Briones, 18, of Cibolo, Possession of Marijua-
na <2OZ / Drug Free Zone, No Bond, DCSOJoseph Ledet, 56, of Cuero, Violation of Proba-
tion / Driving While Intoxicated w/Child Passenger, Bond of $20,000, DCSO
Patricia Sellers, 42, of Victoria, Evading Arrest De-tention w/Vehicle, No Bond, DCSO
Ryan Gallegos, 25, of Victoria, Evading Arrest De-tention w/Vehicle, No Bond, DCSO
Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek reports activities of the Fayette County Sheriff Deputies for the month of July 2011.
Deputy Rick Bohlmann re-sponded to a residence in the Swiss Alp area for a welfare con-cern on a female subject. The female was located and armed with butcher knives. The female was eventually subdued and transported to the hospital for mental health evaluation. Bohl-mann also responded to a trailer house in Clark’s Trailer Park for a follow up investigation from an incident that occurred the previ-ous night. During this investiga-
tion, marijuana was located in the residence and one male sub-ject was arrested for possession of marijuana.
Deputy Andy Berger stopped a vehicle on Carrol Lane for a traf-fic violation. The driver of the ve-hicle was found to be in posses-sion of drug paraphernalia and was arrested.
Jail Administrator Ed Sawyer reports that Fayette County Cor-rection Officers booked in 77
individuals for the month of July and transported 4 individuals to the Texas Department of Cor-rections Facilities to begin serv-ing time for crimes committed in Fayette County. The Fayette County Animal Control Officer reports that he went to several animal calls during the month and transported several animals to the Fayette County Animal Shelter.
Fayette Co. Sheriff’s Office Report
Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek reports two separate traffic stops leading to drug arrests by Fayette County Deputies.
Deputy David Smith stopped a vehicle traveling south on FM 155 for equipment violations. Smith identified the two occu-pants of the vehicle as 25 year old Andrew Steward and 39 year old Leonard Sidney, both of Schulenburg. Investigation of the traffic stop resulted in drug paraphernalia charges on both with an additional charge of money laundering on Sidney. Approxi-mately $9,000 dollars in cash was seized by
Smith. Smith was assisted by the La Grange Police Department and Fayette County Narcotics Unit.
On a separate stop occurring at the same time K-9 Deputy, Randy Thumann made a traffic stop on a vehicle traveling east on I-H 10 for an equipment violation. Investi-gation by Thumann resulted in the search of the vehicle that resulted in approximate-ly five pounds of Methamphetamines with a street value of approximately $227,000.
Arrested and charged with Aggravat-ed Possession of a Controlled Substance was that of 35 year old Cordero Gustavo Magallanes and 57 year old Isabella Ma-gallanes of Horizon City.
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BASTROP – A Bastrop County jury late Friday sentenced a former Texas Alcoholic Beverage Com-mission (TABC) agent to the maximum 20 years in prison for felony sexual assault of a minor, plus a $10,000 fine. The jury also sentenced Joe Chavez, 42, to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine for felony online solicitation of a mi-nor, plus one year in county jail and a $4,000 fine on a charge of official oppres-sion, a Class A misde-meanor. The trial judge will determine on August 24 whether Chavez will serve the felony sentences con-currently or consecutively.
Chavez pled guilty to all three charges when his trial began last week. The jury returned a not guilty ver-dict on a second felony sex-ual assault of a child charge.
In June 2010, a Bastrop
County grand jury issued four indictments charging Chavez with four felony vi-olations and a Class A mis-demeanor, official oppres-sion. The charges stemmed from Chavez’s work as a state police officer with the TABC, where he investigat-ed licensed alcohol retail-ers that were believed to be selling alcoholic beverages to minors.
According to state pros-ecutors, Chavez sexually assaulted a 16-year-old fe-male after she assisted him with an undercover sting operation in 2009. That as-sault led to Chavez’s guilty pleas for both second-de-gree felony sexual assault and official oppression. Before the evening of the assault, the defendant sent the minor victim a text message containing a sexu-ally explicit image of him-self, which prompted his guilty plea on the online so-licitation of a minor charge.
The case was referred to the Office of the Attorney General by the Bastrop County District Attorney’s Office, which recused it-self from the Chavez pros-ecution. A criminal inves-tigation into Chavez’s illicit conduct was conducted by the Texas Rangers and the Bastrop County Sheriff ’s Department. Throughout the case, the TABC fully cooperated with the State’s investigation and prosecu-tion of Chavez.
Joe Chavez
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DEL RIO— U.S. Border Patrol agents as-signed to the Eagle Pass South Station seized more than 260 pounds of cocaine Aug. 15. The incident marked the largest cocaine seizure in the Del Rio Border Patrol Sector since August 2006.
Agents manning a traffic checkpoint near Eagle Pass around 8 p.m Friday, referred a 1997 Ford F-150 pickup truck for further in-spection after a canine team conducted a cur-sory inspection and alerted to the vehicle. In the bed of the pickup, agents found a roll of
carpet. Using a non-intrusive imaging system, agents detected anomalies within the carpet.
Inside the carpet roll, agents found a card-board cylinder filled with 100 bricks of co-caine, weighing a total of 263.75 pounds, esti-mated to be worth $8,440,000.
The driver, a 42-year-old woman, was ar-rested and turned over to the Drug Enforce-ment Administration, along with the cocaine and pickup truck. The woman’s three minor children, who were also in the vehicle, were released to a relative.
Martin R. Clark, patrol agent in charge of the Eagle Pass South station, lauded agents’ ef-forts in seizing the large load of cocaine.
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Agents intercept coke shipment
said.Units from Smiley,
Belmont, Ottine, Nixon, Luling, Waelder and others joined the Gon-zales VFD in trying to battle the final blaze of the day, which appears to have been started by sparks created by a pass-ing train. The sparks ig-nited a grass fire which then caught hold of a huge stack of old rail-road ties. Schmidt said that once that fire was contained, firefighters were allowing it to burn itself out.
The sparks “are a com-mon problem out there because of the increased load” being carried by the rail cars haul-
ing oilfield equipment, Schmidt said.
“I talked to their CEO (Southern Pacific)
and he said they’re go-ing to be changing the way they’re doing some things,” Schmidt added.
He said the tracks along the line suffered dam-age and will need to be replaced.
said.He thanked the council
again for the confidence they placed in him and spoke to the city staff and meeting audience. He said he has an open door policy and invited citizens to con-tact him anytime if they have questions or concerns about something in the city.
“It’s your government, it’s your city, I’m just fortu-nate enough to work here,” Barnes said. “We’re going to unite the city and move forward.”
Barnes’ salary will be $97,000 a year, and his first day on the job is scheduled to be Sept. 6. Windwehen, who has been interim city manager since March, will become management ad-viser for the city. The terms and conditions of Barnes’ contract were not available at press time.
He introduced his wife
Brenda to the council, and said they have five kids and ten grandchildren.
“I look forward to serv-ing you,” Barnes said.
Barnes’ professional experience includes city manager of Sachse, Texas 2007-2011; City manager of Liberty, Texas 2002-2007; City administrator of Whitesboro, Texas 1985-1998; and Deputy Sheriff in Collin County, Texas 1985-1998.
His education back-ground includes a Master of Public Affairs degree from the University of Texas at Dallas, 1997; Bachelor of Arts degree from the Uni-versity of Texas at Dallas, 1993; Associate of Applied Science from Trinity Val-ley Junior College, 1980; Credentialed City Manager, International City/County Management Association, 2006 to present; and Certi-fied Public Manager from Southwest Texas State Uni-versity in 2000.
The Gonzales CannonThursday, August 18, 2011 Page A3
FIRES: Area departments respond
Promotionhighlightsspecial pets
Welcome aboardGonzales Mayor Bobby O’Neal welcomes new city manager Allen L. Barnes during Tuesday’s council meeting. (Photo by Nikki Maxwell)
Raging grass fireA raging grass fire threatens to jump County Road 237 Tuesday afternoon. Fire-fighters from several agencies contributed to battling this and two other blazes in northern Gonzales County Tuesday. (Photo courtesy Davis Mattias)
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H-E-B: Groundbreaking on new store set
BARNES: Looking forward to new job
Back in Black:
CITY OIL $$ Gonzales council approves land lease for drilling
The City of Gonzales is now in the oil business!
During a special called city council meeting Tuesday night, the council unanimously approved an agreement with AV-Tech Oil & Gas, LLC.
“We’ve been here for about four months leasing land in Gonzales, so now we are asking to city to allow us to lease 800 acres from the city,” said Rick Mcrae of AV-Tech Oil & Gas, LLC. “This is going to be part of an ongoing deal trying to get all of the individu-als into the city of Gonzales, to form units and drill horizontal wells under the city.”
Mcrae said his company has al-ready acquired seven of their drill sites around the city to set up drilling rigs.
“I’ve drilled about 250 oil wells and some of them are around the city,” Mcrae said.
He said his business partner, Lou Waters has the financial expertise for the project. Waters was the founding chairman of BFI.
“He built the company up from nothing to 6 billion dollars a year, so I think we have a good team to make this thing happen,” Mcrae said. “Hopefully we’ll begin drilling with-in the next year or two and get some revenues for the city and the people of Gonzales.”
Schurig asked Mcrae to clarify the bonus amounts per acre.
“The $200 per ace will be in a ca-shier’s check right away, and then as we finish up our leases and able to do our units with the railroad commis-sion, we will kick in another $300 per acre,” Mcrae explained. “This will be a good venture for all of us.”
According to Mcrae, the total amount paid to the City on Wednes-day morning was approximately $158,800. The term of the lease is two years up front, and more after they begin drilling and pumping out oil.
“You will also be receiving 20 to 40 percent of the royalties from each unit,” Mcrae said. “We’re hoping that it will be a big windfall for the city on the royalties. Naturally we don’t want
to drill wells that don’t make money.” The council also approved an oil,
gas and mineral lease between the city and Don and Nancy Ford.
“The Ford’s are asking for an oil and gas lease for 38 acres owned by the city historically referred to as ‘Unopened Street’,” said City Attorney Jackie Williamson. “This property is probably of no use to anyone else ex-cept the Fords.”
The city announced two dates of public hearings regarding the pro-posed tax rate of 26.03 cents per hun-dred dollars of value.
“That is the rate we, the city ad-ministration recommend you set it at for next year,” Windwehen said. “There is no change in the rate.”
The state tax law prescribes a for-mula for setting the tax rate, and the procedure for that.
“Tonight we start the process of doing that,” Windwehen said. “The effective tax rate comes out to 25.18 cents, so under the law you are still raising the tax rate (even if you keep it the same).”
He said the city had approximately 1.9 million in new construction.
“That’s new value and the law al-lows you to enjoy additional revenue from that,” Windwehen said. “The ad-ditional revenue from re-evaluation is about $16,000. That’s not much money and the city has a lot of needs. The general fund needs a lot of mon-ey for the community.”
The public hearing dates are Aug. 30 and Sept. 6.
A public hearing was held during the meeting regarding a nomination of Southern Clay Products (SCP) for the Texas Enterprise Zone Program.
“Enterprise Zone was created by the state of Texas to help companies grow and expand their business in Texas,” said Jon Such of SCP. “Its an economic development sales tax in-centive partnering the state and local government to help local employ-ment and support business develop-ment.”
He explained that as a company grows they are eligible to apply for a state sales tax refund. He said Enter-prise Zone is a performance based,
allowing qualified businesses to re-ceive a refund of $2,500-$7,500 per job created or retained during a five year period.
Such said SCP is expanding across Church Street in Gonzales, and plans a multi-million dollar expansion over the next five years.
“All these expansions will require job growth,” Such said. “During this summer expansion alone we have added seven new jobs ranging from engineer to warehouse personnel.”
The city adopted the ordinance and nominated Southern Clay Prod-ucts for the Enterprise Zone Program.
The council approved GEDC’s Small Business Incentive Grant Pro-gram and budget amendment related to it.
During their Aug. 1 meeting, GEDC made a line item move of $100,000 from “new business” to “ex-pansion and retention of business” in their budget
“It’s a matching ‘1 to 1’ grant with a maximum of $25,000,” said Carolyn Gibson-Baros, Gonzales Economic Development Director.
The council also approved a reso-lution of participation in tax abate-ments and Enterprise Zones in the city.
“This is a necessary thing for the Enterprize Zone designation for Southern Clay,” Gibson said.
The council adopted guidelines for the terms and conditions for tax abatements the city chooses to do. They also approved an amendment with the agreement between GEDC and Tropical Fusions.
During public comment, JoAnn Leifeste asked the council when the city audit would be posted on the website.
“It will be published shortly after we receive it,” Windwehen said. “I don’t mean to give you an ambiguous answer, but we should receive it dur-ing the next several weeks.”
Following executive session, the council announced Allen L. Barnes as the new city manager (see related story).
The next scheduled council meet-ing is Aug. 30 at 5:30 p.m.
Hall, H-E-B’s vice president and gen-eral manager for the Gulf Coast re-gion. “We’re very pleased to be able to bring this facility to the wonderful and historic Gonzales community. According to the documentation I found, we opened our first store in Gonzales in 1927.”
The new store will include a deli, bakery, pharmacy, a drive-through pharmacy lane, an expanded general merchandise, meat market, and pro-duce areas, as well as a separate fuel
stop area.“Every H-E-B is different, and we’re
proud to be able to bring you the new phase in H-E-B,” he added.
Sandy Hartensteiner, the company’s regional director of retail operations, said the new facility will employ an additional 75-80 employees in addition to the cur-rent crew of 99.
“We do not want our customers going to Seguin to buy their groceries,” she said.
Gonzales Chamber of Commerce Director Barbara Hand said the new store is great news for the community.
““We are excited about this new
store,” she said. “All the oil boom and new business coming in has put a real demand on the old store. H-E-B has been a big supporter of this commu-nity for years.”
The new store will face Church St., and the city is already working on plans for expanded traffic.
“We are thrilled to see our vision become a reality for the Gonzales community,” Hall said. “Everything about our newest store, from its de-sign to its product offerings, is specif-ically tailored to meet the needs and desires of the community.”
Proposed H-E-B facilityArtist’s rendition of the planned 53,000-square-foot H-E-B store in Gonzales, to be located at the corner of Church St. and Sarah DeWitt Drive. (Courtesy Photo)
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FOGAS is holding a “Back in Black,” promo-tion between Monday, Aug. 15 and Saturday, Sept. 17 to highlight adorable, adoptable black dogs, cats, puppies and kittens. It is part of 34-day promotion across the United States being supported by nation-al animal welfare organiza-tion Best Friends Animal Society.
Supported by Best Friends Animal Society, adoption fees will be 50% off!
“Rescue groups and shelters across the country know black cats and dogs are often incredibly friend-ly and loving, sometimes
really silly, they can be your best hiking buddy or a real lap baby,” said Mary Anne MacLean, FOGAS co-founder. “They each have their own personal-ity. Unfortunately, they get overlooked. By participat-ing in this national pro-motion and featuring only black animals -- and cut-ting adoption fees in half -- we are hoping people will take a second look and get to know these characters for the wonderful four-footed family members they can be.”
To meet FOGAS’s eb-ony charmers visit www.gonzalescats.webs.com for cats and www.gonzales-petadoptions.webs.com for dogs.
This adoption event is part of Best Friends Ani-mal Society’s lofty, but reachable goal of No More Homeless Pets®, which aims to end the killing of dogs and cats in America’s shelters. FOGAS (Friends of Gonzales Animal Shel-ter) is a participating member of the No More Homeless Pets® Network, a program of Best Friends Animal Society, offers help and support to animal res-cue groups that save lives in their communities.
By NIKKI MAXWELL
As students across the country prepare to go back to class, they are not alone. Parents of children in ev-ery grade are also ramping up for their school year duties.
Parents may not be the ones sit-ting in the classrooms all day (unless you’re a teacher), but most do put in their time.
Many parents are very involved in what their children do before, during and after school. Whether its driving their child to team practices, rehears-als, lessons, games, meetings, com-petitions, or fundraisers, parents are the silent force behind their student’s happiness and success.
Here are just a few of the things parents shuttle their children back and forth to during the school year: Sports (football, volleyball, baseball, soccer, track meets, tennis, golf, soft-ball, swimming), cheerleading, band, twirling, dance team, 4H, Future Farmers of America, Future Scien-tists of America, Girl Scouts, Boy
Scouts, Brownies and Cub Scouts.And then of course there are field
trips, PTO/PTA meetings, and more fundraising summits. Its enough to make you tired just thinking about it, let alone planning and doing it all.
Add to that the fact that most par-ents today work full time, and still manage to work this incredible load into their already packed schedule. Is it any wonder why we Mom’s drink so much caffeine! We have to stay awake while we are driving!
I am one of those crazy-busy
Moms, with two sons. One is in high school and the other in junior high. Allow me share with you something that happened to me recently.
Last week I left work on my lunch hour to pick up my oldest son and take him to his summer job. That was at noon, but I had already driven him to band practice that morning. After his four hour shift at work I had to drive him back home to change clothes, and then back to band practice for the evening. I picked him up when that was over at 8 p.m. and drove him to a ‘church youth group’ end of summer pool party. I went home, cooked dinner, and picked him back up two hours later.
Somewhere throughout that busy day, I managed to attend two meet-ings, shoot pictures at a ribbon cut-ting ceremony, have about 75 tele-phone conversations, respond to about 200 email messages, and write three stories. All in a mother’s day of
work!My son may have been the one
marching in the heat throughout the day, but I was definitely worn out before he was. And that’s OK. That’s the way it is supposed to be.
You see, we parents put ourselves through all of the coordinated chaos because that is our job. We are our child’s personal assistant, taxi, coun-selor, confidant, life coach, cheer-leader, and piggy bank.
We do it because we love them, and if we don’t keep pushing our-selves to push them, who will?
We sacrifice our time and sanity so that our children know we love them and believe in them. There is nothing we won’t do to make sure our offspring believe in themselves and get the full benefit of every ex-tracurricular program that interests them.
So here’s a “parent’s back to school” checklist:
School supplies — Check.
School clothes — Check. A year’s supply of coffee — Check. Gas in the car for Mom and Dad
to drive you all over town — Check. Extra strength Tylenol for head-
aches — Check.A phone list of every parent on
every team with your child so you can take turns driving the carpool — Check.
More coffee — Check.More Tylenol — Check.Emergency cash stashed away in
case of a last minute ‘birthday pres-ent’ — Check.
More gas money — Check.Emails of all family members in
case of last minute fundraiser — Check.
Your child’s Facebook password so you can check their messages while they are sleeping — Check.
Ten more hours in the day — Working on it.
Welcome back to school, have a great year!
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‘Terrorists?’ Tea Party sends a wakeup call, not a threat
We Tea Party supporters are being called “terrorists” while we are being blamed by liberals for the downgrad-ing of America’s credit rating. At the same time, many Tea Party supporters are feel-ing low because they feel we “lost” the fight against raising the federal debt ceiling.
However, before Tea Party supporters get too discour-aged, we should look at where we started and where we are today.
Just two years ago, a Tea Party supported candidate had no chance to win; however, 2010 brought us major success across the nation. Today, we have focused and framed the national political debate.
First, the Tea Party sent a wake-up call to the nation about the peril of routinely overspending and raising the debt ceiling. Second, we have focused attention on the Balanced Budget Amendment.
Third, we have shown our leaders in Washington, DC that we will not blindly follow policies we do not support. Fourth, we are standing on principle (not party) and insisting our demands be taken seri-ously.
Fifth and finally, we hate to say “we told you so” but it is hard not to say it in light of nation’s credit rating downgrade caused because Congress did not do enough to address the debt issue.
The culmination of the debate was an
eleventh-hour compromise which honored many of our concerns and forced the President and Senate to re-treat on some of their liberal demands. Many in the press are crediting the Tea Party for holding the line. The left hates us even more for the power we have shown, while the right believes we need to push further. So why should Tea Party supporters bemoan this as “loss?”
We need to take credit for a success but realize that it didn’t go far enough. We need to recognize that we can only do so much with one house of Con-gress.
We also should not pick a fight with our friends by implying that they have betrayed us on this one issue (albeit a very big and important one) by voting to raise the debt ceiling. There will always be people on all sides who feel extreme passion on any is-sue, and passion usually overrides reason.
We must not be discouraged or blind with anger but rather recommit to vote out the people who support more taxes and more government spending. Big govern-ment is the problem, and we need to starve it to shrink it.
In short, we need to work on the 2012 elections by educating and informing peo-ple and then getting them to the polls. The Tea Party is not going to go away. We are going to keep demanding that government
I started to not even come into work Mon-day, seeing as it was one of the major High Holy Days of my religion, but duty compelled that I get up and get out be-cause stories needed to be covered.
Mind you, I have a feeling most of our readers would have un-derstood, since even if we’re not of the same denomination, we share a com-mon deity.
I did finish up at the office early in the afternoon, however, and scooted to the house to begin preparations after fasting all day (well, except for that chicken-fried steak from Toni’s, but Toni’s food is exempt from fasting requirements).
I rearranged the prayer rug, and made sure the TV was facing Mecca. The grill got started and I made sure that no pork products were involved in the celebra-tory feast except for the bacon wrapping the mini-tenderloin kabobs; the mini-sausages in the crock pot were all beef.
Twice-baked potatoes, queso and chips, the obligatory cheese squares, and of course $30 worth of mini-Milky Way bars. My religion does not believe in killing innocent vegetables.
A lot of you readers are quite aware that I’m not an especially religious kind of guy, so to dispel any notions — no, I’m not talking about Ramadan. I’m talking about football.
It’s not only the national sport of Tex-as, it’s our state religion.
After months of agonizing withdrawal, finally at 7 o’clock Monday night, I was able to switch on the TV and see some-thing other than soccer, left-wing media bias, reality TV and movie re-runs on the SyFy Channel.
My Texans are back.The minute she heard the “Monday
Night Football” music, my elder chihua-hua Itty Bit did what every good mother should do — shield the youngling. She showed Chesty the best place to hide un-der the bed until Daddy stopped scream-ing.
My apologies to the neighbors; no need to call 9-1-1 about the domestic distur-bance across the hall last night, it was just me celebrating that first touchdown on Matt Lienart’s throw to the Nigerian run-
ning back whose name I can neither spell nor pro-nounce.
Yes, it was just a pre-season game and yes, the starters only played a few minutes so the final outcome means nothing. Nonetheless, I’ll take a 20-16 Texans win over the Jets as proof that Texans fans stand on the
verge of the Rapture.Some people live their lives vicariously
through their children. I have no chil-dren, so I live my life vicariously through Matt Schaub, Andre Johnson and Arian Foster.
Football has the amazing ability to wash away all the gloom and doom we’ve dealt with over the past several months.
Hey, the socialists can implement man-datory Third World poverty policies for everyone except for the 14 people who pay taxes — I don’t care, so long as I got a TV and some chicken wings, Amen.
China’s planning to invade us through Mexico? Who cares? Did you see how Texans rookie defensive end Brooks Reed played like Thor Monday? Praise Wade Phillips!
Drought? What drought? The grass in Reliant Stadium looked green to me. Hal-lelujah!
War, pestilence, famine? Those are al-ways around. Did you see the Nigerian running back score the game-winning TD? Rick Perry may have found religion, but it takes someone who has an out-standing relationship with the Almighty to conjure up a touchdown.
I know there are a lot of others out there who recognize the close relation-ship between football and the Almighty, even those hereticical Cowboys fans, may Kubiak have mercy on their souls.
For at least the next several months, I’ll be fully involved in observing my religion. Every game day, I’ll don my priestly vestments — the Texans hat and my No. 83 Kevin Walter jersey — and unfurl the Battle Red-and-Steel Blue banner. I may be the only attendee at my Sunday services, but I have little doubt the Good Lord will be there be-side me.
Or maybe it’ll just be Chesty, trying to get whatever food morsels from my feast that I happen to drop.
Praise the Lord andpass the footballs!
School is a busy time for most parents, too
Dear Editor,After reading your column
last week about school sup-plies, I have been thinking on the situation with entitlements. I believe that is something else schools are teaching in an ever so insidious way.
When you and your genera-tion needed money for a project for school, sports, band, etc...YOU all sold a product. YOU had to do the selling, take time to visit grumpy neighbors, YOU brought the chocolate bars home or the Popcorn can or whatever.
Now kids click a mouse, send a message to family/friends/un-known folks and that’s it! The money will be at the school, the band or wherever, then the kids will take the trip. They had NOTHING/NADA to do but click the mouse. That teaches entitlements big time!!
We, the buyers have to take OUR time to research the prod-uct and place to order, then send OUR money.
That’s why my wife and I have stopped supporting that sort of money raising project.
a] A donation directly to the child to give where it should go makes the child responsible to take part in the endeavor and thank the donor.
b] The band and school, whoever is raising money gets the whole amount. When you buy through some online shop-ping, the recipient gets only a percentage of the funds spent and the thanks are lost in the shuffle.
Thank you for letting me ad-dress this issue. I know I am not the only one thinking that way.
Don Huffaker,Luling
What is all thisstuff really for?Dear Editor,
With the school year right around the corner, I’m sure that all parents are doing the same as others. My question is “Does anyone else wonder about some of the supplies that are on the list?” In Nixon one item on the list for 6th grade is a 4GB flashcard. Fortunately we have computers at home, but does everyone else? Do the teachers making these list think about that?
Another item on the 5th grade list are dry erase mark-ers. What for? Are we to supply school supplies for the teachers?
I don’t think students have their own personal board to write on. A few years ago lockers were re-moved from the hallways mak-ing our kids having to carry everything in backpacks. Guess what, this year backpacks are prohibited. Lots of supplies to take to school, but in what?
My wife spent around $75 on supplies alone! Binders, folders, pencils, paper, markers, pens, tissue etc., but I guess home-work will make it home on a flashdrive.
Oscar CasasNixon
Teaching childrento be irresponsibleDear Editor,
Great column about the school supplies. I thought and felt the very same way when my daughter began Pre-K last year. Also, some teachers have told me that many of these supplies are not used and some are even thrown away after the school year has ended. I’m sorry, this is not how we teach our children about ‘sharing’. It is quite pos-sible that this lesson in ‘shar-ing’, while well-intentioned, is actually teaching some children at a very young age, that they don’t have to take responsibil-ity for themselves, their things, etc., because someone else will always pay for it. Conceivably, they could even make the infer-ence that it is okay for their own parents to not take responsibili-ty for them and their education, that it is someone’s else’s, some strangers responsibility. That is quite a disgusting thought.
Also, I found it interesting that one of the excuses a teacher gave hit on the equality issue. It seems to me that if that is the reasoning of the school/school board, then they should go ahead with implementing school uniforms. We wouldn’t want one child to have bet-ter clothing than another. That would go even further to insure that all children were the same and treated equally. Would it not?
You’re right, you are probably going to catch some flak, but things like this need to be put into the public forum. You have just put on paper what many in this community have been thinking for the past several years. Keep up the good work.
Ian ChristopherGonzales
System teacheskids to be ‘takers’Dear Editor,
Oh Nikki, What a wonder-ful eye opening piece for those with their heads buried in the sand. I was one of those parents that refused to stop putting my kids names on their stuff. We went shopping, they picked out what they wanted from the SALE shelves, I used my cou-pons and I put their name on their things and informed the teachers that if someone else needed something they could share and to let me know who it was. Why? I would take a box of crayons to the parents of that child. But you know what, our sweet teachers wouldn’t tell me because they knew I would do it. These parents are teaching their children to be “takers” just like they are. They have plenty of money for a 6 pack of beer or pack of cigarettes or worse but can’t buy their kids school needs because they expect someone else to take care of it.
Julie HurtGonzales
Thanks for takingup the issueDear Editor,
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for writ-ing this Nikki!!! I agree wtih you 100%!!! I too, have to now buy supplies for 2 children and it gets costly. Last year, my son came home with tape around his folder because it was fall-ing apart. Why could they not replace it? I did buy several for him. And the glue and crayons...um this year I bought one glue and 2 boxes (not the requested 3 and 4 respectivly). And the dry erase markers, what exactly does my 5 year old need them for? But I bought them anyway.
I too feel that I should not supply the teacher’s personal
needs for the classroom. This year, I will ask for another folder once I see tape on them and for another set of colors once I see them worn and broken. And I did not wait last minute to buy these supplies. I got right over to the store when the GISD web-site published the list.
Crystal PullinGonzales
Life is nota group projectDear Editor,
And we don’t need teachers to indoctrinate us on how to share. That’s why we have par-ents. It’s not selfish to want to take care of yourself and your family. It’s something everyone should aspire to do. And “teach-ing to share” may only end up causing those kids “taught” to share to resent not only the re-cipients of the forced sharing, but especially those who forced them to share. And that resent-ment may later manifest itself when they’re adults, pulling the lever for the entire slate of Republican candidates. So, hey, teachers, go ahead and teach your students to share. We need more Republican voters.
Michael FoutchNebraska
Heartless woman,ignorant womanDear editor,
You know Nikki, the more I read your “opinion,” the more it upset me. You sound like some stuck-up, loud-mouthed broad who has no compassion and is totally ignorant.
Just because our children share school supplies IN NO WAY IMPLIES COMMUNISM IN OUR CLASSROOMS AT GISD. How can the Cannon ac-tually pay you to write this trash? Let me ask you something, when you go to a party and you bring
your beer, because we all know you drink, and the person’s house you take it to they put it in the fridge or in a cooler with the rest of the beer for everyone at the party to enjoy - are all of you communists? Give me a break! You sound like an ignorant, (un-learned) loudmouth that some-one, for some unknown reason, allows to write in a community paper. Shame on you for put-ting these thoughts in children’s heads.
And how dare you say about people who are not as fortunate as you and your family that, “The important thing is that the people who sit at home are nice and cool while they watch TV. And they can relax knowing that you paid for their child’s school supplies too.” Are you really that thick or is there something wrong with you? Not everyone who is on government assistance actually wants to be on it. I know that blows your little mind.
Nikki, communism is more than just SHARING. It is a so-ciopolitical movement that goes far beyond sharing. I’m disap-pointed in the Cannon for let-ting your small mind print such propaganda that cuts so deep es-pecially with our troops fighting and dying for our country.
Lee ScottGonzales
Irresponsibility isa learned traitDear Editor,
I used to teach in the GISD. While I do share the frustration on how some individuals feel about buying school supplies for the whole class I can tell you that by the time they got to me at the high school it didn’t matter.
Most of the students never learned to keep up with their own supplies anyway and most of the time never brought any at all. I was always having to sup-ply them and I rarely got sup-port from my colleagues. I had
to utilize my own cash (getting a tax deduction in the end) to do so but the students knew I had limits. Once I reached the limit I began to charge them and the funds went directly into buying more supplies for the class.
R. JacksonGonzales
Glad I teach ina Catholic schoolDear Editor,
Wow, we heed the commands to “love thy neighbor”; take se-riously Jesus’ words “ whatever you do for the least of my broth-ers you do for me” and don’t think of Jesus as Communistic for his miracle of the multipli-cation of the loaves and fishes. Let’s be sure the rhetoric in town is not just racism and bigotry wrapped up in red, white and blue. I bought a bag of crayons and glue and will leave at the pri-mary school. Ask in the office if you need them.
Dee Dee SengelmannGonzales
Column nailedthe problemDear Editor,
Well we have some parents that are having their nails done, having drinking parties, getting tattoos, spending their welfare money that they receive once a month on things that does not help their kids only themselves. Why because the parents know that the other parents will buy the supplies and their kids will benefit from that.Why buy all the supplies when you can get it free,right? Well its wrong but it happens, And No I am not HEARTLESS it’s the truth.WAKE UP PARENTS it’s your fault for buying and sending all those supplies.
Sylvia Lopez CantuGonzales
The Gonzales CannonThursday, August 18, 2011 Page A5
This Week’s Topic: Involuntary Sharing of School SuppliesA column last week by News Editor Nikki Maxwell generated such a large number of responses by both
mail and on-line comments, we decided to dedicate the “In Your View” page over to that topic this week.
In Your View
Letters to the editor
Working for it, versushaving it just ‘appear’
As a child I bought no school sup-plies until Junior High: the magic year that I could buy pencils, com-passes, rulers, notebooks, etc. No backpacks; we carried our books proudly home in our arms. Seventh grade was also the first year of home-work. We thought ourselves quite grown-up.
All crayons, paste, construction paper, etc, was provided. All that I needed was a lunch box or stack of brown paper bags. I’m not quite sure when that changed. I can’t remem-ber buying too many school supply items for any of my children in grade school, unless it was poster board or other project necessities.
For my grandchildren, the story has changed. Finding the correct list and the exact items – especially folders with brads – in a jam-packed WalMart aisle is a dreaded excursion for parents, while kids see the excite-ment of designed folders, the most expensive binders, and the latest in writing instruments. School needs opposing a child’s wants often create family arguing and frustration.
Yes, I’d like what I buy to stay in the possession of the child it was pur-
chased for. I plan ahead, buy extra, and tuck them away for use through-out the year. The prices in August are very reasonable and make this realistic.
As a teacher, there are some other considerations. My students often use their dry erase markers with a white board to conserve paper. If they all contribute one marker to the bin, all students have a marker to work with when needed. No time is wasted due to student forgetful-ness, finding an alternative for that student, or questions from admin-istrators as to why all students aren’t doing the same thing. There is a tally sheet to ensure that all students have brought a marker, or other supply, to donate.
A ream of paper, I’m guessing, is to combat district budget cuts to the paper supply. Students often receive worksheets, rather than copying problems on their own paper. Read-ing marks and notes cannot be made in a textbook, but can be made on a paper copy to help students focus on the details of the passage.
Little ones truly can go through boxes of crayons, which are much more fitted to tiny hands than are pencils.
Ziplocs can protect or keep papers together, providing an early organi-zation tool. Ziplocs can be used for anything from holding flash cards, vocabulary cards, or Mardi bucks to a lost tooth. I guess Ziplocs fall into the same category as tissues, paper towels, and GermX.
Unfortunately, we deal with the reality of school budgets. Over the last 8-10 years, the Texas school bud-get has been reduced to an extremely low percentage of the state budget. If textbooks or library budgets are on the chopping block, do you re-ally think the legislators in Austin are concerned with whether or not pub-lic schools in all districts have tissues? Trust me, it’s easy to go through box-es and boxes of them, and very few young people carry a handkerchief!
So, who buys these extra supplies? The teachers, for sanity and survival, buy them of course. The same teach-ers who print worksheets or have students write on the “clean” side of already printed paper. Those teach-ers who pick up abandoned pencils off the hallway floors, those who help a kid out with forgotten lunch money or by buying the often not-needed fundraiser items. We buy cleaner to scrub desks to kill germs, lamps to il-
luminate the room when using pro-jectors, and duct tape to make safe the computer cords strung across the classroom floor. Where else can you work where you can buy your own supplies?
Then there are the reward stickers, pencils, etc. that teachers purchase to attach to super papers or to ac-knowledge a job well done. Birthday bookmarks and AR lunch time with the teacher are all out of a teacher’s pocket. No, we didn’t have them growing up, but – like it or not – it’s a different world. Ask any business owner about motivation, or better yet, ask any CEO if he’d give up his yearly bonus in trade for the feeling of a job well done.
And let’s talk about the students themselves. The ones who never bring supplies. Those who assume that someone else will rescue them and supply their needs. Students who break perfectly good, new pen-cils because they feel like it or be-cause they are upset. Students who are well-dressed and carry the latest model cell phone and have lunch brought to them daily.
Students who, at locker clean-out time, throw away dividers still in the packages, notebooks with a few
used pages, new binders, rulers, even shoes and jackets. Unbelievable? Yes, but ask any of the teachers who have dug through a trash can looking for textbooks or library books and pulled out all of the above!
Let them go without? We can’t do that. Reminders and lectures fall on deaf ears. A student knows class can’t continue until he or she has something to write with, so one must be provided. “Why should some-one else’s mama buy your school supplies?” Ultimately, in the current system, the teacher is responsible for the learning, therefore also for the pencils.
Who is responsible for this sense of entitlement and waste that many students have? Parents have got to be part of this equation.
We were so proud to carry our own books and pencil bags. We were proud to finally have home-work. School and learning was part of growing up. It meant we were on our way to a future – whatever future we could envision and were willing to work for. Maybe we are losing more than the cost of extra crayons and tissues.
Darwina Gaytan is a Gonzales ISD teacher.
Are we talking about communism, survival or entitlement?By DARWINA GAYTANGuest Editorialist
The Gonzales Cannon Thursday, August 18, 2011Page A6
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The Community Health Center of South Cen-tral Texas in Gonzales officially opened their new clinic Friday — The Women’s Wellness Center and WIC (Women Infants and Children). The clinic is dedicated to the health of women and children in Gonzales and the sur-rounding area.
Construction on the site, located on St. George St. in downtown Gon-zales, began last year and was completed last month. Funding for the facility came from several grants and other financial sources.
“Together we have ac-complished so much, its wonderful,” said Commu-nity Health Clinic CEO Henry Salas.
According to Salas, none of the funding to build the new clinic was borrowed, and therefore the facility is debt free.
“We have no accumu-lated debt, it has all been paid for,” he said. “That’s the direction we wanted to take from the begin-ning. Debt is what gets health centers in trouble.”
He said the Commu-
nity Health Clinic‘s bud-get is $8,239,514, has net assets of $2,301,599, and $4,087,270 for personnel.
“We have had a growth of $1,791,694 since the current board has taken over,” Salas said. “All the growth and this expan-sion project were paid for through foundation fed-eral grants.”
He told The Cannon that more than $500,000 in free medication has been given to patients at the Gonzales clinic in the past two years. Salas said that is possible through the Pfizer Program, As-tra-Zenica, and direct relief prescription assis-tance programs. He said if qualified, patients can take home a free 90 day supply of their prescrip-tions.
“We are not a free clinic, that is a common misun-derstanding,” Salas said. “We have many patients with health insurance and the others pay what they can afford.”
Patrick Caldwell, Wom-en’s Health Nurse Prac-titioner, offered a tour of the new clinic and a brief history of the facil-ity. Caldwell has been em-ployed by the center since 1984.
“We felt like we needed to do more for women in this community,” Caldwell said.
She said the new clinic has seven examination rooms, allowing for more appointments for patients. She said 150-200 women come to the clinic from within Gonzales County and the surrounding area.
“I thank you for allow-ing us to build this and serve the whole commu-nity,” Caldwell said during the celebration Friday.
She introduced Dr. Azeema Moosa, the OB/GYN on staff at the wom-en’s clinic. Moosa spoke to the crowd about the importance of women’s reproductive health ser-vices.
“Without places like the family planning clinic here and birth control, there would be thousands more unwanted pregnan-cies and abortions in our country,” Moosa said. “We’re very lucky to have a place like this clinic where we can help women and children with their essential health needs. And as an OB/GYN I can take it a step further.”
She said many women suffer silently with ex-treme pain, not knowing what their options are or where to get help.
“We are here for you, to answer your questions and help you feel better,” Moosa said.
On the wall of the clinic a bulletin board covered with nearly a hundred baby pictures. On another wall is a picture of a new-born baby with a pink shirt that reads: “I got my first hug from Dr. Moosa.”
WIC Director Emma Garza said she is very grateful for the new clinic.
“We needed a new place,” Garza said. “We started in 1978 with three people here in Gonzales. Working with WIC grows on you and we have a great staff.”
She said the WIC staff enjoy helping new mom’s with breast feeding sup-port.
“We are a family,” Garza said.
Gonzales Mayor Bobby O’Neal said the city is in full support of the clinic’s expansion.
“With the conveyance of the land to the Com-munity Health Clinic, what a fine facility you have here,” O’Neal said.
He and Rep. John Keumpel recognized Salas for his work to help the community and thanked him on behalf of the whole community.
Salas told The Cannon that the dental clinic is ex-panding soon, thanks to a grant from the St. David’s Foundation. The funds include $661,000 to pay for a dentist, staff and to build a new building dedi-cated to dental services.
He said construction is expected to begin in 2-3 years, and services will in-clude braces, crowns and other orthodontic care. The clinic already has a very busy dental staff, of-fering cleanings, check-ups and fillings.
“We are one stop shop-ping for health and den-tal services,” Salas said. “People from Port LaVaca even come here for their dental care because of our sliding pay scale.”
The clinic also cel-ebrated the new partner-ship with Bluebonnet Trails MHMR. The com-
munity service organiza-tion recently relocated to the clinic’s main building.
“We are so grateful for this and the city’s support,” said Andrea Richardson, of Bluebon-net and the Behavioral Health Department.
“We integrated our fa-cility with Bluebonnet and combined our re-sources to save money,” Salas said. “They moved all their programs into our building and now their psychiatrist is work-ing with our physicians. I think the relationship is great, and we share hu-man resources costs be-cause we use their HR department.”
He said the clinic is outsourcing their billing, which lost some posi-tions but saved the clinic money.
“We also outsourced our accounting services, but due to a reorgani-zation of our staff we did not lose any per-sonnel with that,” Salas said. “Better to right-size than get into a cash crunch, and we are not cutting any of our ser-vices.”
He said they are pick-ing up the slack from other community health clinics in the area and look forward to con-
tinuing their growth in patients and services.
“We applied for a point access grant to open a clinic in Yoakum, but we were turned down for the funding,” Salas said. “Our application was strong, but the 350 projects were cut down to 260, and then to just 60 throughout the state.”
He said the Gonza-les site serves more than 1,800 people from Lavaca and DeWitt Counties.
“Our hope is another grant will be available to build in Yoakum. We want to be there,” Salas said. “Usually you find that Hispanics have the most health issues in this area, however we learned that in Yoakum, the Ger-man-Americans are the ones with the most health problems. We want to help them.”
He said the dominant health issues in Yoakum include diabetes, hyper-tension and high cho-lesterol, mostly due to a traditional diet of heavy, fatty foods.
The Women’s Health Clinic offers healthy cooking classes every Tuesday at 4 p.m., open to everyone. For more information or to sched-ule an appointment, call (830) 672-6511.
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Clinic ribbon-cuttingThe Community Health Center of South Central Texas held ribbon-cutting ceremonies Friday at their new facility on St. George Street. The clinic is the home of the WIC program, which promotes healthy nutrition programs for women and infants (right). (Photos by Nikki Maxwell)
By NIKKI MAXWELL
Proud of new facilityHenry Salas, the CEO of the Community Health Center of South Central Texas, speaks during Friday’s ribbon-cutting ceremonies. (Photo by Nikki Maxwell)
Gonzales County Courthouse Deeds
August 1-31Schmidt Jr., Henry C. and
Schmidt, Debbie S to H2 Operat-ing Procurement, w/d, 211.981 Acres, W T Williams A-492 & Adam Zumwalt A-304 Svys & Mienral Int. in 4.215 Acres, A Zumwalt Svy, A-304.
Redmon, Bill and Redmon, Mary to Gothard, Gary Shane and Gothard, Kari L, w/d, 5.0011 Acres, Jose De La Baume A-34 & Phineas James A-32 Svys.
Hodges, Kenneth and Kifer, Jane to Lucas Energy, Inc., o/l, 30.234 Acres, Richard Bibb Svy, A-104.
ABMC Corporation to In-vesteco Group, LLC, w/d, 2.514 Acres (Pt. Lt. 3) Cartwheel Sub-dvn, Gonzales.
Hosek, Allen to Forest Oil Cor-poration, o/l, 73.130 Acres, John Florence Svy, A-213.
Wilson, John R., Wilson, David C and Bowen, Judy M to Bishop, Michael C and Bishop, Jimmie Dee, w/d, 34.79 Acres, Mariana Ariola A-88, John A Winn A-465 & Wm. K. Hargis A-273 Svys.
East, Shauna Renee to Karnau, Herbert, w/d, 0.24 of an Acre (Pt. Lts. 1-2, Blk. 4) Titcomb’s Addn, Gonzales.
Tealer, Ronald C. and Tealer, Lona Mae to Tealer, Milam W. and Tealer, Verda M, w/d, 31.40 Acres, R M Green Svy, A-227.
Basquez, Chad to Basquez, Pa-tricia, w/d, Pt. Lts, 7-8, Ewing’s 1st
Addn, Gonzales.Basquez, Dustin Cole (Admin)
and Basquez, Patricia Ann (Estate) to Wilkerson, Harlen J., w/d, Pt. Lts 7-8, Ewing’s 1st Addn, Gon-zales.
Brown, Alma Nell and Brown, Rebecca B. (Atty-in-Fact) to Vil-lagomez, Arturo, w/d, Lt. 5 & Pt. Lts 4,6, 7, Blk. 3, Lowry Ware Addn, Nixon.
Grauke Living Trust, H.W., Grauke Living Trust, B.L., Grauke, Harold W. (Co-trustee) and Grauke, Brenda L. (Co-Trustee) to Ford, Don H. and Ford, Nancy M. w/d73.438 Acres, William John-son Svy, A-290.
McMahon III, John T. and Mc-
Mahon, Charlotte J. to Forest Oil Corporation, o/l, 92.460 Acres, Wade Horton Svy, A-257.
GonzalesThe Gonzales Livestock Market
Report for Saturday, August 13, 2011 had on hand: 2,161.
Compared to our last sale: Calves and yearlings sold $2.00 to $3.00 higher. Packer cows sold steady.
Stocker-feeder steers: medium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs., $166-$175; 300-400 lbs., $137-$148; 400-500 lbs., $127-$135; 500-600 lbs., $120-$124; 600-700 lbs., $114-$117; 700-800 lbs., $108-$112.
Bull yearlings: 700-900 lbs., $98-$114.
Stocker-feeder heifers: medium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs., $134-$170; 300-400 lbs., $123-$127; 400-500 lbs., $118-$121; 500-600 lbs., $109-$115; 600-700 lbs., $106-$108.
Packer cows: good lean utility and commercial, $49-$56; cutters, $57-$63; canners, $39-$47; low yielding fat cows, $54-$59.
Packer bulls: yield grade 1 & 2, good heavy bulls, $69-$74; light weights and medium quality bulls, $66-$68.
Stocker cows: $650-$850.Pairs: $775-$900.Thank you for your business.
View our sale live at cattleusa.com!
NixonThe Nixon Livestock Com-
mission Inc. report had on hand, Aug.15, 2011, 2,618.
Steers: 200-300 lbs, $127 to $137 to $180; 300-400 lbs, $122 to $132 to $168; 400-500 lbs, $114 to $124 to $145; 500-600 lbs, $109 to $119 to $129; 600-700 lbs, $106 to $116 to $126; 700-800 lbs, $95 to $105 to $125.
Heifers: 200-300 lbs, $102 to $112 to $153; 300-400 lbs, $107 to $117 to $150; 400-500 lbs, $105 to $115 to $160; 500-600 lbs $103 to $113 to $124; 600-700 lbs, $100 to $110 to $117; 700-800 lbs, $91 to $101 to $114.
Slaughter cows: $35 to $52 to $67; Slaughter bulls: $57 to $67 to $75. Stocker cows: $410 to $899. Pairs, $260-$790.
Notices: We will be closed on September 5, 2011 for Labor Day
HallettsvilleThe Hallettsville Livestock
Commission Co., Inc had on hand on August 9, 2011, 3,543 week ago, 2,604, year ago, 1,033.
Compared to last week, better quality classes of calves and year-lings sold mostly $2 to $4 lower. Steer classes 450 lbs and under sold $2 to $4 higher. Plainer qual-
ity classes were hard. Packer cows and bulls sold
steady. Fat cows $1 to $2 higher on 610 Hd. total.
Packer Cows: higher dressing utility & cutter cows, $53-$66.50; lower dressing utility & cutter cows, $43-
$53; light weight canner cows, $34-$43.
Packer Bulls: Heavyweight bulls, $73-$79; Utility & cutter bulls, $67-$73; light weight canner bulls, $58-$67.
Stocker and feeder calves and yearlings: No. 1 steer & bull calves: under 200 lbs, $140-$178; 200-300lbs, $135-$175; 300-400lbs, $128-$162.50; 400-500lbs, $120-$142; 500-600lbs, $113-$131; 600-700lbs, $111-
123; 700-800lbs, $105-$120. No. 1 Heifer calves, under 200 lbs, $130-$168; 200-300lbs, $118-$156; 300-400lbs, $116-$132; 400-500lbs, $110-$128; 500-600lbs, $105-$118; 600-700lbs, $101-$115; 700-800lbs, $94-$110. No. 2 & 3 steer & bull calves, 200-300lbs, $102-$138; 300-400lbs, $100-$135; 400-500lbs, $95-$125; 500-600lbs, $92-$118; 600-700lbs, $88-$110. No. 2 & 3, heifer calves, 200-300lbs, $98-$124; 300-400lbs, $95-$120; 400-500lbs, $90-$114; 500-600lbs, $87-$110; 600-700lbs, $84-$102.
If we can help with marketing your livestock, please call 361-798-4336.
Anyone who wants a booth at Come & Take It should hustle their entry form on in for a savings of $25. The booth fee is $110 for the 12 by 12 space, but if it’s not in by Sept. 1, the fee goes up to $135. We’d also like to know if return-ing vendors want their same spot well before the deadline. The parade en-tries are done and can be picked up at the chamber office. They will be mailed out this week to those who entered last year.
There are new things at Come & Take It. Last year’s chicken-flying contest was fun, so we’re going to have several ages’ eating con-test, with cheese balls for the younger kids, hot dogs for the older ones and ja-lapenos for the grownups.
There will be an entry fee for all these contests and prizes will be given.
School starts Aug. 22, so get ready for school hours and school zones and re-member to put down that phone!
HEB held their ground-breaking ceremony at the new site on Wednesday, with the public invited to attend and hear the plans for the store.
If you saw lights at the Old Jail Museum Satur-day night, it wasn’t the ghost, it was the Luling Boy Scouts, (scouting for ghosts, probably). They spent the night here with Scout leaders for a field trip.
The business and ag committees met on Wednesday, as did the First Shot Cook-Off Com-
mittee.On Friday the cham-
ber finance and executive meeting will begin at 11:30 a.m.
Thursday will be South Texas Tour Team Roping, Gonzales Playday will have the arena on Saturday and the National Barrel Horse Association will be there on Sunday.
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Area Livestock ReportsWhat do the differentgrades of oil all mean?
The Oil Man
James Autry is a Gonzales County landowner and engineer in the oil and gas industry.
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Second Chance WinnerGloria Aguilar was the lucky winner of the lotto second chance drawing held at St. Joseph Food Mart. Pictured with Gloria receiving her check for $450 are her husband Victor Aguilar and Amir, owner of St. Joseph Food Mart. September 9 will be the next drawing, this time having two winners. First place will receive $500 and second place will receive $250. Amir thanks everyone for their busi-ness and stopping in and purchasing lottery tickets and wishes everyone good luck on the next drawing. (Photo by Debbie Toliver)
Deadline nearing for booth spotsfor Come and Take It Festival
Barbara Hand is the Executive Di-rector of the Gonzales Chamber of Commerce.
Around the Chamber Office
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If you have been watch-ing the roller coaster that is Wall Street the last few weeks, then you have seen quite the ride. Stocks have fallen like a rock and then re-covered, gold is climbing off the charts and oil has been in a steady decline. Speak-ing of oil, what commodity price do you look at? There is the WTI price, the Brent Oil price, Light Sweet Crude, etc. It can all make your head spin. I can’t help with most of this but we can shine a light on the commodity listings for oil.
The most obvious question is why are there so many listings for the cost of a barrel of oil? The answer is the oil in the barrel is different. Unlike the images that TV and movies portray of oil, in reality, it varies in weight, viscosity and even color all due to the exact chemical composition of the oil. The chemical composition var-ies because all oil is formed under differ-ent conditions and from different organic material all over the world. So by now you are probably asking yourself “I am with you so far but just because the exact chemical composition is different, why does it have a different price?” That an-swer is that the chemistry of the oil affects how it is refined and what final products it can be made into.
Crude oil is typically categorized by its weight and sulfur content. The weight measure is API gravity. API stands for the American Petroleum Institute. The American Petroleum Institute is the main US trade association for the oil and natu-ral gas industry. One of its responsibilities is to maintain the weights and standards for the industry. API gravity is a unit less measure (nevertheless it is referred to as degrees) of how heavy or light oil is as com-pared to water. Light crude is defined as having an API of more than 31.1. Medium Crude is between 22.3 and 31.1. Heavy Oil is defined as having an API less than
22.3. As mentioned above, sulfur content plays a role in how oil is categorized. Oil that has less than 0.5% sul-fur content is referred to as “sweet” crude. If the sulfur content is greater than 0.5%, then it is referred to as “sour” crude.
Light sweet crude is the easiest to refine and thus has the most value. As the crude’s weight and sulfur
content increase the value goes down, so heavy sour crude has the least value. So now that we have a handle on this, we can tackle the commodity prices we see report-ed as the price of oil. In the US, the two most common reported commodity prices are WTI and Brent Crude Oil. WTI refers to West Texas Intermediate or Texas light sweet. As the name implies, this oil is rep-resentative of the oil that has historically come out of the Permian Basin region of Texas. It has an API value of around 39.6 and a sulfur content of 0.24%. WTI is the benchmark of American oil and is the un-derlying commodity of the Chicago Mer-cantile Exchange. The other benchmark is Brent Crude. Brent Crude is based on a blend of oil from 15 different oil fields in the North Sea. Brent Crude has a typi-cal API value of 38.3 and a sulfur content of 0.37%. Brent Crude is slightly heavier and has more sulfur content than WTI so historically it has a lower price than WTI; however, as of late Brent Crude is actually more than WTI. This price inversion is typically related to the fact the supply in North America has met demand in recent months; which has dropped the price for WTI, while the unrest in the Middle East has driven the price of Brent Crude up, which is more easily exported than WTI.
Hopefully, you have a better under-standing of oil prices. As always, have a great week and don’t forget to email your questions and comments to [email protected].
WISD Meet the Teacher
Waelder Independent School District invites you to “Meet the Teacher” night from 6-7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18 at the WISD cafeteria.
Elementary parents will meet in elementary class-rooms.
Middle school teachers will meet in the library lo-cated in the middle school building. High School teach-ers will meet in Mr. Jones’ classroom in the high school building.
LISD Meetthe Teacher
Meet the Teacher is scheduled for Thursday, Au-gust 18th for all Luling ISD Campuses.
The schedule includes: Luling Primary: 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.; Leonard Shanklin El-ementary: 5:30 - 7 p.m.; Luling Junior High School: 6:30 - 8 p.m.; Luling High School: 6:30 - 8 p.m.
GISD early releaseGISD is having an early
release day the first week of school due to the var-sity football game in Cor-pus Christi on Friday night. On August 26 all schools will have an early release to enable the district to have buses back in time to safely travel to Corpus Christi.
East Avenue will dismiss students at 11:30 a.m., with Gonzales Elementary end-ing the day at 11:40, North Avenue at 11:45, Gonzales Junior High at 11:55 and Gonzales High School at noon.
N-SCISD afterschool program
The NSCISD After School Program, RISE, is taking ap-plications for students in grades 1-5. If you are inter-ested, please complete and print the PDF form below or complete and submit the online application below. You can also pick an applica-tion up at the middle school office or the central office. Turn in completed applica-tions to the middle school office or central office. Class sizes are limited.
This year’s after school program will begin on Mon-day, Aug. 22. We will pro-
vide snacks after-school, fun enrichment activities and homework time. Any home-work not completed at RISE must be finished at home. RISE provides transporta-tion home for students that live in Nixon, Smiley and Leesville.
If you are interested in working for the RISE pro-gram, applications must be completed online.
If you have any questions about the program, please feel free to contact us at 582-1536 ext. 0165 or [email protected].
Back to School FunThe Edwards Association
will host its 2011-12 Back-to-School Fun Day from 5:30-10:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18 at the Edwards Community Center. Activities include water fun, a moonwalk, music, movie, snow cones, hot dogs, pickles and more. Tickets are $1 each and pro-ceeds will help benefit the Edwards Association Schol-arship Fund.
GISD Tax Rate Hearing
The Gonzales Indepen-dent School District will hold a public meeting at 5:30 PM, August 29, 2011 in the Jr. High Library, 400 N. College, Gonzales, Tx. 78629. The purpose of this meet-ing is to discuss the school district’s budget that will determine the tax rate that will be adopted. Public par-ticipation in the discussion is invited.
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Education
Welcoming back teachersThe Gonzales Chamber of Commerce served up a welcome back coffee Monday morning to greet teachers returning to Gonzales ISD as part of the convocation event at Gonzales Junior High. (Photo by Dave Mundy)
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The Gonzales Master Gardeners are pleased to announce registration for the fall 2011 Texas Master Gardener Class. Classes will be held every other Tuesday morning from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm at the Odd Fellows Lodge in Gonzales beginning September 6 and ending in May.
If you love gardening and plants, but find that you nev-er run out of questions about why things turn out the way they do; if you enjoy being around other people who love plants and gardening; and if you have been look-ing for that special oppor-tunity to serve your com-munity by sharing your love
of plants, then you are prob-ably just waiting to join the Gonzales Master Gardeners in becoming a Texas Master Gardener. Gonzales Master Gardeners belong to a vol-unteer program sponsored by Texas AgriLife Extension where they received qual-ity educational instruction in horticulture and then service as a teaching outreach and community service program of Texas AgriLife Extension.
The Gonzales Master Gardeners offer a compre-hensive class tailored to local conditions and to the interests of the community. The program starts with a class on soils in which stu-dents learn about soils types,
structures and biology so that they can understand how their soil affects their horticulture. From there, the program moves to cover a wide range of topics from roses and native plants to fruits and nuts. Instruction is offered by specialists in their field and many of them are college professors and extension specialists. Stu-dents also enjoy a range of field trips to botanical and horticultural facilities where they can observe principles they have learned put into practice. In return for this exceptional educational op-portunity, students join other Gonzales Master Garden-ers in a unique program of
community projects. Upon completion of 50 hours of volunteer service, students become eligible for certi-fication by Texas AgriLife Extension as a Texas Master Gardener.
The class includes a mini-mum of 50 hours of class-room instruction and the registration fee is $165. The deadline for applications is August 23, 2011 at 5 pm. Applications are available at the Gonzales County Exten-sion Office located at 1709 Sarah DeWitt in Gonzales and completed applications along with the registration fee should be returned to the Gonzales County Extension Office. Applications are also available on the Gonza-les County Extension Office website at http://gonzales-tx.tamu.edu/ . Because the Master Gardeners work with vulnerable members of the community, persons admit-ted to the program must undergo a confidential back-ground check conducted by Texas AgriLife Extension. If you have questions, please call the Gonzales AgriLife Extension office at 830-672-8531.
Extension programs serve people of all ages regard-less of socioeconomic level, race, color, sex, religion, disability or national origin. Individuals with disabilities who require an auxiliary aid, service or accommodations in order to participate in this meeting are encouraged to contact the County Exten-sion Office at 830-672-8531 to determine how reason-able accommodations can be made.
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Waelder SchoolChoice of Milk, Fresh Fruit served with every meal. Monday, Breakfast: Pigs in Blanket, Fruit. Lunch: Sloppy Joes, Potato
Salad, Baked Beans, Pickle Spears, Fruit. Tuesday, Breakfast: Waffles & Sausage, Fruit. Lunch: Chicken Strips, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans, Bread Fruit. Wednesday, Breakfast: Blueberry Muffin, Fruit. Lunch: Corn Dogs, Macaroni & Cheese, Carrot Sticks, Fruit. Thursday, Breakfast: Biscuit & Sausage, Fruit. Lunch: Soft Taco/Cheese, Lettuce & Tomatoes, Pinto Beans, Fruit. Friday, Breakfast: Pancakes & Ham, Fruit. Lunch: Cheeseburgers, Oven Fries, Lettuce, Tomatoes & Pickles, Fruit.
Shiner Catholic SchoolsAll Lunches Served with MilkMonday: Hot Dogs (plain, chili, cheese), Pork & Beans, Sliced Pickles,
Tossed Salad, Fruit.Tuesday: Baked turkey ham, Lettuce, tomato, Corn, Bread, Fruit. Wednesday: Frito Pie, Pinto Beans, tossed Salad, Fruit. Thursday: Turkey Fritters w/white Gravy, Whipped potatoes, Green
Beans, Rolls, Fruit. Friday: Fish Nuggets w/catsup or tartar sauce, Tossed salad, Pea
salad, Macaroni & cheese, bread, Fruit.
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Back to school,fully suppliedGonzales ISD students got a lot of help from the community this weekend with a pair of major efforts helping to make sure every student starts the year with a complete pack of sup-plies.Johnny Ross Hunt’s annual gospel school supply fund-raiser featured entertain-ment and more at Heroes’ Square on Friday, while Faith Family Church held its annual backpack give-away Saturday morning, handing out more than 300 packs filled with supplies.
Photos by Nikki Maxwell and Dave Mundy
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Train searched for sex assault suspectARTISTS, Page B5
I have never let my schooling interfere with my educa-tion. — Mark Twain
Received a phone call from a person from my past re-cently.
It was a woman. Said she tracked me down by getting my cell number from a kinfolk of mine. Reason for the call, she allowed, was that the Class of ’62 would be celebrating its 50th reunion next year. Wanted to give me a heads up on making plans to be there.
Though we hadn’t had any contact for 49 years, in the short conversation, there was little we bothered to catch up on.
But her reminder of my time in the halls of good ol’ Rosebud High School did spark a chain reaction of thoughts. Short circuiting a couple of neurons in the gray matter. Pulsating a rhythm that had me beating down a door that led me back into the halcyon days of my youth.
Let me regress. You see, the term teenager was coined in the 1950s. And in the Fabulous Fifties, I was one of those teenagers. It was also in this decade that my contempo-raries and our parents were to be dubbed “The Generation Gap.”
A Generation Gap, I feel, exists in how schools operated then and how they are steered today.
Consider the start date. Back when I was young we heard the first school bell of the year on the day after Labor Day. School today begins in mid-August.
And football, well, in my hey-day, no such thing as two-a-days. Because Rosebud was a small farming community. Defined by cotton and corn and watermelons and cattle. And when the call was sounded for those coming out for football, probably 15 to 16 of the 20 or so players suiting up were farm-reared. And they were expected to do chores and work the fields ‘til sunset.
So a practice session wasn’t set until 8 p.m. Under lights. On a field that was apt to have more grass burrs than com-mon Bermuda.
Fellow with the whistle around his neck overseeing a staff of maybe two other coaches was not only a head coach. He also taught sixth grade geography, seventh grade science, freshmen history, and driver’s ed.
Multi-tasking in the teaching department was the norm and not the exception. As just about every teacher back then taught multiple subjects.
Today, there is an Athletic Director plus a dozen coaches for practically every sport.
In my day, it was football, basketball, baseball and track. Tennis was secondary. There were no volleyball, soccer or softball as competitive sports.
Buses catered only to rural students. A few students and teachers did motor to school to park on the side streets. Too limited to merit having a parking lot.
Townies walked to school and rushed home for lunch. And the parents at the time also shared lasting mutual “I
dos.” Not those uncertain “I dos” of today. The divorce rate was low back then and for a reason I wished I could explain a couple in wedlock could work through their problems. So marriage was basically for forever. “Forever” in many marriages of today is about six months.
I digress.Once I capped and gowned it and was graduated from
RHS in 19 and 62, it didn’t take a Falls County minute for me to realize that there was gonna be a life after high school.
In the ensuing years I found it hard to quantify the edu-cation I received there. Because the pragmatic approach I embraced in living and almost dying in the ensuing five decades has been an education in itself.
I put little stock or truck in what that commencement speaker preached on a Friday night in late May of ’62.
Such a pace, 12 years of public school education, well, I just noodled through it the best I could.
In the interim, my classmates and I married and di-vorced. Became parents and grandparents. Some of us en-joyed walking in high cotton and some of us adapted to budget dinners. Others would take a little trip to a strange little country and a strange little war – Vietnam.
College and careers followed. As did trade labor and clerking.
Cancer would strike and take some of us. Car accidents claimed a few, too.
I suspect there are a few success stories also. It’s expected in any group, controlled or at random.
However, I can only comment on what’s transpired in my own time waltzing through this wonderful world. Through the good times and the bad. I have been blessed. And when not, I have only myself to blame.
Prompting me to possess enough sense to realize that time is indifferent. Down the road, it runs out on all of us.
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Jim Cunningham is a former long-time Gonzales newsman and the former interim publisher of the Gonzales Cannon.
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The message is clear: Before you build a driveway in Gonzales County you better have a permit.
During a special called meeting Monday, the Gonzales County Com-missioners Court discussed penal-ties for people who more forward with driveway plans without going through the proper channels.
There is currently no such penalty in the law books for Gonzales County.
“Harris County is the only one that has all this written into their statute, because they went before the legisla-ture and got it done,” said Gonzales County Judge David Bird. “Everyone else is on their own.”
He explained it would be a “con-tempt of a court order” to not do a driveway permit as required by the
county.Gonzales County Attorney Paul
Watkins explained how the county could use a ‘show cause’ hearing for these cases.
“The court always has the author-ity to enforce an order that you pass, and anyone who is in violation of that you can issue a ‘show cause’ order and have them come explain themselves,” Watkins said. “If they have a legally permissible excuse for why they didn’t do it, fine, but if not then you can punish them.”
He said that the court would have options on what to do if it is deter-mined that they have violated the or-der.
“The penalty may be money, it may be self-help, we might remove it, or tie it to the septic permit,” Watkins said. “Our hope is that by getting the word out we won’t have anyone violating this. Your
permit is not so onerous that somebody should try to skip that, because the con-sequences could be substantial.”
He said he wants Gonzales County to be a good place to do business, but not to be taken advantage of.
The permits are to ensure culverts and driveways are installed correctly. The county permits that and assists with installing them.
The property owner or drilling com-pany must come before commissioners and explain why they did not follow our rules.”
The court tabled a decision on the penalty, while they examine what pun-ishments other counties are applying to violators.
In other business, the court set two dates for public hearings regarding the 2011 tax rate, Aug. 29 and Sept. 1. The next scheduled Commissioners meeting is Monday, Aug. 29 at 9 a.m.
County considers penalty for non-permitted driveways
LULING—If you were in Luling Thursday morning, you may have no-ticed some flashing lights and commo-tion around the railroad tracks.
According to the Colorado County
Sheriff ’s Office (CCSO), authorities were searching for a sexual assault sus-pect who was possibly hiding out on a cargo train running through town.
“He (the suspect) wasn’t on the train, but we wanted to make sure and check it anyway,” said Lt. Troy Neisner of the CCSO.
DPS and five officers from the Luling Police Department responded to the call and assisted in the search.
Neisner said the reported assault oc-curred Thursday morning outside of Weimar. Details about the case and a description of the suspect are not be-ing released at this time.
By NIKKI MAXWELL
By NIKKI MAXWELL
On Track Arts — Where quality art meets handpicked vintage
Pay attention, you might miss it if you aren’t looking. But don’t be fooled by the aged wood, pealed paint and weathered roof. There is new life in-side the big, red two story building in downtown Harwood.
The building is home to a new retail store — On Track Arts, a combina-tion of Windfall Designs and Shipley Stained Glass Studio. Artists and busi-ness partners, Hal Shipley and Jan Meeks have taken their passion for their art and combined it with their love of antiques to create a unique store with something for everyone.
The retail location allows them to showcase their stained glass, costume jewelry, chimes and other handmade art, while also selling hundreds of their handpicked vintage treasures.
“Hal and I have reached the point of opening our doors for our first sift opening,” Meeks said. “This will allow
us the opportunity to gain important feedback from friends, neighbors and customers before the grand opening this Fall.”
She said in the beginning “On Track” will be open only one or two
weekends per month, to allow them valuable studio time.
The Big Red BuildingThe home for On Track Arts was
built in the 1920’s. Through the years it has hosted many different busi-nesses, including a fancy candy store, general merchandise, and hardware store downstairs, while upstairs was the Leaky Roof Dance Hall and even a roller rink.
A pair of roller skates hanging in-side the entryway pay tribute to the buildings legacy. Meeks and Shipley said they are committed to saving the building and embracing its past.
“We’ve enjoyed learning more about the building’s history, and the more we discover about it, the more we realize this is where we are meant to be,” Meeks said.
The couple moved out of Austin and bought a house in Harwood ten years ago. They have had their eyes
By NIKKI MAXWELL
Two artists, one studioHal Shipley and Jan Meeks have combined their talents at the new On Track Arts in Harwood. (Photo by Nikki Maxwell)
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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
Efeso Igesia BautistaHwy. 87 Smiley
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 Bap-tist Church1020 St. Andrew Gonzales
Stratton Primitive BaptistFM 1447 9 miles east of Cuero
St. James Baptist ChurchHwy 80- North of Belmont
Saint Paul Baptist ChurchSE 2nd St. Waelder
Shiner Baptist ChurchAvenue F and 15th Street, Shiner
Union Lea Baptist ChurchSt. Andrew St. Gonzales
Union Valley Baptist ChurchFM 1681 NW of Nixon
CatholicSt. James Catholic Church417 N. College, Gonzales
Sacred Heart Catholic ChurchSt. John St. Gonzales
St. Joseph Catholic Church207 S. Washington, Nixon
St Patrick Catholic Church in Waelder613 Highway 90 East Waelder
St. Phillip Catholic Church Hwy 87 Smiley
ChristianFirst Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)712 Crockett, Luling
Churches of ChristChurch of Christ1323 Seydler St. Gonzales
Church of Christ (Iglesia de Cristo)201 E. Second St. Nixon
Church of ChristE. 3rd & Texas, Nixon
Churches of GodCommunity Church of God1020 St. Louis, Gonzales
Gonzales Memorial Church of God in Christ1113 Hastings, Gonzales
New Way Church of God in Christ514 St. Andrew, Gonzales
EpiscopalEpiscopal Church of the 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 Meth-odist1113 St. Andrew, Gonzales
Monthalia United MethodistCR 112 off 97
Smiley United Methodist1 blk S. of Hwy 87
Waelder United Methodist2 blks from Hwy 90 & 97
Webster Chapel A.M.E.1027 Church St. Gonzales
Non-DenominationalAgape Ministries512 St. James, Gonzales
Living Waters Fellowship Church605 Saint Joseph St. Gonzales
Bread of Life Ministries613 St. Joseph, Gonzales
Cowboy Church of Gonzales CountyJ.B. Wells Showbarn
El Centro Cristiano “Agua Viva” of WaelderSun. Worship 10:30 a.m., 6 p.m.
Emmanuel Fellowship1817 St. Lawrence St. Gonzales
Encouraging Word Christian 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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RodRigueZBody ShopP.O. Box 8101839 St. Lawrence St. Gonzales, TX 78629
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Family Dentistry of GonzalesGentle Quality Care
606 St. LouisGonzales, TX 78629
Office 830-672-8664Fax 830-672-8665
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Jim Logan516 St. PaulPO Box 100
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P.O. Box 1826Gonzales, TX 78629
Morgan Mills830-857-4086
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July proved to be a busy month for us at Norma’s House!
With interviews, meet-ings, and fundraising events, we have had to stay on our toes! We are also welcoming a new staff member, Tiffany Collie. Tiffany will be the Pro-gram Coordinator. Tif-fany just finished a week of training as Forensic In-terviewer at the National Children’s Advocacy Cen-ter in Huntsville Alabama. She will be taking over most of the forensic inter-viewing from Ann, so that Ann can focus more of her time as Executive Direc-tor. So stop by sometime when you have a chance and say hello to Tiffany!
Another exciting addi-tion to our Team this sum-mer is Sarah Westerfield, LPC-I. She is a therapist who is providing coun-seling services at Norma’s House to children and family members. We are very pleased to introduce her to our community.
July 7th, Bo Davis of DVS Productions held a Calcutta event at Pard-ner’s Dancehall, located at the American Legion. Eighty percent of the funds raised were paid back out as prizes for the top bull riders. The other twenty percent was donat-ed to Norma’s House. On Saturday at the PBR Bull riding event, the Gonza-les County Royal Court
sold 50/50 raffle tickets and Shark Tank tickets for Norma’s House with 100% of the sales going to Norma’s House. The Staff and Board of Directors of Norma’s House worked the gate for the event. The PBR was a great success, and our hats are off to Bo Davis for his support to Norma’s House and our mission!
An exciting new event to benefit Norma’s House was the “Come and Take It Bike Race” on July 23rd and 24th. Coordinated by Southern Clay, sixty per-cent of the money raised from the bike race was do-nated to Norma’s House. This was such a neat and successful event for the community that we hope to have every year! Thank you to everyone at South-ern Clay who helped to put this event on and for your support of Norma’s House!
Our new fiscal begins August 1. Tiffany is de-veloping our Calendar of Community Events for Fiscal Year 11-12. Events will include training for parents, teachers, youth group leaders, churches, and the general public. She will also schedule speaking engagements for staff, volunteers and board members to address clubs and organizations in Gon-zales and Lavaca Coun-ties. She is also coordinat-ing awareness and safety training for children. We really appreciate our de-
voted volunteer trainer, Carolyn Morrow, for help-ing with these. Watch for more about “Darkness 2 Light” and “Happy Bear!”
Now, over the spring months we had a “Raise the Roof ” fund drive. Very strong winds on February 2 this year, fol-lowed by weeks-on-end of wind, left much of our ag-ing roof on the lawn. But, with an insurance claim, donations from McCoys, the Gonzales Elks Lodge, Kardosz, Inc., and indi-viduals, and a fundraising Plant Sale, we now have a new metal roof which should last long and cut some of our overhead costs!
Two of our staff mem-bers, Judy and Tiffany, talked last week to the Smiley Neighborhood Watch group. The re-sponse was wonderful and Norma’s House has gained some very good friends. At the meeting, very good questions were asked that allowed staff to give important infor-mation and clear up mis-conceptions about what a Children’s Advocacy Cen-ter does and how it oper-ates. Several people came away saying things like, “Wow, I never thought of it that way.” This was in response to Judy saying, “When a child victim of abuse steps through our door, it is their first step to recovery. It’s our hope that the worst is then be-hind them.”
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Get Ready for Summer
Do you have a physical problem right now that will not let you en-joy your life? Is there an emotional issue that is draining your energy? Are these concerns occupying your mind day and night?
Do you toss things around in your mind and play the “what If ” game? You know the game… “What if this pain turns out to be…?” “What if I end up alone?” “What if I lose everything?” on and on and on until you feel you are going crazy.
If you answered yes to these questions I want to share some-thing that might help you. Take this paper and bring it up to your eye level. Now press it against your nose. Read what it says. Could you read it? Why not? Wasn’t it be-cause everything was out of focus? Well, that’s exactly what happens when we focus too closely on our problems.
Whenever we are emotion-ally entangled in a problem it is
almost impossible to see things objectively. We can’t find the so-lution to our dilemma because when our emotions are rattled they affect our ability to be objec-tive. It took a while for me to get into the habit of taking myself out of the picture when trying to solve my problems. Stepping back from the situation lets us get a different perspective on what is going on. Stepping back helps us see things clearer and helps us to recognize the things we can change, and the things we have no control over.
Next time you are having trou-ble coming up with the answer to your problem just consider how you would help someone
else with the same situation. You would probably give them advice from an objective and detached viewpoint. That is exactly what we must do when we are trying to solve our own problems. It takes discipline not to focus on what affects us personally, but it can be done.
There are times when trying not to focus on the problem causes you to think more about it because the mind is unable to process two things at the same time. Anytime you concentrate on not worrying about your pain, the pain is the only thing you are going to think about.
That is why the Bible tells us to reflect on what is good, about those things that encourage and uplift us. The best way to get a negative thought out of your mind and stop worrying is to replace it with a positive one. Get involved in a fun activity. Find someone to help.
Take a break from the mental gymnastics and stop scrutinizing your predicament. Whenever I’ve continually kept an eye on a con-cern to see if it is improving I can’t focus on anything else. This finally hit me…
Faith does not monitor. Doubt monitors. Once we have turned over our problems to God we have to let go of the reins and let Him take over. We’ve got to stop look-ing to see if the problem is getting better and get it out of our mind, get on with our life- without stop-ping to check for a pulse.
Worry doesn’t change anything but the quality of our life. There are some things that are totally out of our control. Figuring out the things that are ours to handle and those that are beyond our capabil-ities is a good way to relieve our-selves of a lot of stress. Letting go of whatever you can’t do anything about and allowing God to handle the rest is highly recommended.
Worrying about things that are beyond your control will wear you out physically and emotionally.
Our bodies need rest to func-tion efficiently. Anxiety is not a good prescription for a peaceful night’s sleep. We can’t manage the activities of our hectic days as we should when anxiety keeps us awake all night. A troubled heart and weary mind tend to view the world through blurred vision, and good judgment is adversely af-fected when the body and mind are fatigued.
From now on, right before you go to bed, whisper a little prayer of thanks to remind yourself that when you give your troubles to God your life is in the best of hands.
Do not be concerned. Do not be afraid. Lay your head on your pil-low and close your eyes knowing that you have a faithful watchman who never sleeps.
love, eloise
Love, EloiseEloiseEstes
Faith Family Church would like to thank everyone for investing in this project and making a difference in the lives of the stu-dents who received back packs and school supplies. Here is a list of all the individu-als and businesses who generously gave to make the Back Pack Give Away a success:
AC Collision Center, Buddy’s Natural Chicken, Dr. Vaz Clinic, E-Barr Feeds, Edwards Furniture Company, David and Casie Ehrig, Fehrner and Son Grain Co., Oaks at Winding Way, Gonzales Food Market, Gonzales Livestock, Guerra’s Grill, H.E.B., Holiday Finance, James Short/ Acero, Jim and Cecilia Singleton, Sisters In Christ Sunday School Class-Methodist Church, Kitchen Pride Mushroom Farms, David & Cindy Ackman, Lo’s Auto Sales, Mr. Taco, Soncrest Eggs, Blooming Cre-ations, Gonzales Elementary School, Merle Norman, Hoopla, Person’s Flowers, Steven & Sarah Liberti, J & G Antiques, James & Marilyn Schmidt, Mohrman Drug Store,
Christian Kids, The Gonzales Inquirer, Texan Nursing and Rehab of Gonzales, A G Construction, Michael & Shannon Gill, The Gonzales Cannon, Steve & Cheryl Turner, Kenneth & Sherry Poe, Betty Shows, Storey Jewelers, Diane’s Splitting Image, Walmart, Lone Star Bank, Caraway Ford, Hair It Is, D&D Liquor, Brian and Rebecca Fees, Asset Capital Management, Myrna Patterson McLeroy, William A. Sawyer, Jose J Garcia, Bealls, Victoria Wal-greens/Stefanie Porras, Margie Shows, All Seasons Heat & Air, Sage Capital Bank, Ri-pley & Wolff, Adams Extract & Spice, Nor-man Burns, John & Kara Williams, Jeffrey Gonzales & Allie Singleton, David & Ruth Gumper, Darryl & Trisha Becker, Bruce & Elaine Baker, Darin & Brenda Kuntschik, Family Dollar, McDonald’s, McCoy’s, Per-sonal Impressions, Munson Office Ac-count, Jean Johnson Peterek, Kate’s Klean-ers, Paige Gass, Hearty Gourmet, and West Motors.
Thanks to all the sponsors of annual backpack giveaway
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Genevieve Bradley Vol-lentine,
1924-2011VOLLENTINE
Genevieve Bradley Vol-lentine joined her dear Henry Howard on Thurs-day, August 11, 2011. Born in Gonzales, Texas, May 30, 1924 to Gilmer Elliot (G.E.) and Hattie Kellum Bradley, Genevieve attend-ed Gonzales public schools and graduated from Gon-zales High School in 1934. She married her lifelong partner and friend, Henry Howard Vollentine, on June 8, 1946. She was a 1945 graduate of the Uni-versity of Texas, Genevieve taught in Freer, Navasota, and Austin before serving as Gonzales County School Superintendent from 1950 to 1979. While County Superintendent, she cre-ated the first positions for school nurse and truant officer. Genevieve was a pioneer in the visual aid industry. She developed a business around the use of visual aid devices in educa-tion, and instructed school personnel throughout the State. Retirement was nev-er an option for Genevieve as she became an inspira-tional civic leader. As a fifth generation Gonzales native, Genevieve will be best remembered for her avid interest in and dedi-cation to preservation in Gonzales County. She was instrumental in the estab-lishment of the Gonzales County Historical Com-mission and the Gonzales County Archives. In 1975, she was appointed chair of the Gonzales County His-torical Commission. She guided the creation of Pio-neer Village, spearheaded the renovation project for the Old Jail, and developed the tour routes of historic Gonzales. She coordinated research for, and published the Gonzales County His-tory Book. Genevieve received the Texas Histor-ical Commission Distin-guished Service Award five years in a row, and earned the Commission’s Life-time Achievement in His-toric Preservation Award in 1978. Genevieve, “The First Lady of Gonzales History” remained active until the spring of 2011, regularly attending the Gonzales County Histori-
cal Commission meetings to plan the restoration of the Old Jail Museum. Gen-evieve was an active mem-ber of her church, and was the first woman to serve on the vestry of the Episcopal Church of the Messiah in Gonzales. She was a mem-ber of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, and the Daughters of the Ameri-can Revolution. She was named to the Who’s Who rosters of Texas, of Texas Education, of the South and Southwest, and of Texas Women. She chaired the Gonzales County Polio Foundation, the American Cancer Crusade, and the Gonzales U.S. Bicenten-nial Committee, and was a charter member of the Spade and Trowel Garden Club. Genevieve was cho-sen Citizen of the Year in 1983, and was awarded the David B. Walshak Lifetime Achievement Award from the Gonzales Chamber of Commerce in 2001. Out-side of her public interests, Genevieve loved to travel with her husband and fam-ily, and loved to quilt and scrapbook. She enjoyed the company of family and friends, and always man-aged to find time for a challenging bridge game and tracking personal fam-ily histories. Genevieve is survived by her daughter, Lucianne, and her husband Dan Blakemore of Oak Point; her sons, William Bradley (Brad) of Hutto and Henry H., Jr. (Sandy) and his wife Tracy of Hut-to; five grandchildren, Ash-ley Burleson and husband Darren of Hagerstown, Maryland, Caris, Jess, Lo-gan, and Emma Vollentine of Hutto; two great grand-daughters, Sherri and Kara Burleson, of Hagerstown, Maryland; numerous niec-es, nephews, cousins, and hundreds of friends. She was preceded in death by her husband for life, Henry Howard Vollentine, who on their 51st anniversary wrote “The view ahead is one of the best. Just a little bit further and then we can rest.” Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday Au-gust 16, 2011 in the Episco-pal Church of the Messiah with Fr. Randy Melton of-ficiating. Interment fol-lowed in the Gonzales Masonic Cemetery. Pall-bearers included: Richard Crozier, Brent Christian, Dr. Bob Williamson, Dr. Tom Tiller, Steve Clark-son, Jeffery Braune, Mike Mikesh and Ronnie Tate. Honorary pallbearers was her beloved community of Gonzales. Visitation was held at the funeral home Monday evening. Memo-rials can be made to The Episcopal Church of the Messiah, Gonzales County
Archives, Gonzales County Historical Commission or the Old Gonzales County Jail Restoration Project. Funeral services are un-der the care and direction of Seydler-Hill Funeral Home.
Kenneth Wayne Baker,1972-2011
BAKERKenneth Wayne Baker,
38, passed away Wednes-day August 10, 2011. He was born November 23, 1972 in Gonzales to Hurley Baker and Pauline Wesch Baker. Kenneth gradu-ated from Gonzales High School and worked for Tommy Huber Construc-tion as a carpenter. He had worked for Carolyn and Danny Malik tending cattle and poultry as well as James Lassig before go-ing to work at Soncrest Egg Farms. Kenneth enjoyed fishing with his son and joking around with friends. He had served as a Vol-unteer Fireman in Smiley when he was living in that area. Kenneth was a very dedicated and dependable worker and a loving and caring man. He had been a long time member of the First Baptist Church in Gonzales and has presently been attending Faith Fam-ily Church as well. He is survived by his wife, Nora Baker of Gonzales, daugh-ters, Kailyn Whitney Baker of Smiley, Brittany Lynn Torres of Gonzales, Jenni-fer Lynn Torres of Victoria, Briah Shae Ramos of Gon-zales, sons, Carlos Torres, Jr., (Veronica) of Gonzales, Jathan Eric Martinez of Gonzales, brother, James Lee Baker (Rachel) of Port Lavaca, Loving Compan-ion, Kathy Marie Martinez of Gonzales, grandchil-dren, Mary Ellen Baker, Devin Cantu, Brandy Tor-res, Jayla Torres and Darian Torres and his niece Leig Ann Baker of Port Lavaca. He was preceded in death by his parents and infant brother Hurley Baker, Jr. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Saturday August 13, 2011 at Seydler-Hill Funeral Home with Rev. Forrest Hamilton officiat-ing. Interment followed in Hermann Sons Cemetery. Pallbearers included: Ge-rardo Rodriguez, Luciano
Rodriguez, Sherman Baker, Jeff Koricanek, Philip Cal-zado, and Bryan Martinez. Memorials may be made to Faith Family Church P.O. Box 663 Gonzales, Texas 78629, or First Baptist Church 422 St. Paul Gon-zales, Texas 78629. Servic-es were under the care and direction of Seydler-Hill Funeral Home.
Marjorie Nederhood MacAllister,1921-2011
MACALLISTERMarjorie Nederhood Ma-
cAllister died on Friday, Au-gust 12, 2011 at the age of 90. She was born on April 16, 1921 in Chicago, Illinois to Marie Doornbos Nederhood and Albert Nederhood. She married Howard MacAllister on June 8, 1942. She was pre-ceded in death by her parents, her beloved husband Howard, her grandson Gregory Ray MacAllister and her 2 broth-ers Al and Otto and her sister Ange.Marjorie enjoyed a long life full of service to others. Her husband was a Methodist minister who was a sailor in the US Navy when they met in Chicago. After the war Mar-jorie, her husband and twin sons Dwight and Sid traveled to Texas which became her adopted home. As part of an itinerant ministry her family moved often during her life-time. Marge was an integral part of her husband’s ministry serving as pianist, organist, women’s groups, choirs, Sun-day School and often as both paid and unpaid secretary
for the church. Marge loved working in the churches her husband served, remembering past associations and names of past church members long after others had forgotten. Marge was a very talented art-ist, having painted many pic-tures for the family. She had a love for flowers and plants and loved planting in the Spring. A great letter writer, her letters were so clearly and beautifully written that family and friends remarked they envied her skill. Marjorie is survived by her son Dwight and his wife Cynthia of Cost and son Sid and his wife Mary Helen of Austin. She is also survived by grandchil-dren Tim MacAllister and wife Brandi of Denton, Jennifer MacAllister of Pflugerville, Co-lin MacAllister and wife Alison of New York City and Shelley MacAllister of Austin. Great Grandchildren are Gregory, Garrett, Kailey and Jordan of Denton and Dylan and Katie of Austin. A beloved niece Edie Sauter and her husband Ralph and their sons Scott and his wife J.J. and Cole and his wife Meredith and their children are also remembered. She is also survived by sisters-in-law Janet Nederhood and Ruth MacAllister as well as many other family members all across the United States.
Services were held at 10 a.m. Monday August 15, 2011 in the First United Methodist Church with Pas-tor Andy Smith and Rev. Paul Smith officiating. Burial fol-lowed in Monthalia United Methodist Cemetery. Pall-bearers included Ralph Sau-ter, Scott Sauter, Cole Sauter, Colin MacAllister, Tim Ma-cAllister and Dwight MacAl-lister. Honorary Pallbearers include her great grandchil-dren: Gregory, Garrett, Kai-ley, Jordan, Dylan, Katie and Raina. The family had re-ceived friends Sunday eve-ning at Seydler-Hill Funeral Home. Memorials may be to the First United Method-ist Church in Gonzales or the Monthalia United Methodist Cemetery Association. Ser-
vices are under the care an direction of Seydler-Hill Fu-neral Home.
Freddy Martin “Marty Mouse” Rosas,
1973-2011ROSAS
Freddy Martin “Marty Mouse” Rosas, 37, of Gonzales passed away Tuesday August 9, 2011. He was born September 27, 1973 in Gonzales to Tony and Lupe Arrellano Rosas. Marty had worked for Iowa Beef Packers and a line packer before moving back to Gon-zales and going to work in the poultry business. Marty loved his family and enjoyed bar-b-que’s surrounded by family and friends. He enjoyed watching the Dallas Cowboys and listen-ing to music and Marty en-joyed reminiscing and telling stories with his older brother Troy. Marty was a very loving person and son and his great-est joy was spending quality time with his mother. Freddy Martin Rosas is survived by his adoring mother, Lupe Rosas of Gonzales, a daughter, Linda Darlene Perez, a sister, Yolanda Kay Esparza of Seguin, his brother Troy Anthony Rosas and his wife Rebecca of Seguin and his life long friend Freddy Fonseca of Gonzales. He was preceded in death by his father, a brother David Anthony Ro-sas and a sister, Linda Darlene Rosas. A memorial funeral Mass will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday August 20, 2011 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Services were under the care and direction Seydler-Hill Fu-neral Home.
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Obituaries
Fink speaks to RotariansRotarian Bryan Glass had the program for Rotary’s regular noon meeting on Tuesday. He invited Allan Fink from Farm Bureau to be his guest speaker. Mr. Fink enlightened the club on what the Farm Bureau is all about and how it can be very beneficial to rural America. The Texas Farm Bureau was established in 1933 and has been a big voice in Washington for the farmers and ranchers since. (Courtesy Photo)
Sign-Language Interpreter Speaks to LionsRachel Vargas, a certified sign language interpreter with Vital Signs, Inc. of San Antonio, was the guest speaker at the Monday, August 15th meeting of the Gonzales Noon Lions Club. Ms. Vargas spoke of some of her many experiences since becoming a certified language interpreter and has done sign language interpreting in hospitals, universities, governmental meetings and on various stages. She related an instance when she worked at the opening of Morgan’s Wonderland in San Antonio and was on stage next to former Spur Daivd Rob-inson. The diminutive Ms. Vargas, who is just under five feet tall, said she only came up to the belt buckle of the former NBA champion.Rachel was the guest of Noon Lions president Brent White and just happens to be his sister-in-law. In other business, the Noon Lions will be cooking and serving a meal at a disc golf tournament this weekend at the disc golf course on East Avenue.And the public is reminded that they have only about a week left to get tickets for the annual Lions Fajita Dinner, scheduled for Thursday, August 25th at the Lions Pavilion in Independence Park. Tickets at $7.00 each are available from any Lions Club member. (Courtesy Photo)
on the big, red building ever since. When they decided they wanted to set up shop somewhere they made an offer and purchased the big, red building three blocks from their home.
“We were always intrigued by this building. This fell into our laps,” Shipley said. “We are so lucky to be here. Its a lot of work but we’ve en-joyed it.”
Eye CandyWhen you step through the front
door your visual senses are overload-ed with eye candy in every direction. Stained glass art hangs in every win-dow, handmade jewelry drapes on counters, and rescued statues and sparkling trinkets fill every other nook and cranny.
Basically, from formal to funky, there’s something for everyone. And in case you’re wondering, yes, that is a headboard on the ceiling.
“We have so many hanging items to display that we had to get re-ally creative about how and where to hang our stained glass, wind chimes, and found objects,” Meeks said. “When you look up you’ll be surprised at what you find up there.”
The ArtistsShipley Stained Glass Studio
Since 1976, Hal Shipley has been creating unique stained glass art. Drawing largely on natural themes, his original designs are produced as one of a kind works or in limited edi-tions.
Shipley says he takes great care in selecting each sheet of glass before beginning a project.
“Its important to find the right piece of glass with the color variation and veining that I need to enhance each design,” Shipley said.
He said its not unusual for him to spend a whole day at an art glass manufacturer searching for the per-fect piece of glass.
Meeks laughed and recalled a time when Shipley cut a piece from the center of one of her sheets of glass that is no longer being produced.
“It had exactly what I was looking for to finish a project,” Shipley said smiling. “Someday she might forgive me for that. We’ll see.”
In the tradition of master stained glass artists, Shipley uses the copper foil technique, instead of lead.
The one-man-studio specializes in custom designed work for residen-tial and commercial clients and has
a very impressive portfolio to prove it. The photographs show the detail and intricate cuts he uses to get the desired effect to satisfy both the artist and the customer.
“Depending on the size and detail, each piece can take me either a few weeks or months to complete,” he said. “That depends on how many pieces of glass the cats in our studio knock off my work table.”
With a large amount of completed pieces in stock, these day Shipley focuses primarily on consignment pieces, creating windows, lamp shades, door panels, side lights, mir-rors and other works of art based on what the customer wants.
Many of his pieces can be found in distinctive and historic homes throughout Austin, including the Academy House in Travis Heights, highlighted on the HGTV national program “Restore America.”
Shipley also sells his work at various retail stores in the Gonzales County area.
Windfall DesignsJan Meeks relocated from Austin
to Harwood in 2001 where she and Shipley built their new studio. She studied at Stephen F. Austin Univer-sity in Nacogdoches and works full time as a teaching artist.
Meeks is primarily a glass artist, employing fusing techniques in her designs. She creates wind chimes, fused glass window hangings, and a line of unique jewelry.
In early 1990, Meeks began devot-ing all her time to art, experimenting with material and techniques. Select galleries and gift stores feature her work.
Meeks said she loves teaching her craft, and has a strong background in teaching art to children and mentally and physically challenged adults.
She says although she and Shipley are busy setting up shop in Har-wood, she is still committed to bal-ancing her teaching time with her own studio time.
“We’re having fun with this,” Meeks said. “Its something we al-ways wanted to do, and now both of our backgrounds are coming into play here.”
Meeks has organized several art shows and they have both set up countless booths at special events and Renaissance Fairs. Both say they are relieved to not have to take their show on the road anymore.
“We don’t have to pack up and move it all out in a few days, so that’s a relief,” Shipley said. “Its time to have them (customers) come to us.”
Meeks couldn’t agree more.“Now our friends call us the red
booth with a roof!” She laughed. “Its going to be a long process, but we are so excited and ready for it.”
The soft opening for On Track Arts is Saturday, Aug. 20. It will also be open Sept. 17, and Oct. 15. The of-ficial grand opening is scheduled for Nov. 11 and 12. Following the Grand Opening, the store will be open every Saturday through December 17.
To reach Shipley, call (512) 423-4553, or email him, [email protected]. To reach Meeks, call (512) 422-9659, or email [email protected].
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ARTISTS: From formal to funky, Harwood couple lives for art
Belmont VFD fund-raiser coming up Sept. 17
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We still need rain as much as we ever did. The following is a prayer from the front of the Monthalia Methodist bulletin from this last Sunday. Dear God, our heavenly Father, you said whatsoever ay two or more come together and agree and ask in your Son’s name, it shall be given. We come to you humbly, and ask that you bring down the rain to our parched lands. Our farmers and ranchers need it desperately, as well as our firefighters. We ask this all in Je-sus’ name. Amen.
The annual fundraiser for the Belmont Volunteer Fire Depart-ment is in downtown Belmont on September 17th. In addition to the barbeque plate for $7.00 each, there is a raffle going on with only 900 raffle tickets being sold. There is live entertainment and an auc-tion of items from different mer-chants in the area. We certainly need to support our local fire de-partment especially in the kind of drought we are having where any little spark will start a fire.
Bless your heart Connie Lott for giving the flyer about the Leesville Country Fair to my husband at church so that I would not have to guess at things. It is Saturday, Oc-tober 8th, at 10:00AM at the pa-vilions by the Leesville Cemetery. This is the annual fund raiser for the Leesville Cemetery and pro-vides a $1000.00 scholarship for a local high school student. There will be live entertainment by the O’Neal Brothers Band. There is an auction, a silent auction and raffle drawing, a Country Store, and Flag Presentation. For the kids—All Free—bouncer moon walk, animal exhibits, face paint-ing, craft activity table, Bean Bag Toss, Fish pond, Fire Truck and a Police Car. There will be plenty to eat and drink (No alcoholic bev-
erages). It is come rain or shine under two covered pavilions.
The regular meeting of the Bel-mont Ladies Club for the month of August is the fourth Tuesday in August at the Belmont Commu-nity Center at 2PM. Bingo prizes are being furnished by the club .Glenda Parker is in charge of the refreshments.
Please lift the following people up in your prayers: Joe Kotwig, Annie Kotwig (Mam-Maw is Joe’s mother); Kenneth Crumley, Jesse, Candy Brown, Gilby, Hes-ter Behlen, Susan, Roy Wright, Lynn (who is Rudolpho and Edna Garza’s daughter as well as Rudol-pho and Edna: Elson Schreiber(a former employee of Johnson Oil); Kathryn, Karen Roecker Ma-han, Roland Barthels, Mary Jane Keith, Bill and Marie Lott, Lad-die Studler, William Fink, Doris and Alvin Hewell; Brenda; Lisa Rodriguez, Joe Keith, Debbie and Bill Read, Sandi Gandre, Aunt Georgie; Lawrence Walshak and Joan; Joyce Schellenberg, Pete Kallies, Lillie Lay, Mildred O’Neal, Louise Rossow, Selma Vickers, Teresa Wilke, Carl and Vida Tindle; Aunt Betty Gandre, Anna Lindemann, Doug Parker, Ann and Bubba Bond; Shirley Doz-ier, Tommy Daum, Britt Hind-man, Sean Weda, Scott Hindman, George Fink, the family of Cindy Perez; the family of Marjorie Macalister, the family of Gaston
Thurmond, the family of Joy Maynor; the family of Kenneth W. Baker and our troops and their families, the families of the Navy Seals, and help for those who are starving in Somalia and elsewhere and RAIN
We were so sorry to hear of the passing of Gaston Thurmond. We honored Gaston and Ophelia as the longest living sweethearts at the Belmont United Methodist Church. They were easy to love and hug. We knew that one of these days we were going to lose one or the other of them, and we lost Gaston at the age of 101. We send our sympathy to the family and especially to Ophelia.
We also send sympathy to the family of Marjorie Macallister. Marjorie was one lively lady. For so many years she was the wife of an active United Methodist Min-ister, Rev. Howard Macallister. That entailed taking up the slack in whatever church they were in. Sometimes it was playing the pia-no and organ, or leading the Sun-day school, all the while she was raising twin boys, Dwight and Sid. Keeping up with Bro. Mac was not easy to do. When he retired, he really didn’t retire but he did get to slow down a bit and garden in their little retirement place in the Saturn area. I know that her fam-ily will miss her, and so will the rest of the many friends and ac-quaintances that she latched on to for the many years that she lived.
We also lost Genevieve Brad-ley Vollentine this week. She was dubbed as the “First Lady in Gon-zales History” and received sever-al awards from the Texas History Commission. She also served as Gonzales County School Super-intendent for many years. She celebrated her last birthday out at the Belmont Social with lots of kin
and friends. She still was an active voice in many of the committees she served on.
Mildred O’Neal was not doing well at all and had to be taken to Memorial Hospital. We send ex-tra prayers her way. Mildred is Clarence Wayne O’Neal’s mother. I went to school with Clarence Wayne, and he is kinfolks with a lot of the other O’Neals in this area.
I talked with Leah Ford and she still does not have a landline number so you will still have to call her on her cell phone at 830-491-7016.
I will have to tell you that I ac-quired the neatest cane while I was being fitted for shoes at John Davis’s Health Solutions in Gon-zales. It is pink and white and has the breast cancer ribbons on it in pink. A dollar of the pur-chase price for every cane is do-nated to breast cancer research. So if you have to use a cane, and want something beside the mun-dane, and something that will help raise awareness for breast cancer, I am giving you the thumbs up on where you can get one. And, no Shirley Dozier, you cannot have mine. You will have to go buy your own. Shirley D. had her sur-gery and went home the same day, but later in the week had trouble breathing and landed in the ER. She didn’t have pneumonia as they thought so she got pumped full of antibiotics and sent home that afternoon. Hope you get to feeling better really soon Shirley.
Bertha Schuler has the time of her life a couple of weeks ago while house sitting and kitty sit-ting for her daughter, Karen, and son-in-law, Michael Miller. They took off on a trip to Jamaica. So Bertha had a little bit of heaven on earth while she took care of
grand-daughters Aniya and Ama-riah, and Callie and Gracie, their two kitties.
We took in a meal or two over at the Cost Café a week or so ago. It is weird to walk into the café and see all of the Lindemann Bros. grocery walls and even the meat counter. We had some deli-cious food and talked with several friends and even a relative that popped in. It was good to see Vir-gie Kifer and her grandson. I think that she is feeding him real good.
I think we need to take good care of these kitties. For two days Samson and Dililah have had a mouse cornered. One or the other of them would sit there on guard duty. Last night Will decided that he should help them out and moved one box just a tiny bit. As quick as a flash Dililah had that mouse in her mouth and took off with it. Man she had a death grip on that mouse. Samson was ready but Dililah was just a little faster. After she was sure that it had truly met its demise, then she let Sam-son look at her mouse. And thank goodness we saw to the demise of that awful skunk that ended up inside the yard fence right at our steps. Poor Squeaky got sprayed, but Will got a little puff of that spray too. I will have to do better by these animals. I got some ice cream to eat and then I put diet Dr. Pepper on top of it. They stuck up their noses at that concoction. According to the critters, that was some awful tasting stuff. Oh well, I told them that this One and Iam’s dog and cat food was some super expensive food, and they had bet-ter cease complaining about the ice cream. Man, these animals have a super rough life at this house!! HA!!
Have a good week and God Bless.
Sandi’s Country Fried News
Sandi Gandre
The Gonzales Cannon Thursday, August 18, 2011Page B6
Lost: Lost set of keys in city of Gonzales. Approx. around August 8. Offering reward of $25 for keys. Call 979-224-8013.
Found: Wedding Ring left at Wal-Mart. Call (830) 445-6597 and describe.
Lost - 5 Donkeys. 1 Black, 4 white. I-10,
304, Hensling Lane area. 830-437-2952.
Gonzales Learning Center seeking do-nations of caps and gowns. Call 830-672-8291 for infor-mation.
Job Corps is cur-rently enrolling stu-dents aged 16-24 in over 20 vocational trades at no-cost!
Will help students get drivers license GED or High School diploma and col-lege training if qualified. For more info call 512-665-7327
Full-time and Part-time Cooks needed at Kloesel’s Steak House in Moulton. Great pay, paid vacation. 361-596-
7323. Apply in per-son.
Taking applications for a Cook in Di-etary Department. Full time position with benefits at The Heights of Gon-zales Nursing and Rehabilitation Cen-ter. Please apply in person at 701 N. Sarah DeWitt Drive, Gonzales, TX.
General Labor - Shop help, must have valid TX driv-ers license. Will be responsible for
driving company vehicles and equip-ment on daily basis. Misc. shop duties, including some stencil layout and sandblasting. Con-crete experience a plus. Must be able to lift heavy objects. Need a responsible person who is look-ing for a steady job. Pick up an applica-tion at 5233 N. US Hwy. 183, Gonzales.
Accounting Clerk. Duties include HR, Inventory Control and General Office Duties. Computer Skills Required. H e a l t h / D e n t a l /Vision/401K/Esop. Email resume to [email protected].
Residential main-tenance person needed. Must have general mainte-
nance experience, references will be required and back-ground checks will be administered. Please submit re-sumes or pick up an application at 931 St. Joseph.
Need a Better Life? Free Job/Life skills for women. 672-6180, Sherry Poe.
CDL DRIVERS WANTED
J.M. Oilfield Service, a family oriented company is seek-ing professional & reliable Class A CDL employees. Re-quirements: 2 years experience tanker and must be will-ing to get HazMat endorsement ASAP. Call 830-672-8000.
AVON Representa-tives Wanted! Great earning opportu-
nities! Buy or Sell! Call 830-672-2271, Independent Sales Rep.
Monster Garage Sale at GCAM, 708 St. Louis, Saturday, 8/20. Sneak Peek Friday, 8-11. All clothing 25 cents each!! Get your Back To School Clothes Here!! New To Me at GCAM is now open Monday, Wednes-day, Thursday and Friday, 8-11.
Yard Sale. 210 Smith. Saturday, 8-12. Blouses, jeans, socks, shoes, dish-es, lamps, jewelry.
Garage Sale. 140 Wallace. A little bit of everything. 8:00-1:00. Saturday, Au-gust 20, 2011.
Yard Sale. Friday/Saturday, 8-12 both days. Children’s, adults clothing, misc. items. Hwy. 304, 1 1/2 mi from Sage Bank on left side.
Office Moving Sale - Bluebonnet Trails (Country Village
Shopping Center Suite #220). Satur-day, August 20th, 8 am - 1 pm. Lots of misc. office furni-ture and classroom equipment. Too much to list ----Must come and see.
2000 Buick Century, large capacity Es-tate Clothes Dryer, Kingsize mattress & standard box spring. 857-8090.
2 Teenagers For-mals-Party Dresses. 1 White w/spaghet-ti Strap, with rhine-stones. 1 Beige/golden color, spa-ghetti straps, gold rhinestones. Call 672-8034 or come by 1822 St. Louis.
Heavy, vinyl tarps. 15’x50’. UV proof, tuff boogers. $50 each. 830-660-2813.
6 oak restaurant booths w/copper inlaid tops. Large round folding ta-bles w/6 armchairs. Contact Tommy, 830-351-1263.
Excellent condition. 20” push mower, weed eater, $125/both. 361-741-2604, Yoakum.
Maytag Washing Machine. $150.00. Call 361-208-3565.
For Sale: 3 ft. long model Destroyer. $40.00. Call 672-5784.
FOR SALE: 35mm Minolta SLR Film Camera, 3 lenses, strobe, filters, tri-pod, case. $75.00. Call 830-822-6857.
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NOTIFICATION OF NONDISCRIMINATION IN CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS
1. Gonzales IndependentSchoolDistrictofferscareerand technicaleducationprograms inAgriculturalScience,BusinessEducation,Familyand Consumer Science,Automotive Services, and Technical Education.Admissiontotheseprogramsisbasedoninterestandaptitude,ageappro-priateness,andclassspaceavailable.2. ItisthepolicyofGonzalesIndependentSchoolDistrictnottoDis-criminateon thebasisof race, colornationalorigin, sex,orhandicap initscareerandtechnicalprograms,services,oractivitiesrequiredbyTitleIVoftheCivilRightsActof1964,asamended;TitleIXoftheEducationAmendmentsof1972,andSection504oftheRehabilitationActof1973,asamended.3. ItisthepolicyofGonzalesIndependentSchoolDistrictnottodis-criminateonthebasisofrace,color,nationalorigin,sex,handicap,orageinitsemploymentpracticesasrequiredbyTitleIVoftheCivilRightsActof1964,asamended;andSection504oftheRehabilitationActof1973,asamended.4. GonzalesIndependentSchoolDistrictwilltakestepstoassurethatlackofEnglishLanguageskillswillnotbeabarriertoadmissionandpar-ticipationinalleducationcareerandtechnicalprograms.5. Forinformationaboutyourrightsorgrievanceprocedures,contactTitle IXCoordinator,Dr.KimStrozier at926St.LawrenceStreet, 672-9551,and/orSection504Coordinator,FrankBehrendtat535FairStreet,672-6441.
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For sale: Float tube for fishing, like new. $50 obo. Also elec-tric trolling motor-make offer. 857-5720.
Baby bed for sale. $60. Call 254-931-5712.
Electric Hospital Bed, $300. 12 func-tion exercise bi-cycle, $65. Prices Negotiable. 830-582-1120, Nixon.
Fresh shelled peas. Cream, purple hulled & black eyed. Also unshelled peas. Sold by the bushel. 2001 Water St., Gonzales.
Proform Treadmill. Model 380CS. Pro-grammable, in-cludes built-in fan, speaker for IPOD radio. Like new con-dition. $350/obo. Contact Liz, 830-263-2103.
2003 Golf Cart for sale. Call 830-857-6208.
Radio Control Air-plane parts/kits. If I don’t have it, I can get it. Lockhart, TX. Call 979-393-8642.
For Sale: Calf table/shoot with self catch gate. $950. 830-437-5747.
For Sale: 14 feet by 40 feet Morgan Building. Used 9 months as library. Fully complete with electrical lighting and A/C heat pump unit. Floors sanded and painted. Steps with landing. Equipped with electrical me-ter loop. Excellent condition. Ideal for office space or nice work building. Contact Business Manager at 361-594-3836.
Whirlpool Heavy Duty Gas Dryer. Good condition. $75. Can be seen at 511 Church St. 830-857-4993.
Fresh Produce. Watermelons, Can-taloupes, Toma-toes, Squash, Cu-cumbers, Onions, Peppers & Peas. 2001 Water Street, Gonzales. 512-227-6950.
For Sale: 3 pt. Chip-p e r / S h r e d d e r , never been used, $600. Also Windmill Seeder, $250. 830-540-4971.
For Sale: Thomas Playmate with Col-or Glo Chord Organ.
Good condition. All instruction books included. Call Sue, 672-2192.
Utility trailer. All wired for lights. Current tag. $575. 512-917-4078.
Hats from the mak-ers of Koozie-Nor-wood 48 @ 192.08 “plus” transporta-tion charges. 4 color heat transfer. Color of hats - Red, yellow, pink, green, bone, khaki, or-ange, black navy and royal. That’s only $4.00 a hat. DBK Advertising. 830-437-5142 or 830-857-0876.
Prayer Shawl, 38x72, handmade, $75.00. Animal or bird cage, utility wire, 14x18, $60.00. 512-917-4078.
FREE 3 haul Fiber-glass boat, 16 ft. Needs work & no leaks. Call for infor-mation. 830-540-3574.
Fullsize Mattress & Box Springs, $100. Queensize Mattress and Box Springs, $175. Both in ex-cellent condition & sanitized. 830-672-3728.
2 young ladies black jackets size 14. One is leather. 672-8034.
Old Readers Di-gests for Sale. Call 830-672-3362.
Autograph picture of Muhammad Ali/Cassius Clay (60’s), Certificate of Au-thenticity (11x16), $1,400. Yellow Lab Stud Service. (806) 577-3962.
Beautiful hand-made “orange poinsettia” pottery bowl. Large. Great gift. $35. Call (512) 917-4078.
Pecans for Sale. This year’s crop. Shelled, Halved. $10/1 lb. bag. 512-417-3032.
Culligan Water Softner and Rust Remover, old cars, elect. water heater, 2001 Fiber Truck bed w/key, Hay Bal-ers, Bar B Q pipe. 830-437-5759.
2 pipe BBQ pits for sale. Ozarka Water cooler with bottle. Call 361-208-3565.
128 used letter-size hanging file folders, most have colored tabs, excellent con-dition. $30 cash for
all or $7 per 25. 830-672-1106.
Computer, printer & desk, all $400. Stamina #4755 ex-ercise machine. Like new condition. $100/obo. 672-2267.
4 tires. LT2457QR17 in good condition. $100 obo. 830-672-2075.
16 ft. Fiberglass canoe, $250; Dog house, $45.; A/C, $40; Heaters, Lift Chair, $150/ Leath-er Couch, $100. FM 532 W. of Moult-ong. Just across from bridge. Call 361-596-4403 after 7 p.m., leave mes-sage.
Tanning Bed for Sale. 1996, 24SF. $300. Children’s wardrobe, good condition. $300. 672-7127.
Beautiful Vintage water color paint-ing, landscape & water. 12x19. $375. Antique very or-nate picture frame. 16x20, $295. Call 512-917-4078.
Dalhart Winberg original oil paint-ing, landscape, $3800 (512)917-4078.
For Sale: Picnic tables built with treated 2x6 lum-ber with bolts and screws. No nails. 4, 6, and 8 foot sizes available. For more details call 830-540-4776 or 830-857-3273. Delivery Available.
John Deere 350 C Dozer. 90% Condi-tion Overall and 1988 Wrangler, new motor. Sahara special Make offer on Jeep and Tractor. Call 857-1781.
For Sale: Cat D6C Dozer, power shift, hydraulic single blade, Hyster Winch w/cable, brush cab, extra set tracks pads. 830-437-5759.
Ford 3000 Tractor. Diesel. $4,800. Call 830-203-9385.
Heavily fertil-ized, horse qual-ity, coastal square & round bales. Bebe, Tx. 210-326-6053.
1977 WW 2-horse straight load bum-per pull. Good con-dition - ready to haul. Asking $2,000. (830) 857-5695.
17 clover hay. Hay
for cows. $45 a bale. Call 512-917-4078.
Old western saddle, needs repair $150 (512) 917-4078.
2 wheel trailer. Call Robert at 830-203-0540.
Beautiful 6 month old dark brown all leather sofa & lo-veseat, 4 recliners built in. Very com-fortable. Need to sell, too large for room. Store will not take back. They are custom made. Paid $4,000, will take $3,000 for them. Call 672-3613.
E n t e r t a i n m e n t Center. Rustic style pine. 55.5x50 inch-es. Holds up to 32 inch TV. Great Con-dition. Asking $50 obo. Call 361-596-7466.
Cargo style sofa. $100.00. Call 361-772-5859.
Custom Designed Western motif 3 panel decorative screen, 54”x78 1/2’, horses, brands & leather look, $395 512-917-4078.
For sale antique set twin beds, antique wardrobe, table with chairs, sofa and two matching chairs. 830-672-7347.
For sale 3 piece an-tique loveseat, lamp’s new and used mo-bile chair with bat-teries. 1827 St. Louis 830-672-8034.
For Sale: 3br/2ba Fleetwood Mobile Home. 1,728 sq. ft. New roof, lami-nated wood floors, new windows, new furnace and door. Antique bath tub. 85% completely new remodeling throughout house. Must sell fast and be moved. Reduced $18,000/obo. Call 830-445-9889.
For Sale: 7.3070 Acres w/1973 Doublewide Mo-bile Home. 14 mi. South, FM 1117 in Seguin, TX. Mobile home is in need of repair. New water well. There are two septic tanks on property. Asking $56,000. Call 830-401-0147.
Grill Guard and Run-ning Boards for 2002 Durango. Westin Brand, excelllent condition. $300. Call 830-560-0238.
For Sale. Older Buick Regal Sport Car. En-gine is gone. Body, tires are almost new. Air condition system is new. Make me an offer. 361-594-2129. Shiner, County Rd. 299, Box 577.
1988 Wrangler, new motor. Sahara special and John Deere 350 C Dozer. 90% Condi-tion Overall. Make of-fer on Jeep and Trac-tor. Call 857-1781.
“Simply the best deal on new Chevrolets and GMCs and over 100 used vehicles with financing to fit most credit situa-tions. Grafe Chevrolet GMC - Hallettsville, TX - 800 798-3225 or 361-798-3281.”
FOR SALE: 2007 Toyota Camry LS - 48,000 miles; auto; a i r - condit ioned, power locks, etc. Great condition; be-low Blue Book price. Call in Gonzales - 404-502-0340. (Cell-phone).
1989 Ford Conver-sion Van. Super clean interior, good motor & A/C, transmissions slips, $1,900 firm. 830-437-5659 or 857-6565.
2000 Jeep Wrangler SE Sport 2D, New Tires and New Sony Stereo. 107,000 miles. Great Condi-tion. Asking $7,000 obo. Call 361-865-3353.
For Sale: 2001 Crown Victoria Ford, price $3,250. Call 830-587-6230 or 830-857-5559.
1998 Chevrolet, heavy 1/2 ton 4WD, 350CC engine. New AC. $5,000. Call 830-
203-0147.
Van for Sale. $3,800 OBO. 2001 Oldsmo-bile Silhouette. Well-maintained, very clean. 181,000 miles. Great for family or hauling van. Call 512-905-8226.
2,000 F-250, Power-stroke, Ford Diesel truck, Hunter Green, Tow Ball, Bedliner, CLEAN, 182K Miles. Power windows, locks. $6,500 cash. (512) 917-4078.
2005 Yamaha V-Star Classic with Silvera-do Package. Lots of extras. 1995 F-250 4x4 Supercab Diesel 5-speed. 281-330-9417.
2009 Honda Trail-wagon, w/dump bed, headlights, re-ceiver hitch & seat belts. 2wd w/rear dif-ferential. $2,500. For more information, 672-8580.
2007 Saturn Ion, 56,000 Miles $5000 worth of perfor-mance parts. $9000 OBO 830-203-0282.
For sale: 1998 GMC P/U, V8 automatic, 2D Extended Cab, 181K miles, bed liner, tow-package, $3,800. 830-203-0287.
3BR/2BA home for rent on 318 DeWitt St/ Central Air. Big back yard. $850/mo., $500/dep. Call 830-445-9294.
3BR/1Bath Mobile Home for rent. $600/month plus $300 deposit. Lo-cated at end of Oil Patch Lane in Gon-zales. Call 210-416-0041.
2BR/2BA house for rent, w/covered patio, w/electric-ity. Lots of trees, quiet. No pets, no smoking. $650/mo + dep. 1st and last
months. Appliances available. Luling area. 210-386-1399.
Home in Seguin for Rent. Two bedroom, one bath. Com-pletely updated with all new appli-ances. $750.00 per month and $750.00 deposit. Call Deb-bie at 830-445-9583 for details.
House in country for rent. 3/2, nice yard. 361-594-3233 or 830-857-4364.
Small efficiency apartment for rent. $250/month, $150 deposit. Located at the end of Oil Patch Lane in Gonzales. Call 210-416-0041.
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I want to share my gift of making a room come alive. I can see the room and vision what I can do. Clean pic-ture frames, knick-knacks, move fur-niture around. If thats what it takes to make my vision come alive. Guar-anteed you will be enchanted. Just give me a try, give Laura’s Gift a call. 830-203-5180. Free estimates on site.
You Vacation, I’ll take care of the place. Includes pets, yard, grand-ma. References. Ma-ture lady. Gonzales, 512-296-4845.
Do you need your house cleaned? No job is too small or too big. $10-$15/hr. Available M-S. Call Brittany Balderas at 445-0703.
SENIOR HOMECARE BY
ANGELSOur caring home companions help seniors live at home. Hygiene as-sistance, meals and housework. Service provided up to 24-hour care. We let you choose your caregiver! Top ref-erences and afford-able rates. Visiting Angels Toll Free 855.859.6989.
House cleaning services available. Reasonable rates. Servicing Gonzales and surrounding areas. References
available. Call Bar-bara at 979-777-8710 or email [email protected].
Experienced Care Giver excellent ref-erences available for private setting in home hospital and nursing home. Day and night. 361-865-0286 or 832-655-9195.
Dennis Fojtek (Me-chanic), Moulton, Tx. 713-408-9388. Repairs the follow-ing: tractors, lawn mowers, tillers, chain saws, trucks etc.
Private Caregiver. 20+ years experi-ence. Hospice certi-fied. Looking to do private duty, cook, clean, drive. 361-772-2011.
Ironing done, in my home can pick up & deliver. References if needed. Call Lou-ise (830) 582-1120.
Will clean your house. I’m depend-able and have refer-ences. Call Mary at 830-672-4691.
All-around handy-man available. I also build sheds, 16x8 tool shed. Call 830-857-1959.
Building Demoli-tion – House, barns, etc. 830-263-0663 or 830-203-0540.
Hand for Hire, Odd Jobs Done, FREE estimates. Anything you don’t want to do, Junk hauling, Tree Removal, Lot clearing, House pressure washing, office help, ranch,
farm, lawn & Flower beds, Barbed wire fence repair, gutter cleaning, I do win-dows. One call does it all. Call Terry (830 203-1503 or (830) 857-5927.
Need help with lawn or pool? Please call Gene Kridler at 830-857-1576.
Lawn care & shred-ding. Call for free estimates. 830-203-9385.
Lawn mowing ser-vice, residential & commercial. Li-ability ins., free estimates and low cost.. No job too large or too small. 830-263-4181.
Will mow yards - reasonable rates. Call for free esti-mate, 830-857-5147.
Willing to do baby-sitting at my house. 8-5 M-F. 511 Church St., 830-857-4993.
Harley Sportster, 883 Custom, 2005 model. Hwy. guard bars, detachable windshield, saddle bags, windshield bag. Yellow custom paint, garage kept, excellent condition, never laid down. 9K miles, tires excel-lent, new battery & new rear tire. $5,200.00 FIRM. Call 830-560-0238.
2 80CC Kawasaki 4-wheelers for sale. $900/each. Call 830-534-4996.
Enduro 55 lb. Thrust Minn Kota used 1 hour. $150. 916 Qualls St., Gonzales.
Boat Fender and life vests. $5 to $10 each. 916 Qualls St., Gonzales.
For Sale: 2007 Hon-da Shadow, VT 750 C2, 3,902 Miles. Like New condition. $5,000.00. Call after 5:00 p.m. M-F. 830-540-3555.
2006 Buell Blast 500cc bike. Made
by Harley-David-son. Only 2,100 miles. Gets 62 miles to a gallon. Great fun, easy to ride, beginners or ex-perienced. $2,500 obo. Located near Old Moulton. Cell, 830-857-0734, after 6, can call 361-596-7317.
1990 25ft Dutch-man travel trailer for sale. Fifthwheel hitch, queen size bed and couch, rear bathroom with closet, gas stove and microwave, new tires. Gonzales area, $4,000. 830-857-4750.
2002 Jayco Eagle 27’ bumper-pull travel trailer w/slide out. New a/c. $7,000. Also, 2004 Fleetwood RV Pecos pop-up. Like new, only pulled from dealer. $4,000. Both units located near Old Moulton. Call 857-0734 or 361-596-7317.
2003 Golf Cart for sale. Call 830-857-6208.
1976 Ford Eldorado Motorhome. V-8, super clean, good motor & A/C. New refrigerator. $3,700/obo. 830-437-5659 or 857-6565.
FOR RENT: 2-RV Parking Sites, shade trees, all hook ups. 5 miles East Gon-zales. $350/mo. Call 263-0292.
24 ft. 2006 bought in 2007. Zeppelin Travel Trailer w/slide out; Lg. corner shower, qn. bed, m/w, stove, refrig-erator, sat./cable prep, tires 2-yrs-old. $9,800; located near Gonzales. Call 936-203-4378 or 936-594-9809.
5 RV Spots for rent. $350/mo. Electric, sewer hookups, wa-ter all included in price. Off 90A and Kelly Loop. For in-
formation call 830-857-3112.
FOR SALE: 25 ft. 5th wheel travel trailer with 5th wheel hitch. Good condi-tion. Microwave, stove, refrigera-tor, sleeper couch, queen bed. Asking $4,000. Call 830-437-2359.
2003 Dyna Super-Glide Harley 100 yr. Anniv. Gold Key ad-dition windshield, backrest, forward controls. Great con-dition. $7,500. 830-875-2278.
1996 Pace Arrow. Ready to travel. Good condition. Runs well. 830-660-3883.
2009 38’ Landmark. 3 slide-outs. Like new. King size bed. Great Buy. $39,900. 830-437-5211.
For Sale or Trade. 2006 Yamaha V-Star 1100 Midnight Custom motorcycle w/helmet & deluxe motorcycle cover for sale or trade. Purchased new July 2007 - currently has only 987 miles - Pristine condition, garage kept & ma-ture owner-must see to appreciate. $5,400 or trade for good condition Jon Boat, Jet Ski, or Pontoon boat. I can email photos. [email protected]. 830-672-6033.
Having Fun with piano lessons with Shelia Wright 1622 N. College St. Youth and Adults Flexible Schedule (830) 672-2719.
Free coonhound mix pups. Two spayed females, 1st shots, wormed, 6 months old. Res-cued after aban-doned on dirt road. Smart, healthy, gen-tle, already hunting together. Get along with other dogs. 830-540-4591.
FREE 1/2 Lab Pup-pies. Call 830-857-6208.
For Sale: Dog car-rying cage. Asking $40.00. Call 361-208-3565.
AKC German Short-hair pointer pup-pies for sale. Great hunters & family companions. Male - $200; female - $250. 830-203-0470.
Pups For Sale. Great Pyrenees, (1/8 Ana-tolian). Call Sammie Gibson at (830) 203-8666.
Splish Splash Time for a bath! Groom-ing with loving touch... We strive to give your pet a pawsitive experi-ence. We do diffi-cult dogs. We also brush teeth. Master Groomer Stacy Gar-cia at 830-540-3344 or 972-464-6312 or Shirley at 830-540-4365.
Very cute Rat Terrier puppies. 6 wks old. $75. 830-203-0470.
Tiny Chihuahua puppies. 8 wks. Registered. S/W, ti-ger striped, Apple Head. $150-$175. 210-379-0771.
Cocker Spaniels AKC, 3 males, shots & wormed. $250.00. 830-540-4368 or 830-203-8511.
Male, 8 wks. old Schnauzer/Terrier Mix. Free to good home. Socialized with children, other dogs and a cat. Call 830-203-8444 be-fore 1 p.m.
2 Great Dane pup-pies. Asking $225. 857-5147.
Rhodesian Ridge-back and lab mix puppies. With ridges $50. They are blond, brown and tan. Without ridges, $25. Will be big dogs around 75-100 lbs. Call Leia Dalton at 830-263-2570.
AKC Bichon Pup-py’s. Shots and wormed. Females, $500; Males, $450. 830-540-4368. 830-203-8511, cell.
Turn your favorite pet photo into a work of art! Artist Brenda Shannon, Pastel or Acrylic. Great gift idea. (512) 917-4078.
Cute, playful, pure-bred shorthair Chi-huahua puppies. 6 wks. Male & fe-male. Black and tan markings. 1st shots, wormed. $150 each. Christine, 830-875-9519.
5 Cockatiels. 2 years old. Yellow and gray. $50 each. Call 830-534-5930.
3 female geese, 1 male goose. Also laying hens to pick from. Call 361-594-4319.
Polish crested Blue Legged Bantam Chickens. 512-272-5147.
HACCP Trained per-son need to help write HACCP plan for poultry. 830-339-0419.
Boer Goats for Sale: 1 Billy, 6 mths. 1 Nannie, 6 mth & 5 Adult Nannies. Sell as package deal or individual. 830-560-0238.
Baby Guineas. $2.00 each, your choice. Multiple colors. 8 3 0 - 5 4 0 - 4 0 6 3 . Leave number, will return call.
For Sale: Guinea eggs for setting. Call 830-672-7384.
For Sale: Calf table/shoot with self catch gate. $950. 830-437-5747.
For Sale: Sorrell Gelding, 10 yrs. old. Big, strong, sound ranch horse. Very good looking. Needs a strong rid-er. Gentle, calm dis-position. $850/firm. Call 361-596-4954.
Three “M” Boer Goats has County Bred breeding goats for the 2012 Livestock Show for sale. All were born March - May 2011 and are show qual-ity. Our ranch has provided Cham-pion goats to the livestock show each year since 2008. Join our winning team today and purchase your next Champion from us. (830) 491-8508. www.threemboer-goats.com.
Black Limousin & Black Angus Bulls. Also Heifers. Gentle. Increase your wean-ing waits. Delivery available. 979-263-5829.
Reg. Polled Her-eford Bulls. One year to 3 1/2 years, $1,100-$1,500. Also Reg. Heifers, 1 yr. olds. $650-$850.
Call 830-540-4430.
For Sale. 3 black Brangus Bulls, 1 red Brangus Bull. 2 yrs. old. No papers. $1,200/each. 830-437-5772.
For Sale. Female mare, 6 yrs. old. $500. Please call if interested. 713-203-2814.
Riding lessons in Gonzales. My horses or yours. For more information please call, 830-203-0470.
APHA flashy mare for sale. Broke to ride. FMI please call 830-203-0470. $1750.00. Used in Playdays/trailride.
Pretty Reg. A.Q.H.A. Cremello Colt, 6 months old. Great c o n f o r m a t i o n . Good bloodline - Hollywood Gold & King. $500.00. 830-437-5671 or 830-857-4591.
Longhorn young bulls and heifers for sale. Foundation genetics. Yard art or breeders. Gold Star Longhorns, Bob Tinstman, 830-540-4591.
For Sale: Black An-gus Bulls. 1 1/2 yrs. old. $1200-$1500. 830-437-5772.
Yearling smoky grulla dun filly (solid). Has halter on and has been trailered. Asking $600 OBO. (830) 857-5695.
17 year sorrel paint with blue eye. Originally trained in western pleasure - used for trail rides. Asking $1,200. (830) 857-5695.
7 year dun paint. Well trained, ready to finish your way. Asking $2,000. (830) 857-5695.
White Leghorn chickens, $7.00 each. 830-857-4580.
M I N I - D O N K E Y S . Great pets, loves people. All ages and colors, some “cross” designs, 36” tall. 830-672-6265, 830-857-4251, 830-672-5152.
M I N I - G O A T S . (Dwarf Nigerians) 18” to 24” tall. Good weed eaters. Fun to have around. Beautiful silver and white herd sire. (7 left) 830-672-6265, 830-857-4251, 830-672-5152.
HOMESvTHOMPSONVILLE 2br/1ba home on 30 ac. Recent new metal roof, remodeled and updated. On CR 240 in Thompsonville........................................................................................... $199,500vGONZALES 2br, 1 bath, 1 car garage................................$74,500
FARM & RANCHvGONZALES 28 acres, 2 story, 3BR, 2 Bath custom built home..............................................................................................$375,000
ACREAGEvTHOMPSONVILLE 10 ac. fronting CR 240........ $4,900.00/ac.vWAELDER 97.44 acres, 4BR ranch house, great house, oil/gas income, Ranching/Investment............................................$750,000vGONZALES 68 acres, Ranch/Investment/Apartments/Business...........................................................................................$673,200vGONZALES 25 acres. Fronts Hwy. 304.......................$112,500vWAELDER 10.49 acres. New perimeter fence............$4,900/acvGONZALES 78 acres. 2 tanks, fenced.......REDUCED to ....................................................................................................$3,450/acvRED ROCK 181 acres......................................................$895,000
COMMERCIALvGONZALES 7.62 acres w/access to Sarah DeWitt. Bank Foreclosure, great investment.....................................$42,000vGONZALES 68 acres. Investment/Apartments/Business............................................................................................$673,200vWAELDER Poultry Farm. 4 breeder hen houses, 50 acres, mo-bile home.........................................................................$1,250,000
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House for Sale/To Be Moved: 3BR/1Ba frame house, pier & beam foundation, central A/H. Buyer responsible for moving house from property, $6,000. 830-857-4172.
Two story, eleven room home which includes three bed-room, two baths. Apprx. 2,500 sq. ft. on about an half acre. Corner lot, zoned for residen-t ia l /commercia l . Luling. $150,000. 830-875-6975.
53.35 Improved Pasture with 3/2 older home, CA/H, on FM 1116. 5 miles from downtown Gonzales. Live Oaks, lots of new fence. After 5 p.m. call 830-437-2955 or 830-857-4242.
Home For Sale; New Construction; 2 bed/1 bath; 1504 Weimar Street; $74,900; 100% fi-nancing for quali-fied buyers; 830-203-5065.
House for Sale. 3BR/1 bath or 2 BR and dining room, carport & storage building in back. Phone, 830-203-5181, good bargain.
3BR/2BA at 1609 Gardien St. 1,400 sq. ft, 2 living areas, lg. fenced yard. $94K. 830-203-1874.
4BR/1BA, privacy fenced-in yard. 1000 Cuero St., Gonzales. Open lot in front of house, carport. Good con-dition. About 20 yrs. old. $75,000. Call 830-203-0389 for information.
6+ Acres for Sale or Lease. Build to suit. End of Oil Patch Lane. Call 210-416-0041.
FOR LEASE. 2.70 acre yard with 1568 sq. ft. building with attached 1440 sq. ft. shed, built for large equipment including two 12’ access doors for trucks. Electrical, water, highway frontage, easy on and off truck en-trance, close to city of Gonzales. 830-857-4905.
Small acreage for sale or lease on US 183 just North of US 90A in Gonzales. Great for oilfield, etc. 830-203-0470.
Approximately 10 acres for lease in Gonzales. Great for commercial busi-ness. For more info please call 830-203-0470.
For Sale: 7.3070 Acres w/1973 Doublewide Mo-bile Home. 14 mi. South, FM 1117 in Seguin, TX. Mobile home is in need of repair. New water well. There are two septic tanks on property. Asking $56,000. Call 830-401-0147.
Lot for Rent. $100/month. 70’x130’ on Church St. Call 830-423-2103.
25 acres for sale. I-10 & 304 area. Abundant wild-life, great hunting, pond, nice home-site. $4,500/acre. Call 713-203-2814 for information.
Want to Buy used electric wheelchair, 5 yrs. old or approx. Jet 3 Ultra. 830-437-2232.
Wanted: Any make rifle, caliber 22-250. Call 830-857-1781.
I want to buy a used shower stall & kitchen cabinets. 830-437-5659
WANTED: Old, bro-ken and unwanted costume and vin-tage jewelry, chain necklaces/belts and loose beads. I am a crafter who loves beading and mak-ing jewelry, and can’t afford new, full price beads. I will make an offer. I am in Gonzales. Please help me with my hobby. YOUR TRASH IS MY TREA-SURE! Call (512) 227-4040 today.
Wanted: Heavy duty metal shelv-ing, 6-7 ft. tall, 3-5 ft. long, 12-24 inch-es deep. 832-419-5275.
Wanted: Wooden shelves. Approx. 6 ft. tall x 12-30 inches deep, x 30 inches wide. 832-419-5275.
Looking for a nice house in or near Gonzales. 940-284-4255.
Small family owned trucking company looking to lease or purchase 5-15 acres in Gonzales or surrounding area. Prefer w/shop or building. Call 501-589-5097.
Wanted: Looking for Deer Lease to pay by the day. 361-596-7792.
Needed: I need to rent a 2 bed or 3 bedroom apart-ment or house in Gonzales or Luling area. Please call 830-822-5076.
K&S Storage Units922 St. Peter, Gon-zales, Texas. Units are available for rent with specials. First Month $10.00 - Move in special for month of August and September!!! Call 830-445-9583 or 830-857-3505 for details.
APACHE STORAGE - The Store All Place is located at 2502 Harwood Rd. Gon-zales, TX. 830-203-5115.
Hello. Need some-one to fill in for an absent employee for a day or two. Maybe I can help. I’m 54, female, co-ower auto shop, 16 yrs, Dental Asst. 3 yrs, Photographer, newspaper & aer-ial, weddings, etc, great with the pub-lic & full of common sence. 24 hr. prior notice. Will be glad to drop by before hire. Laura Gift, 830-203-5180.
JCK Services. Tree shearing, brush stacking, stump treatment, small brush grubbing. Call Jeff (830) 263-1016 or Wayne, (830) 857-3611.
Welding, Fabrica-tion and repairs. Call 830-437-5747.
A/C & Electrical side jobs: New installs, A/C maintenance, Condenser change-outs, Residential
& Commercial at affordable prices. Please call David anytime at 830-263-1747.
Ranch Hand Work. Rounding up cattle, fence work. Willing to learn. Call Steven & Gerald, 512-538-8950.
Need help with lawn or pool? Please call Gene Kridler at 830-857-1576.
Mobile Massage is now serving Gonzales & Luling. Specializing in Therapeutic Mas-sage for pain in lower back, neck, knees etc. Also corporate chair massage. 13 years experience. LMT Steve Turner, Lic. # MT021213. Call 8 3 0 - 8 5 7 - 0 2 7 0 . “Let me help get-ting you mobile.”
Brush Busters.Bobcat, w/tree cut-ter attachment, land clearing, mesquite spray-ing, fence building, misc. odd end jobs. Reasonable Rates. Call James at 512-738-0848.
Electrical wiring, t r o u b l e s h o o t -ing & Repairs, new construction, a d d i t i o n s , m e t e r loops, ceiling fans, metal buildings, panel upgrades, etc. 830-437-5747.
Photographer - Pro-fessional, Afford-able, and Conve-nient. Specializing in families, children and maternity pho-tography sessions. Or relax and enjoy your special day by hiring “Memo-ries by Maxwell” to shoot your birth-d ay / a n n i ve r s a r y party, retirement ceremony, wed-ding, baptism, or other memorable event. Call Nikki today to schedule your event or ses-sion. (512) 227-4040. Located in Gonzales. Will travel to events within surrounding area.
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The TWF “Summer Warfare” is coming to Gonzales Aug. 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Edwards Com-munity Association Center, 214 Fly St. in Gonzales, to benefit the Edwards Association.
President Jimmy DeLaRosa Perez of the Seguin-based orga-nization said the Texas Wrestling
Federation holds wrestling events on the first Saturday of each month in Seguin and adjacent communities such as Gonzales, Luling, Kenedy, Cuero, Refugio, Floresville, Three Rivers and oth-er towns in the areas southeast of San Antonio.
He said sometimes shows are
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“We try to stay in the region and areas around Seguin,” Perez said.
The “Summer Warfare” in Gonzales gets underway at 7:30 p.m., with the main event pitting
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WRESTLING, Page B3
Apaches lookmuch sharperin scrimmage
By MARK LUBE
HALLETTSVILLE —Shiner quickly re-bounded from its only loss of the season so far in the finals of the Victoria St. Joseph tournament.
Shiner swept Hallettsville Sacred Heart (27-25, 25-20, 25-18) Tuesday night at Sa-cred Heart Gymnasium.
“We are getting better each game,” said
Ryah Michalec. “This win was a good way for us to get back on track.”
“It is a great start to the early part of the season,” setter Cassie Stafford opined.
“We had great defense. The offense is coming along,” Lady Comanches head coach Michelle Winkenwerder said.
She praised her defensive specialists for doing a good job of defending.
By MARK [email protected]
‘D’-niedA San Antonio Cornerstone receiver goes airborne but finds the Nixon-Smiley defense tough to beat during action in Saturday’s scrimmage. See scrimmage roundup, Page B3. (Photo by Dave Mundy)
Up and overShiner’s Kristin Schacherl lines up a kill attempt during Tuesday’s non-district ac-tion against Sacred Heart. (Photo by Mark Lube)
Lady Comanches get backon track with triumph
Gonzales saw its first ac-tion against another team Saturday in Blanco.
The team made some im-provement from the Black-Orange scrimmage that was held on Aug. 6 but still has plenty of work to do.
The team did a better job of blocking.
“Our blocking was good, at times,” Apache head coach Ricky Lock said. “It was better than it was in our intra-squad scrim-mage. We still have a long ways to go.”
Blanco elected to not run the football a lot and was held to 40 yards by the Gonzales defense.
Lock said the GHS re-ceivers were not executing very well.
“Our routes were sloppy and we did not compete for the football,” he said. “There is a lot of room for
us to improve.”GHS still has some ques-
tion marks as to certain po-sitions.
Conditioning was good, Lock said.
Gonzales will play its fi-nal preseason scrimmage at Austin St. Michaels today with the freshman playing at 5:30 p.m., the junior var-sity at 6:30 and the varsity taking the field around 7:30
The Apaches offense has some things to work on.
Lock said GHS will need to improve at throwing the ball, running the ball, ball security and finishing off blocks.
Facing St. Michaels will give GHS a chance to eval-uate its secondary a lot.
“St. Michael’s runs a spread offense and they throw the ball almost every down,” Lock said.
In last year’s scrimmage, both teams scored three touchdowns.
By MARK [email protected]
SHINER, Page B2
The Gonzales Lady Apach-es volleyball team played six games last Thursday through Saturday in the Columbus Tournament.
Gonzales opened with El Campo in the first game on Thursday, falling 2-0 (18-25,
17-25) and to the Lady Brahmas of Hallettsville 2-0 (26-28, 19-25).In the consolation bracket,
the Lady Apaches scored a 2-0 (25-20, 25-19) win over Wei-mar to advance the quarterfi-nals but fell to Sealy 2-0 (15-25, 24-26). The Lady Apaches then swept Brazosport 26-24,
25-13 to set up a rematch with Sealy.
Sealy swept the Lady Apaches 22-25 15-25.
The Lady Apaches re-bounded on Tuesday with a 3-1 (16-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-11) road win against Bas-trop Cedar Creek. Allison Raley had 13 kills, five blocks; Brittney Pakebusch had five kills and three blocks; Lindsey Akers had five kills; Jesssica Cantu had 21 assists; Carly Bozka had 23 digs and four aces; Shayla Simper had seven digs and Morgan Simper had three aces.
•The Nixon-Smiley Lady Mustangs took runner-up spot in the Pettus Tourna-ment.
The Lady Mustangs swept the hosts 25-20, 25-14. In the final, they played Taft
• The St. Paul Lady Cardi-nals opened the season Aug. 9 with a 3-1 win over Nixon-Smiley (21-25, 25-21, 25-18, 25-18.
The Lady Cardinals played in the St. Joseph Tournament Aug. 11-13. St. Paul opened with a 2-0 defeat to Shiner (19-25, 21-25) and defeated Ganado 25-22, 25-10.
•The Hallettsville Sacred Heart Indianettes split six games last week in the Indus-trial Tournament.
The Indianettes opened with a 2-0 win over Edna (25-20, 27-25). Shelby McEl-roy had 15 assists; Caitlin Orsak had 16 digs; Shyanne Schlauch and Adrienne Klim-itchek each had seven kills and Klimitchek had two blocks.
In its next game, Sacred Heart took down Boling in two games (25-14, 25-4).
McElroy had 10 assists; Klim-itchek had six kills; Kirsten Heger had seven digs and Jenna Brown had four aces.
In its third game, Sacred Heart fell to Rockport-Fulton in three games (13-25, 25-15, 3-10). McElroy had 10 assists; Kelsie Buchanan had two aces and Klimitchek had 17 digs.
Sacred Heart swept Luling 25-21, 25-7 to finish pool play. McElroy had 21 assists; Klimitchek had four kills with Buchanan getting 12 aces and seven digs.
Sacred Heart opened Gold bracket play with the hosts, falling 11-25, 9-25. McElroy had four assists; Orsak had eight digs and one ace; San-dra Adams had one block and Schlauch had two kills.
The Indianettes closed out the tournament against Bay City, falling 23-25, 18-25. McElroy had four assists; Robyn Pavlicek had four kills and Heger had nine digs.
“We played Thursday with great enthusiasm, adrenaline and team unity. On Satur-day, we came out flat,” head coach Wanda Orsak said. “We played like two totally differ-ent teams in this tournament. If we cannot get more than one or two kills from our hit-ters, we will not win and the key to that is passing the ball accurately to the setter and ag-gressive hitting.”
•The Shiner Lady Coman-ches volleyball team won runner-up in the Victoria St. Joseph Tournament last week-end.
On Thursday, Shiner creamed Van Vleck 2-0 (25-0, 25-0) and defeated Faith Academy 2-0 (25-13, 25-16. Kristin Schacherl had three aces; Ryah Michalec had eight points and eight digs; Cassie Stafford had 18 assists and LaNeshia Hunt had 11 kills.
Shiner then met up with
St Paul in its last game on Thursday, winning 25-19, 25-21. Michalec had 14 digs and eight points; Hunt had 10 kills and Stafford had 19 assists.
Friday against St. Joseph in the final, Shiner fell in five games (26-24, 23-25, 25-23, 24-26, 11-15). Lauren Oden had four aces; Michalec had 37 digs; Hunt had 18points and nine kills; Emmalie Berkovsky had five blocks and Stafford had 26 assists.
Stafford and Hunt were named to the All-Tourna-ment Team.
•Flatonia Lady Bulldogs took on Yorktown, Weimar and Fayetteville last week. Fla-tonia swept Yorktown 25-10, 25-3, 25-13.
They followed with a win over Weimar (25-20, 25-20, 25-19) and defeated Fayette-ville 3-0 (25-19, 25-9, 25-18).
• The Luling Lady Eagles hit the road to Vanderbuilt to take part in the Industrial tournament Aug. 10-12. Lady Eagles opened pool No. 2 play Aug. 10 against the Rockport. The Lady Eagles fell in two games 25-13, 25-18. Luling hit the court against Edna in the next game.
The Cowgirls swept Luling 25-22, 25-14.
The Lady Eagles faced Boil-ing in the next match, win-ning 25-22, 20-25, 10-7 .
In their fourth game of the day, Luling took on Hallets-ville Scared Heart.
Sacred Heart prevailed 25-22, 25-7.
Luling’s next game was against Danbury on Aug. 12 in the Silver bracket. The Lady Eagles advanced with a 2-1 win (8-25, 26-24, 15-13).
This moved the Lady Ea-gles to the semi finals of the silver bracket, where they faced Runge.
The Lady Eagles fell 2-1 (25-22, 21-25, 9-15) to the
Lady Yellow Jackets.•Aug. 11-13 Hallettsville
played in the Columbus Tournament. In pool play, the Lady Brahmas defeat-ed Rice 2-0 (25-12, 25-15. Cheyenne Dowdy got six assists and two blocks and four kills;Katie Wagner and Madison Schindler each had six digs; Heather Henneke had two aces and MacKenzie Schindler had eight points. They followed with a sweep of Gonzales (28-26, 25-19). Ali Patek had eight digs;Lauren Jones had five assists; Dowdy had three blocks; Madison Schindler had eight digs and seven points; Henneke had five assists and three aces and Cassidy Targac had five kills. Hallettsville opened Gold Bracket play with Columbus, falling 2-0 (12-25, 20-25). Patek had five digs; Jones had seven assists, five points and one ace; Dowdy had three blocks; Madison Schindler had five digs and Targac had five kills.
The Lady Brahmas then defeated Brazos 25-16, 26-24. Targac had seven points,four kills, two aces and six blocks; Dowdym Madison Schindler and MacKenzie Schindler had four kills; Madison Schindler had six digs and Jones had 10 assists. Hal-lettsville defeated Yoakun 2-1 (25-18, 25-27, 28-26) in the consolation finals. Patek had 12 digs; Jones had 14 assists and two aces; Dowdy had three blocks; Henneke had 12 digs; Sha’Taria Runnels had 13 points and Targac had eight kills and three blocks.
Hallettsville fell to La Grange (19-25, 13-25, 15-25) on Tuesday.Patek had 11 digs; Jones had 14 assists; Dowdy had three blocks; Madison Schindler had eight points; Runnels had one ace and Targac had 12 kills.
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Lady Apaches rally to dispatch Cedar Creek
Volleyball actionCaitlin orsak (14) of Sacred Heart returns a shot as teammate Shelby McElroy (11) moves up to assist during Tuesday’s action. (Photo by Mark Lube)
Volleyball Roundup
G.H.S. Cheer ClinicSaturday, August 27, 2011
The Gonzales High School Cheerleaders will be hosting a Cheer Clinic on Satur-day, August 27, 2011 from 8:30-12:00 at the Gonzales High School Special Events Center. The clinic is open to anyone from 3 years old and potty trained to 6th grade. Registration cost is $20.00 and will include a snack as well as a tee shirt. On Friday, September 2,2011, please have your child at the North end of the football stadium at 6:45 p.m.; they will perform the “Hello Yell” at the beginning of the game (7:00 p.m.). Please pick your child up after they perform at the North gate, so they can sit with you during the game. Please bring your child back to the North end 5 minutes before the half-time show, so they can perform again. The girls will be going on the field with the cheerleaders just before the band marches. When the performance is over, the girls will pick up your child. Please come and get your child immediately after the performance so that we can be off the field in a timely manner. All children will need to wear their clinic T-shirt, blackshorts/pants or skirt, white socks, and ten-nis shoes to the performance.
Please fill out the attached information sheet and submit the form and money to Anita Dement at the Gonzales High School field house from August 18th to August 26th between 8-12:00 and 1-4:00 daily, so we can register your child for the cheer clinic or mail the forms to P.O. Box 507, Gonzales, Texas, 78629.
Please note the form and money may also be submitted to your child’s teacher or front office of the school between August 18 and August 26.
NO LATE APPLICANTS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER AUGUST 27th. Please do not ask us to make exceptions.
If you have any questions, please contact Elisa Hood-Waddle, 263-0261, Michele Dolezal at 857-1771 or Lena H. Hernandez at 203-0255.
This is a wonderful fundraiser for the cheerleaders. Thank you for your continued support.
Love,GHS High School Cheerleaders
Scramble WinnersWinners in the weekly Wednesday Scramble at Independence Park Golf Course Aug. 11 was the team of Scott Moeller, Shawn Swiful, Bobby Robinson, Aaron Burek and Randy Robinson. Tied for second were the team of Frank Hurt, Bo Davis , Dow, Mike Turk and Bill Ploetz and the team of Derek Grahmann, Doyle Allen, Will Ruddock, Brian Sample and Trey Herman. (Courtesy Photo)
From coaches’ [email protected]
“Hitters cannot hit the ball without dig-gers getting digs,” Winkenwerder said. “De-fensive specialists do not always get credit. Ours are working hard.”
The Indianettes did well in staying in the game with the Lady Comanches but could not overcome Shiner on the scoreboard.
“I thought we played a good game,” Sa-cred Heart coach Wanda Orsak said. “We just gave away too many points and made too many mistakes.”
She said Lady Comanche hitter LaNeshia Hunt was one of the players the Indianettes had trouble containing.
Shiner rode the serving of Kristin Sch-acherl for a 3-0 lead early in the first set.
The Indianettes eventually tied the game at 4-4 on an early ace by Jenna Brown.
The Lady Comanches went on top of 9-7 as the teams exchanged points with Sacred Heart getting a kill from Shyanne Schlauch and a combo block by Adrienne Klimitchek.
The Indianettes cut the lead to 11-10 on a kill by Sandra Adams.
Shiner broke away at 17-14 with kills from Hunt and Schacherl.
Sacred Heart battled and eventually tied the game at 24-24, getting help from a play by Robyn Pavlicek.
An ace from Stafford propelled the Lady Comanches to the first-set win.
In the second game, Sacred Heart had the Lady Comanches in a 9-9 jam until a quick three-point run by the visitors, and then some Indianette miscues allowed Shiner to take a 17-12 lead.
Service by Brown and kills from Klim-itchek and Schlauch allowed Sacred Heart to score six of the next nine points.
Shiner extended their lead courtesy of a couple of Michelle Hamilton aces. A kill from Schacherl put Shiner at game point and it was another Stafford ace to finish the second game.
Sacred Heart stayed in contention at the start of the third set with effort from Shelby McElroy and Adams.
Shiner was able to go ahead 11-5 in part due to Indianette miscues of serves.
Kelsie Buchanan later got an ace to hold Shiner at six points, 17-11 but Shiner scored eight of the next 15 points for the set-three victory.
For Sacred Heart, McElroy had 12 assists, two digs and one kill; Caitlin Orsak had one assist, one dig and one kill; Brown had four digs; Adams had two blocks and a kill; Kirsten Heger had three digs; Klimitchek had seven kills, five digs, one block and one ace; Schlauch had three kills; Pavlicek had two kils and a dig; Emily Kossa had three digs and Buchanan had two aces and one dig.
For the Lady Comanches, Schacherl had 11 kills, seven points and seven digs; Lau-ren Oden had 15 digs, seven kills and four points; Michalec had 28 digs, four points and three aces; Hunt had 14 digs, 12 kills and 11 points; Hamilton had three digs and two points; Emmalie Berkovsky had five kills; Stafford had 27 assists, four points, three aces and three kills; Jordan Pietsch had one kill and one dig, and Kaylyn Benes had one assist and one point.
SHINER: Battles past Sacred Heart for win
Continued from page B1
Shiner and Nixon-Smi-ley discovered good things in Saturday’s scrimmage action.
The Comanches, work-ing against Karnes City, found their offense is ahead of the game compared to this point last year. And the Mustangs, facing San Antonio Cornerstone, found out they’re not half-bad on the defensive side of the ball.
Shiner got two touch-downs from its first-team offense and one more from the second-team in a 3-0 win against Karnes City.
“I feel our offense is way ahead this year as com-pared to last year,” Coman-ches head coach Steven Cerny said. “Our offensive line did great and that is a plus since we have almost every player back from last year. I think both our quar-terbacks did an excellent job.”
Shiner’s first-team of-fense scored on its first se-ries in just five or six plays on a 71-yard touchdown pass.
Karnes City also recov-ered two fumbles during the Comanches’ first-team offense on the field.
During the second series later on the scrimmage, the Comanches drove 70 yards in four plays, scoring on a 66-yard run, and then moved the ball through the air.
The Shiner second-string also scored on its first se-ries, driving 70 yards in five plays and scoring via a 49-yard touchdown run.
The Shiner offenses com-bined for about 395 yards
of offense.He said the defense got a
little bit of late start.“We were not physical
the first time out,” Cerny said. “But starting with the second series, our defense showed its dominance.”
Karnes City got around 20-30 yards on its first-team’s opening series but Shiner’s defense recovered a fumble.
And did so on the next drive.
And stopped the Badgers on the third drive.
Karnes City’s second-team offense had a little more luck, driving from their 30 to the Shiner 20 but ended up losing a fum-ble.
But the Shiner defense stopped the first-team KC offense from getting past the 50.
In all, the Shiner defense yielded no touchdowns and held Karnes City’s of-fenses to around 100 yards.
Shiner recovered several fumbles and made on in-terception.
Cerny cautioned that Shiner still has lots of work to do.
“We do not want to get too excited since this is just the first scrimmage against another team,” he said. “We will get set to face Yoa-kum (on Friday) and then get ready for the opener against Industrial on Aug. 26.
Nixon scored nine times offensively and once on de-fense against a small Cor-nerstone squad, but coach Carlton McKinney said he was happiest to see a lot of kids get time on the field.
“The scrimmage went well,” he said. “The kids played well. Our goal was
to play with energy and ef-fort and we did that.”
Fullback Joe medina scored on the second and fifth plays from scrimmage on long runs, and McKin-ney said his offense is about where it should be.
“Our offense was pro-ductive and worked well. Our offensive line did a good job,” he said. “There was no miscues and we finished off our blocks. The backs did a great job.”
Defensively, the Mus-tangs returned an intercep-tion for a touchdown and allowed only one score in an aerial barrage, that score coming on the final drive of the scrimmage.
“The defense played well,” McKinney said.
“San Antonio Cornerstone threw the ball 85 percent of the time early on.
“There are some things we need to improve on. There were no blown as-sigmnents. When Cor-
nerstone did make some catches, we tackled well,” he added.
The Mustangs will get a far better guage of their progress in their scrim-mage this week against de-
fending TAPPS state cham-pion St. Paul.
“We are going to strive for more improvement,” he said. “We are looking forward to that first game against Flatonia.”
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WRESTLING: Event willaid Edwards Association
Nailed passerThe Shiner Comanches’ defense looked sharp against Karnes city Saturday, surrendering less than 100 yards of total offense and keeping Badger quarterbacks on the run. (Photo by Mark Lube)
Comanches, Mustangs get pleasant surprises
Apache photos neededApache alumni: We are looking for pic-
tures of players who received all district or state honors in football or went to college to play(send both). Doesn’t matter what year you graduated. We need the pictures to put in the field house so that our kids can see the Apache history.. You can email them to coach-clack@ hotmail.com or call 361-275-1156. .
STEPS fun runThe First Annual SonKissed S.T.E.P.S. 5k
Run/Walk and Kids Fun Walk will be held Aug. 20 at 7 a.m. at the Hallettsville City Park at the New/Old Pavilion. Sign in will be at 6:30.
Registration will be $25 for adults before race day and $30 on race day. The Kids Fun Run will be $10. There will also be a Zumba with LMC Health and Witness Center in-structors and a raffle.
Registration forms can be picked up and dropped off at LMC Health and Wellness Center, First Baptist Church, Healing House of Prayer and Texas Tire & Accessory LP as well as Schulenburg Family Fitness; Shape Shop (Yoakum); Cuero Wellness & Rejuve-nation Center and Citizens HealthPlex in Victoria. . Registration and payment can be mailed to SonKissed P.O. Box 618, Halletts-
ville, TX 77964. Checks need to be made payable to SonKissed.
You can also register online at www.ac-tive.com, www.runtex.com or www.cen-texruns.com.
T-Shirts for the race will be guaranteed on race day for those registered by Aug. 1. Late registrants can pick up shirts after race day.
SonKissed is a Christian Organiza-tion and support group designed to help young ladies between the ages of 15 to 25. SonKissed means “Kissed By The Son of God” and is for all girls regardless of your re-ligious preference or belief. We offer a range of supportive services to young women that consist of education, vocational, life skills mentoring as well as group bible studies.
For more information, log on to www.sonkissed.com or contact Shana Hildeb-randt at [email protected] or at 361-772-5454.
Fall baseball/softballLooking for dedicated baseball and softball
coaches and players interested in playing fall ball at the Shiner Starplex.
The league will be for players ages 8 to 18. Season will begin in September. Contact
Mike McCracken at 361-655-2909 or [email protected] if interested or for more information.
Area Sports Briefs
match will pair El Resplandor and Lemos Dos against El Latino and the Alamo Kid.
Other features include a zero gravity title match between Bolt Brady and Jack James-on and Kevin Knight versus Draven.
Pre-sale tickets are $10 each and are available at the Gonzales Chamber of Commerce at 414 St. Lawrence St.; Corner Stop at 1304 St. Louis; All in One salon at 335 St. George St.; and Ranch House Spir-its & Gifts at 202 E. Broadway in Cuero. All tickets at the door will be $15.
Perez said TWF usually comes to the Ed-wards Center twice a year.
“We have been holding events at the Ed-wards Center for the last several years,” he said. “We will have another one in Octo-ber.”
Current wrestler John Peterson usually books the wrestler for the TWF events.
“The wrestlers are usually former high school and college wrestlers; went to a wrestling school; did amateur wrestling and a few even competed in the WWE or TNA,” Perez said.
Depending on the size of the community
where the event is being held, the number of fans is between 60-95.
Perez some events have maxed out at over 100 people.
“One of the best local towns we have been out is Cuero,” he said. “We packed the local VFW hall.”
The events are just like any professional wrestling match you would watch on TV.
Except the fans are extremely close to the action.
“You can hear every groan, moan and hit,” Perez said.
There is also a ‘Meet and Greet’ at each event where the fans have the chance to get the wrestlers’ autographs and get their pic-ture taken with them.
The non-profit organization either buys the event from the TWF to keep the pro-ceeds, or get a percentage of the cut.
Perez said there are also sponsorship deals.
Although TWF will venture out of the region every now and then, including a trip to Arkansas, Perez said he intends to keep it in the local area around Seguin for the most part.
Continued from page B1
By MARK [email protected]
Scramble winnersA Shiner running back breaks into the secondary during Saturday’s scrimmage against Karnes City. (Photo by Mark Lube)
Football Roundup
The Gonzales High School Cheerleaders recently attended Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA) cheer camp at University of Texas- Austin.
At the camp, the cheerleaders were taught leadership skills, confidence, motivation and lots of new material for the upcoming sports season.
The varsity, junior varsity and freshmen squads competed in the Camp/Home Dance Routine where the varsity squad placed second and the JV/freshmen squad received first place.
The varsity squad also competed in a fight song evaluation where they received a superior rating. Varsity also received second place in the Cheer and Extreme routine evaluations and JV/freshman
received first in the Extreme Routine. Several members were also chosen for
All-American Cheerleaders including varsity members Bre’Ann Stafford, Morgan Simper, Katie Staton and Kiley Braune.
JV All-American Cheerleaders were Kendall Fougerat and Nicki Schauer and freshman cheerleader Bailey Connell. The GHS Mascot Tasha Smith also received All American.
The entire Gonzales cheerleading program which includes the High School and Jr. High Cheerleaders were the winners of the prestigious banana award. This award is given to the squad(s) who promoted spirit, sportsmanship and positive attitudes throughout the entire week of camp.
The cheerleaders have been working hard throughout the summer and are looking forward to a great season.
From coaches’ reports
GHS cheerleaders attend campThe Gonzales High School cheerleaders recently attended UCA cheer camp at the University of Texas. (Courtesy photo)
Apache cheerleading squad winstop honors at annual UCA camp
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GONZALES APACHESRecord: 0-0
A 26 at CC MillerS 02 LulingS 08 at Austin LanierS 16 at ColumbusS 23 Yoakum*S 30 at Poteet*O 07 Sam Houston*O 14 OpenO 21 at Pleasanton*O 28 La Vernia*N 04 at Cuero*
YOAKUM BULLDOGSRecord: 0-0
A 26 at ColumbusS 02 La GrangeS 09 at HallettsvilleS 16 EdnaS 23 at Gonzales*S 30 Pleasanton*O 07 at La Vernia*O 14 Cuero*O 21 OpenO 28 at Poteet*N 04 Sam Houston*
CUERO GOBBLERSRecord: 0-0
A 26 at WimberleyS 02 at Liberty HillS 08 at BellvilleS 16 CalhounS 23 at Pleasanton*S 30 La Vernia*O 07 Open*O 14 at Yoakum*O 21 Poteet*O 28 at Sam Houston*N 04 at Gonzales*
POTEET AGGIESRecord: 0-0
A 26 at SA Central Cath.S 02 DilleyS 08 at Carrizo SpringsS 16 Waco RobinsonS 24 at Sam Houston*S 30 Gonzales*O 07 at Pleasanton*O 14 La Vernia*O 21 at Cuero*O 28 Yoakum*N 04 Open*
LA VERNIA BEARSRecord: 0-0
A 26 OpenS 02 Canyon LakeS 09 at GiddingsS 16 at WimberleyS 23 BanderaS 30 at Cuero*O 07 Yoakum*O 14 at Poteet*O 21 Sam Houston*O 28 at Gonzales*N 04 Pleasanton*
PLEASANTON EAGLESRecord: 0-0
A 26 SA EdisonS 02 at SA LanierS 09 SA JeffersonS 16 at Aransas PassS 23 Cuero*S 30 at Yoakum*O 07 Poteet*O 13 at Sam Houston*O 21 Gonzales*O 28 OpenN 04 at La Vernia*
SAM HOUSTON HURRICANESRecord: 0-0
A 26 SA BrackenridgeS 02 at SA SouthsideS 09 SA BrennanS 17 at SA EdisonS 24 Poteet*S 30 Open*O 07 at Gonzales*O 13 Pleasanton*O 21 at La Vernia*O 29 Cuero*N 04 at Yoakum*
NIXON-SMILEY MUSTANGSRecord: 0-0
A 26 at FlatoniaS 02 BloomingtonS 09 at YorktownS 16 at Sacred HeartS 23 at Dilley*S 30 Poth*O 07 at Three Rivers*O 14 Karnes City*O 21 SA Brooks*O 28 Stockdale*N 04 Open
DILLEY WOLVESRecord: 0-0
A 26 CharlotteS 02 at PoteetS 09 La PryorS 16 at CotullaS 23 Nixon-Smiley*S 30 OpenO 07 at Poth*O 14 Three Rivers*O 21 at Karnes City*O 28 SA Brooks*N 04 at Stockdale*
POTH PIRATESRecord: 0-0
A 26 MarionS 02 at Falls CityS 09 at George WestS 16 NataliaS 23 Stockdale*S 30 at Nixon-Smiley*O 07 Dilley*O 14 OpenO 21 at Three Rivers*O 28 Karnes City*N 04 at SA Brooks*
STOCKDALE BRAHMASRecord: 0-0
A 26 Falls CityS 02 JourdantonS 09 at St. PaulS 16 OdemS 23 at Poth*S 30 Three Rivers*O 07 at Karnes City*O 14 SA Brooks*O 21 OpenO 28 at Nixon-Smiley*N 04 Dilley*
THREE RIVERS BULLDOGSRecord: 0-0
A 26 George WestS 02 NataliaS 09 at JourdantonS 16 at KenedyS 23 SA Brooks*S 30 at Stockdale*O 07 Nixon-Smiley*O 14 at Dilley*O 21 Poth*O 28 OpenN 04 at Karnes City*
KARNES CITY BADGERSRecord: 0-0
A 26 at KenedyS 02 at MarionS 09 at UC RandolphS 16 LulingS 23 OpenS 30 SA Brooks*O 07 Stockdale*O 14 at Nixon-Smiley*O 21 Dilley*O 28 at Poth*N 04 Three Rivers*
SA BROOKS TIGERSRecord: 0-0
A 26 at RungeS 02 at San Marcos BaptistS 09 Center PointS 16 at SA St. GerardS 23 at Three Rivers*S 30 at Karnes City*O 07 OpenO 14 at Stockdale*O 21 at Nixon-Smiley*O 28 at Dilley*N 04 Poth*
LULING EAGLESRecord: 0-0
A 26 NavarroS 02 at GonzalesS 09 at WoodsboroS 16 at Karnes CityS 23 Canyon LakeS 30 OpenO 07 at Lago Vista*O 14 at Comfort*O 21 Ingram Moore*O 28 at Marion*N 04 Blanco*
LAGO VISTA VIKINGSRecord: 0-0
A 26 La PryorS 02 at Aus. East. MemorialS 09 at Waco RobinsonS 16 Austin ReaganS 23 at San SabaS 30 OpenO 07 Luling*O 14 at Ingram Moore*O 21 Marion*O 28 at Blanco*N 04 Comfort*
INGRAM MOORE WARRIORSRecord: 0-0
A 26 at NataliaS 02 UC RandolphS 09 at HarperS 16 at Crystal CityS 23 MasonS 30 OpenO 07 at Blanco*O 14 Lago Vista*O 21 at Luling*O 28 at Comfort*N 04 Marion*
MARION BULLDOGSRecord: 0-0
A 26 at PothS 02 Karnes CityS 09 at SA ColeS 16 UC RandolphS 23 OpenS 30 GoldthwaiteO 07 Comfort*O 14 Blanco*O 21 at Lago Vista*O 28 Luling*N 04 at Ingram Moore*
COMFORT BOBCATSRecord: 0-0
A 26 LytleS 02 Skidmore-TynanS 09 MasonS 16 at FredericksburgS 23 BoerneS 30 OpenO 07 at Marion*O 14 Luling*O 21 at Blanco*O 28 Ingram Moore*N 04 at Lago Vista*
BLANCO PANTHERSRecord: 0-0
A 26 at Canyon LakeS 02 at LexingtonS 09 SomersetS 16 at SA ChristianS 23 SonoraS 30 OpenO 07 Ingram Moore*O 14 at Marion*O 21 Comfort*O 28 Lago Vista*N 04 at Luling*
HALLETTSVILLE BRAHMASRecord: 0-0
A 26 at GanadoS 02 RefugioS 09 YoakumS 16 at PalaciosS 23 Edna*S 30 at Rice Cons.*O 07 Hempstead*O 14 OpenO 21 at Van Vleck*O 28 Hitchcock*N 04 at Industrial*
EDNA COWBOYSRecord: 0-0
A 26 NeedvilleS 02 George RanchS 09 BolingS 16 YoakumS 23 at Hallettsville*S 30 Van Vleck*O 07 at Hitchcock*O 14 Industrial*O 21 OpenO 28 at Rice Cons.*N 04 Hempstead*
VAN VLECK LEOPARDSRecord: 0-0
A 26 SchulenburgS 02 at LouiseS 09 at WeimarS 16 OpenS 23 Industrial*S 30 at Edna*O 07 Rice Cons.*O 14 at Hempstead*O 21 Hallettsville*O 28 OpenN 04 at Hitchcock*
HITCHCOCK BULLDOGSRecord: 0-0
A 26 at Clear FallsS 02 DanburyS 09 Tomball LutheranS 16 Lutheran SouthS 23 OpenS 30 at Industrial*O 07 Edna*O 14 at Rice Cons.*O 21 Hempstead*O 28 at Hallettsville*N 04 Van Vleck*
HEMPSTEAD BOBCATSRecord: 0-0
A 26 OpenS 02 at StaffordS 09 at Austin ReaganS 16 Brookshire RoyalS 23 at Rice Cons.*S 30 Hou. St. John’sO 07 at Hallettsville*O 14 Van Vleck*O 21 at Hitchcock*O 28 Industrial*N 04 at Edna*
RICE CONS. RAIDERSRecord: 0-0
A 26 at RefugioS 02 SomersetS 09 at ColumbusS 16 OpenS 23 Hempstead*S 30 Hallettsville*O 07 at Van Vleck*O 14 Hitchcock*O 21 at Industrial*O 28 Edna*N 04 Open
INDUSTRIAL COBRASRecord: 0-0
A 26 at ShinerS 02 GanadoS 09 at TidehavenS 16 SomervilleS 23 at Van Vleck*S 30 Hitchcock*O 07 OpenO 14 at Edna*O 21 Rice Cons.*O 28 at Hempstead*N 04 Hallettsville*
SHINER COMANCHESRecord: 0-0
A 26 IndustrialS 02 BrazosS 09 at SchulenburgS 16 at WeimarS 23 NavarroS 30 at Ben BoltO 07 Ganado*O 14 at Yorktown*O 21 Flatonia*O 28 OpenN 04 at Louise*
FLATONIA BULLDOGSRecord: 0-0
A 26 Nixon-SmileyS 02 Sacred HeartS 09 BloomingtonS 16 at St. PaulS 23 at ThrallS 30 at BurtonO 07 Yorktown*O 14 OpenO 21 at Shiner*O 28 Louise*N 04 at Ganado*
YORKTOWN WILDCATSRecord: 0-0
A 26 at Sacred HeartS 02 at Agua DulceS 09 Nixon-SmileyS 16 at Falls CityS 23 KenedyS 30 OpenO 07 at Flatonia*O 14 Shiner*O 21 at Louise*O 28 Ganado*N 04 at SA Cornerstone
LOUISE HORNETSRecord: 0-0
A 26 at DanburyS 02 Van VleckS 09 at BurtonS 16 WoodsboroS 23 San Mar. BaptistS 30 at Sacred HeartO 07 OpenO 14 at Ganado*O 21 Yorktown*O 28 at Flatonia*N 04 Shiner*
GANADO INDIANSRecord: 0-0
A 26 HallettsvilleS 02 at IndustrialS 09 at East BernardS 16 TidehavenS 23 George RanchS 30 PalaciosO 07 at Shiner*O 14 Louise*O 21 OpenO 28 at Yorktown*N 04 Flatonia*
ST. PAUL CARDINALSRecord: 0-0
A 26 at PettusS 02 at SA CornerstoneS 09 StockdaleS 16 FlatoniaS 24 Bryan St. JosephS 30 at Austin RegentsO 08 Brazos Christian*O 14 OpenO 21 at St. Gerard*O 29 at Sacred Heart*N 04 St. Dominic Savio*
SACRED HEART INDIANSRecord: 0-0
A 26 YorktownS 02 at FlatoniaS 09 at Faith WestS 16 Nixon-SmileyS 23 at Hyde ParkS 30 LouiseO 08 Bryan St. JosephO 14 at SA St. Gerard*O 21 St. Dominic Savio*O 29 St. Paul*N 04 at Brazos Christian*
SA ST. GERARD ROYALSRecord: 0-0
A 26 at Nueces CanyonS 02 Cedar Park SummitS 09 SA CornerstoneS 16 SA BrooksS 23 D’HanisS 30 at SabinalO 07 at St. Dominic Savio*O 14 Sacred Heart*O 21 St. Paul*O 28 at Brazos Christian*N 04 Schertz John Paul II
ST. DOMINIC SAVIORecord: 0-0
A 26 at Cent. Tex. ChristianS 01 Texas Sch. DeafS 09 San Marcos BaptistS 16 Waco Texas ChristianS 23 OpenS 30 SomervilleO 07 SA St. Gerard*O 14 Brazos Christian*O 21 at Sacred Heart*O 28 Dallas HomeschoolN 04 at St. Paul*
BRAZOS CHRISTIAN EAGLESRecord: 0-0
A 26 Cypress ChristianS 02 SnookS 09 at Tx. School DeafS 16 St. JosephS 23 Woodlands Christ.S 30 at Faith WestO 08 at St. Paul*O 14 at St. Dominic Savio*O 21 OpenO 28 SA St. Gerard*N 04 Sacred Heart*
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DALLAS COWBOYSRecord: 0-0
HOUSTON TEXANSRecord: 0-0
S 11 IndianapolisS 18 at MiamiS 25 at New OrleansO 02 PittsburghO 09 OaklandO 16 at BaltimoreO 23 at TennesseeO 30 Jacksonville
N 06 ClevelandN 13 at Tampa BayN 27 at JacksonvilleD 04 AtlantaD 11 at CincinnatiD 18 CarolinaD 22 at IndianapolisJ 01 Tennessee
S 11 at NY JetsS 18 at San FranciscoS 26 WashingtonO 02 DetroitO 16 at New EnglandO 23 St. LouisO 30 at PhiladelphiaN 06 Seattle
N 13 BuffaloN 20 at WashingtonN 24 MiamiD 04 at ArizonaD 11 NY GiantsD 17 at Tampa BayD 24 PhiladelphiaJ 01 at NY Giants
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AUSTIN — Wildlife biologists are advis-ing hunters, ranchers and rural residents that black bears appear to be roaming longer dis-tances and may approach people or houses in search of food and water because of the drought.
If conditions remain dry, people could see more bears, said Mike Krueger, district leader of the Edwards Plateau Wildlife District for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
“We’re getting a few reports of people see-ing bears during daylight hours, and that’s un-usual,” Krueger said. “It’s the associated water around homes and the food. The pet food, the smell of cooking; all those things could attract bears.”
Recent bear sightings could reflect young bears who have been turned out by their mothers and are setting out to establish their
own home ranges.Because of the drought, the bears appear
to be traveling longer distances, sometimes even hundreds miles, to find better habitat conditions. Known breeding bear popula-tions in Texas are in far West Texas, so it’s pos-sible bears seen in Central Texas traveled from there, or from Mexico. Bears are still consid-ered rare in Texas.
It is against the law to kill a black bear in Texas, with penalties of up to $10,000, add-ed civil restitution fines, jail time and loss of all hunting privileges. The black bear, Ursus americanus, is listed as threatened by the State of Texas and the Louisiana black bear, Ursus americanus luteolus, sometimes seen in east-ern Texas, has additional protection and is federally listed as threatened under the En-dangered Species Act.
To report a black bear sighting, call a TPWD Wildlife Division regional office South Texas (Pleasanton). (830) 569-8700.
The Gonzales Cannon Thursday, August 18, 2011Page C6
The Great OutdoorsDry conditions don’t meanbad dove hunting season
Mourning Doves flourishing?Dry conditions aren’t pointing to a bad dove hunting season, TPW experts say. (Texas Parks & Wildlife Photo)
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AUSTIN — Dry conditions don’t nec-essarily equate to bad dove hunting, wildlife biologists with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department suggest. An extended drought across much of Texas could be beneficial for dove hunters as birds will have to rely upon limited re-sources.
Water, especially in close proximity to dove feeding areas, should be at a premi-um heading into the Sept. 1 dove season opener.
“Dove hunting over a water source should be excellent,” said Corey Mason, TPWD dove program leader. “Addition-ally, dove may be concentrated on food sources, so if you can find a stand of sun-flower, goat weed, etc., hunting should be productive. Native food sources are going to be more important this year be-cause agricultural crops aren’t as good as years past.”
Biologists say the drought will have some impacts on dove populations, with the greatest being on juveniles. However, they do not expect significant impacts to what hunters will see this fall. Texas boasts fall dove populations in excess of 40 million birds and its 300,000 dove hunters harvest about 6 million birds an-nually or roughly 30 percent of all doves taken in the United States.
Texas dove season in the North and Central Dove Zones will run from Thurs-day, Sept. 1 through Sunday, Oct. 23 and reopen Friday, Dec. 23 through Sunday, Jan. 8, with a 15-bird daily bag and not more than two white-tipped doves.
The South Zone dove season will run Friday, Sept. 23 through Sunday, Oct. 30, reopening Friday, Dec. 23 through Mon-day, Jan. 23 with a 15-bird daily bag and not more than two white-tipped doves.
The Special White-winged Dove Area will open to white-winged dove after-noon-only (noon to sunset) hunting the first two full weekends in September
running from Sept. 3-4 and 10-11 and reopen when the regular South Zone sea-son begins on Friday, Sept. 23 through Sunday, Oct. 30 and again from Friday , Dec. 23 through Thursday, Jan. 19. The Special White-winged Dove Area season takes four of the allowable 70 days, so when the regular season opens, this area must close four days earlier than the rest of the South Zone. During the early two weekends, the daily bag limit is 15 birds, to include not more than four mourning doves and 2 white-tipped doves. Once the general season opens, the aggregate bag limit will be 15.
Dove hunting also has a major eco-nomic impact, contributing more than $300 million to the state economy, ac-cording to published reports.
Dove hunting provides an entry into the sport of hunting because it is relative-ly economical and accessible. Through its Public Hunting Program, TPWD of-fers affordable access to quality hunting experiences with the purchase of a $48 Annual Public Hunting (APH) Permit.
Permit holders have access to more than 100 hunting units leased from pri-vate landowners specifically for dove and small game. A new online map feature al-lows for “virtual scouting” of these areas. By clicking on the locator points, you can follow links to detailed aerial maps with highlighted boundaries and links to information pages from the APH in-formation map booklet. A downloadable Google Earth file (.kml) is also available that contains all the boundary informa-tion along with links to the correspond-ing APH map booklet pages.
Hunters are reminded that in addition to a valid Texas hunting license, a state Migratory Game Bird Stamp, and certi-fication in the Harvest Information Pro-gram (HIP) is required. HIP certification is offered when you buy your license and involves responding to a few simple ques-tions about your migratory game bird harvest during the previous season. Hunt-ing licenses expire annually on Aug. 31.
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I am an avid hog hunter and I am always on the look out for new techniques or equipment to be more successful. One of the most successful tech-niques I have come across is using a red light to hunt hogs at night. The theory behind it is that hogs can’t see the red light and will just ignore it al-lowing you to easily pick out a hog and take a well-aimed shot. I was introduced to the technique when Dad and I were hunting with Ranger Creek Ranch near Seymour, Texas. During our three-day hunt we were able to take multiple hogs using the red light. Of course we had to try the technique back at our ranch here in Gonzales County. It worked just as well here as it did in North Texas, for a while anyway. Over time we realized that the hogs were becoming more and more skittish of the red light and over the last couple of years they would run the moment the light came on. This of course has left us looking for a new technique or equipment to put the odds back in our favor.
This past January I happened to be watch-ing the Outdoor Channel, I say happen to be watching in reality the Outdoor Channel is my favorite channel day in and day out. The show I was watching was about hog hunting at night in South Texas. This of course caught my interest and so I watched the entire show. During the show the hunt-ers used a light that is called “The Kill Light” and is made by Elusive Wildlife Technology, LLP. The light consisted of multiple green LEDs arranged in a circle around the bat-tery compartment. The whole thing fits in the palm of your hand and has built in mag-nets that allow you to stick the light directly to your feeder, thus creating a circle of light that is projected on the ground directly be-low the feeder. The light worked great on the show and I decided that this is a piece of equipment that I should try out. I quick search on the Internet took me to Elusive
Wildlife’s webpage (for those interested it is: http://www.elusivewildlife.com) where I read all of their information on “The Kill Light”. I was very curious at this point and de-cided to give it a try so I found a dealer in Seguin and pur-chased a light with the green LEDs. I got back to the ranch and loaded the light up with 4 C batteries and took it out to a favorite feeder that typically
has hogs around it ever night that time of the year. The light stuck to the metal feeder control box with no issue and projected a perfect circle of green light about 15 feet in diameter on the ground. I set up 100 yards away from the feeder and waited. The first animals to show up were a group of bucks. They didn’t pay any attention to the light at all and even without the use of optics I could easily see the deer, with optics it was almost like daylight. After an hour of watching the bucks a boar hog finally showed himself. I picked up my rifle and looked through the scope and easily made out the hog and took the shot. I was thrilled with how well the light worked. Over the course of the next few weeks I was able to take 6 hogs using The Kill Light. None of those 6 hogs or the countless deer that walked under the light paid any attention to it. Needless to say I highly recommend this product.
If you decide to give it a try make sure you get the photocell version that will automati-cally turn on and off. I bought the simplest model, which requires the user to turn it on and off, which can be a bit of a pain. My only other issue with the light is it goes through batteries fairly quickly, roughly every 7-10 days of use will require a battery change. To be fair though the company has a variety of power option available, again just to try it out I stuck with the C batteries.
Please send any questions, comments, tips and experiences (funny or not) to [email protected].
The Hunter
James Autry is a Gonzales County landowner and engineer in the oil and gas industry.
JamesAutry
Instructor Wayne Spahn, along with spon-sors Max Barta and Ray Raley, will be con-ducting a Hunter Education Course, Aug. 27-28 from 8 a.m.-5p.m. at the Farm Bureau at 1731 Seydler Street in Gonzales. According to state law, every Texas hunter born on or after September 2, 1971 must successfully complete a Hunter Education Course.
Proof of certification is required to be on your person while hunting but certification is not required to purchase a hunting license.
If born on or after September 2, 1971: per-sons 17 and older must successfully complete a hunter education course; Hunters ages 12-16 must successfully complete hunter education course or be accompanied by a licensed hunt-er 17 or older and hunters under 12 must be accompanied by licensed hunter 17 or older.
Minimum age for certification is 12.The two-day course costs $15, which goes
to the state. For more information or to regis-ter, call 830-672-3720.
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Book Club MeetingThe Gonzales Book Club meets on the third Thursday of
the month. This month’s meeting will be on Aug. 18, from 10-11am at Liford’s Books and Fine Art to discuss “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain. Everyone is welcome and invited to attend. Please join us!
Lunch & LearnGonzales Healthcare Systems’ monthly “Lunch & Learn” will fo-
cus on the Benefits of Massage at noon Thursday, Aug. 18, at the Heights Nursing & Rehab. Guest speaker will be Shawntel McCune.
Please RSVP to 830-672-7581, Ext. 421.
Job CorpsThe Job Corps is currently enrolling applicants aged 16-24 in over
20 career fields. If you need a GED, High School Diploma and a Driver License give us a call. College training is available as well. Get started today, call 512-665-7327.
Pesticide TrainingAnyone wishing to obtain a private pesticide applicator license
to purchase restricted use pesticides on their property is invited to attend this training. People attending this class need to come to the Texas AgriLife Extension-Gonzales County Office to purchase a study manual and obtain sample test questions prior to September 8, 2011. Cost of study materials is $40.00 and the fee for the class is $10.00 For more information, contact the Extension Office at 830-672-8531.
Shelter VolunteersThe Guadalupe Valley Family Violence Shelter is looking for volun-
teers to attend advocate training. The training is mandatory, but flex-ible times are available. Individuals that complete the training will become valuable advocates to our community members in need of crisis intervention and services. The training and materials are free. Volunteers are also needed for the “Cranny,” the thrift store operated by the shelter. Please call our office at (830) 372-2780 or our hotline number at 800-834-2033 for more information.
Relay for Life MeetingPlans are now underway for the 2012 American Cancer Society
Relay For Life of Gonzales County. The committee is seeking volun-teers who are committed to the cause and are willing to be part of the team that is planning a fun and memorable tenth anniversary. In the months prior to the actual event on March 23 – 24, 2012, there will be many activities related to Relay For Life. There are many jobs to do and therefore, many volunteers are needed. Join the team and help us to “Celebrate. Remember. Fight Back.”
The next meeting will be Monday, August 22 at 5:15 p.m. at Abid-ing Word Lutheran Church located at 1310 St. Louis. For more in-formation, contact Arline Rinehart (672-2077) or Patty Stewart (672-7581), event co-chairs.
GISD immunizationsAll students entering the 7th grade in 2011-12 are required to
have the following immunizations: one dose of Tetanus, Diphthe-ria, and acellular pertussis-containing vaccine(Tdap) if it has been 5 years since the last doze of a tetanus-containing vaccine; 2 doses of varicella (chickenpox) vaccine if not had chickenpox disease; and one dose of meningococcal vaccine. Also, all students entering kin-dergarten are to have complete immunization records before enter-ing school.
All vaccines are to be obtained from a private physician or a pub-lic health department. For more information, contact the student’s school nurse.
GHS Class of 2001Gonzales High School Class of 2001 will hold its 10 Year Class
Reunion from 6:30-11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20 at the Gonzales Elks Lodge.
Fully catered meal for Class of 2001 member and 1 guest will be served at 7:15 and we will have a DJ. Cash bar available. Outside alcohol is not allowed.
Family Day will be Saturday 1:00-3:00 PM at Lion’s Park (by East Avenue). Bring your kiddos and let them enjoy the playground.
CWJC RegistrationChristian Women’s Job Corps of Gonzales County is taking appli-
cations for their fall semester which begins on Tuesday, September. CWJC is a free job/life skills training program offering women a fresh start in life.
Call Sherry Poe, Director, at 672 6180 or drop by the Bethany House at 721 St. Louis between 9a.m. and 2 p.m., Monday thru Fri-day beginning Monday, Aug. 22.
Lions Fajita DinnerThe Lions Clubs annual Beef Fajita Dinner will be held Thurday,
Aug. 25 from 5-7 pm at the Lions Pavilion in Independence Park. Advance tickets at $7 each are available from any Noon Lions Club member. Presale tickets are suggested, as only a limited number of tickets will be available that evening at the pavilion as food supply is available. A convient drive-thru will be available to pick up orders. Profit from the event is used to fund various Lions charitable pro-grams.
GCAM Garage SaleGonzales Christian Assistance Ministries will host a Monster Ga-
rage Sale at the GCAM facility, 708 St. Louis. Saturday, Saturday, Aug. 20, from 8 a.m.-noon. Sneak Peek Friday, 8-11. All clothing 25 cents each!! Get your Back To School Clothes Here!! New To Me at GCAM is now open Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 8-11.
Benefit BBQThere will be a BBQ plate sale to benefit Dean May on Saturday,
August 27th at 11:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. at Boomer’s Sports Bar, 2513 Harwood Rd., Gonzales.
Special Services MeetingGonzales ISD Special Services will hold a meeting at 8:30 a.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 24 at 535 Fair st. in Gonzales for parents of children with disabilities being educated in private schools, including home-schooled children. The meeting is pursuant to 34 CFR 300-450-300-465 to determine funds to be allocated and services to be provided for children parentally placed in private schools, including home schools. For more information, contact Frank Behrendt at 830-672-6441.
Fire Dept. BBQGonzales Fire Department will hold a BBQ Chicken Dinner Fund
Raiser from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11 at the fire house. Drive-thru only, donations $7.
Class of 1971The Class of 1971 needs an update on addresses of classmates
for their 40th reunion. Contacts: Nancy at [email protected], 512-297-8500 or Jacque830-672-2626
Donations NeededThe Learning Center is seeking donations of caps and gowns. If
you have donations, please contact Ann Gaines Rodriguez at the Gonzales Learning and Career Center, PO Box 116, 1135 St. Paul St., Gonzales, TX 78629, 830 672-8291 / 830 672-1076 fax or e-mail [email protected]
Dementia-Alzheimer SupportThis group meets the first Wednesday of every month at 1 p.m.
in the Narthex of the First United Methodist Church. This meeting is free and open to the public. Shirley Goss, Wesley Nurse is the facili-tator. It offers health-wellness education and supportive programs related to dementia. You are welcome to attend. For more informa-tion, call 672-1031.
Parkinson Support GroupThis group meets the second Thursday of every month at 10 a.m.
in the Narthex of the First United Methodist Church. This meeting is free and open to the public and is facilitated by Wesley Nurse, Shirley Goss. Educational and supportive programs are offered. For more information, call 672-1031.
Free Exercise ProgramsFlex & Tone is held every Tuesday and Thursday, 11-11:45 in the
Fellowship Hall of First United Methodist Church. These are chair exercises using exercise balls, dowels and hand weights. Come on, join us, and get fit. Exercises are led by an RN with blood pressure assessments available.
Walk-Exercise your way to fitness is an Video exercise available at First United Methodist Church. It is offered every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 3 pm, and every Wednesday at 2 pm. This group meets for 45 minutes in the Fellowship Hall. It consists of low impact aerobic exercises and is facilitated by Shirley Goss, Wesley Nurse. Blood pressure assessments are available at each class. Come and have great fun and socialization along with gaining fitness.
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Community CalendarE-Mail Your local information to: [email protected]
50-197(Rev. 08-09/13)
Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Increase
The_______________________________________________ will hold two public hearings on a proposal to increase total tax revenues from properties on the tax roll in the preceding tax year by _________ percent (percentage by which proposed tax rate exceeds lower of rollback tax rate or effective tax calculated under Chapter 26, Tax Code). Your individual taxes may increase at a greater or lesser rate, or even decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property and the tax rate that is adopted.
The first public hearing will be held on ______________________ at ____________________________________________.
The second public hearing will be held on _____________________ at __________________________________________.
The members of the governing body voted on the proposal to consider the tax increase as follows:
FOR: AGAINST: PRESENT and not voting: ABSENT:
The average taxable value of a residence homestead in ________________________ last year was $ (aver-age taxable value of a residence homestead in the taxing unit for the preceding tax year, disregarding residence home-stead exemptions available only to disabled persons or persons 65 years of age or older). Based on last year’s tax rate of $ (preceding year’s adopted tax rate) per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed last year on the average home was $ (tax on average taxable value of a residence homestead in the taxing unit for the preceding tax year, disregarding residence homestead exemptions available only to disabled persons or persons 65 years of age or older).
The average taxable value of a residence homestead in ________________________ this year is $ (aver-age taxable value of a residence homestead in the taxing unit for the current tax year, disregarding residence homestead exemptions available only to disabled persons or persons 65 years of age or older). If the governing body adopts the effective tax rate for this year of $__________ per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed this year on the average home would be $ (tax on average taxable value of a residence homestead in the taxing unit for the current tax year, disregarding residence homestead exemptions available only to disabled persons or persons 65 years of age or older).
If the governing body adopts the proposed tax rate of $__________ per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed this year on the average home would be $ (tax on the average taxable value of a residence homestead in the taxing unit for the current tax year, disregarding residence homestead exemptions available only to disabled persons or persons 65 years of age or older).
Members of the public are encouraged to attend the hearings and express their views.
Special Provisions if Applicable
Criminal Justice Mandate (use for counties, if applicable):The ____________________________ County Auditor certifies that ____________________________ County has spent $_____________ in the previous 12 months beginning _________________, ______, for the maintenance and operations cost of keeping inmates sentenced to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. ___________________________ County Sheriff has provided information on these costs, minus the state revenues received for reimbursement of such costs.
Enhanced Indigent Health Care Expenditures (use if applicable):The ____________________________ spent $_____________ from _________________ to _________________ on enhanced indigent health care at the increased minimum eligibility standards, less the amount of state assistance. For the current tax year, the amount of increase above last year’s enhanced indigent health care expenditures is ____________________.
City of Gonzales3
August 30 at 5:30 pm 820 St. Joseph Street
September 6 at 6:00 pm 820 St. Joseph Street
Mayor O'Neal, Councilmen Schroeder, Hernandez, Logan, SchurigNone
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City of Gonzales 75,705.
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Scholarship RecipientRaymond Zella, President of Gonzales Hermann Sons Lodge 175, presented a $500 scholarship to Cole Johnston, son of Sandra Johnston. (Courtesy Photo)
Scholarship RecipientRaymond Zella, President of Gonzales Hermann Sons Lodge 175, presented a $500 scholarship to Brandon Brown, son of Keith and Rosie Brown. (Courtesy Photo)
Cub Scout Pack 261 is proud to announce the ap-pointment of Cheryl Atkin-son as our new Cub Scout Master. She will be leading Pack 261 over the next cou-ple of years in adventure and activities for the boys from 1st – 5th grade.
Mrs Atkinson has been a resident of Gonzales for the past 19 years and currently has 2 boys that are active in the local Boy Scouting pro-gram. She started as a Ti-ger Cub leader for 1st grad-ers and has followed her
sons up through the ranks. Her other youth experience are working as a FUMC Sunday School teacher for 3-4 year olds, a high school teacher in Seguin, and as an advisor for FCCLA in Seguin.
“I am a supporter of cub scouts because the val-ues and skills taught and practiced throughout the boy’s time in the scouting program. We are not al-ways able to focus on these underlying principles and values in our academic day where our children spend most of their time. By learning what scouting has
to offer, helps these boys in their everyday life, on the sport’s field and in the classroom. “
Pack 261 has been a part of Gonzales for over 50 years, and are sponsored by the United Methodist Men Club. Many of Gonzales current leaders were mem-bers of Pack 261 when they were young boys. Through the leadership and the par-ents guidance values were instilled in these boys that date back more than 100 years when Lord Baden Powell started scouting.
In closing Cheryl com-mented, “I was honored
when approached about the Cub Scout Master posi-tion and will “Do My Best” to make cub scouts fun, ex-citing and informative for the boys and parents. I am hoping together with your help as parents, guardians and community members we can make scouting a positive and memorable experience for our young citizens and future leaders.”
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Community
Friends of the NRADinner & Auction
Tues., Aug. 23Hermann Sons Hall
- GonzalesDoors open 6 p.m.$20.00 per person
For More Information
Contact:George Fink830-857-6119
orGerald Black830-437-5772
2011 Property Tax Rates in COUNTY OF GONZALESThis notice concerns the 2011 property tax rates for COUNTY OF GONZALES. It presents information about three tax rates. Last year’s tax rate is the actual tax rate the taxing unit used to determine property taxes last year. This year’s effective tax rate would impose the same total taxes as last year if you compare properties taxed in both years. This year’s rollback tax rate is the highest tax rate the taxing unit can set before taxpayers start rollback procedures. In each case these rates are found by dividing the total amount of taxes by the tax base (the total value of taxable property) with adjustments as required by state law. The rates are given per $100 of property value.Last year’s tax rate: Last year’s operating taxes $5,227,514 Last year’s debt taxes $351,153 Last year’s total taxes $5,578,667 Last year’s tax base $864,909,612 Last year’s total tax rate $0.6450/$100This year’s effective tax rate: Last year’s adjusted taxes $5,570,510 (after subtracting taxes on lostproperty) + This year’s adjusted tax base $941,242,609 (after subtracting value of newproperty) = This year’s effective tax rate $0.5918/$100(Maximum rate unless unit publishesnotices and hold hearings.)This year’s rollback tax rate: Last year’s adjusted operating taxes (after subtracting taxes on lost propertyand adjusting for any transferredfunction, tax increment financing, state $6,353,963criminal justice mandate, and/orenhanced indigent healthcare expenditures) + This year’s adjusted tax base $941,242,609 = This year’s effective operating rate $0.6751/$100 x 1.08=this year’s maximum $0.7291/$100operating rate + This year’s debt rate $0.0367/$100 = This year’s total rollback rate $0.7658/$100 -Sales tax adjustment rate $0.1182/$100 =Rollback tax rate $0.6476/$100
Statement of Increase/DecreaseIf COUNTY OF GONZALES adopts a 2011 tax rate equal to the effective tax rate of $0.5918 per $100 of value, taxes would increase compared to 2010 taxes by $85,913.
Schedule A: Unencumbered Fund BalanceThe following estimated balances will be left in the unit’s property tax accounts at the end of the fiscal year. These balances are not encumbered by a corresponding debt obligationType of Property Tax Fund BalanceGENERAL 2,841,353ROAD & BRIDGE 1,396,151DEBT SERVICE 129,434
Schedule B: General Fund - 2011 Debt ServiceThe unit plans to pay the following amounts for long-term debts that are secured by property taxes. These amounts will be paid from property tax revenues (or additional sales tax revenues, if applicable). Principal or Contract Interest to beDescription of Debt Payment to be Paid Paid from Other Amounts from Property Taxes Property Taxes to be paid Total Payment2000 SERIES BONDS 160,000 4,000 350 164,3502002 SERIES BONDS 145,000 14,813 300 160,1132006 SERIES BONDS 15,000 67,021 0 82,021
Total required for 2011 debt service $406,484
- Amount (if any) paid from Schedule A $54,434- Amount (if any) paid from other resources $0- Excess collections last year $0= Total to be paid from taxes in 2011 $352,050+ Amount added in anticipation that the unit willcollect only 100.00% of its taxes in 2011 $0=Total debt levy $352,050
Schedule C - Expected Revenue from Additional Sales TaxIn calculating its effective and rollback tax rates, the unit estimated that it will receive $1,130,943 in ad-ditional sales and use tax revenues. The county has excluded any amount that is or will be distributed for economic development grants from this amount of expected sales tax revenue.
Schedule D - Criminal Justice MandateThe COUNTY OF GONZALES Auditor certifies that COUNTY OF GONZALES has spent $33,016 in the previous 12 months beginning JUNE 1, 2010, for the maintenance and operations cost of keeping inmates sentenced to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. COUNTY OF GONZALES Sheriff has provided information on these costs, minus the state revenues received for reimbursement of such costs.This notice contains a summary of actual effective and rollback tax rates’ calculations. You can inspect a copy of the full calculations at 522 ST. MATTHEW, GONZALES, TX 78629. Name of person preparing this notice: NORMA JEAN DUBOSE Title: GONZALES COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR Date Prepared: 08/12/2011
Rural EMS Service of the YearGonzales county EMS & Rescue has been selected as the Rural EMS Service of the Year at the Leaders of EMS Banquet sponsored by San Antonio AirLife. The service is also being nominated as the top EMS system in the state of Texas. (Courtesy Photo)
Gonzales County EMS was among the honorees as San Antonio AirLIFE hosted its annual “Leaders in Emergency Care” rec-ognition dinner, Aug. 12, at the El Tropicano River-walk Hotel. The dinner was held in conjunction with AirLIFE’s Emergency Care Clinical Conference, Aug. 13.
With KSAT 12’s Jenni-fer Dodd as the emcee for the celebration, there were more than 150 attendees for the annual affair.
“The purpose of this event was to take the op-portunity for AirLIFE employees to recognize others in the region that work hard at ensuring the best care is given to their patients” stated AirLIFE president and CEO Shawn Salter.
All of those recognized were chosen by AirLIFE Flight Nurses, Flight Paramedics, and Flight Communicators based on interactions they had experienced with hospi-tals, EMS agencies and individuals in Emergency Medicine. All facilities and agencies in the Texas De-partment of State Health Services (DSHS) Trauma Service Area “P” were in-cluded.
Those to be recog-nized during the event were: Rural Healthcare Facility: South Texas Re-gional Medical Center; Urban Healthcare Facil-ity: CHRISTUS Santa Rosa New Braunfels; Ur-ban/Suburban EMS: New Braunfels Fire/EMS; Rural EMS: Gonzales County EMS; Hospital Represen-tative: Denise Fletcher, Uvalde Memorial Hospi-tal; Fire/EMS Representa-tive: Keith Eldard, Helotes Fire/EMS; Telecommuni-cator: Juanita Hernandez, University Health System Transfer Center; “Partner for Life”: David Wampler, Ph.D., UTHSCSA.“I be-lieve that it is important to be recognized by your peers, and these are the people that our flight crews interact with daily,” added Salter.
Serving the community since 1991, AirLIFE is the only Texas owned non-profit and CAMTS (Com-mission on Accredita-tion of Medical Transport Services) accredited air medical service in South-west Texas and provides emergency air transport to more than 50 counties within a 150-mile radius of the San Antonio. AirLIFE is jointly owned by Baptist Health System and Univer-sity Health System. www.txairlife.com
Gonzales EMSnamed bestrural providerCannon News Services
Cheryl Atkinson
Atkinson named new Cub Scout leaderCannon News Services
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New flagpole dedicatedBoy Scouts of Gonzales Troop 262 raised the American flag on the new flagpole in front of the Gonzales County Attorney’s Office next to the courthouse, Monday morning. The flagpole was purchased by Gonzales County Attorney Paul Watkins. The flag is lighted and will fly 24/7. The boy scouts are, from left, Ancel Atkinson, 11, Dillon Catchings, 14, and Wyatt Couch, 12. Life Scout Dalton Couch, 15, (Not pic-tured), called the orders to raise the flag. (Photo by Nikki Maxwell)
Community
Rotarians hear water concernsRotarian Greg Griffin had the program for the Rotary club’s noon meeting and invited two guest speakers, Gary Shock and Interim Gonzales City Manager Charles Windwehen. Both talked about the water usage for the City of Gonzales. They went into detail about what resources the city uses to acquire their water as well as the future planning to make sure Gonzales never runs out of water. (Courtesy Photo)
Airman JoshuaA. Martinez
MartinezAir Force Airman Josh-
ua A. Martinez graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week pro-gram that included train-ing in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
He is the son of Manuel Martinez Jr. of Yoakum. Martinez graduated in 2007 from Yoakum High School.
Helping Young Farmers help Fisher HouseBob Falany (left) of the Gonzales VFW Post, and Juan Gaytan (right) of the Gonzales Elks Lodge, present dona-tions to Ken Hedrick, representative for the Gonzales Young Farmers. The money will assist the Young Farmers in purchasing supplies for the cook-outs held at Fisher House. (Photos by Dave Mundy)
For a fee of $24 a year the Knights of Columbus will place an American Flag at your residence or business within the city limits, or close vicinity, of Gonzales.
The days the flag will be displayed are; Memo-rial day-last Monday in May, Flag Day-June 14, Independence Day-July 4, Labor Day-first Monday in September, Colum-bus Day-second Monday
in October and Veterans Day-November 11.
Your subscription helps the Knights of Columbus with charitable donations to organizations such as: Boy Scouts, Little League Baseball, Gonzales Senior Citizens, Local Disaster Relief, Deaf Charities, Gonzales Livestock Show, High School Scholarships, etc. It makes a great gift for your neighbor.
Please mail your check to: The Knights of Colum-bus PO Box 279 Gonzales, Texas 78629.
Relay For LifeMeeting
Plans are now underway for the 2012 American Cancer Society
Relay For Life of Gonzales County. The committee is seeking volunteers who are committed to the cause and
are willing to be part of the team that is planning a fun and
memorable tenth anniversary. In the months prior to the actual event on March 23-24, 2012, there will
be many activities related to Relay For Life. There are many jobs to do and therefore, many volunteers are
needed. Join the team and help us to “Celebrate. Remember.
Fight Back.”
The next meeting will be Monday, August 22 at 5;15 at Abiding Word Lutheran Church located at 1310 St.
Louis. For more information, contact Arline Rinehart (672-2077)
or Patty Stewart (672-7581), event co-chairs.
KC begins annual American flag driveCannon News Services
Gonzales County EMS & Rescue will begin selling 911 address signs. The signs come in various sizes, made of high quality material in blue with white reflective letters that will last many years.
During an emergency every second counts, EMS, Fire & Law enforcement spend unnecessary time trying to locate poorly marked addresses, wasting precious time. When someone needs immediate as-
sistance we want to locate them as quickly as possible.
These signs can enhance our response, there highly visible and easily recognized by emergency personnel during the day or night. Funds generated from these signs will go to our education program to pro-vide training & ongoing education. Price range: $ 15 - $ 20 per sign.
For more details, call 830-672-7675.
EMS to begin selling 911 signsto aid in identifying addresses
Gonzales County Court Failure to Appear List for Court Date August 11, 2011
Herman Bouldin-Possession of MarijuanaRebecca A. Compton-Theft of PropertyMarsha Kiefer-Assault Family ViolenceBobby Johnson-Possession of a Dangerous DrugPhilip Longoria, Jr.-Assault Family ViolenceThomas Robert Longoria-Assault Family ViolenceReynaldo P. Lucio-Driving While IntoxicatedMatthew Scott Maldonado-Possession of MarijuanaKimberly Yvonne Mitchell-Assault Causes Bodily
InjuryTommy Gene Ollison-Theft of PropertyThe next County Court date is September 8, 2011. If
these people come on this date a warrant will NOT be issued. For further information you may contact the County Attorney’s office at 830-672-6527.
Gonzales Co. FTA List
Thompsonville Ladies Club Met on Thursday, Aug 11th at the Thomp-sonville Community Center. We had 14 mem-bers enjoying a delicious salad buffet offered by Sandy Van Velthoven and Barbara Schroeder, hostesses. They set a scrumptious buffet of chicken salad, 7-layer salad, fruit salad, chips and dip, fresh grapes and watermelon, and a selec-tion of deserts.
Sandy Van Velthoven read a devotional from the book “Let Faith Rise Up.” Everyone singing Happy Birthday honored the August birthday la-dies, Sandy Parr, Linda Grauke, Stella Gutierrez
and Chris Grue. LaVerne Romines and Penny Sny-der won the hostess gifts.
A short business meet-ing about our scholarship winners and plans for a Thompsonville Ladies Cookbook was held.
The meeting was ad-journed and Virginia Malmstrom and Barbara Schroeder gave a demon-stration on making angels with 250 wraps of yarn.
Mark your calendar for our next function. On Thursday, Nov 11th, we will have our Annual Thanksgiving Luncheon for the community. Please make plans to join us. Contributions to our Scholarship Fund are ac-cepted.
ServiceSalute
Thompsonville ladieshold monthly meeting
The start of a new school year is often portrayed as teachers welcoming kids back to class ... but this year’s Gonzales ISD con-vocation offered a slightly different take. This year, it was the kids welcoming the
teachers back.Returning and new
teachers in the school dis-trict gathered for the of-ficial kick-off to the new school year Monday at the Gonzales Junior High au-ditorium, and were treated
by several groups of local youngsters to an amusing welcome back party.
An ensemble from the Gonzles High School Band launched the event with some rousing pep mu-sic. After Boy Scouts from
Troop 262 presented the colors and led the Pledge of Allegiance, the GISD staff was treated to a presenta-tion by the Shakespeare Ninjas, who performed a scene from The Bard’s “12th Night.”
The Gonzales Theater Arts Dept. then presented a short play by director Les-lie Buesing about school life, “Through the Halls of Gonzales ISD,” that left the audience chuckling.
The event wrapped up with budding country mu-sic star Brandi Behlen belt-ing out her rendition of Keith Whitley’s “When You Say Nothing At All.”
Photos byDave Mundy
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Convocation: the kids welcome GISD teachers back to school
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Social Securityshortens hours
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Gonzales Cannon Live Music CalendarThursday, August 18Thursday Night Acoustic Jam, Ole Moulton
Bank, Moulton, 6:30 p.m.-midnight, call 361-596-7499 for info
Friday, August 19Rhythm of the Road at Yoakum Gin & Feed, 9
p.m.Bart Crow Band at Scooter’s Dance Hall, Moult-
on. Tickets $15.Asleep at the Wheel at MiCasa Tamales, 25930
IH 10 West, Boerne. Tickets $15-50.
Saturday, August 20Scott Taylor Band at Yoakum Gin & Feed, 9 p.m.John Slaughter at Scooter’s Dance Hall, Moult-
on. Tickets $10.Randall Morris with Brandon and Kevin May
at Boomer’s Sports Bar, Gonzales (Benefit for Dean May), 8 p.m.
Dottsy with George Hamilton IV Darrell Mc-Call, Mona McCall, Justin Trevino, and Frankie Miller at the Texas Theatre, 425 N. Austin in Seguin, 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tickets $12 each. For details call 830-372-6168 or visit the Seguin Chamber of Commerce, Gift and Gourmet or Cas-cades Gift Shop in Seguin.
Sunday, August 21Clint Taft and the Buck Wild Band at Flores-
ville Community Convention Center, 600 Hwy. 97 West, Floresville, no charge.
Thursday, August 25Thursday Night Acoustic Jam, Ole Moulton
Bank, Moulton, 6:30 p.m.-midnight, call 361-596-7499 for info
Friday, August 26Jake Kellen at Yoakum Gin & Feed, 9 p.m.Battle of the Bands feat. Pale Horses at Scoot-
er’s Dance Hall, Moulton. Tickets $8.Clint Martin Band at Old Coupland Inn and
Dancehall, CouplandTracy Lawrence at Cow Boys Dance Hall, 3030
NorthEast Loop 410, San Antonio.
Saturday, August 27Texaco Country Showdown at Yoakum Gin &
FeedBattle of the Bands feat. Trevor Cole Band at
Scooter’s Dance Hall, Moulton. Tickets $8.Quiet Company with Tornahdo, Toadies,
The Orbans, Whiskey Folk Ramblers, Ume, The Black Angels at the Whitewater Amphitheatre, New Braunfels, starting at 2 p.m.
Sunday, August 28Ted Nugent with Lisa Bouchelle at Backstage
Live, 1305 E. Houston, San Antonio, 7 p.m.The Go-Gos at Paramount Theatre, 713 Con-
gress Avenue, Austin. Ticket info: www.stubhub.com.
Thursday, September 1Thursday Night Acoustic Jam, Ole Moulton
Bank, Moulton, 6:30 p.m.-midnight, call 361-596-7499 for info
Clint Martin Band at Jerry B’s, Kenedy.
Saturday, Sept. 3Charla Corn at Fayette County Fair, La Grange,
8 p.m.
Thursday, September 8Thursday Night Acoustic Jam, Ole Moulton
Bank, Moulton, 6:30 p.m.-midnight, call 361-596-7499 for info
Friday, Sept. 9Molly Hatchet at The Lynn Theater, Gonzales
(Tentative: Details: mollyhatchet.com).Dolly Shine at Scooter’s Dance Hall, Moulton.
Tickets $8.
Saturday, Sept. 10Molly Hatchet at the Texas Rally, Somerville.
Gates open at noon.Johnny Cooper at Scooter’s Dance Hall, Moult-
on. Tickets $10.
Friday, Sept. 16Thom Shepherd at Scooter’s Dance Hall, Moult-
on. Tickets $10.
Saturday, Sept. 17Perfect Stranger at Scooter’s Dance Hall,
Moulton. Tickets $10.
Sunday, Sept. 18Bad Bob and the Cow Paddy Daddys at Old
Moulton Bank, Moulton. For tickets call 361-596-7499.
Musicians and Venues: To add or update events, contact us via e-mail to [email protected].
The Heart of Texas Roadshow and the Texas Theatre in Seguin invite you to two performances by the legendary Darrell McCall and this area’s own Dottsy on Saturday, Aug. 20.
The duo will be joined
by Mona McCall, Justin Trevino, Frankie Miller and George Hamilton IV. Advance sell tickets are $12 per person and available at the Seguin Area Chamber of Commerce, Gift and Gourmet and Cascades Gift Shop, all in Seguin.
Ticket orders may be placed by phone by calling (830) 372-6168.
Show times are 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets at the door will be $15. The renovated Texas Theatre is located at 425 N. Austin St. in downtown Seguin.
Roadshow to feature locallegends McCall, Dottsy
This week’s top 40 requested Texas independent music tracks at RadioFreeTexas.org:
1. Agave Posse Band Slide Another Brew2. Brian Coy And The Remaining Few Turkey On The Bottle3. Brian Coy And The Remaining Few Momma Save Me4. Red Dvorak You Ain’t Going Nowhere (With Tim Lewelling, Steve Judice & Slim Bawb5. Max Stalling 6x9 Speakers Revisited6. Mark Monaco Empty Glass7. Town Walsh Cold Light Of Day8. Scotty Thurman And The Perfect Trouble Band
Good To See You9. Steve Judice Only By A Stone10. Bryant Carter Band Southern Crawl11. Beau Hinze And The Back Porch Shufflers Thunderstorms & Dominoes12. Jody Jenkins Brings Back Amarillo13. Kat Moore Band Country Through And Through14. Donny Waits Pushin’ Gears15. Mark Monaco Never Let You Down16. Steve Judice Pvt. Miller’s Mama’s House17. Hunter McKithan & The Offenders Dirty Little War18. Nick Verzosa She Only Loves Me19. Bryan Fontenot Too Drunk To Be Drinking20. Tyler Cannon Smile and a Wink21. Jackson Lee Brooks Band Ballad Of A Broken Heart22. Kat Moore Band Shadows23. Max Stalling I Ain’t Drinking Alone24. Tyler Cannon Sweet Southern Thing25. Mo Robson
Lucky’s26. Beau Hinze And The Back Porch Shufflers Swamp Rabbit Boogie27. William Clark Green Tonight28. Slim Bawb Big Easy29. Josh Ward Band Jebediah Beane30. Micky & The Motorcars Don’t Be Sad31. Slim Bawb Voodoo Weddin/Amos Moses32. Jimmy Kaiser Galveston Lights/Can’t You See33. Slow Rollin Lows Back Road Motel34. Reckless Kelly Good Luck & True Love35. Slim Bawb J’Ai Beson D’une Biere36. Marshall/Peery Broken Hearts37. Mark David Manders Three Sheets to the Wind38. Johnny Cash Committed To Parkview39. Hunter McKithan & The Offenders Falling From High40. Brian Burns Thunderstorms & Tyler Roses
Source: radiofreetexas.org
DVDs reviewed in this col-umn will be available in stores the week of Aug. 29, 2011.
PICKS OF THE WEEKRio (PG) -- Blu (voiced by
Jesse Eisenberg) is a rare ma-caw -- thought to be the last of his kind -- living the good life as a pet in Minnesota. When it’s discovered that there is another member of his species in Brazil, Blu is taken on a trip to meet his female counterpart (voiced by Anne Hathaway.) What fol-lows is a formulaic animated adventure of madcap talking critters fleeing bumbling ani-mal smugglers.
The vibrant colors, wild (yet forgettable) music and sheer volume give “Rio” some-thing to appreciate. While it falls short of charming, there’s something to be said for “Rio” as a spectacle -- a sort of daz-zling Carniv‡l for the rugrats.
The Perfect Host (R) -- Da-vid Hyde Pierce (Niles from Frasier”) stars in this confus-
ing-yet-admirable jumble of neuroses, thrills and unsettling humor. A criminal on the run (Clayne Crawford) lies his way into the home of Pierce’s un-suspecting urbane gentleman, who is preparing for his big dinner party. A game of preda-tor and prey ensues, in which few things are what they seem.
It’s dark comedy with notes of Hitchcock and a heaping pile of role reversals, twists and mind games. While plenty of laughs and chills are contained within, some audience mem-bers may suffer from crippling plot-twist fatigue by the end of the film.
“In a Better World” (R) -- This Danish foreign-language drama explores gripping is-sues in justice, civility, grief and parenthood. Anton is a doc-tor torn between two worlds:
his family life in the suburbs of Denmark, and his work as a doctor in a war-torn corner of Africa. The characters must navigate unclear moral land-scapes in the parallel worlds of schoolyard bullies and brutal warlords. The story is well-crafted, perhaps too tidy at times, but the conflicts faced by the characters are not so tidy, and the story has enough gravi-tas to turn down easy answers.
“Coen Brothers Collection” (Blood Simple/Fargo/Miller’s Crossing/Raising Arizona) [Blu-ray] -- Ever want to gorge yourself on brainy thrillers with chunks of absurdist humor? As a writing/directing team, the Coen brothers are the purvey-ors of fine films with smart dialog, complicated characters, oddball humor and respected visual prowess. This collection of four of their earliest mov-ies includes some of the finest performances by the stars in-volved, including Frances Mc-Dormand.
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Effective Aug. 15, the Social Security office will be open to the public Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. – a reduction of 30 min-utes each weekday.
While agency employees will continue to work their regu-lar hours, this shorter public window will allow them to complete face-to-face service with the visiting public without incurring the cost of overtime. Congress provided Social Se-curity with nearly $1 billion less than the President requested for the budget this fiscal year, which makes it impossible for the agency to provide the amount of overtime needed.
Most Social Security ser-vices do not require a visit to an office. For example, anyone wishing to apply for benefits, sign up for direct deposit, re-place a Medicare card, obtain a proof of income letter or in-form us of a change of address or telephone number may do so at www.socialsecurity.gov or by dialing our toll-free number, 1-800-772-1213.
Research recently pre-sented at The Alzheimer’s Association International Conference indicates that Alzheimer’s disease could potentially be prevented for millions just by reduc-ing lifestyle risks.
The lifestyle risks and the percentage of Al-zheimer’s they are asso-ciated with are: smoking (11 percent), obesity in midlife (7 percent), diabe-tes (3 percent), depression (15 percent), physical in-activity (21 percent), high blood pressure in midlife (8 percent) and low educa-tion (7 percent).
That’s not to say it’s ab-solutely certain that these risk factors can cause Al-zheimer’s, but scientists believe that about half the cases could be prevented.
According to a paper by researcher Deborah Barnes, a professor at Uni-versity of California San Francisco, a reduction of 25 percent across all the risk factors could prevent nearly a half-million oc-currences of Alzheimer’s
in the U.S. alone. These are estimates, of course, and further research has to be done.
Another paper at the same conference ad-dressed the maintenance of cognition while aging. Cognition is the mental processes, such as prob-lem solving, memory and learning.
Seniors over the age of 65 with no impairment were given a battery of tests for cognition, stress, personality traits and de-pression, as well as physi-cal tests. What scientists concluded was that scor-ing low on trauma, de-pression, stress and anxi-ety was related to keeping good cognitive health.
They gave an example of the characteristics of cop-ing: “developing a strategy, remaining positive, get-ting advice and taking ac-tion.” Researchers hope to make these tests part of a Resilience Index to assess patients for risk right in the doctor’s office.
If more incentives are needed to make changes in lifestyle, this is surely one. Be more active, quit smoking and deal with high blood pressure -- and you’ll possibly avoid Al-
zheimer’s at the same time.
Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot person-ally answer reader ques-tions, but will incorporate them into her column whenever possible. Write to her in care of King Fea-tures Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to [email protected].
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Many folks are worried sick about their lawns as we continue with this lengthy drought. As a tree profes-sional, I can understand and respect your concern, but I cannot really empa-thize. Grass just hinders the growth of my beloved trees and shrubs.
Regardless, SAWS con-servation staff is dedicated to providing the best infor-mation available for your landscape. To help your lawn survive the drought, keep these things in mind.
* Design – Match the species and cultivar of grass to the site. St. Augustine cultivars do best in partial shade and deep soil while Bermuda grass cultivars
require full sun. New con-struction, both residen-tial and commercial, must use a turf grass from the drought-tolerant species list.
* Irrigation – New lawns need light, frequent water-ing; established lawns re-quire deep, thorough soak-ings (short multiple start times in a single day). Avoid stacking run times on your irrigation system and water according to the weekly SIP Watering Advice.
* Maintenance – Com-post lawns in the spring
and fall, and aerate at least every other year. Mow high and limit fertilizer. Salts found in most fertilizers make it difficult for plants to absorb water.
The goal of Lawn Sur-vival 101 is not to create a lush, green lawn, but to maintain the health of your landscape throughout the drought without raising your debt ceiling.
Mark Peterson is a con-servation project coordina-tor for San Antonio Water System.
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Taking Back TexasApostle Claver Kamau-Imani, head of RagingElephants.org, was among the featured speakers at the “Take Back Texas” seminar in Houston Aug. 13 spon-sored by the Texas Nationalist Movement. A second “Take Back Texas” seminar is scheduled Sept. 10 in San Antonio; for details, call (409) 527-4929. (Courtesy Photo)
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AUSTIN —Texas Attorney Gener-al Greg Abbott on Friday saluted the ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirming a lower court’s ruling that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate is unconstitu-tional.
“Obamacare is closer to an end,” Abbott said in a news release. Ab-boott and the attorneys general of 25 other states joined an action origi-nating in Florida. “The federal court of appeals agrees that the federal health care law’s individual man-
date violates the U.S. Constitution – and cannot be enforced against the American people. This is an impor-tant ruling for freedom and limited government.
“As we have maintained since be-fore the law was first enacted, the individual mandate exceeds the constitutional limits on Congress’ authority. The federal government cannot rely upon Congress’ power to regulate interstate commerce in a misguided effort to require that ev-ery American purchase government-approved health insurance – whether they want it or not. No public policy goal, no matter how important or well-intentioned, can be allowed to
trample the protections and rights guaranteed by our Constitution.”
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta struck down Obamacare’s individual mandate but left the rest of the law intact, according to nu-merous reports.
Two of the three judges agreed with the states, and a lower court’s ruling, that Congress had over-stepped its constitutional authority in an “unprecedented” way by re-quiring citizens to buy from private companies “an expensive product from the time they are born until the time they die.”
The case could go next to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Abbott salutes ObamaCare decision
“The Language of Flowers”by Vanessa Diffenbaugh(Ballantine Books, $25)
Vanessa Diffenbaugh delivers a first-class, literary forget-me-not with her debut novel, “The Language of Flowers.” The story begins on pro-tagonist Victoria Jones’ 18th birthday as she is emancipated from the foster-care system. Abandoned as an infant and shuffled from foster-care homes to group homes for most of her young life, Victoria is ill-equipped to face the future on her own. With nowhere to go, she spends her first night of independent living in a public park. Mistrust, resentment and anger are her only companions.
Victoria views relationships as
complicated and has trouble connect-ing with people. Finding solace in the beauty and meaning of flowers, she has long used the Victorian language of flowers to communicate with oth-ers and convey the complex emotions deeply rooted inside her. When the small garden she plants in the park is discovered, Victoria is offered a job at a local florist shop. There, she meets a mysterious vendor who seems to understand the messages Victoria communicates through her floral of-ferings and arrangements.
“The Language of Flowers” cycles
between the present and Victoria’s troubled past. She has spent her whole life running away from love be-cause she knew that at any moment, it could be plucked from her. Diffen-baugh uses her own experience as a foster parent to create heartbreaking situations, palpable emotions and a remarkably multifaceted character, infused with depth, fortitude, flaws and, most importantly, hope.
“The Language of Flowers” is a compelling tale about second chances and the emotional complexity of the foster-care journey. Between Victo-ria’s self-discovery and Diffenbaugh’s glossary of flower definitions at the end of the book, readers will be en-thralled by this searingly honest yet hopeful story.
Recommended ReadingRose M. Croke
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Reducing your risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
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CANNON KID’S CORNER
ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20It will take a little effort on your part, Aries, to help someone feel your love. Once you get past the ini-tial hurdle, all things will work out for the best.
TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21Sometimes things just don’t go your way, Taurus. This week you will experience a few hurdles that seem in-surmountable. The fact is that you can handle them.
GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21Think twice before you enter into a relationship without weighing the cons, Gemini. There are plenty of positives, but some of the other things may be a disadvantage.
CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22When it seems you have an enormous weight on your shoulders, Cancer, the best thing is to talk about it right away with someone you trust. This will be the case this week.
LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23Look at yourself in the mirror and you’ll find there are plenty of things to be proud of, Leo. Try to regain your self-con-fidence in the next few days.
VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22Virgo, if you’re looking for a new romantic relation-ship you could find that you have plenty of suitors this week. It’s almost as if they are all coming out of the woodwork.
LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23You had really get a second opinion on the way you are handling your finances, Libra. Credit card usage could put you in a bunch of trouble if you are not careful.
SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22Open up your mind to new possibilities, Scorpio. You could just find that the oppor-tunities for you abound and literally the sky is yours for the taking.
SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21Think of the ways you can help out at home and put that plan into motion, Sagittarius. Not only will it resolve some issues, but also it will feel good doing something positive.
CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20If you are feeling stressed, Capricorn, look for ways to lighten your workload. Hire people, like a housekeeper, who can help with some of the things you don’t enjoy doing.
AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18The to-do list may seem never-ending, Aquarius. All it takes is tackling one thing each day for that list to shrink dramatically. And there are always people who are willing to help.
PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20There is more than meets the eye to you, Pisces. This week you will prove everyone wrong when you tackle some-thing amazing.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
AUGUST 14Halle Berry, Actress (45)
AUGUST 15Joe Jonas, Singer (22)
AUGUST 16Madonna, Singer (53)
AUGUST 17Sean Penn, Actor (51)
AUGUST 18Christian Slater, Actor (42)
AUGUST 19Lee Ann Womack, Singer (45)
AUGUST 20Robert Plant, Singer (63)
Puzzle Answers
It was the 37th president of the United States, Richard M. Nixon, who made the following sage -- and somehow appropriate -- observation: ÒSure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too.Ó
Pasta has been around since 5,000 B.C., and it was invented in China, not Italy.
If you’re planning a visit to the United Kingdom, you might want to keep in mind this rather obscure statute: It’s illegal to stand within 100 yards of the reigning monarch if you don’t have socks on.
A groundhog can move 700 pounds of dirt in a single day.
When the two-and-one-half-hour finale of the groundbreaking television show “M*A*S*H” aired on Feb. 28, 1983, advertisers paid a hefty $450,000 for a single 30-second spot. That was $50,000 more than the same spot cost at the Super Bowl that year.
We all know what a
disaster is, but did you know where the word came from? The base of the word is “aster,” which is Latin for “star.” The word “disaster” originally meant “an unfavorable aspect of a star,” reflecting the ancient notion that the motions of heavenly bodies affected terrestrial events.
Baseball players didn’t have numbers on their uniforms until 1929, and it was the New York Yankees that were the first to adopt the practice.
In the early 18th century,
newspapers were not cheap, but the stories published therein were often people’s only link to the events of the day. Since they were so coveted, newspapers were often brought as a gift when a gentleman was calling on a lady friend, much as candy or flowers might be brought in a different era.
***Thought for the Day: “No
one really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you’ll see why.” -- Mignon McLaughlin
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