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Avalonpark Texas, LP, started construc-tion Monday on the infrastructure for the first phase of the “1835 Village” Project on 55 acres on the east side of Gonzales (the ‘Burchard property”).

Cibolo Creek Construction of San Anto-nio is the General Contractor. GVEC and GVTC will provide the dry utilities (power, cable, internet, phone services).

“I am excited that the construction of this project has started and eventually will provide the housing so urgently needed

in Gonzales,” said Avalon Park’s Richard Kunz. “We have sped up our schedule after the City Council unanimously approved our project in June.”

The project proposes a mix of residen-tial (42 acres) and retail/commercial (not more than 13 acres). The residential area will include detached single family homes (small, medium and large), attached town-homes or similar products, garden homes, duplexes and apartments.

A number of family fun events are scheduled in Gonzales this weekend, with everything from ranch rodeo action to a pet parade and a fun — free — Hallow-een movie showing.

Triple R Rodeo will stage the Ranch Rodeo Finals at the JB Wells Arena on Fri-day and Saturday. The fun gets underway at 7 p.m. Fri-day and 9 a.m. on Saturday.

Friday’s events include a Bikini Barrel Race at 7 p.m., followed by team roping at 8. Admission is $5.

The Ranch Rodeo Long-Go gets underway at 9 a.m. Saturday, with Double Mugging, Calf Branding and Steer Loading.

At 5:30 p.m., the Come and Take It Chuckwagon Meet and Greet gets under-way, with entertainment by Camp Cookie Productions, including trick roping, cowboy clowns, a sing-a-long, and Tales from the Cattle Trails. There will also be stickhorse races and face painting for the kids.

Early voting began Monday in the Nov. 5 statewide constitutional amendments election, and also on the ballot will be two bond propo-sitions for voters in the Gonzales Independent School District total-ing nearly $25 million.

The two GISD bond propositions are designed to enable the district

to expand facilities to accomodate an increase of around 800 students over the next several years.

A recent demographic study commissioned by GISD’s Board of Trustees projected an increase in student enrollment of 800 students over the next nine years, with the majority of that increase happen-

ing within the next five years. Currently, GISD facilities are op-

erating at or near full capacity, with two campuses utilizing portable buildings to provide classroom space. In addition, outdated and overcrowded facilities have created safety and security concerns.

Proposition 1, in the total amount of $21,585,000, would pro-vide funds for the construction of

the following improvements:• New Prekindergarten/Kinder-

garten Early Childhood Campus to be constructed with the purchase and renovation of HEB facility – purchase of the new facility will re-sult in the expansion of classroom space at East Avenue and Gonzales Elementary Schools;

• Classroom expansion, cafeteria

Some young immigrants stage protests and demand to be “given” American citi-zenship through amnesty or passage of the DREAM Act.

But that’s not how Jose Olalde of Gonza-les says he was raised.

“The main thing is, I was always taught that if you want something, you have to earn it,” says the 2012 Gonzales High School graduate. “That’s how I grew up.”

Private Olalde recently graduated from Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, earning the right to hold the title of “U.S. Marine.”

In the process, he also earned the right to another title he cherishes just as much: “U.S. Citizen.” While Olalde sweated through boot camp, the Marine Corps

helped expedite his citizenship application.“It makes me feel proud, fighting for my

country,” says Oldalde, who will become a mortarman upon completion of the Ma-rines’ School of Infantry following a short leave at home.

He came to the United States as a tod-dler, and credits his upbringing here and experiences at Gonzales High School with helping him make it through the rigorous 13 weeks of Marine boot camp.

“I played all kinds of sports, cross coun-try, football, basketball, track,” he said. “It really helps if you go there in shape, espe-cially for those long hikes.”

Like most Marine recruits, Olalde said the toughest part of boot camp is “The Crucible,” a 24-hour endurance test which

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Pvt. Jose Olalde, U.S. Marine Corps

Construction gets underway on 1835 Village

Local man earns the title of ‘Marine’ — and U.S. citizenship in the process

A title earned:Our annual fall feature, the “Beat the Experts” football contest, continues in this week’s edition. See Page B10 to enter!

BONDS, Page A9

GISD voters consider bond issue

MARINE, Page A9

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The Mighty Apache Marching Band celebrates winning a “1” rating in the Region marching contest. See Page B1.

Shoppers poured through the doors early Wednesday as grand-opening cer-emonies were held for the new Gonzales Walmart Supercenter at Church St. at Sarah DeWitt Dr.. The new store is approximately 120,000 square feet, roughly double the size of the old location. See more photos on Page A14 (Photo by Dave Mundy)

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Workmen begin clearing the site for 1835 Village, known to many Gonzales residents as the “Old Burchard Property” off Highway 97.

Larazo Carrillo,1943-2013

CARRILLOLarazo (Chayo) Carril-

lo, Jr. died on October 14, 2013. He was born on Janu-ary 31, 1943 to Lazaro Car-rillo and Felicita Rodriquez from Houston.

He was born and raised in Houston and moved to Waelder in 1994. He made Waelder his home.

Larazo was self-em-ployed. He enjoyed cutting yards and doing mechanic work.

He was preceded in death by his parents and son, Jose Carrillo.

He leaves to cherish his memory his wife, Irene Grimaldo; three daughters, Yadira Mendoza, Michelle Carrillo and Sylvia Carril-lo; two sons, Chayo Carril-lo and Franky Carrillo; and his grandchildren, Hector, Alexander, Gabriela, Jesse Mendoza, Chayo Jr., Isabel, Jose, Elizabeth, Alexis Car-rillo, Emily Nechar, Steven Trevino, Sylvia and Idana Izaguirre.

Funeral services were held October 17 at St. Pat-rick’s Catholic Church in Waelder. Interment was private.

Bessie Cleveland,1933-2013

CLEVELANDBessie Laverne Cleve-

land, 80, passed away Thursday, October 17, 2013. Bessie was born Feb-ruary 22, 1933 in Harwood to Eugene and Inez Zum-walt Fisher.

She married George Raymond Cleveland on September 1, 1951 in Har-wood. Bessie was a mem-ber of Memorial Heights Baptist Church. She had worked as a ward clerk at Memorial Hospital and as a dispatcher for the Gonzales

County Sheriff ’s Office, be-fore taking children in her home for day care.

At the age of 30, Bessie faced raising her four chil-dren alone upon the pass-ing of her beloved husband George. Supplemented with a meager income to care for her children, Bes-sie worked hard to see that her children were properly cared for and wanted for nothing. She was firm with her children, but altogether loving as well.

She made certain her daughters’ dresses were clean and pressed neatly, that her children all knew the value of prayer and maintained a faithful rela-tionship with their Lord. She shared her love of mu-sic by singing to them and teaching them to dance every step from a waltz to a jitterbug.

She maintained a lovely garden and canned its produce; she sewed cloth-ing for her children and prepared baby blankets for all her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Bes-sie cherished her family; she passionately loved her children and adored her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Everybody from the children she cared for in her home to her youngest great-grand-child knew her as Mimi, as beautiful a lady as she was, her beauty within was the greatest of all and everyone loved Mimi.

Bessie was an excellent cook; her cornbread dress-ing, apple pie, green grape tarts and fried chicken dis-tinguished her in the eyes and appetites of those that partook in her cooking as a chef extraordinaire. But all her personal sacrifices, hard work, dedication to prayer for her beloved fam-ily; it is the unconditional love as a mother, grand-mother, and great-grand-mother that will long be remembered after all else is forgotten.

She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Diane and Danny Sloan of Gonzales, Linda Gay Cleve-land and John Craven, Jr. of Gonzales; sons and daugh-ters-in-law, Mike and She-rian Cleveland of Gonzales, Timothy and Debra Cleve-land of Luling; sister, Agnes Lowe of Gonzales; grand-children, Christie Schro-eder, Eric Cleveland, Kara Lowe, John Cleveland, Misty Cleveland, Timo-thy Cleveland, II, Matthew Craven, and Frank Craven; great-grandchildren, Zach Lopez, Seth Brzozowski, Sydney Schroeder, Lidia Cleveland, Heidi Cleve-

land, Kynleigh Schroeder, Ryland Lowe, and Raven Cleveland.

She was preceded in death by her husband, par-ents, brother, Robert Fisch-er, and her daughter Letha Cleveland.

Graveside services were held Sunday, October 20, 2013 in Slayden Cemetery in Gonzales. Honorary pallbearers were Danny Sloan, John “Tooter” Cra-ven, Jr., Roger Lowe, Mat-thew Craven, Frank Cra-ven, Jonathon Cleveland, Eric Cleveland, Timothy Cleveland, II, Gary Schro-eder and Zach Lopez.

Memorials may be made to Memorial Heights Bap-tist Church or Slayden Cemetery Fund. Services were under the care and direction of Seydler-Hill Funeral Home.

Kathryn Perkins,1923-2013PERKINS

Kathryn Runkle Perkins, 90, passed away Sunday, October 20, 2013. Kathryn was born May 24, 1923 in Sedwick, Texas to Fred and Bessie Reece Runkle.

Kathryn married Brice P. Halsell on March 3, 1940 in Albany, TX. Brice passed away January 13, 1963. On November 13, 1970, Kath-ryn married Denver Ed-ward Perkins, a prominent Gonzales attorney, in San Antonio. Denver passed away April 17, 1992.

Kathryn was a member of the Episcopal Church of the Messiah.

Kathryn worked for her husband’s company, Hal-sell Accounting, and took the business over upon his death and ran a book-keeping company. As a bookkeeper, Kathryn was naturally a perfectionist and wanted everything ac-counted for and in its place. She was a person that al-ways sought the “right thing to do” in any and ev-ery situation.

She was non-argumenta-tive and if she had nothing nice to say, she said noth-ing at all. Although she never forwardly insisted on things being done the way she wanted, things just quietly were done her way and nothing further was

said, simply because she believed it was the right thing to do.

She never forgot a rela-tive or friend’s birthday and she was thoughtful with gifts, she even deliv-ered boxes of chocolates to her doctors and their staff each Christmas. She loved having her afternoon cof-fee at the Dairy Queen and usually stayed long enough to enjoy supper there as well. The staff at the Dairy Queen embraced Kathryn’s pleasant nature and always looked for her at her usual arrival time to assist her in the building and back to her car when she was ready to depart, this was a kind-ness that she dearly appre-ciated.

Kathryn loved the San Antonio Spurs and one of her favorite athletes on the team was Dennis Rodman. Kathryn delighted in fol-lowing his Spurs career and read his biographies. She enjoyed going to dinner at Lake Breeze Ski Lodge with her husband, Denver to watch the water skiing and enjoy a meal with friends.

She was an independent woman and as Denver be-came ill, Kathryn took it upon herself to care for his every need. She read books on Alzheimer’s disease to fully understand the dy-namics of caring for an Al-zheimer’s patient and she did her best to continue to care and love her husband until she moved him to the hospital to be cared for where he would receive the very best care. Something she sincerely believed was the right thing to do for a man she loved so dearly.

As Kathryn struggled with arthritis, she received loving assistance from long time dear friends Mary Ann and Mickey King, and as her health further dete-riorated Kathryn depended on the loving and profes-sional care of John Pirkle, a trusted care giver and friend.

Kathryn is survived by her stepdaughters, Lois LuAllen and her husband Dwayne of Baytown, Elaine Culver and her husband Bruce of Dallas; step-son, Dr. Denver E. Perkins, Jr. of Utah; and her lov-ing friends and caretakers, Mary Ann King and John Pirkle. She was preceded in death by her loving hus-bands, parents and sister, Bobbie Kennedy.

Graveside services were held on Monday, October 21, 2013 in the Gonzales Masonic Cemetery with Fr. Randy Melton officiating.

Memorials may be made to the American Alzheim-

er’s Association of the Epis-copal Church of the Messi-ah. Services were under the care and direction of Sey-dler-Hill Funeral Home.

Rebecca Rather,1976-2013RATHER

Rebecca Morrow Rath-er, 37, passed away Sun-day, October 20, 2013. Rebecca was born Sep-tember 10, 1976 in Aus-tin to Edward Branch Rather, Jr., and Patricia Carol Wiley Rather. Re-becca was a member of the Fellowship Church in Dallas.

An obituary by defini-tion, is an announcement of a death, Rebecca Mor-row Rather left this world but her infectious smile, sparkling green eyes and the manner in which she touched lives will never pass from the hearts and memories of all those that knew her. Rebecca made everyone around her happy, whether she felt it was her life’s pur-pose to lift up the spir-its of those around her or just some learned be-havior that drove her to ease the pain of others, Rebecca was determined to comfort those in need, Rebecca loved.

She loved angels also, believed wholeheartedly in Guardian Angels and she was confident that in her own dark hours, it was her Guardian Angels that pulled her through these difficult times. Ironic as this may seem, as often as she was an an-gel to others, even then her Angels were holding her up. Frankly there was no irony at all because her Angels were always about her, leading and guiding her through the paths her life took her and through her life’s journey lives changed for the better be-cause Rebecca loved.

Rebecca loved music, she considered music therapeutic. She loved the beach and snow ski-ing. She loved being spontaneous and whether it was holding hands with her girlfriends and jump-ing off a roof top or go-ing to Laguna Beach with

her mother and sister and snow skiing in the moun-tains that same evening, it was her spontaneity and desire to live an abundant life that made Rebecca a joy to be near.

Rebecca didn’t like be-ing still; she was afraid of the dark and kept a base-ball bat close to her bed-side. Being still with so much love, joy and life to share with others didn’t fit her dynamic way and sleeping was merely a necessity that gave her strength to give more of herself and if that was in-terrupted, well there was that baseball bat.

Herein it has been said that Rebecca loved so many things, but none more than her greatest treasure and the most wonderful gift she had given to her family, her son Hunter Logan Whit-tle. Rebecca unselfishly imparted so much joy into the lives of others, but her beloved son Hunter was singularly the source of her joy, her greatest and dearest love.

Rebecca Morrow Rather is survived by the riches of her life, her son, Hunter Logan Whittle of Dallas; her loving parents, Patricia Rather Logan Von Dohlen and Tim of Austin; her beloved sis-ter whom she shared the title of Queen, sometimes, Mary Elisabeth Denmon and husband Brandon of Dallas; loving nephew and niece, Colton and Logan Elisabeth Denmon of Dal-las; and her dear father of her son, Emil Whittle of Dallas. She was preceded in death by her father, Edward Branch Rather, Jr.; second dad, Obert Logan; and grandparents, Vick and Bette Wiley and Edward and Mary Bond Rather.

A service celebrating her life will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, October 24, 2013 in the First Unit-ed Methodist Church in Luling with Pastor Made-line Henners and Fr. Russ Matthews officiating. In-terment will follow in Bel-mont Cemetery. Pallbear-ers are Brandon Denmon, Lembo Allen, Rick Jones, Pat Jones, Emil Whittle and Jason Breitschopf.

Memorials may be made to John Paul II Life Cen-ter, 1600 West 38th Street, Suite 115, Austin, Texas 78731 or the First United Methodist Church, 703 E. Bowie Street, Luling, TX, 78648.

Services are under the care and direction of O’Bannon Funeral Home.

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Beta Sigma Phi donationThe Xi Lambda Zeta chapter of Beta Sigma Phi recently made a monetary donation to Gonzales Christian Assistance Ministry. Pictured is Beta chapter president Dee Zavadil presenting a check to Beatrice Navejar and executive director Marco Alva. Donations to GCAM assist this organization with its support and outreach to members of our community who are in need of assistance with food, clothing, medication and other necessities. Throughout the year Xi Lambda Zeta makes donations to multiple charities and organizations that benefit Gonzales.

Ray Wiese of Shiner was born a farm boy-charm boy in Wall Lake, Iowa, and is nearly 98.

Besides Ray, Wall Lake is also famous for Andy Williams, a former big time singing TV personal-ity.

Ray bounced around NE Iowa before joining the

Navy in late 1940. Many are aware that some of the best sailors are Midwest-erners.

He trained at Great Lakes, becoming an avia-tion mechanic, then moved on to San Diego for radio school…leading to a post-ing as a radioman on a Catalina PBY (flying boat) in VP21.

Patrol duty came next in Seattle, then Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor. In November ’41, his unit transferred to Midway, but his plane stayed put for repairs, as did Ray.

In December ’41, many expected an incident with Japan’s navy, but what? Ray stood his night watch in hangar #6 on December 7, and had just made his logbook entry, “All se-cure” at nearly 8 a.m..

He then heard airplane engines and an explosion. As he tried to leave on his bicycle a bomb’s concus-sion blasted him out of the hangar. Ray’s section lead-er died, and Ray caught some minor shrapnel in his lower jaw and chest.

Hangars were burning and Japanese tail gunners were spraying lead every-where, so Ray entered an-other hangar. Fortunately slit trenches dug for new water lines protected many sailors as they tried in vain to save the Catalinas.

A corpsman found Ray and an old Packard am-bulance took him to a sick bay that also got hit…so on to the mess hall, where a yeoman made bed sheet bandages. Ray was treated and released.

For the second wave of the enemy, the Navy and Marines gave a better ac-count of themselves, and in less than two hours it was over.

Soon Ray received or-ders for Sidney, Australia, where he resumed regular PBY patrols. The 10-man crew was an offensive weapon with four machine guns and capable of drop-ping incendiary bombs as enemy raids were an-ticipated at Australian sea-ports.

Ray trained flight crews, and in ’43 he stood watch-es and operated a base ra-dio station.

Later duty stations would include Key West and Corpus Christi. While on Guam, Ray was married to Geneva, of

Shiner, the daughter of a contractor working there. Together they would raise four girls and two boys.

When WWII ended, Ray remained in the ser-vice. In 1947 the Berlin Airlift began, and Ray was shifted to the radio shack in four engine 45D aircraft carrying military passengers and their de-pendents, also other car-goes including coal…in the European theatre. He would become a 20 year navy man.

In 1957 he was part of the Hungarian Air Lift, transporting people once again, his base be-ing in New Jersey. Then the flight radioman posi-tion on these aircraft was eliminated, and Ray Weiss became chief petty offi-cer, fire control technol-ogy material — for navy guided missile systems.

At the time of his re-tirement, the Wieses relo-cated to Shiner where Ray became a civilian entre-preneur. He first operated a washateria in Yoakum, then owned/operated a Country Store, and finally did a long hitch as gas sta-tion owner.

By 1978 he was ready to fully retire, so he kicked back and collected his re-tirement checks. Geneva went to be with the Lord in 2004 and Ray pushed on alone. Since late last year he has experienced assisted living accommo-dations in Shiner.

Still active at 98, Ray is sometimes seen socializ-ing over a “cool one” on Shiner’s west side. Life is good, he says; however, he could manage without cell phones, the internet and that pesky oilfield traffic on highway 90A.

But in reminiscing about the good old days, he has never regretted ex-changing the gently roll-ing corn fields of Iowa for the gently rolling of ocean swells under his flying Catalina, especial-ly on a peaceful moonlit night in the tropics.

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Lew McCreary is a resident of the Conroe area who also owns land in Lavaca and Gonzales counties. He is compiling the stories of our honored veterans from throughout the region, es-pecially those of the World War II era. If you’d like to see the story of your honored veteran featured, contact him at [email protected]

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NIXON – At the regu-lar monthly meeting on Monday, the Nixon City Council nominated Mayor Pro-Tem Hector Domin-guez as a candidate for the Gonzales County Appraisal District Board of Directors.

The board of directors candidates will be voted on in an upcoming election by all the municipalities and school districts within Gonzales County, as well as entities just outside the county that have certain property within the area. The Gonzales County Ap-praisal District sets and de-

termines the market value of taxable properties in Gonzales County, as well as manages the adminis-tration of exemptions and special evaluations that are authorized by local entities and the State of Texas.

Dominguez serves in leadership roles as a coun-cilman and mayor pro-tem for Nixon, and also serves as assistant principal for Gonzales Junior High School. Dominguez now looks to serve his commu-nity in yet another capacity.

“I’m looking forward to the opportunity,” said Dominguez after the meet-

ing. “I’m very excited and happy to be nominated. If I get elected, I will do my best to serve.”

Also at the meeting, the council opened bids for two old fire trucks that are not in working condition. Bids had been made on a 1987 Seagrave and a 1966 Ford fire truck. The council accepted a $736 bid for the 1966 Ford, and rejected all bids for the 1987 Seagrave, citing that the bids were unacceptably low.

The council also ap-proved a change to the date of next month’s regular meeting from Nov. 11 to Nov. 18, due to the obser-vance of Veterans Day.

SMILEY – During its Oct. 17 regular monthly meeting, the Smiley City Council discussed the many inquires that have been made at City Hall in the past few months re-garding the availability of properties for the purpose of locating businesses in the city.

At last month’s council meeting, the council ap-proved considering -on an individual basis- giving

business owners a break on permit and utility fees, and property tax abate-ments. Since then, the city has received more inter-est within the past month from individuals consid-ering opening up busi-nesses in the city.

“People come in and ask if any properties are available and that they’ve got interest in putting up something here in Smi-ley,” said City Manager El-oise Estes. “Those are the

different types of business owners that have come in just the last month. The City Council is eager to work with owners who would like to locate a business in Smiley.”

The city leadership con-tinues to express its desire to expand businesses in the city. Businesses such as gas stations, conve-nience stores, a discount store, a motel, and even a bank/credit union are some of types of establish-ments the city working to attract.

Nixon nominates Dominguezfor county appraisal board

Watching the doors to the new Walmart open Wednesday morn-ing brought back a few memories. I know how excited the local asso-ciates were to finally see weeks and weeks of hard, often-painstaking work ... get messed up by shoppers.

In six-plus years with the com-pany, I helped build two new stores and remodel two others, as both an hourly associate and as a member of the management team, and I later helped open a Home Depot and a Fallas Paredes. Grant that I’ve seen the good and the bad of the big-box retail business.

And I can tell you that the worst criticisms of companies like Walmart, Home Depot or even H-E-B are unfounded.

Walmart has long been a target of venomous attack by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), which has sought — un-successfully — to unionize the hourly workers in the retail indus-try for more than a decade.

To hear the union thugs tell it, hourly workers in the retail busi-ness are treated like dirt, under-paid, lacking in benefits. Most of us who have been inside the industry, even those of us who left it, can tell

you a far different tale.Granted, that 18-year-old kid

pushing carts in the parking lot isn’t going to make $28 an hour at Walmart. He’s new to the world of work. He’ll start at or near mini-mum wage.

That can change — and some-times, it changes rapidly. I can name at least four of the store man-agers I worked with who started their Walmart careers as cart-push-ers in the parking lot.

In my own experience, I was first hired to manage the snack bar at the Walmart in Kemah at $10 an hour (which I thought would be hard to live on, given that I’d just been dismissed from a $38,000-a-year newspaper job). When Mc-Donald’s bought the lease to that

space after only about a month, I became a pet department manager. Before my first year was out, I was a support manager, then moved into the training program for salaried management.

From my first day on the job, I had insurance coverage, the chance to buy company stock at a dis-counted rate, profit sharing and various other benefits. I’ve never had any of those benefits working as a “salaried professional” in the news business.

By my second year my pay and benefits actually had me qualifying as middle-class.

Longevity is another factor the union thugs conveniently over-look. Sure, the 19-year-old cashier is only making $7.25 an hour, hard-ly a “living wage.” But talk to some of the people who’ve been with these companies for five, 10 or 20 years: it’s a far different story.

I underwent management train-ing at the Walmart in Alvin, a store which had been in place 30 years. Many of the hourly associ-ates at that store were there when it opened — and thanks to their lon-gevity, they were making an hourly wage of $18-21 an hour.

And thanks to their participation in the company stock plan, four of them were millionaires: they’d be-gun purchasing stock when they hired on, and during the 1980s and 90s Walmart stock split several times. They were only working be-cause they wanted to.

Therein lies another fallacy per-petrated by the big-box critics, that retail workers are “mistreated” and forced to work too hard. True, retail isn’t fond of those who, like Prince, are a “bit too liesurely” — but rest breaks and lunch breaks are man-dated. I actually had to counsel as-sociates who tried to skip breaks or meal periods, or wanted to work “off the clock.”

Big-box retailers have long also held an unfair image as harming other local businesses. Admittedly, I held that opinion for years as a newspaper editor. Then I got ao different view from the inside.

The problem is that local busi-nesses are not as adept at adapting when the big-box store comes to town. Yes, the mega-retailers can undercut them on the prices of everyday things, making trying to compete with them head-to-head a losing proposition. Walmart will

always be able to sell a gallon of X Brand paint for a lower price than Joe’s Paint Store.

But when Joe’s Paint Store rec-ognizes that and adapts — becom-ing a specialist in Brand Y Paint and carrying hard-to-find paint-ing accessories that Walmart will never carry because they do not move in volume — Joe can not only stay in business, he can play off the success of the big-box re-tailer. By specializing, he can ac-tually become a store Walmart’s hardware associate refers custom-ers to when they want something Walmart doesn’t have.

The one thing the SEIU won’t tell you is the most compelling reason it wants to see retailers like Walmart fully unionized. Walmart has more than a million workers: think what kind of financial boost the union bosses would get if each unionized Walmart worker paid $100 a year in union dues.

SEIU’s venomous diatribes mask sheer greed, it’s that simple.

Congratulations to Walmart manager Adan Davila and his team on the opening of your purty new store. May you have long and con-tinuous success in Gonzales.

Business, grassroots needto reconcile differences


In Our ViewCritics of big retailers conveniently avoid truth

The train wreck that is the Obamacare rollout

RichLowry

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review and a syndicated columnist for King Features Syndi-cate.

Dances withChihuahuas

Dave Mundy

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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 Politi-cal Alliance.

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The Republican Party has two important sup-port groups that have an apparent split between them, and unless that division is resolved, it could adversely affect not only the GOP but the entire nation. Those two groups are the business com-munity and grassroots activists like the Tea Party.

The two should be natural allies. They both claim to believe in and support capitalism, free markets, private sector growth, entrepreneur-ship, and individualism. They also both oppose government interference and regulations, and high and unnecessary taxes.

But apparently many business leaders, partic-ularly the large business interests, see the grass-roots groups as uncouth, unrealistic, and undis-ciplined. They feel many Tea Party organizations lack the focus or games plans to challenge liberal agenda. I personally have told by business repre-sentatives from several large banking and energy companies that they prefer not work grassroots for these reasons.

The split between big business and grass-roots groups at many levels. Nationally, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is supporting immigra-tion reform with a pathway to citizenship and a guest worker program, which many conserva-tive grassroots groups oppose. In Texas, most energy businesses in the Eagle Ford Shale did not support conservative candidates in the 2012 election in their backyard.

In San Antonio, the local Chamber which

is led by large businesses like USAA and HEB have supported Mayor Castro’s liberal agenda like the Pre-Kinder program which duplicated the Head Start at local taxpayer expense. They also supported a half billion dollar bond, street cars, the homosexual rights ordinance, and the redevelopment of downtown SA which includes a taxpayer funded $1 million grant for an HEB store, and public subsidies for the developers of downtown housing. Most conservative grass-roots leaders feel these projects only helped en-hance Castro’s liberal agenda and political career.

Given the division between the two groups, we should ask, what will happen now that the Tea Party has made such a dramatic stand on the ObamaCare and federal government shut down? Will the business leaders withdraw fur-ther from any association with them, to the detriment of the GOP? What will happen when grassroots activists voice their demands on fu-ture issues like immigration reform? Will the business community and its leaders be able to work with grassroots conservative activists?

Perhaps the best way to bridge the gulf will be small businesses. Grassroots groups and small businesses are probably better suited to work together because both are often ignored by the “big boys”. The political and economic interests of small groups are usually overlooked or sacri-ficed by high ranking politicians and big busi-ness interests.

To win elections, the conservative candidates must have voters and grassroots activists, AND money from the business community. Whether large business interests, including Texas giants like USAA, HEB, and major energy companies can find common ground with conservative grassroots groups to support conservative can-didates is the question. But one thing is certain. There needs to be a partnership between the two groups to save Texas and the U.S. from the liberal agenda.

Nancy Pelosi infamously said that we had to pass Obamacare to find out what’s in it. The then-House speaker erroneously assumed, evidently, that people would be able to get onto the government-run exchanges created by the law.

So far the law’s implementation has been as ugly as its passage. The rollout of Obamacare has been so disastrous that even “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart was plainly mystified and unconvinced when Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius came on his show the other day to offer reassurances.

Judging by the haphazard beginning -- error messages have been the norm, and the federal website has had to be taken offline several times -- you’d guess that this was a back-burner project for the Obama administration, or the start date for the exchanges had been sprung on it a few weeks ago. Of course, it is the president’s most cherished initiative, and his team has had more than three years to get the exchanges up and running.

Imagine the chaos if this were something the administration cared about less. The conservative trope used to be that Americans shouldn’t want health care delivered by the people who run the post office. The new conservative trope could be that Americans shouldn’t want health care delivered by the people who built HealthCare.gov.

A young man named Chad Henderson achieved instant media celebrity by claiming to have signed up for Obamacare on the federal

exchange. So desperate were reporters to find someone who had managed this unlikely feat that they flocked to him for interviews about his amazing experience -- except even he hadn’t actually done it.

The website problems are the result, according to the administration, of overwhelming volume. Experts disagree. CBS quoted a sympathetic programmer named Luke Chung observing that “it wasn’t designed well, it wasn’t implemented well, and it looks like nobody tested it.”

The Washington Post cited two allies of the administration who “said they approached White House officials this year to raise concerns that the federal exchange was not ready to launch. In both cases, Obama officials assured them there was no cause for alarm.”

Presumably, the administration will eventually make its website work, since it doesn’t involve radically new technology. The more fundamental question is whether the larger project is sustainable when the exchanges need young and healthy people to sign up, at the same time they will have to pay sharply more under Obamacare.

The San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News quoted one Cindy Vinson, an Obamacare supporter, who was disconcerted to learn that she will have to pay $1,800 more a year for an individual policy. “Of course, I want people to have health care,” she said. “I just didn’t realize I would be the one who was going to pay for it personally.”

She might not have realized it because the president of the United States never mentions it. In all his speeches about Obamacare, he never quite gets around to the part about some premiums going up, which for people forced to pay more will probably be the most salient feature of the law.

But hey, what possibly could go wrong?

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.

(c) 2013 by King Features Synd., Inc.

The Gonzales Healthcare Sys-tems Foundation Board of Di-rectors met recently acting on business supportive to the goals and mission for the organization. The board was updated on the teleradiology/telemedicine grant request and the Waelder Medi-cal Clinic project. Services to further benefit the patient base in Waelder are being assessed.

A program was provided by Brandon Stroh, M.D. with Hous-ton Progressive Radiology As-sociates, HPRA. Dr. Stroh is a radiologist specializing in body imaging, diagnostic radiology and emergency medicine includ-ing sub-specialty training in nu-clear medicine.

The HPRA group is headquar-tered in Houston offering highly

specialized experience in every facet of radiology staffing board-certified, fellowship-trained sub-specialists. HPRA serves Gonzales Healthcare Systems and is affiliated with Memorial Hermann in the Greater Houston Area who is ranked in the top 1% of hospitals in the nation. HPRA

provides teleradiology services to Gonzales on a 24/7 basis. The radiology group is a very valued relationship to our local health-care system, delivering the best in patient care.

Dr. Stroh informed the board of directors “3D mammogra-phy delivers the best technology available in cancer screening today.” Studies reflect that 3D utilized for screening reduces recall rates by 37% and in-creases the detection of invasive cancers by 54%. Having this technology has increased the ability to diagnose cancer. This is shown in the number of posi-tive biopsies.

Alternatively, fewer biopsies are done on healthy patients where 2D and analog technol-

ogy were inconclusive. Stroh stated, “Your patients are re-ceiving the gold standard in care, and your board and your hospital are to be commended for doing the right thing in pa-tient centered care.”

A report was given on the suc-cessful fundraiser the Apache Cheerleaders lead benefiting the hospital foundation. The group raised $6,000.00 to ben-efit unfunded women of Gon-zales receive 3D mammograms and or breast biopsies.

The cheerleaders sold 1,101 pink “Apaches for a Cure” tee-shirts to fund the project. Due to the humanitarian efforts and extraordinary leadership of these young ladies, Mayor Lo-gan named each of the cheer-

leaders as Ambassadors to the City of Gonzales.

The Hospital Foundation Board will be participating in the Lighted Christmas Parade sponsored by Main Street. Plans are underway for the Lights of Love Community Christmas scheduled for December 19th.

The three levels of giving for the event will be a Light of Love $5.00, Christmas Star $100.00 and a Christmas Angel $1,000.00. If you would like to honor someone special in your life or remember someone by honoring their memory, you may contact Connie Kacir at 830-672-8758. Concluding the meeting was business related to the upcoming gala scheduled for May 3, 2014.

Last night I was working on the com-puter, catching up with my training records and eating an Oreo cookie; they cost eight dollars a box here by the way.

We have to keep exact records of every-thing we do as it pertains to the dog and our duties here. How many vehicles did we search? Did we find anything? What did we do for training, and what odors did we train on and were there any issues? It is all recorded and is open to inspection at any time.

I was just about done for the evening when there was a low rumble and my room sort of vibrated. This was something I had felt before and before long, the sirens could be heard heading this way. I went outside and could smell the acrid smoke floating in the air. It is different than a normal fire. You can feel the difference in your throat and nose. It covers the area like a blanket on a foggy morning.

There was smoke filling the air as it was pretty still so it didn’t clear out very quick-ly. You could see the haze against the vari-ous lights. The smoke made a halo effect around each of them.

I wasn’t the only one outside now. Sev-eral other people were looking to see what had happened or more importantly, where it had happened. We all knew the what, just not the where. The alarms did not go off other than the emergency responder’s si-rens, so we figured it was nothing that was going to have anything to do with us.

Turns out, outside the wall, about 300 meters away, a car bomb had detonated. Why? Who knows, but this is two explo-sions here in the last few days. What it does do is bring our mission a little clearer into focus. If my handlers thought that it would never happen here or they would never find anything because there was no real threat,

they think differently now. That car could have tried to come in the gate. We feel it didn’t because they know the dogs are here and we will find it. This does ramp up the “pucker factor” a few notches though.

Within a few minutes, I went back inside and continued updating my records all the while trying to fight off this 80-pound ani-mal and his ball that he constantly drops on my head when I’m typing. Having a dog with me sure has its perks but sometimes, like right now, he needs to understand that dropping the ball on the keyboard is not a game I like to play as much as he does.

P.S.: He also thinks putting a paw on the mouse when I’m trying to do something is great fun.

Just another day in Iraq and another, Dispatch From Downrange

This is an edited transcrip-tion of an interview with Wyoming wilderness outfit-ter Todd Jones heard on “The News from the Camphouse” on KULM 98.3 FM.

Brune: This interview is coming via the Paint-rock Elk Camp in Wyo-ming’s Washakie Wilder-ness. The subject today is wildlife management on federal lands, but, if my readers and listeners will stick with me they’ll real-ize why aspects of this in-formation are pertinent to Texas. Also, we should realize that wildlife man-agement policies on federal lands impact neighboring ranchers, communities, lo-cal economies, and outfit-ters who utilize those lands. In other words, as noted in Alton Chase’s book, “Play-ing God in Yellowstone”, faulty wildlife management concepts could wreak havoc throughout an ecosystem. Todd would you elaborate?

Jones: The states have the responsibility of man-aging wildlife populations. However, the federal gov-ernment becomes involved with the Endangered Spe-cies Act. That’s when wild-life management affects my business, nearby ranchers, and local economies. In

our area we’re talking about management of grizzly bears and the introduction of wolves. Over the years we’ve actually adapted our-selves to living with griz-zlies. We’ve learned tech-niques to keep them out of camp and to keep our cli-ents safe. From a business standpoint it does add a sig-nificant cost. Wolves are an-other problem. They’ve had a huge impact on the game species that we hunt. The wolves’ favorite prey is elk and that is also our primary interest as a hunting outfit-ter. Wolves have devastated elk herds throughout the Rocky Mountain West.

Brune: Initially, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation didn’t take a strong stand against wolves. But now the organization seems to have taken a position in favor of

wolf population manage-ment through hunting.

Jones: The Rocky Moun-tain Elk Foundation was built on elk hunters’ and outfitters’ dollars. However, they were very much on the fence when it came to man-agement of large predators. Now with great leadership from David Allen we’ve seen a complete turnaround.

Brune: Let’s talk more about grizzly bears. Please tell us about the added ex-penses of running a camp in grizzly country and talk about the grizzly population numbers.

Jones: This is our 15th season in this camp and I’d say there were 12 to 15 bears in this drainage when we started. In my estimate I’d say there are now three to four times more bears. I believe that’s a provable and valid statement. One huge investment in our operation is that we supply our guests and staff with bear repellent which is a type of pepper spray. That’s a $45 aerosol can that everyone packs around the entire time they’re in our camp or hunt-ing area. We’ve got electric fence around the cook tent. We’ve got a platform that we raise every night with all the groceries, and we’ve got spe-

cial horse feed barrels that we pack into the mountains on mules. The man power, labor, and working man hours taken to bear-proof our camp and keep guests safe accumulates into a lot of time, effort, and money. It takes at least five or six ex-tra mule loads of equipment to bear-proof our camp.

But let me make one point. The team or staff here is accustomed to manag-ing camp with grizzlies in mind. We believe the griz-zly is part of the landscape and makes this country that much wilder. So, even though it’s an extra burden it makes for a wilder experi-ence and we’ve been fortu-nate that despite the abun-dance of bears we’ve had no tragic encounters and enjoy occasionally seeing the griz-zlies – preferably at a com-fortable distance.

Brune: Do outfitters’ or-ganizations pressure federal or state fish and game agen-cies to implement hunt-ing seasons on grizzlies for population control?

Jones: We advocate a sea-son. The only way any spe-cies is ever brought back is to get folks involved and that includes hunting. We must get people to actually care about the grizz and I

think that should be a man-agement step. The bear pop-ulation is flourishing. We do have anti-hunters throwing up roadblocks in the way of litigation. Four years ago we had a de-listing for 90 days. The state fish and game has a quota system in place and were ready to go with a sea-son. Then the anti-hunting crowd found a liberal judge to pass an injunction. So it’s back in court and will be de-cided – who knows when.

Brune: This is where I want to inject the disservice that quasi-conservation groups such as the Sierra Club and the U.S. Humane Society do to the recovery of particular species. These groups glean funding from uninvolved people for the purpose of litigation. It’s the conservation groups fund-ed by actual hunters and fishermen that best benefit habitat and target species.

Jones: There are two groups that I tell my hunters they need to support. One is the NRA. Of course they protect the 2nd Amend-ment but they also do a tremendous job in Wash-ington D. C. to protect our hunting rights. The other group is the Safari Club In-ternational. They’re one of the most powerful hunting

advocates in Washington.Brune: Now for the

sake of my readers and listeners in Texas, let’s mention that Texans are fortunate we live in a pri-vate property state. There is little federal land or federal wildlife manage-ment in Texas. Also, we are fortunate that while Texas has become con-sidered an urban state, the Sportsman’s Caucus is the largest bi-parti-san caucus in the Texas Legislature. What that means is that even urban Texas legislators enjoy the outdoors. And again fortunately Texas is big enough that folks who desire to hunt, fish, hike, bird watch, camp, kayak, or whatever can find lo-cales that are accessible. However, don’t think that we’re immune from federal scrutiny. There are private landowners that have felt the wrath of the Endangered Spe-cies Act. And there is one major issue in Texas that would affect all Texans, where the feds could de-cide to manage a natural resource. We’ll explain in the second part of this interview. To be continued Next week.


In Your View

Healthcare Board gets update on new grant request status

Santa’s Helpers closing down

Herman Brune

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

Looking Downfrom the Saddle

Turning the Devil loose in Yellowstone National Park

Just another day, another senseless act of stupidity

Jon Harris

Jon Harris is an Army retiree and former law enforce-ment officer in Gonzales County now employed as a civilian military dog handler in the Middle East.

Dispatches from Downrange

Hospital Hopes& HappeningsConnieKacir

Connie Kacir is the Executive Direc-tor of Gonzales Healthcare Systems Foundation.

Dear Editor,It is with mixed emo-

tions that we want to let the community know that Santa’s Helpers has decided to dissolve our non-profit organization. After hav-ing served families in need since 1998, we are no lon-ger able to continue our organization. The commu-nity has been so giving by donating money and gifts to thousands of children over the years and we are so appreciative. There are so many other organizations in Gonzales County that have the same goal as us, to help the less fortunate, and we hope that you will con-tinue to give to these won-

derful organizations that help so many in need. We are humbled by the gener-osity of the community and know you have made such a difference in these chil-dren’s lives. Santa’s Helpers has decided to donate the remaining balance left in our account to the follow-ing non-profit groups in Gonzales County:

Norma’s House; Mt. Pil-grim Church Youth Dept ; Anchor Club; Gonzales Welfare Board; The Gon-zales Animal Shelter; Head Start of Gonzales; GCAM; Gonzales Youth Soccer League; Catholic Commu-nity of Gonzales; Coun-try Village Square Senior

Citizens Association; Two Rivers Bible Church Youth Dept.; G Town Striders; Legacy Ranch;

We would like to thank Wal-Mart and their em-ployees as well as all the other wonderful business-es, churches, organizations, and individuals who sup-ported Santa’s Helpers over the years.

Sincerely,

Santa’s Helpers for Gonza-les CountyBoard Members: Denise Langston, Mary Lou Hol-ub, Irma Nunez, Patsy Compton, Cecilia Single-ton, Tena Roaches, and Norma Ehrig


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draw 4% of your portfolio in the first year of retire-ment, with inflation adjust-ed amounts in subsequent years.

Traditional IRA’s are sub-ject to required minimum distribution rules upon reaching the age of 70 1/2. Roth IRA’s are not sub-ject to required minimum distributions during the owner’s lifetime, but ARE required to make distribu-tions upon the death of the owner with a 50% penalty if such distributions are NOT made.

If income needs are not a concern for a spouse, changing the beneficiary designation to children or grandchildren will allow you to ‘stretch’ your Roth or traditional IRA over sev-eral generations thus truly allowing the 8th wonder of the world to work miracles as your investments com-pounds for many more years to come. Please join me and the accountants from Oehlke CPA, LLC in Seguin at Bella Sera on November 5 at 6 PM for a discussion on retirement income and 529 college savings plans.

Barbara Magor is a Certified Financial Planner with offices in La Vernia.

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Eighth wonder of the world

Gonzales CountyFarm Bureau

Agriculture Information DaySponsored by Gonzales County Farm Bureau

Texas A&M AgriLIFE Extension Service - Gonzales CountyGonzales County Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture

Gonzales County Historical Commission

Wednesday, November 6, 2013Lutheran Fellowship Hall, Gonzales

(1206 N. St. Joseph, Gonzales)

Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Programs begins at 9:00 a.m.Donuts, coffee,lunch, tea and water will be provided

9:00-10:00 Cemeteries on Private Land, rules regulations - Gonzales County Judge David Bird 10:00-11:00 Cowherd Drought Nutrition-Joe Paschal, Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Livestock Specialist 11:00-12:00 Laws & Regs, Q&A - Pat Davis, Sergeant, Highway Patrol Bryan Freeman, Commercial Motor Vehicle Trooper 12:00 Lunch (DPS Videos) 1:00-2:00 Long Range Weather Forecast - Bob Rose LCRA Chief Metereologist

3 CEU’s - Texas A&M AgriLIFE Extension Service

Please RSVP to the Farm Bureau office at 830-672-7518 by Monday, Nov. 4th, 2013.

Seating is limited. Lunch will be provided if we know you’re attending.

Barbara Friedrich is the admin-istrator of Gonzales Main Street.

Main StreetHappenings

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Gonzales LivestockMarket ReportThe Gonzales Livestock

Market Report for Saturday, October 19, 2013 had on hand: 615 cattle.

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

Stocker-feeder steers: Me-dium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs., $235-$255; 300-400 lbs, $215-$230; 400-500 lbs, $180-$200; 500-600 lbs, $164-$175; 600-700 lbs., $149-$156; 700-800 lbs, $141-$145.

Bull yearlings: 700-900 lbs, $91-$105.

Stocker-feeder heifers: Me-dium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs, $195-$210; 300-400 lbs, $175-$190; 400-500 lbs, $160-$170; 500-600 lbs., $141-$155; 600-700 lbs., $131-$136.

Packers cows: Good lean utility and commercial, $75-$81; Cutters, $79-$85; Can-ners, $61-$68; Low yielding fat cows, $69-$76.

Packer bulls: Yield grade 1 & 2, good heavy bulls; $93-$101.50; light weights and me-dium quality bulls, $85-$94.

Stocker Cows: $950-$1,150.Pairs: $1,050-$1,550.Thank you for your busi-

ness!!View our sale live at cattleu-

sa.com!

Hallettsville LivestockCommission ReportThe Hallettsville Livestock

Commission Co., Inc. had on hand on October 15, 2013, 1,237; week ago, 1,757; year ago, 1,636.

Wonderful rains in our area. Better quality classes of calves sold $3 to $5 higher in most areas. Some light weights $6 to $10 higher. Heavier weights 650 lbs and up sold steady. De-mand very good in all areas.

Packer cows and bulls sold $3 higher on approx 130 hd. total.

Packer Cows: higher dress-ing utility & cutter cows, $74-$89; lower dressing utility & cutter cows, $62-$74; light weight canner cows, $50-$62.

Packer Bulls: heavyweight bulls, $95-$102.50; utility & cutter bulls, $87-$95; light-weight canner bulls, $80-$87.

Stocker and Feeder Calves and Yearlings: Steer & Bull Calves: under 200; none; 200-300 lbs, $200-$235; 300-400 lbs, $195-$240; 400-500 lbs, $178-$220; 500-600 lbs, $145-$185; 600-700 lbs, $140-$159; 700-800 lbs, $136-$145. Heifer

Calves: under 200 lbs, None; 200-300 lbs, $185-$222; 300-400 lbs, $170-$205; 400-500 lbs, $145-$176; 500-600 lbs, $138-$157; 600-700 lbs, $132-$142; 700-800 lbs, $118-$131.

If we can help with market-ing your livestock, please call 361-798-4336.

Cuero Livestock Market ReportCuero Livestock Market Re-

port on October 18, 2013, had 1,275 head.

Had 83cows and 13 bulls. The packer market was as strong or stronger than last week as a small supply and steady demand held the mar-ket at a high level.

The calf market was once again higher by an average of over $4/cwt over last week’s high market. This market is approaching record all time highs for calves. Again, over-all demand is strong reflecting good wheat grazing condi-tions as well as favorable corn prices.

Packer Bulls: Hvy. Wts., $92-$100; lower grades, $70-$85.

Packer cows: breakers, $65-$75; boning, $65-$84; canners & cutters, $80-$89; light & weak, $48-$60.

Palpated, only 9 bred cows, $100-$119.

Pairs: 2 Pairs, $1,500 & $1,600.

Steer calves: under 200 lbs, none; 200-250 lbs, none; 250-300 lbs, none; 300-350 lbs, $200-$2365; 350-400 lbs, $224-$238; 400-450 lbs, $174-$212; 450-500 lbs, $183-$210; 500-550 lbs, $167-$190; 550-600 lbs, $161-$173; 600-700 lbs, $141-$167; 700-800 lbs, $144-$154.

Bull Calves: under 250 lbs, $192-$220; 250-300 lbs, $173-$218; 300-350 lbs, $200-$208; 350-400 lbs, $193-$234; 400-450 lbs, $187-$218; 450-500 lbs, $167-$207; 500-550 lbs, $186-$191; 550-600 lbs, $156-$170; 600-700 lbs, $145-$160.

Over 700 lbs. bulls, $141-$155.

Heifer Calves: under 200 lbs., none; 200-250 lbs., none; 250-300 lbs, $170-$184; 300-350 lbs, $187-$204; 350-400 lbs, $169-$210; 400-450 lbs, $154-$190; 450-500 lbs, $150-$179; 500-550 lbs, $155-$180; 550-600 lbs, $147-$182; 600-700 lbs., $140-$163; over 700 lbs, $126-$140.

The Best Western Re-gency Inn & Suites in Gon-zales was recognized with the brand’s highest honor, the M.K. Guertin Award, as well as the Champion Cus-tomer Care Award at Best Western International’s 2013 Convention held re-cently in San Antonio.

The awards were pre-sented in front of more than 2,000 industry peers.

The prestigious M.K. Guertin Award is bestowed upon those member prop-erties that have represented

the vision of Best Western’s founder and best demon-strated exceptional levels of service, quality, value and commitment to the brand. The Champion Customer Care Award honors prop-erties that demonstrate and best exemplify exceptional levels of service and care. The hotels must also meet quality standards and other membership requirements to qualify for each award.

The Best Western Re-gency Inn & Suites is one of only 35 hotels out of more than 2,400 properties in the U.S. and Canada to receive both awards.

“The M.K. Guertin Award recognizes those Best Western hotels in the top percentile that truly demonstrate the highest levels of quality and ser-vice within the brand,” said Julie Montmaneix, Chairman of Best Western International’s Board of Di-rectors. “The Best Western Regency Inn & Suites was also awarded the Cham-pion Customer Care Award for its strong commitment to providing superior cus-tomer care to guests.”

Located at 1811 E. Sarah DeWitt Drive, the Best Western Regency Inn &

Suites features 27 rooms and complimentary conti-nental breakfast, outdoor pool and spa, high speed internet, and truck park-

ing.For reservations, call the

hotel directly at 830-672-5555 or call Best Western’s 24-hour, toll-free number

at 1-800-WESTERN. Res-ervations are also available through the hotel chain’s website at bestwestern.com.

Gonzales Best Western earns chain’s highest honor

Saluting Fall Spirit winners; Happy Fall Y’all Saturday

Recent well location re-ports from the Texas Rail-road Commission

DeWitt County

API No.: 42-123-33334Classification: Fld. Dev.

and HorizontalOperator: BHP Billiton

Pet (TXLA Op) Co.Lease Name: Bednorz BWell No.: 3HField Name: Eagleville

(Eagle Ford-2)Total Depth: 14,000 feetDirection and Miles: 9.4

miles NW of YorktownSurvey Name: I RR Co,

Section 59, A-266Acres: 647.67




(Eagle Ford-2)Total Depth: 14,000 feetDirection and Miles:

10.57 miles west of York-town

Survey Name: E. Dale, A-151

Acres: 647.67





10.57 miles NW of York-town

Survey Name: E. Dale, A-151

Acres: 647.67


and HorizontalOperator: Burlington

Resources O and G Co. LPLease Name: N Stein-

mann Unit AWell No.: 2Field Name: Eagleville


11.7 miles NW of CueroSurvey Name: H.P.

Cook, A-120Acres: 432.87

Gonzales County


and HorizontalOperator: Argent Energy

(US) Holdings Inc.Lease Name: HRNCIRWell No.: 6HField Name: Eagleville


18.2 miles NE of GonzalesSurvey Name: L. Mallet,

A-352Acres: 482.72


and HorizontalOperator: Argent Energy

(US) Holdings Inc.Lease Name: HRNCIRWell No.: 5HField Name: Eagleville


18.2 miles NE of Gonzales

Survey Name: L. Mallet, A-352

Acres: 482.72


and HorizontalOperator: EOG Resourc-

es Inc.Lease Name: Henley

UnitWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville


miles SW of SmileySurvey Name: W. Small,

A-425Acres: 640


and HorizontalOperator: Marathon Oil

EF LLCLease Name: Barnhart

(EF) GWell No.: 5HField Name: Eagleville


19.7 miles SW of GonzalesSurvey Name: A.B. Wil-

liams, A-470Acres: 352.66


and HorizontalOperator: Marathon Oil

EF LLCLease Name: Barnhart

(EF) DWell No.: 5HField Name: Eagleville


16.5 miles south of Gon-zales

Survey Name: A.W. Hill, A-247

Acres: 312.63



es Inc.Lease Name: Kasper


(Eagle Ford-1)Total Depth: 12,800 feetDirection and Miles: 4

miles NW of ShinerSurvey Name: D. Gray,

A-518Acres: 1,024.34



es Inc.Lease Name: Mellen-

camp UnitWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville


miles SE of SmileySurvey Name: Peter

Winn, A-464Acres: 425.63



es Inc.Lease Name: Turducken



miles SW of Moulton

Survey Name: J.A. Hue-ser, A-244

Acres: 225.89



es Inc.Lease Name: RichardsWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville


miles NE of SmileySurvey Name: H. Earth-

man, A-202Acres: 640


and HorizontalOperator: Forest Oil

Corp.Lease Name: PattesonWell No.: 2HField Name: Eagleville


miles SE of SmileySurvey Name: W. Small,

A-425Acres: 320


and HorizontalOperator: Forest Oil

Corp.Lease Name: Lester-

EvertsonWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville


miles NE of GonzalesSurvey Name: W. New-

man, A-362Acres: 821.69


and Horizontal Recomple-tion

Operator: Lucas Energy Inc.

Lease Name: Upton Ruddock

Well No.: 1STField Name: Pilgrim

(Austin Chalk)Total Depth: 8,900 feetDirection and Miles:

13.5 miles SW of GonzalesSurvey Name: B. Lock-

hart, Section 1, A-37Acres: 320


and HorizontalOperator: Rosetta Re-

sources Operating LPLease Name: McGinty

UnitWell No.: 2Field Name: Eagleville


miles NE of WrightsboroSurvey Name: A.M. Gre-

nage, A-222Acres: 320

Lavaca County


and RecompletionOperator: Geiser Oper-

ating Inc.Lease Name: LampleyWell No.: 1RField Name: Kemper, E.

(1775)Total Depth: 2,900 feetDirection and Miles:

22.42 miles south of Hal-lettsville

Survey Name: N. Peck, A-357

Acres: 60

API No.: 42-285-33736Classification: Fld. Dev.Operator: Trio Consult-

ing and Management LLCLease Name: Ziegler AWell No.: 1Field Name: Mont (Wil-

cox 10,900)Total Depth: 11,600 feetDirection and Miles: 4.7

miles SE of HallettsvilleSurvey Name: J.C. Davis,

A-13Acres: 184

Recent oil and gas completions according to reports from the Texas Railroad Commission

DeWitt County



Resources O and G Co. LPLease Name: Justiss Unit

BWell No.: 1Field Name: Eagleville

(Eagle Ford-2)Survey Name: S. Bate-

man, A-4Direction and Miles:

10.2 miles west of YoakumOil: 360MCF: 535Choke Size: 8/64 of an

inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 3,798Total Depth: 17,530 feetPerforations: 12,480-

17,247 feet



Resources O and G Co. LPLease Name: Gohlke

Unit AWell No.: 2Field Name: DeWitt

(Eagle Ford Shale)Survey Name: F. Leal,

A-304Direction and Miles: 3.7

miles NW of NordheimOil: 287MCF: 1,326Choke Size: 12/64 of an

inchTubing Pressure: 7,440Shut In Well Pressure:

7,460Total Depth: 18,230 feetPerforations: 13,951-

17,941 feet



Resources O and G Co. LPLease Name: Kolodziejz-

cyk Unit AWell No.: 2Field Name: DeWitt

(Eagle Ford Shale)Survey Name: F.N.

Hackney, A-650Direction and Miles: 5.8

miles NE of RungeOil: 464MCF: 1,647Choke Size: 27/64 of an


8,840Total Depth: 19,600 feetPerforations: 13,900-

19,389 feet


and Horizontal

Operator: Geosouthern Energy Corp.

Lease Name: Oehlke AWell No.: 2HField Name: Eagleville

(Eagle Ford-2)Survey Name: W. Simp-

son, A-431Direction and Miles:

4.68 miles SE of WesthoffOil: 408MCF: 7,116Choke Size: 11/64 of an

inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 6,759Total Depth: 18,361 feetPlug Back Depth: 18,264

feetPerforations: 13,481-

18,253 feet


and HorizontalOperator: Geosouthern

Energy Corp.Lease Name: Bednorz AWell No.: 2HField Name: Eagleville

(Eagle Ford-2)Survey Name: I RR Co,

Section 59, A-266Direction and Miles:

9.24 miles NW of YorktownOil: 888MCF: 1,424Choke Size: 12/64 of an



17,365 feet



Energy Corp.Lease Name: Bednorz BWell No.: 2HField Name: Eagleville



9.24 miles NW of YorktownOil: 1,122MCF: 1,269Choke Size: 12/64 of an



17,719 feet



Energy Corp.Lease Name: S. Witte AWell No.: 1HField Name: DeWitt

(Eagle Ford Shale)Survey Name: R. Sin-

clair, A-429Direction and Miles:

1.36 miles NE of YoakumOil: 576MCF: 1,419Choke Size: 12/64 of an


6,000Total Depth: 16,660 feetPlug Back Depth: 16,540


16,528 feet



Energy Corp.

Lease Name: P. Frisbie BWell No.: 2HField Name: Eagleville

(Eagle Ford-2)Survey Name: A. Strick-

land, A-665Direction and Miles:

8.29 miles NW of NordheimOil: 614MCF: 2,202Choke Size: 12/64 of an



18,858 feet



Energy Corp.Lease Name: Sonny Seif-

ert AWell No.: 7HField Name: Eagleville






15,513 feet



Energy Corp.Lease Name: Sonny Seif-

ert AWell No.: 10HField Name: Eagleville






18,110 feet

Gonzales County



es Inc.Lease Name: Martin


(Eagle Ford-1)Survey Name: D. Gray,


miles NE of Glaze CityOil: 2,636MCF: 2,434Choke Size: 28/64 of an



16,510 feet


and Horizontal

Operator: EOG Resourc-es Inc.

Lease Name: Martin Unit

Well No.: 7HField Name: Eagleville






16,561 feet




UnitWell No.: 6HRField Name: Eagleville






16,650 feet










15,213 feet



Energy Corp.Lease Name: Medina

UnitWell No.: 1Field Name: Eagleville

(Eagle Ford-1)Survey Name: J.D. Cle-

ments, A-9Direction and Miles:

14.56 miles SE of GonzalesOil: 729MCF: 1,338Choke Size: 11/64 of an



17,211 feet


and HorizontalOperator: Penn Virginia

Oil and Gas LPLease Name: Cannonade

Ranch SouthWell No.: 18HField Name: Eagleville

(Eagle Ford-1)Survey Name: F. Taylor,

A-71Direction and Miles:

5.91 miles NE of GonzalesOil: 394MCF: 241Choke Size: 34/64 of an

inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 131Total Depth: 11,454 feetPlug Back Depth: 11,290


11,237 feet







5.91 miles NE of GonzalesOil: 768MCF: 396Choke Size: 18/64 of an

inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 1,060Total Depth: 15,268 feetPerforations: 9,695-

15,170 feet







5.91 miles NE of GonzalesOil: 1,131MCF: 491Choke Size: 26/64 of an

inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 521Total Depth: 15,120 feetPerforations: 9,694-

15,000 feet


and HorizontalOperator: Tidal Petro-

leum Inc.Lease Name: AlfordWell No.: 2HField Name: Eagleville

(Eagle Ford-1)Survey Name: R. David-

son, A-185Direction and Miles: 6

miles NW of MoultonOil: 360MCF: 0Choke Size: 16/64 of an

inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 400Total Depth: 13,630 feetPlug Back Depth: 13,105


13,071 feet


Regional Oil & Gas Activity Report

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Oil/gas industry employment continues climbingCannon News Services

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AUSTIN — The Texas Inde-pendent Producers & Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO) has released a new report providing a mid-year analysis of U.S. oil and natural gas employment data. According to TIPRO, the U.S. oil and gas industry now employs more than one million workers, further reinforcing the impor-tance and significant economic contributions of the exploration and production (E&P) sector at the local, state and national lev-els.

In the first half of 2013, the U.S. oil and gas industry added a net 23,700 jobs, for a net growth rate of 2.4 percent, reports to TIPRO. Between June 2012 and June 2013, industry employment grew by 2.6 percent, which was faster than the overall U.S. private sec-tor. Moreover, during the past 18-months, from January 2012 to June 2013, the industry grew by

as much as 5.7 percent, a figure that also topped the overall U.S. private sector. The majority of the growth in 2013 was concentrated in oil and gas extraction, drilling and support activities. Over the 18-month period, nearly half the employment growth for the oil and gas industry was driven by supporting activity, which add-ed 26,900 jobs compared to the 54,900 jobs added for the entire oil and gas industry. Altogether, the TIPRO report examines nine primary sectors comprising the U.S. oil and natural gas industry, revealing growth across all sec-tors for the first half of 2013, with the exception of the Oil & Gas Field Machinery and Equipment sector.

Innovation and advancements in hydraulic fracturing and hori-zontal drilling have made it pos-sible to produce increased levels of oil and natural gas from shale plays that were once unreachable with conventional technologies. This in turn has allowed for a re-

markable surge in the domestic production of oil and natural gas from shale formations in the U.S. During 2012, total U.S. crude-oil production reached its highest level in nearly 15 years, with daily production averaging nearly 6.5 million barrels, according to the U.S. Energy Information Admin-istration (EIA). This growth con-tinues to this day.

“The U.S. oil and gas industry continues to flourish, adding over 177,500 jobs since 2010,” said Ed Longanecker, president, TIPRO. “The positive economic impact of our industry is unmatched – with Texas leading the country in oil and gas production, innovation and employment trends. This is due in large part to our state’s fa-vorable business and regulatory climate, which serves as a model for others to follow.”

In 2012, the Texas oil and gas industry employed 388,000 pro-fessionals, adding 43,000 net new jobs in the oil and gas industry last year, the highest in the coun-

try. While state specific data is not yet available for 2013, it is estimated that more than half of the domestic oil and gas employ-ment growth experienced in the first half of 2013 occurred in Texas, similar to trends and data previously provided by TIPRO for 2012.

Despite the positive economic impact of the oil and gas industry, and the many advantages associ-ated with increasing domestic development of oil and natural gas, a number of state and federal issues threaten to slow this prog-ress. Federal agencies like the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI), continue with attempts to implement onerous regula-tions and restrictions on industry activity that have no basis in sci-ence, threatening the livelihood of oil and gas producers, particu-larly independents who collec-tively drill up to 95 percent of the

oil and natural gas wells in Amer-ica. For Texas operators, issues related to transportation, water, endangered species conservation reform, and numerous regulatory issues remain top priorities.

“If these issues are not properly addressed, growth in the oil and gas industry could slow, which will directly impact all areas that rely on funding and support from our industry, including schools, Medicaid, children’s health in-surance programs, children’s protective services, roads, and police and fire departments,” added Longanecker. “We remain committed to working with all stakeholders to responsibly ad-dress the issues associated with this growth, while embracing the extraordinary opportunities and resources that exist in our state.”

All data from TIPRO’s latest re-port was compiled from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Cur-rent Employment Survey and is preliminary and not adjusted for seasonal variances.

The Pride in Gon-zales Fall Cleanup is scheduled from 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, Oct. 26, with headquarters set up at the Victoria Col-lege campus.

The event is designed as a fall counterpart to each spring’s Jim Price Clean Sweep, with resi-dents and community groups encouraged to tackle litter around town. Those dropping off items are asked to show a city utility bill to verify resi-dency in the city.

Dumpsters and recy-cling bins will be avail-able for metals, old

tires and car batteries, in addition to everyday items. A drive-through drop-off path will be set from the St. Paul side of the VC campus, exiting on Dunning west to St. Joseph.

Scrap metal and car batteries will be ac-cepted, with A&S Re-cycling donating pro-ceeds from the sale of that recycled mate-rial to Norma’s House. Those dropping off old

car tires are asked to be sure the tires are not on rims.

Hazardous chemi-cals such as paint and household cleaners will not be accepted.

Community groups are encouraged to sign up to “adopt” areas of town; work gloves and safety vests will be fur-nished. Also being do-nated will be snacks and water for those taking part in the ef-

fort.Volunteers planning

to help city staff work the event are asked to show up by 7:30 a.m.

The event will end promptly at noon; any vehicles in line await-ing dropoff at that time will be allowed to con-tinue, but no latecom-ers will be accepted.

For details or to sign up your group, contact City Hall at 830-672-2815.

helps young men and women tran-scend from self-centered civilians to part of the elite Marine Corps team.

“It mostly just feels good to now be able to call myself a Marine,” he said. “People are going to depend on me.”

He’s still fresh enough out of boot camp to still call everyone “Sir,” even when it’s pointed out that certain newspaper editors were sergeants, not officers. But like all Marines, he’s now part of a special brotherhood which will be part of the rest of his life.

“I feel like people show a little more

respect now,” he says. “Boot camp is a challenge, it’s really hard, but when you get out you feel really good about it.”

Olalde has some advice for some of the peers he left behind, who have struggled to find jobs.

“Staying at home ain’t gonna get you nowhere,” he says. “You’ve got to have goals and go after them.”

As an infantryman, Olalde says he’s aware that he could be asked to stand in harm’s way in our war on terror.

“You can’t have fear until you actu-ally face it,” he says. “And the Marines prepare you to face it.”


Gonzales native Operating Specialist 1st Class John DuBose IV, son of John and Cathy DuBose and grand-son of John and Jackie DuBose, was recently named the Sailor of the Year aboard USS Fort Worth (LCS-3). (US Navy Photo)

‘Pride in Gonzales’ cleanup set

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renovation and expansion, and construction of a band hall at North Avenue El-ementary School;

• Classroom expansion and renovation, restroom renovation, and cafeteria renovation and expansion at Gonzales Junior High School;

• Classroom and voca-tional space expansion at the Ninth Grade Center; cafeteria expansion, con-struction of a Student Cen-ter, improvements to secure the front office, construc-tion of a new front drive, and expanded parking at Gonzales High School.

Proposition 2, in the to-tal amount of $3,400,000, would provide funds for the construction of the fol-lowing improvements:

• Purchase of new school buses;

• Bus barn improve-ments, parking lot im-provements, construction and renovation projects to comply with ADA require-ments.

Proposition 1 would be broken into two phases. If approved by voters, design/drawing work would begin this year with construction continuing through 2015. Design for Phase 2 would begin as construction gets underway for Phase 1. It has an early projected com-pletion of early 2016.

The breaking up of Prop-osition 1 into phases will enable the school district to soften the impact of the bond sale on taxpayers. Bonds would be sold as each phase begins, rather than all up front, which would spread the sale over several years and gradually raise the Interest and Sink-ing (I&S) tax rate rather than impose one sharp in-crease.

The second and third bond sales would be “bank

qualified” transactions, which lowers the overall in-terest rate on the sales.

Proposition 2 includes the purchase of equipment such as buses which is nor-mally part of the school district’s Maintenance and Operations (M&O) tax. Gonzales ISD’s recent des-ignation as a “property rich” Chapter 42 district will force the district to share some tax revenues with a “property poor” dis-trict or send that revenue directly to the state.

By making the purchases of the buses and land as part of a bond issue, how-ever, the district will be able to keep all of the revenue used for those purchases because I&S tax rates are not subject to Chapter 42 redistribution of wealth.

While the bond issue would raise the district’s overall tax rate, GISD currently has the lowest property tax of several sur-rounding districts. Gonza-les ISD’s current total rate of $.9677 per $100 valua-tion compares to $1.28 for Nixon-Smiley, Waelder and Seguin, $1.115 for Luling, $1.16 in Schulenburg, $1.10 for Hallettsville, $1.04 for Shiner and $1.31 for Flato-nia.

GISD’s current I&S rate is $.032 per $100, and GISD’s current outstanding bonds will be paid off within 5

years. Under the proposal and the phased sale of the new bonds, the I&S rate would move to .0846 next year and max out at $.1740 in 2017.

If both Propositions 1 and 2 pass, the increases on taxes for a $100,000 house would total $142.32 over three years after the third bond sale. Proposition 2 adds $23.28 to the tax bill for a $100,000 home. For a $150,000 home, the com-bined three-year increase amounts to $213.60 a year once all bonds are sold by the 2015-16 tax year. That amounts to $11.86 a month for a $100,000 house, or $17.80 for a $150,000 house.

Passage of one or both propositions will not, how-ever, increase the tax bill on the homestead of persons 65 years of age or older are frozen by state law and WILL NOT increase once the Homestead Exemp-tion form has been filed with Gonzales or Caldwell County Appraisal Districts.

Voters can cast ballots from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the District Staff Development Center, 926 St. Lawrence, Gonzales. Voting hours will be extended on Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 28-29. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. both days. The last day to cast an early ballot is Friday, Nov. 1.

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“We are building the infrastructure for two townhomes with four units each, which will be rentals. A group out of Dallas will build an assisted liv-ing facility with 24 rooms and 30 beds. Single family homes and potentially an apartment complex with 24 units are planned also to be built in the first Phase of the project,” Kunz added.

The 1835 Village will address the great need of Gonzales for housing the growing number of citizens looking for houses or apartments. Both homes for sale and for rent will be offered.

“If weather permits, we will have the infrastructure ready in January 2014,

and construction of the various build-ings should start by then,” Kunz said.

Avalonpark Texas developed “The Springs at Walnut Creek” subdivi-sion in North Austin in 2012, with David Weekley Homes as the builder for 108 homes, and will soon start development of the “Enclave at Wal-nut Springs” subdivision, with Scott Felder Homes as the builder for 45 homes.

Avalon Park Group developed the 1,860 acre Avalon Park, an award-winning neotraditional community of more than 3,500 homes in east Orlan-do, Fla., and is presently developing Avalon Park West, a 1,800 acre master planned community north of Tampa.


1835: Sitework underwayfor newest subdivision

The Ranch Rodeo Finals get under-way at 7 p.m., with steer roping, the Little Ranch Rodeo, goat branding, goat tying, Pony Express races, Mutton Bustin’ (for kids 7 and under) and wild cow milking. There will also be a calf scramble for kids 12 and under.

The Ranch Rodeo Dance concludes the evening from 9:45 p.m. until midnight, with music by K.R Wood and the Gone to Texas Band.

The Pride in Gonzales Fall Cleanup takes place Saturday morning at the Vic-toria College campus from 8 a.m.-noon, while an open house and health fair is also scheduled at the college from 9-11 a.m.

Saturday’s fun continues at noon on Confederate Square with the annual Gon-zales Pet Parade to benefit the Gonzales Learning and Career Center.

Registration gets underway at 11:30 a.m. and the parde at noon. There will be prizes for Best Pet Costume, Closest Pet/Owner Lookalike, Most Unusual Pet and Best Pet Trick. There is a $10 entry fee per contest, with a raffle, silent auction, concessions and photographs with your pets available.

Participants are asked to ensure that only pets belonging to a four-legged spe-cies are included. All pets must be on leashes or restraints.

Saturday evening, Gonzales Main Street, East Avenue PTO, the Girl Scouts and the Lynn Theatre will host the Happy Fall Y’all event from 6-10 p.m. in downtown Gonzales. There will be food, fun, games, prizes and a free showing of “Hotel Tran-sylvania.”

A costume contest for kids newborn through 12 gets underway at 6:30 p.m.

The free showing of the animated “Hotel Transylvania” gets underway at 7:30 p.m.


WEEKEND: Pet Parade, free movie set Saturday

By DAVE [email protected]


Will and I went on a little jaunt though the Hill Coun-try yesterday. We zipped through showers of rain and then bright sun shine. My daddy always said “that was when the Devil was whip-ping his wife”.

The best thing that we could see was green grass ev-erywhere that we drove. One of the most depressing vaca-tions we ever had was when we came back from Arkan-sas through Oklahoma and the closer we drove toward Texas the dryer it got. They had fires along the highways in Oklahoma and people waving you on.

By the time we got to Waco, I was almost ready to turn around and go back. All vegetation was gone and the trees were dying too. We watched the lightning driv-ing home and discovered it had poured in Gonzales and had gotten all the football players wet. It had poured to the Southwest of us and left us with a beautiful star lit sky.

The Thanksgiving Sup-

per at Belmont will be No-vember 16th at the Bel-mont Community Center. It should be potluck.

PRAYER TIME: Joe Kot-wig, Mr. Bill, Jesse Esparza; Bill Lott, Louise Jones, Sandy Ingram, Aunt Georgie Gan-dre; Danny and Joyce Schel-lenberg, “Sarge” Dunkin, Rhonda Pruett, Aunt Fran-ces Gandre, Bubba and Sara Roecker, Glenn Mikesh, Lil-lie Lay, Maria Castillo, Phyl-lis and Alton Oncken, Selma Vickers, Landis, Keith Glass, Teresa Wilke, Linda Denker, Case Martin, Sandi Gandre, Aunt Betty Gandre, Margie Menking, Joy Carson, Ar-thur Casares, Harold Pape, Brock Stewart, Shirley Doz-ier, Marie Schauer, L.A. Lin-demann, Jr.;Graham Kelley,

Bob Brown, Diana Garcia, Esther Lindemann, Anna Lindemann, Lanny Baker, Judy Wilson, Bob Young, Marguerite Williams, and our military and their fami-lies, Sympathy to The fam-ily of Tim Sommerlatte, The family of Bessie Cleveland,

Wow, the Youth Center BBQ was a whopper of a success. They sold out every plate. All that juicy goodness was gone into some hun-gry person’s happy tummy. Thanks to all who helped in any capacity to make it such a great success. The Youth Center helps a lot of kids stay out of trouble and gives them motivation to look at another side of life. It helps keep them pointed in the right direction and this takes money to keep that program going.

Marcia Penney is going to have to train her cats how to really jump high. She had a vehicle leave our famous Hwy 80 and take a detour through the fence toward her house. I think that this has become an epidemic in San Antonio, and now it is

moving out here. As wild as traffic has become on Hwy 80, I believe that anything can happen.

I send sympathy to the family of Bessie Cleveland. After he husband George passed away she lived a little while in a little house be-longing to Gladys and Den-ver Cleveland. She indeed did have her life and hands full with trying to cope and raise four children doing the best that she could with them. She was always the one to put her family first and I am sure that they will miss Mimi.

Happy Birthday Ronda Pruett. Here is wishing you may more Happy Birthdays. And we have another great lady in our midst with a birthday. That lady in Eliza-beth (Betty) Fink. I just don’t know what we would

do without our intrepid Betty. We would never get anything done. Allen would never get to church, tea or coffee would never get made, the hospital in general would not get going on the straight and narrow, George would never have made it to adult-hood—he would have fallen into the pig pen and never found his way out—and I guess you get the picture of what I think of Betty. So you just better not bad mouth Mrs. Betty around me. You might get that four pronged cane of mine coming at you from the wrong direction. So many more Happy Birthdays to you Mrs. Betty.

Have you noticed the ani-mals are on the move? Deer are going one way, hogs are going the other, turkeys are slipping by in the middle, and they don’t appear to

have any idea that the others are in existence. Sometimes I think that they all play a game of make believe. Un-fortunately Pepe and Sam-son play a real game. Pepe shook the window curtain rod making it hit the wall really hard. Creating such a loud noise scared sleep-ing Samson who took a fly-ing leap from the bottom of the bed to the top of the bed nicking Will’s lips with his claws. His tail was spread out to about an inch and a half. His back was arched ready to spring forward and attack. You have to remem-ber Samson weighs at least 20 pounds and that is a lot of moving wound up cat ready to strike and protect. It took quite some time to get Sam-son calmed down.

Have a good week. God Bless.

For a large portion of my life I was like the character Chauncey Gardiner, played by Peter Sellers, in the movie ‘Being There’. I lived in a place that was always safe, loving and kind; oblivious to the ugly reality going on around me. Especially to the evil that often resides in the hearts of men. But, at about the age of four, I suddenly felt that something could be amiss in this world.

I was raised by my frater-nal aunt and her husband of American Indian descent; whose skin was a dark-rich copper. My uncle took me ev-erywhere he went and always treated me to what I loved most—a vanilla ice cream cone or a root beer float. On one of our outings we were walking through downtown San Antonio and strolled by a ‘high class’ store that had an ice cream parlor in full view of sidewalk widow-shoppers. I made my usual request ex-pecting the usual response, but was surprised at his hesi-

tation to take me inside. We stood outside the pane glass windows for a few minutes before he reached into his pocket to hand me some change, then instructed me to go in by myself while he wait-ed outside. I was too young to read the sign hanging on the door, so my little mind couldn’t wrap itself around the reasons why he wouldn’t go in. But, even at the age of four, I knew that something was terribly wrong. I looked up at his face and saw a sad-ness that I’ll never forget. I decided that if he couldn’t go in, I didn’t want to. I told him I’d changed my mind, took him by the hand, and pulled him away from that awful place.

Even people we know may

surprise us with a comment that exposes the true condi-tion of their heart. I worked in Michigan with a person who seemed to be genuinely interested in getting to know me. So when she asked about my ethnicity I answered her questions in a spirit of friend-ship, and to the best of my knowledge. At that point, no one in my family had re-searched our complete gene-alogy. I explained that I had been told that I was part this, part that, and that my grand-parents were of such and such origin. She said “Oh, that’s what I am. I knew there had to be something good to like in you.”

This was the day I finally understood the lyrics to an oldie, but goodie that says: ‘Smiling faces sometimes pre-tend to be your friend. Smil-ing faces show no traces of the evil that lurks within. Smiling faces, sometimes they don’t tell the truth.’

I never dreamed anyone would consider me despi-

cable because of my outward appearance. But I found out differently while touring the crowded streets of downtown Manhattan. A man walk-ing past me suddenly yelled out “Spic!” in disgust. When I looked back to see who he was talking to, I realized that I was the object of his con-tempt. I didn’t even know what a ‘spic’ was. That was the first and last hateful re-mark of this kind that I ever experienced. Others have not been as fortunate. It must sadden God to see how some of His creation are mistreat-ed because of their unique makeup.

There will always be some-one who doesn’t like us for what they perceive us to be. I guess you can say that per-ceptions ‘color’ our world. Our upbringing, experiences and environment affect our viewpoints on everything. The things we don’t under-stand, we tend to fear. And, when a group of people are the objects of our fear, racism

seems to be the end result.I’ve witnessed segregation

and prejudice against vari-ous groups of people and/or individuals all my life and have never understood this type of thinking. I moved to Detroit after one of the big-gest race riots in history and saw first hand how hate can quickly spread out in all di-rections. People grouped up into white, black and brown factions; each group pointing fingers, screaming out racial slurs and fighting against the others. It baffled me then.

Now I realize that when people don’t have a true rela-tionship with God, they don’t know how to relate well with people that they don’t under-stand. And, why else would someone say they love God, calling themselves Christian, and reject a group of people He made and loves?

Bigotry and prejudice arise out of prideful attitudes that dupe some individuals into foolishly believing that they were endowed with superior

qualities, that were intention-ally withheld from their fel-low man. Degree of pigmen-tation, varied facial features and textures of our hair are all part of the Creator’s mar-velous way of enabling us to function effectively in dif-ferent climates and environ-ments. Diversity of design is part of a divine creation plan.

As Christians we must learn to filter everything through a biblical viewpoint instead of the myopic lens of the world. Scripture tells us that we were all made in His im-age as physical, emotional, and spiritual beings; different from animals--not each oth-er. Every individual born was God’s idea. He doesn’t make mistakes.

I pray that, in time, we are all struck with ‘color-blind-ness.’

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Lyncoln Jase LealLyndon Leal is excited to announce the birth of his baby brother Lyncoln Jase Leal. Lyncoln was born on October 4, 2013 at 4:26 p.m. in Seguin, Texas. He weighed 8 pounds 1 ounce and was 20 1/2 inches long. Proud parents are Jacob and Manda Leal. Grandparents are Lupe and Mary Jane Leal and Stewart and Lynda Frazier. Great grandparents are Fred and Barbara Frazier and Janie Garcia.

Members of the Gonzales Weight Watchers Class recently participated in the Lose For Good Campaign, an initiative formed to fight world hunger through weight loss. Their efforts resulted in the donation of over 300 pounds to GCAM. (Courtesy photo)

Weight Watchers®, a com-pany focused on helping members lose weight by changing lifestyle and food habits, has completed the 2013 Lose for Good® cam-paign which was created to empower people to get healthier while also giving back to others in need.

Lose for Good gave Weight Watchers members the chance to help fight global hunger and chronic mal-nutrition, simply by losing weight. For every pound lost with Weight Watchers dur-ing the six-week period, be-ginning September 15 and

ending October 12, Weight Watchers donated the cost of one pound of food -- up to $500,000-- to two hunger-fighting organizations: Share Our Strength, which works to make sure no child in America grows up hungry, and Action Against Hunger, which provides immediate and long-term solutions for hunger to people around the world.

Here in Gonzales, the local Weight Watcher’s class held their own food drive to deal with hunger here at home.

“Throughout our Lose for Good campaign, members

were encouraged to save non-perishable foods for every pound they’ve lost since they joined or desired to lose,” says Irene Rinehart, leader of the local group.

The class brought over 300 lbs of pounds of food, which was donated to the Gonzales Christian Assistance Min-istry (GCAM). The class weight loss during this time was also added to the Lose for Good campaign to raise money to fight hunger.

The Gonzales class meets on Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. at the Dance, Dance building on St. Joseph Street.

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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

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St. James Baptist ChurchHwy 80- North of Belmont

Saint Paul Baptist ChurchSE 2nd St. Waelder

Shiner Baptist ChurchAvenue F and 15th Street, Shiner

Union Lea Baptist ChurchSt. Andrew St. Gonzales

Union Valley Baptist ChurchFM 1681 NW of Nixon

CatholicSt. James Catholic Church417 N. College, Gonzales

Sacred Heart Catholic ChurchSt. John St. Gonzales

St. Joseph Catholic Church207 S. Washington, Nixon

St Patrick Catholic Church in Waelder613 Highway 90 East Waelder

St. Phillip Catholic Church Hwy 87 Smiley

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

Churches of ChristChurch of Christ1323 Seydler St. Gonzales

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

Church of ChristE. 3rd & Texas, Nixon

Churches of GodCommunity Church of God1020 St. Louis, Gonzales

Gonzales Memorial Church of God in Christ1113 Hastings, Gonzales

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

EpiscopalEpiscopal Church of the Messiah721 S. Louis, Gonzales (830) 672-3407

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

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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 Methodist1113 St. Andrew, Gonzales

Monthalia United MethodistCR 112 off 97

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

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Living Waters Fellowship Church605 Saint Joseph St. Gonzales

Bread of Life Ministries613 St. Joseph, Gonzales

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Emmanuel Fellowship1817 St. Lawrence St. Gonzales

Encouraging Word Christian Fel-lowshipHwy. 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

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

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Two new motions were heard Wednesday afternoon in the 25th Judicial District Court regarding the case of Alice Ramos.

Ramos, 51 of Gonzales, was sentenced on August 27 to 75 years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for one charge of murder and 10 years for a charge of intoxicated assault with a vehicle. There was a plea agreement with the State on the table that would have capped her time to 50 years, but that plea was with-drawn on July 29, the day she was scheduled to begin a jury trial.

Defense attorney Jamie Balagia filed a motion to reconsider sentence and a motion for a new trial, alleg-ing among other things that some mitigating evidence was not offered during sen-tencing including the lack of a closing argument.

Ramos’ charges stemmed from a two-vehicle crash that occurred August 25, 2012, which killed 18-year old Andrew Chet Hamm of San Marcos. At approxi-mately 6:15 a.m. on Highway

183 about 11.5 miles north of Gonzales, a 2001 white Toyota 4Runner driven by Ramos was traveling north-bound. Authorities said Ramos crossed the double yellow lines and entered into the southbound lane, where she collided head on with a 1999 red Chevy S10 driven by Hamm’s older brother, Scott.

Both men were airflighted from the scene and taken to Breckenridge and University hospitals. Scott Hamm was left crippled as a result and still uses a wheelchair to this day. According to the arrest affidavit, Ramos’ blood con-tained three times the legal alcohol limit and tested posi-tive for cocaine.

Balagia characterized Ramos as a woman who was at the time was still grieving over the loss of her common husband, who committed suicide in No-vember 2011. It was Ramos who discovered his body and Balagia said she turned to alcohol as a way of deal-ing her feelings in lieu of counseling.

Balagia further alleged that on the day of the crash Ramos was going to Luling, where she still maintained

her dead husband’s apart-ment and frequently vis-ited in order to “talk to his spirit.”

Assistant county at-torney Keri Miller tried to dispel Balagia’s griev-ing theory by pointing out that Ramos had three DWI convictions (including one felony count) prior to 2004 and was also arrested for public intoxication in 2010.

During testimony, she asked Ramos if her attor-ney ever told her there was a possibility she could get as much as 99 years as a sentence.

“He probably did explain it, but I didn’t understand it,” said Ramos. “I don’t re-call it.”

Balagia told the court that despite his attempt to thoroughly explain her options, Ramos failed to comprehend the range of punishment she would re-ceive in return for pleading guilty in absence of a trial, citing her 7th grade educa-tion and lack of a GED.

“She has a tendency to answer in an affirmative way,” he said. “Even today, I don’t think she under-stands the questions being posed to her.”

“She never says things like ‘I don’t understand you.’ Alice is not a stupid person, she’s just limited by her lack of education.”

Balagia blamed himself for not confirming Ramos’ full comprehension of her options. He told the court that he believed at the time that Ramos was guilty of intoxication manslaughter, but the state’s offer of 50 years maximum was too harsh for what he believed actually happened.

“I feel like if I had done a better job then she would have been able to make a more rational decision,” Balagia said. “I don’t want my bad lawyering to be the reason she gets an addi-tional 25 years. I failed her.”

Judge William Old ul-timately decided to rule against Ramos in this matter.

“This court remembers well the details and cir-cumstances of this case,”

he said. “Your motion for reconsideration is denied. Your motion for a new trial is denied.”

In other proceedings, the court:

• Rejected the plea agree-ment between the State and Richard Spivey, who is charged with driving while intoxicated 3rd or more. Spivey would have received probation under the agree-ment, but Old shot it down because of his concern about Spivey’s history with alcohol.

Old cited the fact that Spivey has a total of eight DWI arrests on his record, including two that oc-curred after the incident he was currently being adju-dicated on where his blood alcohol level was report-edly 0.29 or higher.

Old offered Spivey a five-year prison sentence and it was declined. In return, Old ordered that Spivey acquire

some alcohol-monitoring system within the next two weeks as a condition of his bond. Spivey changed his plea to not guilty and will now proceed to a jury trial next year.

• Accepted plea agree-ments for Jose Garcia, Emanuel Pacheco and Manuel Ruiz. All three men were indicted for some form of aggravated assault, but signed plea agreements which reduced their felony charges to assault causing bodily injury, a Class A misdemeanor.

Garcia, a resident alien, was taken custody after receiving 325 days in the county jail. Pacheco and Ruiz, both Mexican citi-zens, were sentenced to 350 days in the county jail but was given time served. They are still being held in custody on an Immigration and Naturalization Service hold.

Here Is The Gonzales Police Department Report For The Period Of September 11-October 20:

September 11Reported Aggravated Asault At 600 Blk Williams St.

September 18Reported Burglary Habitation At 600 Blk Qualls St.

September 20Garren Travis Molina, 21 Of Deburne, Arrested And Charged With Aggravated Assault With Deadly Weapon At 2000 Blk St. Joseph St.Frederick Fred Jefferson, 22 Of Gonzales, Arrested And Charged With Assault Family Violence At 2000 Blk St Joseph St.Reported Theft At 1500 Blk Gardien St.

September 21Reported Hit And Run Accident At 1100 Blk Mer-riman St.

September 23Reported Theft Of Service At Independence Park Golf Club.

September 24Reported Credit Card Abuse At 1100 Blk Sarah DeWitt Dr.

September 25Reported Theft At 700 Blk St. Paul St.

September 28Reported Assault At 100 Blk Mcclure St.

September 30Deanna Lee Leal, 31 Of Gonzales, Arrested And Charged With Driving While License Invalid At 183 And Hwy 90-A.

October 1Steven Demond Davis, 46 Of Gonzales, Arrested And Charged With Theft At 1600 Blk Sarah Dewitt Dr.Reported Burglary Of A Building At 3200 Blk Harwood Rd.Reported Runaway At 500 Blk Fair St.Reported Burglary Of A Vehicle At 1100 Blk Sarah Dewitt Dr.

October 2Reported Criminal Mischief At 1700 Blk Waco St.Reported Burglary Habitation At 600 Blk St. James St.Reported Burglary Habitation At 1600 Blk Hamil-ton St.

October 3Augustine Mauricio Camarillo, 37 Of Gonzales, Ar-rested And Charged With Assault Family Violence At 600 Blk Tate St.

October 4Reported Criminal Mischief At 1600 Blk Sarah Dewitt Dr.Reported Hit And Run Accident At 800 Blk Rob-ertson St.Marcus Joe Hernandez, 19, Arrested And Charged With Assault Family Violence And Failure To Identify At 183 And Middlebuster Rd.

October 5Reported Criminal Mischief At 400 Blk St. Louis St.Reported Criminal Mischief At 800 Blk St. Joseph St.

October 6Reported Assault At 900 Blk Water St.Reported Theft At 1600 Blk Sarah Dewitt Dr.

October 7Reported Criminal Trespass At 1800 Blk Sarah Dewitt Dr.Reported Enticing A Child At Burchard And Johnson St.

Joshua Kaleb Falks, 28 Of Gonzales, Arrested And Charged With Driving While License Invalid At 900 Blk St. Andrew St.

October 8Kenneth Donnell Erskin, 40 Of Gonzales, Arrested And Charged With Terroristic Threat At 1100 Blk Norwood St.Reported Deadly Conduct At 1500 Blk Hamilton St.Reported Sexual Assault.

October 9Reported Theft At 1800 Blk St. Joseph St.Tamica Ann White, 17 Of Gonzales, Arrested And Charged With Disorderly Conduct At 1400 Blk Fly St.

October 10Reported Theft Of Service At 1200 Blk St. Matthew St.Reported Theft At 100 Blk Cone St.Reported Theft At 100 Blk Reid St.

October 11Reported Forgery At 1800 Blk St. Joseph St.Reported Burglary Building At 1400 Blk Church St.

October 12Tristan Lamar Grant, 25 Of Gonzales, Arrested And Charged With Criminal Trespass At 1700 Blk Waco St.

October 13Reported Aggravated Assault At 100 Blk Sarah Dewitt Dr.

October 14Reported Burglary Of A Vehicle At 500 Blk St. Paul St.Reported Unauthorized Use Motor Vehicle At 1600 Blk Sarah Dewitt Dr.Abraham Joseph Ramos, 26 Of Houston, Arrested And Charged With Criminal Trespass At 1800 Blk Sarah Dewitt Dr.Reported Burglary Building At 400 Blk College St.

October 15Miguel H Camarillo, 49 Of Gonzales, Arrested And Charged With Failure To Comply With Registra-tion Duties At 900 Blk Pecan St.

October 16Reported Assault At 1800 Blk St. Joseph St.

October 17Reported Burglary Building At 400 Blk St. Paul St.

October 19Nicole Evonne Urban, 31 Of San Antonio, Arrested And Charged With Burglary Habitation, Injury To Elderly Person, Assault On A Public Servant And Attempting To Take Weapon From Peace Officer At 1400 Blk Ainsworth St.Reported Theft At 600 Blk St. George St.James Leonard Ivey, 46 Of Luling, Arrested On Outstanding Warrant Out Of Caldwell County And Was Charged With Possession Of Marijuana At 1400 Blk Ainsworth St.

October 20Reported Burglary Motor Vehicle At 1400 Blk Neuman St.Reported Burglary Motor Vehicle At 500 Blk Patrick St.Reported Burglary Motor Vehicle At 1300 Blk Sum-mit Dr.Reported Burglary Motor Vehicle At 1300 Blk Sum-mit Dr.Reported Burglary Of A Habitation At 1300 Blk Rivercrest Dr.

Gonzales County Sheriff ’s Office Report

10/13/13-10/19/1310/13/13Guevara, Luke David,

01/1986, Leesville. Commit-ment/Sentence – Driving while Intoxicated 3rd or More. Released – Weekender/Work Release.

Aguilar, Alice Mendez, 08/1971, Flatonia. Commit-ment/Sentence – Driving while Intoxicated with Child under 15 YOA. Released – Weekender/Work Release.

10/15/13West, Travis Jason, 04/1979,

Gonzales. Local Warrant – Bench Warrant – Witness. Transferred to Another Facil-ity.

10/17/13Sutton, Albert II, 02/1963,

Noonan, ND. Local Warrant – Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. Local War-rant – Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. Re-quires $10,000 Bond. Remains in Custody.

10/18/13Moran, Adam Lee, 11/1985,

Kerrville. Local Warrant – Driving while License Invalid with Previous Conviction/

Suspension without Finan-cial Responsibility. Requires $1,500 Bond. Remains in Cus-tody.

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

GCSO 05DPS 02GPD 09WPD 01NPD 07Constable 00DWCSO 00DEA 00TPW 00GCAI 00Total 24

By CEDRIC IGLEHART

[email protected]

County to re-roof Old Jail

During a special session held last Friday, the Gon-zales County Commis-sioners Court gave their approval to proceed with putting a new roof on the Old Jail Museum.

The commissioners au-thorized County Judge Da-vid Bird to sign a $24,518 contract with Parson’s Commercial Roofing, Inc. of Waco. The measure was set in motion earlier this month when the court unanimously approved a resolution to participate in the Interlocal Purchasing System and approved an

interlocal agreement with TIPS, a purchasing coop-erative serving public and private school districts, colleges, universities, fed-eral, state, county and city municipalities.

The purpose of TIPS is to provide substantial sav-ings and best value for its participating members through cooperative pur-chasing practices. This spares their members from the time-consuming pro-cess of accepting bids and proposals.

The project will include everything from removal of all debris from the cur-rent roofing area to the installation of a new roof

hatch and walk pad. The contract comes with a 15-year warranty on both la-bor and materials.

No timetable was at-tached to the completion of the project.

In other business, the court:

• Approved a one-year lease agreement with the City of Waelder for use of the Waelder Community Center as office space for Justice of the Peace Pre-cinct 3 for $550 per month.

• Approved a bond for assistant county treasurer Julie Alaniz.

• Approved the bylaws of the Gonzales County His-torical Commission.

By CEDRIC IGLEHART

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Store manager Adan Davila and assistant Carl Gibson officially cut the ribbon on the new Gonzales Walmart Supercenter Wednesday morning.

The Gonzales High School cheerleaders were on hand to kick the day off with their own version of the “Walmart Cheer.”

Miss Gonzales Shenan Owens was on hand to help Davila supervise the cutting of the grand opening cake.

As part of Wednesday’s ceremonies, Davila and associate Amber Escobedo presented grants from Walmart to the Gonzales Little League (left) and Gonzales Public Library.

The only original Walmart associate from the old location, which opened in 1980, is Carmen Rivera, who will manage the new store’s Garden Center.

Tuesday evening saw a wistful moment when the doors to the old store location, originally opened in 1980, were closed for the last time. Assistant manager Carl Gibson led the shutdown crew in one last Walmart Cheer to mark the moment. (Photos by Dave Mundy and Debbie Toliver)

While public schools are funded by tax dollars, those funds don’t always cover the full range of teacher creativity. For that, there’s the GISD Education Foun-dation.

Sales of tickets are un-derway in the Gonzales ISD Education Founda-tion’s annual fund-raising raffle, with the top prize a guided exotic hunting ex-perience.

The drive helps raise funds for the GISD Edu-cation Foundation, which are used to fund innova-tive teaching grants, rec-ognize students’ academic achievements and to pro-mote the visibility and val-ue of teh school district in the community.

Despite the fact the Foundation has been hard at work for two years al-ready, new president Felipe Leon said it’s still trying to achieve name recognition.

“A lot of people still don’t know we exist,” he said. “Teachers are very creative. We’re looking to increase the amount we can give out. We’ve gotten a great response so far from the teachers.”

“This is such a commit-ted group of individuals,” GISD Superintendent Dr. Kim Strozier said. “Be-cause of the foundation, we have teachers able to come up with out-of-the-normal projects that they wouldn’t be able to do otherwise be-cause of the budget.”

The Foundation was cre-ated in August 2011, and last year gave out its first

three grants. This year’s new board members in-clude:

Leon - President; Stro-zier - Superintendent; Josie

Smith-Wright - Board Trustee; Sue Gottwald - Board Trustee; Mary Lou Holub - Secretary; James Ryan - VP Finance; Pam

Lester; Mia Schauer - VP Marketing; Loretta Shir-ley; Jennifer Davis; Kath-leen Ehrig - VP Develop-ment; Natalie Storey; Le

Ann Wolff; Gary Coke; Gabe Gallardo - VP Pro-grams; Debbie Tieken; Janna Christian; and Pat Cochran.

By DAVE MUNDY

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As part of Wednesday’s ceremonies of the new Gonzales Walmart, store manager Adan Davila and associate Amber Escobedo presented a check from the company to GISD Education Foundation president Felipe Leon and Superintendent Kim Strozier along with other members of the Board of Directors. (Photo by Dave Mundy)

Something to celebrateThe Mighty Apache Band performed on Saturday, Oct. 19 in the 2013 UIL Region 18/26 Marching Contest. At that perfor-mance they received a Division 1 for the perfor-mance. This year’s band directors are Ramon Parker, Jerry Scoggin, and Dana Parker. The drum majors this year are Shenan Owens and Clayton Wilkerson. (Photo courtesy Jami Owens)

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October 28-November 1BreakfastEast Avenue , Gonzales El-

ementary and North AvenueMonday – Yogurt w/Graham

Crackers, Assorted Kid’s Cereal, Breakfast Toast, Peach Cup, Ap-ple Juice

Tuesday – Pancake on a Stick, Assorted Kid’s Cereal, Breakfast Toast, Fresh Orange Wedges, Fruit Juice

Wednesday – Cheesy Scram-bled Eggs, Assorted Kid’s Cereal, Breakfast Toast, Pineapple Tid-bits, Orange Juice

Thursday –Breakfast Pizza, Assorted Kid’s Cereal, Breakfast Toast, Fresh Banana Half, Fruit

Friday – Sausage Biscuit, As-sorted Kid’s Cereal, Breakfast Toast, Fresh Apple Wedges, Pine-apple Juice

Junior High and Gonzales High School

Monday – Pancake on a Stick, Assorted Kid’s Cereal, Breakfast Toast, Peach Cup, Apple Juice

Tuesday – Cinnamon Roll, Assorted Kid’s Cereal, Breakfast Toast, Fresh Orange Wedges, Fruit Juice

Wednesday – Cheesy Scram-bled Eggs, Assorted Kid’s Cereal, Breakfast Toast, Pineapple Tid-bits, Orange Juice

Thursday – Breakfast Pizza, Assorted Kid’s Cereal, Breakfast Toast, Fresh Banana Half, Fruit Juice

Friday – Sausage Biscuit, As-sorted Kid’s Cereal, Breakfast Toast, Fresh Apple Wedges, Pine-apple Juice

LunchEast Avenue Monday – Chicken Pot Pie, Hot

Roll, Seasoned Spinach, Buttered

Corn, Fresh Oranges. Daily Kid’s Favorites: Fresh Turkey & Cheese Sand, Ham Chef Salad

Tuesday – Corn Dog, Spanish Rice, Refried Beans, Salsa, Fresh Apple. Daily Kid’s Favorites: Fresh Ham & Cheese Sand, Chicken Chef Salad

Wednesday – Steak Fingers w/Gravy, Hot Roll, Mashed Po-tatoes, Mixed Veggies, Fresh Ba-nana Half. Daily Kid’s Favorites: PB&J Sand, All-American Chef Salad

Thursday – Spaghetti w/Meat Sauce, Breadstick, Seasoned Green Peas, Garden Salad, Mixed Fruit. Juice Daily Kid’s Favorites: Turkey Goldfish Sand, Ham Chef Salad

Friday – Cheese Pizza, Sweet Potato Fries, Seasoned Green Beans, Rainbow Applesauce. Daily Kid’s Favorites: Fresh Ham & Cheese Sand, Chicken Ranch Salad

Gonzales Elementary and North Avenue

Monday – Chicken Pot Pie, Hot Roll, Seasoned Spinach, Buttered Corn, Fresh Oranges. Daily Kid’s Favorites: Chicken Nuggets w/Roll, Fresh Turkey & Cheese Sand, Ham Chef Salad

Tuesday – Chicken Fajita, Spanish Rice, Refried Beans, Salsa, Fresh Apple. Daily Kid’s Fa-vorites: Corn Dog, Fresh Ham & Cheese Sand, Chicken Chef Salad

Wednesday- Steak Fingers w/Gravy, Hot Roll, Mashed Pota-toes, Mixed Veggies, Fresh Ba-nana Half. Daily Kid’s Favorites: Cheeseburger, PB&J Sand, All-American Chef Salad

Thursday – Spaghetti w/Meat Sauce, Breadstick, Seasoned Green Peas, Garden Salad, Mixed

Fruit. Daily Kid’s Favorites: Hot-dog on Bun, Turkey Goldfish Sand, Ham Chef Salad

Friday – Chicken Tenders w/Roll, Sweet Potato Fries, Sea-soned Green Beans, Rainbow Applesauce. Daily Kid’s Favor-ites: Cheese Pizza, Fresh Ham & Cheese Sand, Chicken Ranch Salad

Junior High and Gonzales High School

Monday – Chicken Pot Pie, Dinner Roll, Steamed Spinach, Sweet golden Corn, Assorted Fruits, Fruit Juice, Variety of Milk. Daily Apache Menu: Pepperoni Pizza, Hamburger, Chicken Nug-gets w/Roll & Build Your Own Deli Bar

Tuesday – Chicken Fajita, Spanish Rice, Refried Beans, Sal-sa, Assorted Fruit, Orange Juice, Variety of Milk. Apache Menu: Pepperoni Pizza, Crispy Chicken Burger, Corn dog & Build Your Own Deli Bar

Wednesday – Steak Fingers w/Country Gravy, Dinner Roll, Mashed Potatoes, Mixed Veggies, Assorted Fruits, Apple Juice, Vari-ety of Milk. Apache Menu: Pep-peroni Pizza, Chicken Nuggets w/Roll, Cheeseburger & Build Your Own Deli Bar

Thursday – Spaghetti w/Meat Sauce, Seasoned Green Peas, Garden Salad, Assorted Fruits, Pineapple Juice, Variety of Milk. Apache Menu: Pepperoni Pizza, Hamburger, Hotdog & Build Your Own Deli Bar

Friday – No regular menu available yet. Apache Menu: Pep-peroni Pizza, Hamburger, Crispy Chicken Burger, Hamburger & Build Your Own Deli Bar

October 28th-31stMonday: Breakfast – Uncrust-

able Peanut & Butter & Grape Jelly Sandwich, Apple Slices, Milk & Orange Juice. Lunch: Chick-en Nuggets, w/White Gravy, Whipped Potatoes, Mixed Veg-etables, Wheat Bread, Pineapple & Milk. Tuesday: Breakfast – Beef & Cheese Nachos, Pinto Beans, Romaine Salad, Rice, Crackers, Red Apple & Milk. Wednesday: Breakfast – Pig-n-blanket, apple slices, milk & orange juice. Lunch: Chopped BBQ on Bun, Ranch

Style Beans, Kernel Corn, Sliced Pickles, Onions, Peach Slices & milk. Thursday: Breakfast – Break-fast sausage pizza, milk & orange juice. Lunch: Witch’s Brew (Beef Stew), Creepy, Cheese, Wedge, Prickly Pickle, Wedge, Cat-Paw Cornbread, Pumpkin Cake & Vampire Milk. Friday: Breakfast – Breakfast on a stick, apple slices, milk & orange juice. Lunch: No Lunch menu available.

Mustang Special: Steakburger, Bun, Baked Fries, Lettuce, Toma-toes, Sliced Pickles, Baby Car-

rots, Cucumber Slices, Pineapple Chunks & Milk. Tuesday, Chicken & Dumplings, Cheese Wedge, Romaine Salad, Cornbread, Red Apple & Milk. Wednesday, Carne Guisada Tacos, Shredded Cheese, Pinto Beans, Romaine Salad, Peach Slices & Milk. Thurs-day, Ghost Burger, Spooky Fries, Witch’s Garden ( Lettuce & To-mato) Prickly Pickle Slices, Zom-bie Vegetables w/dip (Carrots & Cucumbers), Pumpkin Cake & Vampire Milk. Friday, No menu available.

October 28th-November 1stMonday – Breakfast: Sausage

Wrap or Blueberry Muffins, 100% Fruit Juice. Lunch: Spaghetti, Rolls, Green Beans, Garden Salad, Pear Cups/Fresh Bananas. Tuesday – Breakfast: Mini Pancakes or Cinni Minis, 100% Fruit Juice. Lunch:

Grilled Chicken, Bread, Zucchini/Yellow Squash, Fresh Broccoli, Fresh Apples. Wednesday – Breakfast: Breakfast Pizza or French Toast, 100% Fruit Juice. Lunch: Taco Salad, w/Cheese, Lettuce & Tomato, Cel-ery Sticks, Fresh Bananas. Thurs-day – Breakfast: Sausage Wrap

or Cinni Minis, 100% Fruit Juice. Lunch: Steak Fingers, Baked Veg. Beans, Carrot Sticks, Fresh Oranges/Apples. Friday – Breakfast: Breakfast Pizza or Cereal/Sausage, 100% Fruit Juice. Lunch – Hamburger Steak, Rolls, Veggie Medley, Mashed Pota-toes, Peach Cups.

October 28th-31stAll breakfast is served with Milk

and JuiceMonday – Breakfast: Donuts, Ce-

real, Toast. Lunch: Lasagna, Chuck-wagon Corn, Romaine Salad, Bread

or Rolls, Fruit. Tuesday – Breakfast: Biscuit, Eggs, Cereal, Toast. Lunch: Hotdogs/Chili or Cheese, French Fries, Beans, Fruit. Wednesday – Breakfast: Pancake Wrap, Cereal, Toast. Lunch: Chili Mac, Squash,

Mixed Veggies, Pears, Bread. Thurs-day – Breakfast: Cream of Wheat, Cereal, Toast. Lunch: Meat Patty/Gravy, Potatoes, Broccoli & Cauli-flower, Fruit, Bread. Friday – Break-fast: No Menu available.

Shiner Catholic Schools menusWeek of October 28th – No-

vember 1st All lunches served with milk.

Yogurt is also offered

MONDAYCharbroiled Hamburgers, Let-

tuce, Tomato, Onions, Pickles & Cheese, Seasoned Fries, Fruit

TUESDAYTurkey Breast Pattie, White

Gravy or Ketchup, Whipped Pota-toes, Green Beans, Rolls, Fruit

WEDNESDAYSausage Wrap, Sweet Pota-

toes, Sauerkraut, Corn, Bread, Fruit

THURSDAY

Steak Fingers, White or Brown Gravy, Baked Rice, Steamed Broc-coli, Sweet Peas, Bread, Fruit

FRIDAYCheese Nachos, Refried Beans,

Tossed Salad, Fresh Veggies w/Ranch Dip, Fruit

“Preparing the Children of God for the Kingdom of God.”

October 28th-31stAll breakfast is served with

Milk and JuiceMonday – Breakfast: Muffins,

Yogurt, Cereal of Choice. Lunch: Corn Dogs, Baked Beans, Coun-try Style Veg., Fruit, Milk. Tues-

day – Breakfast: Sausage Roll, Fruit, Cereal of Choice. Lunch: Chicken Quesadilla, Fiesta Corn, Quesadilla Salad, Fruit, Milk. Wednesday – Breakfast: Pancake Sausage Wrap, Fruit, Cereal of Choice. Lunch: Stromboli, Broc-

coli, Glazed Carrots, Fruit, Milk, W/W Rolls. Thursday – Breakfast: Waffles, Fruit, Cereal of Choice. Lunch: Crispy Beef Tacos, Taco Salad Cup, Pinto Beans, Fruit, Milk, Crackers. Friday - No Menu Available.

Luling Jr. High & High School Breakfast & Lunch Menu

October 21st-25thFat Free Chocolate or White

Milk Served Daily for Breakfast & Lunch

Monday – Breakfast: Waffle Bar, Sausage Breakfast Pizza, As-sorted Cereal, Banana, Assorted Juice. Lunch: Chili Con Carne, Pizza Sticks w/Sauce or Turkey & Cheese Wrap with Corn, Carrots, Banana, Orange Juice. Tuesday – Breakfast: Waffle Bar, Bacon, Egg & Cheese Biscuit, Assorted Cereal, Orange, Assorted Juice. Lunch: Orange Popcorn Chicken w/Broccoli, Corndog or Ham & Cheese Sub with Green Beans, Salad, Broccoli, Raisins and Grape Juice. Wednesday – Breakfast: Waffle Bar, Turkey Pancake Wrap, Assorted Cereal, Apple Wedges, Assorted Juice. Lunch: BBQ Chicken, Beef & Bean Bur-rito or Tuna Salad Sandwich with Carrots, Mash Potatoes, Apple Wedges, Apple Juice. Thursday – Breakfast: Waffle Bar, Southern Biscuit, Country Sausage Gravy, Assorted Cereal, Orange, As-sorted Juice. Lunch: Spaghetti,

Chicken Sandwich or Chicken Cheddar Wrap with Green Beans, Baked Beans, Salad, Pineapple Chunks, Fruit Juice. Friday – No Menu Available.

Shanklin & Primary Breakfast Menu

Monday – Breakfast: Sausage Breakfast Pizza, Graham Crackers, Fresh Banana.

Tuesday – Breakfast: Sausage & Cheese Biscuit, Apple Sauce.

Wednesday – Breakfast: Tur-key Pancake Wrap, String Cheese, Apple Wedges.

Thursday – Breakfast: Trix, Cin-namon Toast, Apple Juice.

Friday – Breakfast: No Menu Available.

Shanklin Lunch MenuMonday – Lunch: Chili Con

Carne, Pizza Stick w/Sauce, or Popcorn Chicken Salad with Green Beans, Carrots, Banana, Orange Juice.

Tuesday – Lunch: Orange Popcorn Chicken w/Broccoli, Corndog or Ham & Cheese Sand-wich with Salad, Broccoli, Raisins, Grape Juice.

Wednesday – Lunch: BBQ Chicken, Beef & Bean Burrito or

Chicken Nachos Salad with Car-rots, Rice, Apple Wedges, Apple Juice.

Thursday – Lunch: Spaghetti w/Meatballs, Chicken Sandwich or Chicken Cheddar Wrap with Baked Beans, Salad, Pineapple Chunks, Fruit Juice.

Friday – No Menu Available.Primary Lunch MenuMonday – Lunch: Pizza Sticks

w/Sauce, or ½ SBJ sandwich with Green Beans, Carrots, Banana, Orange Juice.

Tuesday – Lunch: Orange Pop-corn Chicken w/Broccoli or Corn Dog with Broccoli, Cucumber & Tomato Salad, Raisins, Grape Juice.

Wednesday – Lunch: BBQ Chicken or Chicken Nacho Salad with Carrots, Cilantro Lime Rice, Potato Salad, Apple Wedges, Apple Juice.

Thursday – Lunch: Chicken Patty Sandwich or Chicken Ched-dar Wrap with Baked Beans, Gar-den Salad, Pineapple Chunks, Fruit Juice.

Friday – No Menu Available.

Gonzales High School freshman Becca Lowery has been selected to attend a symposium in New York City this summer.

Lowery will spend seven days studying journalism, media, and broadcasting. Interested in pursuing a career in broadcast jour-nalism, Lowery will not only have the opportunity to hone her writing skills but she will also experience working both behind and in front of the camera.

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“A lot of people don’t know that they can donate a number of different ways,” Leon said. “You don’t al-ways have to gvie cash. You can make gifts of securities or even make a memorial estate donation.”

The grand prize in this year’s fund-raiser is a guid-ed exotic red stag or fal-

low deer hunt at the Tony Powers Ranch. The prize includes field dressing and caping, as well as a free shoulder mount.

Second prize is a half-calf and upright Whirlpool freezer donated by Gra-ham Land & Cattle Co. and GVEC Home Services.

Third prize is a 42-quart Yeti coolor donated by Sage Bank and a $500 H-E-B gift card.

Fourth prize is an iPAD Mini 16GB donated by GVEC and a $500 Walmart gift card.

Fifth prize includes a $300 E-Barr Fee gift certificate, a $50 value dinner for two at

the Running M Bar & Grill and two tickets to the Lynn Theatre.

Sixth prize is a $300 Feh-ner & Sons Grain Co. gift certificate, a $50 value din-ner for two at the Running M Bar & Grill and two tick-ets to the Lynn Theatre.

Seventh prize is a $300 gift certificate from WB Farm & Ranch Supply, a $50 value dinner for two at the Run-ning M Bar & Grill and two tickets to the Lynn Theatre.

The drawing will be held on Dec. 3.

Tickets are $100 each and only 300 tickets will be sold. For details, contact Leon at 830-672-8585.

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East Avenue students and members of the Gonzales Master Gardener’s Club tend to the Children’s Garden outside the Eggleston House on Thursday morn-ing. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Sundowners 4-H members visited the residents at The Heights and The Texan on One Day 4-H, October 12, 2013. Madelynn Brown, Emily Stamport, Haley Clampit, Audrey Thibodeaux, Madison Stamport, Sadie Thibodeaux, and Braden Clampit greeted the residents with smiles and good wishes.

On October 12, One Day 4-H, Gonzales County 4-H members met at the Gonza-les Public Library to decorate windows and clean shelves. Sadie Thibodeaux, Madelynn Brown, Madison Stampot, Mary San Miguel, Audrey Thibodeaux, Hal-ey Clampit, Braden Clampit, Travis Thibodeaux, and Emily Stamport all joined together to help make the library shine.

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Parents and students came out to Gonzales Elemen-tary School on October 15 during the school’s Open House. Students were so proud to show off their class story boards as each homeroom class had the op-portunity to create a board telling about the plot, setting, problems, solutions, and characters of their favorite story. Wow, what imagination our students have! After careful consideration by secret judges, classes were awarded places and the top place in each grade received a free book from our generous PTO book fair. First place in second grade was Mrs. Immenhauser’s class, third grade honors went to Mrs. Andrew’s class, and the fourth grade’s top spot went to Mrs. Werner’s class. Keep that creativity flow-ing! (Courtesy photos)

First Place, 4th Grade – Michelle Werner’s Class

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Angela Zumwalt’s fourth graders at Gonzales Elementa-ry searched out the best new websites to stimulate their learning, and then created a presentation for their par-ents to demonstrate the site. Students did a beautiful job of informing their parents and then competing with them in speed typing. Our students were pretty competitive! Thanks to all the parents and grandparents for coming to visit. (Courtesy photos)

Sherry Simper and Brooklyn Simper

Paul DeLeon and Kristine DeLeon

Eve Waddell and Ava Medellin

Lydia Grifaldo and Kailey DeLeon

Connie Kelley and Genevieve Kelley

Jathan Martinez and Katherine Martinez

Kalazah Medina and Cora Brown

Melinda Gonzales and Noah Gonzales


You Are Invited...County Wide Open House

Sunday, October 27, 201312:30-3:30

GONZALES COUNTY JAIL MUSEUM

414 St. Lawrence St.Gonzales, Texas

RECOGNIZE Gonzales County Law Enforcement, past and present

PREVIEW new exhibits and improvements at the Jail Museum

ENJOY DESSERT served by Thomas Shelton Chapter, DAR

Sponsored by the Gonzales County Historical Commission

Old Jail CommitteeSandra Wolff, Chairperson

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Community BingoThe Heights of Gonzales will host community

Bingo at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 25. The event is free and open to anyone 55 or older or a resident of a care facility to win blackouts.

The event is hosted by Excel Home Health, Gonzales Memorial healthcare System and The Heights of Gonzales.

Pet Costume ContestThe Gonzales County Dog Lovers will be

holding a Halloween costume contest in front of Tractor Supply, located at 1619 US Highway 90A in Gonzales, on Oct. 26.

The entry and photograph fee is $6 and a picture-only entry is $5. Entries will be taken from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. and judging will start at 1 p.m.

There will be a trophy for first, second and third places. For more information, call 830-519-3044.

Haunted HouseA Haunted House in Smiley is scheduled 7-11

p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26 at 208 Steele St. at the Smiley Community Center. The $5 admission charge will help raise funds for local playground equipment. The event is being sponsored by Petro American LLC.

Fall Festival SetThe annual “Fall Festival” will be held on Oct.

26 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the First Lutheran Church at 1206 N. St. Joseph Street in Gonza-les. Baked cakes, pies, cookies and soup by the quart to go (or bowls to be enjoyed there) and crafts will all be on sale. There will also be a si-lent auction and music by an accordionist for your entertainment.

Raffle tickets may be bought at the church of-fice, China Basket or Frames and Things.

Mrs. Velma Marek is displaying a quilt which will be awarded to a lucky raffle winner at the First Lutheran Church’s “Fall Festival”. Mrs. Marek created this hand-quilted multi-colored 84” x 84” quilt in the “Barrels of Fun” pattern. This is the 17th quilt made and donated by the 94 year old seamstress.

Delhi VFD fund-raiserOn Oct. 26, Delhi VFD will hold its annual

Gun Raffle and Chili Cook-off with a special presentation from the Gunslingers’ Volunteers. The event is from 4-6 at the Delhi Community Center located at 6108 State Hwy 304. Chili will start being served at 4pm and the Gun Raffle drawing will be held at 5:30pm. There will also be a silent auction with many thoughtful dona-tions from business supporters around and out-side of Caldwell County. Cost for Chili dinner is $8.00 per person. Gun Raffle tickets are $20.00 each with only 700 tickets being sold. This years Gun Raffle has 8 very nice guns and a Savage 93R17 Laminate Stock .17 HMR Combo will be auctioned off at the event please call 830-263-1555 to purchase your Raffle ticket. The Delhi VFD needs your support and welcomes all who come out for a night of family fun.

VC Health FairVictoria College Gonzales Center will be host-

ing an Open House and Health Fair Saturday,

Oct. 26 from 9-11 a.m..Flu shots will be available.

Gospel ConcertAppointed By Grace will be at the Gonzales

Family Assembly of God Church, 320 St. An-drew at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 27. For any information, contact Pastor Glynn at 830-263-4214 or can contact Appointed By Grace at (979) 201-1325 or www.AppointedByGrace.com.

Halloween DanceThe Sam Bentley Band will be playing at

Geronimo VFW Post 8456, 6808 N Highway 123, Geronimo 78115, on Sunday, October 27, 3-6:30 pm; kitchen/door opens at 2 pm. Open seating. Hall is smoke free and always open to everyone. Halloween costume contest! Info 830-379-0506/830-379-1971.

Helping HandsIf you are in need of a meal, Helping Hands, a

non-profit, multi-church ministry would like to bless you with a free lunch. Meals will be distrib-uted Saturday, October 26th , beginning at 11 a.m. in the GCAM parking lot located at 708 St. Louis Street. Volunteers and donations are wel-come. Contact Linda at 361-275-1216.

Old Jail ReceptionThe Old Jail Museum will be hosting a recep-

tion for the county’s law enforcement officers and their families on Sunday, Oct. 27 2-4 p.m.. The event, which will include an Open House that will allow for touring of the facility, will also serve as the official unveiling to the community. Refreshments will be served and the event is open to the public.

Kids flu shotsThe Elks Lodge Gonzales Chapter will offer

free flu vaccine shots to children 18 and under-from 9-11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 2 at the lodge, 1216 N. Sarah DeWitt Dr. in Gonzales.

Legion ThanksgivingGonzales American Legion Post #40 will hold

its Thanksgiving meeting and meal at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7 at the Cost Store. All members and guests are invited to attend.

Union Lea Family DayUnion Lea extends an invitation to all who

can and will join us for our Annual Family & Friend Day, Sunday, November 3, 2013 @ 3:30 p.m. Guest speaker will be the Rev. Richard Jones Pastor of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church of Houston, Texas.

The theme will be “Hearty Counsel of a Fam-ily or Friend” based on Proverb 27:9. We plan to have a glorious time in the Lord and hope you will be here.

Broom-Mop SaleNixon Lions Club will have its Annual Broom

and Mop sale on Friday, Nov. 1st from 8 am to 4 pm. The sale will be held at Lowe’s in Nixon.

Strudel BakeThe 27th annual Studel bake is scheduled

Saturday, Nov. 9 at Sts. Cyril and Methodius

Catholic Church in Shiner. Orders are being taken for homemade apple strudels. Bake-your-own pre-ready strudels are $14, while baked strudels are $16 and will be available only at the Shiner location.

To place an order for studels to be picked up in Shiner, call Quality Pharmacy at 361-594-2262 or Marjorie Kresta at 361-594-2361. Pickup time at the parish gym on Nov. 9 will be 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

To order unbaked strudels from other area cities: Yoakum 361-594-2638 (pickup Nov. 9 at 1 p.m. at the All-Med parking lot; Moulton/Fla-tonia, 361-594-8468; Gonzales, 830-672-7954; Victoria, 361-573-5283 (email [email protected]) (pickup for Victoria orders is Sunday, Nov. 10, from 1-2 p.m. at the Our Lady of Victory parking lot).

SBDC classesThe Small Business Development Center at

UH-Victoria at Gonzales office will host work-shops s at 427 St George St, Suite 303. Present-ing these will be Kacey Lindemann Butler, Certi-fied Business Advisor IV. All of our workshops are open to the public.

On Friday, Nov. 8, the topic will be “Employee Files and Handbooks,” a fun, interactive seminar on keeping employee files and handbooks. In-cludes real-life case studies of successful docu-mentation strategy including: Texas Employee Rights, Texas Employee Files Checklist, 10 Steps to Maintaining Employee Files and more.

For any of the workshops, we recommend you reserve your seat by calling 361.485.4485 or email us at [email protected].

Free piano concertThe Music Study Club of Gonzales, Texas is

happy to announce a FREE piano concert by Sarah Lepp of U.T.-Austin who will be playing her brilliant music by the famous and the con-temporary classical composers, on Tuesday eve-ning, November 12th at 7:30 PM at First Baptist Church 403 St. Paul, Gonzales, Texas. Sarah is an instructor of piano at University of Texas, Austin with a BA degree in piano performance, who we were privileged to hear recently. We wanted to bring this lovely gift to our community, and we hope you will come and enjoy it with us.

Following the performance, refreshments will be served in the mall area, with an opportu-nity to meet Sarah in person.

Happy Fall Y’allHappy Fall Ya’ll will take place on Saturday,

October 26, 2013 from 6 – 9 p.m. on Confeder-ate Square in downtown Gonzales. It is spon-sored by the Gonzales Main Street, Gonzales PTO, Girl Scouts and Lynn Theater. Many activi-ties are being planned for the event. A costume contest is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. for children ages babies to 12. Prizes will be given for first, second, and third in each category.

There will be carnival games for all to play and the Lynn Theater will be showing the movie “Hotel Transylvania” at 7:30 p.m.

Shoe Size fundraiserProvidence Missionary Baptist Church, 1020

St. Andrew in Gonzales, will hold its Shoe Size Program Roof Raising Fundraiser at 3 p.m. Nov. 10. Guest pastor will be Garry L. Roberts of Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church in San Antonio. The public is welcome.

Gospel singingNumerous local and out-of-town groups will

be performing Southern Gospel and Country Gospel selections at the First Baptist Church in Smiley on Saturday, October 26, 2013, be-ginning at 7:00 p.m. Bring your guitar or other instrument and share your talent. There is no admission charge for this evening of entertain-ment. A pot luck dinner will begin at 6:00 p.m . in the Church’s Fellowship Hall.

Festa di ItalianoThe 2013 Gonzales County Relay For Life

fund-raiser, Festa di Italiano, is scheduled 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov 16 at the Old Gonzales College, 820 St. Louis St. The event will feature appetiz-ers, Italian soup, Italian cuisine and sangria.

Tickets are available for $25 and will be avail-able for pre-sale only. For details contact Lisa at 830-445-1419 or Carolyn at 830-263-1785.

Matejek ReunionThe 34th Annual Matejek Reunion will be

held Oct. 27 at the Yorktown Fire Station Audi-torium, located at 107 West Main in Yorktown.

Everyone is asked to bring enough food for their family, and items for the live and silent auctions. Tea, coffee, bread and eating utensils will be furnished. The doors will open at 10 a.m.; a noon meal will be served, continuing with a business meeting at which time cash prizes will be awarded. A live and silent auction will follow to raise money for the next reunion.

If you need more information contact Sharon Matejek at 361-564-3851.

Gardening ClassesThe WIC Wellness Garden offers free weekly

gardening classes to WIC participants and WIC eligible public every Friday.

Classes are at 9 a.m. (April-September) or 11 a.m. (October-March). The garden is located right outside of the WIC office, located at 229 St. George St. in Gonzales.

Dietitian Cynthia Green and Gonzales Master Gardeners will teach you how to grow your own food for your family almost anywhere and any-how you want. Please join us and go home with some delicious produce.

Go to fns.usda.gov/wic to learn more about WIC eligibility, or call the WIC office at 830-672-7083.

Vietnam VeteransVietnam Veterans meet the first Thursday

of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Hotel Texas in Hallettsville. Any veteran serving during the period of 1957-1975 is invited to join. For more information, call Don Williams at 361-798-1499.

Walk classThere will be a Walk Class/Leslie Sansone DVD offered at First United Methodist Church at 2 p.m.

Monday through Thursday, conducted by Wesley Nurse Shirley Goss, RN. The class is free to the public

Free piano lessonsFree piano lessons for students 8-18 are being offered in Gonzales.There are 10 weekly lessons that take place from 3:45-4:45 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays and

Thursdays at the Gonzales Public Library, located at 415 St. Matthew.Registration must be done at the library by a parent or legal guardian and library membership

is required. No telephone registrations will be accepted.For more information, call the library at 830-672-6315.

Toastmasters meet Want to become a better communicator? The Come & Speak It Toastmasters meet the first and

third Wednesday of each month at noon in the Gonzales County Farm Bureau Community Room, 1731 Seydler Street in Gonzales.

Whether you’re a professional, a student, a stay-at-home parent, or a retiree, Toastmasters is the best way to improve your communication skills. Toastmasters can help you lose the fear of public speaking and learn skills that will help you be more successful in your chosen endeavor. You’ll lis-ten better. You’ll more easily lead teams and conduct meetings. You’ll comfortably give and receive constructive evaluation.

For more information contact GK Willmann at 830-857-1109 or Gerri Lawing at 830-857-6110.

Female dance part-ner wanted. Must be someone that wants to dance. May know how to dance or may not. All kinds of dance. Willing to train. Contact John at 832-235-9662.--------------------------Gonzales Master Gardeners need Black Walnut seeds for 3rd grade plant-ing project. Need 2013 seeds. Call Nancy Fostes at 512-431-4444.--------------------------Horsemanship Clin-ics. November 2-3, November 16-17. Held in Gonzales. For information go to www.knptrain-ing.com. 361-648-1055. (11-14-13)--------------------------FREE GED classes, day (M T W and Th, 8 30 to noon) and

night (M and W 6 30 to 9), Gonzales Learning Center, 1135 St. Paul, 672-8291. --------------------------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 qual-ified. For more info call 512-665-7327.

Mr. Taco is now hir-ing for all positions. Apply in person at 726 Sarah DeWitt, Gonzales.--------------------------WANTED full time and part-time sec-retary. MUST AP-PLY IN PERSON!! Someone willing to work long hours!! Full-Time: 7:00am-6:00pm; Part-Time: 1 : 0 0 p m - 6 : 0 0 p m . Must be able to multitask and have a great attitude!!! Fehner & Son Grain Co., LP, 1922 CR 197.--------------------------Immediate Open-ing Cuero Home Health PHC has an opening for atten-dants in Gonzales. Contact Erma at 361-275-8650.--------------------------

Driver NeededQualified Feed Driver Needed for established poultry business. Applica-tion, Job Descrip-tion and qualifica-tions listed at TWCC in Gonzales.--------------------------Bluebonnet Trails Community Ser-vices is seeking to contract an On-Call Crisis Worker for Caldwell, Gonza-les and Guadalupe Counties for eve-nings, weekends and holidays. Pro-vide face-to-face screenings to assess individuals at risk of harm to self or oth-ers. Requires Bach-elors in Psychology, Social Work,Nursing (or related degree with 24 hours re-lated coursework). Masters preferred. Mental health cri-sis experience and professional li-ability insurance required. Apply at bbtrails.org, Con-tracting and Pro-curement tab.--------------------------NOW HIRING -- Welders, Machinist, Inventory Clerk and Powder Coat Paint-ers! If you feel you are qualified and are someone who is seeking a long term career, then contact

us today at 512-392-2323 or apply now at www.priori-typersonnel.com!--------------------------Now hiring, Diesel Mechanic/Lineman. Call 830-875-5011. For info, Luling O & G, LLC, Oilfield Ser-vices, 1237 Hoover Lane, Luling, TX 78648.--------------------------Now Hiring. Holi-day Inn is now tak-ing applications for Front Desk Agent - evening shift. Ap-plications available at front desk. 126 Middle Buster Rd., Gonzales. 830-672-2777.--------------------------Mechanic Needed. Must have own tools, experience necessary with car diagnostic vehicles. Come by West Mo-tors, 1701 Sarah DeWitt Dr. for ap-plication & bring resume.--------------------------

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.

“Big Downsizing Sale” . Combined Households. Sat., Oct. 26, 2013, 2011 Saint Lawrence, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Not a typical garage sale! Unique items, an-tiques, collectables, fine furniture, ap-pliances, jewelry, knick-knacks, tools, clothes, tile, glass-ware. Too many items to list! Come see!--------------------------Garage Sale. 1712 St. Paul. Last Garage Sale. Everything must go. 8-12.--------------------------Garage Sale: 521 St. Joseph in down-town Gonzales. Saturday, October 26, 8:30 a.m. until ?. Lots of items. Ga-rage sale type, vin-tage items, desks, golf clubs, much more.--------------------------Multi Families - small furniture, kitchen, shoes, toddler, girls, boys, men and women’s clothes and suits,

prom dress, bikes, knick-knacks, trea-sures, lots of good-ies. 200 block of Patrick @ St. Mi-chael. No presales please; 8 AM to noon, November 2, 2013, Gonzales.--------------------------Garage Sale: Sat-urday, 8-?. 112 St. Matthew.

Antique claw foot tub. Pretty good shape. $200 firm. 512-656-0521.--------------------------Antique front door w/oval shaped win-dow in front. $100. Came off old Gon-zales house. 512-656-0521.--------------------------Whirlpool Electric Dryer. Super capac-ity. $150. Mary, 361-293-3571, anytime.--------------------------Kenmore Washing Machine. $50, runs & works good. 361-293-3571.--------------------------For Sale: Dometic Retractable Awning for Travel Trailer. New arms. 20 ft. long, 20 ft. wide. $575/obo. 830-857-5720.--------------------------Longwheel base shell, for pickup, like new. $500. 361-865-3727.--------------------------

Ladder rack for truck. Made out of stainless steel. $800.00. Clothes line poles, $100. 830-660-2526 or 830-540-4063.--------------------------PTO Irrigation Pump - New $3,500, will sell for $1,500. 2000 Honda Ranch-er - Needs battery & seat cover. Esti-mated 400 hrs on it. No less than $1,200. 14’ Aluminum Lowe Boat, been in water 2x, galvanized trail-er, 25 hp Johnson motor, 15 hrs. on it. $2,000 firm. Call 830-263-4126.--------------------------Good used 2 - 17” tires. 2 - 16 1/2 wheels with tires. Truck tubeless - fit Ford, Dodge or Chevrolet -8 hole. Two bolt on bum-per hitches with balls. One steel plate with ball for gooseneck hook-up. Parking space for travel trailer. Electric & water. Call 672-2335 or 478-607-1178.--------------------------16” Rim, 8 holes, 2 new 14” tires, 4 used 15” tires, 2 used 14” tire & rim, 1 used 15” tire and rim. Oak Dining Table. 361-594-4307.--------------------------Gas Edger, $15.

1 mint condition sewing machine, electric, $75. 830-481-4707.--------------------------Greenhouses for Sale, 30ftx100ft, as is where, you pick up, at Harwood, in-tersection of 90 & 304. Contact: 281-788-7500.--------------------------GE Washer. Extra Large Capacity. Just like new. $250. 361-208-3565.--------------------------National Geograph-ics in leather bound slip cases. 1982-2000 & maps. Make an offer. Call 437-2046.--------------------------Kenmore Washing Machine, full size, $150. Excellent condition. 361-293-3571, anytime.--------------------------10’x10’ Dog Ken-nel. 6 ft. high. Chain link. Canvas roof included. Almost new. $150. 937-238-9707.--------------------------Toro Weedeater, 4 string. $75. 361-208-3565.--------------------------Restaurant Tables. Formica. 2 seats & 4 seats. $75 each. 875-3028.--------------------------Men’s used jeans - perfect for oilfield workers. Faded Glory 32x32, 33x30; Rustler, 34x30, 34x34, 36x30. $5/pair. Call 830-672-1106.--------------------------22” Lawn Mower. Self propelled. Ask-ing $100. Excellent condition. 361-208-3565.--------------------------Crocheted Afghans, baby blankets, sin-gle bed spreads for sale. Can choose own colors. Can come by or call, 203-1270. Green DeWitt Apt. #138.--------------------------Dora the Explorer 20” girls bicycle with training wheels, helmet, elbow pads and knee pads. Used very little, excellent condition. $50 cash. Leave message if no answer, 830-672-1106.--------------------------Nordic Track. Great condition. $60. Shiner, 361-594-2318.--------------------------HP 2500 CM Printer. Professional Series color printer. $25 obo. 672-7546. Ar-lene or Linda.--------------------------


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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

CITY OF GONZALESCITY COUNCIL

The City Council of the City of Gonzales, by this instru-ment, notifies the public of a PUBLIC HEARING on the following project that has been presented to the Council for their consideration:

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN and LAND USE AS-SUMPTIONS for Fiscal Year 2013-2014 Information re-lated to this plan is available at the City of Gonzales, 820 St Joseph, Gonzales TX, 78629

The City Council will hold a Public Hearing November 4, 2013 at the Gonzales City Hall, 820 St. Joseph St. at 6:00 p.m., to allow for public comment on this project.

The City Council encourages citizens to participate in the public comment and public hearing stages of all City Council projects. The meeting facility is wheelchair acces-sible and accessible parking spaces are available.

Request for accommodations or interpretive services must be made 48 hours prior to this meeting. Citizens un-able to attend meetings may submit their views to Kristina Vega, City Secretary for the City of Gonzales, by mail-ing them to P.O. Drawer 547, Gonzales, TX 78629. For additional information, contact the City Secretary office at (830)-672-2815.

PUBLIC NOTICE OF TEST OF AUTOMATIC TABULATING EQUIPMENT

Notice is hereby given that the automatic tabulating equipment that will be used in the CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Elec-tion held on November 5, 2013 will be tested on 10/31/13 at 9:00 a.m. at 1709 Sarah DeWitt Dr., Gonzales, TX to ascertain that it will accurately count the votes case for all offices and on all measures.

Lee Riedel

AVISO PUBLICO DE PROBAREL EQUIPO PARA TABULAR AUTOMATICAMENTE

Por lo presente se da aviso que el equipo para tabular automati-camente que se usara en la Eleccion ELECCION SOBRE EN-MENDAS A LAS CONSTITUCION que se llevara a cabo el 5th de noviembre de 2013 se probara el 10/31/13 a las 9:00 a.m. en 1709 Sara Dewitt Dr., Gonzales, TX para determiner si el equipo contara con exacitud los votos para todos los puestos oficiales y sobre todos los proyectos de ley.

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Extra wide wheel chair like new. Size 10 W Genuine leather diabetic shoes, black with velcro closure. Like new therapeutic support knee hi hose for diabetics, size 3x. lge. cals. Mysectomy bra fits right or left proth-esis size 36D. 830-857-6705.--------------------------Electrolux Carpet Shampooer and 1 gallon Shampoo. $125.00. 830-857-6705.--------------------------55 Gallon metal or Plastic Drums. Volume Discounts. $5.00 each. 830-857-4321.--------------------------For Sale: Custom made picnic tables; made with treated lumber, with bolts and screws - will make the conven-tional table with seats attached to table; will also make tables with seat benches sepa-rate from table: 4-6 or 8 foot made for your specific needs. Call 830-540-4776 or 830-857-3273 for pricing and avail-ability information.--------------------------ABOVE GROUND

POOL15’x30’ above-ground pool with deck, 48” high, needs new liner. Buyer disassem-bles, no delivery available. $1,400. Call 830-672-1106.--------------------------7 bags of shred-ded paper & vari-ous boxes. Great for packing. Call 830-519-4176 (Gonza-les).--------------------------5.0 Chest type freezer, 2 TV’s, 1 - 19”, 1 - 25”, 3 infant car seats. Excellent Condition. Call 830-203-8633.--------------------------Kohler 15” water saver toilet, used 2 months. Paid $200, asking $100 cash. Call Barbara, 830-672-1106.--------------------------Party dresses for sale: 4 short, 2 long. Purple, yellow, gold, blue green. Also jackets, men’s jack-ets, overcoat, etc. Call 672-8034.--------------------------For sale: Singer Sewing Machine with pedal, table w/6 chairs, almost new, hand cro-cheted table cloth, large, white, an-tique 3 pc. Loveseat and other yarn cro-cheted items. Call 672-8034.--------------------------For Sale: Concrete parking curbs 6’ long 6” tall plain or painted, 16’ + 20’ long concrete cattle guard bases. Call Vic for pricing, 672-6383 or 857-3827.--------------------------Unicorn Collection for Sale. Call Fran-

ces between 9pm-10am, 830-857-6476.--------------------------1800’S Double Bar-rell Shotgun, Rem-ington $1,500. Call 512-917-4078.--------------------------Antique Straight Razor display case, 18x24 (Memorabil-ia). $695. Call 512-917-4078.--------------------------Troybilt Trimmer with attachments (edger, tiller). 4 cycle, uses straight gasoline. $250. 361-293-3571.--------------------------For Sale: ORGANIC EGGS. Free Range chickens. $2.00 dozen. Will deliver to Gonzales weekly. 830-540-3536.--------------------------Large shower chair. 19” color TV w/stand, stand has rollers. 857-8090.--------------------------2 Lounge Chairs, 6 ft. tall headboard, bed frame, oak din-ing table, antique egg incubator, en-tertainment cen-ter, lamp stand w/drawers, booth din-ing table, planter boxes. 361-594-4307.--------------------------Large amount qual-ity items. Every-thing $85.00; worth about $300. Health problems prevent garage sale. In Lockhart. Mel, 512-376-9396.--------------------------Clavinova Yamaha Digital Piano w/bench. Under War-ranty. $2,700. Call 830-339-0111.--------------------------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.--------------------------Unique BBQ Pit, Stagecoach. In-cludes Electric Ro-tisserie $275. Call 512-917-4078.--------------------------Stain Glass Window, white tail deer. $275. 512-917-4078.

MESQUITE BBQ WOOD FOR SALE in Gonzales County. All sizes and shapes, ready to use. (830) 672-6265.--------------------------Firewood: Pickup load is $60.00. If you haul. Delivered is $85. Call: 830-540-4430.

We deliver good coastal round bales: $75-$100. Coastal mix cow hay, 1278 lb bales - $70. John Bankston, Milano, 512-445-6331.

Ford 8N Tractor w/disk, plow, buster. $3,500.00. 361-293-3571.--------------------------Single round bale trailer, hand crank. $175. 437-2046.--------------------------Round bale carrier for 3 pt. hitch. $125. Call 437-2046.--------------------------2009 Kuhn Knight model 1130 ma-nure spreader for sale. Used for only 3 cleanouts. Very good condition. $12,000. 857-5446.--------------------------Want to Buy: Oliver 60 Tractor. V.A.C. Case Tractor. Run or Not. 361-293-1633.--------------------------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.

Big solild oak law-yer’s desk. $50. 830-672-3089.--------------------------Beds & furniture for sale. 512-656-0521.--------------------------For Sale. Antique beds. Come out of old Alcalde Hotel. Pretty good shape for age. Still looks good. $100 a piece. 512-292-0070. --------------------------Piano small upright. Excellent condition. $500. Shiner, 361-594-2318.--------------------------Southwestern King-size bed w/com-plete boxsprings & mattresses. Good condition, washer/dryer, never been used, Whirlpool, High table, ceramic, w/4 chairs. Love-seat, cloth, 3 tv’s, 19”, 25” and 32”, color, white mi-crowave cart with 2 drawers on bot-tom, recliner, cloth new conventional toaster, broiler, white day bed w/trundle bed, both mattresses, white childs desk, chair, leather with foot rest. 830-203-8977, text or call.--------------------------3” latex mattress topper. Queen size. Like new, paid $300, asking $150. 512-921-2792.--------------------------Hospital electric bed, extra long mattress, excellent shape, all works. $125. Most come move it. Jimmy, 830-263-4126.--------------------------Dresser, $50. Couch, $75, good shape. 1725 Seydler St. #26. Betty, 830-857-4125.

Large Oak desk w/glass topper and large wooded desk. 830-672-3626.--------------------------New Sofa for Sale. $400. Call 830-875-9422, Luling.--------------------------Couch, dresser, buf-fet. $50 each. Call 830-263-1181.

2004 Expedition. New tires & new battery. Asking $7,500. 361-772-2403.--------------------------For Sale: 5 16” steel jeep rims, one with brand new Good-year Wrangler tire, P220R70/16. Will sell whole set for $75. Or if you just want the tire off the rim, tire will be $25. Call 830-203-9408.--------------------------2007 Chevy Equi-nox, 45,000 miles. $12,000. 2005 PT Cruiser, Convert-ible, 100,000 miles, $6,000. Call 830-203-0502.--------------------------SIMPLY THE BEST deals on new Chev-rolets & GMCs AND over 100 used ve-hicles with financ-ing to fit most credit situations. Grave Chevrolet-GMC, Hallettsville, TX. 361-798-3281, 8 0 0 - 7 9 8 - 3 2 2 5 . grafechevygmc.om.--------------------------2000 Chevy Silvera-do. Cold AC. Every-thing works. $3,500. 830-263-4602.--------------------------Suzuki Japanese mini truck. 35,450 miles, spray lined bed, lifted, 4x4. Needs some atten-tion to fuel intake, but should be easy fix. Great for ranch or hunting. $2,000. 361-771-5483.--------------------------1982 Continental Lincoln Mark VI. Buckskin top, gold bottom, $2,995. Only serious buyers call Pat Kelly Logan, 830-672-2542.--------------------------‘98 GMC 3/4 ton, 4x4, auto., pickup truck, with extend-ed cab. 830-857-4242.--------------------------2004 Nissan Al-tima, 3.5, 6 cyl, AC, Auto trans., power, cruise, gray metallic w/gray interior. One owner. $6,500. 830-540-3382.--------------------------2004 Infinity G35, 95,000 miles. Leath-er seats, sunroof, great condition, new tires. 512-775-4399.--------------------------2005 CTS Cadil-lac, 4-door, V-6. Brand new tires and chrome wheels. $8,800 firm. Call 830-672-1106, leave mes-sage if no answer.--------------------------For sale: Merucry Grand Marquis. Me-tallic Jade Green Ef-fect. 22 inch rims.

C.D. Player. Runs great. $4,000. 830-203-8841. Thomas. Serious calls only.--------------------------1990 Chevrolet Cor-vette ZR1. Special Performance Coop. The LT5 engine is a 32 valve engine with a 16 fuel injections and twin double over head cams. Call: 830-540-4430.--------------------------Car and truck rims for sale. 15” and 14” rims. Can be used on trail-ers, trucks or older cars up to 1980. 437-2232.--------------------------2006 Chevrolet Im-pala for sale. 4-door, V6 engine, a little over 17,000 miles. Silver. One owner. Asking $13,000. 830-672-3147.--------------------------1988 Saab 900 Turbo Coup Convertible. Top work but rebuilt clutch. Good buy. $800. 830-857-5927.--------------------------For Sale: 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 - $7,500. 2nd owner pickup with low miles, cold A/C, spray-in bed liner, grill guard, towing package and more! Call Lauren at (361) 648-5049 for more info.

Belmont RV Park. We have FEMA trailers for sale. From $2,500 & up or rent to own. Please call 830-424-3600.--------------------------12x40 Handicap 2010 wind zone 2. Great for week-ends, hunting lodge, beach house. 2 bed-room, 1 bath. Large shower, plywood floors, all vinyl floor-ing. Fayette Country Homes in Schulen-burg, 800-369-6888. Open also on Sun-days, 1-6. (RBI 32896).--------------------------Deer Cabin, Cottage 2009 14x60. All vinyl floor. 2x6 sidewalls, vinyl thermo pane windows, 8 foot ceil-ings, plywood floors. 3 bedroom, 1 large bath with huge shower. Wind Zone 2 can take anywhere. Fayette Country Homes, 979-743-6192. Open 9-6 p.m. (RBI 32896).--------------------------Palm Harbor 28x60 Refurbished, fire-place, new carpet, all new appliances, plywood floors. 3 bedroom. Fayette Country Homes in Schulenburg, 830-369-6888. (RBI 32896)

Mobile Homes for rent - 3 bedroom/1bath, stove, refrigerator and microwave, fully furnished, ac/heat, $695 a month, plus $675 deposit. 900 Old Shiner Rd., Yoakum, 361-582-

6593/361-798-0816 for more informa-tion.--------------------------3bedroom/1 bath, Mobile Home for Rent - stove, refrig-erator, microwave, washer & dryer. Fully furnished, ac/heat. Large front porch and small storage building. $975 a month, plus $675 deposit, 900 Old Shiner Rd., Yoakum, 361-582-6593/361-798-0816 for more informa-tion.--------------------------For Sale or Lease. 3 BR Trailer House, 2 RV Spots. Leesville. 830-433-0603.

Attn: Oil Field Work-ers. Wyman’s Room-ing House has 4 large furnished bedrooms for rent. Fully equipped kitchen, covered patio w/BBQ pits & much more. $375/wk. 713-501-3416.--------------------------Room for rent for working person. 1BR/1BA. Quiet neighborhood. Call 203-7146 after 4 p.m.

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Furnished 4br house, sleeps 5. Ready for move-in. Fully equipmmed kitchen, covered patio, fenced, lighted parking, in-dividual air & heat, 32” flat screen TV’s & Refrigerators in each room. Must see. 713-501-3416.--------------------------2BR houses for rent. No Pets. Month to Month. Call 830-672-3089.--------------------------Home for rent in Yoakum. 3BD/2BA - Large yard on corner lot. $785/month, $600/De-posit. Call 830-832-3163.--------------------------3BR house in Shin-er, bath and a 1/2, Living room, din-ing room, kitchen, computer room, storage in back, garage. $650/mo., $300/dep. Oil field workers invited. 361-212-8731.--------------------------House for rent. 2/1 house in Rivercrest. Recently remod-eled, new appli-ances. No smoking or pets. $875 per month, $500 de-posit. Insuire at

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House in the coun-try for rent. Three bedrooms and two bathrooms. See to appreciate. Security deposit and one month’s rent. One-year lease. Call 361-594-3233.--------------------------G O N Z A L E S : 2BR/1BA House. Fresh paint/vinyl, paneling, carpet. AC/Heat, insulated, ceiling fans, ap-pliances, washer/dryer connections, tub/shower, deck porch. References, non-smoking, no

pets, one year lease. $750 + deposit. 830-672-2227.--------------------------Home for lease. 3/2 in Gonzales. Quiet neighbor-hood, near schools and new Walmart. Fenced, lg. shaded back yard, lots of extras. 1 car garage with storage area & laundry room. Must pass credit check. $795/mo., $900/De-posit. No pets. Non smoking. Available Sept. 1. For infor-mation and appli-cation, call 713-825-

9532.--------------------------3 bedroom, 2 bath house in Gonzales for rent. Washer, Dryer, Fridge, Mi-crowave, Stove and can be fully fur-nished. Remodeled last year with new hardwood floors, Central Air, bath-room tile, 2 car car-port. $1,000/mo., $600/deposit. 830-542-9743.--------------------------2BR, 2 bath - Close to High School, Banks, Hospital. Call (830) 672-5738.--------------------------HOUSE FOR RENT: Must see!!! Charm-ing 2BD/1BA re-modeled house located in country setting at 7102 FM 2091 North (Gon-zales, Texas); Ap-prox. 10 miles from Gonzales. Spacious yard, shade trees, stove/microwave, glass-tiled backs-plash, new laminate wood floors. Call (830) 672-3771 or (512) 938-9131.--------------------------

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4/3, 2 Living areas around Waelder Area. $800/deposit, $1,300/month. Big yard, front & back. 830-399-5313.(05-30-13)--------------------------Brand new large 2/2 upscale duplex for rent in Gonzales, includes all kitchen appliances, 1 car at-tached garage. No smoking, No pets. $35 application fee,

$1,200 per month, $1,200 Security De-posit. Contact Mon-ica with RE/MAX Professional Realty, 830-401-4123.--------------------------Brand new large 2/3 upscale two story duplex for rent in Gonzales with loft, office and fireplace, includes all kitchen appliances, 1 car at-tached garage. No smoking, No Pets. $35 application fee, $1,400 per month, $1,400 Security De-posit. Contact Mon-ica with RE/MAX Professional Realty, 830-401-4123.--------------------------Cottages for Lease. Fully furnished cot-tages for rent in Gonzales, TX. In-cludes all furniture, flat screen TV, lin-ens, kitchen items & appliances (full-size refrigerator, range, microwave, wash-er & dryer). Utili-ties paid. Weekly Housekeeping In-cluded. Month-to-Month Lease. $500 Security Deposit. Application Re-quired. 1 Bedroom, $1,300/month, 2 bedroom, $1,600/month. Call 830-351-1195. Shown by appointment.--------------------------House for Rent. 3BR/2 1/2 BA. 1536 Sq. Ft., w/2 master suites. Perfect for oilfield executive or families. In Marion. $1,100/per month. 830-914-4044.--------------------------2BR/1BA house. 765 Sq. Ft. Large deck on back. $875/mo. Marion, TX. 830-914-4044.--------------------------1ST MONTH RENT

FREE3/2’s from $595/month. Several homes available. www.silentvalley-homes.com. Lock-hart, 512-376-5874.--------------------------Cabin for Rent. 1BR/1BA. Secluded, in country. $100/nightly, Mon.-Fri. or $350/weekly. Week-end rates vary. No smokers. Call 830-857-0986 or 830-857-1418.--------------------------Completely re-modeled inside and out. 2 & 3 bed-room homes. Fully furnished. Rent by night, week or month. Fantastic n e i g h b o r h o o d . Cheaper by night than hotel room. 672-5169.--------------------------3BR/2BA large house. Fully fur-nished, beds, linens, washer/dryer, cable T.V., stove, refrigera-tor. CA/CH. Great

for crew. Monthly or lease available. Home in town, plenty of parking. 512-820-5461.--------------------------Charming 1/1 home on 2 wooded acs, w/lrg. deck in country, 77 North, paved road. $775/mo. No pets/smok-ers. 512-415-6483.--------------------------For Rent: 2BR/2BA/2CG home on 183 N. $1,250/mo., plus deposit. Call 830-857-4458 for information.--------------------------Motel Suites. 2 bed-rooms, full kitchen, porch/small yard. $68 nightly, $310 weekly. Crews wel-come. Call Mike, 512-292-0070, 512-656-0521.--------------------------House for Rent. 302 Lancaster, Moulton, TX. Nice spacious 1BR home w/ap-pliances & a large yard. Call for info. 832-633-3950.--------------------------Single Suite. Perfect for Supervisor for Oil Company. Full kitchen, washer/dryer, TV/Full cable, wireless internet. No smoking inside. No Pets. Fully fur-nished and all bills paid. Private Yard/Garage. Weekly, $280; Deposit $300. Call 512-292-0070--------------------------Home For Rent. Country Home. completely remod-eled. 2BR/1BA, CA, hardwood floors, roof for AG Proj-ect. Navarro ISD between Seguin & New Braunfels. $1,000 month, $1,000 deposit. 830-660-7351 or 830-822-5348.--------------------------

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NIGHTLY RATESSingle nightly rates starting at $35.00 per night. Which include A/C, Micro-wave, Refrigerator, TV/Cable and fur-nished with all bills paid. Please call Mike at (512) 292-0070 or (830) 672-3089.--------------------------3/2, like new 1,800 sq. ft. in Nixon. $1,000/mo. Call 830-857-6921.

Looking for a 2 or 3BR nice house in Nixon and Leesville area. Call 830-857-1658.--------------------------Looking for a nice house in or near Gonzales. 940-284-4255.

Male Roommate wanted in Shiner. Furnished bedroom w/private bath. $350/mo. Utilities paid. 361-401-0927 between 3 & 6 p.m. or text anytime.

Busy Restaurant with large customer base for sale in Smi-ley, Texas. Equip-ment included. Contact Nick or Do-ris, 830-587-6262, 210-373-6869 or 210-883-4271.

10 foot by 10 foot office space. Nixon, TX. 830-857-6921.--------------------------Office Space for rent. 1500 sq. ft., with one acre for truck parking, lo-cated at 314 West Cone Street, Gon-zales, Texas. If in-terested please call (830) 672-4433.--------------------------For Rent: Office space or store front, 960 sq. ft., 1/2 block off square. Kitchen-ette, 1 ba, newly re-furbished. For more information, call 830-672-6265.--------------------------For Rent: Indus-trial Property for rent. M1 Ind. Stor-age Yard, 70x130. Church Street. 830-423-2103.--------------------------For sale or lease. 10,000 sq. ft. Bldg. with multi-level loading docks - Prime location - with offices and separate garage. Call 830-857-5448.--------------------------For Lease: Small of-fice space w/work-shop located at 339 St. George. Recently Renovated, $400/month. For more information please (830) 672-5580.

5.5 Acres for Lease/Sale. Cleared, wa-ter well, 3-200 amp loops, and 100 yds off Hwy. 80 w/good county road front-age. In Leesville between Belmont & Luling. Will subdi-vide. Would make a perfect oil field yard or residence. Call Peyton, 512-948-5306; David, 713-252-1130.--------------------------Land for lease for oil field service equipment. Prime location. 4 miles N. on 183. 2 1/2 acres. Electric, water, parking, storage. Call 203-0585 or 672-6922. (TFN)

One bedroom, one bath furnished apartment. $800 and two bedroom, two bath, $1,200. Short term ok. Gym, wahser/dryer, inter-net, all bills paid in Seguin. Call Keith, 512-757-0280.--------------------------60 hotel rooms for rent in Seguin. Laundry and meal plans available. Call Keith, 512-757-0280.--------------------------3BR, 2BA 1670+Sq. Ft. Upstairs apart-ment on Residen-tial Lot in nice area of Cuero, $1,185/mo. includes all Util. with cable and WiFi, fully furnished - incl. linens. Hotel-style kitchenette (no sink or stove), but full-size fridge, microwave & Keurig brewer. Hot plate

ok, outdoor bbq w/propane & charcoal grill onsite. No pets. $750 deposit, 3 mo. lease. (361) 484-1922, leave mes-sage.

DBK AdvertisingLocal advertising prepared for you to mail. No pay-ment till you see results (You mail). $25-$50. Call 830-437-5142 or email [email protected]. Also National Business-es.--------------------------Looking for sit-ting job for a sweet lady in her home. Includes cooking and will drive for her if she needs me to. Can stay Fri-day night, Saturday night but must be home by Sunday at 3:00. Call 830-519-3044.--------------------------Sitting at night tak-ing care of elderly in their home. Refer-ences, transporta-tion. Call 361-212-8731.--------------------------Need personal service? Will clean oilfield campers, homes and apart-ments. Also offer laundry work, iron-ing and running your personal er-rands. If you need a pair of jeans or shirt ironed for the night out or last minute event and didn’t make it to the cleaners in time, give me a call (830) 203-0716. Referenc-es. Available.--------------------------House cleaning services available. Reasonable rates. Servicing Gonzales and surrounding areas. References available. Call Bar-bara at 979-777-8710 or email [email protected] Home Appliance Repair. Washer, Dry-ers, all major ap-pliances, 30 years experience. Haul Scrap Metal & appli-ances. Call Larry at 361-596-4391.--------------------------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.--------------------------I am looking for a private setting job around Gonzales, Cost or on 1116 (Pilgrim Road). I have 20 years ex-perience. Please call Emily, 830-437-2727; Cell, 820-263-2768.--------------------------Will do house clean-ing Monday thru Friday. Call 830-203-0735.--------------------------Sewing & Altera-tions. Jo West. 830-203-5160. Call between 9 a.m. & 9 p.m.

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

Teenager looking to babysit part-time, infants & small chil-dren. Will take care of at your home or my home. Call for more information, 263-2789.--------------------------Will do child care in my home. Includes meals. Any age (In-fants onup). Have two openings avail-able. Call 830-519-3044.--------------------------I am looking for a sitter for my 6 year old daughter for before and after school a few days a week. Preferably someone who can come to my home. References and ex-perience required. Contact me at 830-203-9159.--------------------------Child care in home. I have 2 openings, Curriculum and meals included. Please call for de-tails. 830-263-0058.

For Sale: 2010 RV. Keystone Springda-le. 291RK-SSR Travel Trailer. All electric. Fully Furnished. TV, Microwave, Cook Stove, Refrigerator, Oven. Used very little. Just like new. $15,000. Can see at 820 Oil Patch Lane. 830-672-6383.--------------------------For Sale: Dometic Retractable Awning for Travel Trailer. New arms. 20 ft. long, 20 ft. wide. $575/obo. 830-857-5720.--------------------------04’ Coachmen, 26’. 1 slide-out. Goose hitch-ball, excellent shape, new awning. Call 830-857-3677.--------------------------2006 Keystone Out-back 30ft Sidney Addition. $14,500. 1 large slideout, nice, clean interior, king bed. 210-279-7267.--------------------------1999 Mountain Aire Motorhome - Ford V10 gasoline en-gine - Onan gen-erator - 2 slide outs - 2 A/C’s - all appli-ances in working condition - driver side door - sleeps 4-6 - no smoking or pets - VERY CLEAN interior - Call 210-884-7085 - Asking $22,000.

RV Space and RV trailer for rent. All bills included with Dish Network. 830-203-9255.--------------------------Travel Trailer. EV-ERYTHING fur-nished. TV. 183 N. $600/per month. Call 830-875-3028.--------------------------RV for Rent. $300/wk. Call 512-667-4356.--------------------------Travel Trailer for rent or sale. Rent is $300.00 per week with all bills paid. Will relocate to RV park of your choice and I pay the RV Rental. Or $1,000.00 per month with all bills paid. Will sell travel trailer for $55,000. Call 830-351-0943 for de-tails.--------------------------RV Space for rent. $300 month. All bills included. If in-terested please call 820-203-9255--------------------------Fully furnished Travel Trailers for rent. Will rent week-ly or monthly. Pets Allowed. $50.00 Deposit. $300 per week or $1,000 per month. Call Terry for details, 830-351-0943. Will relocate to RV Park of your choice. All utilities paid.


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Travel Trailer for rent for RV space in Smiley. All utili-ties included, good healthy environ-ment. 830-203-9255 or 361-790-6305.--------------------------30’ Travel Trailer w/2 slides for rent in RV Ranch in Gonzales. Swimming pool, laundry facilities, shower house and all bills paid. $300 a week. 830-305-6926.--------------------------28’ Travel Trailer for rent. Can be moved from job site. Call 830-305-6926.--------------------------Office or Living Trailers for lease or buy. Peyton, 512-948-5306; David, 713-252-1130.--------------------------RV Rentals available at Belmont RV Park Estates. Call Rich-ard, 830-556-6095.

Private RV or Travel Trailer Parking Spot. All hookups are in place and ready to call your home. Fencing on three sides. Located on corner lot with shade trees. Has pad for home to be parked on. $300 per month with $100 Deposit. All bills paid. Located at Luling. This is a private lot, no RV park. Call 830-263-4356 or 830-560-6963 for showing and details.--------------------------Six RV Hookups for long term lease at Harwood. Intersec-tion of Hwy. 90 and TX 304. Contact: 281-788-7500.--------------------------2 RV spaces in town. $295/mo., 1 Mobile home space for rent, $175/mo. Call Finch Park, 672-2955.

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For Sale or Trade: 27’ Sailboat, Beam 8’, fiberglass. 361-561-3335. Ask for Jeff.

Harley Davidson - 2007 Dyna Lowrid-er with pulled baf-fles. Blue/Grey 7700 miles. Blue Book Price - $9,440. Har-ley Davidson - 2009 883L Sportster 700 miles - Burnt Or-ange. Blue Book - $5,190. Will nego-tiate. Call 830-875-9126 for more infor-mation, 8-5pm.--------------------------Gruene Harley-Da-vidson is currently buying pre-owned Harleys. Looking to sell your Harley? Call Jon Camareno at 830-624-2473.

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.

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7 days a week. Hand/Scissor Cut. Small, $20 & $30; Medium, $35 & $40; M e d i u m / L a r g e , $45. Ask for Susan. 361-258-1505.

Pure Bred Gelb-vieh Bull. 2 1/2 years old. German Dairy/Meat Breed, very maternal, low birth weight, rapid weight gain. $1,500. 830-263-2482, Waelder.--------------------------Horse for Sale. 7 year old mare. Not ridden in 2 years. $200.00. Call 203-1104 or 437-2370.--------------------------Baby Guineas for sale. $2.00 each, your choice. 830-540-4063; 830-660-2526, Harwood.--------------------------Free Donkey’s. 361-772-7655 after 6 p.m.--------------------------2006 Blue Roan handcock mare. 14 hands. Stocky built. Has worked cows, arena rop-ing. Pastured for 1 year. Needs to go to work. $1,200. 361-771-5483.--------------------------For Sale: Black & Red Brangus Bulls. 2 & 3 yrs. old. Good selection. No pa-pers. 830-437-5772. (9-19-13)--------------------------Rabbits for Sale. With cages, with feeders & waterers. all for $300. 361-741-2604.--------------------------Angus Bull for sale. Registered JBarB. 3 1/2 yr.old herd bull. $2,975. 361-798-6250.--------------------------Bulls for Sale. Black Angus and Black Limousin. Breeding ages. Gentle. Deliv-ery available. 979-263-5829.--------------------------Bull For Sale:* Black polled Her-eford (White face). * 21 months old. * Very gentle, home grown. * Throws a predominance of “black baldies” when crossed with black hided cows. * This breed has a history of birth-ing small calves. * Heifer calves make great replacement

stock. * Can be reg-istered, if papers are important. * Price $2,500. Charles Nunes, 830-203-0477.--------------------------FOR SALE: Beautiful Bay Mare ( brood mare) 14 yrs. Ex-cellent bloodline (Three Bars & Leo). All offers consid-ered. Pics avail-able upon request: [email protected]. Ph: #. 830-560-0238.--------------------------Fancy Feathers Bantams. Feather Duster Roos. Col-ors, pairs, $20. Will deliver to Gonzales. 512-272-5147.--------------------------For Sale: ORGANIC EGGS. Free Range chickens. $2.00 dozen. Will deliver to Gonzales weekly. 830-540-3536.--------------------------For Sale: 2 & 3 year old red & black Brangus Bulls. No Papers. Good selec-tion. Call 830-437-5772.--------------------------Black Limousin and Angus Heifers and Bulls, Gentle In-crease your wean-ing weights. Es-tablished breeder since 1971. Delivery available 979 561- 6148 .--------------------------For Sale: Registered Polled Hereford Bulls. 8-22 mths old. Heifers also, 8 months to 2 years. 830-540-4430.--------------------------WANT TO BUY: Any or Unwanted Hors-es. Call Leejay at 830-857-3866.--------------------------DISPERSAL SALE. Miniature donkeys (28” to 36”), male and female, solid and tricolored, 6 mos. to 4 years. Four year olds may be registered with vet exam/affidavit. Excellent pets, loves people. Priced ac-cording to gender, age and color. 830-672-6265 or 857-4251.--------------------------Dwarf Nigerian goats (miniature), multicolored, male and female, 3 mos. to 2-3 years. 830-672-6265, 830-857-4251.

For sale by owner. Remodeled 2 bed-room, 1 bath. Large dent, kitchen, living room and utility room. Quiet neigh-borhood on curb and gutter street in Shiner, Texas. Shown by appoint-ment only. $76,000. Call (830) 203-1104.--------------------------Beautiful ranch style home built in 1996. 3 large bedrooms, 2 1/2 bath, approx. 2765 square feet on 13.55 acres with scenic

views all around. Property borders larger ranches. Recent upgrades include granite counters, new wood floors, inte-rior/exterior paint, GE Cafe appliances, new light fixtures and doors, new ac and water heater within past 2 years. Would make excel-lent horse property. Has County water. Out shed and chil-dren’s playhouse with electricity. Ag exempt for low tax-es. 18 miles north of Gonzales off 304. One hour East of San Antonio, one hour south of Aus-tin, and two hours west of Houston. Close proximity to Interstate 10. Excel-lent deal at 348,000. Sorry, no owner fi-nance. If seriously interested please call 956-202-5629 or email [email protected]. May consider 2 year minimum lease.--------------------------BRAND NEW HOME, 2br/1bath, central air/heat, shingle roof, laundry room with window, front/back porch, nature view surrounds back yard, excel-lent location within walking distance to HEB, restaurants and shopping, lo-cated in Yoakum, Texas. MUST SEE! $99,000. 361-293-8172, Cali.--------------------------House for Sale. Beautiful Historic home for sale. 713 St. John. Give me a call if interested. 713-425-9345.--------------------------Wonderful Span-ish style house on 20.59 acres with 2 ponds, 7 horse stalls, 2 storage barns and other outbuildings. Can be viewed at www.littlefieldproperties.com id #79040. Call Tanya (broker) at 361-865-2563.--------------------------Individual would like to buy a 3/2, minimum of 2,000 sq. ft or more house in Gonzales area. Possibly in country. Someone interested in own-er financing w/substantial down payment. 830-203-8492.--------------------------3 Bedroom, 2 bath brick home 3 miles from Gonzales on an acre. $129,000. Robin Baker, 830-305-2959. Remax Professional Realty.--------------------------Home for sale by owner. 2BDR, can

be made into a 3 BDR/1BA, corner lot, storage build-ing. 1404 Cavett St., Gonzales, TX. Con-tact Jen at 830-401-9763 after 6 p.m. $65,000.00. Needs minor repairs. Good starter home.--------------------------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.

170 Acres - For Sale by owner. FM 443. Outside of Hoch-heim/Dryer area. 210-867-8851.--------------------------17+ acres of cleared land with good fence. Perfect for homesite. 830-857-4242.--------------------------Lots for Lease. Conveniently lo-cated behind WHS (Waelder High School). For infor-mation call 512-299-1627.--------------------------75 Acres Gillispie Co. 10 Min. N. of Fred-ericksburg. Hwy. Frontage, Hunting, Investment or Re-tirement. $7,500 acre. [email protected] to lease land for cattle graz-ing. Must have water and fences. Contact Mitchell Hardcastle, 830-857-4544.

5 experienced hunters looking for at least 800+ acres for hunting in Westhoff area. Bill Cain, 281-684-0165.

I’m looking for a 1959 GISD year-book. Call Jimmy at 361-571-6888.

Electric Wiring, troubleshooting,

repairs, new homes, metal buildings, panels, etc. Li-censed & Insured, 830-437-5747.--------------------------Belmont RV Park. Belmont Texas Pro-pane Services avail-able. Call 830-424-3600.--------------------------Pampered Chef D e m o n s t r a t o r . Host a Show! It’s Easy! Choose from a Cooking Show, Catalog Show, Face-book Show or if you need an item, here is my site, https://w w w.pampered-chef.biz/zavadi l . Dee Zavadil, 830-857-1495.--------------------------Lucky Shots by Dee.Need Family Por-traits, Family Re-unions, Birthdays, School Pictures, Weddings, Etc. 830-857-1495 --------------------------Plumbing Repairs.

All Types of Plumbing.

Master Plumber.Reasonable Rates.

Please Call 713-203-2814 or

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70 Acres. Yorktown/Goliad. Great building sites. Live oaks, brush, hay field. Water wells. Some minerals. $5,500/acres.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~106 Acres. Rockport. Minutes to water, fine dining. Good oaks, coastal bermuda. Nice home plus modular home. Some minerals. $1,400,000.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~4 1/2 acres fronting US 183 just north of Gonzales. Barns, pens, water available. $225,000. Will divide - one acre mini-mum, at $55,000/ac.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~67 acres. NW Goliad. Doublewide. 3/2 with covered porch-es. Good barn. John Deere tractor w/implements. Mostly Mesquite. $250,000.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~68 Acres. South Cuero. Oaks, brush, hay field. Pens, well. Cross-fenced. $5,300/ac.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~198 Acres, Atascosa County, West of Floresville. Huge Creek Bottom, 2 tanks, water meter, shallow well, electricity, oaks, elms, persimmon, mesquite, black brush. Could this be your new hunting spot? $2,895 per acre. Might divide into two tracts.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~260 to 861 Acres. NW Corpus Christi. Lake, Barn, Pens, 2 water wells. Great cattle place. Paved corner. Excellent for Subdividing. Price $2,750 to $3,500 per acre.

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CHAROLAIS BULL SALE

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Stories of Two Texas Heroes Jose Antonio Na-varro and Colonel Juan N. Seguin will be shared during Seguin’s 175th Anniversary Celebration this weekend during Pecan Fest Heritage Days activities.

On Saturday, October 26 we invite you to a rare op-portunity to hear from the descendants of these two gentlemen who were pivotal players in the independence and formation of Texas.

The decedents of the Col-onel Juan N. Seguin family will gather on Saturday, Oc-tober 26 at 11 a.m. for the 25th year to honor the life of Colonel Seguin. This gath-ering will take place at the Coliseum in Seguin located at 950 S. Austin Street.

Keynote speaker for the event will be Janice Woods Windle, Author of the book “True Women” and the Mini Series by the same name.

A Texas Love Song “Seguin Loves Texas” will be per-formed by Ms. Teri Masone

and Mr. J.B. Kline of Texas City. Mariachi Music will be provided by Mariachi Galas De Oro.

Admission is free.Immediately following the

Seguin presentation guests will drive out to the Texas Agricultural Education and Heritage Center, 390 Cordo-va Road, to hear a presenta-tion by the great-great-great granddaughter of Jose Anto-nio Navarro. Navarro was a friend of Juan Seguin’s father Erasmos Seguin.

The Texas Ag Education and Heritage Center “Red Barn” is serving as host for this 1 p.m. presentation honoring Jose Antonio Na-varro “A Hero for all Tex-ans” by Sylvia Navarro Til-lotson the great-great-great grand daughter of Navarro and serves as a Director of Friends of Casa Navarro in San Antonio.

Following her presenta-tion Author of the book “Jose Antonio Navarro: In Search of the American Dream in

Nineteenth-Century Texas” will be signing autographs and selling copies of his book at the Gazebo in from of the Navarro School House.

José Antonio Navarro, a leading Mexican partici-pant in the Texas Revolu-tion, was descended from a noble Spanish family. Na-varro’s early education was rudimentary, though he later read law in San Antonio and was licensed to practice. He was compelled to flee to the United States because of his support of the Gutiérrez-Ma-gee expedition in 1813 but returned to Texas in 1816. A developing friendship with Stephen F. Austin served to deepen his interest in Texas colonization. Before Texas independence Navarro was elected to both the Coahuila and Texas state legislature and to the federal congress at Mexico City. He supported Texas statehood in 1835 and embraced the idea of inde-pendence the following year. Along with his uncle, José Francisco Ruiz, and Lorenzo de Zavala, he became one of the three Mexican signers of the Texas Declaration of In-dependence. Upon his elec-tion to the Texas Congress as a representative from Bexar, Navarro sought to advance the rights of Tejanos, whom many Anglo-Texans held in contempt after the Texas Revolution.

He had for a long time favored the annexation of Texas to the United States. He was the sole Hispanic delegate to the Conven-tion of 1845, which was as-sembled to accept or reject the American proposal; after voting in the affirmative, he remained to help write the first state constitution, the Constitution of 1845. He was subsequently twice elected to the state Senate, though in 1849 he refused to run again. In 1846, in recognition of his contributions to Texas over the years, the legislature named the newly established Navarro County in his honor.

The county seat was then designated Corsicana, in honor of his father’s Corsi-can birth.

In 1825 Navarro married Margarita de la Garza; they had seven children. He died on January 13, 1871.

Appointed By Grace will be at the Gonzales Family Assembly of God Church, 320 St. Andrew at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 27.

Joe Irwin, Karla Bur-ris, Vonnie Behrend and Randy Woodrome of-fer a unique mix of gos-pel music singing styles. Joe has been involved in music ministry for other thirty years. He sang and played bass with a family

group called the Wood-romes for many years as they traveled throughout the southeastern United States. In addition to being Godly wives and mothers, Karla and Vonnie have both been involved in singing ministries since childhood.

God has gifted them as singers, songwriters, musicians and ministers. They have proven them-selves to be dedicated to

God and their families. Joe served as an Associ-ate Pastor and as a Youth/Music Director. He is now serving as an Evangelist. Karla grew up in a fam-ily of talented singers and musicians. She has taught Sunday school, AWANA, and ladies Bible studies in her home church. For oth-er thirteen years, she per-formed weekly at the Li-brary Opry. Singing there led to many opportunities for her to sing at commu-nity ceremonies, Senior Center programs, wor-ship services and various church functions. Vonnie has ministered in vari-ous settings such as youth and ladies conferences, churches, camp meet-ings and concert halls. With her husband, she has served in the mission field of Alaska and helped pas-tor churches. Joe, Karla and Vonnie have appeared on numerous television programs throughout the nation and have complete numerous recording proj-ects both as a group and separately.

Their ministry consists of powerful singing wrapped in the Word of God and seasoned with personal tes-timonies. Through the me-dium of song, they paint a portrait of hope for the lost, call the sinner to repen-tance, and encourage the Christian to service.

For any information, contact Pastor Glynn at 830-263-4214 or can con-tact Appointed By Grace at (979) 201-1325 or www.AppointedByGrace.com.

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Cook Off Entry Fee - $15.00Costume Contest

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Gonzales High School is gearing up for their performances of “Annie Jr.” This famous musical returns to Gonzales with much enthusiasm and anticipation. The production includes GISD students from the 5th grade and up and a teach-er! Don’t miss this memorable and fun production. “Annie Jr.” opens Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. and it also performs Nov. 3 at 2 p.m., Nov. 9 at 7 p.m., and Nov. 10 at 2 p.m. Advance tickets are $4/student and seniors, $6/adults and will only be sold through Oct. 25. They can be purchased at the Gonzales High School, Junior High, or North Avenue offices. Tickets bought at the door will be $6/student and seniors, and $8/adults. Pictured are Brooke Neuse (Annie on Nov. 2 and Nov. 10) and Krystalynn Buesing (Annie on Nov. 3 and Nov. 10). (Courtesy photo)

Heritage Days event to honorTexas heroes Seguin, Navarro

FLATONIA — Celebrate the 140th anniversary of the town with the funny name at the 41st annual Flatonia Czhilispiel Festi-val. The event, popular for its “czhili” and barbecue cook-off, also draws quite a crowd for its music lineup, and this year should be no exception.

Czhilispiel 41 will be

held in downtown Flatonia on Oct. 25 through Oct. 27.

Festival goers will enjoy a stellar lineup headlined by the Oklahoma Red-Dirt band, Turnpike Trouba-dours, with Cody John-son Band as their opening act. For those looking for more traditional sounds, the Ennis Czech Boys will bring their style of polka,

and Cajun fiddler Wade Benson Landry will bring some Louisiana flavor to Czhilispiel this year.

Guests will enjoy several other noteworthy perfor-mances throughout the weekend in the giant tented biergarten. The full line-up includes:

Friday, October 25, 20136:30 PM - 9:00 PM: Tim

Hall Band9:30 PM - Midnight: Doc

West & The Ramblin KindSaturday, October 26,

20131:00 PM - 4:00 PM: En-

nis Czech Boys5:00 PM - 6:30 PM: Trev-

or Cole Band7:00 PM - 8:30 PM: The

Damn Quails9:00 PM - 10:30 PM:

Cody Johnson Band11:00 PM - 12:30 AM:

Turnpike TroubadoursSunday, October 27,

201310:00 AM - Noon:

D’Vine Testament1:30 PM - 4:30 PM: Wade

Benson Landry5:00 PM - 8:00 PM: The

Original VelvetsRegistration is now

open for cook-off teams, and weekend activities. Czhilispiel tickets and car-nival passes will be avail-able online soon. Vendor and sponsorship oppor-tunities are still available.

For more information, visit the Flatonia Chamber’s Czhilispiel website at www.czhilispiel.com or call the Flatonia Chamber office at (361) 865-3920.

Flatonia is located near the intersection of Inter-state 10 and Texas State Highway 95, about midway between Houston and San Antonio.


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Thursday, October 31at

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Bring your little ones by in their costumes & have

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Tuesday’s - Family NightMexican Plate - $7.50

Flautas - $5.00Fajitas for two - $16.99

Wednesday’s - Kids NightKids Menu - $2.50

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Citizenship is something that should be honored, recognized and given status. It has nothing to do with academic achievement and anyone can achieve it. The essence of good citizenship is respect - re-spect for authority, respect for others, respect for self, and respect for rules. It is an attitude that be-gins at home and is reinforced at school and applied throughout life. Pictured are the Gonzales Junior High Awesome Apaches for the week of October 18 (from left): Lizbeth Soto, Benjamin Stone, and Josh Branch. (Courtesy photo)

This year, Gonzales Ju-nior High is honoring those with perfect at-tendance! As an incen-tive for attending school every day, all 7th and 8th grade students have the opportunity to win $15 dollars each Friday of the year. Jason Baker, an 8th Grader, won for attend-ing school during the week of October 14-18, 2013. (Courtesy photo)

Turnpike Troubadors

The Tim Hall Band

Doc WestCody Johnson

The Damn Quails

Wade Benson Landry


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CANNON KID’S CORNER

ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20Aries, it’s important to

know that someone close to you supports you no mat-ter what. Don’t let self-doubt overwhelm you. Others sup-port you for a reason.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21Set your long-term goals

and work hard to make them a reality, Taurus. Goals can help you stay on track and provide much-needed motivation when you hit rough patches.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21Gemini, even though you

may not be getting all of the recognition you hoped at work, others are paying atten-tion to your accomplishments. Just be a little patient.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22

Romance could be heading in your direction, Cancer. If you are in a relationship, then that relationship might grow even stronger. Plan a romantic getaway soon.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23Leo, you may want to keep

some thoughts to yourself this week. Others may not be fond of you rocking the boat at this time, so let things settle down.

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people who can make you feel good and provide lots of sup-port, Virgo. This week you may need all of the encourage-ment you can get.

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CUERO — The Cuero Lady Gobblers volleyball team decided not to put off until Friday what can be done on Tuesday night.

Cuero swept Gonza-les (25-20, 25-9, 25-13) to clinch at least the third spot in the playoffs.

“We needed win to get into the playoffs and we got it. It feels amazing,” Cuero head coach Rebecca Riojas-Fryer said.

Cuero closes out the regular season at Smithville tomorrow and could have needed a must-win in that match if the team lost to Gonzales.

“The girls knew if we won tonight, we would be in,” Riojas-Fryer said. “They did not want to wait until Friday. I relaxed a lit-tle at the end of this match

because we had clinched. We will still take care of business Friday.”

The Lady Apaches (8-19, 1-8) opened the first set with a 4-1 lead, on the serves of Cassidy La Fleur, and kills from Danyelle Glass and Brittany Walker. The Lady Gobblers bat-tled to a 6-5 lead as Missy Odom scored an ace during the run. Cuero continued making a run, scoring 11 of the next 13 points.

Plays by Gretchen Single-ton and Glass helped bring the Lady Apaches to within 20-10. Gonzales continued the streak with an 8-1 run on a block from Kendall Fougerat and the serves of Glass. Later, a kill from Molly Barnick brought Gonzales to within 23-20 before Cuero scored two straight, getting the game point on the kill by Kalen Sievers.

In the second game, the service of Odom and a pair of kills by Emmarie Johnson boosted Cuero to an early 10-2 advantage. Gonzales got to within 11-6 with a kill by Fougerat but the Lady Gobblers finished off the set with a 14-3 run on kills from Odom and Sievers , and service from Johnson and Mia Knetig.

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Cuero won the junior varsity match 25-18 and 25-13, and the Lady Gob-blers won the freshman match, 25-11 and 25-23.

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Area Football PreviewsDistrict 13-1A-DI leaders set to square off in Flatonia

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Yoakum at Gonzales

Friday, 7:30 p.m.Apache Stadium

With their first district win now under their belt, the Gonzales Apaches will go for number two when they host Yoakum on Fri-day night.

Gonzales (5-2, 1-1) sur-vived a tough road test at Giddings last week, where they came away with a hard fought 12-7 victory.

“I thought Giddings played extremely hard and they didn’t make too many mistakes with the ball,” said Gonzales head coach Ricky Lock. “But our kids gave great effort. It was a good team win.”

After stumbling out of the blocks, Yoakum (3-3, 2-0) is coming into the game with a hot hand.

The Bulldogs lost their first three games to Colum-bus (25-21), Sinton (35-28) and Hallettsville (39-28), before halting their skid with a 63-41 win over Rice Consolidated. Yoakum is

currently tied for first place in District 26-3A after posting wins over Smith-ville (29-19) and Cuero (41-20).

“We’ve gotten better from week to week and I honestly feel like our pre-district schedule gave us what we needed head-ing into district play,” said Yoakum head coach Brent Kornegay. “This district is filled with talented play-ers and good coaches, so I think that really helped us as we’ve gone along.”

The Bulldogs are aver-aging 410 yards on offense and haven’t been strangers to the end zone, posting 30 touchdowns to date.

“It’s all about stopping their skill kids because they score a lot of points on of-fense,” said Lock. “They’ve had some injuries, but those kids are coming back now so we’re going to have our hands full.”

The Yoakum offense operates out of the pistol and shotgun formations,

where they like to run a lot of zone read plays. Their system is designed to fea-ture their quarterback Tre’Vontae Hights, one of the most dynamic players in the district.

Hights does a lot of dam-age with his legs (915 yards rushing, 15TD) but he can also get you with his arm, completing 43 of his 80 passes for 629 yards and five scores.

“He’s an athlete,” said Ko-rnegay. “He has moves that are out of this world and he can go north and south in

a hurry. Of course, some of the credit for his success has to go to our offensive line and outside receivers.”

Yoakum has other ca-pable runners in T.J. Hights (5.63 yards per carry) and Terrance Hall, who has rushed for 338 yards.

“Terrance Hall has done a fantastic job running what we do because it’s all in the read,” Kornegay said. “He gets his touches too and he does a super job of running the football.”

The most effective play-ers in the Bulldogs’ passing

game have been leading receiver Miguel Resendiz (13 catches, 256 yards, TD) and Timmy Blakeney, who leads with four touchdown catches despite playing in only three games.

Yoakum has settled in on defense in the last three weeks after moving Chase Hermes (38 tackles, 4 sacks) to outside lineback-er. Other standouts include DE Jacob Linn, DL Marvin Davis, Blakeney at DB and leading tackler LB Ricky Camarillo (76 tackles, 3 sacks).

“They’re pretty big up front, bigger than they’ve been in a while,” Lock said. “They play a split concept similar to ours and they have good linebackers. They’re also fast in the sec-ondary. They’ve got all of the pieces to the puzzle.”

Kornegay expects his defense to be tested by the Apaches’ running game, which has racked up 2,165 yards. Gonzales has a pretty special quarterback of their

own in Alays Ramirez, who leads the team in rushing with 1,194 yards and 17 touchdowns.

“Ramirez is one of their main weapons,” said Ko-rnegay. “He’s a great run-ner and he sees the field really well. They counter him with D.J. Gonzales and they have several four-year starters on that offensive line, so stopping the run in something we’re going to have to focus on.”

With the Bulldogs com-ing in at full strength after recently getting Blakeney and Will Thurmond back from injury, Kornegay said the winner of Friday’s game will likely be the one who does the better job of pro-tecting the football.

“I think turnovers are going to be the main thing and I think special teams are going to come into play as well,” he said. “We an-ticipate this being a good football game come Friday night between two quality programs.”

Lady Gobblers punch playoff ticket with win over Gonzales

Cassidy La Fleur gets a touch on the ball with backup from Madison Musick (9), Bailey Connell (11) and Brittany Walker (4). (Photo by Mark Lube)

To p - of - t h e - d i s t r i c t teams Thorndale and Fla-tonia meet Friday night at Bulldog Stadium.

“This is going to be a game between two teams that are playing well and average around 40 points a game on offense,” Flatonia head coach Chris Freytag said. “Our defense is play-ing well and our whole team has responded this season by beating some quality teams.”

Thorndale’s offense is a spread attack that will also run some two-back sets.

“They have a balanced attack, good skilled goods and a good offensive line,” Freytag said.

Quarterback Riley Schaefer is the key to the offense, and Colton Austin will line up either out wide or in the backfield. Run-ning back Darius Brooks should also produce some rushing yards.

Freytag compared Aus-tin to Flatonia’s own Gus Venegas, who plays receiv-er and running back.

“Our defense will have to tackle and contain, and keep everything in front of us,” he said. “If we can get two or three turnovers.”

Thorndale has a quick defense that will fly to the football.

“They are not as big as they were last year but they are quick and physical,” he said. “It will be crucial for our offensive line to come off the ball fast and block well.”

Linebacker Lorenzo Lla-na, end Sterling Kothmann and lineman Devin Fisher are the key players on the Thorndale defense.

Luling at GoliadTwo high-powered of-

fenses meet Friday night as Luling (7-1, 3-1) travels to Goliad (5-2, 2-1).

“It is going to be a good game between a couple of top-of-the-district style teams,” Eagles head coach Colby Hensley said. “

The Tigers are another spread team on offense and are led by the arm and legs of quarterback Dal-ton Stum. Desmond Per-ry, Trey Moya and Colby Berger are the main receiv-ing targets.

“We have to make sure Strum does not get loose on us,” Hensley said. “He has a couple of speedy re-ceivers we will need to lock down.”

Goliad lines up in the ‘50’ formation on defense.

“Our offense will need to have smooth execution and not turn the ball over,” Hensley said. “The out-come of this game could be decided by the turnover battle.”

Goliad will be led on defense by defensive back Moya and three-year starter linebacker Joseph Burns.

With a district record of 3-1, Luling currently sits in third place in the district.

“Right now, I cannot see a scenario in which we were to miss the playoffs,” Hensley said.

Shiner at Three RiversShiner had a bye week

on Friday and defeated Kenedy, 39-18, in its dis-trict opener on Oct. 11. The Comanches play at Three Rivers this week and they are similar team to the Comanches.

“This will be just the sec-ond time we have played them,” Shiner head coach

Steven Cerny said. “They are physical and content with picking up three or four yards a play to control the clock”

Three Rivers is a run-ning team like Shiner but runs a Wing-T style of-fense. Leading rushers are Robert Moreno (49-435, three touchdowns) and Paul Almendarez (59-386, six touchdowns). Quar-terback Hagan Johnston has completed just 7-of-16 passes for 141 yards, two touchdowns and two in-terceptions.

“We have to play assign-ment football on defense and not chase ghosts,” Cerny said. “We have to fill the gaps quickly.”

Three Rivers’ key defen-sive players are linebacker Weston Huff, linebacker Adam Romero and defen-sive back Dillon Guajardo.

“With two teams that both run the ball a lot, this game probably will go quickly,” Cerny said. “It is important we take advan-tage of our offensive pos-sessions. We also cannot turn the ball over.”

St. Joseph at St. PaulThe St. Paul Cardinals

had an open week last Fri-day and return to action this Friday against a fast Bryan St. Joseph team.

“They are much-im-proved team, lots of se-niors on the roster and they score a lot of points,” St. Paul head coach Jake Wachsmuth said.

The Eagles deploy speed at all of the skilled posi-tions and have lots of play-ers back from last year. St. Joseph has a balanced at-tack run out of the spread and is effective throwing the football.


“We have had a couple of weeks to take a look at St. Jo-seph’s offense,” he said. “We have to eliminate the big play.”

Nicky Damon will be both a running and receiving threat for St. Joseph.

The Eagles have speed at linebacker and have a line that can make deep advances into an opponent’s backfield. Key players are defensive back Jamarkus Amos and linebacker Matthew Kraus.

Wachsmuth said St. Paul has put together some good drives in recent games but has not put up a lot of points.

“We talk practically every week about getting points every time we get into the red zone,” he said.#6 Hallettsville at Industrial

The Brahmas head to In-dustrial this week to take on

the Cobras.“Industrial is well-

coached and the players are very hard-working kids,” Hallettsville coach Tommy Psencik said.

The Cobras’ offense will be led by receiver/running back Trenton Thedford and quar-terback Jay Rubio.

“Rubio does a good job of executing their offense and Thedford is a good athlete,” he said. “Our defense needs to be consistent, wrap up and gang tackle. Industrial will mix up their offense so we have to play both the run and the pass.”

Key defensive players to watch on are end Mason Davis, linebacker Brady Karl and defensive back A.J. Ro-sas.

Psencik said the Brahmas have worked on staying with their blocks.

“Industrial has a very

strong defense and we have to get more movement on our blocks because the Co-bras will close on you fast,” he said.

Cotulla at Nixon-SmileyThe Nixon-Smiley Mus-

tangs are back home for the second week in a row as they host the Cotulla Cowboys.

The Mustangs are treating every game as a must-win for the purposes of qualifying for the playoffs.

“Cotulla is another ob-stacle in our way to making the playoffs,” Nixon-Smiley head coach Carlton McKin-ney said.

As it stands, the Mustangs are still in control of their own destiny and should re-main so if they continue to get wins.

The Cowboys are 1-3 in district play and 1-6 overall, and are sitting near the bot-tom of the district standings.

Cotulla runs the Wing-T offense, with both similari-ties and differences to the Mustang offense.

“They have some varia-tions in their blocking schemes,” McKinney said. “They like to run the full-back on the inside and use some outside runs. Cotulla has some good size up front.”

Fullback Saul Garcia leads the ‘Boys rushing attack with 348 yards on 76 carries and four touchdowns.

Quarterback Noe Rodri-guez has 135 yard and three touchdowns on the ground while throwing for 168 yards on 14-of-38 passing with two picks. Running back Ricky Ayala has 280 yards and one touchdown on the season.

Cotulla runs the ’50’ on defense with Garcia at line-backer, end Kade Northcut, linebacker Johnny Perez, and defensive backs Rodriguez and Marcus Tellez as the key players.

“We have to make sure we have a solid game on of-fense,” McKinney said.

Smithville at CueroCuero will be looking to

completely erase the memo-ries of last week’s loss to Yoakum with a solid perfor-mance against the Smithville Tigers.

“It is an opportunity for us to be 2-1 in district,” Cu-ero head coach Travis Reeve said.

The Smithville spread of-fense has gone with two quarterbacks this year — Khalil McCathern will take some of the snaps and will run the ball to bring a wrin-kle to their running game and he will also line up at wide receiver. Jamal Bates will handle a good portion of the Tiger running.

When Smithville throws the football, they will go with Garrett Mathis.

“We have to swarm to the football and do a good job of tackling,” Reeve said.

Smithville has lined up in the 4-3 and the ‘50’ this year. Key players are nose guard Chris Lewis and linebacker Quentin Green.

Reeve said the Gobblers must establish a solid run-ning game and take ad-vantage of opportunities to throw the football.

San Antonio St. Gerard at Sacred Heart

The Indians got back to winning ways with a 22-6 victory over Schertz John Paul II and are home this week to play San Antonio St. Gerard.

The Saints’ leading ball carriers are Jubias Cloud (74-705, six touchdowns), Da’Vontrae Walker (76-702, two touchdowns) and Glen Jackson (14-64, four touch-downs).

The Indians will need to control the clock with their run game and continue to have ball security. The de-fense will have to tackle well to limit St. Gerard’s rushing attack.

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ScoreboardFootball

District 26-3A Standings District Overall La Grange 2-0 6-0Yoakum 2-0 3-3Gonzales 1-1 5-2Cuero 1-1 4-2Giddings 0-2 2-4Smithville 0-2 0-6Last game results – #14 Gonzales 12, Giddings 7; Yoakum 41, Cuero 20; #18 La Grange 63, Smithville 13Friday’s game schedules – Yoakum at Gonzales, 7:30 p.m.; Giddings at La Grange, 7:30 p.m.; Smithville at Cuero, 7:30 p.m.

Game Summaries#14 Gonzales 12, Giddings 7Score by QuartersGon 12 0 0 0—12Gid 0 7 0 0—7Scoring SummaryGon – Darrance James 16 pass

from Alyas Ramirez (kick blocked)Gon– Ramirez 29 run (pass

failed)Gid—Raylon Hickey 42 pass

from Kyle Jones (Ivan Reyes kick)Team Stats Gon GidFirst downs 12 12Rushes-Yards 43-211 37-129Passing Yards 65 122Passes 4-8-0 8-22-1Penalties-Yards 4-29 3-30Punts-Avg. 6-31.7 6-40.8Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1Individual StatsRushing – Gonzales: Darrance

James 3-4, Alays Ramirez 25-170, D.J. Gonzales 13-37, Jamie Tellez 1-4, TEAM 1-(-4). Giddings: Kyle Jones 13-46, Raylon Hickey 6-29, Josh Mack 8-10, Macain Proske 4-15, Justin Herzog 4-24, Deon Blue 1-3, Tyler Jones 1-2

Passing – Gonzales: Ramirez 4-8-65. Giddings: Jones 8-22-122

Receiving – Gonzales: Brant Philippus 1-35, James 3-30. Giddings: Tyler Jones 2-14, Hickey 4-72, Roberto Rescendez 1-22, Mack 1-14.

Yoakum 41, Cuero 20Score by QuartersC 6 7 0 7-20Y 13 14 7 7-41Scoring SummaryY-Tre’Vontae Hights 71 run

(kick failed)C-D’Anthony Hopkins 1 run

(kick blocked)Y-Hights 1 run (Edgar Maravilla

kick)

Y-Dantey Eldridge 24 intercep-tion return (Maravilla kick)

C-D’Andre Gallagher 88 kickoff return (Pearson Reese kick)\

Y-TJ Hights 1 run (Maravilla kick)

Y-Timmy Blakeney 57 pass from Tre’Vontae Hights (Maravilla kick)

Y-Tre’Vontae Hights 1 run (Maravilla kick)

C-Brenden Pupi 24 pass from Jared Vernor (Reese kick)

Team stats C Y First downs 11 18Rushes-yards 25-99 49-312Passing yards 158 106Passes 8-16-1 6-9Penalties-yards 4-30 3-20Fumbles-lost 2-1 1-0Punts-average 2-28.0 2-30.5Individual statsRushing — Cuero: D’Anthony

Hopkins 15-66, Tres Miles 5-40, Zech Hopkins 1-3, Team 1-2, Tris-ton Barefield 1-1, Jared Vernor 2(-13). Yoakum: Tre’Vontae Hights 27-184, Terrence Hall 11-90, TJ Hights 10-41, Team 1-(-3).

Passing — Cuero: Vernor 8-16-106-1. Yoakum: Tre’Vontae Hights 6-9-106-0.

Receiving — Cuero: Brenden Pupi 3-68 ,D’Andre Gallagher 2-29, Zech Hopkins 1-47, Pear-son Reese 1-8, Cole Liendo 1-3. Yoakum:Timmy Blakeney 3-67, Hall 2-15, Caden Fishbeck 1-24.

District 15-2ADI Standings District Overall Jourdanton 4-0 7-1Marion 3-0 5-2Luling 3-1 7-1Goliad 2-1 5-2SA Cole 0-3 1-6SA Brooks 0-3 0-7George West 0-4 1-7Last game results – Luling 19, San Antonio Cole 0; Jourdanton 28, Goliad 23; Marion 36, George West 21Friday’s game schedules – Luling at Goliad, 7:30 p.m.; Marion at San Antonio Cole, 7:30 p.m.; San Antonio Brooks Academy at George West, 7:30 p.m.

Game SummariesLuling 19, San Antonio Cole 0Score by PeriodsC 0 0 0 0-0L 0 7 6 6-19Scoring SummaryL-Taylen Moore 26 pass from

Trayden Staton (Christian Herrera kick)

L-Staton 5 run (pass failed)

L-Keeton Coe 64 fumble return (no PAT attempted)

Team stats SAC LFirst downs 17 15Rushes-yards 56-273 33-94Passing yards 16 106Passes 1-5-1 8-12-1Penalties-yards 9-75 2-20Fumbles-lost 5-3 3-1Punts-average 2-23.0 2-32.0Individual statsRushing — San Antonio Cole:

Jacob Kelley 23-158, Darien Cana-da 9-53, Patrick Height 19-40, Jer-ren Scott 5-22. Luling: Shaft Cubit 14-60, Trayden Staton 14-25, Tay-len Moore 5-9.

Passing — San Antonio Cole: Height 1-4-16-1, Scott 0-1-0-0. Luling: Staton 8-12-106-1.

Receiving — San Antonio Cole: Canada 1-16. Luling: Moore 6-48, Keeton Coe 2-58.

District 14-2ADI Standings District Overall Hallettsville 2-0 7-0Hempstead 2-0 4-3Edna 1-1 3-3Altair Rice 1-1 1-5Industrial 0-2 1-5Palacios 0-2 1-6Last game results – Hallettsville 41, Altair Rice Consolidated 12; Edna 44, Vanderbilt Industrial 6; Hempstead 54, Palacios 0Friday’s game schedules – Hallettsville at Vanderbilt Industrial, 7:30 p.m.; Edna at Palacios, 7:30 p.m.; Hempstead at Altair Rice Consolidated, 7:30 p.m.

Game Summaries#6 Hallettsville 41, Rice

Consolidated 12Score by PeriodsR 0 0 12 0-12H 0 21 12 8-41Scoring SummaryH-Jimario Grounds 42 pass

from Nate Kowalik (Brannen Cara-way kick)

H-Dalton Herrington 11 pass from Kowalik (Caraway kick)

H-Clayton Steffek fumble recov-ery in end zone (Caraway kick)

R-Jordan Johnson 3 run (kick failed)

H-Kowalik 5 run (kick failed)H-Kaden Hardt 38 run (kick

failed)R-JaQuad McGrew 68 pass from

Johnson kick failed)H-Justin Reeves 5 pass from

Kowalik (Tim Sheppard pass from Kowalik)

Team stats R H

First downs 13 17Rushes-yards 40-64 27-169Passing yards 152 185Passes 7-17-0 9-15-1Penalties-yards 4-23 3-25Fumbles-lost 4-1 2-2Punts-average 4-35.0 1-31.0Individual statsRushing — Rice: Jordan John-

son 25-45, Jordan Garner 13-16, Todd Nicholas 2-3. Hallettsville: Kaden Hardt 18-143, Justin Reeve 1-13, Tim Sheppard 3-9, Nate Kow-alik 4-4.

Passing — Rice: Johnson 7-17-152-1. Hallettsville: Kowalik 9-15-185-1.

Receiving — Rice: JaQuad Mc-Grew 2-80, Garner 2-29, Lee Athey 1-20, Nicholas 1-18. Hallettsville: Jimario Grounds 3-73, Dalton Her-rington 3-59, Brent Motal 1-40, Kaylon Massey 1-8, Reeve 1-5.District 15-2ADII Standings

District Overall Dilley 4-0 5-2Poth 4-0 5-2Karnes City 3-1 4-3Nixon-Smiley 2-2 4-3Stockdale 2-2 3-4Cotulla 1-3 1-6Bloomington 0-4 1-6Natalia 0-4 0-7Last game results – Nixon-Smiley 35, Bloomington 8; Poth 13, Stockdale 12; Karnes City 29, Natalia 20; Dilley 61, Cotulla 2Friday’s game schedules – Cotulla at Nixon-Smiley, 7:30 p.m.; Poth at Karnes City, 7:30 p.m.; Natalia at Dilley, 7:30 p.m.; Bloomington at Stockdale, 7:30 p.m.

Game SummariesNixon-Smiley 35, Bloomington 8

Score by QuartersB 0 0 0 8-8NS 0 21 14 0-35Scoring SummaryNS-Jared Van Auken 8 run (Ed-

uardo Tovar kick)NS-Van Auken 40 run (kick

failed)NS-Kevin Martinez 12 run

(Tristan Newman run)NS-Van Auken 4 run (kick

failed)NS-Garrett Earlywine 18 pass

from Nick Pena (Sam Moore pass from Pena)

B-Chris Cabrera 17 run (Ca-brera run)

Team stats B NSFirst downs 10 15Rushes-yards 47-199 43-318Passing yards 0 47

Passes 0-4-1 2-4-1Penalties-yards 4-20 8-70Fumbles-lost 6-3 2-2Individual statsRushing — Nixon-Smiley:

Kevin Martinez 15-97, Jared Van Auken 12-92, Tristan Newman 7-85, Tom Palacio 2-17, Jordan Martinez 4-13, Justin Ramos 2-8, Nick Pena 1-6.

Passing — Nixon-Smiley: Pena 2-4-47-1.

Receiving — Nixon-Smiley: New-man 1-29, Garrett Earlywine 1-18.

District 15-ADI Standings District Overall Ganado 1-0 5-2Shiner 1-0 4-2Three Rivers 1-1 4-3Kenedy 1-1 3-3Yorktown 0-2 2-5Last game results – Kenedy 35, Three Rivers 20; Ganado 56, Yorktown 21Friday’s game schedules – Shiner at Three Rivers, 7:30 p.m.; Kenedy at Ganado, 7:30 p.m.; Yorktown at Runge, 7:30 p.m.

District 13-ADI Standings District Overall Flatonia 2-0 6-1Thorndale 1-0 4-2Holland 1-1 6-2Thrall 0-1 2-5Weimar 0-2 2-4Last game results – Flatonia 21, Weimar 7; Holland 30, Thrall 10Friday’s game schedules – Thorndale at Flatonia, 7:30 p.m.; Weimar at Thrall, 7:30 p.m.

Game SummariesFlatonia 21, Weimar 7

Score by QuartersF 7 7 0 7-21W 0 0 0 7-7Scoring SummaryF-Mitchell Mica 13 run (Jose

Manzano kick)F-Reed Rightmer 20 pass from

Will Bruns (Manzano kick)W-Juwan Alameida 10 run (Ge-

rard Rodriguez kick)F-Rightmer 67 interception re-

turn (Manzano kick)Team stats F WFirst downs 11 10Rushes-yards 36-90 36-165Passing yards 103 54Passes 7-15-0 5-19-2Penalties-yards 4-30 2-10Fumbles-lost 0-0 3-1Punts-average 5-35.0 4-31.25Individual statsRushing—Flatonia: Mitchell

Mica 9-41, Marcus Mica 9-40, Will

Bruns 14-26, Gus Venegas 1-2, Team 1-(-20). Weimar: Juwan Al-media 18-93, JaKyle Harris 18-72.

Passing — Flatonia: Bruns 7-14-103-0, Casen Novak 0-1-0-0. Wei-mar: Almedia 5-19-42-2.

Receiving — Flatonia: Gus Ven-egas 5-71, Reed Rightmer 1-20, Novak 1-12. Weimar: Brody Gall 2-25, Seth Helmcamp 1-12, LaDar-ius King 1-10, Otis Newhouse 1-7.TAPPS DIII, Dist. 5 Standings District Overall Brazos Chr. 2-0 6-0St. Joseph 2-0 5-1John Paul II 1-1 5-2Sacred Heart 1-1 3-3St. Gerard 0-2 1-6St. Paul 0-2 0-5Last game results – Hallettsville Sacred Heart 22, Schertz John Paul II 6; Bryan St. Joseph 58, San Antonio St. Gerard 14Friday’s game schedules – San Antonio St. Gerard at Hallettsville Sacred Heart, 7:30 p.m.; Bryan St. Joseph at Shiner St. Paul, 7:30 p.m.; Bryan Brazos Christian at Schertz John Paul II, 7:30 p.m.

Game SummariesSacred Heart 22, John Paul II 6

Score by QuartersHSH 0 0 14 8-22SJPII 6 0 0 0-6Scoring SummarySJPII-Michael McCabe 80 run

(kick failed)HSH-Scott Stoner 1 run (Evan

Wick kick)HSH-Jonathan Vanek 31 run

(Wick kick)HSH-Stoner 6 run (Wick pass

from Stoner)Team stats HSH SJPIIFirst downs 13 9Rushes-yards 36-213 36-165Passing yards 0 0Passes 0-4 0-3Penalties-yards 3-35 6-35Fumbles-lost 1-1 2-1Punts-average 2-42.0 3-30.67Individual statsRushing — Hallettsville Sacred

Heart: Jonathan Vanek 22-97, Dylan Jahn 7-77, Scott Stoner 5-27. Schertz John Paul II: Michael Mc-Cabe 16-129, Jacob Bradley 11-52, Mark Cooper 3-11, Miguel Orteza 2-3, Adam Laskowski 2-1, Joe Mc-Cabe 2-(-1).

Passing — Hallettsville Sacred Heart: Stoner 0-4-0-0.

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Lady Apaches to stage Midnight Madness event

The Gonzales Lady Apaches basketball pro-gram will hold “Midnight Madness” on Nov. 9 from 11 p.m. until midnight at the GHS Special Events Center.

There will be perfor-mances by the GHS Cheer Squad and Apache Flames, contests and obstacle course, 3-versus-3 games between each grade level, an alumni game and inter-squad scrimmage of the high school teams.

In addition, there will be Knockout with players, students and staff, and give-aways (T-shorts, frisbees, glow sticks).

A-MAZE-ING Race 5K Run/Walk

The First Annual A-MAZE-ING 5K to benefit MS research will be held Nov. 16 at 8 a.m. at the Rocky Creek Maze at 284 CR 251 in Moulton.

The cost is $25 and T-shirt is guaranteed if regis-tered by Nov. 1.

The race is a country trek out and back on paved road with the remaining mile off road around farm and through corn field fin-ishing through the Maze.

Some hills are on the paved course and some moder-ately rough terrain off road around farm. Water at one and two mile marks with refreshments at finish.

There will be awards for top three male and female runners.

Make checks payable to Rocky Creek Maze 5K Race. All profit goes to MS research. Mail entries and payment to Rocky Creek Maze, c/o Anna Bartos, P.O. Box 651, Moulton, TX 77975. For more informa-tion, call 361-596-4872 or 361-798-0999, email [email protected], or send message on Facebook.

Apache Band Booster quilt drawing

The Apache Band Boost-ers are raising money for the Gonzales ISD Band program by having a quilt drawing.

Tickets are $1 each or six for $5 and can be purchased at every home at the boost-er concession stand.

The drawing will be held on November 8 during the regular season finale against Smithville.

For more information or to purchase tickets, contact Granella Hendrichs at 830-437-2036

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Yoakum routs Cuero, 41-20

GIDDINGS – After hav-ing their intensity ques-tioned following last week’s loss to La Grange, the Gon-zales Apaches showed their intestinal fortitude Friday night when they gutted out a win over Giddings, 12-7, at Buffalo Stadium.

Gonzales was clinging to a five-point lead when they turned the ball over on downs to give Giddings possession at their own 9 with 3:36 left to play in the game. After struggling for most of the contest, the Giddings offense had moved out to midfield in eight plays.

After throwing three straight incomplete passes, Kyle Jones connected with Roberto Rescendez for a 22-yard gain with less than a minute left. Two plays lat-er, Jones found Josh Mack for 21 yards to move the Buffaloes to the Gonzales 15 with 23 seconds remain-ing.

Jones went back to pass on the next play, but saw his offering intercepted in the end zone by a leaping Darrance James to seal the victory with just 16 ticks on the clock.

“I don’t know that our kids could have played any harder,” said Gonzales head coach Ricky Lock. “I was really hard on them in practice and they an-

swered the call. Our kids played tremendously, they were like a Gonzales team tonight because the effort was outstanding. As long we get this kind of effort, we’ve got a chance to win every week.”

It was James who also provided the early spark for Gonzales (5-2, 1-1) when he caught a bubble screen and weaved his way into the end zone from 16 yards out to open the game’s scor-ing on the Apaches’ first drive. Giddings’ Deon Blue blocked the extra point kick and Gonzales led 6-0 at the 9:42 mark.

Giddings (2-4,0-2) start-ed their first drive at their own 36 and conversion runs by Jones and Raylon Hickey had the Buffaloes in Gonzales territory at the 39. On third and six, Jones was dropped for a loss by Damien Airhart and Jordan Johnson, and Brant Philip-pus broke up the fourth down pass attempt.

On the second play of the ensuing drive, Alays Ramirez had his nine-yard run aided by a Giddings facemask to take the ball to the Buffalo 37. After a four-yard run by Jaime Tellez, Ramirez called his own number on a sweep left and zipped 29 yards for a touch-down.

Blue ruined another Apache scoring attempt when he intercepted the two-point conversion pass

and Gonzales led, 12-0.Giddings began moving

the ball again as three runs by Justin Herzog high-lighted the drive’s first four plays. Jones went for ten yards on the next play, but Herzog lost the handle on second down and Gonza-les recovered the fumble at their 27.

Ramirez gained 15 yards on the next two plays, but the drive stalled out at the Apache 34. D.J. Gonza-les had his punt partially blocked and the wobbler only managed to go eight yards to give Giddings great field position. The Buffaloes took full advan-tage as Jones tossed a pretty pass just over the Apaches’ double coverage and into the hands of Hickey for a 42-yard scoring bomb.

The third quarter was basically played to a draw with both teams continu-ally crossing over midfield, but eventually being forced to punt away. Late in the fourth quarter, Ramirez fielded a punt and dashed up the left sideline to give Gonzales a first and 10 from the Giddings 17.

After back-to-back short runs, Giddings called a timeout with 3:39 left and Gonzales facing fourth and five. Instead of trying a field goal the Apaches ran a re-verse to James, but he could only get to the nine to set up Giddings’ last posses-sion.

Darrance James (10) heads upfield with the ball with Joe Ryan Carrizales (21) and Jordan Johnson (60) looking for blocks during Gonzales’ 12-7 win at Giddings last Friday. (Photo by Cedric Iglehart)

Tre’Vontae HightsYoakumThe junior quarterback

played a big part in Yoa-kum’s 41-20 over Cuero. He ran for 184 yards and three touchdowns and also completed 6 of his 9 passes for 106 yards and another score.

Honorable Mentions• Nate Kowalik, Hallettsville.

Threw for 185 yards and three touchdowns in the Brahmas’ 41-12 win over Rice Consolidated. He also had a five-yard scoring run.

• Jared Van Auken, Nixon-Smiley. Ran for 92 yards and three touchdowns in the Mus-tangs’ 35-8 win over Blooming-ton.

• Alays Ramirez, Gonza-les. Rushed for 170 yards and a touchdown in the Apaches’ 12-7 win over Giddings. He also threw for 65 yards and another score.

• Kaden Hardt, Hallettsville. Ran for 143 yards and a touch-down.

• Kevin Martinez, Nixon-Smiley. Rushed for 97 yards and a touchdown.

• Jonathan Vanek, Halletts-ville Sacred Heart. Ran for 97 yards and a touchdown in the Indians’ 22-6 win over Schertz John Paul II.

• Trayden Staton, Luling. Completed 8 of 12 passes for 106 yards and a touchdown in the Eagles’ 19-0 win over San Anto-nio Cole.

• Jimario Grounds, Halletts-ville. Caught three passes for 73 yards and a touchdown.

• Timmy Blakeney, Yoakum. Caught three passes for 67 yards and a touchdown.

• Dalton Herrington, Hal-lettsville. Caught passes for 59 yards and a touchdown.

• Taylen Moore, Luling. Caught six passes for 48 yards and a touchdown.

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YOAKUM —After the slightly dismal perfor-mance against Smithville on Oct. 11, the Yoakum of-fensive line knew it would need to step up. The guys up front faced a stellar de-fensive line in the Cuero Gobblers.

Yoakum (3-3, 2-0) pushed back hard as they routed their rivals, 41-20, Friday night at Bulldog Sta-dium.

“It was critical for our offensive line to improve from our last game,” Yoa-kum head coach Brent Ko-rnegay said. “Our kids re-sponded well and executed the game plan the way we wanted it done.”

The Bulldog offensive line gave the backs plenty of space as Yoakum finished with 312 rushing yards. Ko-rnegay said the defense has been playing better the last two games and gave credit to the special teams.

“We played well all the way around,” he said.

Yoakum faces another rival in this week’s game, as they take on Gonzales, who edged Giddings 12-7 on Friday.

“It is another game that we have to go and play to-wards our goal,” Kornegay said. “This district’s par-ity is out of this world. You

have to play every Friday night.”

Cuero (4-2, 1-1) could get little going on either side of the football.

“Give Yoakum credit. I thought they played really well,” Gobblers head coach Travis Reeve said. “They deserved to win this game and have got a really good football team.”

It was tough going for Cuero’s offense as they were held to 257 yards, two touchdowns and had two turnovers and the defense struggled too with over 400 yards given up.

“Yoakum is hard to stop on offense and their de-fense is improved,” Reeve said. “We just did not play well enough to win to-night.”

Cuero takes on Smith-ville this Friday.

“We are going to rebound because this is a tough dis-trict and there are bound to be some upsets,” Reeve said. “There is going to be ups and downs but we just have to forget about this one.”

The win is the third straight for Yoakum, hav-ing won 25-21 in 2011 and 28-21 in last year’s contest.

Yoakum opened the game with a quick score, getting the kickoff to its 29 and quarterback Tre’Vontae Hights scoring on a 71-yard run on the game’s first play

from scrimmage. The ex-tra point was no good and Yoakum led 6-0 less than 30 seconds into the contest.

Cuero went three and out on its first drive and Yoakum did the same on its second.

The Gobblers then drove 73 yards in three quick plays. On first down, quar-terback Jared Vernor went 47 yards to Zech Hopkins to the Yoakum 16. D’Anthony Hopkins had a 15-yard run to the 1 and then scored on the next play. Yoakum blocked the extra point to keep Cuero from going up by a point.

Yoakum then drove 74 yards in about 10 plays or so, getting a 41-yard run by Terrance Hall late in the drive to help set up a 1-yard run by Hights for the 13-6 Yoakum lead with 3:52 left in the opening quarter.

The Gobblers then put on a drive of their own, go-ing from their 37 to inside the Dog 20. Vernor had a 15-yard pass to D’Andre Gallagher to set up fourth down and inches at the Yo-akum 42 which was easily converted by a 3-yard gain by Zech Hopkins. Howev-er, a fumbled snap to start the second quarter led to a takeaway by Yoakum.

The ‘Dogs had another good drive but ended up punting from the Gobbler


From coaches’ reports

LULING — The Luling Eagles (7-1) won their third straight district game as they blanked San Antonio Cole, 19-0.

The Eagles grabbed the lead in the second quarter on a Trayden Staton-to-Taylen Moore touchdown pass of 26 yards.

Luling scored again in the third quarter as Staton ran for a 5-yard score but failed to convert the two-point play.

Luling sealed the game at the end of the fourth quar-ter as Keeton Coe returned a fumble for 64 yards with no time remaining on the clock.

Shaft Cubit led Luling on the ground with 60 yards on 14 carries. Staton was 8-of-12 for 106 yards ,one touchdown and one in-terception. He ran for 25 yards.

Luling forced a total of four turnovers in the game. Jacob Kelley led Cole on of-

fense with 158 yards rush-ing.

Flatonia 21, Weimar 7

WEIMAR — The Flato-nia Bulldogs scored anoth-er crucial win as they held off Weimar, 21-7, on Friday to jump to 2-0 in district.

The Bulldogs got a 13-yard run by Marcus Mica in the first quarter and Will Bruns had a 20-yard touch-down pass to Reed Right-mer in the second period.

The Wildcats got within 14-7 in the fourth quarter on a 10-yard run by quar-terback Juwan Almedia, and Flatonia finished the game as Rightmer ran an interception back 67 yards for a touchdown.

Marcus and Mitchell Mica each had around 40 yards rushing while Bruns was 7-of-14 passing for 103 yards. Gus Venegas led Fla-tonia in receiving with five catches for 71 yards.

#6 Hallettsville 41, Rice Consolidated 12

HALLETTSVILLE —

The Brahmas continued their roll with a seventh straight win and a 2-0 mark in district with a 41-12 dis-patching of the Rice Con-solidated Raiders.

Neither team put any points up in the first quar-ter and Hallettsville scored three times in the second — a 42-yard pass from Nate Kowalik to Jimario Grounds, an 11-yard pass from Kowalik to Dalton Herrington and defensive fumble recovery for a score by Clayton Steffek.

The Raiders closed the gap to 21-6 in third on the 3-yard run by Jordan John-son. Hallettsville answered with a 5-yard run by Kowa-lik and then a 38-yard run by Kaden Hardt. Rice got a second touchdown as John-

Luling blanks San Antonio Cole to win third straight


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YOAKUM: Still unbeaten in District 26-3A play

48 to the 13 yard-line. Cue-ro was hampered by a false start penalty and with third down at the 11, Vernor was picked off by Dantey El-dridge at the 24 and he took it in for a pick six for a 20-6 Yoakum lead.

Cuero replied by return-ing the ensuing kickoff 88 yards for a touchdown to come within 20-13.

The ‘Dogs then drove 74 yards again, buring the clock down to 10 seconds before getting a 1-yard run

by T.J. Hights to go up 27-13 at halftime.

To start the third box, Yoakum stopped Cuero on a fourth-down attempt and went up 34-13 as Tre’Vontae Hights com-pleted a 57-yard touch-down pass to Timmy Blak-eney.

Yoakum put the game away with 9:37 left to play with an eight-play, 48-yard drive in which Tre’Vontae Hights fired a pass over the middle for Blakeney on a third-down-and-6 play.

The ball bounced off Blakeney and into the wait-ing arms of Caden Fishbeck who gained 24 yards to the Cuero 20. Five plays later, Tre’Vontae Hights scored on a 1-yard run for a 41-13 Yoakum lead.

Cuero got one last score on a Vernor-to-Brenden-Pupi pass of 24 yards to cap a 63-yard drive. On the second play, Vernor had to cover up a fumble for a 6-yard loss but hit Pupi for 41 yards and a first down on the next play.

Chase Hermes comes up to make a play on Cuero running back Tres Miles during Yoakum’s 41-20 win last Friday. (Photo by Mark Lube)


The Gonzales 7th grade B team edged Giddings, 14-12, on Thursday to stay unbeaten on the year.

Quentin Garity scored one touchdown and a two-point conversion, and Seth Gibson had a 6-yard touch-down run. The team’s re-cord is now 2-0 in district and 6-0 overall.

• The 7th grade A squad pounded Giddings, 32-12, with Kieran Grant scoring three touchdowns and a pair of two-point conver-sions. Trenton Higginbo-tham and Gavin Navarro each scored a two-point conversions.

Isaac Longoria stripped the ball from a Giddings running back, giving the offense good field position and momentum to score again to seal the win.

The Apaches are 2-0 in district and 5-0-1 overall.

• The 8th grade A team lost 26-12 to Giddings with two touchdowns from Col-by Cox.

Team record is now 1-1 in district and 3-3 overall.

• On Oct. 10, all junior high teams defeated La Grange. The 8th grade A won 30-6 and the B team held off the Leopards 14-8. The 7th grade A won big with half a hundred in a 52-16 romp and the B team got a shutout, 18-0.

• The Gonzales junior varsity team lost to Gid-dings, 28-15, on Thursday.

John Bashaw returned an interception 12 yards for a touchdown with 1:55 left in the third period. The Apaches next score was in the fourth period when they drove 90 yards in nine plays with Tyler Hender-shot capping it off with a 14-yard run. Hendershot also added the two-point conversion with no time

remaining. Turnovers hampered the

Apaches all night. Klayton Blackwell had a big night rushing for 44 yards and having one reception for 22 yards.

• The Gonzales freshman football team lost to Gid-dings, 20-8, on Thursday.

• The Flatonia JV team fell to Holland, 28-19, on Thursday.

• In Saturday’s CYFL ac-tion for Gonzales teams, the Gonzales freshman White team defeated Cuero 12-6. Gonzales sophomore White edged Cuero 13-12 and Gonzales sophomore Black was shut out by Hal-lettsville 19-0.

Cuero defeated Gon-zales junior White 26-12 and Gonzales junior Black squeaked by Hallettsville, 21-19. The Gonzales senior team was a big winner over Warrior Black, 43-0.

Gonzales JH 7th grade teams sweep Giddings

Subvarsity Football

This is normally a column that I would write just before district play starts in an attempt to show off my football expertise, but I figured better late than never. Plus there’s the fact that doing this after most area leagues have already had a couple of games played, it would make my prognos-tications look even more brilliant should I actually nail these predictions.

At any rate, here is the list of playoff con-tenders and pretenders among our area high school football ranks as I see them (going in alphabetical order):

• FlatoniaHead coach Chris Freytag was concerned

in the offseason about putting so much on the plate of quarterback Will Bruns, but the senior signal caller has passed his baptism under fire with flying colors by leading the Bulldogs to a 6-1 mark bolstered by a 2-0 district record.

Flatonia will be tested this week by a very stout Thorndale team but even if they lose, a toothless Thrall team will be the remedy to solve whatever ails them in their season finale.

Outlook: Flatonia is definitely playoff-bound and could very well nail down the District 13-A-DI title on Friday.

• GonzalesIt’s been no surprise that the Apaches

have been able to run the ball with relative ease all season, given their talented skill players and super experienced offensive line.

District 26-3A gained a reputation for parity last season, but it’s become pretty clear that Smithville and Giddings aren’t necessarily on par with the rest of their league mates. With four teams qualify-ing for the postseason this year, Gonzales

looked like a “Lock” to make it into the sec-ond season from the start.

Even should they fall to a quality Yoakum team this week, the Apaches will be mak-ing the playoffs barring some catastrophic happenings of nearly Biblical proportions.

Outlook: Gonzales may not catch La Grange for the district title, but they won’t be missing the playoffs.

• HallettsvilleThe Brahmas have one of the most tal-

ented teams in Region IV, regardless of classification. Hallettsville is strong on de-fense and boast what is arguably the most balanced offense in Class 2A.

Nate Kowalik is an efficient passer and his weapons are both numerous and effec-tive. The Brahmas should make short work of Industrial this week, leaving them with revenge-minded Hempstead and senior-laden Edna to contend with en route to the district title. I don’t see either of those teams as a serious threat to Hallettsville’s claim on the District 14-2A-DI crown.

Outlook: Brahmas not only make the playoffs, but make a legitimate run at a state title.

• Hallettsville Sacred Heart

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son flipped a 68-yard pass to JaQuad McGrew.

Hallettsville capped scor-ing in the fourth frame with a 5-yard pass from Kowalik to Justin Reeves. Kowalik also threw a two-point pass to Tim Sheppard.

Sacred Heart 22, John Paul II 6

SCHERTZ —The Indians quickly rebounded from their first district loss with a 22-6 win over Schertz John Paul II. The Guardians got a long, 80-yard run from Mi-

chael McCabe to go up 6-0 in the first quarter.

Sacred Heart got two touchdowns in the third quarter on a 1-yard run by quarterback Scott Stoner and a 31-yard run by tail-back Jonathan Vanek.

Stoner had another rush-ing touchdown, a 6-yard scamper, in the fourth to put the game away for Sa-cred Heart. Vanek led the Indians with 97 yards on 22 carries and McCabe had 129 yards on just 16 carries for John Paul II.

Nixon-Smiley 35, Bloomington 8

NIXON— After two straight district losses, Nix-on-Smiley turned things around with a 35-8 win over Bloomington. In the second quarter, the Mus-tangs scored three touch-downs on the ground, runs of 8 and 40 yards by Jared Van Auken and 12-yard run by Kevin Martinez.

Van Auken got a third score on a 4-yard run in the third and Garrett Ear-lywine caught an 18-yard pass from Nick Pena.

Bloomington managed to get a 17-yard score in the fourth quarter.


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ROUNDUP: Sacred Heart, Nixon-Smiley pick up wins


The Indians may not be making a run at their sec-ond state title game in as many seasons, but there’s still enough in the cup-board to make a play for the district title. The Bryan schools – Brazos Chris-tian and St. Joseph – have looked like world beaters this season, but I anticipate Sacred Heart finding a way to slide into the TAPPS state playoffs under the ex-pert tutelage of proven win-ner Pat Henke.

Jonathan Vanek is the real deal at running back so if the Indians can trip up Brazos Christian next week, then they should be able to take advantage of the crack in the door that would cre-ate. Outlook: Playoffs for the Indians, and how!

• LulingHead coach Colby Hens-

ley has continued the cam-paign to help the Eagles turn the corner to become one of the premier 2A teams in the region.

Luling is loaded with talented skill players (QB Trayden Staton, WR Taylen Moore, RB Shaft Cubit) and their defense has been play-ing with reckless abandon all year. Despite a district-opening loss to Marion and losing leading rusher Brendon Cubit for what is likely the rest of the season, Hensley and his charges are in great position to cruise into the postseason even with a season finale against league leader Jourdanton looming.

Outlook: Eagles will be flying into the postseason.

• Nixon-SmileyAfter being doormats for

much of the last decade, the Mustangs finally appear to have their legs under them.

When a devastating in-jury to their leading rusher left them on the outside looking in two years ago, it seemed like Nixon-Smi-ley was destined to turn the corner last year. Didn’t happen like that, but head coach Carlton McKinney and his bunch have turned in a really nice 2013 cam-paign thus far.

The class of District 15-2A-DII has been Dilley and Poth, but the Mustangs get cellar dwellers Cotulla and Natalia before their finale with the Panthers which means they will likely have four league wins heading into that district-ending showdown. Four league wins will be plenty enough to qualify.

Outlook: Mustangs will trot into the postseason for the first time since 2005.

• ShinerThe Comanches entered

this season sporting a lofty Top Ten preseason rank-ings and a bonafide De-fensive MVP candidate in Jacob Stafford.

While the ranking has since gone by the wayside, Stafford has not only been stout at linebacker but he has also been extremely ef-fective manning the quar-terback position in coach Steven Cerny’s signature veer offense. Co-district leader Ganado seems to be the only viable threat for the Comanches to lose in district and even if that happens, Shiner will be more than happy to take their second place auto-matic qualifier status into the postseason.

Outlook: Comanches will go hunting for scalps deep into November.

• Shiner St. PaulWhen you have as many

teams in your coverage

area as The Cannon does, chances are they won’t all be making the playoffs.

Unfortunately that’s a true statement that will apply to the Cardinals this season. Talent is not an is-sue with St. Paul, but ex-perience is and their lack thereof has been hamper-ing them all season long. At this point, it looks like the only team the Cardinals will beat is perennial also-ran San Antonio St. Gerard.

Such a shame for a pro-gram that has become ac-customed in recent years to being a state power, but Jake Wachsmuth and his staff won’t let the Cards lin-ger in mediocrity for very long.

Outlook: Playoffs just not in the “cards” for this year.

• YoakumHaving already refer-

enced the parity in District 26-3A, there’s no reason why it should worry Yoa-kum.

The Bulldogs have been absolutely fantastic of-fensively behind the play of phenom quarterback Tre’Vontae Hights. Yoa-kum’s defense was fairly porous early on, but they have since become one of the district’s finest.

Already undefeated in league play after two games, it’s highly unlikely that the Bulldogs will miss the postseason even if the wheels totally come off and they somehow manage to lose the rest of their regular season games. It’s appar-ent to me that two district wins – especially the right two district wins – will get anybody in that league into the postseason.

Outlook: Could win the 26-3A title and will most certainly be a very tough out in the playoffs.

PLAYOFFS: Scenarios shaping up for several teams



The Shiner St. Paul Lady Cardinals split matches against Austin Veritas and Schertz John Paul II in re-cent games.

On Thursday, St. Paul defeated Veritas in five sets, 25-18, 15-25, 25-14,18-25 and 15-7. Samantha Siegel had 25 kills, Jenna Williams had 36 assists and 14 digs, Kymberlie Malatek had six aces.

The Lady Cardinals fell to John Paul II in five games on Monday, 23-25, 25-20, 25-15, 17-25, 15-7. Siegel had 12 kills, Williams had 26 assists and three aces, Malatek had three aces, Christina Sqyrnes had 15

digs and Elise Patek had two blocks.

• Yoakum swept Cuero in three close sets, 25-21, 25-20 and 25-22 Friday to im-prove to 6-2 in district and in control of second place.

Callie Witte had 21 points, 30 assists and three aces, Celine Markert had nine kills, Faith Hagan had 11 digs and Jaccari Hights had six blocks.

Yoakum won the junior varsity match 25-16, 25-16.

On Tuesday, Yoakum fell to No. 5 La Grange 3-1 (18-25, 25-18, 25-19, 25-17). Witte had 27 assists,seven points and three aces, Sheyanne Chumchal had 11 digs, Hights had four blocks and Shelby Pesek

had seven points.La Grange won the ju-

nior varsity match 25-16 and 25-19, and won the freshman game, 25-19 and 25-14.

• The Hallettsville Lady Brahmas swept Luling 25-11, 25-8 and 25-12 on Fri-day to improve to 7-2 (18-14 overall).

“We did really well re-ducing our errors. We’ll need to pick our intensity level up before our games next Tuesday and Saturday, though,” Lady Brahmas coach Megan Klimitchek said.

Madison Schindler had 10 kills, Heather Henneke had 22 assists and seven

Lady Cards split in matches with Veritas, John Paul II

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GONZALES – Out of Valerie Akpan’s family came 17 educators and six coaches, so it should be little surprise that Akpan is also a teacher and coach.

“Both sets of my grand-parents, my aunts and un-cles and my parents were teachers,” she said. “I grew up in the school system. The ones that were coaches coached football, baseball, basketball and track.”

“I love sports and have been playing since I was three. What better job to have than to do what you love. Coaching is the next best thing to playing.”

However, Akpan did not always want to be a teacher and coach.

“I was a coaching major when I played college bas-ketball and after my first year, I switched my major to nursing,” she said. “I studied nursing for three years. I then got married and had my son. I had to stay out of school while he was a baby.”

Akpan then had a change of heart and returned to her first track of career prepa-ration.

“I went back to school and realized I did not want to do nursing,” she said. “I missed sports, playing and being in the gym.”

Akpan wants her stu-dent-athletes to get out of sports exactly what she did

when she was their age.“Sports were an outlet

for me and it helped me get through college,” Ak-pan said. “Whenever I was going through something, the gym is where I released everything. It was thera-peutic.”

Sports, not surprisingly, were fun for Akpan and she wants the same for her athletes.

“I would like my girls to have fun and excel,” she said.

Akpan came up with ICE, the team motto for the 2013-14 Gonzales Lady Apaches basketball team.

“It means Intensity, Con-centration, Effort,” she said. “Those three things are what we are focusing on as a team.”

Akpan also wants her team to have good charac-ter off the court as well as on the court.

“I want them to be good and respectful citizens,” she

said. “When we sit in the stands, I want people to say that is a good group of girls.”

Akpan said she has found the Gonzales community very welcoming and warm.

“They have offered me help in any way, introduced me to people, and helped me find a place to live. I am really happy here,” she said. “I came from a town that had 700 people so Gonza-les is not small, but people are still friendly. It has been an easy adjustment for my family and me.”

Akpan graduated from Panhandle High School in 2005 where she played basketball and competed in track. Following gradua-tion, she attended in How-ard University in Big Spring and graduated in 2007 with an Associate Science de-gree. Akpan played on the women’s basketball team while attending Howard University.

She then attended Ste-phen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, graduat-ing this past May with a Bachelor of Science in Ki-nesiology and a minor in Secondary Education Sci-ence. Akpan will be teach-ing girls physical education and will coach track besides serving as Lady Apaches head basketball coach.

Valerie is married to Benson Akpan and the couple’s three-year old son is named Scott.

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GISD teacher Joaquin Figueroa opens the Fields of Faith event with some wor-ship music. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Ian O’Donnell, University of Texas FCA President, gives his testimony. (Photo by Mark Lube)

GHS student Molly Barnick (right) gives some testimony. Also shown is Sabrina Flores, who shared as well. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Pastor Rodney McGee, a former high school coach, was a guest speaker at the event. (Photo by Mark Lube)

The Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) held a Fields of Faith event held October 9 at Apache Field in Gonzales. The event, which was well-attended by local youth and adults alike, has plans to turn into an annual occasion.


ROUNDUP: Lady Apaches swept by the Lady Buffaloes


aces, Camille Grahmann had eight digs and Cassidy Targac had two blocks.

On Tuesday, Schulen-burg swept Hallettsville 25-16, 25-12 and 25-18.

“We couldn’t gain mo-mentum long enough to make a run. The girls played hard. It was definite-ly a tough loss. We are now 7-3 in district and 18-15 overall,” Klimitchek said.

Emma Wick had four kills, Henneke had 15 assists and two aces, Schindler had seven digs and two aces, Grahmann had seven digs and Targac had four blocks.

• The Gonzales Lady

Apaches were swept by Giddings 25-17, 25-18 and 25-20 on Friday. Madison Musick had 23 digs for the Lady Apaches.

Giddings won the JV match 25-20 and 26-24, and the freshman contest as well, 25-22, 25-17.

• The Flatonia Lady Bull-dogs dropped a 3-0 (25-14, 25-21, 25-20) to Weimar on Friday.

Chandler Fike had five aces, Savannah Flood had seven kills, Alanis Ribera had 20 assists and 10 digs.

Flatonia fell to Ganado 3-2 (22-25, 27-25, 25-20, 23-25, 20-18) on Tuesday.

Ribera had 35 assists and three aces, Fike had 13 kills and two blocks, Kimberlyn

Michalec had 15 digs.Flatonia is tied for third

place with Ganado and is set to play for third place next Tuesday at Rice Con-solidated at 6:30 p.m.

• The Gonzales junior high volleyball team played at Yoakum on October 14 with two wins and two losses.

The 7th grade B team won their game in three sets, falling in the first set but rallied in the next two. The 7th A team fell in three sets, losing the first one 25-20 and won the second set, 25-23 and lost in the third set. The 8th grade B swept Yoakum and the 8th grade A lost in two sets.

8th grade B player Isabel Martinez sets a ball over the net Monday against Cuero with teammate Romy Cantu looking on. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Alyssa Deluna makes a serve during the 7th grade B game. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Joshua Bustos (50) and Joseph Gonzales (78,right) put the brakes on a Buffalo ball carrier during the Apache freshmen’s 20-8 lost to Giddings last Thursday. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Zach Zella lights up a Giddings ball carrier during the Apache JV’s 28-15 loss on last Thursday. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Gonzales Junior White Apache Jaydyn Lookabill (3) drags down a Cuero ball car-rier as his teammates Breck Eleby (40), Gage Cardenas (83), Cade Davis (25) and Donovan Iglehart (65) close in. (Photo by Cedric Iglehart)

Lantz Pyssen rolls out away from pressure to deliver a pass as Braden Barefield looks on. (Photo by Cedric Iglehart)

Lookabill swoops in to stop a Gobbler ball car-rier short of a first down. (Photo by Cedric Iglehart)


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Players include: Ramiro Almaguer, Seth Gibson, Victor Ruiz, Jacorveon Walton,Tress Dryer, Quentin Garity, Mikahl Medeiros, Mykal Sirildo, Ty Muen-chow, Darren Grant, Hervey Mata, James Martinez, Ruben Ortiz, Nicholas O’Neil, Alejandro Pruneda, Derek Jarmon, Micheal Bosquez, Solomon Chavez, Julian Matamoros, Miles Svoboda, Dennis Martinez, Justin Komall, Luis Gonzales, Man-uel Moreno, Chris Martinez, Jose Martinez, Jerry Cosper, Francisco Gonzales, Manuel Olade, Luis Torres, Jose Orduna, Jose Cardoza, Jarred Molnoskey, Isaac Kluting, Ricardo Gamez and Justyn Ybarbo. Coaches are Joey Carrizales, Bertram Knight and William Lamb. (Photo courtesy of Illusions Photography)

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AUSTIN--A vegetation survey of Lake Austin by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) in September revealed that the exotic plant hydrilla was finally under control. The survey found no hydrilla. It also documented that 203 acres of aquatic vegetation habitat, mostly Eurasian watermilfoil (milfoil), was still present in the reservoir. In the June 2013 survey, there were 330 acres of hydrilla and 135

acres of milfoil. The successful control of hydrilla was a result of a science-based stocking plan of sterile Asian grass carp, which target hydrilla as their main food source.

Hydrilla has been established in Lake Austin since 1999, and this aggressive, invasive plant has posed significant safety concerns as its dense growth has impacted flood flows, water intakes and recreation on the lake. It reached a historic high coverage of over 600 acres in February 2013, due primarily to drought-induced

low flows and warmer water temperatures that the plant prefers.

With the decline of hydrilla coverage, milfoil, a less aggressive exotic plant, has expanded and is providing critical benefits like aquatic habitat for fish and other wildlife, while helping maintain good water quality and excellent fishing opportunities in this reservoir.

It is important to remember that while hydrilla is under control, it is probably not eradicated. Over time, the grass carp population

will decline naturally, and hydrilla may re-sprout from its underground tubers. Changes in water flow and temperature may also impact growth rates, so the City and TPWD will continue to monitor Lake Austin vegetation and implement control efforts as needed. Native aquatic vegetation establishment projects, as conducted by the City of Austin’s Watershed Protection Department, will continue to be supported to supplement aquatic habitat. As always, control measures will consider the

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The management plan was implemented after CWD was detected in tissue samples from two mule deer in far West Texas during the summer of 2012. Those were the first cases of CWD detected in Texas deer.

Nearly 300 tissue samples were collected from hunter harvested mule deer from the Trans Pecos ecoregion during the 2012-13 season for CWD testing. Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory and National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) confirmed CWD in four of those samples. All CWD-positive deer were harvested within the CWD Containment Zone.

Of 298 deer sampled during last hunting season,

107 were harvested in the Containment Zone, 93 were harvested in the adjacent High Risk Zone, 25 were harvested in the Buffer Zone, and 73 deer were harvested outside of the CWD zones. Nineteen of the samples collected from the Containment Zone were from deer harvested in the Hueco Mountains.

Hunters taking mule deer inside the Containment Zone during the 2013 general mule deer hunting season, Nov. 29 - Dec. 15, are required to submit their harvest (unfrozen head) for CWD sampling at mandatory check stations within 24 hours of harvest.

“We recommend hunters in the Containment Zone and High Risk Zone quarter deer in the field and leave all but the quarters, backstraps, and head at the site of harvest if it is not possible to bury the inedible carcass parts at least 6 feet deep on the ranch or take them to a landfill,” said Shawn Gray, Mule Deer Program Leader for TPWD.

Mandatory check stations will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Nov. 29 - Dec. 16. Stations will be located in Cornudas at May’s Café (on US 62-180) and in Van Horn at Van Horn Convention Center (1801 West Broadway).

Hunters who harvest deer in the Containment Zone outside the general

season under the authority of MLDP (Managed Lands Deer Permits) will need to call TPWD at (512) 221-8491 the day the deer is harvested to make arrangements to have the deer sampled for CWD.

In addition to protocols within the Containment Zone, TPWD has established check stations for voluntary CWD sampling for deer harvested in other parts of West Texas. Biologists have been collecting mule deer harvest data in the region since 1980 and this year CWD sampling will be offered in

addition to age and weight measurements.

Voluntary check stations will be established at the following locations during the first three weekends of the general season, Saturday through Monday (Nov. 30-Dec.2, Dec. 7-9, and Dec. 14-16), from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Monday:

--Midland at Naturally Fresh (Deer Processor) (1501 Elwyn)

--Bakersfield at Chevron Station (south of I10; Exit 294)

--Sanderson at Slim’s Auto Repair (823 West Oak;

Intersection of US 90 and 285)

--Alpine at Hip-O Taxidermy (east side of town on US 90, across from Dairy Queen)

All deer brought to the check stations this season will be aged as part of our CWD surveillance. Additional biological information such as antler measurements and field dressed weights will also be collected as time allows.

TPWD has tested almost 30,000 wild hunter-harvested and road-killed deer in Texas since 2002. The captive-deer industry in Texas has submitted more than 7,400

CWD test results as well.“CWD has not been

detected anywhere outside of the Hueco Mountains,” said Mitch Lockwood, Big Game Program Director with TPWD. “But adequate surveillance in that part of West Texas depends on check stations and we appreciate the cooperation and active participation of hunters and landowners in this effort.”

More information on CWD can be found on TPWD’s website, http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/cwd or at the Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance website, http://www.cwd-info.org.

BOLIVAR—Trout, black drum, sand trout and redfish are good at Rollover Pass. Trout are fair to good while drifting shell on plastics. Bull redfish are good on the beachfront.

WEST GALVESTON BAY—Bull redfish and flounder are good at San Luis Pass on shrimp and shad. Sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs. Trout are good on topwaters for waders working the shorelines.

FREEPORT—Trout and redfish are fair to good on the reefs in Christmas Bay and Bastrop Bay. Bull redfish are good around Surfside and at the Quintana jetty on crabs, shrimp and mullet.

EAST MATAGORDA BAY—Trout are fair for drifters on live shrimp over humps and scattered shell. Trout and flounder are fair to good on muddy shorelines on soft plastics.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY—Trout are fair on sand and grass humps on soft plastics and topwaters. Redfish are fair on live shrimp at Shell Island, Oyster Lake, Crab Lake and Mad Island on the incoming tide.

PORT O’CONNOR—Bull redfish are good at the jetty on crabs, mullet and shad. Trout are good on the reefs in San Antonio Bay on live shrimp.

ROCKPORT—Trout are fair in the channel on free–lined shrimp. Redfish are good in Redfish Bay on mullet and crabs. Bull redfish are good in the Lydia Ann Channel and around Mud Island on shrimp and crabs.

PORT ARANSAS—Redfish are fair at Shamrock Cove and Pelican Island

on topwaters and Gulps. Bull redfish are good at the jetty and on the beachfront on natural baits. Tuna are good offshore.

CORPUS CHRISTI—Bull redfish are good in the surf on mullet and shrimp. Trout are fair for waders working mud and grass on Super Spook Jrs and Gulps.

BAFFIN BAY—Trout are good on topwaters and plum plastics around rocks and grass. Trout are good while drifting deep rocks on plum plastics. Flounder are good in the Land Cut on Gulps and jigs tipped with shrimp.

PORT MANSFIELD—Redfish are good while drifting pot holes on topwaters and soft plastics under a popping cork. Trout and redfish are fair to good on the spoils on small topwaters and gold spoons. Flounder are fair to good at East Cut on Gulps and shrimp.

SOUTH PADRE—Redfish are good in Airport Cove and on the Gas Well Flats on DOA Shrimp, Bass Assassins, Gulps and TTF Flats Minnows. Snook are fair to good in South Bay on topwaters and Gulps.

PORT ISABEL—Trout and redfish are good over potholes and grass flats on scented baits and topwaters. Redfish and flounder are fair to good in Cullen Bay on Gulps.

BRAUNIG—Water clear. Black bass are fair on crankbaits and tequila sunrise soft plastic worms near the dam. Striped bass are good on silver spoons near the dam. Redfish are good on perch, shad, and silver spoons. Channel catfish are good on liver, shrimp, and

cheesebait near the dam. Blue catfish are good on cut bait.

CALAVERAS —Water clear. Black bass are fair on watermelon soft plastic worms, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits around reed beds. Striped bass are slow. Redfish are good on perch and tilapia near the dam. Channel and blue catfish are fair on liver, shrimp, and cheesebait. Yellow catfish are slow.

CHOKE CANYON—Water clear; 77–81 degrees; 22.08’ low. Black bass are fair on soft plastic lizards and large worms in grass in 12–20 feet. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows and white tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on shrimp and punchbait. Yellow catfish are fair on live perch and goldfish.

COLETO CREEK—Water stained; 86 degrees at hot water discharge; 3.91’ low. Black bass to 6 pounds are fair on spinnerbaits and crankbaits in 6–10 feet. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish to 21 pounds are good on trotlines and droplines baited with live perch in 8–12 feet. Yellow catfish are slow.

FALCON —Water murky; 78–82 degrees; 27.90’ low. Black bass are fair on shallow running crankbaits and large Brush Hogs in flooded grass. Striped bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are good on live bait and cut bait up the river. Yellow catfish are slow. Everyone in a boat must have a Mexico fishing license (if fishing the Mexico side) whether fishing or not.

BASTROP—Water clear; 77–81

degrees. Black bass are good on watermelon Finesse worms and Rat–L–Traps. Crappie are fair on live minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good on hot dogs and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are fair on live perch.

BELTON Water clear; 74–78 degrees; 12.19’ low. Black bass are good on chartreuse spinnerbaits and topwaters. Hybrid striper are good on live shad. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are fair on hot dogs and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow. Zebra mussels have been found in this reservoir. Anglers will need to drain all water from their boats before leaving the lake. See Possession and Transport.

BONHAM —Water stained, 70–75 degrees; 2.47’ low. Black bass are fair around shallow cover on Texas rigged worms and creature baits. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows near brush piles. Catfish are good on cut shad and trotlines.

BRIDGEPORT —Water clear, 71–75 degrees; 20.42’ low. Black bass are good on bluegill pattern Xcite XB–1 squarebills near main lake points. Texas rigged Xcite Raptor Craws in green pumpkin around shallow cover is catching fish as well. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs near the bridge and main lake brush piles. White bass are good on slabs and topwaters. Hybrid striper are good on slabs and topwaters. Channel catfish are fair on trotlines. Zebra mussels have been found in this reservoir. Anglers will need to drain all water from their boats

before leaving the lake. See Possession and Transport.

CEDAR CREEK—Water clear; 70–74 degrees; 6.53’ low. Black bass are good on swim jigs and squarebill crankbaits. White bass are good on slabs and minnows. Hybrid striper are good on topwaters and slabs. Crappie are good on minnows on brush piles. Catfish are fair on trotlines and nightcrawlers.

FAYETTE—Water stained. Black bass are fair on watermelon and chartreuse pepper Carolina rigged soft plastics along outside edges of grass in 5–10 feet. Red ear perch are good on worms in 4–10 feet. Channel and blue catfish are slow.

NAVARRO MILLS—Water murky; 74–78 degrees; 1.78’ low. Black bass are fair on chartreuse spinnerbaits and crankbaits. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel catfish are fair on stinkbait and shad. Blue catfish are good on juglines baited with goldfish and shad. Yellow catfish are slow.

RAY HUBBARD—Water clear; 71–75 degrees; 6.85’ low. Black bass are good on topwaters, hollow belly swimbaits and jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs and minnows. Hybrid striper are good on slabs and topwater. Catfish are slow on trotlines and cut shad.

SOMERVILLE —Water murky; 75–79 degrees; 6.56’ low. Black bass are slow. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are fair on pet spoons and Charlie slabs. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow.

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OutThe Gonzales Apache Cheerlead-ers presented a $5,500 donation to the Gonzales Healthcare Sys-tems Foundation Oct. 11 before the kickoff of the home game against La Grange. The con-tribution was funded through the cheerleaders selling 1,101 “Apaches for a Cure” T-shirts to as-sist unfunded women in the fight against breast cancer. Additional T-shirts were sold on game day, boosting the final total of the do-nation to $6,000. Gonzales Mayor Bobby Logan honored the cheer-leaders with 29 proclamations naming them Ambassadors of the City of Gonzales. (Photo courtesy of Jami Owens)

The Apache Flames did a wonderful job with their special halftime per-formance dedicated to breast cancer survivors and set to the music of “I’m Going To Love You Through It” by Martina McBride. (Photo by Cedric Iglehart)

The evening began with a special ceremony which culminated with members of the GHS cheerleaders handing out pink roses to breast cancer survivors in the audience. (Photo by Cedric Iglehart)

Apache Flames director Arthur Martinez proudly models the front of the source of the Gonzales High School Pink Out. The back displays a powerful message of support for cancer survivors. (Photo by Cedric Iglehart)

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Regular exercise regimen,maintaining healthy weight

cited among key factorsBreast cancer is the second most

common cancer among women, sec-ond only to lung cancer. One in eight women is expected to develop breast cancer in her lifetime, and a recent survey by the Society for Women’s Health Research found that 22 per-cent of women named breast cancer as the disease they fear most. The specter of breast cancer makes it no surprise that women are eager to seek various ways to reduce their risks of develop-ing this potentially deadly disease.

Though cancer treatments continue to evolve, there remains no cure for breast cancer or any other types of

cancer. However, there are steps men and women can take to reduce their risks of developing breast cancer. In fact, the National Cancer Institute says avoiding breast cancer risk fac-tors is the best path to prevention.

* Avoid exposure to radiation. Re-peated exposure to radiation therapy used to treat illnesses like Hodgkin’s disease can increase a person’s risk of breast cancer, particularly if treat-ments begin at an early age.

* Keep a healthy weight. Obesity in-creases the risk of breast cancer, par-ticularly in postmenopausal women. Healthy eating and exercise can help

women control their weight while re-ducing their risks of developing breast cancer and a number of other diseas-es. Scientists at The Mayo Clinic be-lieve there is a link between estrogen production in fatty breast tissue and breast cancer.

* Get your exercise. Exercising four or more hours a week can low-er breast cancer risk. Exercise need not be heavy lifting at the gym. Any moderate physical activity, from cy-cling to walking, can be effective. Exercise decreases hormone levels in the body that can impact breast cancer risk. Some studies indicate simply walking briskly for one to three hours per week can reduce a woman’s breast cancer risk by 18 percent.

* Eat a low-fat diet. The Women’s Intervention Nutrition Study from the National Cancer Institute found that the highest rate of breast can-cer reduction was among a group of women who ate a low-fat diet.

* Reduce alcohol consumption. Various studies have indicated that women who drink alcoholic bever-ages may develop cancer at a higher rate. Women who consume two to five drinks daily have a greater risk of developing breast cancer than those who abstain from alcohol.

* Weigh the risks of hormone re-placement therapy. There are mixed reviews on hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, for postmenopausal women. There may be a link between long-term HRT and breast cancer, particularly when estrogen and pro-gesterone are used in combination. Some doctors advise estrogen-only hormone therapy for women who

have had a hysterectomy. * Use of SERMs and aromatase in-

hibitors. Selective estrogen receptor modulators, or SERMs, are drugs that act like estrogen on some bodi-ly tissues but block the effect of es-trogen on other tissues. Aromatase inhibitors decrease the amount of estrogen made by the body. Women with a high risk of breast cancer may benefit from taking a SERM or aro-matase inhibitor.

* Increase fruit and vegetable con-sumption. Carotenoids are cancer-protective pigments found in a vast number of fruits and vegetables. Researchers at New York University found women who had higher blood carotenoid levels had a significantly smaller risk of breast cancer than women with lower levels.

* Go sparingly on antibiotics. Only take antibiotics when they are truly needed. New evidence suggests that the more often a woman takes anti-biotics, the higher her breast cancer risk. A study of more than 10,000 women found that women who took antibiotics for the equivalent of about 25 prescriptions over an aver-age of 17 years where twice as likely to develop breast cancer than wom-en who never took the drugs.

* Breast feed your children. Lac-tation can suppress ovulation and the body’s production of estrogen, which has been linked to higher lev-els of breast cancer. Breast feeding may drop a woman’s breast cancer risk by 4 percent.

Although there is no cure for can-cer, there are a number of different ways women can reduce their risks for breast cancer.

How you can lower your risk of breast cancer

Regular exercise can help women lower their risk of developing breast cancer.

STATESVILLE, NC — A study published Oc-tober 4 in an American Association for Cancer Research journal revealed that postmenopausal women who walked for at least seven hours a week or engaged in vigorous physical activity every day had a reduced risk of breast cancer.

The study is “one more reason for women to make regular physical activity part of their lives, and not let foot problems stand in their way,” says sports podiatrist Lori S. Weisenfeld, DPM, Clini-cal Advisor to the American Running Association and member of the Institute for Preventive Foot Health (IPFH)’s Scientific and Medical Advisory Board.

“The study adds to a growing body of research documenting the benefits of regular exercise not only in reducing breast cancer risk for healthy women, but also in increasing quality of life for breast cancer survivors and reducing risk of recur-rence,” Dr. Weisenfeld says. “But like many people, women with or without breast cancer often find it difficult to incorporate exercise into their lives.”

“We can’t help them make the time, but we can suggest ways to make it easier and more comfort-able to do so by taking care of their feet and prop-erly fitting their footwear.”

To make regular walking easier on the feet:• Inspect your feet daily. If you see lumps, bumps,

bruises, cuts or other signs of problems, see your doctor or a foot health professional.

• Wash your feet in lukewarm water daily, not hot water. If you have neuropathy (nerve dam-age), use your elbow to test the temperature of the water.

• Apply a thin film of skin-softening lotion to the tops and bottoms of your feet.

• Wear padded socks that provide terry fabric under the fat pads beneath your toes, the ball of the foot and the heel.

• Wear shoes with non-slip outsoles that fit properly.

• Rotate shoes every day and change your socks daily.

If you’re just starting a regular exercise program, “remember that athletic shoes and sneakers gen-

erally are a size larger than street shoes, and that sizes may vary by brand,” Dr. Weisenfeld advises.

To fit new walking shoes/sneakers, follow these steps:

• Wear padded walking socks in your size• Choose walking shoes/sneakers in the size you

think you might wear—there should be space (a thumbnail’s length) between your longest toe and the end of the shoe

• Put any inserts or orthotics in the shoes/sneakers• Now try them on and walk around the store• If your feet feel uncomfortable, try a different size

or brand until your feet feel comfortable

“Make sure you don’t feel any rubbing, pinching or chafing, and don’t buy shoes that don’t feel com-fortable in the hope that they’ll feel better when you ‘break them in,’” Dr. Weisenfeld cautions.

A staggering 78 percent of U.S. adults age 21 and up report they have had one or more problems with their feet at some time in their lives, accord-ing to The National Foot Health Assessment 2012, a survey conducted for IPFH by The NPD Group. A total of 26 percent of respondents reported foot fatigue or sore/achy feet, and women were signifi-cantly more likely to report either ailment than men.

One way to reduce the risk: regular walking

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Upon receiving a breast cancer diagnosis, many women instantly want to know their chances for survival. Such a reaction is under-standable when receiving a diagnosis of any disease, and especially one as potentially dead-ly as breast cancer.

A breast cancer patient’s prognosis is often linked to the stage of the disease. Stages are used to make breast cancer more understand-able to patients and to give them a basis for comparison relative to other patients. As with many diseases, breast cancer is best treated the earlier it is detected, and the various stages of breast cancer can offer some insight into how far along the disease has progressed.

* Stage 0: During stage 0, cancerous cells have not broken out of the part of the breast in which they started or invaded neighboring tis-sue. The earliest stage of breast cancer, stage 0 breast cancer is considered noninvasive and is often successfully treated.

* Stage I: Stage I breast cancer is divided into two subcategories and is an invasive cancer in which cancer cells have begun to invade normal surrounding breast tissue. Stage IA describes invasive breast cancer in which tumors mea-sure up to two centimeters and the cancer has not spread outside the breast or to the lymph nodes.

Stage IB is also invasive but does not neces-sarily feature a tumor in the breast. In such in-stances where there is no tumor in the breast, small groups of cancer cells no larger than two millimeters are found in the lymph nodes.

When tumors are found in the breast, the tu-mors are no bigger than two centimeters and there are small groups of cancer cells in the lymph nodes.

* Stage II: Stage II breast cancers are divided into two subcategories depending on whether or not there is a tumor in the breast.

Stage IIA can refer to invasive breast cancers in which no tumor is found in the breast but cancer has been found in one to three lymph nodes under the arm or in the lymph nodes near the breast. When there is a tumor in the breast during stage IIA, the tumor may be two centimeters or smaller and have already spread to the lymph nodes under the arm or the tumor may be between two to five centimeters but it has not spread to the lymph nodes under the arms.

Stage IIB breast cancer may refer to an invasive breast cancer in which the tumor is between two and five centimeters and small groups of cancer cells have been found in the lymph nodes. This stage is also used to describe tumors between two and five centimeters that have spread to the lymph nodes under the arm or near the breast-bone, or tumors larger than five centimeters that have not spread to the lymph nodes.

* Stage III: Stage III breast cancers are char-acterized by two categories, stage IIIA and stage IIIB. During stage IIIA, the tumor is between 2 and 5 centimeters in size and has spread to at least nine underarm lymph nodes.

During stage IIIB, the tumor has spread be-yond the breast to tissues nearby, such as the

skin, chest wall, ribs, muscles, or lymph nodes in the chest wall.

* Stage IV: Stage IV breast cancers describe invasive breast cancer that has spread beyond the breast and nearby lymph nodes to other parts of the body. These organs can include the bones, brain, distant lymph nodes, lungs, liver, or skin.

Stage IV breast cancers are often described as “advanced” and could be a recurrence of a previous breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body.


Women recognize the impor-tance of living a healthy lifestyle, which includes conducting self-exams to detect for breast cancer. Breast self-exams are vital to dis-covering abnormalities, includ-ing lumps or tenderness, in the breasts.

Self-examination increases the chances of early detection of breast cancer. John Hopkins Medical Center states that 40 per-cent of diagnosed breast cancers are detected by women who feel a lump.

Doctors urge women to conduct monthly self-exams to familiarize themselves with the look and feel of their breasts, which enables them to more readily recognize any abnormalities that may indi-cate illness. There are a number of ways to conduct a breast self-exam, and women are urged to find the method they feel is most comfortable for them.

The National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc., offers these tips for conducting a breast examina-tion at home.

* Examine breasts in the show-er. A breast examination can take place in the shower while you are washing. The shower is a conve-nient place to conduct an exam since you already have removed your clothes. NBCF says you should use the pads of your fin-gers and move around your entire breast in a circular pattern, mov-ing from the outside to the cen-ter, checking the entire breast and armpit area. Check both breasts each month for any lumps, thick-ening or hardened knots. If you find a lump, visit your physician for an evaluation.

* Conduct an examination in bed. The breast tissue will natural-ly distribute over your chest wall and ribs when you are lying down. NBCF advises you to place a pil-low under your right shoulder and your right arm behind your head. Using your left hand, move the pads of your fingers around your right breast gently in small cir-cular motions covering the entire breast area and armpit. Squeeze the nipple and check for discharge

or lumps. Then repeat the process on the left breast.

* Conduct a visual examina-tion. Standing in front of the mir-ror, you can look at your breasts with your hands at your side and over your head. Look for any dif-ferences between breasts. Many women find that their breasts are not exactly the same shape or size, but unusual dimpling or taut or thick skin may be indicative of a problem.

Should any lumps or abnor-malities be discovered during an examination, a woman should not panic but schedule an appoint-ment with her doctor for a more thorough examination, which may include a mammogram or ul-trasound to map out images of the breast that may be hidden to the naked eye.

Breast self-examinations are an essential element of a healthy life-style for women. Early detection of breast cancer vastly improves survival rates, and self-examina-tion is often the most effective way to detect breast cancer early on.

Proper steps to conducting a breast self-exam

People around the world were shocked to learn that actress and activist Angelina Jolie opted to have a double mastectomy in 2013 to reduce her risk of breast cancer.

Jolie, who was 37 years old at the time of the procedure, re-portedly learned that she car-

ries a mutation of the BRCA1 gene, which sharply increases her risk of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer. In addition, the actress has a family history of cancer. Her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, died of ovarian cancer in 2007 at the age of 56.

By having a preventive mas-tectomy, Jolie reduced her breast cancer risk from 87 per-cent to 5 percent, according to an op-ed piece she authored in The New York Times. Jolie is not the only well-known actress to opt for a preventive mastectomy, as fellow thes-

pian Christina Applegate had a similar procedure in 2008 after learning she had a muta-tion of the BRCA1 gene. These highly publicized cases have left many women wondering if a preventive mastectomy is something they should con-sider.

BRCA stands for “breast cancer susceptibility genes,” a class of genes known as tumor suppressors, says the National Cancer Institute. Mutations in these genes have been linked to hereditary breast and ovar-ian cancer. A person’s risk of developing breast and/or ovarian cancer is greatly in-creased if he or she inherits a harmful mutation in BRCA1 or BRCA2. Mutations in these genes could also put a person at increased risk for other can-cers.

Genetic tests can check for mutations in BRCA genes. During such a test, a blood sample is taken, and if a mu-tation is found, a person may get genetic counseling and work with a doctor to de-velop a plan of action. It is important to note that not all people with a genetic muta-tion will get breast cancer or ovarian cancer. The Nation-al Cancer Institute’s “SEER Cancer Statistic Review” states a woman who has

inherited a harmful muta-tion in BRCA1 or BRCA2 is about five times more likely to develop breast cancer than a woman who does not have such a mutation.

Although there is no sure-fire way to determine if a person with a mutated gene will develop breast cancer, many women who are con-sidered high risk opt for a preventive mastectomy to reduce their risk. Women who have a family history of breast cancer, have received positive results from gene testing, have already had cancer in one breast, or have dense breasts that make test-ing difficult may want to get a preventive mastectomy.

The decision to get a pre-ventive mastectomy is not one to take lightly. Many breast centers are staffed with breast-health special-ists, genetic counselors, breast surgeons, and recon-structive surgeons who can help patients make the best decision. Second opinions are strongly recommended for women considering a preventive mastectomy.

Women should understand the options available to them if they have an extremely el-evated risk of breast cancer or ovarian cancer.

Some now undergoing preventive mastectomies

Preventive mastectomy is an option for women who are at a very high risk for breast cancer. (Courtesy photo)

The stages of breast cancer:

Breast cancer treat-ment can be exhaust-ing, resulting in fa-tigue that can make it hard for patients to tackle all of the tasks that come with a typi-cal day. That includes preparing meals, which is often the last thing a person fighting breast cancer wants to do after a day of treat-ment.

But nutrition plays a vital role in beat-ing cancer. A nutri-tious diet can promote strength and increase energy levels, some-thing breast cancer patients know is not always easy to come by. The following are a few tips to help men and women undergo-ing breast cancer treat-ment maintain a nutri-tious diet throughout their treatments.

* Plan ahead when you’re feeling strong. Breast cancer patients often have good days and not-so-good days during the course of their treatments. When the latter comes around, everyday tasks like cooking meals can seem as exhaust-ing as climbing Mount Everest. So breast can-cer patients can plan ahead for such days by going the extra mile on those days when their energy levels aren’t

compromised. Prepare meals in advance and freeze them so they require minimal effort on those days when energy levels are low.

* Avoid empty calo-ries. Empty calories like those found in a bag of potato chips won’t help fight fatigue on those days when your energy levels are low. When eating, opt for foods that are rich in vitamins and nutri-ents but not heavy in calories. A meal that is dense in nutrients but not calories will ben-efit your energy levels, while a calorie-dense meal will only foster feelings of fatigue.

* Opt for snacks that are high in protein. When snacking during the day, it’s possible to counter any exhaust-ing effects of breast cancer treatment by choosing high-protein snacks. Foods that are high in protein, in-cluding low-fat cottage cheese, Greek yogurt and almonds, can im-prove your energy lev-els because the body does not break pro-tein down as easily as it does carbohydrates. So protein can be a longer-lasting energy source than snacking alternatives that are low in protein. If you aren’t much of a snack-

er, consider a protein shake.

* Buy in bulk. When visiting the grocery store, buy items in

bulk so you won’t have to make as many trips there. This can help on those days when en-ergy levels are waning.

Further save energy by asking a store em-ployee to carry your groceries to your car. On those days when

the cupboard is bare and you don’t feel up to a trip to the store, call your local grocer, explain your situation and ask if it’s possible to have groceries de-livered. Many grocers would be glad to help.

* Modify recipes. In addition to boost-ing your energy levels, protein helps heal and rebuild tissues, and you can modify reci-pes to include more protein and improve your energy levels. For example, add cheese to sandwiches, pasta dish-es and casseroles, as dairy is a strong source of protein. When cook-ing, use milk instead of water when possible. Beans are another great source of protein, so add them to chili, pasta sauces or soups when cooking. There are many ways to modify recipes to include more protein that won’t com-promise taste. If you’re unsure of how to do so, discuss this with a phy-sician or dietician.

Fatigue is a common side effect of cancer treatment, but there are many ways men and women undergo-ing breast cancer treat-ment can alter their diets to make their meals more nutritious, improving their en-ergy levels as a result.

Few, if any, families can say they have never had an experience with cancer. Cancer is a po-tentially deadly disease with no cure. While cancer can be treated effectively, there is no way for men and wom-en to eliminate their risk of developing can-cer.

Though cancer may strike even the healthi-est of persons, there are ways men, women and even children can reduce their risk. One such way is to con-sume certain foods that researchers feel can reduce cancer risk. Though precisely how these foods fight cancer remains a mystery, can-cer researchers feel they can effectively lower an individual’s cancer

risk when combined to form a healthy diet.

* Beans: Beans boast numerous healthy at-tributes, and their po-tential to reduce can-cer risk is one such attribute. Beans contain many phytochemicals that researchers feel protect the cells from the type of damage that can ultimately make a person susceptible to cancer. Beans also have been shown to deceler-ate tumor growth and prevent tumors from releasing potentially harmful substances that can damage nearby cells.

* Colorful fruits and vegetables: It may seem odd that a food’s color can have an impact on cancer risk, but col-orful fruits and veg-

etables contain more cancer-fighting nutri-ents than fruits and vegetables that aren’t as flashy. Consuming such fruits and veg-etables also helps men and women maintain a healthy body weight, an important benefit when considering overweight and obesity increases a person’s risk for mul-

tiple cancers.* Foods with folate:

Folate is a B vitamin that can reduce a per-son’s risk of developing several cancers, includ-ing those of the colon, rectum and breast. Those who are fond of a healthy breakfast to begin their day may al-ready be getting healthy doses of folate, which can be found in eggs, fortified breakfast cere-als, orange juice, and strawberries, among other foods. If toast is your breakfast of choice, opt for whole wheat toast, as whole wheat products are a good source of folate.

* Grapes: Studies have shown that resveratrol, a key ingredient in grapes, may prevent the type of damage that triggers the production of cancerous cells. Though scientists are not yet comfortable saying grapes, or bever-ages like grape juice and

wine, can reduce cancer risk, they believe that the antioxidant and an-ti-inflammatory prop-erties of grapes make them a healthy option.

* Tomatoes: Toma-toes are widely beloved, and perhaps that love affair stems from the tomato’s role in fight-ing cancer. Though the reasons are unknown, tomatoes have been linked to lowering men’s risk for prostate cancer. One such study, a 1995 study from researchers at the Harvard Medi-cal School, found that men who ate 10 or more servings of tomatoes per week reduced their risk of developing aggres-sive prostate tumors by nearly 50 percent. Later research from the au-thor of the 1995 study found that processed tomatoes, such as those found in tomato paste and tomato sauce, were even more effective at

reducing cancer risk than fresh tomatoes. To-matoes have also been linked to lowering a person’s risk for lung and stomach cancers.

* Water: Water may not qualify as a food, but it may protect peo-ple from bladder cancer. Potential cancer-caus-ing agents in the blad-der are diluted when drinking water. In ad-dition, the more water you drink the more fre-quently you’re likely to urinate, which means cancer-causing agents have less time to come into contact with the lining of your bladder.

Many foods can help individuals in the fight against can-cer. Though one food alone may not be po-tent enough to do the job, when several can-cer-fighting foods are included in a person’s diet, the effects may be significant.


Several types of nutritious foodshelp lower risk

Fighting cancer with food:

Tomatoes, whether served fresh or as a paste or sauce, have been linked to reducing a person’s risk for various cancers, including cancers of the prostate, lung and stomach. (Courtesy photo)

Patients undergoing breast cancer treatment can alter the recipes of their favor-ite foods in an effort to increase their energy levels and make meals more nutri-tious. (Courtesy photo)

Alter recipes for altered lifestyle of cancer patients

Studies have shown that resveratrol, a key ingredient in grapes, may prevent the type of damage that triggers the production of cancerous cells. (Courtesy photo)

New evidence suggests that black women have higher rates of breast can-cer at younger ages due to a greater incidence of BRCA gene mutations.

BRCA mutations, which made headlines recently when they were linked to actress Ange-lina Jolie’s decision to get a preventive mastec-tomy, raise the risk of breast cancer consider-ably. Research has shown that mutations in one of the BRCA1 or BRCA2 tumor-suppressing genes can raise a woman’s risk of breast cancer to 87 per-cent. BRCA mutations are a problem typically as-sociated with women of Eastern European Jewish descent. But it appears black women are at sig-nificant risk as well.

According to Dr. Jane Churpek, a cancer spe-cialist and professor of medicine at the Univer-

sity of Chicago, past ge-netic studies regarding BRCA gene mutations have not included black women. But according to the American Society of Clinical Oncology, one-fifth of black women have BRCA mutations.

Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for black women aged 45-64, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Black women are 60 per-cent more likely to die of breast cancer than white women, although the overall lifetime risk of breast cancer is lower for black women compared to white women.

Because cancer may appear at a younger age and more aggressively in black women, doctors urge this demographic to educate themselves about the disease. Some doctors advise that black females

should be offered genetic counseling and should undergo more frequent breast cancer screenings. Doctors typically advise women get a mammo-gram once every year af-ter age 40. There also are hormone-blocking pills available and other op-tions for women with a high predisposed risk to breast and ovarian cancer.

Black women should also understand that their breast tissue may be more dense than other women. This can make detect-ing lumps and other ab-normalities in the breast more difficult. Knowing this can help patients seek more intensive screen-ings, such as digital mam-mograms, and be more diligent in their own self-

examinations. It also is vital that women make themselves aware of other potential indicators of breast cancer, including:

* thickening of the nip-ple or breast

* swelling in the breast* discharge from the

nipple other than milk* pain in the breast or

nipple* skin irritation or dim-

plingBlack women should

understand that certain gene mutations may put them at a higher risk for breast and ovarian can-cers than white women. Talking with your doctor about your options and educating yourself about this disease can increase your chances of surviving a diagnosis.


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It’s more than a ‘woman’s disease’Though it’s significantly less common

in men than women, breast cancer is not exclusive to women. That may sur-prise many men, who may not realize that they have breast tissue that can be susceptible to breast cancer just like their female counterparts.

The likelihood of a man developing breast cancer remains quite slim, as the American Cancer Society noted that they expected roughly 2,200 new cases of invasive breast cancer diagnoses in men in 2013. But the relative rarity of male breast cancer cases does not mean it’s something men should take lightly, as a breast cancer diagnosis can be just as deadly for men as it can for women. Though male breast cancer prevention can be difficult because of the uncer-tainty surrounding the cause of the dis-ease, men who understand the risk fac-tors are in a better position to handle a diagnosis than those who don’t.

* Age: Age plays a role in many can-cer diagnoses, and male breast cancer is no exception. According to the ACS, the average age a male is diagnosed with breast cancer is 68, and a man’s risk in-creases as he ages.

* Alcohol and liver disease: Heavy alcohol consumption increases a man’s risk for breast cancer, and this can be connected to liver disease, which is another risk factor for male breast can-cer. Heavy alcohol consumption can make men more likely to develop liver disease, including cirrhosis. Men with severe liver disease tend to have high estrogen levels because the liver finds it

more difficult to control hormonal ac-tivity. Higher estrogen levels have been linked to breast cancer risk for men and women alike.

* Family history: Just like age, family history can increase a man’s risk for var-ious cancers, including breast cancer. The ACS notes that roughly 20 percent of men with breast cancer have close male and female blood relatives who also have or have had the disease.

* Inherited gene mutations: Gene mu-tations greatly increase a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer, and they can be risky for men as well. Men with a mutation in the BRCA2 gene have a lifetime risk of breast cancer of about 6 percent. A mutated BRCA1 gene also can increase a man’s risk of breast cancer but not as significantly as a mu-tated BRCA2 gene. Mutations in these genes are most often found in families with significant histories of breast and/or ovarian cancer. But even men with no such family history can have the gene mutations associated with breast cancer. Mutations in the CHEK2 and PTEN genes can also increase a man’s risk for breast cancer.

* Klinefelter syndrome: A congeni-tal condition affecting roughly one in 1,000 men, Klinefelter syndrome oc-curs when a man’s chromosome count is abnormal. A typical male body has cells with a single X chromosome and a single Y chromosome, but men with Klinefelter syndrome have cells with a Y chromosome and at least two and as many as four X chromosomes. Men

with Klinefelter syndrome are often in-fertile, and, when compared to other men, they have more female hormones than male hormones. Though Kline-felter syndrome is so rare that it’s hard to study, some studies have found that men with this condition are more likely to develop breast cancer than other men.

* Obesity: Recent studies have begun to show that women who are obese have a greater risk of developing breast can-cer, and researchers feel obesity poses a similar threat to men. That’s because fat cells in the body convert male hor-mones into female hormones, which

means obese men will have higher es-trogen levels than men who are not obese.

* Radiation exposure: Men who have undergone radiation treatment in their chest area have a higher risk of develop-ing breast cancer than those who have not. Lymphoma treatments may require radiation treatment to the chest, so men who have been diagnosed with lym-phoma might be at a heightened risk of breast cancer.

While the overwhelming majority of breast cancer patients are female, men should know they aren’t immune to this potentially deadly disease.

Though it’s less common in men, breast cancer is not exclusive

Thousands upon thousands of women have battled breast can-cer. Some have pulled through the disease, while others succumbed to the disease after a brave fight. Few people who have waged war with breast cancer are better known than Susan Komen, a name many instantly associate with the organization Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the most widely known, largest and well-funded breast cancer organiza-tion in the United States.

Susan G. Komen was born Susan Goodman in 1943 in Peoria, Ill. According to her sister, Nancy, Susan was the high school homecom-

ing queen and a col-lege beauty queen. After graduating from college, Goodman returned to her hometown and pur-sued modeling, eventu-ally marrying her high school sweetheart, Stan.

Komen was diag-nosed with breast can-cer in 1977 after finding a lump that subsequent testing revealed was can-cerous. Komen under-went a procedure called a subcutaneous mastec-tomy, in which the out-side of the breast tissue was left intact, but the interior breast tissue was removed. The doctor who did the procedure assured Komen that she was cured.

Despite urging her

sister to get a second opinion, Komen was convinced she was safe. But within six months Komen found another lump under her arm, and, by this point, it was evident that the cancer

had spread. Doctors at the Mayo Clinic soon determined the cancer had metastasized to her lung and under her arm.

Komen underwent several different treat-ments to slow the pro-gression of the cancer, including radiation and intense chemotherapy. However, the cancer continued to spread and eventually her body de-veloped a resistance to most of the medication.

During treatment, Ko-men repeatedly spoke

with her sister about her wish to make the entire breast cancer experience and treatments in the hospital more palatable for women, including improving the appear-ance of waiting rooms and treatment centers, and doing other things to help comfort those who would find them-selves in similar situa-tions in the future.

Komen lost her battle with breast cancer in 1980 at age 36. By the time of her death, Ko-men had undergone nine operations and three courses of che-motherapy and radia-tion.

Nancy Goodman Brinker then made it her mission to do ev-erything she could to help end breast cancer and increase aware-ness of this potentially deadly disease. In 1982, Brinker established the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation in her sister’s memory.

Since its inception,

the organization, now called Susan G. Komen for the Cure, has pro-vided funding for basic, clinical and transla-tional breast cancer re-search projects. It also has become instrumen-tal in breast health edu-cation and urging wom-en to do self-screening while promoting an-nual mammograms.

Through the years, the foundation has teamed up with many well-known business-es, brands and orga-nizations as part of its fundraising efforts. To date, the organization has invested $750 mil-lion in breast cancer re-search, awarding many thousands of dollars in grants in countries around the world.

Through her struggle with breast cancer, Su-san Goodman Komen unknowingly inspired an organization that has helped to save the lives of millions. Learn more at ww5.komen.org.

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At the age of 12 to 15, many young women are experiencing the body and life changes that accom-pany adolescence. It can be difficult to imagine that breasts that are just begin-ning to develop may con-tain cancer. But such is the reality for some girls.

The majority of women who receive a breast cancer diagnosis are over the age of 40. Experts at Monroe Carell Jr. Hospital at Van-derbilt University note that only 5 percent of breast cancer cases are found in women under the age of 40. However, the hospital recently treated a 14-year-old girl who found a lump and learned she had a rare form of breast cancer called a phyllodes tumor. In 2009, a 13-year-old from Little Rock, Ark. found a quar-ter-sized lump in her right

breast, while a 19-year-old student at the College of New Jersey was diagnosed with cancerous cells and underwent a bilateral mas-tectomy.

Though such cases are rare, it behooves teenage and adolescent girls to fa-miliarize themselves with the disease and be mindful of their breast health.

Some organizations have increased breast cancer messages for young girls, and it is not uncommon to find young women par-ticipating in runs and fund-raisers for breast cancer re-search. Some organizations even conduct breast can-cer workshops to educate young women about breast health. Dorothy Paterson of Texas, a former Girl Scout leader who was diagnosed with breast cancer herself, began conducting work-

shops for Girl Scouts in 2007. The idea isn’t to scare girls into believing they have the disease, but rather to increase their awareness of changes in their bod-ies that may or may not be normal.

Some parents worry that educating children about breast cancer may cause them to worry unneces-sarily, especially consider-ing a young girl’s risk of developing breast cancer is so minimal. However, others see the importance in schooling girls early on about a disease that is so common. Advocates of teaching young girls about breast cancer often note that any effort to help save lives and promote health is worthwhile.

Just as with older wom-en, adolescents and teens should realize that eating

healthy foods, exercising, avoiding alcohol and to-bacco, and maintaining an-nual physical exams with a doctor are key ways to re-duce the risk for cancer.

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