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After the opening day of testi-monies, the prosecution rested af-ter putting up seven witnesses in the James DuBose trial.

DuBose is on trial for three fel-ony counts including aggravated assault on a public servant and at-tempting to take the weapon of a peace officer.

The charges stem from an inci-

dent that happened in February of 2011. According to reports, at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 9, Gonzales County Deputy Floyd Toliver responded to a 911 family violence call at a residence in Har-wood. Based on statements from Toliver and witnesses in the home, DuBose began punching Toliver and knocked him down to the floor. Toliver received injuries to his head, face and back, with sev-eral small bones in his back being

broken by repeated blows.The beating supposedly contin-

ued for several minutes until a man (DuBose’s brother-in-law Jesse Torres) held a gun on DuBose and ordered him to stop. During the in-vestigation, witnesses testified that DuBose attempted to grab Toliver’s gun and mace from his belt several times during the attack.

The trial began on Monday with the selection of a jury, which was chosen from a field of over 100

candidates. Several members of the panel were dismissed early on for either being unqualified to serve or unable to do so due to family emer-gencies or medical conditions.

The final jury was chosen late Monday afternoon and consists of six men and six women.

Prior to the trial, DuBose elected to have his punishment, if any is required, determined by the jury instead of the presiding judge

Two additional featured speakers have been an-nounced for Saturday’s Texas Come and Take It In-dependence Rally.

Former Republican gu-bernatorial candidate Deb-ra Medina and UN Agenda 21 expert John Marler will join a parade of conserva-tive, libertarian and moti-vational keynote speakers — including you, the audi-ence — who will be heard during the rally from 2-6 p.m. Saturday at JB Wells Arena in Gonzales.

Medina and Marler wil be joined by Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patter-son, former state represen-tative Rick Green, war hero Shilo Harris, syndicated editorial columnist George Rodriguez and Dutch im-migrant Charles Nunes as the scheduled highlight speakers. Those attending

will have an opportunity to step up and be guest speak-ers themselves.

“We must emphasize that this is a demonstra-tion by the people, for the people, and the intent is to send a message to Congress that we will be heard,” said Myrna McLeroy, one of the event’s organizers. “We want to tell them that we are unhappy with the deci-sion of the Supreme Court, and among other issues, we want Obamacare repealed, we want immigration laws enforced, and we want our freedoms as was the origi-nal intent of our Founding Fathers and as set out in the Constitution.

“Come to hear and learn, come to speak your piece,” she added. “Join in with others to let Washington know we don’t want their brand of government. We want our Constitution back!”

The scheduled speak-

ers include an array of Tea Party favorites and current and former elected officials.

Medina challenged Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison dur-ing the 2008 gubernato-rial race and has remained at the forefront of the Tea

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GEDC OKs loan offer to Microtel

Medina joins speakers for‘Come and Take It’ rally

State rests case against DuBose

Cruz, Campbell rideanti-establishment tide; Old defeats Kolb

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TRIAL, Page A5

RALLY, Page A3

GEDC, Page A4

Eric Atkinson of Odem tries to get his steer to go completely down during the chute dogging event in Saturday’s short go-round of the Texas Youth Rodeo As-sociation finals at JB Wells Arena. For complete TYRA results, see Page C6. (Photo by Mark Lube)

James DuBose

The Tea Party roared in Texas Tuesday as Repub-lican voters across the state swept Tea Party-backed candidates to victory after victory over establishment Republicans.

The biggest upset was scored by former state So-licitor General Ted Cruz, who pulled off a convincing victory over Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst.

Also scoring a major upset win was Dr. Donna Campbell, who upset in-cumbent Jeff Wentworth to gain the GOP nomination for the 25th District Texas State Senate seat.

In the race with the most significant local interest Seguin attorney Bill Old defeated Seguin municipal judge Kevin Kolb to win the Republican nomination for the 25th Judicial District judgeship being vacating by the retiring Dwight Pe-schel.

Old finished with 6,147

votes to Kolb’s 5,482 in the race, which includes all or parts of four counties. Kolb carried Gonzales County by a 561-462 margin, while

Bill Old

Jessica Bradshaw

ELECTIONS, Page A4

By DAVE MUNDY

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The Gonzales Economic Development Corp. Board of Directors on Monday gave approval to an offer for a low-interest loan of up to $150,000 to WinBin Ventures, LLC, developers of a planned Microtel hotel project.

Following a lengthy ex-ecutive session with repre-sentatives from WinBin, the board voted to offer a loan of $10,000 per full-time em-ployee hired by the project up to $150,000 at 2.5 per-cent interest. The company had originally asked for $500,000 in incentives in its original proposal.

The agreement will now go to Gonzales City Council for possible final approval at

By DAVE MUNDY

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Yoakum Police Department Weekly Incident Report for July 23-29:

07/23/12Case #12-300, Reyes, Jimi, 21,

Yoakum, 105 Antioch; Offense, Assault-A (F/V); Disposition, Trans/DCSO.

07/24/12Case #174507, Brazil, Charles

Jr., 18, Yoakum, Migl@Huck; Of-fense, W#11-12-26298-D-Violate Probation-Poss. Cntrl. Subsance; Disposition, Trans/DCSO.

Case #12-303, Thompson, Fredrick, 19, Yoakum, 300 Blk Mathew; Offense, Poss. Marijua-na; Disposition, Bond/$500/Rel.

07/25/12Case #12-193, Warrant Arrest,

Case #174528, Mayberry, Drak-kar, 20, Yoakum, 314 E. Hock-heim; Offense, W#201-17722-As-sault-A; Disposition, Trans/DCSO.

Case #12-304, Burglary-Build-ing, 413 Irvine; Disposition, In-vestigation.

Case #12-306, Burglary-Build-ing, 404 Lott; Disposition, Inves-tigation.

Case #12-307, Burglary-Build-ing, 406 Lott; Disposition, Inves-tigation.

Case #12-308, Burglary-Build-ing, 123 W. May; Complainant, Saucedo, Gilberto; Disposition,

Investigation.07/28/12Case #174551, Warrant Arrest

(2), Gardner, Derek, 20, Yoakum, 210 Baxter; Offense(s), 1, W#12-312-Disobey Stop Sign, 2, W#10-312F-FTA-Disobey Stop Sign; Disposition(s), 1, Fine/$197/Rel., 2, Fine/$214/Rel.

07/29/12Case #12-305, Criminal Mis-

chief-B, 400 Blk. Lott; Disposition, Investigation.

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Gonzales Sheriff’s Office Report

Thought for the Day

“You have been tried by twelve good men and true, not of your peers but as high above you as heaven is of hell, and they have said you are guilty.”

– Judge Roy Bean

August 2, 1882On this day in 1882, the commissioners of Pecos County

officially appointed Roy Bean justice of the peace. He re-tained the post, with short interruptions, until he retired voluntarily in 1902. As he gained fame for being an eccen-tric and original interpreter of the law, the Kentucky native became known as the “Law West of the Pecos.” For exam-ple, when a man carrying forty dollars and a pistol fell off a bridge, Bean fined the corpse forty dollars for carrying a concealed weapon. The forty dollars covered the man’s fu-neral expenses. Bean died in his saloon on March 16, 1903, of lung and heart ailments and was buried in the Del Rio cemetery. His shrewdness, audacity, unscrupulousness, and humor, aided by his knack for self-dramatization, made him an enduring part of American folklore.

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Here is the Gonzales Police Department Report for the period of July 23-30:

July 23Andrew Lee Lackey, 59 Of Gonzales, Arrested

And Charged With Possession Of Marijuana At 800 Blk Dallas St.

July 24Josha Duane Noyola, 27 Of Gonzales, Arrested

And Charged With Possession Of Marijuana And Possession Of Drug Paraphernaila And Angela Ma-rie Garza, 23 Of Gonzales, Arrested And Charged With Possession Of Controlled Substance Not In Penality Group At 500 Blk College St.

Joseph Deon Eleby, 26 Of Gonzales, Arrested And Charged With Possession Of Controlled Sub-stance Not In Penality Group At 600 Blk Dunning St.

July 25Reported Harassment At 600 Blk Church St.Reported Assault At 2100 Blk St. Joseph St.

July 26Reported Theft At 2300 Blk Cr 197.Reported Theft At 1500 Blk Sarah Dewitt Dr.Reported Hit And Run Accident At 100 Blk Sarah

Dewitt Dr.Reported Forgery At 1800 Blk St. Joseph St.July 29Reported Harassment At 800 Blk St. Andrew St.Thomas M Rodriguez III, 37 Of Gonzales, Ar-

rested And Charged With Possession Of Marijuana And Possession Of Drug Paraphernalia At 600 Blk St. Lawrence St.

Luis Olmedo, 19 Years Of Age, Arrested And Charged With Assault At 700 Blk St. Paul St.

July 30Crescencia Delcarmen Chavez, 32 Of Gonzales,

Arrested And Charged With Violation Of Protective Order And Public Intoxication At 900 Blk Espinosa St.

Gonzales County Sheriff’s Office Sheriff’s Report for July 22-28:

07/22/12Akin, Ryan Scott, 11/1987, Victoria. Victoria Co.

Warrant – Theft of Property >$500 <$1,500. Re-leased on $1,500 Bond.

Green, Kimberly Evette, 06/1985, Gonzales. Lo-cal Warrant – Unrestrained Child under 17 YOA. Re-leased – Paid $293.00 Fine.

07/23/12Ruiz, Manuel, 12/1988, Pasadena. Aggravated

Assault with Deadly Weapon. Requires $100,000 Bond. Immigration Detainer. Remains in Custody.

Pacheco, Emanuel Garcia, 01/1984, Pasadena. Aggravated Assault with Deadly Weapon. Requires $100,000 Bond. Immigration Detainer. Remains in Custody.

07/24/12Riebschlaeger, Tracy Rouse, 01/1968, Aransas.

Commitment/Sentence – Forgery Financial Instru-ment. Released – Weekender/Work Release.

Garza, Danny, 05/1966, Gonzales. Austin Parole Division Warrant – Indecency with a Child Sexual Contact. Remains in Custody.

07/25/12Moore, Rebecca Jay, 08/966, Luling. Local War-

rant – Issuance of Bad Check. Requires $225.00 Fine. Released on Time Served. Local Warrant – Issuance of Bad Check. Requires $225.00 Fine. Released on Time Served. Local Warrant – Theft of Property >$20 <$500 by Check. Released on $2,000 Bond.

07/26/12Hostutler, Heather Michelle, 05/1990, LaGrange.

Local Warrant – Possession of Marijuana <2 oz. Re-quires $2,500 Bond. Remains in Custody.

07/27/12Robinson, Leslie Michelle, 04/1968, Gonzales.

Commitment/Sentence – Theft of Property >$50 <$500. Released – Weekender/Work Release.

Hernandez, Mike E., 12/1989, Nixon. Guadalupe County Warrant – Possession of Marijuana <2 oz. Released on $1,000 Bond.

Hemmer, Beau Garland, 12/1985, Live Oak. Com-mitment/Sentence – Delivering Marijuana > ¼ oz <5 lbs Drug Free Zone. Remains in Custody.

Almaguer, Pedro Martinez, 10/1965, Gonzales. Commitment/Sentence – Theft Stolen Property >$20K <$100K. Commitment/Sentence – Theft Sto-len Property >$20K <$100K. Remains in Custody.

07/28/12Trigo, Adam Vigil, 07/1973, Nixon. Injury Child/

Elderly/Disabled with Intent Bodily Injury. Requires $10,000 Bond. Remains in Custody.

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

GCSO 13DPS 06GPD 08WPD 00NPD 02Constable 00DWCSO 00DEA 00TPW 00GCAI 00Total 29

Car Rolls off RoadwayThis SUV left Sarah DeWitt Drive, just east of the intersection with Church Street, Friday afternoon after the female driver tried to switch lanes to make room for a county vehicle that had its sirens on. The driver apparently failed to notice an 18-wheeler that was likely in her blind spot, and had her vehicle clipped by the truck which caused her to flip off the roadway and into a ditch. Above, authori-ties are shown right before extracting the woman from her vehicle and trans-porting her to the hospital with undetermined injuries. (Photo by Cedric Iglehart)

Cocaine seizureFayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek reports that on Friday July 27, the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Canine Unit conducted a traffic stop on Inter-state 10 for a traffic violation. Deputy Thumann stopped a white Chevy Silvera-do on Interstate 10 at the eastbound 661 mile-marker at approximately 11:45 a.m. After contact with the driver was made, several criminal indicators were observed and consent to search the vehicle was given. Thumann deployed his K9 “Lobos” to conduct an exterior sweep of the vehicle. Lobos gave a final in-dication on the battery under the hood of the vehicle. Trooper Paul Kohleffel, Trooper Patrick Mladenka and Trooper Stephen Pierce assisted in dismantling the battery. After removing the battery and taking it apart approximately five Kilos of Cocaine with a total street value of $175,000 was located inside the bat-tery. Luis Javier Santana, 30, of Mercedes was arrested and taken to the Fayette County Jail. (Courtesy photo)

The CannonThursday, August 2, 2012 Page A3

Gonzales an appropriate site for making a political stand

RALLY: Speakers announced for event at JB Wells

Texans, it’s time to make a stand again!

e Texas Come and Take It Independence Rally

*2-6 p.m Saturday, Aug. 4 **JB Wells Arena * Gonzales, Texas *

Featured Speakers:* Debra Medina * Jerry Patterson * SSG Shilo Harris * George Rodriguez *

* Rick Green * John Marler * Charles Nunes * And YOU*

Party movement since as the director of the We Texans organization.

Marler is a Georgetown resident and outspoken critic of both United Nations’ “Agenda 21” for “sustainable development” as well as presidential Executive Orders.

Harris was a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division during Operation Irqui Freedom whose reconnai-

sance patrol was ambushed by improvised roadside bombs. Harris survived but suf-fered traumatic burns and the loss of both ears and three fingers.

After returning stateside, Harris now travels the country as a sought-after moti-vational speaker and spokesman for veter-ans causes.

Patterson spoke to Gonzales County Re-publicans earlier this year and is expected to be a candidate for Lieutenant Governor

in the next election cycle. Green is the former state representative and former Texas Supreme Court Candidate and later founded the Torch of Freedom Foundation to train young people to enter the political process.

Rodriguez, whose column appears on The Cannon’s editorial page each week, is a San Antonio resident, the former President of the San Antonio Tea Party, and is now Ex-ecutive Director of the South Texas Political

Alliance. Organizers plan to unfurl a huge “Come

and Take It” flag. The flag was first unfurled at a Tea Party rally in Gonzales in 2009, and has since been shown off in Washing-ton, D.C. and featured on the “Glenn Beck Show.”

Organizers said they are also hopeful of generating news media coverage of the event and that it will be featured on nation-al news programs.

Debra Medina John Marler Jerry Patterson Shilo Harris Rick Green George Rodriguez

Continued from page A1

The Battle of Gonza-les was the first military engagement of the Texas Revolution and was fought near Gonzales on October 2, 1835, between Texian set-tlers and the Mexican army.

In 1831, Mexican author-ities gave Gonzales a can-non to help protect them from Indian raids. Over the next several years, the po-litical situation in Mexico deteriorated, and in 1835 several states revolted. As the unrest spread, the com-mander of Mexican troops in Texas (Colonel Ugarte-chea) decided that Gonzales should not have the cannon, and requested its return.

The request was denied.Then the colonel sent 100

soldiers to retrieve the can-non peacefully. As the sol-diers neared Gonzales, the Texians used a variety of ex-cuses to keep them from the town, while secretly send-ing messengers to request help from nearby commu-nities. Within two days, up to 140 Texians gathered in Gonzales, all determined not to give up the cannon. On October 1, settlers vot-ed to attack the Mexicans. Texians approached their camp in the early hours of October 2, and the Mexi-cans returned fire. The Texians fired their cannon

at the Mexican camp. Re-alizing that they was out-numbered and outgunned, Mexican troops left before the Texians could reload.

Afterwards, the Texian leader, John H. Moore, met with the Mexican lieuten-ant and informed him that Gonzales no longer recog-nized Santa Anna’s govern-ment, but chose to remain faithful to the Constitution of 1824 instead. As Moore returned to camp, the Texians raised a homemade white banner with an image of the cannon painted in black in the center, over the words “Come and Take It.” The makeshift flag evoked

the American Revolution-ary-era slogan “Don’t Tread on Me.”

Despite its minimal mil-itary impact, Texas his-torian Stephen L. Hardin asserts that the skirmish’s “political significance was immeasurable.” It marked a clear break between the colonists and the Mexican government and is con-sidered to have been the start of the Texas Revo-lution. Texians declared it a victory over Mexican troops, as the news of the skirmish spread through-out the country, where it was referred to as the “Lexington of Texas.”

Many adventurers came to Texas to assist in the fight against Mexico.

The Texians made it clear that they had no intention of returning to their neutral stance towards Santa Anna’s government. Two days af-ter the battle, Stephen F. Austin declared war against Mexico.

In the spirit, and in hon-or of the brave Texians of 1835-36, all Texans are in-vited to attend the Come & Take It Independence Rally in Gonzales on Sat-urday, August 4, beginning at 2 p.m. at the J. B. Wells Arena on Highways 183 & 97. This will be a peace-

ful demonstration, not sponsored by any politi-cal party. All conservatives are welcome. We want to demonstrate our intention to send a message to Con-gress that we are not happy with the direction our gov-ernment has taken, includ-ing decisions made by the Supreme Court regarding Obamacare, the lack of immigration enforcement, voter ID issues, . . . to name just a few. Candidates will be invited, but this is not a campaign forum. They may be introduced and say a few words, but the focus will be to give we-the-people a voice.

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next week’s regularly-sched-uled council meeting.

The Microtel would in-clude 52 rooms with an at-tached restaurant. The hotel itself would provide 15 full-time jobs, with more once the restaurant becomes opera-tional. Construction would begin later this year, with completion anticipated in the first quarter of 2013.

During Monday’s meeting, directors also took steps to begin refining GEDC’s Small Business Incentive Grants program, received two new SBIG applications and ap-proved a new SBIG grant.

Directors received grant applications from Schmidt & Sons, a local industrial fuels and lubricants facility, and from Neal and Mina Patel. The Patels are partners in the local Best Western hotel and now want to develop Texas Cottages, a 21-unit cabin-style hostelry to be located on Sarah DeWitt Dr.

The board approved a small-business incentive grant of up to $10,000 in matching funds for the own-ers of Frames & Things.

Directors later in the meet-ing moved to re-designate the incentive program and limit submissions for that program to two time periods for year.

The newly-renamed Small Business Incentive Program will accept submissions each year on Feb. 15 and Aug. 15 starting on Feb. 13, 2013, and applications will then be “graded” before monies are

awarded. Board president Nathan Neuse named mem-bers Hector Porras, Cline Hille and James Ryan to a committee to determine how that program should be ad-ministered in the future.

“There’s a lot of issues with this program,” Porras noted. “We’ve been trying to fix it from day one.”

“People who are aware of it are using it,” Ryan added. “But some people haven’t heard of it.”

In other action Monday, the board received an update on renovations and expan-sion at Victoria College from VC’s jackie Mikesh. Mikesh told directors the college is preparing to begin inte-rior work on the old Quality Chevrolet site recently leased

from the city, and is hoping to have new classrooms ready this fall.

Directors also questioned executive director Carolyn Gibson Baros on the efficiacy of using magazine advertising to attract new development.

“It seems like we’ve spent jillions of dollars in advertis-ing,” said director Jim Logan. “We just don’t know how that translates.”

“Several of us just want to figure out if we’re getting any bang for our buck,” Neuse said.

Baros said she would in-clude figures on contacts related to advertising in re-gional and statewide trade magazines in her monthly reports to the board in the future.

Old claimed an 807-745 edge in Lavaca County.

In the newly-created 34th Congressional District Republican runoff, Jessica Puente Bradshaw defeated Adela Garza. Bradshaw claimed 5,308 votes to Gar-za’s 4,283.

In November, Bradshaw will face Democrat Filemon Vela. The Brownsville busi-nessman defeated Donna Saenz Blanchard in their runoff by a 15,625-7,824 margin.

Incumbent District 27 Congressman Blake Faren-thold won the Republican nomination in May without a runoff, and in November will face Democrat chal-lenger Rose Meza Harrison.

Harrison defeated Jerry J. Trevino in the Democratic runoff Tuesday with 7,009 votes to Trevino’s 4,564.

Campbell rode the wave of anti-establishment sen-timent to a trouncing of Wentworth, a seven-term incumbent.

Campbell, speaking from her election-night head-quarters in New Braunfels, said her victory was one for voters “who are tired of status-quo government as usual. ... My message for smaller, limited government resonated with the voters in the district.”

Campbell finished with 45,292 votes to 23,168 for Wentworth, and even car-ried Travis County by a 2-1 margin. Ironically, she had narrowly lost a race

against Congressman Lloyd Doggett two years ago af-ter carrying every county in the district except Travis County.

Some analysts observed that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on the con-stitutionality of the “Obam-acare” legislation appears to have energized the Tea Par-ty movements — which had been strangely silent even through the first round of primary voting May 29 — like no other issue.

“Voters who aren’t hap-py with the way things are going are throwing out people they blame for the mess, regardless of ide-ologym” noted editorialist Ross Ramsey of the Texas Tribune. “Those early Tea Party rallies three

years ago were all about economics; these races are drawing people from social to fiscal conserva-tives.”

The anti-establishment/tea party push appears to have played a role in a num-ber of other statewide races.

Tea Party favorite Christi Craddick defeated long-time state legislator Warren Chisum for a seat on the Texas Railroad Commis-sion. Craddick pulled near-ly 60 percent of the vote, with 589,211, to Chisum’s 396,858 votes.

One incumbent Tea party favorite, Barry Smi-therman, turned back a challenge to retain his post in the race for the unex-pired term on the Railroad Commission. Smitherman,

appointed by Gov. Perry to replace Roger Williams after the latter chose to run for Congress, defeated challenger Greg Parker 580,990 votes to 353,166.

In the race for Place 4 on the Texas Supreme Court, John Devine defeated Da-vid Medina. Devine pulled 496,980 votes to Medina’s 435,415.

In the race for State Board of Education District 10, which includes Fayette and Lavaca Counties, con-servative Tom Maynard of

Williamson County pulled out a narrow victory over moderate Rebecca Os-borne. Maynard claimed 35,899 votes to Osborne’s 35,011.

Cruz finished with 628,336 votes, or 56.8 per-cent, to Dewhurst’s 477,888 votes. In November, he will face former State Rep. Paul Sadler, who won the Democratic nomination Tuesday by handily turn-ing back a challenge from political newcomer Grady Yarborough.


Tuesday’s Runoff Election Results: County Totals

RegionELECTIONS: Bradshaw, Harrison win nominations for CD-34 seat

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Dr. KavanaghDr. Craig

Dr. CumminsDr. Ryan

Dr. CraigDr. Quebedeaux

Dr. CraigDr. Neely

Dr. HennesseeDr. White

Dr. WhiteDr. NeelyDr. Craig

Dr. CraigDr. Ryan

Dr. Malik

Dr. Quebedeaux

Dr. AganDr. Kodack

Dr. MalikH. Ross

Dr. KodackDr. Craig

Dr. Twitero

Dr. RyanDr. Kumar


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Dr. AganDr. Kodack

Dr. KodackDr. AganDr. Khan

Dr. Thangada

Dr. RyanDr. Craig


Dr. NeelyDr. CraigDr. White

Dr. HolcombDr. Hennessee

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Specialty Physician Outpatient ClinicAudiologyHelen Ross,Hearing Specialist(830) 372-2237

CardiologyWilliam Craig, M.D.(830) 672-3845Dustin Agan, M.D.(830) 672-3845

DermatologyVicente Quintero, M.D.(866) 624-8026

NeonatologyMarisol Ortiz, M.D.(361) 575-0681

NephrologyAzhar M. Malik, M.D.(361) 576-0011Haresh Kumar, MD/Khan(361) 576-9165

NeurologyPraveen Thangada, M.D.(830) 303-1819

NeurosurgeryByron D. Neely, M.D., P.A.(979) 968-6500

UrologyRobert Ryan, III, M.D.(830) 379-8491

OncologyRohit Kapoor, M.D., P.A.210-655-0075

OphthalmologyJoseph Kavanagh, M.D.(830) 379-3937

OrthopedicsG. Steven White, M.D.(830) 379-9492Trent Twitero, M.D.(830) 379-9492

PodiatryTerri Quebedeaux, D.P.M., P.A.(830) 672-7581

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SurgeryKathleen Koerner, DO, MS(830) 672-8502Lino Oballo(830) 672-8502

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Ear, Nose, & Throat DisordersMichelle Cummins, M.D.(361) 551-2565Jennifer Hennessee, M.D.(830) 379-0299GynecologyStephanie Kodack, M.D.(830) 672-8502

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Gonzales County TotalsRepublican

U.S. SenateTed Cruz 588David Dewhurst 614

Congressional District 34Jessica Puente Bradshaw 175Adela Garza 83

Railroad CommissionerChristi Craddick 606Warren Chisum 358

Railroad Commissioner (Unex-pired)Greg Parker 365Barry Smitherman 581

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 4David Medina 371John Devine 513

Judge, 25th Judicial DistrictKevin Kolb 561Bill Old 462

Gonzales County TotalsDemocrat

U.S. SenatePaul Sadler 55Grady Yarbrough 33

Congressional District 27Rose Meza Harrison 41Jerry J. Trevino 31

Congressional District 34Denise Saenz Blanchard 11Filemon Vela 4

Lavaca County TotalsRepublican





Judge, 25th Judicial DistrictKevin Kolb 745Bill Old 807

Chairman Pct 8Pam Carroll 57, David Berger 63Chairman Pct. 9Gary Peters 89, Brenda Cash 52Chairman Pct. 11Anthony Harper 28, sandra Chandler 21Chairman Pct. 12Mike Nevlud 41, marie Day 8Chairman Pct. 15Jphnny Weineger 13, Patrick Pesek 12chairman Pct. 23Randy Rose 55, John Cinnor 96Chairman Pct. 27Thomas Foyt 16, Barbara Micha-

lecik 9Chairman Pct 31Ty Zeller 81, Joshua Ohlman 61

Lavaca County TotalsDemocrat


Congressional District 27Rose Meza Harrison 158Jerry J. Trevino 58

Caldwell County TotalsRepublican





Caldwell County TotalsDemocrat


Congressional District 27

Rose Meza Harrison 177Jerry J. Trevino 44

DeWitt County TotalsRepublican


Congressional District 34Jessica Puente Bradshaw 760Adela Garza 401




DeWitt County TotalsDemocrat


Congressional District 34Denise Saenz Blanchard 55Filemon Vela 27

State Board of Education, District 2Ruben Cortez Jr. 42Celeste Zepeda Sanchez 38

Fayette County TotalsRepublican

U.S. SenateTed Cruz 1,098David Dewhurst 1,204Railroad CommissionerChristi Craddick 1,373Warren Chisum 660

Railroad Commissioner (Unex-pired)Greg Parker 804Barry Smitherman 1,143

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 4David Medina 898John Devine 1,036

State Board of Education, Place 10Tom Maynard 632Rebecca Osborne 1,427

Fayette County TotalsDemocrat


25th Judicial District(All Counties)

25th Judicial District JudgeKevin Kolb 5,482Bill Old 6,147

GEDC: To revamp grant programContinued from page A1

Dwight Peschel of the 25th District Court. The range of punishment for the crimes Dubose are charged with range from five years proba-tion to life in prison.

“Our office has one duty in this case and that’s to see jus-tice is done,” said assistant dis-trict attorney Michael Marks, who is the lead chair for the prosecution. “This is not about getting a conviction, it’s not about putting somebody in jail. It’s about justice.”

On Tuesday, Toliver took the stand and recounted the event in question. He said he responded to a call of two women fighting and upon ar-riving at the location, he met Tracie Rapp, Dubose’s girl-friend, at the gate in front of the house.

He testified that he took her statement and then pro-ceeded into the house to take the statement of Dubose’s estranged wife, Jessica Torres Dubose, who was the other party involved in the scuffle.

Toliver, a 22-year veteran of the Gonzales County Sheriff’s Office, said during his inter-rogation of Jessica Dubose, he was continually interrupted by James Dubose, who was present at the house for a su-pervised visit with his daugh-ter.

“I asked him to step outside so I could get his wife’s side of the story,” said Toliver from the witness stand. “I told him to leave three times and he re-fused to do so.”

At that time Toliver said he told Dubose that he was being placed under arrest. Dubose turned around to leave and when Toliver went to grab him by the collar, Dubose struck him on the right side of his face with a closed fist, ac-cording to Toliver’s testimony.

“He continued hitting me in the head and I remember going to the ground,” Toliver said. “He kneed me in the head and elbowed me in my lower back. I was getting hit so much that I can’t remember if he kicked me or not.”

Toliver then testified that Dubose escalated the situa-tion further by going for items in the deputy’s belt.

“He tried to get my pepper spray but when he reached for it I snapped it shut,” said Toli-ver. “I felt my belt being pulled upwards and I remember feel-ing a tug on my holster.”

Toliver credited the fact that because his weapon had Level Two safeties on it, Dubose was unable to take it from him. Level Two is a maximum rest design with snaps on both the front and back of the gun hol-ster.

Toliver said he was unsure of how long the attack lasted, saying only that is seemed like “forever,” and said he was in pain the entire time.

During cross examination

by Dubose’s attorney Michael Hinton, Toliver said he had no knowledge of Dubose or his domestic situation prior to responding to the call.

“I did not know who he was,” Toliver said. “I was not given much information from dispatch. All I knew was there were two women fighting.”

Hinton asked Toliver to recall the statement he had given to Gonzales County investigators two days after his alleged attack. The point of contention was whether or not Toliver had taken his handcuffs out of his belt to restrain Dubose prior to Du-bose turning to leave and exit the premises.

“Do you remember telling the investigator he (Dubose) was heading for the door when you told him to,” Hin-ton said.

“No I do not,” Toliver re-sponded. “He didn’t try to leave until I told him he was under arrest for interfering with an investigation.”

The next compelling testi-mony came Jessica Dubose’s brother, Jason Torres, who said James Dubose exhibited aggressive behavior from the time he arrived at the house. He also stated that his fam-ily was not thrilled with the fact that Dubose had brought Rapp with him as a compan-ion.

Dubose has maintained that Rapp was there in the capacity of a witness to his visit, per the advise of his legal counsel.

“Him and his girlfriend pushed their way through me and my sister at the door,” he said. Her and my sister started swinging at each other. James got in the way and pushed my sister, so I pushed him back.”

After the initial altercation, Torres said the authorities were called by his sister, his stepfather (who was on the phone with Torres’ mother at the time), and Dubose him-self. Rapp went outside and the situation started to diffuse.

Torres said shortly thereaf-ter Toliver arrived and began asking questions of Jessica Dubose, but couldn’t make any progress because James Dubose continually cut her off.

“Toliver asked her several times to let her (Jessica) fin-ish because he kept interrupt-ing,” said Torres. “James said no and that he had a right to stand there and listen.”

Torres testified that Dubose used profanity when address-ing Toliver, who tolerated the language for a bit until he told Dubose to put his hands be-hind his back.

“After Toliver reached for him, James elbowed him in the face and wrestled him to the ground,” said Tor-res. “James had him on the ground face down and he was trying to reach for his belt.

He had unsnapped his mace and his pistol, but Toliver had enough sense to keep him from it.”

Torres said at that time he went into his room and re-trieved a .45 handgun, which he pointed at Dubose while commanding him to get off the deputy.

“I had to yell at him five or six times to let go of Toliver’s gun,” said Torres. “He finally looked at me and said ‘Don’t do it, don’t shoot.’”

During cross examination, another member of Dubose’s defense team, Noel Reese, said that Dubose was immediately met with hostility upon his arrival and asked why Torres’ family couldn’t have let that go.

“Tracie didn’t threaten your sister did she,” asked Reese. “Wasn’t it your sister who punched Tracie repeatedly?”

Torres didn’t answer that question affirmatively, but did admit that he had to pull his sister off of Rapp.

The testimony of Jessica Dubose’s mother, Louann Bennett Heinsohn, followed closely along that of her son’s. The new wrinkle her state-ments introduced had to do with the ferocity of Dubose’s attack on Toliver.

“Toliver was in a daze,” she said. “He looked right at me and my son as if to say ‘Please do something.’”

At that moment, she testi-fied that Torres went and got his gun and told Dubose to stop. After he kept going for Toliver’s gun, Heinsohn said Dubose finally relented and went outside. She and her son immediately tended to Toli-ver’s injuries.

“He was hurt really bad,” she said. “We helped him to the couch and the first thing he did was made sure he still had his gun.”

During cross examination, Hinton asked Heinsohn if perhaps Dubose’s visitation would have gone better if Jes-sica wasn’t there because their relationship is “toxic.”

“Because of his temper, it would have been a lot better if Jessica hadn’t been there,” said Heinsohn.

“And your daughter doesn’t have a temper?” responded Hinton.

Trooper Howard Broth-ers, a 33-year veteran of the Department of Public Safety, then recounted his experience with the incident during tes-timony. The issue that came into question was whether or not Dubose resisted arrest before being forcibly removed from his vehicle by the troop-er.

Brothers said from the stand that he responded to a call on an officer being down and possible shots being fired from the scene. When he ar-rived, he saw Dubose and Rapp sitting in a car in the

driveway.“I knew it was very impor-

tant for me to neutralize the situation,” he said. “I asked him (Dubose) to get out of the car and he was unresponsive. I opened the door, reached in and pulled him out.”

A video was shown from the vantage point of in-dash cameras from the cars of both Brothers and Trooper Wayne Henkes, who followed Brother to the scene. The foot-age seemed to indicate that Brothers immediately extract-ed Dubose from the vehicle upon his arrival.

“You said in your report that Mr. Dubose was aggres-sive towards you, but I didn’t see that on the video,” said Hinton.

“He was non-compliant with my instructions,” Broth-ers answered.

“Didn’t you tell him not to move?” said Hinton. “How long did it take before you pulled him out of the car? One second? A second and a half?”

“It took a little longer than that,” Brothers said.

Dr. David Meredith took the stand to speak about the extent of Toliver’s injuries. He said the deputy suffered a myriad of damage including multiple injuries to his arms,

face, and shoulder areas, and also broke three bones in his lower back.

“He showed evidence of be-ing significantly traumatized,” Meredith said. “He was defi-nitely in pain.”

Mark read the legal defini-tion of serious bodily injury and asked Meredith if such an injury can be inflicted by a hu-man’s foot, fist or knee?

“It is possible,” Meredith said. “He did suffer injuries that did not allow him to do his job for several months.”

Meredith added that To-liver needed physical therapy and several steroid injection shots to recover enough to re-turn to his post.

The day ended with the State calling Detective Jeromy Belin of the Gonzales County Sheriff’s Office, who investi-gated the case. Belin verified several items entered into evidence including a pair of steel-toe boots worn by Du-bose on the day in question, a crumpled Cowboy hay worn by Toliver, and the deputy’s blood-stained uniform.

The defense will put on its case Wednesday morning after Judge Peschel rules on a pending motion asking him to allow expert testimony to be heard by the jury.

Hinton said he has two military experts, Capt. John Urquhart and former Ma-rine drill instructor Sgt. Ma-jor Brian Pensek, who can support the contention that Dubose’s actions on that day were directly related to his training.

“They will testify about what kind of training Ma-rines receive including mar-tial arts and that they are trained to react,” said Hinton. “It is not an insanity defense at all. We’ve never raised that and it’s not the case here.”

Hinton also asked the court to allow testimony from Dr. George Glass, a Houston psychologist who can attest to the fact that at the time Dubose was suf-fering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

“He examined the records from the VA Hospital in Aus-tin where Mr. Dubose was diagnosed with PTSD and has been reporting for treat-ment,” Hinton explained. “Dr. Glass has adopted his findings and will be giving his own opinion, if the judge allows it, only as it goes to the element of (whether Du-Bose’s actions were done) in-tentionally and knowingly.”


TRIAL: Prosecution makes its case against DuBoseContinued from page A1

Noon Lions ClubLion Bill Gibbons of the Seguin Noon Lions Club was the guest speaker at the Monday, July 30 meeting of the Gonzales Noon Lions Club. Gibbons entertained members with pictures and stories of numerous wild animals he has encoun-tered from several expeditions he has made to South Africa. Gibbons’ power point presentation depicted exciting pictures of elephants, rhinos, giraffes and lions as well as gazelles and many other varieties of deer and smaller animals. Lion Gibbons has also participated in many other exciting adventures as he served in the military as a fighter pilot in the Air Force and after retiring from the military, he flew commercial jets for American Airlines for many years. Lion Gibbons is pictured with Lion Julie Fairchild, program chairman. (Courtesy photo)

Updated values push GISDto revise budget projection

Dance RegistrationThe registration for the 2012 Gonzales Hermann Sons School of Dance, has been sched-

uled for Thursday, Aug. 2 from 5:30 -7:30 p.m. at the Gonzales Hermann Sons Hall. Students must be ages 3-17 on or before Sept. 1, 2012, to be eligible. Call Roberta, 830-203-9918, Sylvia, 830-857-3762 or Tina 830-857-6418.

Karaoke NightGeronimo VFW 8456, 6808 N Highway 123, Geronimo, is having a Karaoke night at 7 PM

on Friday, August 3. Open to all and a lot of fun even if you don’t sing. More information, call 830-379-9260/830-303-9903.

Interface meetingThe Gonzales Community African American Interface Church Scholarship Fund will be

conducting its Monthly Business Meeting the first Thursday of each Month. The next busi-ness meeting is scheduled for August 2, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at the Union Lea B/C of Gonzales, Texas. The public is invited. For information contact Eugene Wilson Sr., (830) 857-3764.

Turkey plate saleThe Sacred Heart Church Guadalupanas will be holding a turkey and dressing plate sale

on Saturday, August 4 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the church hall located at 400 St. John St.Plates will be 47.00 and will have turkey, dressing, green beans, sweet potato and des-

sert.Benefits will go toward the pilgrimage bus tour to San Juan, Texas to visit the Basilica on

November 10.

Gonzales ISD Trustees received an update on projected property values during a budget workshop Monday, and the values came in far lower than projected.

Superintendent Dr. Kim Strozier said the values for oil and gas came in about 50% low-er than projected, forcing the school distroict to revise its budget projections for 2012-13.

“School finance is essentially a moving tar-get,” Strozier said. “Our district administra-tion began work Tuesday morning knowing that the appraisal approximations on oil and gas revenues would be less than the original approximations, but not the drastic reduc-tion that came forth after the final appraisal amounts were being finalized at much less than the approximations. In the end, we were presented with the final amounts at a much lesser amount than had been projected.”

Strozier said that while the figures came in well below what had been anticipated, growth is still anticipated.

“Although the amounts are much less, the indications are still apparent that the district

will become a Chapter 41 district in coming years,” she said. “This will more than likely happen in 2014-15 rather than 2013-14. GISD came in at $308,000 property value wealth per student and this is just under the threshold of $319,000 to be considered Chapter 41.

“New revenue from local taxes will be ap-proximately $10 million (replaces the pro-jected approximation of over $15 million). Oil and gas values are down from approxi-mately $756 million to $363 million. The GISD will see an increase of approximately $4 million.

“GISD is fortunate to have hired additional personnel we could not replace last year to handle district growth, award/propose for budget in August, a pay raise to all staff, and will balance the budget. In the end, the $4 million increase in local monies makes up/offsets the nearly half a million dollar EDU Jobs (stimulus) fund that is cut this year, the $1 million state legislative cut (second of the biennium) and the increase to the payroll.

“As is good practice, GISD continues to operate very conservatively banking any ex-cess dollars for a rainy day.“

By DAVE MUNDY

[email protected]

Chris Christie is not a wimp, a hippie or a countercultural icon. He’s not known for taking time out from budget negotiations to smoke dope, or for his sympathy for drug dealers.

Yet he is a soft-liner on the war on drugs. That the combative New Jersey governor and Republican rock star -- just tapped to keynote the GOP convention in Tampa, Fla. -- vocally dissents from drug-war orthodoxy is another sign that the tectonic plates of the drug debate are shifting. Perhaps our appetite for spending billions and incarcerating millions, in the service of pieties immune to rational analysis, is not limitless after all.

In a speech at the Brookings Institution, Christie called the war on drugs “well intentioned,” but “a failure.” He just signed a law to mandate treatment rather than jail time for nonviolent drug offenders. The Democratic rising star in New Jersey, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, recently condemned the drug war in strikingly similar terms as “big overgrown government at its worst.” In Jersey, the drug war is getting it from both barrels and both parties.

Exhaustion is finally setting in with the enormous human and fiscal costs of attempting to eradicate the ineradicable. People have always used intoxicants, and always will, in ways ancient and new. The Good Book tells that no sooner had Noah planted a vineyard than “he drank of the wine, and was drunken.” After all the countless resources expended trying to keep illegal drugs from entering the United States, The New York Times recently reported, abuse of indigenous prescription drugs is the nation’s biggest drug problem. In 2008, it accounted for the lion’s share of overdose deaths.

The war on drugs overseas, a U.S. foreign-policy priority for decades, has only shifted around trafficking routes. Mark Schneider of the International Crisis Group notes how -- in the “mercury effect” -- pressure against the cartels in Colombia squeezed the action

into Mexico, where it is now being displaced again, to Central America and the Caribbean. No wonder that at the Summit of the Americas in April, Latin American leaders expressed disenchantment with the entire enterprise.

No one crafting American laws from scratch purely on a basis of public health would make marijuana illegal while alcohol -- much more damaging to society -- is legal. Slowly, the prohibition on marijuana is giving way. Medical marijuana is legal in 17 states and the District of Columbia. Colorado, Oregon and Washington state will consider ballot measures to legalize the drug in November. The current regime makes criminals of millions of casual users, but legalization -- even in one state, according to experts Beau Kilmer and Jonathan Caulkins -- could collapse the price nationally and lead to more widespread use.

Every alternative has its pitfalls. But we are exiting the era when a focus on the harmful effects of illegal drugs excludes all consideration of the harmful effects of their hard-fisted prohibition. The debate is becoming less susceptible to cheap rhetorical bullying. If Chris Christie, arguably the toughest Republican in the country, is open to new approaches, there’s hope for everyone else.

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.

(c) 2012 by King Features Synd., Inc.

There are some interesting similarities between our imperial president, Barak Obama, and the imperial mayor of San Antonio, Julian Castro.

Obama has been called “the Anointed One” because of way the main stream me-dia and liberal establishment fawn over him. Castro, and his twin brother Joaquin, are treated similarly by the media and lib-eral establishment, as they seem destined to rise to greater political heights. Notice how often Castro is mentioned as possibly the “first Hispanic president.”

Both Obama and Castro seem to ig-nore obvious facts and pretend or fabri-cate a new truth. Speaking at a fundraiser in California on Monday night, July 23, Obama said, “we tried our plan (econom-ic policies), and it worked.”

It worked if he wanted high unemploy-ment, massive growth in the dependence on government handouts, and regulations that are strangling America’s industries. On the other hand, Castro takes credit for San Antonio’s economic growth while he refuses to acknowledge that Texas’ con-servative economic policies are respon-sible.

They both are big on “green energy” even though the market does not sup-port that type of project. Obama has So-lendra, and Castro has recently signed an agreement between CPS Energy and OCI Solar Power. Both men claim that jobs and energy will be created from these green projects. But the free mar-ket and economic reality do not support their ideas.

Then there is the complete disregard both men appear to have for the rule of law, specifically Obama for the U.S. Constitution and Castro for the munici-pal charter of San Antonio. Obama has shown his contempt for the Constitution by ignoring immigration laws, voting

rights violations, and Congress. Castro has ignored the San Antonio city charter in the regards to zoning issues and other city actions such as the name change for Durango Street and the granting of city benefits to the domestic partners of city employees.

Both men also support heavily pub-lic-subsidized mass transportation, and want central city growth at the expense of suburban communities and private property.

Perhaps the most curious similarity is their family history and the influential mentors they have had. Neither Obama nor Castro had any father figures in their homes, but they did have radical friends and mentors. Obama had people like William Ayers and Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and Castro’s mother was a member of the radical Raza Unida party and influenced by Saul Alinsky’s teaching.

While conservatives are currently try-ing to stop Obama from regaining the White House, they also should consider stopping Castro (both of them) before they go any further in politics. Neither America nor Texas can afford another arrogant radical who has no traditional family values, and or who use their race or ethnicity as their basis for being in of-fice.

One drawback of being in small communities, from a news-paper’s perspective, is that not ev-ery organization has its own pub-lic-relations department — and obtaining official information from some agencies, especially law enforcement, can sometimes be frustrating.

We’re forever getting ques-tions from readers asking why we didn’t cover this incident or that incident, or why it can sometimes be more than a week before we can report on something. Truth be told, we in the news business are reliant on law-enforcement agencies for that kind of informa-tion.

For the most part, we have an excellent rapport with most of the law enforcement agencies in our coverage area, and are able to get weekly police and sheriff ’s office reports with no problems from most of them. Admittedly, some offices are better than others.

It is sometimes more difficult with serious incidents — major

accidents and crimes. Because of the sensitive nature

of the details of those incidents, most agencies like to have that public information funneled through specific individuals — and because of the legal factors involved, most newspapers like to get the “official” word from those officers.

If those individuals happen to be off or out of the office when the incident takes place, it can be a chore tracking them down.

Two cases in point: the theft of a large amount of pipe from the construction site of the new Best Western in Luling, and the

stabbing/shooting incident near Belmont. In both instances, we nailed down the most important facts very quickly — but could never get official verification of those facts in time for our dead-lines, despite repeated inquiries.

It’s very frustrating to have most of the particulars of an in-cident, but be unable to run a story because we have not gotten the “official” version from a law enforcement agency ... and that agency has not responded to our repeated requests for informa-tion.

It’s a little more puzzling when that agency doesn’t seem to have a problem contacting other me-dia outlets in plenty of time to make their deadlines.

Almost makes you start to wonder if they’re keeping other information from the public, doesn’t it?

I don’t think we’re being ex-cluded from the information loop because someone’s playing favor-ites. I’ve played enough phone tag

over the years that I know some-times, it just happens.

But I’m also aware that some folks on my side of the business — my fellow media hounds — do not recognize that times have changed and they no longer exer-cise dictatorial control over pub-lic opinion the way papers did 30 years ago.

Some of them, in fact, don’t realize that the drab, opinion-ated product they put out each week has less and less appeal in an age of global communication, high technology and color pho-tography. Worse, they think their longevity at being a monopoly entitles them to more authority than they should have as a media outlet.

In taking on a role as the “re-gional weekly,” The Cannon has stepped into the markets of sev-eral other community newspa-pers beyond the Gonzales market of our immediate neighbors at The Gonzales Inquirer.

Some have welcomed the

competition as healthy and have taken steps to improve their product. For all that we tend to differ markedly on approach and presentation, I’d like to think that The Cannon has made the In-quirer a better product, and vice versa.

Other papers in the region, however, have reacted in childish fashion at the loss of their mo-nopoly when The Cannon comes to town. They need to grow up ... or they risk being put out of busi-ness entirely.

The Cannon was begun be-cause the public began to perceive that Gonzales’ existing newspa-per had crossed the line, from covering the news to dictating what is and is not news. We of-fered an alternative news source in this community, and the public responded very favorably to that approach.

Some of our competitors in the region might want to reconsid-er their own approach to doing things, if they want to survive.

Castro: San Antonio’sfirst ‘imperial mayor’


In Our ViewRegional role gives The Cannon new challenges

El Conservador

George Rodriguez is a San Antonio resident. He is the former President of the San Antonio Tea Party, and is now Executive Director of the South Texas Political Alliance. He is a former official in the U.S. Justice Dept. during the Reagan Administration.

GeorgeRodriguez

RichLowry

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review and a syndicated columnist for King Fea-tures Syndicate.

Hard-liners beginningto soften war on drugs

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Dear Editor,I took a ride through the park yester-

day and I almost passed out. The park cut one of the best pecan trees down. I have picked pecans off this tree for about 4 years and it had the best pe-cans, good size and I could get about two or three, five gallon buckets out of it, I gave pecans to all the daughters, daughter in law and Aunts, friends and self. In fact I have a whole veg-etable drawer full of quart bags full of pecans from that tree. I almost cried. I hope there was a good reason for the tree to be distroyed. That was murder. I loved that tree. Why, Why, Why, did they choose to cut that one tree down, what was it doing to y’all? Yhis hurts, that was my friend, I shared thoughts with that tree and now it is gone for what reason I don’t know.

Kathy AbshireGonzales

Nixon VFD sendsthanks for supportDear Editor,

The Nixon Volunteer Fire Depart-ment would like to thank the com-munity for their generous support at their recent BBQ. The Nixon Fire de-partment has a proud history of pro-viding progressive fire and emergency services. It must be remembered that volunteer firefighters are held to the same standards as any paid depart-ment. Our members are proud to give their time and skills to protect our neighbors. We rely heavily on your donations and sincerely thank you for your recent support.

Hector Dominguez,Nixon VolunteerFire Dept.

Why isn’t citycutting the grass?Dear Sir,

I am wondering why the City of Gonzales has not cut grass around the town? It seems the Rodeo area that is bring in money is looking terrible. The only area that is being kept up seems to be the Golf course. The local parks lack enough trash cans or not getting emptied enough. Do we care about the public image of Gonzales to anyone passing thur our city ? We, as a city, needs to be the one setting the stan-dards for the citizens to follow; if the city doesn’t take care of our town, why should the people support the people who are in charge of it.

I hope my 2 cents gets spent and maybe someone will do something.

Lorrie GroggGonzales

A warning aboutelectric ‘Smart Meters’Dear Editor,

Remember when President Obama made the statement that “Your power bill will, necessarily, skyrocket!” Smart Me-ters is one of the key components insur-ing that this will happen.

I believe that there is not one citizen of Georgetown that has not been touched by the ultimate sacrifice of one or more individuals who gave their life in defense

of our freedoms and liberties. Two of the freedoms that are most precious are (1) Freedom to choose, and (2) Free-dom from a dictatorial government! The City Council of Georgetown has passed an edict to the Georgetown Utility that, truly, denies each of us the freedom to choose.

How is this dictatorial, you might ask? Ms. Kathy Rigsby, sometimes identified as the “sustainability director of George-town,” has adamantly stated, as part of the global effort to install smart meters on every home, “you do not have a choice. You will have the Smart Meters installed on your home!”

She then threatened code violation penalties and the removal of power as a consequence if we do not comply and have the meters installed. Several citi-zens have called me in a panic because the installer would not leave their meter alone and required the meter to be in-stalled or they had been ordered to dis-connect power to the home. State law of Texas forbids power removal except for specified reasons – this is NOT one of them.

Last March I presented to the City Council of Georgetown the horrors of Smart Meters. I provided each of the council members a packet of proven records attesting to the more than 25 proven medical problems associated with these Smart Meters. These meters are poorly and incorrectly tested instru-ments. The utility companies rely on testing procedures, proven to be faulty, and the promise of lower cost that has not materialized. To date, only HIGHER bills are reported by the consumers who have Smart Meters.

Are our freedoms forfeit for the tyran-ny of the “law” passed by the city council? Not one council member has responded to the presentation or the packet of in-formation. What has happened to our freedoms? Do we no longer have a say in how our communities are run?

The American Academy of Environ-mental Medicine has investigated the medical issues for patients suffering di-agnosed symptoms from smart meters and issued this warning “… that no Smart Meters be on these patients’ homes, that Smart Meters be removed within a rea-sonable distance of patients’ homes … and that no collection meters be placed near patients’ homes …”

John R. MarlerGeorgetown


In Your View

Letters to the editor

‘Conservation’ groups thataren’t about conservation

They cut down myfavorite pecan tree!

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Letters to the Editor

Slaughter Lake, Maine — Wiggie sat in the front

of the canoe. The lake wa-ter lapped against the alu-minum vessel and a cold breeze tickled wet fingers against the back of my neck. He lifted his rod and began. The tip clicked back and forth – ten o’clock then two o’clock. In seconds there were great arcs of fish-ing line waving giant “S’s” above his head. Then at the full length of his cast the fly landed on the lake’s surface, barely causing a ripple. My 85 year-old partner deliv-ered his bug twice farther than my attempts.

We tried numerous flies, swapped rods, Wiggie lec-tured me on paddling a ca-noe, and we laughed . By the end of the day he’d caught one trout, a pair of loons had stolen several from our hooks, and I’d caught none. It had become a game to see if he could land a fish before one of the diving birds re-lieved him of his prize.

“I’m bringing a shotgun next time!” he said.

“Aren’t those critters pro-tected?” I asked.

“Yeah, I know,” he said.That night we smoothed

out the problems of the world in his camp overlook-ing a bend in the Penobscot River. Moonlight played on the stream’s rapids and straight up the current, far away, Mount Katahdin stood as a monument; the northern beginning of the Appalachian Trail.

Wiggie rattled the ice in his glass mixing his evening elixir.

“You know, Herman, if that Wilderness Society is allowed to join our writer’s association I’m going to quit.”

“Why?”“They’re against trapping

and I’ve trapped all my life. There’s too many of these so-called conservation groups that aren’t made of hunt-ers, fishermen, or trappers. It’s the licenses and mon-ies spent by sportsmen that contribute the most benefits to wildlife. But our writer’s organization has already let too many of these quasi-conservation yahoos into our ranks. Most of their rev-enue is pilfered from city-folks that don’t know c’mere from sic’em and they’re try-ing to instigate new laws on the rest of us,” Wiggie said. Then he continued.

“I am a Maine Master Guide. I teach the classes that allow more people to become master guides. They must know survival skills, and know all the flora, fau-na, and how they co-exist. These Johnny-come-lately environmentalist rule-makers irk me. And when you ask them questions, they have no answers. They

gawk like you’re an old relic, and you should accept their edicts. No sir, if that anti-trapping bunch gets joined up – I’m quitting.”

TEXAS —Years have passed since

that night at Wiggie’s fish camp. The metddesome political antics implement-ed by quasi-conservation groups have gained steam with each liberal White House administration. The Sierra Club waged war on coal burning power plants, helped introduce Canadian Gray Wolves into the Rocky Mountains, and supported poorly producing green en-ergy experiments.

Now, when energy inde-pendence is once again on the public radar, here are points from an article, pub-lished on theoutdoorwire.com, pertaining to oil and gas exploration in Colora-do, Utah, and southwestern Wyoming.

“BLM preferred develop-ment scenario – Sportsmen for Responsible Energy De-velopment is a coalition of more than 500 businesses, organizations, and individ-uals dedicated to conserv-ing irreplaceable habitats so future generations can hunt and fish on America’s pub-lic lands. The coalition is led by the National Wildlife Federation(NWF), Trout Unlimited, and the Theo-dore Roosevelt Conserva-tion Partnership.

The petition supports a proposal curtailing the 2008 plan to open two mil-lion acres to oil and gas development designated as key wildlife areas for sage grouse and cut throat trout. The main cause of this ac-tion is said to protect fresh water and ground water re-sources.”

But please, these are tired excuses that ignore water conservation technology and play to an uninformed public. Instead of bureau-cratic action stifling jobs and self-reliance these or-ganizations should em-brace technology and real-ize applications pertinent to each well sites’ needs so that exploration may con-tinue.

In radio interviews, on KULM 98.3, “The News From The Camphouse”, Dr.

Carl Vavra from the Texas A&M University (TAMU) Separation Sciences De-partment and David Bur-nett, director of technology for the Global Petroleum Research Institute explains how frac water may be pu-rified so that it is safe for re-use in oil and gas pro-duction, or, may be put back into the water cycle for wildlife, agriculture, or municipal usage.

Vavra and Burnett hold annual seminars, at TAMU, inviting speakers from technology manufacturers to exhibit and explain their wares. Burnett has also ex-hibited water purification technology in upstate New York showing legislators that a moratorium on hy-draulic fraccing is unjusti-fied. In another radio in-terview Mark Wilson from General Electric’s water and process technologies, spoke of efforts to help Pennsylvania with their water concerns in the Mar-cellus Shale.

The list of high tech wa-ter purification companies and academia studies is growing.

So it would be rude, but not unbelievable, to imagine that the entirety of the 500 organizations, businesses, and individu-als mentioned are igno-rant to water conservation technology. However, it is probable that the lead hon-chos, in this case the NWF, gained petitioners who lacked clear understanding of the NWF’s agenda.

Note: The NWF website (nwf.org) indicates this or-ganization also applauded the rejection of the Key-stone Pipeline from Cana-da to Texas.

Wiggie told me to keep an eye on these characters too!

In more examples of idiots-gone-wild, every ses-sion of the Texas Legislature is rife with bad bills aimed at property rights, hunting dogs, and normal agricul-tural procedures.

Texas has become an ur-ban state filled with urban legislators. Nevertheless, the Texas Sportsman’s Caucus is the largest group of like-minded lawmakers. And fortunately, this provides a listening post for the Farm Bureau, Southwest Cattle-man’s Assoc., and local hunting and fishing organi-zations.

Your best influence on local policy-makers is through membership in a pro-active hunting, fish-ing, and trapping oriented conservation group. These groups come together to form the loose-knit gaggle known as the Texas Out-door Partners. True outdoor sportsmen have a loud voice in the Texas capital.

Herman Brune

Herman Brune is a freelance writer, radio personality and author based in Colorado County.

Looking Downfrom the Saddle


Assemblies of GodGonzales Family Church Assembly of God320 St. Andrew

First Assembly of God509 E. 3rd St. Nixon

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

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

BaptistClark Baptist ChurchF.M. 794, Gonzales

County Baptist Church Hwy. 87 Smiley

Eastside Baptist ChurchSeydler Street, Gonzales

Elm Grove Baptist Church4337 FM 1115Waelder, Texas 78959

First Baptist Church 422 St. Paul, Gonzales

First Baptist Church403 N Texas Nixon

First Baptist ChurchHwy 108 N Smiley

First Baptist Church406 N Ave E Waelder

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

Greater Rising StarBaptist Church3rd Ave S of Hwy 87 Nixon

Harwood Baptist Church North of Post Office

Iglesia BautistaMacedonia201 S Congress Nixon

Iglesia Bautista MemorialHwy 97 Waelder

Leesville Baptist ChurchE. of Hwy 80 on CR 121

Memorial Heights Baptist Church1330 College Gonzales

Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church100 Capes Gonzales

Oak Valley Baptist ChurchHwy. 97 Bebe

Old Moulton Baptist Church2287 FM 1680, Moulton

Primitive Baptist Church1121 N. College Gonzales

Providence Missionary Baptist Church1020 St. Andrew Gonzales

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

Stratton Primitive BaptistFM 1447 9 miles east of Cuero

St. James Baptist ChurchHwy 80- North of Belmont

Saint Paul Baptist ChurchSE 2nd St. Waelder

Shiner Baptist ChurchAvenue F and 15th Street, Shiner

Union Lea Baptist ChurchSt. Andrew St. Gonzales

Union Valley Baptist ChurchFM 1681 NW of Nixon

CatholicSt. James Catholic Church417 N. College, Gonzales

Sacred Heart Catholic ChurchSt. John St. Gonzales

St. Joseph Catholic Church207 S. Washington, Nixon

St Patrick Catholic Church in Waelder613 Highway 90 East Waelder

St. Phillip Catholic Church Hwy 87 Smiley

Christian

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

Churches of ChristChurch of Christ1323 Seydler St. Gonzales

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

Church of ChristE. 3rd & Texas, Nixon

Churches of GodCommunity Church of God1020 St. Louis, Gonzales

Gonzales Memorial Church of God in Christ1113 Hastings, Gonzales

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

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

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

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

Full Gospel Church1426 Fisher, Gonzales

LutheranFirst Evangelical Lutheran1206 St. Joseph, Gonzales

Abiding Word Lutheran Church, LCMS1310 St. Louis

MethodistBelmont United MethodistHwy. 90-A

Dewville United MethodistWest of FM 1117 on CR 121

First United Methodist426 St. Paul, Gonzales

First United Methodist410 N. Franklin, Nixon

Flatonia United Methodist403 E North Main, Flatonia

Harris Chapel United MethodistS. Liberty St. Nixon

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

Henson Chapel United Method-ist1113 St. Andrew, Gonzales

Monthalia United MethodistCR 112 off 97

Smiley United Methodist1 blk S. of Hwy 87

Waelder United Methodist2 blks from Hwy 90 & 97

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

Non-DenominationalAgape Ministries512 St. James, Gonzales

Living Waters Fellowship Church605 Saint Joseph St. Gonzales

Bread of Life Ministries613 St. Joseph, Gonzales

Cowboy Church of Gonzales CountyJ.B. Wells Showbarn

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

Emmanuel Fellowship

1817 St. Lawrence St. Gonzales

Encouraging Word Christian FellowshipHwy. 80 in Leesville

Jesus Holy Ghost Temple1906 Hickston, Gonzales

Lighthouse Church of Our Lord1805 Weimar, Gonzales

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

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

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

Inter-DenominationalFaith Family Church1812 Cartwheel Dr., Gonzales

PentecostalFaith TempleHwy 80 (N. Nixon Ave.) Nixon

Holy Temple of Jesus Christ No. 21515 Dallas, Gonzales

Temple Bethel Pentecostal1104 S. Paul, Gonzales

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

Presbyterian Pilgrim Presbyterian ChurchCR 210 off FM 1116

Presbyterian Church of Gon-zales414 St. Louis, Gonzales

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

Places of Worship

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Morgan Mills830-857-4086

HOLIDAY FINANCECORPORATION

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SATURN SALES & SERVICEJames Miller

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The 55th Harwood Homecoming was held recently at the Harwood Community Center. A cov-ered dish meal was served at noon with each family bringing their favorite dish.

Each year a program fol-lows the noon meal and prizes are awarded. This year the oldest lady pres-ent was Mrs. Johnny Seitz Wiley. The oldest gentle-man present was Willie Ray Wilkinson. Jewel Short was awarded a prize for being the youngest person that

helped to get the building ready. Dale Taylor and his family came from Oregon to be the family that trav-eled the farthest.

The supplements to the books, Obituaries, Har-wood Friends and the Har-wood Cemetery, Gonzales Co., Texas, were mailed along with the invitations. These books are still avail-able.

The Sons of Confeder-ate Veterans, Texas Bonnie blue Camp #869 and Co. Gustav-Hoffman Camp #1838 will honor Confeder-ate and Union Soldiers who fought in the War between the states at a memorial ob-

servance at 2 p.m. Saturday, October 13, at the Harwood Cemetery. All participants will be in period clothing. Families who have Civil War Soldiers buried in Harwood should call Linda Miller at 210-420-5461. You are invited to attend.

The members of the Cemetery Association Committee appreciate your attendance at the Home-coming and want to thank those that helped to make our Homecoming a success. We especially appreciate the time spent by the mem-bers of the community in cleaning and preparing for “Homecoming Day”.

Pilot Club of Gonzales, Texas, heard a presentation about the problem of feral hogs in Texas and nation-ally. Texas A & M University and Texas Tech University have conducted research and have learned a lot and are searching out ways to control the populations of the animals which are in every county in Texas with larger populations near wa-ter sources where vegetation is lush. Anchor member Lauren Campion prepared and presented a very infor-mative speech about feral hogs in Texas and she has presented it to several clubs

and organizations. This news needs to be heard.

Miss Campion told us it is known that feral swine are infected and spread swine brucellosis, swine influenza, pathogenic E.coli, blackleg, pseudo-rabies, foot and mouth disease along with internal and external para-sites and less common in-fectious agents among our domestic swine herds. They are seriously destructive in newly growing fields of grains and perennial grass-es, churning up the soil, making foot-deep holes all over the fields in search of roots and grubs they feed upon. Feral hogs are known to raid ground dwelling birds and wild turkeys nests eating the eggs and also kill very young fawn deer and household pets. These animals often aver-age 250 pounds with boars and sows weighing much more and are quite fierce; the large males have long tusks to fight with. They often break down fences or go under fences in order to be with domestic swine. There are two main breeds of these hogs which origi-nated on the North Ameri-can continent brought here by European explor-ers in the 1500 and 1600s. It seems there is no way to completely eradicate this bunch of pests which cost at least $36,000,000 annually with costs in Texas alone estimated to be $2,000,000 annually.

Hunters are encouraged to kill as many as they can and can even hunt them, shooting from helicopters. If they can field dress the dead hogs they can sell the pork at $0 .58 a pound......however, the easier way is to trap and sell live animals by the pound plus a bonus of $15.00 per head. It is im-portant that the USDA reg-ulates all sales of feral hogs and the raw pork. There are dangers to humans with field dressing the animals because some diseases they carry are contagious to hu-mans, even deadly to hu-

mans. Wild hogs are intel-ligent and very wily about traps and because of their strength they are known to break out of traps, frequent-ly escaping capture. When hunting from helicopters, the remaining dead car-casses encourage the range and populations of coyotes which is also a series of problems.

If we search for a posi-tive fact about feral hogs we must tell you some

restaurants feature this wild game pork because it is leaner than domestic pork and folks who enjoy the pork say it has a bet-ter flavor. Never the less, if you meet up with a feral hog, beware the above list-ed facts plus be careful on country roads at night for they are hard to see with their dark color and can surely bang up a vehicle if you collide with one or a herd.


By CAROL DUBOSE

Special to The Cannon

Family

Harwood observes 55th Homecoming

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The Belmont Commu-nity Center will have their regular club meeting on August 28th, at 2PM at the Belmont Community Cen-ter.

As noted last week the Leesville Country Fair has been set for October 13th with all kinds of things planned. They have two quilts that the “Happy Quilters” are quilting. One is for the auction and one is for the raffle. You know with all the manual work that women had to do by hand, I do not see how they found the time to piece a quilt. So mark that date on your calendars.

Please lift the following people up in your prayers: Justin Klosel, Joe Kotwig, Alma Hastings, Paul Villa-real, Glenn Malatek, Chris-tian, Diana Garcia, Terry Bowman, Bill and Marie Lott, Doris Hewell, “Sarge” Dunkin; Louise Jones, Katy West, Aunt Georgie Gandre; Danny and Joyce Schellenberg, Velma and Bobby Bullard; Mildred O’Neal, Doug Walshak, Sel-ma Vickers, Landis,Gene Robinson, Keith Glass, Joyce and Jack Black, Te-resa Wilke, Sandi Gandre, Rev A. C. Newman, Aunt Betty Gandre, Linda Nes-loney, Marie Schauer, Es-ther Lindemann, Anna Lindemann, Tony Black, Susie Hale, Noreen Soefje, Lanny Baker, Ann Bond; Case Martin, Marguerite Williams, Shirley Dozier, Matt McGrew, Bill Muelk-er, The family of LaVerne Fox, The family of Malcolm DeBerry; Please remember our military and their fam-ilies. Please pray for rain. Pray for families of the vic-tims in this theatre massa-

cre in Colorado as well the wounded and anyone who was in that theatre.

Well we managed to get them hitched today. Our dear Florence Swoap and Bob Welch were married today at 2PM by Pastor Paul Smith in a very touching ceremony at the Monthalia United Methodist Church. By the time Pastor Paul pronounced them man and wife, and announced that they could kiss, I think that all of us had tears of ten-der joy in our eyes. Bob is the Baptist preacher from Stonewall, TX and they do need a pianist. I don’t know about this. I think that it could have been rigged. We wish them all the happiness in the world.

Wade and Lola Wilson discovered that Pluto had not only dug him a cool place to lie down but left a place for a rattlesnake to do the same. Pluto knocked over a flower pot in the process. When Lola went to straighten it, there was the rattlesnake coiled up. It had three rattles.

Kay Bahlman had a cop-perhead in her garage. One of their dogs was barking. She says the dog has a dif-ferent kind of bark when it is a snake so she grabbed the hoe by the door. The first time she hit at it, she missed, and it was slith-ering away. She got it the

second time though. Cop-perheads do not give any warning.

We enjoyed visiting and eating with Hazel and Bill Bassett over at the Bel-mont Social Club before we attended the wedding. Hazel is Will’s sister from Dripping Springs, TX and we don’t get to see each other in person that often. Dale Riverkamp had fixed cooked cabbage and Bill ordered some. Bill declared that the cabbage tasted bet-ter than good.

A very good band played Saturday at the Belmont Social Club. They were the April Walls Band which consisted of two guitars, a mandolin, and a big bull bass. The couple’s six year old daughter joined them on one song. Song styles went from self-written to Janis Joplin to Johnny Cash and anywhere in between. They are to return on Sep-tember 15th.

Now John Davis over there at Health Solutions I am just going to call your bluff. Yes, you do good or-thotic work on shoes too, but you will just have to explain the rest my good friend.

Nothing is safe in this house as long as Samson is roaming around. I bought flip flops to decorate and left the child’s pair in a plastic bag on the table. As soon as I woke up the next morning, here comes Sam-son with those flip flops in his mouth and deposits them at my feet. That big old cat was so proud of his “booty” that he just didn’t know what to do with him-self.

Have a good week. God Bless.

Happy Quilters’ workfeatured at annual fair

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Engagement

Valenta-AutryDarlene & Charlie Valenta, Jr. of Gonzales announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Nina Valenta of Gonzales, to Justin Autry of Gonzales, the son of Gayle Autry & Vicki Dworac-zyk of Gonzales (Gayle) & Seadrift, Tx. (Vicki).They will exchange vows September 15 at 3 pm at St. James Catholic Church, Father Paul Raaz officiating. A reception will follow at 4D Guest Ranch in Waelder, Tx. The bride is the granddaughter of Paul & Maria Dee Cerda of Gonzales and Charlie Sr. and the late Opal Valenta of Gonzales. She is a 2007 graduate of Gonzales High School and a 2012 graduate of Victo-ria College LVN Program. The groom is the grand-son of Hank and Linda Milligan of Gonzales and Roy and the late Marion Autry of Victoria. He is a 2007 graduate of Gonzales High School and served in the United States Marine Corps for 4 years. He is now an Apprentice Lineman at GVEC. After a honeymoon cruise for 7 days, the couple will reside in Gonzales, Tx. (Courtesy photo)

Lauren Campion with Scottie Beth Baker

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I love this boy to death and he loves his mommy! Christian Noel Maldonado — Shelby Monique Mo-lina

Cousins Marcus Pullin & Kamryn Riojas having a blast at Nana’s — Sumit-ted by Kendra May

Brandon, Mykal & Thomas Sirildo possing for a pic after a day in the sun! — Submitted by carolyn Sirildo

Gettin ready to go take pictures at HEB... — Sumitted by Joyce HernandezDavid Paulie Floyd, 3 beating the heat in the sprinkler in Smiley — Submitted

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Tia’s babies Isaac Gonzales & Jes’Lynn Vigil at Rockport Fulton Beach. — Submitted by Margaret Ramos

Princess Rhea on her birthday — Submitted by Mina Patel

Jaxson Blaine is finally here ... with Jennifer Condel Almaguer — Submitted by Chris Almaguer

My Mo riding on bags of corn as we headed to the lease! That little dog loves to ride and she loves the Jeep! — Submitted by Myra Lampley

James Rowdy Lampkin ... Four months old July 30 — Submitted by Crissy Lampkin


Obituaries

Rosemary Havel Mikes,

1922-2012

MIKESRosemary Havel Mikes,

90 of Gonzales, passed away Friday, July 27. She was born May 12, 1922 in Oak Forest, the daughter of Anton and Emelia Marek Havel.

She was a retired book-keeper and worked with GVEC and later for West-ern Auto in Gonzales. She graduated from Baldwin Business College in 1946.

She married Laddie J. Mikes on November 19, 1953; he preceded her in death in 2003. She was a member of St. James Catholic Church, St. James Altar Society, KJZT Lodge and a member of the VFW Ladies Auxillary. She will always be remembered by family and friends as “A Great Cook” and loved her time spent with her family.

She is survived by her daughter, Sharon Kay Vin-klarek and husband Dennis of Yoakum; grandchildren, Brian Vinklarek and wife Wendi of Shiner, Kimberly Romine and husband Mi-chael of Missouri City and Amy Koenig and husband Nathan of Yoakum; and great-grandchildren, Jacob Koenig, Ethan Vinklarek, Cole Romine, Logan Vin-klarek, Sloan Romine and Evan Vinklarek. Also sur-viving are her sister, Betty Phillips of Longview and brother, Anton Havel Jr. and wife Lillian of Gonza-les.

She was preceded in death by her parents, hus-band and sister Helen Ara.

Visitation was Monday, July 30 at Seydler-Hill Fu-neral Home where the Ro-sary was recited. The Mass of the Christian Burial was celebrated Tuesday, July 31 at St. James Catholic Church in Gonzales with Reverend Paul Raaz of-ficiating. Burial followed at The St. James Catholic Cemetery.

Pallbearers included George Ara, James Ara, David Havel, Brian Vin-klarek, Michael Romine and Nathan Koenig. Me-morials may be made to the donor’s choice of chari-ties. Arrangements under the care and direction of Seydler-Hill Funeral Home 906 St. Paul St. Gonzales, TX 830-672-3232.

James Samuel Hutchison,

1923-2012

HUTCHISONJames Samuel Hutchi-

son, 89, passed peace-fully away at The Romberg House in Gonzales on the evening of Thursday July 26. He was born July 24, 1923 at his Grandmother’s home south of Montell in Uvalde County to Robert Emmett Hutchison, Sr. and

Nancy Hathaway Smith Hutchison.

He was raised ranching a small-owned and very large-leased acreages near Uvalde. After the U.S. en-tered WWII, Jimmie quit high school in November, 1942 and along with ten buddies joined the Ma-rines; they were sent off with great fanfare. The rig-ors of boot camp re-injured a cracked hip from pole vaulting in school and be-ing told he would be lim-ited to office duties for his military career, he accepted an honorable discharge. Until recent days, he has said returning home alone was the most embarrassing experience of his life.

After several interesting and educational jobs which later yielded many enter-taining stories, he bought out a retiring Humble ser-vice station operator and began a long career selling oil products and accesso-ries. Not long after, he met and later married Elizabeth Evelyn (Dubba) McClure on July 14, 1946 in Honey Grove.

Jimmie loved to tell peo-ple that the new teacher had a good job as a high school P.E. coach and she quit it after the first year to join him in the service sta-tion, but he did badly need a bookkeeper. He owned and operated service sta-tions for almost 20 years until he accepted the Exx-on wholesale consignment agency and leased his sta-tions to other operators.

During those years, he became active in the Uvalde Rotary Club serv-ing terms as President, was instrumental on the hospi-tal board in enabling a new hospital to be built, served on the Board of Directors of Medina Electric Co-op and got back into ranching on the side. At age 55, Jim retired from the oil busi-ness and devoted his time to his family, fishing and his cattle in Utopia and Uvalde. He also served as a Road to Recovery Vol-unteer transporting cancer patients to San Antonio for treatment, joined the Retreads Motorcycle Club touring the U.S. with Dub-ba on a Gold Wing pulling a trailer, and learned to play golf, racking up three “hole in one” achievements over the years.

One might wonder if Jimmie Hutchison was the guy that they had in mind when coining the phrases “never let his shirttail hit his back” and “never met a stranger”.

In 1990, Jim and Dubba followed their only daugh-ter Sharon to the Austin area, making their home in Lakeway on the 15th fairway and making a mul-titude of wonderful new friends. Then in 2004 they followed her again to Gon-zales, and continued mak-ing friends through golf as well as through First Bap-tist Church and the Men’s Fellowship.

After overcoming shy-ness as a child, through-out his life, Jimmy (who changed the spelling of his name at Lakeway to make it easier for his new friends) quickly made long and last-ing friendships. He always valued integrity and looked for the good in people. On rare occasions he would re-fer to someone as a “sorry so and so” regarding bad behavior, but he would be quick to follow up ac-knowledging their redeem-ing qualities.

Left to cherish his mem-ory and celebrate his life well-lived are his wife, Dubba Hutchison; daugh-ter, Sharon Pirkle and son-in-law Ashley Pirkle

of Gonzales; sister-in-law, Evelyn Trahan Hutchison of Uvalde; grandchildren, Tracey Zientek and hus-band John of Sealy, Sally Basche and husband Andy of Taylor, and Megan Hackworth and husband Corey of Columbus, Ohio; and great-grandchildren, Jaclyn Zientek, Abigail Zientek, Bethany Basche, Nathan Basche and Anna-belle Hackworth. He was preceded in death by his parents and older brother, Robert Emmett Hutchison, Jr.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 31 in Seydler-Hill Funeral Home in Gonzales with Rev. Dr. Travis Burleson and Rev. Steve Faulkner of-ficiating. Internment will follow in Gonzales Memo-rial Park. Pallbearers in-clude John Zientek, Andy Basche, Sam Hutchison of Uvalde, Jeff Hutchison of Victoria, and Bill Quinney, Floyd Rogers, Sam Turk, and D.E. (Sonny) Weath-ers of Gonzales. Honorary pallbearers are David Thie-de, the Men’s Fellowship, and his adopted family of the residents and staff of The Romberg House.

Memorials may be made to Norma’s House or the First Baptist Church of Gonzales. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. Monday evening at Seydler-Hill Funeral Home, provider of the ar-rangements, care and di-rection of services.

Malcolm Glenn DeBerry, 1937-2012

DeBERRYMalcolm Glenn DeBerry,

75 of Gonzales, went to his Lord and Savior on Monday, July 30. Malcolm was born July 4, 1937 in Gonzales to Vestal Augustus and Avis Aileen Kelley DeBerry.

He graduated from Gon-zales High School with the Class of 1954 where he had played football, basketball, track and baseball. He had attended the University of Texas for two years before accepting a position with the State Highway Department.

He married Dorothy Nell Bond on August 3, 1963 in Gonzales. After completing 11 years of employment with the Highway Department, Malcolm accepted a position with the United States Postal Service. Before retiring he had dedicated 42 years of service to the Post Office.

Malcolm loved high school sports. He would

travel to almost all boys’ sporting events and would sit and watch some practices as well. Malcolm was very intelligent but was a man of simple needs.

He was a very dedicated employee and as a father, he lived by example. Malcolm enjoyed meeting friends at the coffee shop at the 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. to catch up on the day’s news, sometimes having to put projects aside temporarily to attend these gatherings, but neverthe-less, eventually his projects always were completed, in time. He cared deeply and passionately about his family and grandchildren.

As his illness began to weaken him, he said the one thing besides his lov-ing wife and children that he would miss was watch-ing his grandchildren grow up. Somehow, Lord willing, Malcolm will see his grand-children grow up and cer-tainly he’ll catch an Apache game now and then as well.

Malcolm Glenn DeBerry is survived by his loving wife of nearly 49 years, Dorothy Bond DeBerry of Gonzales; daughter and son-in-law, Wendy and Joey Carrizales of Gonzales; sons, Michael Craig DeBerry of Luling, Kevin Bond DeBerry and his wife Brittany of Fair Oaks Ranch; sisters, Jo Nell John-son of Seguin, Judy Casey and her husband Charles of Austin; brother, Jimmie Lynn DeBerry and his wife Beverly of Austin; grand-children, Emerson Town DeBerry, Campbell Bond DeBerry and Carsyn Grace Carrizales. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother-in-law, Oren John-son.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday Au-gust 2 in Seydler-Hill Funer-al Home with Dr. Chris Ir-ving and Rev. Steve Faulkner officiating. Interment will follow in Gonzales Memori-al Park. Pallbearers include: D.E. Sonny Weathers, Lynn Cochran, Frank Oliver, S.W.

Lester, Jr., Bret Hill, Blaine Hill, Genaro Saldana, and Lloyd Bolden.

Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church Building Fund, 422 St. Paul P.O. Box 83 Gonzales, Texas 78629, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 26 Broadway, 14th floor, New York, N.Y., 10006 or the American Cancer Society P.O. Box 22718 Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718.

Arrangements are under the care and direction of Seydler-Hill Funeral Home.

RIOJASJuan F. Riojas, beloved

father, grandfather, and brother, entered rest on Saturday, July 28, 2012 at the age of 64. He was born in Nixon, Texas to Angelo Riojas, Sr. and Cipriana Fonseca on February 4, 1948. He was preceded in death by his father. He is survived by his children, Michelle Trigo, Jeffery Rio-jas, and Coty John Riojas; mother, Cipriana Riojas; brothers, Angelo Riojas, Jr., Frank Riojas, and Pete Rio-jas; sister, Irene Rodriguez; grandchildren, Shelby Chy-enne Perez, Benito “Bubba” Perez, Alison Rayne Rio-jas; and numerous nieces, nephews, and friends. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Monday, July 30, 2012 at Finch Funeral Chapel- Nixon and a Rosary will be recited that same evening at 6:30 p.m. at the funeral home. Funeral Mass was celebrated at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. Interment followed at Nix-on Latin American Cem-etery.

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

RONSHAUSENEdna Mae Ronshausen,

beloved mother, grand-mother, great-grandmoth-er, and sister, entered rest on Thursday, July 26, 2012

at the age of 85. She was born in Seguin,Texas to Andrew and Ruby Lakey on October 23, 1926. She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, James (Bud) Ronshausen and her loving children Ruby Diane Anton & Day-lon Michael Ronshausen. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Doris & husband Raymond Spahn, sister, Lora Lee and hus-band Curtis Birdwell, and brother, Bobby Lakey. She is survived by her sons, James (Eddy) Ronshausen and wife Nancy, Andy Ron-shausen and wife Terry, Gary Ronshausen and wife Carol, daughter-in-law Debbie Ronshausen, and son-in-law Gerald Anton; grandchildren, Shellie & George Phillips, Chris & Carlee Wright, Matthew & Alisha Ronshausen, Can-dice Ronshausen, Jennifer Wright, Gary Wayne & Kari Ronshausen, April Ron-shausen, Ashlee & Gordon Ward, Dustin Ronshausen, Annie Anton, Kenny An-ton, Shawn Ronshausen, and Whitney Ronshausen; great-grandchildren, Ar-thur, Koby, Aimee, Haley Jo, Landon, Payton, Justin, Peyton, Dakota, and Jaxon; brother Buddy Lakey, sis-ters-in-law Ella Lakey and Mary Lakey, and numer-ous nieces and nephews. She will be dearly missed for her love and fight-ing spirit. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Sunday, July 29, 2012 at Finch Funeral Chapel of Nixon. A funeral service was held Monday, July 30, at 11:00 a.m. at Finch Fu-neral Chapel with the Rev. Michael Cowey officiating. Interment followed at the Dewville Cemetery. Me-morials may be made to the American Cancer Society, the Juvenile Diabetes As-sociation, or the American Heart Association.

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Noon Lions ClubKaty Conner, (pictured in center) Director of Food and Nutrition for Gonzales Independent School District, was the guest speaker at the July 9th meeting of the Noon Lions Club. Assisting Conner in the presentation was Kelly Grones, General Manager of Food Service Department of the Round Rock I.S.D. The la-dies spoke of the safety issues involved in food preparation for their respective school districts and measures that any organization, such as the Lions Club or other groups, should employ when preparing and serving meals to the general public. Any organization that would like more information about food prepa-ration safety may contact Conner at her cell phone number 830-305-3300. The ladies were the guests of Lion Dr. Kim Strozier, Superintendent Gonzales ISD. (Courtesy photos)


Drawing the Gator winnerEmployees at Sage Bank were among the most en-thusiastic of supporters who showed up for last week’s Phil and Sheilah Baker Benefit at Zedler Mill in Luling to help the family raise money for Shei-lah’s fight against cancer, and on Tuesday the em-ployees gathered with Sheilah to draw the winning name in a giveaway ofr a new Gator all-terrain ve-hicle and trailer. The lucky winner was Cathy Allen of Luling. Gathered for the big event are, from left, Maggie DeLeon, Trey Rankin, Gene Stroman, Kate Bairrington, Carolyn Billings, Sheilah Baker, Ashley Wilkey, Crissie O’Neal and Felipe Leon. The raffle cage for the drawing was donated by the Gonzales Noon Lions Club. (Photo by Dave Mundy)

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FFA officers attend conventionOn July 9-13, Gonzales High School FFA officers Kaily Zumwalt, Allison Raley, Morgan Simper, Faith LaFleur, Brie Schauer, Ty Tinsley, Luke Tinsley and Brit-tany Walker, as well as District officer Blaine Fredrick and Area VII officer Lauren Campion attended the 84th annual Texas FFA state convention in Corpus Christi. The Texas FFA is the nation’s largest state FFA association with a membership of more than 86,000 and more than 1,000 local FFA chapters. More than 10,000 members and guests attended this year’s convention. Students attended daily sessions conducted by the Texas state officer team. These sessions informed students on how to conduct proper meetings and were filled with motivational speeches on how to be a better leader and the importance of serving others. Stu-dent attendees also voted on state officers for the 2012 - 2013 year. In between sessions, the Gonzales students went on various Ag related tours. They went to the Gulf Coast Compress in Corpus and learned how a cotton co-op works. They also went to Kingsville and toured the King Ranch where they learned about the history of the ranch. (Courtesy photos)

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In another one of the ever-growing attempts to accommodate the city’s swelling population, a new Gonzales business will soon become available as a lodging destination.

Holiday Inn Express & Suites, owned by Ruth and Arnold Guerra, is ap-proaching its Grand Opening. The ho-tel is located just off Highway 183 on Middle Buster Road, next to the Sleep Inn.

The general manager is Alison Ro-driguez and the rest of the staff includes front desk manager Jenna Rodriguez and director of sales Alexis Guerra.

The new facility will have lots of space, offering 62 rooms with modern furnishings.

“We have standard Kings, which is a regular room with a king-sized bed,” said Alexis Guerra. “There are also reg-

ular Queens which have double queen-sized beds.”

All of those rooms have flat screen TV’s ranging from 32 to 42 inches. The King rooms have a sitting area, small coffee table, sofa, restroom with granite tops and tub with shower, and plenty of storage. There are also a variety of guest amenities from coffee to shampoos and conditioners. The Queen rooms have the same things plus two night stands.

“We also have handicapped acces-sible and hearing-impaired rooms,” Guerra said “They are larger rooms and are equipped with emergency lights. For example if we have a fire, they have blinking strobe lights.”

The larger and most luxurious of the rooms are the King Suites.

“They are bigger rooms that go for a higher rate,” said Guerra. “Those have a separate living area with a full-sized rollout couch that turns into a bed.

There’s also an activity room where you can plug in your laptop and work at a desk.”

“All of our suites have dry bars and they’re going to have the bigger flat screen TV’s in them.”

In addition to the bedrooms, the ho-tel offers other specialty rooms.

“We have a Convention Room, which is a small room just for meetings,” Guerra said. “It’s not designed for baby showers because it’s not a casual room. It’s basically for business travelers.”

That room pairs up nicely with the hotel’s Business Center, which is locat-ed on the first floor right across from the front desk.

“It’s for all guests and it will have of-fice materials and computers for the guests to use as amenities. Everything will be provided for free.”

Another handy in-house area is the Sweet Shop, which is basically like a little convenience store.

“We’ll have snacks, drinks and mi-crowavable foods for longer term guests to use,” said Guerra. “We will also be selling souvenirs from the Gonzales area because we expect a lot of our guests to come from all parts of the state.”

Also contained within the sprawling facility is a Fitness Center, Guest Laun-dry, outdoor Pool Area and the Great Room, a regular Holiday Inn staple that serves as a breakfast area.

“It’s open 24/7,” Guerra said. “It’s mainly for business travelers because there are places to plug in your laptop at our Community Table.”

“We also have surround sound throughout all of the public areas on the first floor that will play our Holiday Inn music station. It plays a variety of music from 80’s to country to contemporary to pop. It pretty much plays everything.”

The vision of the new hotel goes beyond just being another housing

location, a goal which will be bolstered by being associated with the popular Holiday Inn brand.

“I see us helping to bring more tour-ists into Gonzales,” said Guerra. “We have a lot to offer and we want to show them that Gonzales is growing. There’s a lot of history here that our guests don’t know about and we want them to know that we’re more than just a small town.”

“We’re pushing our front desk staff to do things like encourage guests to visit Pioneer Village or Palmetto Park, the local things that we have here.”

The Holiday Inn Express & Suites will officially be open for business on Monday, August 6. A Grand Opening is scheduled for Wednesday, August 8 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony slated for 10:30 a.m.

For more information, call 830-672-2777 or 830-672-2888 or visit www.hiexgonzales.com.

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Baker said, “Since our founding, Fred Adams has played a vital role in the growth and success of Cal-Maine Foods and his vision and leadership have inspired everyone associated with the Company.”

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Sage scholarshipsSage Capital Bank would like to congratulate our 2012/2013 scholarship win-ners! Brittney N. Pakebusch will be attending Concordia University in Austin where she will be studying to become a Registered Nurse. Lauren E. Parr will be attending Texas Lutheran University in Seguin where she be a Fighting Bulldog Cheerleader and majoring in psychology. (Courtesy photo)

Gonzales Livestock Market Report

The Gonzales Livestock Mar-ket Report for Saturday, July 28, 2012 had on hand: 734 cattle.

Compared to our last sale: Calves and yearlings sold $3 to $6 higher. Packer cows sold $1 to $2 higher.

Stocker-feeder steers: Me-dium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs., $210-$280; 300-400 lbs, $180-$195; 400-500 lbs, $147-$175; 500-600 lbs, $126-$140; 600-700 lbs., $123-$125; 700-800 lbs, $118-$121.

Bull yearlings: 700-900 lbs, $91-$113.

Stocker-feeder heifers: Me-dium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs, $170-$205; 300-400 lbs, $148-$164; 400-500 lbs, $139-$149; 500-600 lbs., $120-$136; 600-700 lbs., $114-$118.

Packers cows: Good lean utili-ty and commercial, $74-$79; Cut-ters, $77-$85; Canners, $58-$66; Low yielding fat cows, $61-$67.

Packer bulls: Yield grade 1 & 2, good heavy bulls; $93-$98; light weights and medium quality bulls, $83-$89.

Stocker Cows: $850-$1,250.Pairs: $1,050-$1,350.Thank you for your business!!View our sale live at cattleusa.

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Nixon LivestockCommission Report

The Nixon Livestock Commis-sion Inc. report had on hand, July 30, 2012, Volume, 424.

Steers: 200-300 lbs, $160 to $170 to $200; 300-400 lbs., $141 to $151 to $181; 400-500 lbs, $128 to $138 to $166; 500-600 lbs, $118 to $128 to $142; 600-700 lbs, $110 to $120 to $136; 700-800 lbs, $102 to $112 to $118.

Heifers: 200-300 lbs, $159 to $169 to $185; 300-400 lbs, $137 to $147 to $200; 400-500 lbs, $127 to $137 to $148; 500-600 lbs, $113 to $123 to $141; 600-700 lbs, $107 to $117 to $135; 700-800 lbs, $98 to $108 to $115.

Slaughter cows: $62 to $84; Slaughter bulls: $85 to $92; Stocker cows: $650 to $950.

Notices: We will be closed on September 3, 2012 for Labor Day.

Cuero Livestock Market Report

Cuero Livestock Market Re-port on July 27, 2012, had 707 head.

Had 104 cows and 11 bulls. The cow market was better as demand was better and more buyers entering the market in the Midwest and some rains in the Midwest eased some of the

drought pressures in that area of the country.

The bull market was steady. The calf market was much im-proved. The lighter calves were again higher. The whole calf market was an average of 25-45 higher than last week. The better end was even higher. Had good activity from all buyers as even the heifers were stronger.

Packer Bulls: Hvy. Wts., $83-$5; lower grades, $65-$75.

Packer cows: breakers, $65-$73.50; boning, $68-$76; canners & cutters, $64-$88; light & weak, $40-$60.

Palpated dry Cows: $850-$1,150.

Pairs: $930-$1,490.Steer and bull calves: under

200 lbs, none; 200-250 lbs. $165-$232.50; 250-300 lbs, $169-$214; 300-350 lbs, $150-$212; 350-400 lbs, $146-$171; 400-450 lbs, $147-$171; 450-500 lbs, $144-$159; 500-600 lbs, $135.50-$145; 600-700 lbs, $130-$143; 700-800 lbs, $127-$132.

Over 700 lbs. bulls, $110-$127.Heifer Calves: under 200 lbs,

$136-$183; 200-250 lbs, $157-$175; 250-300 lbs, $162.50-$215; 300-350 lbs, $147-$160; 350-400 lbs, $131-$158; 400-450 lbs, $134-$147; 450-500 lbs, $133-$150; 500-600 lbs, $128-$146.50; 600-700 lbs., $122-$143; over 700 lbs, none.

The City of Gonzales hosted the last rodeo finals for the year and the cham-ber prepared 890 bags total for the three rodeos. Some businesses placed coupons in the bags to help get the contestants downtown and into stores and restaurants. Numbers of participants grow with each rodeo and come September, they will start competing again to see who will make it back to the finals. We appreciate all the City employees who work at the J. B. Wells Park for the good work they do.

We’ve had plenty of visi-tors during the summer,

although some days are too busy and others are rather dead. The official Visi-tor Center report for June showed 400 who registered from within Texas and 83 from other states and coun-tries. Please remember that

close to half the visitors who come don’t register or don’t go to all the suggest-ed places. We’re running above average this year in the totals, but soon they will turn their thoughts to getting ready for school and the numbers will go back down.

School starts on Aug. 27 and the tax-free weekend is Aug. 17-19, which ap-plies to clothing, footwear, school supplies under $100 and back packs. You can save 8.25 percent, but be a wise shopper and do your homework before you leave home.

Parade entries and ven-dor applications for Come & Take It are on our web-site: gonzalestexas.com and the brochures and posters will be here soon, so be ready to take some out of town with you when you travel.

Don’t forget the Country Music Show at the Lynn Theatre Thursday night, Aug. 2. The crowds have been steadily increasing and more musicians have joined the group, so it’s a good mix and you’ll be glad you attended.

The First Friday Coffee is set for Aug. 3 at the SBDC office on the third floor of the Randle Rather Build-ing from 8:30 to 9:15 a.m. and hosted by Kacey Lin-demann-Butler.

Gonzales County Courthouse DeedsJuly 1-31Lindsey, Abigail L. to Hines, Craig L., w/d, 19.803

Acres, W B Lockhart Svy, A-315.Glass, Linda D. to Forest Oil Corporation, o/l,

5.077 Acres, Gonzales County School Land Svy, A-230.

HSBC Bank USA, National Association (Trustee) & Fieldstone Mortgage Investment Trust to Robinson, Wesley & Robinson, D’Anna, w/d, 0.424 of an Acre (Lts N-O & Pt Lt G, Blk. 15) 3rd Subdvn of Lafayette Place, Gonzales.

Hardaway, Ruby J., Hardaway, Earl D. and Hard-away, Windy D. to Wilson, Raymon E. and Wilson, Laetitia, w/d, Undiv. Int in 6.00 Acres, Robert Kelley Svy, A-307.

Hardaway, Williams (Crawford), Hardaway, Joe Turner and Jones, Tandolyn Hardaway to Wilson, Raymon E. & Wilson, Laetitia, w/d, Undiv Int in 6.00 Acres, Robert Kelley Svy., A-307.

Hardaway, Annie Lois, Wilson, Raymon e. and Wilson, Laetitia, w/d, Undiv. Int. in 6.00 Acres, Rob-ert Kelley Svy, A-307.

County, Lizzie DuPree to Wilson, Raymon E. and Wilson, Laetitia, w/d, Undiv. Int. in 6.00 Acres, Rob-ert Kelley Svy, A-307.

Wiseman, Robert Lee and Wilson, Raymon E. and Wilson, Laetitia, w/d, Undiv. Int. in 6.00 Acres, Rob-ert Kelley Syv., A-307.

Hardaway, Ernest H. to Wilson, Raymon E. and Wilson, Laetitia, w/d, Undiv. Int. in 6.00 Acres, Rob-

ert Kelley Svy, A-307.Chenault III, Charles Polk to Floyd, Michael Ed-

ward, w/d, Lt. 10 & Pt. Lt. 9, Hoskins Addn, Gonzales.Floyd, Michael Edward to CLPK Properties, LLC,

w/d, Lts 2, 8, 9-10 & Pt. Lts 1, 3, 5, 6-7, Hoskins Addn, Gonzales & Pt. Lt. 1, tier 1 & Pt. Lts. 11-12, Tier 2, Outer Town Gonzales.

Christian, Maness Edward and Christian, Ellen to Howell, Lyle C., w/d, Pt. Lts, G-H, Blk. 4, Lafayette Place Addn, Gonzales.

Boyer, Travis Allen to Southern Bay Energy, LLC, o/l, 90.00 Acres, Prosper Hope Svy, A-252.

Boyer, Travis Allen to Southern Bay Energy, LLC, o/l, 50.00 Acres, Prosper Hope Svy, A-252.

Boyer, Laurie Lee to Southern Bay Energy, LLC, o/l, 50.00 Acres, Prosper Hope Svy, A-252.

Boyer, Laurie Lee to Southern Bay Energy, LLC, o/l, 90.00 Acres, Prosper Hope Svy, A-252.

Dierschke, Alfred and Dierschke to Eagle Ford Hunter Resources, Inc., o/l, 23.00 Acres, Prosper Hope Svy, A-252.

Parker, Opal to Parker, Sarah, w/d, 1.695 Acres (Pt. Lt. 7, RG 8) Orig. Outer Town Gonzales.

Castillo Jr, Bardomiano to Villanueva, J. Dolores, w/d, Lt. 15, King’s 1st Addn & Pt. Lt. 9, King’s 3rd Addn, Gonzales.

Cartwright, Barbara J. to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

Wisnoski, Cynthia Nichols and Wisnoski Sr, Eddie B. to Wisnoski Sr., Eddie B. and Wisnoski, Cynthia N., w/d, 3.566 Acres, Am Grenage Svy, A-222.

SMITHSON VALLEY — A scholarship fund es-tablished in memory of a budding, young journalist lives-on through The GVTC Foundation.

GVTC director Arley Sueltenfuss and his wife Bet-sy recently donated $8,324 to the Foundation. The Sueltenfuss donation is the largest amount ever given to the GVTC Foundation, from a private contributor.

The money is from a

scholarship fund estab-lished in honor of their el-dest son, 26-year old Dean Sueltenfuss, who was killed by a drunk driver 18 years ago. Dean Sueltenfuss was a newspaper reporter and edi-tor.

The Dean Sueltenfuss Journalism Scholarship awarded a $1,000 schol-arship to a college bound student from Boerne and Champion High Schools. After doing this for several

years, the Sultenfuss’s closed the scholarship and donated remaining funds The GVTC Foundation.

“On behalf of the The GVTC Foundation board of directors, we are extremely grateful for this generous donation from the Suelten-fuss family,” GVTC Founda-tion board president, Paula White, said. “Part of our strategic plan is to grow do-nations from outside sourc-es, so we can expand our

giving to the community. The Sultenfuss’s kind contri-bution will encourage other donors to do the same.”

LULING — TexStar Energy Corporation this week announced that the N.J. Carter Lease consisting of 20 wells in Caldwell County, will be the next phase of its ongo-ing development in the Austin Chalk.

TexStar will retain a 20% carried work-ing interest being 15% net revenue in the wells. TexStar Energy commissioned Geo-logic (a geological engineering company) to evaluate the wells’ potential.

Geologic’s report concluded, “The N.J. Carter Lease is a multi-well (20 wells) re-stimulation and secondary recovery proj-ect for the Austin Chalk, Eagle Ford, and Buda reservoirs at a depth of 1800-2100 feet. The N.J. Carter Lease, located in the Luling-Branyon field area, has produced 200,000+ BO. Based on ‘Core and Log Analysis,’ the Targeted Remaining Re-

coverable Reserves are 2,310,000 BO. The N.J. Carter Lease is ideally located along the up-thrown side of the Luling-Branyon Fault thereby, increasing the productive potential of the multiple reservoirs and maximizing per well production.”

TexStar Energy Corporation is engaged in the oil and gas business, with operations located primarily in Texas. The Company’s ultimate strategic focus is the development of oil and natural gas production and re-serves. The Company believes that its oil and natural gas development strategy will provide growth to the Company in the future. Charles Burris, President, stated, “TexStar is very excited not only for our-selves but also for our partners to have the N.J. Carter as an addition to our develop-ments in Caldwell and Guadalupe County.”

Cal Maine reports 4th quarter figuresJACKSON, Miss. — Cal-

Maine Foods, Inc. on Mon-day announced net sales of $275.2 million for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended June 2.

For the fourth quarter, the figures compared with net sales of $242.4 million for the fourth quarter a year ago. The Company reported net earnings of $37.3 million, or $1.56 per basic share, for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 compared with net earnings of $7.3 million, or $0.30 per basic share, for the same pe-riod last year. Results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012

include a one-time gain of approximately $27.0 mil-lion, or $1.12 per share, after tax, as a result of a distribu-tion from Eggland’s Best, Inc. related to the new joint venture between Eggland’s Best, Inc. and Land O’Lakes, Inc., announced on May 1. The fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 had 14 weeks com-pared with 13 weeks in the prior year period.


Oil & Gas Activity Report

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Recent well location re-ports from the Texas Railroad Commission

DeWitt County

API No.: 42- 123-32837Classification: Fld. Dev. and

HorizontalOperator: Petrohawk Oper-

ating CompanyLease Name: Big Oak CWell No.: 1HField Name: DeWitt (Eagle

Ford Shale)Total Depth: 14,000 feetDirection and Miles: 1.78

miles southwest of HochheimSurvey Name: J.D. Clem-

ents, A-10Acres: 444.44

API No.: 42- 123-32832Classification: Fld. Dev. and

HorizontalOperator: Pioneer Natural

Res. USA Inc.Lease Name: Kleine 01Well No.: 02HField Name: DeWitt (Eagle

Ford Shale)Total Depth: 21,000 feetDirection and Miles: 4.64

miles northwest of YorktownSurvey Name: J. Hall, A-217Acres: 658.83

Gonzales County

API No.: 42-177-32621Classification: Fld. Dev. and

HorizontalOperator: Marathon Oil EF

LLCLease Name: Barnhart (EF)Well No.: 15HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-

gle Ford-1)Total Depth: 18,250 feetDirection and Miles: 17.97

miles southwest of GonzalesSurvey Name: G. McCon-

nell, A-354Acres: 9,088.53





miles southwest of GonzalesSurvey Name: G. McCon-

nell, A-354Acres: 9,088.53


HorizontalOperator: Hunt Oil Com-

panyLease Name: JP RanchWell No.: 2HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-

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

southeast of GonzalesSurvey Name: F. Taylor,

A-71Acres: 480


HorizontalOperator: Forest Oil Corp.Lease Name: LewisWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-


miles northwest of WaelderSurvey Name: A.B. Wil-

liams, A-79Acres: 408.82


HorizontalOperator: Forest Oil Corp.Lease Name: InceWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-


miles northeast of WaelderSurvey Name: A.B. Wil-

liams, A-79Acres: 367.10


HorizontalOperator: EOG Resources

Inc.Lease Name: Baird Heirs

UnitWell No.: 4HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-


miles southeast of SampleSurvey Name: B. Davis,

A-189Acres: 533.56

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

DeWitt County



LLCLease Name: Ann Friar

ThomasWell No.: 3HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-

gle Ford-2)Survey Name: J.D. Clem-

ents, A-10Direction and Miles: 8.2

miles southwest of YoakumOil: 370MCF: 2,630Choke Size: 12/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 4,790Total Depth: 16,695 feetPerforations: 13,428-16,607

feet


HorizontalOperator: Rosetta Resources

Operating LPLease Name: Klotzman

Well No.: 2Field Name: Eagleville (Ea-

gle Ford-2)Survey Name: T. Mancha,

A-326Direction and Miles: 6.8

miles southwest of SampleOil: 1,131MCF: 1,658Choke Size: 12/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 5,655Total Depth: 18,060 feetPerforations: 12,924-17,756

feet


HorizontalOperator: Pioneer Natural

Res. USA Inc.Lease Name: Costlow Gas

Unit No. 1Well No.: 02HField Name: DeWitt (Eagle

Ford Shale)Survey Name: P. Teal, A-44Direction and Miles: 5.5

miles W. of CueroOil: 60.3MCF: 2,222Choke Size: 9/64 of an inchTubing Pressure: 7,310Shut In Well Pressure: 8,215Total Depth: 17,662 feetPerforations: 13,840-17,662

feet



LLCLease Name: Ann Friar

ThomasWell No.: 2HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-

gle Ford-2)Survey Name: J. McCoy Jr.,


miles southwest of YoakumOil: 433MCF: 3,100Choke Size: 12/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 6,490Total Depth: 18,370 feetPerforations: 13,540-17,952

feet


HorizontalOperator: Geosouthern En-

ergy Corp.Lease Name: Oro Negro

Unit 1Well No.: 1Field Name: Eagleville (Ea-

gle Ford-2)Survey Name: J.E. Ross,


miles northeast of WesthoffOil: 900MCF: 1,288Choke Size: 11/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 6,565Total Depth: 17,490 feetPlug Back Depth: 17,150 feetPerforations: 12,899-17,350

feet

API No.: 42-123-32591

Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal

Operator: Talisman Energy USA Inc.

Lease Name: Blackwell Gas Unit 1

Well No.: D 2HField Name: Sugarkane (Ea-

gle Ford)Survey Name: R and M Fro-

bose, A-705Direction and Miles: 3.54

miles northeast of RungeOil: 532MCF: 4,225Choke Size: 12/64 of an inchTubing Pressure: 7,950Shut In Well Pressure: 8,727Total Depth: 20,169 feetPlug Back Depth: 19,592 feetPerforations: 13,705-19,578

feet

Gonzales County



Inc.Lease Name: Whyburn UnitWell No.: 3HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-

gle Ford-1)Survey Name: S.H. Gates,


miles southeast from CostOil: 1,056MCF: 509Choke Size: 32/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 608Total Depth: 15,130 feetPlug Back Depth: 15,043 feetPerforations: 9,911-15,038

feet






miles southeast from CostOil: 1,722MCF: 701Choke Size: 32/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 999Total Depth: 15,035 feetPlug Back Depth: 14,935 feetPerforations: 9,987-14,948

feet






miles southeast from CostOil: 1,100MCF: 536

Choke Size: 30/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 757Total Depth: 14,600 feetPlug Back Depth: 14,512 feetPerforations: 9,930-14,507

feet



Inc.Lease Name: Ahlhorn-

Najvar UnitWell No.: 7HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-



miles southeast of CostOil: 806MCF: 340Choke Size: 32/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 647Total Depth: 14,897 feetPlug Back Depth: 14,815 feetPerforations: 9,915-14,810

feet








feet








feet


HorizontalOperator: Penn Virginia Oil

and Gas LPLease Name: Sralla Unit

Well No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-

gle Ford-1)Survey Name: J. Ponton,


miles northeast of GonzalesOil: 772MCF: 332Choke Size: 12/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 3,561Total Depth: 15,979 feetPerforations: 11,480-15,933

feet




gle Ford-1)Survey Name: T.J. Pilgrim,


miles northwest of GonzalesOil: 154MCF: 0Choke Size: 16/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 580Total Depth: 12,595 feetPerforations: 9,187-11,965

feet

Lavaca County


Plug BackOperator: XTO Energy Inc.Lease Name: Sibley EstateWell No.: 11Field Name: Esperanza

(Wilcox 7800)Survey Name: W. Blundell,


miles south of HallettsvilleOil: 0MCF: 1,000Choke Size: 16/64 of an inchTubing Pressure: 2,215Shut In Well Pressure: 3,115Total Depth: 14,190 feetPlug Back Depth: 8,060 feetPerforations: 8,004-8,031

feet


Plug BackOperator: XTO Energy Inc.Lease Name: Jacobs RanchWell No.: 13Field Name: Speaks, SW

(3600)Survey Name: E. Farias,


miles southeast of HallettsvilleOil: 0MCF: 250Choke Size: 8/64 of an inchTubing Pressure: 1,215Shut In Well Pressure: 2,815Total Depth: 13,450 feetPlug Back Depth: 3,625 feetPerforations: 3,552-3,557

feet

The international oil and gas consulting company IHS report-ed this week results from a study the research company has un-derway which indicate that Eagle Ford wells are producing better than the Bakken Shale of North

Dakota and Montana.A typical well in the Eagle Ford

averages 300 to 600 barrels-per-day (bpd) in its peak month of production, compared with 150 to 300 bpd for a Bakken well, according to the study. The Bak-ken field had at one time been believed to be the largest oilfield play in North America.

Current Eagle Ford production is just half that of the Bakken, but the Bakken shale play had a 10-year head start. A little over 200 rigs are drilling in the Bakken, while more than 250 have been drilled so far in the Eagle Ford.

It’s also worth noting that hori-zontal laterals are consistently 10,000 feet in the Bakken. That’s

roughly double the most com-mon lateral length in South Tex-as. That means the Eagle Ford is out producing the Bakken with as little as half the reservoir contact.

That means more good news for South Texas, since companies deploy their capital to the areas of their portfolio that provides the best economic returns. In gen-

eral, the rank of either oil or gas plays doesn’t change dramatically over short periods of time. Com-modity prices do, but the Eagle Ford is the top play in the U.S. at both $50 and $100 oil prices. In the absence of a severe recession, Eagle Ford development will boost the South Texas economy for decades to come.

Preliminary data from state regulators indicated that oil production in the Eagle Ford shale formation in Texas tripled over last year’s numbers for the month of May.

The Texas Railroad Commis-sion’s report, posted on its web-site, showed that production in the nine fields that make up the majority of the 400-mile- long formation at 262,563 barrels of crude a day. Those fields pro-duced 84,495 barrels a day in May 2011.

As a further dramatic com-parison: the Eagle Ford pro-duced no oil in April 2008; this April it accounted for 4.6 per-cent of U.S. production.

The Railroad Commission oversees oil and gas drilling in the state. It collects monthly production reports from sites

on which it permits drilling.Industry experts have pre-

dicted that Eagle Ford produc-tion will reach 500,000 barrels a day by the end of the year and may exceed 1 million in a few years.

The Eagle Ford produces a light, sweet oil similar to West

Texas Intermediate and Brent crudes. Such oils are relatively more valuable because they contain a higher yield of lighter products like gasoline and die-sel.

Valero and Flint Hills Re-sources LLC are the two biggest users of Eagle Ford oil.


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Study: Eagle Ford producing more oil than Bakken


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The CannonThursday, August 2, 2012 Page B5

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

Saturn Cemetery Assoc.The Saturn Cemetery Association will hold

quarterly meeting at 6:30 p.m. Friday, August 3, 2012 at the Saturn Community Building on Hwy. 97 North.

The meeting will focus on the homecoming. All interested persons are encouraged to attend. If anyone has questions you can call 540-3858.

N-SCISD substitutesNixon-Smiley CISD will be holding a substitute

teacher training workshop Tuesday, August 9, 2012 at 9am in the Nixon campus library. You must attend before becoming a substitute. New subs need to bring a driver’s license or photo id, social security card and a copy of their high school or college transcript, or GED. For more information, contact the Administration Office at 582-1536 ext. 0143.

Ice Cream SocialThe Thompsonville Ladies Club will host their

annual Ice Cream Social on Saturday, August 4 at 6 p.m. at the Thompsonville Community Center.

The center is located on County Road 423 off U.S. Highway 90.

There will be a variety of homemade ice cream and other desserts. Donations will be accepted and used for scholarships to area youth.

Country Village saleThe Country Village Square Resident Associa-

tion will hold their annual rummage sale on Sat-urday, Aug. 4 from 8am to 2pm in the commu-nity room at Country Village Square Apts., 1800 Waelder Road, Gonzales. Sale will include house-hold items, clothing, & lots of miscellaneous. Pro-ceeds will go to the Country Village Square Resi-dent Association for the many projects, which they participate in throughout the year.

Donations of good used and new items for the sale are now being accepted through Friday, 7/27. Items may be brought to the community room at Country Village Square Monday-Friday, 8am – 5pm or call 672-2877 for special arrangements.

Stuff the busThe Gonzales H-E-B location on Sarah DeWitt

Dr. will host a “Stuff the Bus” for Gonzales ISD stu-dents from 9 a.m.-8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 10. Cus-tomers may purchase and donate school supplies, which will be loaded directly onto a GISD bus to be delivered to GISD students.

HE Buddy will be on-hand from 3-7 p.m., and special children’s activities will take place at the store during those hours. There will also be free blood glucose and blood pressure screenings for adults from 3-7 p.m., and the H-E-B pharmacy will have meningitis shots available for a fee from 3-7 p.m. Donations wlil continue to be accepted at the store through Aug. 11.

Gospel Fund-raiserA Gospel Music Fund-Raiser to help raise funds

to buy school supplies for needy students is sched-uled from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3 at the Lynn Theater.

Those attending are asked to bring school sup-plies or cash to help ensure all the children of Gon-zales start the school year with proper supplies. The event is being coordinated by Johnny Ross Hunt; for more information, call 830-557-3956.

Supply DriveThe Holy Temple of Jesus #2 announces its First

Annual School Supply Drive and Back-to-school yard sale. Stop by 1515 Dallas Street on August 4th between 10 am and 3 pm for free school supplies. The first 15 students will receive a back pack filled with school supplies. Limit two back packs per family. Parent must be present with student.

Pirkle ReunionThe first ever Pirkle Cousin Reunion will be held

Saturday, August 4 at the Lutheran Church Fellow-ship Hall in Gonzales from 2 to 4 p.m.

Everyone is asked to bring a meat and a side dish. Desserts, tea and coffee will be provided; bring your own utensils.

GVCW scholarshipThe Guadalupe Valley Cattle Women will be

awarding a $500 scholarship to a junior or senior college student pursuing a degree in agriculture. Deadline for applying is August 15, 2012. Please send resume and class schedule to Ethel Roches-ter, 4505 CR 289, Gonzales, Texas.

Sunday Country DanceGLENN COLLINS Band from Austin will be at

the Geronimo VFW Post 8456, 6808 N Hwy 123, Geronimo, playing true country dance music on Sunday afternoon, August 5, 3-6:30 PM (open seat-ing). Kitchen/door opens at 2 PM. Smokefree and

always opened to everyone ($7 donation). Info 830-303-9903/830-379-9260. www.geronimotex-asvfw.org

The GatheringCountry Music Show/Dance will be at Geron-

imo VFW, 6808 N Highway 123, Geronimo, on Tuesday, August 7, from 7-10 PM. Great kitchen opens at 5:30 PM. Adults $7--12 & under $3. This month featuring Hayden James, Diane Farley, & Ray Goodwin, along with a fantastic house band. Smokefree and always open to all. Reservations call Dorothy at 512-825-2180, www.thegathering-musicshow.com.

Master GardenersGonzales Master Gardeners. “Come Grow With

Us.” Become a Master Gardener. New class starts September 11, 2012. Contact Alan Marek at 830-857-5820 or Texas AgriLife Extension Office at 830-672-8531. http://gonzales.agrilife.org.

Reunion setThe Breitschopf-Kuntschik Family Reunion will

be held August 5 at the St. James Catholic Parish Hall in Gonzales.

The meat will be furnished and everyone is asked to bring two side dishes, vegetables, salad or dessert, and an item for the auction.

Halliburton reunionThe Halliburton family will celebrate its reunion

Aug. 11 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at St. Joseph Church Parish Hall in Moulton. Bring a side dish or dessert and your own serving utensils. Meat, bread etc. wlil be furnished. Attendees are also asked to bring an auction item.

The Back Porch band will provide entertain-ment, and there will be live and silent auctions. Children are encouraged.

Free immunizationsThe Gonzales Community Health Center will be

offering free Back To School immunizations on Sat-urday, Aug. 4 from 8 a.m. to noon.

Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian, who are asked to bring the child’s latest immunization record and complete a registration form.

During the event, free school supplies will also be available.

The center is located at 228 St. George in Gonza-les. For more information, call 830-672-6511 or visit the website www.chcsct.com.

N-S registrationElementary registration will work differently this

year in the Nixon-Smiley CISD. All elementary stu-dents enrolled during 2011-2012 will be enrolled automatically in the 2012-2013 school year. There will be no summer registration days for elemen-tary as there are for middle school and high school.

Piano LessonsSummer Piano Lessons are being offered at the

Gonzales Public Library.The lessons are for students age 8-18 with li-

brary members and registration can be done at the library by parent or guardian. Telephone reg-istration will not be accepted.

Violence shelterThe Guadalupe Valley Family Violence Shelter,

Inc. (GVFVS) is a non-profit organization providing services to both residents and non-residents that are victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in the counties of Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes and Wilson.

GVFVS provides survivors with legal advocacy, case management, counseling, assistance with crime victims compensation and other services at no cost. For more information, call 830-372-2780 or 1-800-834-2033.

Senior Citizens CenterThe Gonzales Senior Citizens Center would like

to invite anyone over 60 years of age to come and eat with them at 604 St. Michael St., Monday thru Friday. The center is open from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.

We serve a hot delicious 1/3 RDA delicious meal noon each day. The cost of the meal is a $2.00 vol-untary donation that is applied to the total cost of the meal.

We would like some suggestions for activities that you would like to see at the Gonzales Center.

For more information about our activities, please call me, Helen Richter at 672-2613.

For general public transportation call 672-7014 or 672-6469, and talk to Kari or Bobby. Please make your reservations as soon as you know you need transportation because it is on a first come first serve basis.

The Gonzales Book Club met on Thursday, July 19, to discuss “Un-broken” by Laura Hillen-brand.

“Unbroken” is a bi-ography describing the life of Louis Zamperini. Louie was an incorrigible youngster who always found a way to get into trouble.

As a teenager he chan-neled his defiance into running, ultimately quali-fying for the Olympics. But he was drafted into the army and became an airman. His life in World War Two is the bulk of this book, surviving air plane warfare, life on a raft lost at sea, and the horrors of prison camp.

We talked about Louie’s brother pushing him on

to run. We did not think he would have succeed-ed without his brother’s persistence. We also dis-cussed his tenacity to life on the raft and how it af-fected the other men there with him.

Life in the prison camp was awful and we all found many things on which to comment. Man’s inhumanity to man was pointed out. We talked about the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and how we felt about it.

Louie was back to his old rebellious self when he returned home from the war. He said he was a broken man after the war. We thought it was post traumatic war syndrome. Finally we discussed how he was capable to for-

give his treatment in the prison camp, becoming a successful man in his later years.

This book is so well written it is difficult to put down. It is a story of World War Two from the eyes of a very strong man.

Our next meeting is on Thursday, Aug. 17 from 10-11 a.m. at Lifford’s Books and Fine Art.

We will discuss “Be-loved” by Toni Morrison. This a novel set in post Civil War Ohio. It tells about an escaped woman slave working at beating back the past and the logic of slavery.

We meet on the third Thursday day of the month. Anyone interested in a literary discussion is welcome.

Texas Tech honorsTaylor Osborn, a 2010 graduate from Hallettsville High School, received the highest honor award for scholas-tic achievement by qualifying for the Dean’s Honor List of Texas Tech Univer-sity for the 2011 school year. This rec-ognition is accorded to those students who have attained a grade point aver-age of 3.5 or better. Osborn is a graphic arts design major with commercial communication career path. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robie Osborn of Boerne and the granddaughter of Joe and Brenda Marek of Shiner. (Cour-tesy photo)

Princeton honoreePrinceton University graduate Peter Davison is the grandson of Les and Helen Talley of Cost. In June, they attended his graduation ceremony where Peter graduated with highest honors (one of five selected) with a double major in Mechanical Engi-neering and Aero Space Engineering. Peter received a fellowship from MIT in Boston, Massachusetts where he will begin working on a graduate de-gree this fall majoring in Aero Space Engineering. Cost has served and will continue as his “home away from home” as Peter continues his educa-tion goals. Peter’s parents, Charles and Nancy Davison, reside in Old Windsor, England. (Courtesy photos)

College Honors

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Found: Small white fluffy male dog. Call 830-540-4365.

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.

SUBSTITUTES NEEDED

Nixon-Smiley CISD is taking applica-tions for substitute bus drivers, sub-stitute cafeteria workers and sub-stitute custodians. Please come by the Administration Of-fice at 800 Rancho Road, Nixon to fill out an application or call 830-582-1536 ext. 0143.--------------------------C U S T O D I A N NEEDED at Memo-rial Heights Baptist Church. Flexible part-time hours. General cleaning of all facilities with some light main-tenance. Changing light bulbs, air fil-ters, etc. Call 857-0772.--------------------------OakCreek Nursing & Rehab in Luling is currently accepting applications for the following positions, full time C.N.A.’s, weekend RN and PRN L.V.N. Please apply in person at 1105 N. Magnolia, Luling, TX 78648.--------------------------The Nixon-Smiley CISD is accepting applications for a Secondary Science Teacher and a Sec-ondary Ag-Science Teacher. For more information and to

apply, go to www.nixonsmiley.net.--------------------------

CDL DRIVERS WANTED

CNH Paving is seek-ing professional & reliable Class A CDL drivers. Hauling belly dumps and home every night. Email - [email protected] --------------------------Full-time positions available, with ben-efits, for Licensed Vocational Nurses and Certified Nurse Aides. Uniform al-lowance provided. Please apply at The Heights of Gonza-les, 701 N. Sarah DeWitt, Gonzales, Texas.--------------------------

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.Saturday, August 4, 8-?. 125 St. Paul. Kingsize bedroom set, furniture, M-W-C clothes, shoes, toys, etc.--------------------------Garage Sale. 701

Guerra Ln. 8-4. Clothing, home de-cor & lots of odds & ends.--------------------------Saturday, August 4. 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. 1326 S. Rivercrest Drive. Lots of kids and baby clothes, baby bed, dresser, desk, queen bed, twin bed, etc.--------------------------Three-family ga-rage sale at 711 N. Hamilton St. Bow flex, stereo, TV, A&F, Hollister, AE clothes, video chair, other odds and

ends. Saturday, Au-gust 4, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.--------------------------The Country Village Square Resident Association will hold their annual rummage sale on Saturday, 8/4 from 8am to 2pm in the community room at Country Village Square Apts., 1800 Waelder Road, Gonzales. Sale will include household items, clothing, & lots of miscella-neous. Proceeds will go to the Coun-try Village Square Resident Associa-tion for the many projects, which they participate

in throughout the year.

Clavinova Yamaha Digital Piano w/bench. Under War-

ranty. $2,700. Call 830-339-0111.--------------------------

PUBLIC NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICES

LEGAL NOTICES

LOST & FOUND HELP WANTED

GARAGE SALES

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

GET BACK IN.

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

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

NOTICES GARAGE SALES

HELP WANTED

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MISC. FOR SALE

GARAGE SALES

MISC. FOR SALE

NOTIFICATION OF NONDISCRIMINATION IN CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS

1. Gonzales Independent School District offers career and technical ed-ucation programs in Agriculture Food and Natural Resources; Architecture and Construction; Arts, A/V Technology and Communication; Business, Manage-ment and Administration; Finance; Health Science; Hospitality and Tourism; Human Services; Information Technology; Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security; Manufacturing; Marketing Sales and Services; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics; and Transportation, Distribution and Logistics.2. Admission to these programs is based on interest and aptitude, age appropriateness, and class space available.3. It is the policy of Gonzales Independent School District not to Discrimi-nate on the basis of race, color national origin, sex, or handicap in its career and technical programs, services, or activities required by Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.4. It is the policy of Gonzales Independent School District not to discrimi-nate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, handicap, or age in its employment practices as required by Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.5. Gonzales Independent School District will take steps to assure that lack of English Language skills will not be a barrier to admission and participa-tion in all education and career and technical programs.6. For information about your rights or grievance procedures, contact Title IX Coordinator, Dr. Kim Strozier at 926 St. Lawrence Street, 672-9551, and/or Section 504 Coordinator, Frank Behrendt at 535 Fair Street, 672-6441.

NOTIFICACIÓN PUBLICA DE EN CARERAS Y PROGRAMAS TÉCNICO DE EDUCACIÓN SIN DISCRIMINACIÓN

1. El Distrito Escolar Independiente de Gonzáles ofrece educación téc-nica y carreras en los campos de Educación de Agricultura, Recursos Na-turales, Agricultura y Construcción, Artes, Tecnología y Comunicación, Edu-cación de Negocios Profesionales, Administración, Educación Financiera, Salud, Hospitalidad y Turismo, Servicios Humanos, Información en cuanto a Tecnología, Leyes, Seguridad Publica, Corrección y Seguridad, Educación Industrial, Ventas de Mercadeo, Tecnología, Ingeniería y Matemáticas, Trans-portación, y Distribución y Logística. 2. La admisión a estos programas se basa en interés y aptitud, edad apropiada, y espacio disponible.3. Según la póliza del distrito no se discriminara por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo, o impedimento físico, en sus servicios o activi-dades relacionados con programas vocacionales, tal como lo requiere el Ti-tulo VI de la Ley de Derechos Civiles de 1964, según enmienda, el Titulo IX de las Enmiendas en la Educación, de 1972, y la Sección 504 de la Ley de Rehabilitación de 1973, según enmienda.4. Según la póliza del distrito no se discriminara por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo, impedimento fisco o edad, en sus procedimientos de empleo, tal como lo requieren el Titulo VI de la Ley de Derechos Civiles de 1964, según enmienda; el Titulo IX de las Enmiendas en la Educación, de 1972, la Ley de Discriminación por Edad, de 1975, según enmienda.5. El Distrito Escolar Independiente de Gonzáles tomara las medidas necesarias para asegurar que la falta de habilidad en el uso del lenguaje ingles no sea una barrera para la admisión y participación en todos los pro-gramas técnicos y carreras.6. Para más información sobre sus derechos o procedimientos para quejas, favor de comunicarse con la Coordinadora de Titulo IX, Dr. Kim Stro-zier, 926 St. Lawrence, 672-9551, y/o el Coordinador de la Sección 504, Frank Behrendt, 535 Fair St., 672-6441.

NOTICE TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF GERRI GILBERT

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary were issued on the Estate of GERRI GILBERT, Deceased, in Cause No. 9539 now pending in the County Court of Gonzales County, Texas, on July 23, 2012, to Vladimir Checchin at 2014 Reynolds St., Laredo, Texas 78043, or Don Blansitt, Attor-ney for the Estate, at P.O. Box 118, Schulenburg, Texas 78956.

All persons having claims against said Estate now being administered are hereby required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

Dated this 23rd day of July, 2012.

VLADIMIR CHECCHIN, Independent Executor of the Estate of GERRI GILBERT Deceased

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamen-

tary for the Estate of Oscar Fred Greer, Deceased, were issued on July 9, 2012, in Cause No. 9537, pending in the County Court of Gonzales, County, Texas, to: Donna Taylor-Greer.

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner pre-scribed by law.

c/o: V’Anne Bostick Huser Attorney for Donna Taylor-Greer119 E. 7th Street P. O. Box 567 Shiner, TX 77984

LEGAL NOTICE

Application has been made with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission for a Mixed Beverage/late hour’s license by Tami Renee Medina dba Whiskey Bent, to be located at 3030 S. Texas 80, Luling, Guadalupe County, Texas. Officers of said corporation are Tami Renee Medina, Owner.

PUBLIC HEARINGWISD will hold a meeting on August 6, 2012, 6:00 pm in the High School Tech Room, 109 N Ave C, Waelder, TX., to set a date for the Public Hearing and Meeting for the Proposed Tax Rate and Proposed Budget for the 2012-13 school year.

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HELP WANTED

GARAGE SALES

Multi Family Sale

Saturday, August 48-?

1105 Seydler St.TV, M-W-C Clothes, baby clothes, dishes, books,

knick-knacks. Little bit of everything.

NO PRESALES BEFORE 8:00 A.M.LEGAL NOTICES

GARAGE SALES GARAGE SALES GARAGE SALES

Indoors SaleDaybed, sofa, twin-size, Corningware Corelle “Visions” 40 pc. dishes, Hum-mingbird Collection

- 63 items +, Black Metal Rack w/4 China Plates, “In-spirational” House Rules (wood), Rub-ber Plant - 5 ft. +

clay 16” pot, Clay pot 18” - 20” new, Crosses assorted (6). Best offer. Mov-ing in September. 830-203-8529.--------------------------Used Dell Com-puter. Keyboard & Monitor. $250 cash. Call 512-917-4078.--------------------------FOR SALE Used cy-clone fencing and post. 1990 Dodge pick up with lift gate. Can be seen at GHA 410 Village Dr.Gonzales, Texas. For information call Jeanette Conques-tat 830-672-3419.--------------------------For Sale: Jet 3 elec-tric wheelchair in excellent condition. Has new batteries. For a person who is lefthanded. Ask-ing $1,000 or best offer. Call 830-672-8159, ask for Shirley or leave your name, phone number and message concern-ing the electric wheelchair.--------------------------Upright piano for sale. Great for kids starting piano les-sons. All keys works. Needs to be tuned. $100. Call 830-832-5965.--------------------------Unique BBQ Pit, Stagecoach. In-cludes Electric Ro-tisserie $275. Call

512-917-4078.--------------------------Gasoline operated Hedger, $125; 5 HP Tiller, $200. Both in excellent condition. 361-208-3565. --------------------------Craftsman Riding Mower. 30” Mower/Mulcher. 13.5 HP Model 536.270300. Purchased April 2011..used 6 times. Exc. Condition. $600.00. 830-560-0238. --------------------------Electric Hospital bed, $150. 582-1120. --------------------------Stain Glass Win-dow, white tail deer. $275. 512-917-4078.--------------------------Utility trailer. All wired for lights. Current tag. $375. 512-917-4078. --------------------------

HOME GROWN TOMATOES.

Highway 97 East, next to Green Acres Nursery. 672-2335.--------------------------For Sale: Headache Rack, Bumper Hitch, Aluminum Run-ning Boards, 5 office desks, Lift Chair, An-tique Bed, Leather Sofa Bed. 1109 FM 532 West, Shiner. 361-596-4403.--------------------------Air Framing Nailer. Contractor Series. $75..00. Call 361-741-2604.

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

For Sale: 231 Massey Ferguson Tractor. $9,000. 830-437-2358 or 830-857-0800. (08-23-12)--------------------------5 Bale Hay King Trailer & Bale Flip-per Loader. Load hay without getting out of truck. Video on baleflipper.com. $13,500. 512-565-5927.

7 pc. dinette, $95; coffee and end table, 475; Rol-laway Bed, $35; 37” TV, $15; 2 office re-ceptionist chairs, couch, table, etc.

361-596-4096. --------------------------For Sale: Queensize mattress set, $200; complete desk w/hutch, $30; Dining Room table with 4 high back chairs, solid wood, $300; Low back swivel re-cliner rocker, $150. Call 672-3728.--------------------------Small round dining table with leaf, ex-tends to oval. $50. Vintage pub table with extensions, $175. Black metal futon with mattress & cover. Like new. $75. 830-540-3382.

Between 4-5 Acres for Sale. Double-wide. Excellent con-dition. Hwy. front-age. 3BR, all electric, all appliances. Call 830-857-1026.--------------------------For Sale: 16X64 2/2, 5 years old, like new. Call 830-660-1286 for appt.

1999 Buick Park Av-enue Ultra. Loaded, w/46,000 miles. Very good condition. $5,900/OBO. Call 672-7723.--------------------------1992 Buick Regal, 4-door. Over 125k miles, but runs like a top. Has new struts and brakes all the way around, plus new alternator. $750. Call 361-676-7504. --------------------------Tires for Sale. 4 brand new tires - 255-35-ZR20 Nitto Extreme ZR with Rims - Mar-tin Bros 20” universal rims. $500. 830-857-1340.--------------------------2003 Saturn L200 - $6,988. 830-305-1330.--------------------------2010 Chevy Aveo - Certified, only 39,000 miles - $13,988. 830-303-4381.--------------------------2007 Suzuki XL7 SUV - only 46,000 miles. $16,888. 830-305-1330.--------------------------2010 Jeep Patriot - only 28,000 miles.

$17,688. 830-303-4381.--------------------------2007 Chevy Silvera-do Z71 - Crew Cab. $18,888. 830-305-1330.--------------------------2008 GMC Acadia SLT - Certified, Leather & Sunroof. $22,888. 830-303-4381.

FOR RENT: 2bed, 1 bath trailer. New kitchen floor. for more information call Samantha at 830-857-5812.

For Rent: 2BR/2BA/2CG home on 183 N. $1,250/mo., plus deposit. Call 830-857-4458 for information.--------------------------For Rent: 3BR/2Bath, central air/heat, newly re-modeled country hme at 1714 CR 383 between Gon-zales and Moulton. No smoking and no pets in house. $1,000.00/month w/$500.00 deposit. First & last months rent due upfront. References re-quired. Available Sept. 1. 830-263-0910.--------------------------House in the coun-try for lease. Large, clean and nice house and nice yard. Lease and de-posit required. 361-594-3233.--------------------------House for Rent. 3/2, 1,100 + sq. ft. CA/H, remodeled, alarm, furnished, washer/dryer, fridge in-cluded. Flex. lease options. Contact [email protected] or call 830-542-9743.--------------------------12 acres/house/of-fice with Hwy. 80

frontage between B e l m o n t / N i x o n near Leesville. Will subdivide. For sale or lease. Would make a great oil field yard or resi-dence. Call Peyton, 512-948-5306; Da-vid, 713-252-1130.--------------------------3BR/2BA Brick house for rent. 1 mile North of Yoa-kum. AC, washer, dryer. Large access driveway in & out for truck parking for large bobtails. Oak grove, great for BBQ’s and enter-taining. Available Mid July. Call 361-293-6619, leave message.--------------------------Motel Suites. 2 bed-rooms, full kitchen, porch/small yard. $68 nightly, $310 weekly. Crews wel-come. Call JR, 512-292-0070, 830-857-5727.--------------------------

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

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICECITY OF GONZALES

GONZALES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

The Gonzales Economic Development Corporation, by this instrument, notifies the public of the 60 Day PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD and PUBLIC HEARING on the following projects that have been presented to the GEDC Board for their consideration:

1.) Schmidt & Sons has requested funding assistance and land in the Gonzales Industrial Park from GEDC for expansion of their business in Gonzales. The application was presented to GEDC during the July 30, 2012 Meeting. 2.) DeWitt Adventures, LLC has requested funding as sistance from GEDC for the construction of The Texas Lodge, adjacent to the Best Western Gonza- les. The application was presented to GEDC during the July 30, 2012 Meeting. 3.) Frames & Things has requested funding assistance from the SBIG program to repair the roof on their business in Gonzales. The application was presented to GEDC during the June 25th meeting.

A copy of the applications are available for review at the Gonzales City Hall, 820 St. Joseph Street, during the regular business hours of 8:00am until 5:00pm, Monday thru Friday.

The GEDC will hold a Public Hearing Monday, August 27, 2012, at the Gonzales City Hall, 820 St. Joseph St., during the Regular GEDC Meeting that begins at 6:00pm, to allow for public comment on these 3 projects and the proposed expenditure of Type B Sales Tax funds. Af-ter consideration and voting by GEDC, the projects go to City Council for their approval of the expenditure of funds. The GEDC encourages citizens to participate in the public comment and public hearing stages of all GEDC projects. Citizens unable to at-tend meetings may submit their views to Carolyn Gibson, Economic Development Director for the City of Gonzales, by mailing them to P.O. Drawer 547, Gonzales, TX 78629. For additional information, contact the Economic Development office at (830)-672-2815.

WANTED:

CDL DRIVERS NEEDEDBobtail Truck Driver

Day & Night Positions AvailableRequirements:

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

Insurance, 401K and vacation included

Applications available at:Schmidt & Sons, Inc.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. Drug screening as applicable to position.

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

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

Organo Operator III (Dry Process)Southern Clay Products, Inc.

COME JOIN OUR TEAM IN GONZALES, TEXAS

SCP is an international company, an industry leader, a clay manufacturer and a great place to work. The pace is fast, the environment is friendly, the benefits are outstanding and we offer a competitive salary! Here’s what we’re looking for:

• High school diploma or GED required.• Basic math skills• Able to speak and read English• Able to operate forklift• Able to lift 55 lbs frequently• Able to work independently with limited supervision• Must be a quick learner – able to learn the following: o Organo Dry Process – including: amine trailer unloading, bag-ging equipment, clay feeder, amine feed system, extruder, dryer, and as-sociated equipment• Ideal applicant will demonstrate good communication skills, initiative, and good judgment in problem solving• Must have excellent safety record; should be able to demonstrate commit-ment to safety, active participation in safety systems and programs, safety meetings, and hazard reporting.• Must be able to work rotating shifts • Work overtime to fill in for vacation and sick-day relief and other shifts as needed

Southern Clay Products, Inc. is a Rockwood Holdings Company.Come visit us at http://www.scprod.com or http://rockwoodspefialties.com/index.htm Please apply at the Gonzales Workforce Center or send

your resume to [email protected] or fax to: 830-672-1908Southern Clay Products, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Duties May Include: Answering phones, employee paperwork & timesheets. Be proficient in Microsoft Word & Excel. Other office skills: 10-key, typewriter, data entry, alphanumeric entry, numeric en-try, fax, copier, scanning, filing, organization & research. Prior office experience preferred. Office Hours: 8am-12pm and 1pm-5pm, M-F.

Applications Available At: 1204 Reed Dr., Lockhart, TX 78644or visit http://www.co.caldwell.tx.us. For more information, contact

Chief Deputy David W. Brent at (512) 398-6777, ext. 202

CALDWELL COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICEseeking applicants for Full-Time Clerk

28ft BPull Travel

Trailers. Queen Bedroom,

Full Kitchen - Bath, Bunks.

Financing Available.

View more atwww.txtravel-trailers.com.Like New. Sleeps 4-6.

979-743-1514800-369-6888.

Shiner Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is looking

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

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Land for lease for oil field service equipment. Prime location. 4 miles N. on 183. 2 1/2 acres. Electric, water, parking, storage. Call 203-0585 or 672-6922. (TFN)

Willing to do part-time sitting of el-derly man or wom-an after hospital stay or surgery. Take them to local doc-tors visits, grocery shoping, etc. Call 830-788-7123 for more information. --------------------------Electrical Wiring, Troubleshooting,

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

Lawn mowing ser-vice, residential & commercial. Will also mow oilfield yards or large oil re-lated businesses. Li-ability ins., free esti-mates and low cost. No job too large or too small. 830-263-4181.(TFN)

RV For Sale. Older unit. 5th wheel. $2,900. Contact Richard, 830-556-6905.------------------------Ford Motorhome. 44,000 orig. miles. All working. $2,995. 830-857-6565.RV Rentals available at Belmont RV Park Estates. Call Rich-ard, 830-556-6095.--------------------------Travel Trailers for rent. Located at J.B. Wells, Gonza-les, Texas. Cheaper than motel. Clean, fully furnished, 32 ft. trailers. $300/ a week. Please call for

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

For Sale or Trade: 27’ Sailboat, Beam 8’, fiberglass. 361-561-3335. Ask for Jeff.--------------------------2006 Land Prides 4x4 Recreational Vehicle For Sale. Approx. 200 hours. Honda Motor. In-dependent Suspen-sion. Windshield and Roof. 4x4. Ask-ing - $4,950.00 in very good condi-tion. Call 830-857-4670.

PuppiesHalf Lab, Half Pyr-enees. Free to good home. 830-203-1733 or 830-540-4485.--------------------------We stock Sport-mix Dog and Cat Food, Demon WP for those ants and scorpions. Gonza-les Poultry Supply, 1006 St. Paul Street, 672-7954.(TFN)

Nanny Boer Goats (adults). Pkg. Deal $500.00 (5) or $125 each. 830-560-

0238. --------------------------Muscovy ducks for sale. $10.00 each. 8 3 0 - 2 6 3 - 2 4 8 2 . (TFN)--------------------------Laying Hens, $10.00. 512-718-0482.--------------------------For Sale: Registered Polled Hereford Bulls. 8-22 mths old. Heifers also, 8 months to 2 years. 830-540-4430.--------------------------FOR SALE: 4 year old Angus Bull. 830-875-2524.--------------------------WANT TO BUY: Any or Unwanted Hors-es. Call Leejay at 830-857-3866.--------------------------For Sale: Baby & Young Adult Ducks. Mix Breeds. Cost $3.50-$20.00 each. Call 830-857-6844, ask for Tammy Ste-phens.--------------------------M I N I - D O N K E Y S . Great pets, loves people. All ages and colors, some “cross” designs, 36” tall. 830-672-6265, 830-857-4251, 830-672-5152.--------------------------M I N I - G O A T S . (Dwarf Nigerians) 18” to 24” tall. Good weed eaters. Fun to have around. Beautiful silver and white herd sire. (7 left) 830-672-6265, 830-857-4251, 830-672-5152.

FOR SALE BY OWN-ER: 3 bed, 2 1/2 bath, single story home in Gonzales. Beautiful wet bar and gourmet kitch-en with granite counter tops. Large pantry utility room. 2 car garage with workshop, nice pool and spa, huge covered porches. All on or nearly 1/2 acre. $249,000. Call 210-844-4963.--------------------------Older couple down-sizing 15 acres (10 acres fenced), house, 3/1 1/2, Barn, ponds, trees. Wharton County. $137,000. 979-533-3262.--------------------------House for Sale. 2BR. Nice neighbor-hood. $25,000. 830-672-8034.--------------------------4BR/2BA, 1900 Sq. ft. 210 Tanglewood Trail. New appli-ances, remodeled, new master bath. 830-857-6488.--------------------------House for Sale/To Be Moved: 3BR/1Ba frame house, pier & beam foundation, central A/H. Buyer responsible for moving house from property, $6,000. 830-857-4172.--------------------------Two story, eleven room home which includes three bed-room, two baths. Apprx. 2,500 sq. ft. on about an half acre. Corner lot,

zoned for residen-t ia l /commercia l . Luling. $150,000. 830-875-6975.

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

Wanted to lease land for cattle graz-ing. Must have water and fences. Contact Mitchell Hardcastle, 830-857-4544.--------------------------90x60 lot for sale. For more info, call Jose at (936) 488-8115.--------------------------5 Acres or more to lease. For Storage or Oilfield Equip-ment etc. 1 1/2 mile from city limits off 183 S. Call 830-263-4888 for informa-tion.

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vManufactured home in excellent condition, about 1900 sq. ft., 3bed/2bath, large kitchen, located on 5 acres with many oak trees. County water and GVEC elec. Ready for move in. Fronting Hwy. 304, 2 miles north of Hwy. 90 and about 16 miles from Gonzales. Owner/Agent. Price...........................................................................................$99,500vGONZALES 3/2 new construction, 707 St. Francis...........$199,500vGONZALES 3/1, 108 1/2 St. Francis St................................$40,000vGONZALES 3/2.5, 1714 Gardien St.......REDUCED........$220,000vGONZALES 1006 Seydler St., 2 bed/2 bath, on 2 acres..........$120,500

FARM & RANCHvWAELDER 97.44 acres, 4BR ranch house, great house, oil/gas in-come, Ranching/Investment.....................................................$750,000vGONZALES 28 acres, 2 story, 3BR, 2 Bath custom built home......................................................................................................$375,000

ACREAGEvWAELDER- 10 acres, has utilities.......................................$65,000vREDROCK Good homesite, hunting, and investment opportunity. Property includes producing oil well with $24K annual production rev-enue and Seller will negotiate the sale of mineral rights...........$895,000

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

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The world famous KCTI AM 1450 is proud to announce the inaugu-ral season of The KCTI AM 1450 Free Texas Mu-sic Series at the Running M Bar and Grill in Gon-zales.

Program Director Egon Barthels said the timing couldn’t be more per-fect as KCTI AM 1450 is about to mark its 65th year on the air serving

the citizens of Gonzales County and South Cen-tral Texas, .

“By joining with our friends at the Running M, we can now bring those interviews that we would normally do in studio, we can bring this type of en-tertainment to our com-munity, the way KCTI AM 1450 did years ago!”

Egon adds, “For a sta-tion to be live, local and as independent as Texas for 65 years says a lot about the support of the

community that supports its hometown full service radio station, our listen-ers and advertisers are our backbone, and the music series is another way for us to give back to the community.”

“The KCTI AM 1450 Free Texas Music Series” will feature acoustic per-formances and inter-views from Texas Coun-try artists on stage at The Running M on Saint Paul Street in Downtown Gonzales.

The weekly show will be held from 8-9 p.m. ev-ery Wednesday through October 3. For those who won’t be able to be at the show, you can hear the interview on KCTI AM 1450 in the Gonzales County area, online on KCTI1450.com, and now anywhere in the world on your Smartphone via the free Tune In Radio App.

Artists scheduled to appear this season in-clude Jason Allen, Thom Shepherd & Coley Mc-Cabe, The Pale Horses, The Rankin Twins, Curtis Grimes, Mario Flores and others to be determined.

For complete details, and a list of sched-uled artists visit www.kcti1450.com, Facebook.com/KCTIAM1450 or follow us on Twitter at @KCTIAM1450.

The station also an-nounced this week that it will serve as the Cen-tral Texas affiliate for Houston Texans football broadcasts. KCTI wlil carry live Texans pre-sea-son and regular season games beginning Aug. 11, when the Texans take on the Carolina Panthers in pre-season action.

Since December 17, 1947, KCTI AM 1450 has served the citizens of Gonzales and surround-ing counties and South Central Texas with local and area news, informa-tion and entertainment. For more information, or to become an adver-tising partner on this or any KCTI AM 1450 pro-motion please visit www.kcti1450.com or call (830) 672-3631.

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Future Olympian?Laura Dedear won the Gold Medal in Double Mini Trampoline in her age group at the 2012 National Junior Olympic USA Gymnastics Tumbling and Trampoline Championships held in Long Beach, Calif. Dedear, daughter of Tim and Cindy Dedear of Irving, has been competing in local, state, and regional gymnastic events for the past five years and has received numerous Bronze, Silver, and Gold medals. She practices at the Palaestra in Farmers Branch. She is the grand-daughter of J. U. and Melene Dedear and the great granddaughter of Esther Lindemann, all of Cost. Although too young to compete in nationals, her five-year old sister Katharine is following in her sister’s footsteps. (Photo by Mark Lube)

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‘Our Town’Rebecca ( Maddie Welvaert) and brother George (Jeron Tucker) wondering at the moon during last week’s production of Our Town at the Gaslight Bak-er Theater in Lockhart. performances continue at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Aug. 4. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for children and seniors. For ticket information, visit http://www.gaslightbak-ertheatre.org/ (Courtesy photo)


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The Gonzales County Mental Health Advisory Board met on Thursday, July 5, in the confer-ence room at the Gon-zalesCommunityHealth-Center. Officers for elected for the next term, including John Raeke, president; John Berkley, vice-president; Casey Es-parza, treasurer; Nancy Logan, secretary; and Joann Hedrick, report-er. CountyJudge David Bird announced he will recommend at the next Commissioner’s Court meeting appointing Chris Espinosa to serve as the new representative to the Bluebonnet Trails Board of Trustees.

The board voted to make a donation of $1000 to the Gonzales Youth Center in memory of Dorothy Ploeger, who served on the board for a number of years. In addi-tion, a donation of $5,000 will be given to Gonza-les Christian Women’s Job Corps in memory of Marilyn Price, who was the long-time Gonzales County representative on the Bluebonnet Trails Mental Health Board of Directors; and in honor of Carol DuBose, who service as president of the Gonzales County Mental Health Advisory for many years has been invaluable to this community.

Mental Health Clinic Director Linda Kohleffel reported that the clinic is currently serving 33 adults and 22 children in GonzalesCounty.

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Back to School 2012 East Avenue Primary School, Grades PK-1 Projected Enrollment: 660 students Principal: Mrs. Christi Leonhardt Address: 1615 Saint Louis Phone: 830-672-2826 School Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 3:10 p.m.; Doors open daily at 7:30 a.m. for students New Student Registration: August 1, 2012; 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Early Schedule Pick-Up: Wednesday, August 22, 2012; 10:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Meet The Teacher Night: Thursday, August 23, 2012; Due to construction on campus, all grades may come 4:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. to meet the teacher and fill out required forms. Gonzales Elementary School, Grades 2 - 4 Projected Enrollment: 660 students Principal: Mrs. Jane Iley Address: 1600 Saint Andrew Phone: 830-672-1467 School Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 3:25 p.m. Doors on the cafeteria side and gym doors open daily at 7:30 a.m. for students only. Front doors open at 7:45 a.m. for visitors. All visitors must sign in with driver’s license and get a visitor’s pass. School day begins promptly at 7:45 a.m. with31 breakfast in the classroom. New Student Registration: August 9-10, 2012; 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Orientation and schedule pickup: First, there will be a brief parent orientation meeting in the cafeteria. After the orientation meeting, parents and students will be dismissed to receive the student’s schedule, visit their classroom, drop off supplies, and pick up student information forms which need to be filled out and returned on the first day of school, Monday, August 27, 2012. All forms are also available on the Gonzales ISD website. 2nd Grade: Tuesday, August 21, 2012; 5:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. 3rd grade: Wednesday, August 22, 2012; 5:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. 4th grade: Thursday, August 23, 2012; 5:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. North Avenue Intermediate School, Grades 5 - 6 Projected Enrollment: 380 students Principal: Mr. Gene Kridler Address: 1032 Saint Joseph Phone: 830-672-9557 School Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Doors open daily at 7:30 a.m. for students New and Returning Student Registration: 5th Grade August 8, 2012; 9:00 a.m. – 5:45 p.m. 6th Grade August 9, 2012; 9:00 a.m. – 5:45 p.m. *All Registration Forms must be completed before a student can receive his/her schedule. Meet the Teacher and Schedule Pick-Up: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 5th Grade 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. 6th Grade 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Gonzales Junior High School, Grades 7 - 8 Projected Enrollment: 380 students Principal: Ms. Wanda Fryer Address: 424 North College Phone: 830-672-8641 School Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 3:35 p.m. 7th Grade Registration: August 15, 2012; 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 8th Grade Registration: August 16, 2012; 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. New Student Registration: August 17, 2012; 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Schedule Pick-Up and Meet the Teacher: August 23, 2012; 2:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Parents must completely fill out all forms in the Registration Packets and bring updated immunization record in order to receive class schedule on August 23, 2012. Gonzales High School, Grades 9 – 12 Projected Enrollment: 725 students Principal: Dr. Christopher Morrow Address: 1801 North Sarah Dewitt Phone: 830-672-7535 School Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 3:53 p.m. Teachers available for tutorials: 7:45 – 8:00; 1:00-1:15 and after school as needed. Student ID photos will be taken anytime from August 6 to August 24, 2012; 8am-12pm & 1pm-4pm Students must be in dress code for ID photos. Schedules will be handed out during registration after forms are competed. Required forms are available on the Gonzales ISD website. Students will meet with a counselor during registration. Seniors: August 9, 2012: Last Names A-L; 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. August 10, 2012: Last Names M-Z; 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Juniors: August 13, 2012: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Sophomores: August 14, 2012: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Freshman Orientation (Fish Camp): August 16, 2012: 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Information booths will be set up in the cafeteria to provide UIL and club information. Schedules may be picked up after all necessary forms have been completed

New Student Registration and make up registration: August 15 -22, 2012, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. The faculty and staff are looking forward to an exciting and successful year with the students at Gonzales High School!

NEW STUDENT REGISTRATION: EASY AS 1, 2, 3, 4 To register a student new to the Gonzales Independent School District, parents should bring the following information to the school of attendance, August 16-17, 2012: 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

1. Immunization Record; 2. Social Security Card; 3. Birth Certificate; 4. Previous School Records.

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL: Monday, August 27, 2012

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SAN ANTONIO — You have to be willing to try new things or a differ-ent way of doing familiar things.

Gonzales graduate and incoming Eastern New Mexico Greyhound Land-on Lock had to do some-thing he definitely was not used Tuesday night in the Texas High School Coaches Association (THSCA) All-Star Football game at the Alamodome.

Lock made the start at outside linebacker and saw action on several defen-sive series. Lock and Cu-ero graduate Colten Jacob suited up for the South All-Star Team, who fell to the North All-Star Team 30-16.

Lock is accustomed to playing inside linebacker, his position during the 2010 and 2011 seasons of the Gonzales Apaches.

“Playing outside line-backer meant I had to get used to a lot of adjust-ments,” he said.

“For one, I had to read the play and react accord-

ingly instead of just go after the ball.”

Another different thing Lock had to do was play a bigger part in pass cover-age.

“My coverage was okay. Nothing bad,” he said. “I did a decent job. I did not have a lot thrown in my di-rection and that was a good thing as well because I am not so sure I could have covered well enough.”

Lock also could not do some techniques that are common among lineback-ers.

“There was no cutting, no tackling below the waist and no blitzing although I could show blitz,” he said. “Just some different rules, but it is good so no injuries occurred for a player who is about to start playing col-lege ball.”

“Overall, it was a great experience in doing stuff I am not used to doing.”

Lock and the rest of the South All-Star Team was coached by the staff of Ci-bolo Steele High School. Lock’s high school coach and father, Ricky Lock, was up in the stands as a specta-

tor for a change.“I was playing and was

not being coached by my Dad,” Lock said.

“It was a nice change. It was not as intense. I did not have someone on my back the whole time.”

He said it was a different coaching situation with the All-Stars.

“The coaches did well and it is tough to put to-gether a team in just four days,” he said.

He said he cherishes play-ing in the All-Star game as one last time to play at the high-school level.

“It is a good tune-up be-fore I start college practice in a couple of weeks,” Lock said.

It will not be too long be-fore Lock has to report to Portales, N.M.

“How about tomorrow (Aug. 1)?” he said. “I leave in the morning.”

The recent Gobbler grad Jacob helped anchor the South defensive line as he played defensive end.

He made a tackle or two but mainly helped to put pressure on the North All-Star quarterbacks, Matt

Bishop and Clayton Nicho-las.

Jacob did get an apparent sack early in the game but had it negated because of a facemask penalty.

Lock ended up with five total tackles, one unassisted tackle and eight assists. He also blocked an extra point in the process and played on special teams.

Game SummaryNorth 30, South 16

North 14 3 13 0—30South 0 8 0 0—16

N-Clayton Nicholas 1 run (Nick Jordan kick)

N-Michael Ellis 21 pass from Matt Bishop (Jordan kick)

N-Jordan 31 FGS-Trent Momon 15 pass

from Rex Dausin (Marcus Price pass from Dausin)

N-Wayne Onderdonck 2 run (Jordan kick)

N- Onderdonck 2 run (kick blocked)

S-Reginald Davis 25 pass from Dakota Prukop (Da-vis pass from Prukop)

It’s impossible for any self-respecting fan (or hat-er) of Cuero high school sports to mention Gobbler football without uttering the name of Robert Strait.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest to ever take the gridiron in the state of Texas, Strait left behind a legacy at Cuero High School that almost defies description. As a four-year varsity starter, Strait racked up stats incredible enough for him to be considered among the Texas football legends.

The burly running back starred for the Gobblers from 1985-88 where he led his team to three straight championship game ap-pearances. To this date, he is third all-time in career carries with 1,131 and sev-enth with 8,411 rushing yards.

In 1987, he nearly broke the mark for points scored in a season with 372 when he ran for 3,515 yards (9th all-time) and 54 touch-downs (5th all-time). He had 41 games with more than 100 yards rushing for his career, which was a state record until it was broken by Wes Danaher (43) in 1995.

In the entire national history of high school football, Strait’s 1987 rush-ing total still ranks 10th all-time ahead of the best prep seasons of future NFL stars like DeShaun Foster, Thomas Jones, Herschel Walker and Shaun Alexan-der.

Despite the mind-bog-gling totals he was able to

amass, Strait said when asked about his fond-est memories from high school it boils down to one thing.

“What I remember most about Cuero was the ca-maraderie,” he said. “We called ourselves The Broth-erhood. Even to this day, all of the starters from those teams are like a family.”

“I broke a lot of records, but I couldn’t have done it without those guys. We were loaded with talent and we just played to have fun.”

Strait discovered his penchant for running the pigskin at an early age and it didn’t long for people to realize that he was going to be something special.

“I started playing foot-ball in the streets,” he re-called. “I grew up in the projects and we used to play neighborhood against neighborhood. That’s where I learned.”

“I grew up pretty rough and used to fight all the time. My mom used to say I was a roguish kid. My sixth grade PE teacher, Victor Mathis, used to see me fighting all the time and told me if I could just hold that anger in and use it for football that I could possi-bly go pro one day.”

There were no Pop War-ner or CYFL youth leagues in Cuero back in those days, so Strait had to wait until junior high school to put his talent on display in organized ball.

“I dominated everybody because of my size,” Strait said. “In the seventh grade I was like 5’10” and 170 pounds, which was pretty big.”

During two-a-days in

his freshman year, Strait caught the eye of his head coach, who was looking to replenish his stable of backs.

“I was nervous because everybody wore green hel-mets except for the varsity, who wore white helmets,” said Strait. “Here I was practicing with the var-sity in a green helmet. We started going through the offense and on my first play, I ran for a 60-yard touchdown. From then on, the rest is history.”

“I don’t think football is something you learn, I think it’s natural. You just have to practice at it to hone your skills, but it has to already be there in your heart.”

Strait’s high school ca-reer took off almost as fast as he did when carrying the football. He immediately Cuero to back-to-back state championship ap-pearances, where they lost 47-22 to Daingerfield in 1985 and 24-0 to Jefferson the following year.

“It’s hard enough to win a playoff game in Texas be-cause the competition is so tough,” he said. “We made it to state my freshman year and I think we were just kind of happy to be there.”

“The next year is the one that disappointed us the most because we had all of the tools in place. We were 15-0 going into that state championship game and got blown out of the sta-dium. We just didn’t play Gobbler football.”

The returning starters from that runner-up team took that loss to heart and took measures to ensure the Gobblers would not

come up short in 1987.“That state loss from the

previous year just stuck in our craw,” said Strait. “Our tradition of winning was just so long that going to the playoffs was nothing. If you didn’t win the big game, it was considered an unsuccessful season.”

“There were a lot of guys still in town who played on those teams from the 70’s when Cuero won 44 games

in a row and back to back state championships. They were our mentors. They were the guys we looked up to and wanted to emulate.”

Even though it’s been removed by over two de-cades, Strait said he can clearly remember the dedi-cation and focus his team-mates showed during that offseason.

“There were about 15 of us who worked out togeth-

er that whole summer,” he said. “We ran on the streets of downtown Cuero and came into two-a-days in shape. In previous years, we had used two-a-days to get into shape.”

“We decided to stick to-gether and do that for each other because we knew we had enough talent to win it all. There was not ever a time when I thought about

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Football RoyaltyOne of the greatest high school football players ever, Robert Strait (20) is shown running the ball during a Baylor against Rice. Strait broke numerous Texas records en route to leading Cuero to three straight state championship game appearances throughout his prep career. (Photo courtesy of Baylor Athletics)

All Star ActionTwo area athletes participated in the THSCA All-Star football game Tuesday in San Antonio. At top, Cu-ero’s Colten Jacob (55) puts pressure on the quar-terback and above, Gonzales’ Landon Lock brings down a North ball carrier. (Photos by Mark Lube)

breaking a record. I was putting up numbers all season, but the primary thought was always let’s win.”

The Gobblers were a vir-tual buzzsaw that year, roaring through district before winning their first three playoff games by a margin of 138-6. They went on to beat La Grange, 33-14, in the quarterfinals and edged Camer-on Yoe, 34-27 in the semis before winning the 3A title by downing McGregor, 14-6.

“We went into every game with the mentality of ‘We can’t lose,’” Strait said. “There wasn’t a game that we played where we thought we were going to lose. That’s the kind of attitude you have to have to be a champion.”

Towards the end of his junior season was when things started to get crazy for the talented run-ning back. Strait was garnering media attention from all across the state as he was approaching the “unbreakable” records of the legendary Ken Hall.

“Even at that time, I knew it was not about records,” said Strait. “It was about being one point better than whoever we were playing on that night.”

After reaching the pinnacle of the state high school world, Cu-ero came crashing back down to earth in 1988 when the team only managed a 4-6 record.

“We lost everybody to gradua-tion,” Strait explained. “I was the only starter coming back. The whole offensive line was made of sophomores and so was the quarterback. The defense was just pieced together, but that was all we had.”

Despite the team’s reversal of fortunes, Strait remained in the forefront of the national land-scape. He was the most highly coveted running back by every Division One school in the coun-try and his recruitment soon turned into a media circus.

“That was really something,” he said. “You have no idea how big the college recruiting business is, how crazy people are and what they are willing to do in the pro-cess to get you to come to their school. My parents and I were going crazy from all of the letters and the phone calls and the visits and the reporters.”

“I was trying to stay focused on just graduating. I had taken my ACT as a junior so I didn’t have to worry about that, I was just try-ing to focus on staying healthy.”

Strait received either calls or visits or both from several coach-es of the top collegiate programs in the country at that time in-cluding Jimmy Johnson (Miami), Joe Paterno (Penn State), Barry Switzer (Oklahoma), Larry Smith (USC) and Lou Holtz (Notre Dame).

“All these coaches were com-ing to our fieldhouse,” he said. “It was something that I had never seen before and it was stressful. ESPN came down and Sports Il-

lustrated did a story on me. It was just crazy.”

Strait eventually settled on taking his official visits to five schools and he chose USC, Mi-ami, Baylor, Houston and Texas Tech.

“I picked Houston and Tech because a friend of mine, Darin Battles, was being recruited by those two schools,” he said. “I also went to visit UT and a few other schools.”

It was one particular visit where the red carpet was rolled out for him so extensively that it was almost too much for him to resist.

“I almost signed with USC,” Strait recalled. “When I got to Los Angeles, O.J. Simpson’s son picked me up from the airport in a limo and we rode around in a Jaguar or Mercedes all day. I met Nicole, Justin, A.C. Cowlings, and Marcus Allen. Keep in mind, this was way before the murders.”

“USC was playing Notre Dame that weekend and we went to the game. I met all kinds of actors and NFL players like Rosey Greer and Lynn Swann. I nearly made up mind right there.”

Strait still had two official vis-its left with Miami and Baylor, but for some reason UT was still listed as a likely destination in all of the recruiting publications.

“I never really considered UT,” said Strait. “They pulled out all of the stops, too.”

It was widely reported that the Longhorns offered to un-retire the number 20 that had been worn by Texas great Earl Camp-bell in order to allow Strait the chance to keep playing under the number he had worn throughout his prep career with Cuero. Strait said the story was absolutely true.

“That was one of the reasons why I didn’t go there,” he said. “David McWilliams was the head coach at the time and he came to my house to talk my mom. As he was leaving, he got on his hands and knees on our sidewalk and begged me to please come to Texas.”

“My mom helped him up while asking what was wrong with him. After that, they offered me the chance to wear number 20. I went to Austin to discuss it. Nolan Ryan was there and Earl Camp-bell was there. They were saying if you want to wear 20, it’s yours.”

Even though the recruiting ef-fort by UT was meant to show utmost respect for Strait and his abilities, all the phenom could focus on was the disrespect they were showing Campbell.

“My parents and I talked about it,” he explained. “We thought if this is how they could treat him after everything he did for the school and give his number to a recruit, what do you think they’re going to do for the next great re-cruit who wants number 20?”

National Signing Day came and Strait was still torn between becoming a Trojan or a Bear, with both of those school’s head coaches occupying his living room that day. It was ultimately

the input of his former Cuero and future Baylor teammates Brad Goebel and his cousin Trooper Taylor that tipped the scales in Baylor’s favor.

“Coach (Grant) Teaff sold Baylor to me based on the fam-ily principle I was used to,” said Strait. “If I went to USC, my fam-ily would rarely get to see me play because of the cost of flying out there and I would rarely see them because of those same costs.”

“Coach Teaff told me that by coming to Baylor, I wouldn’t just be another face in the crowd or get lost in the shuffle. He never promised me that I would be his starting running back, but he told me I would get an opportunity to compete. That was sincere to me.”

Now in the collegiate ranks, Strait didn’t quite make the im-mediate splash that was expected. He had played with a chipped bone in his knee ever since the eighth grade, an injury which Baylor discovered during his in-coming physical so they went in and cleaned it out. Strait was told it would take anywhere from two to 20 weeks to heal properly.

He was redshirted that fresh-man year, but the inactivity caused his weight to balloon.

“I was already weighing 225 when I left high school,” Strait said. “When I got to Baylor, the heaviest back on the roster was about 200 pounds. I got up to 265 and Coach Teaff came to me dur-ing spring practice and asked me to try playing fullback.”

Despite never having played the position, Strait embraced the move and blossomed into the most effective fullback in the con-ference that year. However since there was no official position for a fullback on the All-Conference Team, Strait’s accomplishments went largely unnoticed by the media.

“It was a rough transition for me because I didn’t really want to play it,” he said. “But I real-ized that in college football, ev-erybody is basically a role player. You have to do your job and take care of your business in order for the team to come together.”

Even though his position had changed, the hype surrounding Strait still remained. Still widely expected to become a franchise back who would lead his pro-gram to the promised land of a national championship, Strait let the pressure get to him and he be-gan to act out – staying in and out of trouble periodically for violat-ing team rules.

“I attribute that part of it to my youth,” he said. “You get used to feeling like you’re untouchable because of the hype and start to think that you can get away with anything. I was just doing a lot of knuckle-headed stuff.”

The culmination of his acting out came when Strait was sus-pended from the final game of his senior year. Even though his ca-reer there was somewhat tumul-tuous, Strait still ranks as second all-time in school history with 32 rushing touchdowns. He is also

8th in career rushing attempts (428) and 9th in career rushing yards (1,856).

Despite the fact that his rela-tionship with his Baylor coaches were strained and frayed at the time, the NFL still came calling for the talented Cuero product. The Cleveland Browns selected him with a sixth round pick in the 1994 draft.

“There were still unresolved is-sues from my senior year at Bay-lor,” he said. “I was going through some personal problems with the relationship I was in.”

Strait said he went to OTA’s (or-ganized team activities) with the Browns and everything was go-ing perfect. He had even secured a starting spot with the team as a special teams player. But his per-sonal demons proved too much to reckon with, and Strait effec-tively just walked away from his budding NFL career.

“I didn’t even want to play any-more,” he said. “I jumped on the next plane out of there. I didn’t want it anymore, but fortunately they called me back the next year.”

Strait showed up to camp that season with a clear mind and in the best shape of his career. Un-fortunately, adversity reared its ugly head again when Strait was suddenly cut from the team.

“Even then, I didn’t think it was over,” he said. “I was still working out in New Orleans with a lot of other athletes.”

“Anytime you get fired from a job it’s a huge slap in the face and that was basically what hap-pened. It was just something that I couldn’t control.”

The agent Strait had signed with was solely focused on hav-ing his client play in the NFL, although there were other pro-fessional leagues around like the fledgling NFL Europe and the Canadian Football League.

“‘The same year I was drafted by the Browns, I was drafted by the Ottawa Roughriders as well,” he said. “They still held my future rights.”

But because of the tunnel vi-sion showed by his representa-tion and the economical infeasi-bility for Strait to continue paying a professional training staff, he resigned himself to the possibility of having to work a conventional job.

“Before you know it, three or four years have passed,” he said. “Unless your Michael Jordan, it’s hard to come back after that. It was tough.”

Since his football-playing days, Strait has worked various jobs including a stint with UPS in Houston. His first marriage failed and he eventually ended up back home in Cuero.

“I was just hanging out with people who I hadn’t seen in a long time,” he explained. “Everything was fun and everyday was a par-ty. It was all happy until the police got involved. After that, it became evident that I was making some bad decisions in terms of who I was hanging around with.”

A former hometown hero, Strait was arrested in Cuero in 2000 and charged with delivery of a controlled substance.

“I basically got in trouble for telling an undercover cop where he could go buy some drugs,” he said. “He went and did his thing and I didn’t hear anymore about it until a year later. I got indicted and ended up getting locked up for three months.”

The charges were eventually dismissed, but Strait said that by that time irreversible damage had been done.

“That was something that I wouldn’t wish on my worst en-emy,” he said. “It ruins your life as far as getting a job, but more importantly it ruins your repu-tation. It gets into the paper and people believe what they read.”

Now at the age of 42, Strait is living in Victoria with his new wife and their five-year old daughter. The seemingly invin-cible physique he once carried has begun to break down on the legendary runner.

He recently underwent a suc-cessful surgery where doctors took three damaged discs out of his neck. Strait is scheduled to have a knee replacement done soon on his left knee.

“I guess all of those years of football have finally come back to haunt me,” he said jovially.

Strait also has a son, Reese, from his first marriage and is get-ting the opportunity to re-live a modicum of his football glory days vicariously through him. Reese, an incoming junior, is a starting linebacker for the Den-ton Ryan Raiders.

“He’s talented,” Strait said. “He won’t play running back, but he moves just as fast playing line-backer as I did. He’s about 6-2, 240 pounds and just thick. He’s a good kid who’s smart and he loves the game. In order to be a good football player, you’ve got to love it.”

“I’ve already told him that no matter what he’s going to go through, I’m going to be there. That’s the beauty of having kids, you can teach them and be there for them at all times.”

The bottom line for Strait is he realizes that it has been the ups and downs of his life that have converged to make him into the man he is today.

“No matter how many mis-takes you make, we’re all human,” he said. “You just have to keep fighting to do the right thing. Anybody that wants to talk to me, I’m willing because I have a story to tell from both the positive and the negative sides.”

“As you grow older you real-ize that the man you are today wouldn’t be possible had it not been for the man you used to be. God tests you to build you up and make you better. I’ve been through something in my life, but I can honestly say that I have no regrets.”

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GHS Shooting Team earns honorsGonzales High School Shooting Team members Bryn McNabb (left) and Brie Schauer (right) participated in the Comal Claybusters 4-H Shotgun Invitational at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio July 14-15. McNabb came in first place in the Senior 1 Division and Schauer was third in the Senior 2 Division. (Courtesy photo)

Hatcher named GHS head softball coach

Holli Hatcher

Gonzales assistant soft-ball and junior high girls coach Holli Hatcher has been awarded her first head coaching position.

Hatcher was recently promoted to head softball coach after the position was vacated by three-year head coach Holly Long, who de-parted Gonzales to take an assistant softball post with Class 4A Kyle Lehman.

Hatcher has pledged to help her young charges in every way she can to help foster success on the field.

“I will give them every-thing I have to help coach and teach them,” she said. “But the kids have to want it and that is something I know they want.”

Hatcher is already think-ing about what she expects from the team for the 2013

season.“When it comes to coach-

ing ideas, I have a vision for what I am going to expect from these kids and what I know they can accomplish,” she said.

Once her first season in charge gets underway, Hatcher will takes things one step at a time.

“I am going to take the season one day at a time and one game at a time,” she


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said. “We will tackle each obstacle as it comes along.”

Hatcher said she is ex-cited for upcoming school year to get underway and especially, softball season.

“I am really looking for-ward to this year in gen-eral,” she said. “I love the game of softball and getting the chance to teach it, and I want as many kids as possi-ble to come be a part of this program. There will defi-nitely be challenges along the way, but it is nothing that we as a team cannot

handle.”Hatcher said she plans on

coaching the girls to give their best effort, regard-less of whether it’s Monday practice or a Friday-night district game.

“My expectations for the players this next year are to work hard every single day they come out to prac-tice and expect nothing but the best from themselves,” she said. “I am a firm be-liever in good things hap-pen to people who work hard, whether it is winning a game or achieving a per-sonal goal.”

“I want them to go into

this season with the sat-isfaction that they have given everything they have in preparing for it. Not every practice is going to go perfectly, but that does not mean you cannot work hard. I know these kids have the want to do great things this year and I have 100 percent faith they can.”

The 2012 Gonzales soft-ball team finished in fourth place, just barely missing the playoffs. They held a 6-6 record in District 28-3A.

The team lost just two seniors and returns seven starters.

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HATCHER: Looking forward to getting the best of her team

Area Class 3A baseball progams Yoakum and Cu-ero received player selec-tions to the Texas Sports Writers Association (TX-SWA) Collin Street Bakery All-State Team.

Yoakum’s Brice Lauer was named as Second Team catcher. Adam Hunter won Honorable Mention as pitcher and designated hitter, Blake McCracken was selected as Honorable Mention at third base, and Hogan Lauer was an Hon-orable Mention outfielder.

For the Cuero Gobblers, Logan Goebel was Second Team outfield, and Jordan Boothe was Third Team pitcher and third baseman.

The Gobblers were re-gional quarterfinalists and the Bulldogs advanced to the regional semifinals.

Gonzales Football Sea-son Tickets

Varsity football season ticket holders from 2011 are now able to pick up the tickets they had last year.

They will have until 4 p.m. on Aug. 17 to get their tickets. All tickets not picked up will be sold to the public, starting on Aug. 20.

The price of varsity foot-ball tickets have changed to $5 per single game or $25 for the season. Tickets at the gate will be $6.

Tickets can be picked up at the Apache Field House at the high school by the track. They are available from 8 a.m. to noon and from 1-4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

If you do not wish to pur-

chase your tickets, call Ath-letic Secretary Anita De-Ment at 830-672-6641. If the field house has not been notified by 4 p.m. Aug. 17, it will be understood that you do not want your tick-ets. If you cannot get to the field house to pick up your tickets, please call to make arrangements to get them at a later date.

If you are not a season ticket holder but would like to purchase tickets, they will be available to pur-chase on Aug. 20. You will have to purchase all five tickets for the home games to the get the price break.

No season tickets can be sold after tickets go on sale at 8 a.m. Aug. 28 for the first home game on Aug. 31.

For more information, contact Dement at 830-672-6641.

WHS Girls’ PhysicalsPhysicals for athletes

looking to participate in the Waelder High School’s girls athletic programs will be held at the WHS Gym-nasium on Tuesday, August 7.

Time to be announced. For more information, call 830-788-7161.

Gonzales Youth League soccer signups

The Gonzales Youth League is currently hold-ing signups for the 2012 fall season.

The league is for players

ages 4-15.Registration forms are

available online at www.gonzalesyouthsoccer.com. Registration deadline is Aug. 25; practices start Sept. 4 and the first game will be Sept. 22.

For more information, call 830-433-5555.

Hunter Education Course

Instructor Wayne Spahn will hold a Hunter Educa-tion Course on Aug. 25-26 at the Farm Bureau Build-ing in Gonzales.

The class on Aug. 25 will run from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. and will go from 3-7 on Aug. 26. The course is sponsored by Ray Raley and Max Barta.

Every Texas hunter who is born on or after Septem-ber 2, 1971, must success-fully complete a Hunter Education course.

Hunters aged 17 and over must successfully complete a hunter education course; ages 12-16 must success-fully complete a hunter education course or be ac-companied by a licensed hunter 17 or older; hunters under the age of 12 must be accompanied hunter 17 or older.

The minimum age of cer-tification is 12, and proof of certification is required to be on your person when hunting but is not required to purchase a hunting li-cense.

Anyone wishing to at-tend the class will need to register by calling 830-672-3720.

Area athletes named to TXSWA/Collin Street Class 3A All-State baseball teams

BRIEFS

New AD Meet and GreetLockhart ISD held a reception Monday evening at the Lockhart High School Conference Room for new athletic director Sheila Henderson. Family and friends of Henderson, as well as Lockhart ISD employees and students, were in attendance. Refreshments were served and Henderson gave a short speech on her vision for Lockhart athletics. Henderson, a native of Yoakum, comes to Lockhart after spending last year as an assistant prinicpal at Converse Judson High School. She has also coached and taught at Taylor Middle School and worked in administrative positions in Austin ISD. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Catch of the DayJacob Bakken hauls in this pass during the recent Apache Football Camp held at Gonzales High School. (Photo by Mark Lube)


AUSTIN – Craig Hunter, a 38-year law enforcement veteran, has been selected as director of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Depart-ment Law Enforcement Di-vision. He will pin on his colonel’s badge Aug. 1.

Hunter, previously sec-ond-in-command of the state’s game wardens, suc-ceeds Pete Flores, who retired at the end of May. David Sinclair, who had been serving as acting colo-nel during the interview and selection process, will be retiring July 31 after 40 years with TPWD.

“Col. Hunter has more than earned this promo-tion,” said TPWD Execu-tive Director Carter Smith. “He stands out because of his experience, his cred-ibility and the respect he enjoys inside and outside the agency, not to mention his demonstrable ability to effectively lead a team. I have nothing but the high-est degree of respect and confidence in him.”

As TPWD Law Enforce-ment Division director, Col. Hunter will oversee a

force of 532 highly trained state game wardens that provides law enforcement “off the pavement” across Texas. Though state game wardens focus primarily on conservation laws, they are fully commissioned peace officers authorized to en-force all state statutes.

“It is truly an honor and privilege to serve as the Law Enforcement Division director,” Hunter said. “I look forward to continue working with the great men and women wearing the blue state game warden badge.”

Currently overseeing all

law enforcement field oper-ations for the department, Hunter had been the ma-jor in charge of the TPWD Internal Affairs Unit and Executive Protection Team until his promotion to lieu-tenant colonel in 2006. He joined the department as a game warden in 1984 and steadily moved up in rank.

Prior to beginning his state service, from 1974-1979 Hunter served as a pa-trol officer with the Temple Police Department and with the Irving Police De-partment from 1979-1980. After a short stint with the Lampasas County Sher-iff ’s Office, Hunter went to work as an investigator with the Bell County Sher-iff ’s Office until 1983.

While getting on-the-job experience as a peace of-ficer, Hunter furthered his education in the classroom. In 1976, he got an associate degree in law enforcement from Temple Junior Col-lege. Three years later he went back to school, earn-ing a bachelor of science in criminal justice from Texas A&M Central Texas. In 1981, he received a master’s degree in criminal justice.


Hunter named new Game Warden Colonel

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Texas Weekly Fishing ReportGULF COAST REGION

NORTH SABINE – Trout are fair to good in the middle of the lake over rafts of shad. Red-fish are fair on jigs tipped with shrimp around marsh drains. Some birds have worked over trout.

SOUTH SABINE – Sheeps-head and black drum are good at the jetty on live shrimp. Trout are fair to good around Light-house Cove and around the jetty rocks on topwaters. Redfish are fair to good in the marsh on top-waters.

BOLIVAR – Trout are fair to good on the south shoreline on soft plastics and plugs. Black drum and redfish are good at Rollover Pass. Croakers are good on dead shrimp in the channel and around the pass.

TRINITY BAY – Trout are good for drifters working pods of shad and mullet on Bass As-sassins, Trout Killers and Sand Eels. Redfish and trout are fair to good at the spillway on shrimp.

EAST GALVESTON BAY – Trout are good on the south shoreline on topwaters and soft plastics. Whiting and sand trout are good on the edge of the Intracoastal on fresh shrimp. Trout are good on mid–bay reefs on plastics and croakers.

WEST GALVESTON BAY – Trout are fair to good for drift-ers working shell on live shrimp. Trout, sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp. Tarpon are showing on the beachfront. Kingfish, ling and sharks are good offshore.

FREEPORT – Sand trout and sheepshead are good on live shrimp on the reefs. Trout and sand trout are good at the jetties on shrimp and DOA Shrimp. Kingfish and ling are good off-shore.

EAST MATAGORDA BAY – Trout are fair to good for drifters on live shrimp over humps and

scattered shell. Redfish are fair to good around St. Mary’s on topwaters and live shrimp.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY – Redfish are fair to good on the edge of Oyster Lake on shrimp and crabs. Trout are fair on sand and grass on soft plastics.

PORT O’CONNOR – Trout and redfish are good on topwa-ters and live bait over soft mud in waist–deep water in San An-tonio Bay. Trout and redfish are fair at the mouths of bayous on the outgoing tide.

ROCKPORT – Trout are fair on free–lined shrimp in the deep channels. Trout are fair over grass while drifting with live shrimp. Redfish are good in Al-lyn’s Bight and Estes Flats on pin perch and mullet.

PORT ARANSAS – Redfish are fair to good at East Flats on shrimp. Redfish and sheepshead are fair to good at the jetty on shrimp. Offshore is good for sharks, ling and kingfish.

CORPUS CHRISTI – Trout are fair to good on the edge of the spoils on Gulps and live shrimp. Trout are good in the edge of the flats and around spoil islands on croakers. Redfish are good in the guts on the outgoing tide.

BAFFIN BAY – Trout are fair in mud and grass on croakers and topwaters. Trout are fair to good in the Land Cut on live shrimp. Trout are fair to good while drifting with topwaters at Rocky Slough.

PORT MANSFIELD – Trout are good on topwaters and soft plastics under corks around sand and grass. Redfish are fair to good while drifting pot holes and sand flats on live shrimp.

SOUTH PADRE – Trout are good around the spoil islands, channel edges and color changes on DOA Shrimp. Tarpon, snook, trout and Spanish mackerel have been showing at the jetty on live bait.

PORT ISABEL – Snook are

fair to good in South Bay on shrimp and DOA Shrimp. Trout and redfish are fair to good at Gas Well Flats on live shrimp. Trout are fair to good in pot-holes on Gulps and live shrimp 3–4 feet of water.

HILL COUNTRY REGION

BUCHANAN – Water murky; 84–88 degrees; 24.01’ low. Black bass are good on water-melon flukes, Chug Bugs and 5” Whacky Sticks in Silver Creek in 5–15 feet early. Striped bass are fair on Rat–L–Traps and chartreuse striper jigs near Lighthouse Point. White bass are good on minnows and Tiny Traps around structure. Crap-pie are good on chartreuse tube jigs and live minnows. Channel catfish are good on liver, night-crawlers, and bloodbait. Yellow and blue catfish are very good on perch upriver.

CANYON LAKE – Water stained; 83–87 degrees; 5.34’ low. Black bass are fair on wa-termelon flukes and topwaters, and watermelon/blue flake soft plastic worms over brush piles. Striped bass are fair on spin-nerbaits and shallow running crankbaits around humps early. White bass are slow. Small-mouth bass are good on wa-termelon jigs and white grubs. Crappie are good on minnows and white tube jigs. Channel cat-fish are fair on stinkbait and live bait. Yellow and blue catfish are good on perch upriver.

GRANGER – Water clear; 88–92 degrees; 0.40’ low. Black bass are slow. White bass are fair on slab spoons over humps near the dam. Crappie are good on Stanley Wedge Tail Minnow jigs around standing timber at the mouth of the river and Wil-lis Creek. Blue catfish are fair on prepared baits on rod & reel, and on juglines baited with shad. Yellow catfish are slow.

LBJ – Water clear; 87–91 de-grees; 0.36’ low. Black bass are good on chartreuse jigs and shallow running crankbaits early, and on watermelon tubes and Texas rigged soft plastics along shorelines. White bass are fair on minnows and Li’l Fishies around structure. Striped bass are fair on chartreuse striper jigs and Spoiler Shads early and late. Crappie are fair on minnows over brush piles. Channel catfish are very good on nightcrawlers, stinkbait, and live bait. Yellow and blue catfish are fair on trot-lines baited with goldfish and perch.

TRAVIS – Water stained; 87–91 degrees; 41.16’ low. Black bass are good on small spinnerbaits and shallow running crankbaits. Striped bass are slow. White bass are good on minnows and Li’l Fishies. Crappie are fair on min-nows and blue tube jigs. Chan-nel and blue catfish are fair on frozen shrimp and nightcrawl-ers. Yellow catfish are slow.

WALTER E. LONG – Water lightly stained. Black bass are good on chartreuse spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows and blue tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are slow. Yellow cat-fish are slow.

SOUTH TEXAS PLAINS REGION

BRAUNIG – Water clear. Black bass are fair on chartreuse spinnerbaits and soft plastic worms in reeds. Striped bass are fair on shad and perch off points near the pier. Redfish are good on shad and silver spoons. Channel and blue catfish are fair on liver, cheesebait, and min-nows near the dam.

CALAVERAS – Water clear. Black bass are fair on watermel-on Rat–L–Traps near the dam. Striped bass are slow. Redfish are

good down rigging spoons, and on live bait near the crappie wall. Channel and blue catfish are fair on liver, stinkbait, and night-crawlers. Yellow catfish are slow.

CHOKE CANYON – Water clear; 85–88 degrees; 13.86’ low. Black bass are fair on watermel-on soft plastics and Rat–L–Traps early and late. White bass are fair on minnows. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are good on stinkbait. Yellow cat-fish are good on live perch and goldfish.

COLETO CREEK – Water fairly clear; 1.09’ low. Black bass are fair on watermelon Rat–L–Traps and spinnerbaits. Striped bass are fair on chartreuse striper jigs. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are fair on shrimp and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow.

FALCON – Water clear; 88–92 degrees; 37.26’ low. Black bass are good on chartreuse soft plastics and spinnerbaits in 10–20 feet. Striped bass are slow. Channel and blue catfish are ex-cellent on shrimp, cut bait, and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow. Everyone in a boat must have a Mexico fishing license (if fishing the Mexico side) whether fishing or not.

PRAIRIES AND LAKESREGION

BASTROP – Water stained; 87–91 degrees. Black bass are fair on watermelon spinnerbaits and shallow running crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and blue tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on night-crawlers and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow.

FAYETTE – Water stained. Black bass are good on water-melon crankbaits and Rat–L–Traps early and late. Channel and blue catfish are fair on shrimp and stinkbait.

Scramble WinnersThe first place team (above) at the Wednesday Night Scramble held July 25 at Independence Park Golf Course in Gonzales consisted of Brian Mirchell, Dale Holcomb, Suzanne, Glenda Kessler, Bill Kessler and Ken Callaway. The second place team members (below) were Carl Sasin, David Hernandez, Jim Cannan, Gary Schroeder and Chris Tatsch. (Courtesy photos)

Craig Hunter

Area high school football team and coach-ing staffs are itching to get their workouts underway.

Class 4A Lockhart, 3A’s Gonzales, Yoa-kum, Cuero; 2A Luling, Nixon-Smiley and Hallettsville; 1A Shiner, Flatonia and six-man Praire Lea along with TAPPS programs Shiner St. Paul and Hallettsville Sacred Heart will start practice for the upcoming season, which will kick off Aug. 30-31.

Teams will have the usual South Texas summer heat to deal with as temperatures for next week are forecast to reach the mid to upper 90’s.

“It is going to be hot,” said Gonzales head coach Ricky Lock.

He said the Apaches will practice from 8-11 a.m. including a one-hour break in the middle to hold meeting.

Gonzales coaches are hoping to see around 100 athletes at practice on the first day.

“Right now, I am not sure exactly how many players will report,” Lock said. “I hope we can get around 100 or so.”

Luling coach Colby Hensley said he is ex-pecting around 80 athletes for the first week of practice.

New UIL rules allow just one practice for

the first four days to get the players acclimat-ed to the heat.

Luling is scheduled to practice from about 8:20 until around 11 a.m.

“We got a lot of experienced players re-turning,” Hensley said. “This is basically the third year of what we have been doing. Our new coaches will add some wrinkles but not too many changes.”

“We are excited about the guys that have chosen to stick around hopefully, we will see the fruit of our labor.”

“It will be hot,” commented Hallettsville head coach Tommy Pscencik. “I hope our kids are ready for the weather. We had a good showing of our athletes during the summer weight training. Our coaches and playes are excited about coming back (for football.”

Hallettsville should have around 65-70 players report for workouts.

Pscencik said the team will begin practice at 7:30 a.m., tentatively, and then see how the rest of the workout goes.

He said the players , and the old and new coaches are ready to get going.

Hallettsville Sacred Heart will not have as many players as they usually do.

Head coach Pat Henke said the Indians usually have around 35-40 players.

“We will be lucky if we have 30 report,” he said. “We will start practice at 7 a.m. and will

go to around 11 am or so, maybe shorter de-pending on our numbers.”

“We will work out in full pads on Friday (Aug. 10).”

The Yoakum Bulldogs will have a mix of experienced players and newcomers from the junior varsity and freshman teams.

Head coach Brent Kornegay said he is an-ticipating around 102 players for the work-outs.

“We are excited to get started with a lot of returning players and players from our suc-cessful JV and freshman squads,” he said. “We will start at 7 a.m. and practice until 10 or 10:30.”

Chris Freytag and the Flatonia Bulldogs have been anxiously awaiting football sea-son since before last Thanksgiving.

“For coaches and players that love foot-ball, November to August is a long time,” he said. “We cannot wait to get started.”

He said it has been a good summer for

Flatonia players, with a good turnout from summer weight lifting and running, and 7-on-7 football.

Flatonia will have anywhere from 45-55 players.

“We are doing good if 45 players report,” Freytag said. “We have never had 50 play-ers but I think we will get pretty close.”

During the first four days, the Bulldogs will practice from 8-11 a.m. and then have a walkthrough from 11:30 to 1:30 p.m.

•Gonzales, Cuero, Yoakum, Nixon-Smiley, Luling, Prairie Lea, Lockhart, Shiner, Hallettsville, Flatonia, Waelder, Hallettsville Sacred Heart and Shiner St. Paul volleyball programs will be starting practice as well. They will be able to hold two-a-day workouts in their respective gyms.

Area cross-country teams will start their early-morning running routines in a couple of weeks as well.



COLBY GLEN BROWN3RD ANNUAL MEMO-RIAL SCHOLARSHIP GOLF TOURNAMENT

Thank You2012

Sponsors & Friends

On behalf of the Colby Glen Brown Me-morial Scholarship and Golf Tournament Committee, we would like to express our extreme gratitude for the extraordinary support with this year’s tournament. Be-

cause of the generous contributions of so many, scholarships will continue to be awarded to seniors of the Gonzales Independent School District. To date, the committee has awarded a total of $19,000.00 in scholarship to var-ious students since 2008. It is with great honor that through this joint effort, we are helping to educate others in Colby’s memory.

Appreciation is expressed to the following…

Aaron EtzlerAdams Extract & Spice LLCBetty MarakBill and Gracie PloetzBill HymanBilly and Kathy PloetzBobby and Tyree La FleurBobby J. ColemanBrent and Janna ChristianCal-MaineCaraway FordCatholic DaughtersCharlie and Debbie AlemanD & G AutomotiveDaniel and Mary Tomas Justin PopeDavid and Cynthia AckmanD.J. MarakDos Ninos PoultryE-Barr FeedsEddie and Mary CarawayFehner & Son Grain CoFrank NietoGeorge W. OrsakGonzales Building CenterGonzales CannonGonzales InquirerGonzales Livestock Market IncHEBHector PorrasJ. L. and Lisa BarnickJack and Peggy BarnettJackie WilliamsonJames and Brenda BenesJeff DolezalJeff La FleurJames and Melissa BondJM Parr, Inc

Kardosz, Inc.Ray & Sue Kelley Show SteersKenneth and Brenda BrownKenneth and Karon FougeratKevin and Debbie La FleurKitchen Pride Mushroom FarmsKnights of Columbus #5090Kurt TrammelLance and Natalie TatschLance BehlenLaw Offices of Munson & BurnsLindemann FertilizerLogan Insurance AgencyLone Star Bank GonzalesLo’s Auto SalesMark and Jennifer MikschMarrou & CompanyMcCoy’s Building SupplyMickey and Rene SingletonMike DavisMohrmann’s Drug StoreMorgan Bulk, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. George GriffinMVH Medical Group, P.A.Nancy BenesNicole & Jared BoehmPamela KardoszPersons Flower ShopPhilip and Natalie StoreyRBFCURichard ThweattRob and Lisa BrownRon and Kelli ConnellRonald and Florence

BakerRonnie and Lori LuensmanRusty and Melissa ClampitSage Capital BankScott and Cherry MoellerScott Dierlam Insurance AgencyShear DesignsShelby and Shelly StamportSmokey and Donna SpahnSouthern LivestockSpencer Bergeron/Accu-TechSteve StanleyStorey JewelersThe China BasketThe Frank Benes FamilyThe Hearty GourmetThe Oballo Clinic, PA.Tim Kardosz FamilyTodd and Janelle CravenTom and Sissy JohnsonTom Brown - Salt Water ChartersTommy PoseyTrammell/ Christian RanchesTrey HermannW B Farm & Ranch SupplyWalmartWalt Schroeder of Callaway GolfWells Fargo BankWesley and Brenda CaldwellWest MotorsWilbert and Lori BenesWilliam and Melita ThomasXI Lambda Zeta Chapter

Distance runners and throwers got things start-ed for the G-Town Strid-ers at the AAU Jr. Olym-pics in Houston Monday and Tuesday.

Kamren Cavit threw 20 feet, 6.5 inches in the primary boys shot put

20’.06”.50 to finish 24th of 52 competitors.

Savanna Heximer had a best throw of 14-8 ¼ for No. 32 out of 44 throwers in the Sub-Bantam Girls shot put.

Veronica Moremo came in seventh in her

section and No. 24 over-all in Sub-Bantam Girls 1,500-meter run with a time of 6 minutes, 4.63 seconds.

Maraia Mathis was No. 17 in her section and No. 43 overall in 6:05.41 in the Sub-Midget 1500.

Pohler signs with UH-V

Area teams itching to get workouts underway2012 Texas Girls Coaches

Association Preseason Volleyball Poll

Class 1A 1. Water Valley2. Round Top Carmine3. Jewett Leon4. Iola 5. Wink 6. Burton 7. Windthorst 8. North Zulch 9. Cayuga 10. Flatonia Class 2A 1. Poth2. White Oak3. Bushland4. Brock5. Nocona

6. Godley7. Marion8. New Diana 9. Holliday 10. Centerville Class 3A 1. Abilene Wylie 2. Tarkington3. Sinton4. Wimberley5. Andrews6. Bellville 7. Needville8. Paris North Lamar9. Monahans10. Argyle Class 4A 1. Lucas Lovejoy2. Amarillo

3. Georgetown4. Canyon Randall 5. Richmond Foster 6. Cedar Park7. Hereford8. Dumas 9. Rockwall Heath 10. Friendswood Class 5A 1. Coppell 2. Houston Cypress Woods3. San Antonio Lady Bird Johnson 4. Houston Cypress Falls 5. McKinney Boyd 6. Austin Westlake 7. Southlake Carroll 8. The Woodlands9. San Antonio Reagan 10. Corpus Christi Calallen

Pre-season Volleyball Rankings

Shiner High School gradu-ate Matthew Pohler, a three-sport athlete, has signed a let-ter of intent to play golf with the University of Houston-Victoria.

Pohler had a very success-ful senior season for the Co-manches earning a berth to the UIL state golf tournament as well as being part of playoff runs by the Shiner basketball and baseball teams.

He made four straight trips to the Region IV-1A golf tour-nament, finishing third three straight years, before earning his first trip to the state tour-nament this past year with a second-place finish. After posting rounds of 75-80-155 at the regional tournament, he tied for fourth at the state tournament with a 75-82-157.

This summer in his first seven Southern Texas PGA

Junior Tour events he has col-lected two first-place finishes and finished in the top 10 in each event. He has a 79.78 scoring average with a low round of 73 in those seven events.

On the basketball court this past season he was named the District 28-1A MVP and earned all-state recognition.

“With his length off the tee and his abilities on the course he should definitely be an as-set to our team this season,” said UHV golf coach Brian Williamson.

The University of Houston-Victoria, located in the heart of the Coastal Bend region, offers courses leading to ap-proximately 60 bachelor’s and master’s degree programs and concentrations in the schools of Arts & Sciences, Business Administration, Education & Human Development,

and Nursing. UHV also of-fers face-to-face classes at two UH System teaching centers in Fort Bend County, in ad-dition to its home campus in Victoria, and online classes that students can take from anywhere. Since its found-ing in 1973, UHV has pro-vided students with a quality university education from exceptional faculty at a great value.

Junior GolfersA Junior Golf Clinic was held on Monday at the Independence Golf Course in Gonzales. Pictured (front row from left) are campers Lane Mills, Ainsley Riojas, River Haynes, Josh Haynes, and (back row) instructors Russell Moody, Ryan At-kinson and Frank Hurt. (Photo by Mark Lube)

On July 13, the Austin- American Statesman re-leased its Fab 50 athletes for the Central Texas high school scene.

The team is a list of the top 50 athletes from this area in all sports the ath-letes are involved in: track, basketball, football, golf, tennis, cross country, vol-leyball, tennis, soccer, and any sporting events that the area high schools offer.

Glass not only made the list but she is No. 10 on said list. Being in the top 10 earned her a picture and an expanded list of her accomplishments for the

2011 - 12 school year. Glass, who will be a se-

nior this upcoming school year, has already earned 11 letters in varsity sports with 3 in basketball,cross country and track, and two in volleyball. She has been on All-District teams in all 11 of those events. Glasshe has been on All-Region teams eight times in these sports and she has been named All- State four times.

Glass’s accomplishments in just this past year, which earned her the No.10 spot on the Fab 50 team, include her second state champi-

onship in cross country, First Team All District for the playoff volleyball team, All-Region for the playoff basketball team (second time) and a state runner up silver medal in the 3200 meter run at the state track meet.

She has already been named to an All- State Team by Texas Basketball Magazine for the upcom-ing school year.

Striders claim AAU medals

Glass earns pre-season honors

Carly Glass

Matt Pohler


Local youngsters in actionCost’s Cullen Eppright (left) prepares to reel in his calf during the junior tiedown finals. Above, Gonzales’ Loni Lester races for the finish in the pole bending. be-low, Laynie Bowman of Premont in the junior poles. (Photos by Mark Lube)

Lane McGehee (left) battles to stay on top in the junior steer riding. At right, Arlis and Gus Bluntzer show their teamwork in the team roping. (Photos by Mark Lube)

The Texas Youth Rodeo Association Finals con-cluded its nearly-week long event on Saturday at J.B. Wells Park with the Short-Go competition and the awards ceremony.

The Senior Finals All-Around Cowgirl was awarded to Kassidy Pruett; Junior Finals All-Around Cowgirl was Maria John-ston and Acey Pinkston was chosen as the Sub Ju-nior Finals All-Around Cowgirl.

Cole Dollery won the Senior Finals All-Around Cowboy, the Junior Finals All-Around was Tanner Green and the Sub Junior Finals All-Around Cowboy went to Trevor Crainer.

Top 5 in each event. Place, competitor, city, to-tal points

Bull Riding:1.Tres Gar-cia, Premont, 100; 2. Colby Hill, Del Rio, 90; 3. Alejan-dro Flores, George West 80; 4. Dalton Crainer, Alvin, 70; 5. Maximo Altamirano III, Del Rio, 60

Chute Dogging:1. Mitch-ell Hutt, Utopia, 100; 2.

Clay Iselt, Lincoln, 90; 3. Neilon Reitz, Fannin, 80; 4. Tanner Green, Cotulla, 70; 5. Austin Atkinson

Junior Boys Breakaway: 1. Raeben Meyer, Washing-ton, 100; 2. Blake Johnson, Orange Grove, 90; 3. Logan Weeks, Uvalde, 80; 4. Cade Boettcher, East Bernard, 70; 5. Colt Richards, Yoa-kum, 60.

Junior Figure 8: 1. Ma-ria Johnston, Three Riv-ers, 100; 2. Kay Jay Ur-esti, Needville, 90; 3. Kirby Rawlinson, El Campo, 80; 4. Davette Stegman, Need-ville, 70; 5. Skyler Fleming, Bryan, 60

Junior Girls Breakaway: 1. Molly Atkinson, An-derson, 100; 2. Brooks Ca-denhead, Brazoria, 90; 3. Kirby Rawlinson, El Cam-po, 80; 4. Cassidy Pine-da, Caldwell, 70; 5. Tera Arledge, Milano, 60

Junior Goat Tying: 1. Tera Arledge, Milano, 100; 2. Brandi Bratton, Bryan, 90; 3. Gage Brown, Brack-etville, 80; 4. Shaye Lynn Jessee, La Vernia, 70; 5. Morgan Grizzle, Angleton, 60.

Junior Poles: 1. Jordan Stephenson, Tilden, 100; 2. Skyler Fleming, Bryan, 90; 3. Sadie Thibodeaux, Gon-

zales, 80; 4. Davette Steg-man, Needville, 70; 5. Lau-ren Bowman, Premont, 60

Junior Ribbon Rop-ing: 1. Kolton Mazoch (El Campo)/Kirby Rawlinson ( El Campo), 100; 2. Rae-ben Meyer (Washington)/Tera Arledge (Milano), 90; 3. Stetson Schuster (Brack-etville)/Shaye Lynn Jessee (La Vernia), 80; 4. Logan Weeks (Uvalde)/Tristin Elsworth (Mission), 70; 5. Cullen Eppright (Cost)/Maria Johnston (Three Riv-ers), 60

Junior Steer Riding: 1. Brett Garza, Rivera, 100; 2. Brandon Loya, Beeville, 90; 3. Landon Castillo, Vic-toria, 80; 4. Mark Graham, Odem, 70

Junior Tiedown: 1. Aus-tin Atkinson, Anderson, 100; 2. Carson Jeffrey, Cat Spring, 90; 3. Cullen Ep-pright, Cost, 80; 4. Mark Graham, Odem, 70; 5. Hondo Harris, 60

Senior Cloverleaf: 1. Hai-ley Kinsel, Cotulla, 100; 2. Rozlyn Reeves, Pipe Creek, 90; 3. Kristin Dierlam, Telf-erner, 80; 4. Kylie Pruett, Cedar Lane, 70; 5. Emily Engelmann, Caldwell, 60

Senior Girls Breakaway: 1. Jimmie Smith, McDade, 100; 2. Kassidy Pruett, Ce-

dar Lane, 90; 3. Lauren Bane, Caldwell, 80; 4. Alise Driggers, Brazoria, 70; 5. Emorie Mazoch, El Cam-po, 60

Senior Goat Tying: 1. Kassidy Pruett, Cedar Lane, 100;2. Jimmie Smith, Mc-Dade, 90; 3. Loni Kay Les-ter, Gonzales, 80; 4. Emily Engelmann, Caldwell, 70; 5. Lauren Bane, Caldwell, 60

Senior Poles: 1. Alyssa Urbanek, Richmond, 100; 2. Haley Allison, Orange Grove, 90; 3. Molly Moor-man, Yoakum, 80; 4. Kris-tin Conway, Buchanan Dam, 70; 5. Morgan Brown, Bracketville, 60

Senior Ribbon Roping: 1. Kyle Otto (Three Riv-ers)/Klaudia Carrillo (Fre-er), 100; 2. Bradford Loef-fler (Alice)/Payton Powell (Hungerford), 90; 3. Mason Boettcher (East Bernard)/Kary Ann Keaton (Sealy), 80; 4. Wesley Vickers (Sin-ton)/Lindy Swaim (Til-den), 70; 5. Blake Giese (Richmond)/Haley Elliston (Needville), 60

Senior Tiedown: 1. Hud-son Wallace, George West, 100; 2. Keaton Denio, Cameron, 90; 3. Dakoda Leopold, El Campo, 80; 4. Tyson Arledge, Milano, 70; 5. Cade Goodman, Waelder, 60

Steer Wrestling: 1. Charles Johnston, Three Rivers, 100; 2. Cole Dol-

lery, Caldwell, 90; 3. Will Byler, Bellville, 80; 4. Cade Goodman, Waelder, 70; 5. Dustin Barton, Sabinal, 60

Sub Junior Figure 8: 1. Pierce Paisley, Sweeny, 100; 2. Trevor Crainer, Car-rizo Springs, 90; 3. Acey Pinkston, Alice, 80; 4. Kyla Stamps, Harwood, 70; 5. Grace Davis, Fulshear, 60

Sub Junior Poles: 1. Acey Pinkston, Alice, 100; 2. Trevor Crainer, Carrizo Springs, 90; 3. Pierce Pais-ley, 4. Davis Grace, Fuls-hear, 70; 5. London Gor-ham, Cotulla, 60.

Sub Junior Cloverleaf: 1. Ellie Meyer, Washing-ton, 100; 2. Kylie Mask, Lytle, 90; 3. Madison Out-hier, Utopia, 80; 4. Taylor Mobbs, Harwood, 70; 5. Bailey Gubert, Hungerford, 60

Team Roping: 1. Korby Halla (Schulenburg)/Cole Dollery (Caldwell), 100; 2. Mason Boettcher (East Bernard)/Reid Halbert (Needville), 90; 3. Tan-ner Green (Cotulla)/Justin De La Garza (Freer), 80; 4. Adan Flores (George West)/Alejandro Flores (George West), 70; 5. Blake Giese (Richmond)/Dakoda Leopold (El Campo), 60

Local Contestant results (Contestant, City, Event: Place, Total Points)

Cullen Eppright (Cost):

Chute Dogging, 10., 100; Ribbon Roping, 5.., 60; Jr Tiedown, 3., 80

Colt Richards (Yoakum): Jr. Boys Breakaway, 5., 60; Ribbon Roping, 6., 50; Jr Tiedown, 9., 20

Trace Herndon (Gonza-les): Jr Boys Breakaway, 15., 0; Ribbon Roping, 20., 0; Jr. Tiedown, 16., 0

Sadie Thibodeaux (Gonzales):Jr Figure 8, 11., 0; Jr. Poles, 3., 80

Loni Kay Lester (Gonza-les): Sr Cloverleaf, 7., 40; Sr. Goat Tying, 3., 80; Sr Poles, 6., 50; Sr. Ribbon Roping, 13., 0

Molly Moorman (Yoa-kum): Sr Girls Breakaway, 10., 10; Sr Poles., 3., 80

Laramie Zant (Shiner): Sr. Goat Tying, 9., 20

Cade Goodman (Waelder): Sr Ribbon Rop-ing, 13., 0; Sr. Tiedown, 5., 60

Taylor Mobbs (Har-wood): Sub Jr. Figure 8, 13., 0; Sub Jr Cloverleaf, 4., 70

Hallie Herman (Shiner): Sub Jr. Figure 8, 23., 0; Sub Jr. Poles, 22., 0; Sub Jr. Clo-verleaf, 8.,30

Kyla Stamps (Harwood): Sub Jr Poles, 9., 20; Sub Jr. Cloverleaf, 23., 0

Timberly Mobbs (Har-wood) Sub Jr. Cloverleaf, 27., 0

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