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Aer months o appli-cant reviews and research,the Gonzales City Council

named Allen L. Barnes asthe new city manager dur-ing a special called meetinguesday night.

Barnes was one o morethan 50 applicants, andonly three nalists whowere interviewed by thecouncil last week.

Mr. Barnes was the solenalist in our city man-ager search, Mayor BobbyONeal said. Welcome tothe city o Gonzales. Wewish you well here.

Barnes thanked thecouncil or selecting himor the coveted position.

I want to tell you how

excited I am to be your newcity manager, he said.

Barnes said he spoke tothe interim city managerCharles Windwehen aboutsome o the changes he

has made in the past sevenmonths.

We are going to con-tinue that and take Gonza-les to the pinnacle, Barnessaid. My goal is to makeGonzales one o the brightshining stars o exas. Iwant to be innovative andcreative.

He said he wants othercommunities to look toGonzales as an example ohow to solve problems andbe a successul city.

I want others to look atus and say, Wow, I want todo it like they did, Barnes

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Today in Texas History August 18, 1813

On 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 Gutirrez-

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.

Jos Alvarez de Toledo y Dubois. The

royalist army of some 1,830 men was

commanded by Gen. Joaqun de Ar-

redondo and included the young Lt.

Antonio Lpez 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 republicanarmy survived. The bodies of the fallen

republicans were left to lie where they

fell for nine years.

Todays QuoteSo much attention is paid to the ag-gressive sins, such as violence andcruelty and greed with all their tragiceffects, that too little attention is paidto the passive sins, such as apathyand laziness, which in the long runcan have a more devastating effect.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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SportsComanches, Mustangs

shine in scrimmages

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School TimeLocal events help kick

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RegionPet show eatures

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Welcoming our

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Railroad tracks damaged aer sparks rom train ignite rural fres

Council picks Barnes as new manager

Way Too Close for ComfortA Gonzales Fire Dept. vehicle moves away rom ast-spreading ames during Tuesdays re along County Road 237. Ofcials be-

lieve sparks rom a passing train may have been responsible or that blaze as well as one along County Road 184. The CR 237 re

eventually set a pile o old railroad ties ablaze and will be allowed to burn itsel out. (Photo by Dave Mundy)

H-E-B, Page A3

BARNES, Page A3

H-E-B breaks ground on

new 53,000-foot facility

Construction of new H-E-B underwayOfcials with H-E-B, the City o Gonzales and Gonzales County gather to break ground Wednesday

at the site o a new 53,000-square-oot H-E-B store, to be located at the corner o Church st. at SarahDeWitt Dr. (Photo by Dave Mundy)

Fireghters take on blazes

Happy Birthday!Aug. 16: Gwen Hodges

Aug. 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 Ramos

Aug. 19: Adrian James Sr., April Rock-

well, Gary Clack, Stacy Scott

Aug. 20: Candice Machacek, Charamin

Kluting, Candace Bell, Kevin Smith,

Raymond Ramos

Fireghters rom several areare departments as well as theNational Forest Service battledthree very nasty blazes north oGonzales uesday aernoon,with several acres blackened andthe Southern Pacic rail line near

County Road 237 damaged.Fireghters responded early

in the aernoon to a blaze alongInterstate 10, then had a secondre to contend with along County

Road 184 beore a re eruptedin thick brush and took hold ina pile o railroad ties near theSouthern Pacic rail line alongCounty Road 237 later in the a-

ternoon.At around 4 p.m., witnesses re-

ported the re was growing out ocontrol, whipped by a steady butnot strong wind rom the south,

and was threatening to jump theroad, threatening a nearby houseand poultry barn. A GonzalesVFD ladder truck had to beat aretreat aer the huge ball o ame

eating the ties threatened to over-whelm the truck.

Gonzales Fire Chie KeithSchmidt said Wednesday that as-sistance rom the Forest Service

helped contain the blaze alongCR 184.Tey helped out, they plowed

a line around it to contain it, he

By DAVE MUNDY

manager@gonzalescannon.com

FIRES, Page A3

New City ManagerAllen L. Barnes was selected Tuesday as the new city manager or Gonzales.

(Photo by Nikki Maxwell)

Construction on Gonzaleslong-awaited new grocery super-store is now ofically underway.

Ofcials with H-E-B, the Cityo Gonzales and Gonzales Coun-ty gathered at the site o H-E-Bs

planned store site at the cornero Church St. and Sarah DeWitt

Dr. on Wednesday or ofcialground-breaking ceremonies, andboth local and company ofcialssaid they are tickled to nally seethe project underway.

My name is Bobby, and this ismy H-E-B, quipped Mayor Bob-by ONeal, eliciting a chorus ochuckles in imitating the grocery

giants advertising catch-line.Te new store is planned at

53,000 square eet, comparedto the current Gonzales stores19,000 square eet, and will haveacres o parking available orshoppers.

I know youll be pleased to beable to shop with a cart insteado playing bumper cars insidethe store, and you wont have to

park on the side street, said Rob

By DAVE MUNDY

manager@gonzalescannon.com

By NIKKI MAXWELL

newseditor@gonzalescannon.com