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A shootout that took place on Friday, July 13 has landed one man in jail and left another fighting for his life.

At approximately 11 p.m., Gon-zales police officers were dis-patched to the 600 block of St. John St. in reference to an individual who had been shot. Upon arrival at the scene, they found a victim who was later identified as Troy Antho-

ny Rosas. He had gunshot wounds and was transported by ambulance to the airport, where he was airlift-ed to a San Antonio hospital.

Gonzales Police Capt. Allen Tay-lor said another individual at the scene, John Andrew Garza, 29 of Gonzales, also had what appeared to be gunshot wounds. Garza was transported to Memorial Hospital and later airlifted to a San Antonio hospital because of the severity of his injuries.

While working the scene, Taylor

said weapons were recovered from both outside and inside the resi-dence.

“Inside the residence we also found a good amount of narcotics believed to be crack cocaine, co-caine and marijuana,” Taylor said. “We’re hearing a lot of stuff out on the street, but it is still unclear as to why this incident occurred. It is still under investigation.”

On Tuesday, July 17, Taylor said he obtained felony warrants for Garza charging him with aggravat-

ed assault with a deadly weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of a controlled substance more than 4 grams but less than 200 (third degree felony), and possession of marijuana less than 2 grams. Garza, who was re-leased from the hospital over the weekend, was arrested later that night at his residence and as of press time was still in the Gonzales County Jail in lieu of bonds total-ing $601,000.

Like many couples who’ve been married for a long time, Fletcher and Jane Johnson know one another well enough to anticipate the other.

They’re so comfortably familiar, in fact, they often wind up finishing each oth-er’s sentences — whether talking about having built their Johnson Oil busi-ness together, their project to renovate the McClure-Braches House, or remi-niscing about shocking be-

havior they observed at one of the first Willie Nelson Fourth of July picnics.

So when Fletcher was ap-proached with an idea that would create a lasting trib-ute to the love of his life, keeping the secret wasn’t easy.

“Connie (Kacir, of the Gonzales Healthcare Sys-tems Foundation) put the bug in my ear, and I said it sounded great, let me talk it over with my daughters,” Fletcher said. “They came on board, they loved the idea. We were able to keep

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Gonzales city manager Allen Barnes announced on Monday that the City of Gonzales will conduct a series of Neighborhood Town Hall Meetings during the month of Au-gust.

These meetings, which will be

held in each Council District, will be an opportunity for the citizens of Gonzales to hear what is going on in the City and to give valuable input on the community to the City’s elected and appointed offi-cials.

“When I came to work here we made a commitment to transpar-ency in local government,” said Barnes. “These meetings are a step toward greater transparency.”

Designed to allow an open dia-logue between the people of Gon-

zales and their municipal officials, one of the purposes of the meet-ings is to discuss what projects are going on and what projects are coming up.

Among the topics to be dis-

LOCKHART — Lock-hart City Council on Tues-day certified the election of Benny Hilburn to fill the vacancy created by the res-ignation of District 3 coun-cilman Richard Wieland.

Wieland resigned his post on June 8, and a special election had been called for Sept. 8 to fill the unexpired term. Hillburn was the only candidate who signed up to seek the seat, and the coun-cil on Tuesday certified he was unopposed and can-celed the election. He will take his seat at the start of

the council’s Sept. 13 bud-get workshop meeting.

In other action Tuesday, the council approved the awarding of $25,276 in city funds to a total of nine non-profit organizations which have asked for city funds. The council approved that funding, with an award of $2,676 to the Caldwell County Medical Assistance Team contingent on that organization conducting a board meeting and formal-ly adopting a budget prior to July 26.

Mayor Lew White also formally issued a pair of proclamations honoring

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Lockhart heritage recognizedLockhart Mayor Lew White presents proclamations to Derrick Ellison, left, and Joe Ro-land marking July 28 as “Willie Henry Ellison Day” in the city and declaring July 28-29 as “George Washington Carver Grand School Reunion Days” in the city. ((Photo by Dave Mundy)

A tribute of love to benefit allJane and Fletcher Johnson display an architect’s rendering of the proposed new digital mammography suite at Gon-zales Healthcare Systems. The suite will be named The Jane Johnson Women’s Wellness Center thanks to the family’s decision to donate $350,000 during the Gonzales Healthcare Systems Foundation Gala in May. ((Photo by Dave Mundy)

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Here is the Gonzales Police Department Report for the period of July 9-15:

July 9Reported Sexual Assault At 1700 Blk Sarah De-

witt Dr.Pete Vega Jr, 42 Of Gonzales, Arrested And

Charged With Leaving The Scene Of Accident And Outstanding Warrants At St. Paul St And St. Louis St.

July 10Reported Criminal Mischief At 1600 Blk St. Louis

St.July 11Jonathon Keith Cleveland, 33 Of Gonzales, Ar-

rested And Charged With Possession Of Marijuana At 300 Blk Wallace St.

July 12

Reported Forgery At 400 Blk St. Vincent St.Reported Theft At 500 Blk St. Michael St.July 13Reported Criminal Mischief At 900 Blk Tate St.Reported Criminal Mischief At 1300 Blk St. Law-

rence St.Reported Aggravated Assault At 600 Blk St. John

St.Reported Unauthorized Use Of Motor Vehicle At

1700 Blk Donovan St.July 14Martin David Mata, 39 Of Gonzales, Arrested And

Charged With Possession Of Marijuana At 100 Blk Wallace St.

July 15Reported Theft At 1100 Blk Industrail Park.

Gonzales County Sheriff ’s Office Sheriff ’s Re-port for July 8-14:

07/10/12Ramos, Bianca Guadalupe, 11/1988, Gon-

zales. Local Warrant – Theft of Property >$20 <$500 by Check. Released on $1,500 Bond.

07/11/12Izagurie, Juan Francisco, 10/1993, Gonzales.

Commitment/Sentence – Possession of Con-trolled Substance PG 1 <1G. Remains in Cus-tody.

Valenta, Ashley Daynelle, 09/1985, Gonzales. Local Warrant – Assault causes Bodily Injury Family Violance. Released on $1,500 Bond.

Trigo, Delia Ann, 03/1961, Nixon. Commit-ment/Sentence – Forgery Financial Instrument. Remains in Custody.

07/12/12Clark, Lajuane Catrell, 01/1976, Gonzales.

Commitment/Sentence – Forgery Financial In-struction. Remains in Custody.

Rosas, Leticia Arriano, 03/1969, Gonzales. Local Warrant – Assault causes Bodily Injury Family Violence. Released on $1,000 Bond. Lo-cal Warrant – Secure Execution of Document by Deception >$1,500 <$20K. Released on $1,500 Bond.

07/13/12Robinson, Leslie Michelle,04/1968, Gonza-

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

lease.Eleby, John Nathan, Jr., 05/1980, Gonzales.

Local Warrant – Criminal Nonsupport. Caldwell County Warrant – Criminal Nonsupport. Re-quires, $1,460 Bond. Fayette County Warrant – Evading Arrest Detention. Requires $2,000 Bond. Remains in Custody.

Hastings, Leslie Tyrone, Jr., 01/1988, Gonza-les. Commitment/Sentence – Driving while In-toxicated. Remains in Custody.

Porter, Taylon Edow, 06/1989, San Antonio. Local Warrant – Possession of Marijuana <2 oz. Released on $2,000 Bond. Local Warrant – Drive without Headlights when Required. Released on $500 Bond. Local Warrant – Disregard Flash-ing Red Signal. Released on $500 Bond.

07/14/12Ruiz, Jose Manuel, 09/1978, Gonzales. Public

Intoxication. Released on Pay Plan.Total Arrest, Court Commitments, other

agency arrest and processing’s:GCSO 11DPS 01GPD 06WPD 00NPD 03Constable 00DWCSO 00DEA 00TPW 00GCAI 00

Yoakum Police DepartmentWeekly Incident Report for July 9-15:07/09/12Case #12-282, Juvenile Female, 16, Yoakum, 811

N. South; Offense, Runaway (C.I.N.S.); Disposition, Rel/Mother.

07/11/12Case #12-284, Burglary-Building, 514 Lott; Dispo-

sition, Investigation.Case #12-285, Burglary-Building, 120 W. Grand;

Disposition, Investigation.Case #12-286, Assault-A, 303 Hochheim; Disposi-

tion, Investigation.Case #12-278, Resisting Arrest, 107 Waco; Com-

plainant, ate of Texas; Disposition, Cleared by Arrest.07/14/12Case #174362, Medina, Mario, 40, Yoakum,

Austin; Offense, Public Intoxication; Disposition,

Fine/$564/Rel.Case #174367, Reyes, Josue, 29, Yoakum, 500 Blk.

W. Gonzales; Offense, No Drivers License; Disposi-tion, Bond/$500/Rel.

Case #174245, No Driver’s License, 500 Blk. W. Gonzales; Complainant, Brooks, Leroy; Disposition, Cleared by Arrest.

Case #12-288, Miller, Donald Jr., 27, Yoakum, 315 E. Grand; Offense, Poss. Marijuana (Drug Free Zone); Disposition, Trans/LCSO.

Case #12-289, Miller Jr., 27, Yoakum, 315 E. Grand; Offense, Public Intoxication; Disposition, Trans/ LCSO.

07/15/12Case #12-290, Assault-Fel 3/FV, Lopez, Efrain, 22,

Yoakum, 812 St. Mathew; Offense, Illegal Entry; Dis-position, YPD Custody.

DeWitt County Sheriff ’s Of-fice Report from July 5-July 12

July 5Arrested Eric Guadalupe

Sandoval, 26, of Victoria, Reck-less Driving, Bond of $1,000, DCSO

Arrested Earl Aaron-Keith Lewis, 25, of Cuero, Capias Pro Fine / Poss. Marij < 2oz, Fine of $1675.25, CPD

Arrested Carlos Joel Garcia, 34, of Mexico, Illegal Entry, No Bond, CPD

July 6Arrested Christopher Lee

Johnson, 26, of Cuero, Public Intoxication, Fine of $314, Ca-pias Pro Fine / Driving while Lic Invalid, Fine of $477.20, CPD

Arrested Jene Manquie Kel-saw, 24, of Yoakum, Forgery, Bond of $5,000, Yoakum PD

Arrested Warren Erwin Lemke, 53, of Yorktown, Viola-tion of Probation / Poss. of a Controlled Substance, Bond of $50,000, DCSO

Arrested Kareem Oljawon Johnson, 27, of Yoakum, Evad-ing Arrest / Detention, Bond of $1,000, Poss. Marij < 2oz, Bond of $1,000, Criminal Mis-chief 50-500, Bond of $1,000, Assault Family Violence, Bond of $1,000, DCSO

Arrested Disha Rejinha

Misiano, 36, of Cuero, No / Expired DL, Fine of $319.80, Failure to Appear, Fine of $392, No Liability Ins, Fine of $1340.30, Failure to Appear, Fine of $392, Driving while Lic Invalid, Fine of $349, Fail-ure to Appear, Fine of $392, Driving while Lic Invalid, Fine of $453.70, Failure to Appear, Fine of $392, DPS

July 7Arrested Marcelus Antho-

ny Migura, 65, of Yorktown, Driving while Intoxicated 1st, Bond of $1,200, DPS

July 9Arrested Denise Jackson,

32, of Cuero, Violation of Probation / Theft by Check >=$20<$500, Bond of $1,000, DCSO

Arrested Kristi Nordstrand, 31, of Victoria, No Liability Insurance 1st Offense, Fine of $616.30, Failure to Appear, Fine of $392, Cuero PD

Arrested Modesto Perez, 49, of Cuero, No / Expired Vehicle Registration, Fine of $367.24, Failure to Appear No / Expired Vehicle Registration, Fine of $392, DPS

Arrested Guadalupe Garcia, 45, of Cuero, Violation of Pro-bation / Felony Driving While Intoxicated, No Bond, DCSO

Arrested Jorge Bueno, 24, of

Inez, Failure to Appear (Victo-ria Co) Bond of $1,000, Bond Forfeiture / Driving While Li-cense Invalid (Victoria Co), Bond of $1,000, DCSO

Arrested Dmonzay Gray, 25, of Cuero, Violation of Proba-tion / Engaging In Organized Criminal Activity, No Bond, DCSO

July 10Arrested Miguel Cruz, 35, of

Fort Worth, Illegal Entry, No Bond, Cuero PD

Arrested Alfonso Hernan-dez, 29, of Yorktown, Capias Pro Fine / Drug Paraphernalia Fine of $292, Yorktown PD

Arrested Malinda Rodri-guez, 43, of Cuero, Violation of Probation / Driving While In-toxicated 3rd, No Bond, DCSO

Arrested Kelly Diane O’Brien Barta, 44, of Cuero, Revocation of Probation / Poss. CS PG 2 < 1G Drug Free Zone, Bond of $50,000, CPD

Arrested Alvin Franklin Felder, 37, of Cuero, Public Intoxication, Fine of $414 (30 Days to Pay), CPD

July 11Arrested Annalena Viola

Flores, 41, of Yoakum, Viola-tion of Probation / Theft $50-$500, Bond of $1,000, DCSO

The Gonzales County Grand Jury met on July 11 and returned the following indictments:

• Mario Banda, deadly con-duct

• Justin Brown, burglary of a habitation

• John Casares, evading ar-rest with a prior conviction, assault family violence with a previous conviction

• Lajuane Clark, aggravated assault with deadly weapon

• Chelsey Darilek, burglary of a habitation

• Mark Alfred Diogu, pos-session of a controlled sub-stance

• Gregory Fonseca, aggra-vated assault (two counts)

• Ernesto Barrera Franco, prohibited substance in cor-rectional facility

• Shane Dominick Freder-ick, burglary of a building

• Spencer Haggerton, bur-glary of a habitation

• Mario Arturo Hernandez, assault on a public servant

• Brenda Hill, driving while

intoxicated with child pas-senger

• Max Allen Horner, ag-gravated assault with deadly weapon

• Corey Adames Hunt, ag-gravated sexual assault of a child

• Jonnie Johnson, robbery• David Longoria, aggra-

vated robbery• Jose Guadalupe Manza-

no, driving while intoxicated• Matthew Scott Martinez,

evading arrest with vehicle• Martin David Mata, theft

$50-$500 (two counts)• Terry McMichael, bur-

glary of a building, unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, burglary of a building, theft of firearm

• Dwayne Mica, burglary• Garrett Novosad, burglary

of a building, theft of firearm• Kenneth Edward Pena,

unauthorized use of vehicle• Alberto Perez, aggravated

sexual assault (two counts), indecency with a child

• Abraham Ramos, pos-

session of a controlled sub-stance PG<1G in a drug-free zone

• Kelley Riedel, driving while intoxicated

• Richie Rivera, aggravated robbery

• Randon Romero, accident involving injury

• Mark Smit, theft with pri-or convictions

• Franklin LaShawn Smith, assault, assault family vio-lence with previous convic-tion

• Anthony Stanzione, un-authorized use of a motor vehicle

• Jason Underhill, aggra-vated assault with a deadly weapon

• Cody Walleck, burglary of a building, theft of firearm

• Charles Devon Wasser-man, injury to a child

• Ralph Wyatt, burglary of a building

• Jonathan Zavala, tamper-ing/fabricating physical evi-dence

Gonzales County Court Failure to Appear ListCourt Date July 16, 2012

George H. Alvarez Criminal MischiefShannan N. Bessey Possession of MarijuanaHector V. Campos Theft of ServiceApril L. Gaitan Driving While License InvalidHenry A. Garner, III Evading ArrestRandall C. Gregory Driving While License InvalidJo Anne Harper Theft of Property by CheckMargarita Hernandez Theft of PropertyStacy E. Hunt Assault Causes Bodily InjuryDarrell L. Ivey Assault Causes Bodily Injury/Family ViolenceDarrell L. Ivey Violation of a Protective OrderJose A. Martinez Accident Involving Damage to VehicleJesse M. Navejar, Jr. Burglary of a Motor VehicleJames G. Rhodes Accident Involving Damage to VehicleJohn D. Russell Criminal TrespassTom Steve Possession of MarijuanaDerrick W. Thomas Possession of MarijuanaFrank Villareal Theft of PropertyBonifacio A. Zuniga Driving While IntoxicatedBonifacio A. Zuniga Escape from Custody The next County Court date is August 9, 2012. If these people come on this date a warrant will NOT be issued. For further information, you may contact the County Attorney’s office at 830-672-6527.

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LULING — Luling City Council on Thursday moved ahead with the repair of the Zedler Mill Dam and stabi-lization of the Zeylder Mill property.

The council approved an engineering services contract with Freese and Nichols to create a final design for the $3 million project. Representa-tives of the firm estimate the design phase will take about 200 days, with construction expected to take up to 200 more.

Councilman James Nick-ells questioned the approxi-mately $600,000 cost of the design services.

“Twenty percent for engi-neering, that sounds a little high to me,” he said.

The engineers told the council the engineering costs could actually run less if the project runs into no unan-ticipated problems during the design and construction, and the city would recoup those costs because the contract is based on spending money “up to” the stated amount.

The scheduled approval of an agreement between the city and the Zedler Mill Foundation of the repairs was postponed because Founda-tion representatives could not attend the council meeting.

In other action, the council approved a Medicaid trans-formation waiver, also known as an “1115 Waiver,” for emer-gency medical services.The council also approved the 2013 Caldwell County ap-praisial District and Collec-tion Budget, and authorized city manager Bobby Berger to sign an updated contract with OGO Marketing LLC for oil well leases.

During public comment, local resident Lucy Matthews asked the city to look at traffic issues on Sycamore St.

“There is parking on both sides of the street, and the street is very narrow to begin with,” she said. “There is a big orange moving van in partic-ular, when it’s parked there it’s hard to get around.”

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Home lost in Waelder fireFiremen move through the debris after putting out a house fire in the 400 block of County Road 417 on July 14. No one was injured in the blaze, but the home was a complete loss. Responding to the fire were the Waelder, Gonzales and Moulton fire departments under the command of Gonzales Fire Chief Keith Schmidt. (Courtesy photo)

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Nixon Council revamps revised ordinancesNIXON — City ordinances re-

garding junked recreational vehicles (RV‘s) and hazardous materials were thoroughly reviewed for approval at the July 16 special meeting of the Nixon city council.

City attorney Eduardo “Eddie” Es-cobar presented to the council with detailed information regarding a revision to a 1985 junked vehicle or-dinance that would now also include RV’s that are junked and uninhabit-able.

The city wanted to update and upgrade the ordinance due to the increased number of RV’s in the city,

and apply it to RV’s that are wrecked, partially or wholly dismantled, inop-erable, abandoned, non-mobile, dete-riorating, uninhabitable, or discarded, according to the ordinance.

All junked vehicles that are in pub-lic view and deemed a public nuisance can be subject to a fine. The 1985 or-dinance and its present RV amend-ment are regulations to promote safety, health, general cleanliness, and general welfare within the commu-nity, according to city officials.

The council voted 2-1 to approve the amended ordinance.

Escobar also presented the coun-cil with an ordinance regarding the regulation of any type of hazardous material that is located within the city

or passes through the city. The ordi-nance gives protocol and standards in the handling of hazardous materials related to things such as spills, usage, storage and containment, transport-ing, transferring, and other liability issues.

“This helps the public out in the long run because we will know where the materials are stored, how they’re stored, and we will have a better knowledge of what is exactly out there,” said city manager George Blanch after the meeting.

Also related to the ordinance was a resolution for the reimbursement of money to the Nixon Volunteer Fire Department when the department must use costly materials, resources,

and equipment to clean up spills or fight fires.

“When you’re dealing with a limit-ed budget and a volunteer fire depart-ment, you have to be able to assist in recouping those materials,” said Esco-bar. “What this basically says is that if the entity or the business that is using hazardous materials does not have sufficient supplies to deal with a spe-cific chemical spill or a specific type of fire, and materials are exhausted and used by the volunteer fire depart-ment, then the city may send a bill to recoup the cost of those materials.”

The council voted unanimously to approve the hazardous materials ordinance and the reimbursement resolution.

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Texas Land Commis-sioner Jerry Patterson, former state representa-tive Rick Green, war hero Shilo Harris and syndi-cated editorial columnist George Rodriguez have been added to the list of speakers for the Texas In-

dependence Come nad Take It Rally Aug. 4 at JB Wells Arena.

The event will kick off at 2 p.m. and attendees will have an opportunity to step up and be guest speakers themselves.

Harris was a staff ser-geant in the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division during Operation Irqui

Freedom whose recon-naisance patrol was am-bushed by improvised roadside bombs. Harris survived but suffered trau-matic burns and the loss of both ears and three fin-gers.

After returning state-side, Harris now travels the country as a sought-after motivational speaker and spokesman for veter-ans causes.

Patterson spoke to Gon-zales County Republicans earlier this year and is expected to be a candi-date for Lieutenant Gov-ernor in the next election cycle. Green is the former state representative and former Texas Supreme Court Candidate and later founded the Torch of Free-dom Foundation to train young people to enter the political process.

Rodriguez, whose col-umn appears on The Can-non’s editorial page each week, is a San Antonio resident, the former Presi-dent of the San Antonio Tea Party, and is now Ex-ecutive Director of the

South Texas Political Al-liance.

Also scheduled to speak will be a couple of Gonzales-area immigrants with unique takes on immigration issues: English immigrant Collin Bond and Canadian immi-grant Charlie Nunes.

Organizers plan to un-furl a huge “Come and Take It” flag. The flag was

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

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

Felony warrants were also obtained for Rosas charging him with ag-gravated assault with a deadly weapon and un-lawful possession of a firearm by a felon.

“As of Monday after-noon, I was informed by a family member that Rosas was still in criti-cal condition and on life support,” said Taylor. “In all probability, the warrants will be served when he’s released from the hospital.”

Taylor said it is un-clear at this time if murder charges will be brought against Garza in

the event that Rosas dies from his injuries.

“We’ll have to cross that bridge when we get to it,” he said. “That’s something that will have to be discussed with the District Attorney’s of-fice.”

The incident marks the third time in the last two months that Garza has been charged with a felony. He had just recently been released from jail after post-ing $50,000 bond on a charge of felon in pos-session of a firearm in connection with an inci-dent of shots being fired at the same residence on

July 5.On May 17, Garza

and another man were taken into custody dur-ing a pre-dawn raid by the Guadalupe County Sheriff ’s Office SWAT team and Department of Public Safety. Dur-ing that incident, Garza

was charged with deadly conduct, endangering a child and possession of a controlled substance.

Gonzales Police ask that anyone with fur-ther information on this or other criminal activ-ity contact them at 830-672-8686.


By DAVE [email protected]

JUDGES IN TEXAS ARE “HIRED” BY YOUR VOTE...WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

EXPERIENCE:

CLAIM: Opponent claims to be the only one with ‘criminal trial’ experience.*

FACT: Judge Kevin Kolb has 12 years of trial experience—8 as a Prosecutor for the City ofSeguin and 4 as a Municipal Court Judge presiding over more than 250 misdemeanorcriminal trials and 20 misdemeanor jury trials. As Magistrate, Judge Kolb has signed morethan 15,000 warrants—all in aid of protecting the public and preserving the public’strust in the legal system.

FACT: Attorney Kevin Kolb practiced criminal defense law for 6years—handling bothfelonies and misdemeanors for his clients, before becoming a prosecutor and then judge.

FACT: Judge Kolb has had an active Civil Practice for almost 20years focusing on complexfamily and divorce litigation, forensic accounting, property tax issues, federal tax issues,and probate litigation. When not on the bench, Kolb works on complex federal estate taxplanning, business planning, and real estate law—all these legal matters either start orcan make their way to district court, even federal tax matters.

TRAINING, ACCREDITATION & CONTINUING EDUCATION:

FACT: Judge Kevin Kolb, after becoming a prosecutor, completed more than 160 hours oftraining as a prosecutor and as a judge.And though not yet Board Certified in CriminalLaw, Kolb has completed training of a standard that counts toward the State Bar's strictrequirements for certification in Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

FACT: Judge Kolb is a licensed Attorney with an advanced law degree ( LL.M.) in Stateand Federal Taxation, and he is a Certified Public Accountant.

FACT: Judge Kolb has completed more than 1140 hours in Continuing Education tomaintain his CPA accreditation and 380 hours of Continuing Legal Education hours for hiscivil practice.

MUNICIPAL COURT VS. DISTRICT COURT:

Is judicial experience in a Municipal Court the same as what is needed inDistrict Court? Yes! Judges in a District Court and a Municipal Court both:

• Handle Criminal Cases and need a thorough knowledge of both Criminal and Civil Law.

• Conduct a Courtroom using the Rules of Criminal and Civil Procedure and the Rules ofCriminal Evidence.

• Handle daily administrative duties, including budgeting and docketing.

• Know and understand your Constitutional rights.

• Act as a Magistrate under Code of CriminalProcedure, determining probable cause for arrest,when a person should appear in court, whether aperson can be detained in jail and the bond—ifany—for a person’s release from jail.

• Know the rules on warrants for search & seizureor arrests.

• Know Pre-Trial Procedures under the Code ofCriminal Procedure where issues are split into “Factonly Issues” or “Law only Issues” or “Law and FactIssues.”

• Conduct Criminal Trial proceedings with a Prosecutor representing the State of Texas withthe same Courtroom procedures and issues including: invoking of the 5th Amendment,invoking “the Rule”, Oaths, Interpreters, Witnesses, Cross Examination, Directed Verdicts,Rebuttal Evidence, and Contempt of Court.

• Conduct jury selection with the same qualifications of jurors, exemptions, voir dire, juryshuffles, challenges for cause, jury strikes, and Batson Challenges. One difference is theMunicipal Court jury has 6 members and a District Court jury has 12.

Republican Runoff for 25th District JudgeEarly Voting: July 23rd-July 27th

Election Day: July 31st

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Newest GPD officerTony Sowell, right, takes his oath of office from Gonzales Mayor Bobby Logan during Tuesday’s City Council meet-ing as he is sworn in as the city’s newest police officer. (Photo by Dave Mundy)

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Are you tired of your children being taught “the test”?

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Bike drawing winnersSix lucky youngsters were winners in the free bicycle giveaway drawing sponsored jointly by the Gonza-les VFW, Elks and Elks ladies during the annual Star Spangled Spectacular on July 4. The winners included Devon Banda (left, boys ages 9-12), Addison Tucker (above, girls ages up to 4) and Mikayla Vinklarek (right, girls ages 5-8). Other winners included Logan Avila (boys 5-8), Jillian Guerra (girls 9-12) and Wesley Miller (boys age up to 4). (Photos by Mark Lube and Nikki Maxwell)

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New center plansDr. Charles Harvey and Kristy Garcia review plans for the new bone-density scan area of the radiology lab at Gonzales Healthcare Systems. (Photo by Dave Mundy)

CITY: Town-Hall meetingsscheduled for August dates

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The “secret” was a $350,000 donation from the family to the founda-tion to enable the hospital to build the Jane Johnson Women’s Wellness Center. The center will feature a 3-D digital mammography machine, making Gonzales one of only 12 hospitals in the state to have such state-of-the-art equipment, and the first rural hospital in the state to have it.

The Johnsons stopped by the hospital on Tuesday to review plans and tour the radiology area where the new wellness center will be located.

“I can’t believe I didn’t figure it out,” said Jane, who received her surprise in May at the 2012 Gonzales Healthcare Systems Foun-dation Gala, which the Johnsons hosted at their Cinco J Ranch. “Usually I can tell when there’s some-thing going on behind my back.”

Fletcher and daughters Ellen Johnson, Judy Gipson and Janet Burk wanted to be able to help furnish the hospital the digital mam-mography equipment as a

tribute to Jane, who sur-vived her own battle with lymphoma.

“I was so flattered,” Jane said. “And I was so happy we could do this for my home town hospital, be-cause I really feel like I have received such excellent care here.”

She credits an emer-gency-room physician at Gonzales Memorial, in fact, with correctly diag-nosing her lymphoma and enabling her to get ahead of the disease and eventually defeat it.

“I thought that was really remarkable that the Emer-gency Room doctor found it almost immediately,” she said. “I’d never been sick a day in my life. The only time I ws ever in the hos-pital was to deliver three babies.”

After beating the can-cer, she had to survive an-other scare last year when a bronchial infection nearly proved fatal.

“I died once and they brought me back,” she said of her treatment at a San Antonio medical center. “I sure wanted to come back to this hospital. It was frightening; compared to that, the cancer was a piece of cake.”

Fletcher said that Jane has been the best business partner he ever had.

“She may never have had a desk or a phone at the office but I never made a business decision without talking it through with her and getting her approval,” he said.

Jane said she hopes the new center will help save the lives of more women locally.

“It just means so much to women that don’t have the ability to get to the big city hospital, it’s a terrible trip,” she said. “This makes it so much easier, and we hope more women will be able to (obtain a quality mam-mogram) here instead of ignoring it.”

Fletcher said choosing Gonzales Memorial to house the wellness center was an easy choice.

“She had been in and out of the hospital so many times. She always got what she considered to be excellent care here,” he said, his voice catch-ing. “There is nothing more I would love to do now other than to spoil her, she deserves it, but I can’t even buy her dia-monds because she really does not like jewelry.”

cussed will be the new-ly-established Code En-forcement Task Force and the steps that are being taken to enforce the City’s ordinances, as well as things like the benefits and challenges of the Eagle Ford Shale.

“We’re going to do about a 15-minute pre-sentation on these things and then we’re going to shut up, listen, and answer questions,” Barnes said.

The meetings will also have a time for residents to give input on their vision for Gonzales as well as what priorities the City should have. The City has entered an agreement with Texas A&M to prepare a com-prehensive plan for the future.

“We have to have input from our residents to

make the plan success-ful,” said Barnes. “We will also use the input for the preparation of our goals and objectives for the future as well.”

The program will be the same for all meet-ings except for the Downtown District, so if a person cannot at-tend the meeting for their district they can attend another meeting. The City wants to make these meetings as conve-nient as possible for the citizens. The Downtown District will be more district specific than the other meetings.

The meetings will take place as follows:

Council District One – August 9 at Victoria College

Council District Four — August 14 at Gonza-les Jr. High School Caf-eteria

Council District Three

— August 16 at North Avenue Elementary Caf-eteria

Council District Two — August 21 at Gonzales High School Cafeteria

Downtown District — August 23 at the Gonza-les Municipal Library

The meetings will be-gin promptly at 6 p.m. and end promptly at 7 p.m.

“In doing these type meetings in the past I have found it very im-portant to have a defi-nite start and end times,” Barnes said. “This tells people who have other demands on their time exactly how long the meeting will take.”

“However, we won’t leave until every ques-tion has been asked and addressed. We may have to do research on some questions and get them the answer later.”

For more information or to ask questions, con-tact Kristina Vega, As-sistant to the City Man-ager, at 830-672-2815.

the city’s heritage.July 28 was named “Wil-

lie Henry Ellison Day” in Lockhart to honor the George Washington Carv-er school graduate who went on to star in football at Texas Southern Univer-sity before embarking on a career in the National Football league with the Los Angeles Rams and Kansas City Chiefs.

Ellison set the NFL’s single-game rushing re-cord on Dec. 5, 1971, car-rying the ball 26 times for 247 yards in a game

against the Saints.“I just wanted to let ev-

erybody know that not only was he an All-Amer-ican football player, he is an All-American Dad,” said Ellison’s son, Der-rick Ellison, on-hand to receive the proclamation.

The city also pro-claimed July 28-29 as “George Washington Carver Grand School re-union Days” to honor the classes of 1961 and 1962 at the pre-integration school.

The council also ap-pointed Richard Mendez to the Central Lockhart Enhancement Project Stakeholder Committee, and Thomas Herrera to the city’s Electric Board.

During public com-ment, local resident Doug Spillman urged the coun-

cil to avoid raising the proposed speed limit on the State Highway 130 frontage road as it passes through the city.

The Texas Department of transportation has recommended a 50-mph speed limit on the front-age road, but the council would have an option to adjust that figure.

“The speed limit on the main lanes is probably going to be 85,” Spillman said. “That will be hard to enforce already. The frontage roads will be a different story. This is a farming area, you’re going to still see farm equipment on this frontage road, and they’re not going to go any faster.”

The council is expected to take up the speed limit at its August meeting.

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While liberals are claiming that Obamacare is the law of the land, they ignore the fact that is contains 20 new or higher taxes. These taxes are gradu-ally phased in, but in January 2013, five major ObamaCare taxes will come into force.

One is the “ObamaCare Medical De-vice Manufacturing Tax” which is a 2.3 percent tax on medical device makers. Every pacemaker, prosthetic limb, stent, and operating table will be taxed.

This tax will most affect small com-panies with less than 20 employees who pioneer the next generation of life-pro-longing devices. In addition to raising the cost of health care, this $20 billion tax over the next ten years will not help the country’s jobs outlook, as the indus-try employs nearly 400,000 Americans. Several companies have already respond-ed to the looming tax by cutting research and development budgets and laying off workers.

Next is the “ObamaCare High Medical Bills Tax” which is a tax provision that will harm Americans facing the highest out-of-pocket medical bills. Currently, Americans are allowed to deduct medi-cal expenses on their 1040 form to the extent the costs exceed 7.5 percent of one’s adjusted gross income.

However, the new ObamaCare provi-sion will raise that threshold to 10 per-cent, and it will harm pre-retirement seniors the hardest. Over the next ten years, affected Americans will pay up a minimum total of $15 billion in taxes.

Third is the “ObamaCare Flexible Spending Account Cap”. There are 24 million Americans who have “Flexible Spending Accounts” and who will face a federally imposed $2,500 annual cap. These pre-tax accounts, which currently have no federal limit, are used to pur-chase everything from contact lenses to

children’s braces. With the cost of braces being as high as $7,200, this tax provi-sion will hurt middle income Americans.

The cap will also affect families with special-needs children, whose tuition can be covered using FSA funds. Special-needs tuition can cost up to $14,000 per child per year. This cruel tax provision will limit the options available to such families.

Fourth is the “ObamaCare Surtax on Investment Income”. Under current law, thecapital gains tax rate for all Ameri-cans rises from 15 to 20 percent in 2013, while the top dividend rate rises from 15 to 39.6 percent. The new ObamaCaresur-tax takes the top capital gains rate to 23.8 percent and top dividend rate to 43.4 percent.

Finally, there is the “ObamaCare Medi-care Payroll Tax increase”. This tax takes $86 billion from employers over the next ten years.

Given these five taxes, Gov. Rick Perry is correct to keep Texas from participat-ing in the expansion of Medicaid to cov-er more individuals and thecreation of a state insurance exchange.

Meanwhile, President Obama, politi-cal liberals, and the mainstream media conveniently tell us to “move on” after the Supreme Court ruling.

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In Our ViewForget ‘Arab Spring’ — here comes a ‘Texas Summer’

El Conservador

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

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RichLowry

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

Rise of the machines:the Great Drone Panicis now well underway

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We’ve had a lot of rain in Cen-tral Texas this year after last year’s drought. We’ve had some high water in a few places, even.

But there’s a summer flood coming in Texas, whether or not it ever rains a drop here again.

Barack Obama has a few rich elitists in San Antonio and Aus-tin fooled, and stopped there Tuesday to collect a little cam-paign cash. But the rest of Texas is about to erupt in a storm that might well sweep those liberal enclaves clean out of the state.

The news media dubbed the first few months of this year “Arab Spring” for the spontane-ous breakout of anti-authoritar-ian rule throughout the Islamic world. But we are about to see “Texas Summer.”

Texans have had enough. Ral-lies are being planned around the state — Saturday at The Ala-mo and Aug. 4 in Gonzales, and similar events are being planned in Highland Park, Katy and else-where.

It will hopefully never devolve

into the violence we saw in the Middle East — but it is most cer-tainly a revolution.

Don’t think of it as a battle between the “haves” and “have-nots.” It’s more a revolution of those who produce versus those who produce not.

It is a revolution against the Entitlement Society, in which people are rewarded for irrespon-sibility, and revel in it. Texans are tired of going to the grocery store and paying hard-earned money to buy basics while someone else in line with a basket full of gro-ceries swipes a Lone Star Card, then drives off in a new Escalade.

We are tired of paying taxes to

support those who refuse to stop having babies they can’t afford. When my mom divorced my dad and took on raising five boys by herself, we spent a total of two weeks on food stamps, then quit taking them because it was con-sidered shameful. Free breakfast and lunch at school? That would have been humiliating.

Charity and compassion which are forced are neither charitable nor compassionate. This federal government has used the entitle-ment system to reward those who have kept it in power and to en-sure that ever more people grow dependent on “government aid” by eliminating any incentive to spurn that aid.

It is a revolution against cor-ruption. Texans want an end to cronyism, nepotism and favorit-ism — and we demand that crim-inals be brought to justice. That includes a U.S. Attorney General who oversaw a program which armed criminals whose goal is to carve our land into criminal fief-doms.

It is a revolution against those who falsely portray themselves as our “friends” — power-hungry politicians who claim to be “con-servative” to gain office, then re-vert to their true natures once in power. Because of false conserva-tives, the Texas Legislature in its last session was unable to pass legislation opposing the Trans-portation Safety Administra-tion’s unwarranted airport grop-ing, declaring the sovereignty of Texas law as defended by the U.S. Constitution, and giving state agencies the chance to do a job the federal government has aban-doned — defense of our borders against foreign invaders.

It is a revolution against com-promise. We have watched our culture, our values and our cher-ished principles slowly eroded one piece at a time over five de-cades by socialists who know that every compromise works in their favor.

We want a government that doesn’t tell us what we can’t do, but instead celebrates what we

can accomplish. We want a gov-ernment that doesn’t prepare us to become part of the Third World, but instead recognizes that our spirit has made our na-tion exceptional.

We want a government which recognizes that most of us are spiritual people and allows us to celebrate our faith instead of a government which believes people should be free FROM reli-gion even as it uses its regulatory power to force “Mother Earth” worship down our throats.

We want government that commits to educating our youth rather than politically indoctri-nating them with false theories like man-caused global warm-ing. We want our children to lead the world as Texans and as Americans — not as “global citi-zens.”

Those organizing these rallies here in Texas are aware that we may not be able to fix all that is wrong with the United States in one election. But we can fix Tex-as, and that’s a start.

The Great Drone Panic of 2012 is upon us.

Congress recently instructed the Fed-eral Aviation Administration to open up the skies to more domestic use of the pi-lotless aircraft by private citizens and law enforcement. This, we’re told in the ur-gent tones of Paul Revere on his famous ride, is the first step toward a dystopian surveillance state overseen by a ubiqui-tous drone air force. Nothing will be hid-den from the watchful eye of the drones.

The influential conservative colum-nist Charles Krauthammer wants drones banned domestically and thinks the first American to shoot one down will be de-clared a national hero. Sen. Rand Paul considers them a clear-and-present dan-ger to American freedom and is offering legislation to require a warrant every time one takes flight, except to patrol the border or in extraordinary circumstanc-es. The drone is to our liberty what the wolf is to sheep, a natural enemy.

It is understandable that drones don’t have a warm-and-fuzzy image. Overseas, the drone attack has become the signa-ture tactic in the war against terror. Spec-tacularly precise strikes take out people who had no idea it was coming, in no-tably antiseptic (for the operator of the drone, at least) acts of warfare.

And this is the first objection to the use of drones domestically: They are weap-ons of war! About to be deployed here at home! Not exactly. We don’t kill people with drones; we kill them with Hellfire missiles. The drone is just the platform. By this standard, we would have no po-lice helicopters because helicopters are weapons of war.

As for police drones randomly watch-ing us as we innocently go about our business, this is not a novel phenome-non. Police do it all the time. It is called a patrol. They do it utilizing all manner of technology -- on foot, on horseback, on

bikes, in cars and even on Segway scoot-ers. So long as they are looking at us in public areas where we have no reason-able expectation of privacy, our liberty survives intact.

Drones are coming no matter what. They will be too inexpensive and too useful to ignore. FedEx and UPS are interested in using drones to fly cargo. Farmers have used drones to monitor their crops. The market for drones, now almost $6 billion, is expected to double in the next 10 years, according to The New York Times.

As drones proliferate for commercial and other private uses, it is foolish to expect law enforcement to forgo them. Already, the Border Patrol uses drones along the border. One day we will mar-vel that there was a time when a police drone wasn’t first on the scene of a shoot-ing. Or a time when we had high-speed car chases, endangering everyone else on the road, instead of a drone following the suspect from the air.

Ultimately, it is not the technology that matters, but the use to which it is put. A can of pepper spray is technologically unsophisticated. Yet it can be an instru-ment of cruelty if wielded arbitrarily by a cop. The drone is potentially a powerful tool. Vigilance is advisable; panic is silly.

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.

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

The Gonzales Healthcare Sys-tems Foundation Board hosted the 2012 gala and was humbled and appreciative of the fundrais-er’s success. A total of 560 tickets were sold to benefit the hospital and our healthcare system with digital mammography equip-ment.

The evening began with the rededication of the McClure- Braches House and champagne toast to Texas and to Fletcher and Jane Johnson. The home was originally built in 1843 and now is listed as a Texas and a National Historic Landmark. Prior to the Johnson’s restoration of the home it was listed among the top 10 of most endangered historic struc-tures. This year marked the fif-tieth anniversary from when the home was originally registered as a Texas and National Historic Landmark. Honored guests who facilitated in the rededication included Sarah McCleskey-His-torian from the Texas Historical Commission, Texas State Rep-resentative, The Honorable John Kuempel who presented a Proc-lamation to the Johnsons’ on be-half of Governor Rick Perry who was unable to attend and direct descendent of Sarah Ann( Ashby McClure)Braches, Ms. Ellen Ash-by, Kennard.

An elegant dinner was served and followed by the Keynote Ad-dress given by Dr. Commie Hisey addressing changes in healthcare.

He noted quality healthcare is be-coming more dependent upon a supportive hospital foundation to supplement funding for health-care needs.

The evening was highlighted by a surprise announcement of a $350,000.00 donation being made in honor of Jane John-son. The gift was given by her husband, Fletcher Johnson, and their three daughters, Ellen, Judy and Janet. The hospital request-ed permission to name the new women’s center after Jane John-son and received approval from the family for The Jane Johnson Women’s Center. A tribute was given to Jane at the gala. All in-formation provided in the trib-ute was given by Fletcher and their daughters. The Johnson Family pledged an additional contribution to be given annu-ally in the amount of $5,000.00 for women needing healthcare assistance. As stated by daugh-ter, Ellen Johnson, “we may help

save a life by providing a woman the necessary health screening and or treatment required with this gift.” The center will be completed with the gold stan-dard in equipment for women’s health including new three-dimensional imaging technol-ogy (tomosynthesis) and a bone densitometer. Architectural plans are underway to design the space required to accommodate the new equipment and separate waiting area for the center. Gon-zales Healthcare Systems will be the first rural community hospi-tal in Texas to offer this level of technology in women’s health.

The evening concluded with the live auction and dance. A large group of donors made the live auction and silent auction a huge success with many items to choose from. The live auc-tion included many desirable items which were a first for our event such as a Bellarri Ring do-nated by Storey Jewelers bearing a retail value of approximately $4,000.00. Following the close of the auction a dance was pro-vided with music by the Brent Van Sickle Texas Party Orches-tra. The band was a contribu-tion given by Jean & Merle Ol-lom, Noel and Kerry Reese, Reese & Escobar LLP Tri-Force LLC Lexington Real Estate LLC & Friends of Noel and Kerry Re-ese- Kathleen Reese Floyd, Brad & Toni Morgan, Green Leaf Car-

pet & Air Duct Cleaning – Jer-emy & Alison Kintz and Atomic Tattoo – Larry & Johnnie Ed-wards.

On behalf of the Board of Di-rectors of the Gonzales Health-care Systems Foundation, we extend a most humble thank you to the entire community and

committee members who sup-ported this amazing event. A total of $523,763.00 was raised to improve the level of our local healthcare. It was the compas-sion of all those who partici-pated in one way or another that provided the funding needed to see this project become a reality!

For the second year in a row the Rockport Chamber of Com-merce invited me to their annual Spring Fling fishing event. This event is an exercise during which the Chamber commissions out-door writers to tell everyone within their influence ranges to spend all their money in Rock-port, Texas.

The Rockport folks have a good plan. The lady in charge is a particularly cute gal named, Sandy Jumper. A woman with a big smile, bubbly personality, and all the attributes that should make a gentleman… remember he’s a gentleman. She wines us and dines us, we eat crawfish, shrimp, corn on the cob, red beans and rice, and soak up more suds than what is prescribed as survivable by the USDA. Then Ms. Jumper sends us bay fishing with the finest guides on the Tex-as Gulf Coast. After two days of being treated like royalty on va-cation we’re sent home to tell all our readers the good news about Rockport.

My personal problem with this arrangement is that I’m a fake. Nobody reads my stories and my Mom is the only person that lis-tens to my radio program. Never-theless, through sly maneuvering I’ve infiltrated the industry that perpetuates communicators to attain free stuff from manufactur-ers and paychecks from less than intelligent editors. Though I’ve raised myself to an existence that is fractionally above homeless my skills don’t rate any comparison to those of my colleagues.

You see, it is a social phenom-enon that fishing is an iconic cultural activity that mandates participants to be at least ama-teur liars. The better a fisherman the better a liar; to the extent that fisherman who aspire to be pro-

fessionals must also be expert at revisiting the old saga of the “one that got away”. Now, contem-plate the assignment of rendering these tales into believable news-paper and magazine columns. The writers accepting these tasks are absolute geniuses. They have mastered the art known as out-door writing. And they are the greatest liars not living on Con-gressional wages. Many of them, after suffering cruel childhoods being the butt-end of school yard chants, “Liar, liar, pants on fire!” now command public forums from which they expound and swear their published inventions are gospel. And the scribes that engage the Rockport Spring Fling are famous.

However, do not let this tale about the platoon of artistic pre-varicators diminish your imag-inings of the charm, hospitality, and beauty of this home away from home seaside burg. Rock-port is legendary for more than the Babes on the Bay and the Saltwater Sweeties fishing tour-naments. It’s also known for summertime music festivals and the magnificent hummingbird migration every fall. It’s an ocean view village with all the accompa-nying motels, shops, pubs, eater-ies, museums, and a bayside drive

– but the best characteristic of all is that it’s a Texas town.

The Rockport Spring Fling, to me, stirs anxieties. It’s a weekend that is marked on the calendar months in advance. But upon entering the meeting hall and walking amongst my cohorts an icy realization freezes my antici-pation. Fifty pairs of eyes look into my soul and they know I’m a fraud. I can hear the whispers, “that dumb cowboy doesn’t know how to fish.” Then they snicker and turn away. They hate me.

Ms. Jumper approaches and smiles. She has a list in her hand and asks my name. I answer and she runs a finger up and down the page, purses her lips and scrunches her brow. Obviously, my name has been left off. An-other chill pierces me.

“We’ll just pencil you in to fish with David Yikes and John Thompson,” she says.

A shriek clogged in my throat. These are two of the biggest names in the business. David Yikes writes for the Corpus Christi Caller and is the Grand Poobah fibster of the Texas outdoor writ-ers. He’s their leader and he leads by setting award-winning exam-ples. He’s a short man with a wide shadow. Then everybody knows Big John Thompson. Big John runs Fort Worth. Some call him the Godfather and he’s written for the Star Telegram since Custer lost his Last Stand. Nothing hap-pens in Fort Worth without Big John’s approval.

Then Ms. Jumper points out another fellow. “This is Raymond Appel your fishing guide,” she said.

Raymond is a tall blonde young man with an easy manner. His calm assurances and steady countenance settled my nerves and soon had me looking for-

ward to the next day’s excursion. “I don’t know how to fish,” I

said.“It’ll be alright,” said Ray-

mond. Raymond would be my confi-

dante and that emboldened me. The next morning broke clear

and windy. Everyone was ready and it was my notion to watch the two Fishing Greats, David Yikes and Big John, in action. Hopeful-ly, they wouldn’t mind me trying to learn if I remained quiet. Ev-erybody’s lines hit the water and – BAM – David stuck the first redfish in the box. My line kept falling off my reel before I cast and Big John was kind enough to show me how to operate the spin casting reel.

Then for awhile nothing hap-pened. David Yikes was occupy-ing Raymond with the differences between a G. Loomis and an Ugly Stick when I felt a tug. My line began towing towards starboard. Then it tugged again, moved, and with a firm jerk the hook was set. My first fish was in the box.

Big John related all the virtues

of the bait casting reel vs. the spin casting reel, and then upon the next cast whiffed a bird’s nest worthy of a bald eagle. David was telling Raymond about his Von Staal when another redfish hit my hook and in short order my second fish was in the box.

Again nothing happened for awhile and then Big John caught a little one that we had to throw back. David was smelling his fingers and looking up at the sky while telling Raymond that the weather was cool, the wind was blowing too hard, and that his aunt had given him a black and yellow striped sweater for Christmas when the third red-fish swallowed my bait.

That was it. My limit was in the box. And the Great Ones glared at me. Maybe it was luck, maybe it was the bountiful fish-ing offered in Rockport. Or may-be, I’m a better fisherman than anybody thought. Now, if only it were so simple to become an outdoor writer.

But first, I must learn how to lie.


In Your View

Letters to the editor

Being an ‘outdoor writer’ is hard if you don’t lie well

Hospital Hopes& HappeningsConnieKacir

Connie Kacir is the Executive Director of Gonzales Healthcare Systems Founda-tion.

This year’s hospital gala proved to be a resounding success

Junk more valuable than your vote?

Paul and Diane Neuse of Storey Jewelers donated a $4,000 Bel-larri Ring during the hospital foundation gala’s live auction. (Courtesy photo)

Herman Brune

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

Looking Downfrom the Saddle

Herman W. Brune catches a good red during Rockport Spring Fling. (Photo courtesy Big John Thompson)

Dear Editor,While e-mailing my daughter on

July 10, I wrote the following and she suggested I send it in to the local newspaper, so here it is:

When I went to Gonzales yester-day, I took my aluminum cans to re-cycle place. At the pay-out counter a gentleman in front of me was tell-ing the “cashier” he did not have his driver’s license, but he had the num-ber memorized and gave that to her.

No go. His vehicle was sitting

there. He told her he lived in Bel-mont, near Gonzales. No go. She went back, asked someone in au-thority. No go.

Finally he said, “Just give me back my ticket and I will bring the driv-er’s license in next time I am in town and collect my money.”

Makes you wonder, is JUNK more valuable than your VOTE?

Miriam G. (Sug) BudnikWaelder, TX


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JACKSON, Miss. — Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. on Wednes-day announced that the com-pany has reached an agreement to acquire the commercial egg operations of Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation.

The assets to be purchased by Cal-Maine Foods include

two production complexes with capacity for approximately 1.4 million laying hens and adja-cent land located near Pitts-burg. The company expects to close the transaction in August 2012.

“Cal-Maine Foods is very pleased to announce this ac-quisition. Pilgrim’s Pride has an excellent reputation and strong

brand recognition with a well-established customer base,” said Dolph Baker, president and chief executive officer of Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. “These pro-duction facilities will comple-ment our existing operations in Texas and the additional ca-pacity will enhance our ability to serve our customers in the Texas markets. We welcome this

opportunity for the continued growth of our business and the ability to provide greater value for our customers and share-holders.”

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. is pri-marily engaged in the produc-tion, grading, packing and sale of fresh shell eggs, including conventional, cage-free, organ-ic and nutritionally-enhanced

eggs. The Company, which is headquartered in Jackson, Mis-sissippi, is the largest producer and distributor of fresh shell eggs in the United States and sells the majority of its shell eggs in approximately 29 states across the southwestern, south-eastern, mid-western and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

It’s been said that change is good. That’s especially true for one area man who has made a living built around making changes.

Lee Adams is the owner of Golf Carts Inc., a business that remodels and alters stan-dard golf carts by request.

“We can customize them about any way you want,” said Adams. “We can add lift kits, rear seat kits, windshields, headlights, we can even make them street legal. Whatever the customer wants, that’s what we can give them. It usually takes me about three days to build one.”

Adams, whose main in-ventory is comprised of 48-volt, aluminum-framed Club Cars, said almost 100 percent of his carts are electric.

“There’s not much main-tenance on them,” he said. “They can run about 50 miles between charges, especially the bigger carts.”

Adams has been in the customizing business off and

on for the better part of the last three decades. He was the part owner of large cart company in Houston before moving to the Gonzales area 14 years ago.

Since coming to the area, Adams has expanded his business to include modifi-cations to other vehicles like drag race pickups, motor-cycles, dirt bikes and four-wheelers.

When comes to his spe-cialty, Adams said he can offer his products at a very competitive rate.

“We buy the golf carts in bulk, about 12 at a time,” he said. “That’s the reason we’re cheaper than anybody else. I get a lot of custom-ers from Austin, San Marcos and Luling. They’ve already priced them at other places and I’m always cheaper.”

An avid racing enthusiast, Adams has been able to suc-

cessfully combine his hobby with his livelihood. His son, Scott, is a rising star on the stock car circuit.

“We race every other Sat-urday in Goliad and a lot of the race car drivers will get a golf cart to push their car around so they don’t have to start it before the race,” he said. “They also use them to go back and forth in the pits. Out of 80 cars down there, there will be 25 carts.”

“You won’t believe how strong they are. I can put a rope around the end of your car and pull it with a cart. People don’t realize that they’ve got that much power in them.”

Aside from towing and the customary pettering around on a course, Adams said his carts have a variety of uses – everything from feeding livestock to maneu-vering around construction

sites to hunting.“Less than 25 percent

of the golf carts that I sell ever see a golf course,” Ad-ams said. “I sold one to a hog hunter who wanted it because they’re absolutely quiet when they’re running. Lots of people who have beach houses down in Port Aransas, Port Lavaca and Matagorda use them.”

“People who live in trail-er parks use them to help them do the laundry. A lot of the oilfield workers only have the one vehicle so Mama is stuck when they go to work. I sold four of them recently at one trailer park in Luling.”

Golf Carts Inc. is located at 30 CR 245 E, three miles north of Highway 90 on Highway 183. For more in-formation, call Adams at 830-672-7015 or 361-772-2293.

Gonzales Livestock Market ReportThe Gonzales Livestock Market

Report for Saturday, July 14, 2012 had on hand: 903 cattle.

Compared to our last sale: Calves and yearlings sold $8.00 to $15.00 lower. Packer cows sold steady.

Stocker-feeder steers: Medium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs., $195-$245; 300-400 lbs, $178-$184; 400-500 lbs, $147-$174; 500-600 lbs, $128-$145; 600-700 lbs., $122-$125; 700-800 lbs, $118-$121.

Bull yearlings: 700-900 lbs, $98-$112.

Stocker-feeder heifers: Medium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs, $165-$205; 300-400 lbs, $158-$164; 400-500 lbs, $136-$148; 500-600 lbs., $114-$131; 600-700 lbs., $111-$113.

Packers cows: Good lean utility and commercial, $74-$79; Cutters, $82-$85; Canners, $58-$66; Low yielding fat cows, $64-$73.

Packer bulls: Yield grade 1 & 2, good heavy bulls; $97-$101; light weights and medium quality bulls, $86-$94.

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sion Inc. report had on hand, July 16, 2012, Volume, 636, 1 horse.

Steers: 200-300 lbs, $175 to $185 to $225; 300-400 lbs., $141 to $151 to $188; 400-500 lbs, $128 to $138 to $156; 500-600 lbs, $117 to $127 to $145; 600-700 lbs, $107 to $117 to $130; 700-800 lbs, $96 to $106 to $118.

Heifers: 200-300 lbs, $151 to $161 to $180; 300-400 lbs, $134 to $144 to $163; 400-500 lbs, $120 to $130 to $149; 500-600 lbs, $111 to $121 to $170; 600-700 lbs, $98 to $108 to $114; 700-800 lbs, $101 to $111 to $120.

Slaughter cows: $50 to $84; Slaughter bulls: $50 to $97; Stocker cows: $700 to $1,036; Pairs, $960 to $1,460; Horses, $250.

Hallettsville LivestockCommission ReportThe Hallettsville Livestock

Commission Co., Inc. had on hand on July 10, 2012, 1,405; Week ago, No Sale; Year ago, 2,433.

Compared to our sale 2 weeks ago the calf market was much low-er. Better Quality classes of calves and yearlings sold $8 to $12 lower. Corn continues to explode higher and fat market continues lower. Very good rains in our area.

Packer cows and bulls sold steady on approx. 210 hd. Total.

Packer Cows: higher dressing utility & cutter cows, $80-$90.50; lower dressing utility & cutter cows, $66-$80; light weight canner cows, $55-$66.

Packer Bulls: heavyweight bulls, $101-$107; utility & cutter bulls, $88-$101; lightweight canner bulls, $77-$88.

Stocker and Feeder Calves and Yearlings: Steer & Bull Calves: under 200; $190-$220; 200-300 lbs, $185-$220; 300-400 lbs, $165-$195; 400-500 lbs, $152-$175; 500-600lbs, $124-$152.50; 600-700 lbs, $118-$132; 700-800 lbs, $115-$129. Heifer Calves: under 200 lbs, $180-215; 200-300 lbs, $158-$210; 300-400 lbs, $135-$161; 400-500 lbs, $126-$152; 500-600 lbs, $118-$134; 600-700 lbs, $112-$124; 700-800 lbs, $105-$115.

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

Cuero Livestock Market ReportCuero Livestock Market Report

on July 13, 2012, had 269 head.Had 56 cows and8 bulls. The

cow and bull market was weaker across the board as has been the case all week. Imports are mostly the blame. The calf market was about 10-15 dollars/cwt lower in a very light test. Heavy rains limited the number coming to market so it is not fair to make a real assessment of the market although it has been lower all week due to drought and adverse conditions in the mid-west corn country.

Packer Bulls: Hvy. Wts., $83-$96.50; lower grades, $60-$75.

Packer cows: boning, $65-$79; cutters, $65-$85; canners, $50-$70.

Palpated dry Cows: $90-$100; young, $75-$111.

Pairs: not many available, $920-$1,350.

Steer and bull calves: under 200 lbs, none; 200-250 lbs. $140-$190; 250-300 lbs, $161-$192; 300-350 lbs, $142-$203; 350-400 lbs, $131-$163; 400-450 lbs, $154-$184; 450-500 lbs, $131-$146; 500-600 lbs, $128-$141; 600-700 lbs, $115-$131; 700-800 lbs, $115-$123.

Over 700 lbs. bulls, $80-$118.Heifer Calves: under 200 lbs,

none; 200-250 lbs, none; 250-300 lbs, $179-$187; 300-350 lbs, $164-$182; 350-400 lbs, $152-$168; 400-450 lbs, $146-$156; 450-500 lbs, $142-$174; 500-600 lbs, $140-$159; 600-700 lbs., $120-$147; over 700 lbs, $114-$127.

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The rain was more than welcome last week.

Most of the county got a nice amount and some got more than their share. Some got more than they’d seen at one time in a good long while. Of course with the good always comes some bad and some farms still had maize in the field, but overall it was a welcome sight.

Last week we mailed out a postcard to our members, telling them of the annual election that will be coming up in Au-gust. We’re asking that our members nominate people to serve three-year terms on the board, so if you know anyone, ask them if they’d be inter-ested in helping to guide our chamber for a term of office. We always need people who are interested in making our organiza-tion even better.

We got an interesting write-up in Louisiana Road Trips, which says it celebrates country living and city happenings. Un-der the title “Earthquakes to Lavender,” writer Caro-lyn Files met a friend here in Gonzales on Court-house Square, where they toured the Old Jail Mu-seum and ate barbecue at Gonzales Food Market. They traveled through a good part of Texas and will continue the road trip

in next month’s issue. You can visit them at www.laroadtrips.com.

Don’t forget Pioneer Village’s benefit dinner and show on Friday, July 27 at the Elks Lodge. A barbecued-pork steak dinner will be served at 7 p.m. and Jewel’s Jewels will perform afterwards. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased from any vil-lage board member.

The Texas Youth Ro-deo Association members will be arriving at the J. B. Wells park on Tuesday, July 24 and will have 240 contestants and family members arriving in town to see their kids perform Thursday at 6 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 1 p.m.

South Texas Tours Team Roping will be at the J. B. Wells Park on Thursday, J-Bar Team Roping will be there Friday, Lone Star Youth Rodeo on Saturday and Sunday will be Texas Tours Team Roping.

Deadline set to apply for a GVEC Power Up grant

The deadline to apply for a POWER UP Community Fund grant from the Guadal-upe Valley Electric Coopera-tive (GVEC) is right around the corner. Completed applications and supporting materials must be received by GVEC by 5 p.m. August 15.

Funded through donations from participating GVEC members, POWER UP grants provide funding assistance to nonprofit groups and civic or-ganizations involved in com-munity development and im-provement projects anywhere within the GVEC service area.

For more information about the POWER UP Community Fund, including grant eligibility requirements and a download-able application, visit gvec.org and click the POWER UP icon, or contact Barbara Kuck, GVEC Manager of Internal Communi-cations and Community Out-reach, at 830-857-1116.

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SHINER — The Board of Trustees of the Shiner Independent School Dis-trict met in regular ses-sion Tuesday night at the Administration Building located at 505 Texas Av-enue, Shiner, Texas.

One item of discussion was the use of SISD Ath-letic Facilities by St. Paul

High School for the up-coming school year. The District has contracted with St. Paul annually to allow them to use the football field and track.

Superintendent Trey Lawrence recommended that the District contract with St. Paul for the use of both facilities and the contracts were approved unanimously.

In other action Tues-

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date 94;• approved the SISD

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• set August 22, 2012 as the date for a budget workshop and August 29, 2012 as the date to present the budget to the public.


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Each summer, junior high and high school students from the First United Methodist Church of Gonzales venture out into the surrounding area and lend some elbow grease to help others.

FUMC-Gonzales Youth Minister Joel Griffin said the youth members perform repairs on people’s residences as part of mission trips organized by the United Methodist Action Reach-Out Mission by Youth (UM ARMY). UMARMY’s mis-sion is “to provide Christ-centered qual-ity youth work camps that serve people in need and promote spiritual growth and leadership development in youth.”, accord-ing to the UM ARMY’s web site.

Griffin said the high school students will do repair work, everything from building wheelchair ramps, drywall work, wall re-placement, painting, clearing brush and mowing yards.

However, the youth will not perform repairs on some of the more complicated aspects of houses.

“We will not do any electrical or plumb-ing work,” Griffin said.

FUMC-Gonzales has been doing these mission trips to repair homes for the last seven or eight summers.

“For example, we went to the residence of a woman who lived in two mobile homes that were nine feet apart,” he said. “She had the bathroom and bedroom in one home, and her kitchen and living area in the other room. Our group built a wheelchair ramp between the two and we also added hand-rails.”

For the most part, the youth and their adult chaperones stay in-state to do the

work.“We try to stay fairly local,” Griffin said.

“We have done projects in Shiner, Ganado and Poteet.”

The junior high and high school groups each take separate trips with 15-20 youth and around five adults.

The trips also have recreational activities and church services in the off-hours.

Griffin said usually there is morning worship, lunch devotionals and an evening worship each day.

“The kids also get to go swimming; we hold movie nights and we play games,” he said.

The students also get to hear from the people they are helping.

“We have a ‘client night where the in-dividual or individuals’ residence we are working on are invited to have dinner with us and they say a few word and thank us,” Griffin said.

Wherever they go, the youth and adults stay in the local Methodist Church and also use the facilties at the local high school.

Griffin said meals are provided by the local church to the workers.

The youth members who take part learn a little more than how to use tools or do certain repairs.

“We want them learn how to respond to God’s call for them to serve others,” he said. “We also teach them leadership skills.”

“They do get to learn how to do these minor repair works and use basic tools such as saws and hammers. They social-ize and work together with other youth groups from other Methodist churches.”

Doing work for others helps the youth strengthen their personal faith and per-sonal relationship with God.

“A lot of them step out in faith and they look for ways to help others, including people in the Gonzales community” Grif-fin said. “

The junior high youth usually join forces with other area Methodist Church youth groups to repair churches or do other mi-nor work.

For this summer, the high school group went to Poteet June 10-16 and the junior high went to Cathedral Oaks, which is in the Schulenburg area, to a Methodist

Church camp last week.They made minor repairs to local

churches in Schulenburg, Hallettsville and Columbus.

While FUMC-Gonzales does help raise some of the funds through selling stocks to church members and the Come & Take It spaghetti supper, most of the kids pay for the trip with their own money.

The adult chaperones also make a sacri-fice as they have to take a week off from work to go on the trips.

A youth ‘army’Members of the First United Methodist Church-Gonzales “AM Army” recently aided in home repairs to several homes in Shiner, Ganado and Poteet. (Courtesy photos)

By MARK [email protected]

Gonzales Elks Lodge #2413 will host a benefit dinner and show for the Pio-neer Village living history museum July 27 at the Elks Lodge, 1222 Sarah DeWitt Dr.

Doors open at 6 p.m. and serving be-gins at 7. The meal will include a bar-becue pork steak dinner, with featured

entertainment by Jewel’s Jewels.Tickets are $12 and available at the

Gonzales Chamber of Commerce and Halamicek’s Auto, or by calling 830-857-1569 or 830-437-2683.

Proceeds will be used to help com-plete all ADA-compatible projects at the Village.

Elks to host benefit forPioneer Village July 27

Shiner trustees agree to new lease with St. PaulBy JAMES DREYER

Cannon CorrespondentGospel explosionThe Little Hill Baptist Church will hold its 10th Sylvester Thompson Gospel Explosion

starting at noon July 28 at the Luling Watermelon Thump Pavilion. The event is oipen to the public free of charge. Guests include the Wonderful Harmonizers of Huntsville; Kings of Harmony Plus One, Christian Brotherz, and Humble Praise of San Antonio; Gospel Gen-erations of Brenham; New Beginning and Resurrection of Gonzales, and many more.

Benefit Hog BayA Benefit Hog Bay will be held on Saturday, July 21 at Garcia’s Camp, located at 3343

CR 108 in Gonzales.The benefit is to help Susan Hale raise money for her mounting hospital bills. Each day

she has been on life support has run at least $3,300.Sign up starts at 5 pm. There are going to be BBQ plates, an Auction, and games avail-

able. The public is encouraged to come out and have some good food and fun so we can bless this family.

If anyone wants to donate items for the Auction, call Sandy at 830-832-6788 or mail donations to: 15897 N State Hwy 80, Leesville, TX 78122 Cash donations are welcome as well.

Hospital auxiliaryThe Auxiliary of Memorial Hospital will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, July 31 at

2 p.m. in the hospital dining room.There will be drawings for door prizes and persons interested in joining the Auxiliary

are welcome to attend.

The Eagle Ford Shale drilling rig count hit 280 rigs over the past week. This marks the first week activity has reached 280 rigs since mid-May.

The play was in the news several times this week as UTSA released an Eagle Ford Housing Study that outlined the needs for creative solutions in South Texas. Flexible de-sign that allows for mul-tiple uses and affordable options are important for the growing population.

The number of rigs directed at natural gas remained steady at 71. Karnes and Webb coun-ties are currently the only counties with over 10 rigs targeting natural gas. Henry Hub futures were trading at $2.88 on Fri-day afternoon. Coal to gas switching is less favorable in summer months, but June and July have bucked the trend and natural gas demand has stayed sea-sonally high. Higher con-sumption will likely save the natural gas market from a train wreck as we head toward peak stor-

age levels. Every day that passes at current levels of consumptions lowers price risks for operators.

The number of hori-zontal rigs running in the region is still 263. One water well is being drilled in McMullen County. Karnes County holds its position as the leader of development with 42 rigs and La Salle is down to 36 rigs this week. McMullen (31), Dimmit (28), Webb (26), Gonzales (20), De-Witt (20), Atascosa (13), and Live Oak (12) make up the top Eagle Ford counties.


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[email protected] County Courthouse DeedsJuly 1-31Stang, Paul and Stang, Alyssa L. to Stokes, Joan E.,

w/d, Lt. 3 & Pt. Lt. 11, Sedona Sands Subdvn, Patrick Lynch Svy, A-313.

Gonzales Rental Properties, LLC to Grifaldo, Leti-cia and Grifaldo, Gilberto, w/d, 0.349 of an Acre (Pt. Lt. 3, Blk. 7) Stierens Addn, Gonzales.

Hanson, Mike to Gonzales Rental Properties, LLC, w/d, Pt. Lt. 4, blk. 7, Stieren’s Addn, Gonzales.

Miller, Lamarr (Conservator) and Minor, Earl Ray-mond (Estate) to AOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 249.05 Acres, Wilson Simpson A-426 & Joseph Dillard A-177 Svys.

Avery, Donna Faye to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart, Svy, A-36.

O’Neal, Frederick to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart, Svy, A-36.

Grier, Harriet O’Neal to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart, Svy, A-36.

Patterson, Ora Lee O’Neal to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart, Svy, A-36.

Bauer, Bennie L. and Bauer, Mary Louise to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 151.532 Acres, Joseph Dillard Svy, A-177.

Scruggs, Caroline Elizabeth and Hall, Vera to En-ergy Horizons, o/l, 82.00 Acres, John McCoy A-45, jesse McCoy A-44 & James Hughes A-29 Svys.

Scrubbs, Caroline Elizabeth and Hall, Vera to En-ergy Horizons, o/l, 83.574 Acres, Lavaca County Shcl Land Svy, A-321.

Scrubbs, Caroline Elizabeth and Hall, Vera to En-ergy Horizons, o/l, 73.50 Acres, Joseph McCoy Svy, A-46.

Adamek, Gilbert G., Adamek, Agnes and Debord, Nanette (Atty-In-Fact) to Gilbert & Agnes Adamek Ltd, and Adamek Ltd., Gilbert & Agnes, w/d, 403.80 Acres, James Hughes, Joseph D. Clements, Wm. A Miskell & Ben P Kizer Svys, Gonzales & DeWitt Coun-ties.

Roeber, Philip Ray and Roeber, Charlene to Lucas Energy, Inc, o/l, 88.26 Acres, J M Salinas Svy, A-59.

Simmons, Charles to Elkins, Kimberley, w/d, 4.13 Acres, E W Cullen Svy, A-148.

Muhle, Cheryl L. to Barrera, Demetrio E. and Gar-cia, Maria R., w/d, 17.334 Acres, Charles Schaller Svy, A-431.

Cuvelier Jr., Paul Edward, Cuvelier, Viola, Cuvelier, Donald and Cuvelier, Bertha to Baker, Bruce and Baker, Elaine, w/d, 3.033 Acres, Jose Maria Salinas Svy, A-59.

Johnson, Ellen, Gipson, Judy Ann and Burkey, Janet Sue to Tiger Tote Food Stores, Inc., w/d, Lts. 10-12, Blk. 51, Caldwell County.

Bivins, Mona DuBose to DuBose, Yvonne, w/d, Undiv. Int. in Lt. 26, Park Place Subdvn, jGonzales.

Dubose, Yvonne to Koerner, Kathleen, w/d, Lt. 26, Park Place Subdvn, Gonzales.

Kirkpatrick, Karen L. and Hervey Jr., Stewart to Ford Jr, Don Henry and Ford, Leah Dawson, w/d, Undiv. Int. In 0.4113 of an Acre, Winslow Turner Jr. Svy, A-77.

Shelton, Joshua David and Shelton, Heather D. to East I-10 Lodging Group, w/d, 1.444 Acres (Pt. Lt. 4, Rg. 1) Orig. Outer Town Gonzales.

Sheppard, Linda Luke to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

Luke Sr, Ray James to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

Luke Jr, Nathaniel to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

Boone, Calvin Bernard, Hampton to EOG Re-sources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

Hampton, Christopher Talbert to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

Salone, Cheryl Hampton to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

Hampton, Anthony to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

Carter, Lurine Scruggs to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

Hampton, Lisa Denise to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

Scruggs, Jessie B. to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

Boone, Alvin Vernard Hampton to EOG Resourc-es, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

Hampton, Michael to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

Walker, Maureen Y. Hampton to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

Hampton, Dennis Elliot to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

Clark, Edna Hampton to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

Moton, Alonia Hampton to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

Arkadie, Ruby Hampton to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

Green, Charles to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 50.00 Acres, Joseph Dillard Svy, A-177.

Nickerson, Leon D. to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

Hammitt, Michelle D. to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

Nickerson, Herbert to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

Heslip, Katherine to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 165.05 Acres, Wilson Simpson Svy, A-426.

Heslip, Katherine to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 50.00 Acres, Joseph Dillard Svy, A-177.

Williams Jr., Fred to Williams, Judy Parker, w/d, Lt. 3, Blk. E, South Rivercrest Addn, Sec. 1 Gonzales.

Burchard, William F. and Burchard, Robert K. to Tilson Home Corporation,w/d, 15.00 Acres (Pt. Lts. 11-12, RG 8 & Pt. Lts 10-11, RG 9) Outer Town Gon-zales.

Tilson Home Corporation to Van Kleef, Mark and Kleef, Mark Van, w/d, 2.68 Acres (Pt. lts. 11-12, RG 8) Outer Town Gonzales.

Ryan, Nolan and Ryan, Ruth to Riedesel, Charles W. and Riedesel, Bonnie G, w/d, 723.98 Acres, John Oliver A-52 & Isom J Good A-225 Svys.

Prosperity Bank to Espinosa, Johnny and Espi-nosa, Pauline, w/d, 0.477 of an Acre (Pt. lt. 5, Rg 7) Orig. Outer Town Gonzales.

Assumed NamesEhrig, David and Ehrig, Jr, Ernest F – Double E RV

Park, Gonzales.Friedman, E.G. – K-Bar Ranch, Gonzales.Oazilban, Bisharat A and Jan, Ahmed – Gonzales

Quick Stop, Gonzales.Alexander, L. Ann – Norma’s House, Gonzales.Garcia, Courtney – Angel’s Bail Bonds, Cuero.Martinez, Uziel – Atlas Aire & Refrigeration,

Luling.Marriage LicenseArellano, Ryan Dale and Garcia, Janica Louise.Marroquin, Maria Alberto and Ramirez, Pauline.Lookabill, Jeffrey Raymond and Lopez, Sarah Lee.Closson, Raymond E. and Haines, Kathryn A.


Recent well location reports from the Texas Railroad Com-mission

DeWitt County

API No.: 42-123-32802Classification: Fld. Dev. and

HorizontalOperator: Pioneer Natural

Res. USA Inc.Lease Name: Harlan Metting

01Well No.: 02HField Name: DeWitt (Eagle

Ford Shale)Total Depth: 21,000 feetDirection and Miles: 4.2

miles northwest of YorktownSurvey Name: I RR Co, Sec-

tion 51, A-263Acres: 617.90


HorizontalOperator: Petrohawk Oper-

ating CompanyLease Name: Peebles AWell No.: 3HField Name: DeWitt (Eagle

Ford Shale)Total Depth: 14,000 feetDirection and Miles: 8.25

miles northeast of WesthoffSurvey Name: C. Fulcher,

A-20Acres: 649.05

Gonzales County


Horizontal

Operator: EOG Resources Inc.

Lease Name: Guadalupe UnitWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-1)Total Depth: 12,200 feetDirection and Miles: 1.5

miles southwest of DreyerSurvey Name: J. McCoy,

A-44Acres: 1,002.59


HorizontalOperator: EOG Resources

Inc.Lease Name: Guadalupe UnitWell No.: 2HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle


miles southwest of DreyerSurvey Name: J. McCoy,

A-44Acres: 1,002.59


HorizontalOperator: Marathon Oil EF

LLCLease Name: ManningWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle


miles northwest of ShinerSurvey Name: J. McCoy,

A-46Acres: 346.27

Recent oil and gas comple-

tions according to reports from the Texas Railroad Com-mission

DeWitt County


HorizontalOperator: Geosouthern En-

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

Ford-2)Survey Name: F.S. Breeding,

A-69Direction and Miles: 2.11

miles southeast of WesthoffOil: 483MCF: 1,143Choke Size: 8/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 6,521Total Depth: 18,635 feetPlug Back Depth: 18,571 feetPerforations: 12,995-18,551

feet

Gonzales County



Inc.Lease Name: Verlander UnitWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-

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


miles southeast of CostOil: 773MCF: 445

Choke Size: 32/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 385Total Depth: 15,380 feetPlug Back Depth: 15,294 feetPerforations: 9,944-15,289

feet






miles southeast of CostOil: 620MCF: 316Choke Size: 32/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 392Total Depth: 14,845 feetPlug Back Depth: 14,754 feetPerforations: 10,025-14,759

feet






miles southeast of CostOil: 1,656MCF: 816Choke Size: 32/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 689Total Depth: 14,855 feetPlug Back Depth: 14,769 feetPerforations: 9,975-14,754

feet



Inc.Lease Name: Annie UnitWell No.: 14HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-

gle Ford-1)Survey Name: D. Gray,


miles northeast of Glaze CityOil: 899MCF: 798Choke Size: 29/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 745Total Depth: 15,720 feetPlug Back Depth: 15,632 feetPerforations: 12,104-15,627

feet



Inc.

Lease Name: Boothe UnitWell No.: 10HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-

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


miles north of CheapsideOil: 1,959MCF: 2,652Choke Size: 32/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 1,457Total Depth: 19,390 feetPlug Back Depth: 17,308 feetPerforations: 11,928-17,301

feet



Inc.Lease Name: Boothe UnitWell No.: 9HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-

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


miles north of CheapsideOil: 1,674MCF: 2,126Choke Size: 30/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 1,526Total Depth: 15,760 feetPlug Back Depth: 15,677 feetPerforations: 11,975-15,670

feet

Eagle Ford regional rig count approaching 300

Deborah “Debbie” Ginter, 1956-2012

GINTERDeborah “Debbie” Sue

Ledger Ginter of Gonzales went to walk among the angels with Jesus on Thurs-day, July 12.

She was very passionate about her relationship with God. She deeply loved her children, husband, fam-ily and friends. She will be forever irreplaceable in our hearts and our lives. Heav-en gained another amazing angel.

She was born March 18, 1956 in Temple, the daugh-ter of Johnny and Allene Miller Ledger. She was a graduate of Temple High School and married Ken-neth Ginter in Waco on July 22, 1975. They moved to Gonzales in 1981.

Debbie was a homemak-er and worked as a sitter for the elderly. She worked with the family poultry business for several years. She loved gardening, oil painting and any outdoor activity. She was especially fond of birds and built birdhouses and feeders for her favorite hummingbirds and purple martins.

She is survived by her husband of 37 years, Ken-neth Ginter of Gonzales; daughters, Krissy Ca-marillo and husband A.J. of Gonzales, Candice Valle and husband Dustin of Gonzales; grandchildren, Kelsey, Karlee, Isaiah and Noah Camarillo and Alai-na, Braxton and Emeri Val-le, all of Gonzales; sisters, Nancy Cross and husband Jerry of Robinson, Melo-dy Johnson and husband Warren of Robinson, Pam Catron and husband Ed-die of Bayfield, Colorado and Karen Jeffers of New Braunfels; and step-broth-er, Rick Voth and partner Sarah of Iowa. She was pre-ceded in death by her par-ents.

Visitation was held on Monday, July 16 at Seydler-Hill Funeral Home. Funer-al services were Tuesday, July 17 at the funeral home with Pastor Wes Barfield officiating. Burial followed at the St. James Catholic Cemetery.

Pallbearers included Rick Voth, Bryan Cross, Justin Cross, D.J. Jeffers, Eddie Halamicek and Mario Guerrero. Honor-

ary pallbearers were Dave Smith, Jerry Cross, War-ren Johnson, Eddie Catron, A.J. Camarillo and Dustin Valle.

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

Kimberly Malatek Rosas, 1983-2012

ROSASKimberly Malatek Ro-

sas, 28 of Flatonia, passed away Tuesday, July 10. She was born October 30, 1983 to Cynthia Crumley and Darryl Wiley.

She leaves behind her husband, Jimmy Rosas; children, Austin John Malatek, Makayla Garza, Jimmy “Pipsqueak” Ro-sas Jr.; step-daughter, Elizabeth “Lizzy” Rosas; parents, Cynthia “Cindy” Crumley of Loranger, Louisiana and Darryl Wiley and wife Stephanie of New Braunfels; sisters, Amber Crumley of Loui-siana, Rebecca Crum-ley of Corpus Christi, Brooke and Ashley Wiley of New Braunfels; grand-parents, Ruth Grantham of Bell and Mary Bass of Seguin; aunt, Teri Malatek of Gonzales; and uncle, Bubba Malatek and wife Gloria of Gonzales. Kim-berly had a special bond with her uncles, especially Darrel who passed away recently.

She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends. She enjoyed at-tending car shows, going out to eat and watching movies. Kimberly was there to help people when needed. She was studying to be in the medical field. Kimberly will be truly missed by her family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her grandpar-ents, Sarah “Memaw” Herber Malatek and Ed-ward Lee Malatek; grand-father, Dale Wiley; step-father, Kenneth Wayne Crumley; and uncle, Dar-rel Lee Malatek.

Graveside services were held 11 a.m. Monday at St. James Cemetery with Reverend Clint Lowery officiating. Arrange-ments under the care and direction of Seydler-Hill Funeral Home 906 St. Paul, Gonzales, TX 830-672-3232.

Frank Elliott DuBose,1946-2012

DUBOSEFrank Elliot DuBose

passed away on July 13, 2012, at Christopher House, Austin, Texas.

Frank was born in Gon-zales, Texas, on September 3, 1946, the son of Lela Mae Ryan DuBose and John William (Bill) DuBose. He attended Gonzales schools and graduated from Gon-zales High School in 1964, with distinction as a Na-tional Merit Scholar.

Frank entered the Uni-versity of Texas at Austin on a scholarship and grad-uated in 1969 with a Bache-lor of Business Administra-tion degree. He served in the U.S. Air Force at Berg-strom AFB in Austin and in Taiwan, attaining the rank of Staff Sergeant. Frank returned to UT Austin and completed his certification as a registered Certified Public Accountant.

Frank’s love for the Uni-versity of Texas at Austin led to his work as an au-ditor for the University of Texas Systems, then as a Trust Officer with the Tex-as Permanent University Fund. He retired in 2008 as a Program Director with the Texas Higher Educa-tion Coordinating Board. He was a member of the American Institute of Cer-tified Public Accountants and the Texas Society of Certified Public Accoun-tants. In retirement, he enjoyed being a part of the Quest Lifetime Learning program at UT and “coach-ing” in computer classes sponsored by SeniorNet Austin.

Frank is survived by his brother, Larry W. DuBose, and wife Jane of Houston, Texas; sister, Marie DuBose Ashley and husband C.J. of Austin; nieces Cheryl Ash-ley Scullin and husband Pat of Austin; Cynthia Ash-ley of Austin; Kimberley DuBose James and hus-band Darren of Missouri City; nephews Dr. Joseph J. DuBose of Baltimore, Maryland, Chuck Ashley of Austin, Brandon Merritt and wife Kristen of Natick, Massachusetts, and J.D. Merritt and wife Jessica of Sugar Land. Great nieces and nephews are Gracie DuBose, Laura and Ryan Scullin, Sosie and Rhys Merritt, and Finn Merritt.

A memorial service cel-

ebrating Frank’s life will be held at Peel & Sons Funeral Home at 2:00 p.m. on Sun-day, July 22, 2012.

In lieu of flowers. dona-tions may be made to Aus-tin Hospice Christopher House or The American Cancer Society.

SMITHVirginia Smith Petri

passed away in Jourdanton, Texas at the age of 89.

Mrs. Petri was a longtime resident of Devine, and more recently, Jourdanton. Mrs. Petri was born in Guthrie, Oklahoma on Oct. 17, 1922 to A. J. and Esther Workman. She attended school in Guth-rie, graduating high school in 1940, and she continued her schooling at the Univer-sity of Oklahoma, where she graduated in 1944 with a de-gree in education. She later followed that with a Master’s Degree from Our Lady of the Lake University in 1968. After college, she met her first husband, Dewey Smith. They were married in 1945. She was a 60 year member of the First United Method-ist Church, where she served as choir director for much of that time, and she was also very active with East-ern Star. Virginia received her teaching certificate and taught high school chemistry and science in Devine for 25 years. She was an advocate for higher education, and in-spired many to go to college and become scientists, bi-ologists, engineers, and busi-ness people. Upon retiring from public school, she par-ticipated in an assortment of volunteer work, including church functions and chari-table activities. She was one of the founders of the hos-pice thrift store in Devine, and volunteered her services there for 15 years. She will be dearly missed, but always remembered by her family and friends as an unselfish and giving person who truly cared about her fellow hu-man beings on this earth.

Virginia is survived by her children, D. Mike Smith and wife Mary of Pleasanton, Da-vid A. Smith and wife Ann of Pleasanton, Rick Smith and wife Ruthie of Devine, Paul Smith and wife Karen of Gonzales, and Margaret Wil-son and husband James of Lytle. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Melissa Scott and husband George, Brandon Smith and wife Marie, Jody Smith, Crystal Wilson and husband Nick, Sunny Lozano and husband Dave, Rick G. Smith, Erin Writer and husband Brian, Audrye Smith, Nathan Smith, Ashlee Wilson, Dew-ey Smith, Barrett Smith, and 11 great-grandchildren.

Virginia was preceded in death by her parents, and her husbands, Dewey Smith and Bob Petri.

Visitation for Virginia was held on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 from 3-8pm at the Hurley Funeral Home in Devine, Texas. The fam-ily received friends from 6-7pm. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, July 18, at the First United Methodist Church in Devine at 10:00 am. Burial followed at the Evergreen Cemetery in Devine, Texas.

In lieu of flowers, the fam-ily has requested donations be made to the First United Methodist Church of Devine or Pleasanton.

Services Provided By: Hurley Funeral Home, 303 College Ave., Devine, TX 78016, www.hurleyfuneral-home.com

Doris Leathel Smith Ashe, 1921-2012

ASHEDoris Leathel Smith

Ashe, 90, was called to heaven Monday, July 16, 2012. Lea was born in Ana-huac, TX on December 27, 1921, just minutes before her twin sister, Dorothy Eathel. Lea was preceded in death by her parents, Altha Mercedes Sales and Obie Oliver Smith; brother, Wes-ley Smith; and twin sister, Eathel Page.

Lea married her high school sweetheart, Loyde Victor Ashe, Sr. on Octo-ber 4, 1941. They enjoyed 57 years of marriage before Vic passed away. After army life, Lea and Vic settled in Houston to raise their fam-

ily. They settled in Humble after his retirement from Shell Oil Co. and then Bay-town after the birth of their youngest grandson.

Lea leaves behind her son, Loyde Victor Ashe, Jr. of Gonzales and daughter, Nicole Reasoner and her husband, Bob of Baytown. Lea’s grandchildren are Loyde Victor “Bo” Ashe, III and his wife, Rachel, Michelle and Jason Oliver, Rachelle and Chris Pearson, and Nickolus Ray Reasoner and his wife, Laura. Great grandchildren are Ava Judy and Bo Westen Ashe, Kay-lee and Kristen Pearson, Sydney Oliver, and Erik Al-exander Reasoner.

Lea loved her family and friends she was always mak-ing. She appreciated and loved Nurse Larry (East Wing) and Nurse Gami and PCA Donnie (West Wing) at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital and her caregiv-ers at St. James House of Baytown where she passed away.

A visitation will be held Friday, July 20, 2012 at Na-varre Funeral Home from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Services will be Saturday, July 21, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at Navarre Funeral Home with her son officiating. Burial will follow in the Anahuac Cemetery.

In lieu of usual remem-brances, contributions may be made to the Com-munity Health Center of South Central Texas, 528 St. George, Gonzales, TX 78629, in care of Penny Christian at [email protected]

To view the online obitu-ary or to post a tribute for the family, go to www.na-varrefuneralhome.com

Arrangements are under the direction and personal care of Navarre Funeral Home & Cremation Servic-es, 2444 Rollingbrook Dr., Baytown, TX, 77521 (281) 422-8111.


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Gonzales Summer ReadersThe Summer Reading Program came to a close Monday evening at the Gonzales Public Library. Participants ages 3 through 6th grade who completed the program came out to get a certificate with their name on it and a bag of goodies to celebrate their accomplishment. Afterwards children and parents were welcomed to a bag of chips and a cold cup of lemonade. The Gonzales Public Library would like to thank all the local businesses who donate to the Summer Reading Program every year and help make our program a huge success: Sonic Drive-in, McDonald’s, Pizza Hut, Dairy Queen and Tropical Island Snow Shack. (Courtesy photos)

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AUSTIN – A new iden-tity theft scam that is sweep-ing the country claims that Americans can get federal financial assistance to help cover the cost of their utility bills.

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NEW BRAUNFELS – A brilliant run came to an end for Shiner on Mon-day when they lost to Bee-ville in the Major Softball Sectional Championship game in New Braunfels.

Beeville ended up on top 8-4 to win the tournament and advance to state.

For Shiner, Brooke Klo-esel pitched three innings with five hits, seven runs, three stirkeouts and three

walks. Lauren Haas threw the last three innings and allowed one run on five hits, two strikeouts and one walk.

At the plate, Bethany Nevlud was 1-for-3 with a triple and two RBI; Kelsie Vega batted 1-for-2 with a RBI and two runs; Claire Patek hit 1-for-2 with an RBI and Mackinly Pilat was 1-for-4 with one run scored.

Shiner advanced to the championship game by beating Industrial, 6-1,

on Sunday. Nevlud went the distance inside the circle with four hits, seven strikeouts and one walk.

At the plate, Vega and Anitra Miller got base hits with Vega getting a double. Kailey Williams, Taylor Wenske, Patek, and Vega all had one RBI each.

Shiner took its first loss in the tournament when they were beaten by Bee-ville, 12-2 on Friday.

Nevlud started on the mound and allowed three hits, six walks with three

strikeouts. Kloesel pitched the third and fourth in-nings and gave up one hit with one strikeout and two walks.

Delynn Pesek pitched the fifth inning, yielding four hits with one strikeout and one walk. Patek was 1-for-3 with the only hit for Shiner, an RBI double.

Shiner bounced back on Saturday with a 19-4 win over El Campo.

Kloesel started at pitch-

To quote Hank Williams, Jr.: “Are you ready for some football?”

To which I re-spond, “Hell, yeah!”

It’s already mid-July and it is almost time for the No. 1 sport in the state of Texas and in the United States of America.

Training camps for the National Football League kick off later this month, high schools will start their two-a-day/summer pre-season workouts in early August and that will be fol-lowed by colleges of all sizes opening their falls camps as well.

It has been WAY too long for most football fans, no doubt, since the Super Bowl ended earlier in the year. And yes, we have had the NFL draft and Arena Football League. But hardly anything can compare to Friday Night Lights (espe-cially if you live in Texas , California, Florida or any-where in the deep South) and action on Saturday and Sundays during the fall and winter months.

So, I am ready for the influx of local action with Crossroads Youth Foot-ball League (CYFL), junior high, high school freshman and on up through the var-sity on Friday (or Thursday) nights and mix in some Sat-urdays as well.

The Dallas Cowboy faith-ful are getting geared up to get behind their team with the stars on the helmet as well as their brethren, the Houston Texans, (which my boss, Dave Mundy, fol-lows religiously) and will have his eyes glued to his T.V. set for the Texans’ pre-season games – assuming of course, the local stations broadcast them instead of all of the teams he would consider “Yankee”.

We’ve all missed the tack-ling, blocking, play-action passing, between-the-tack-les running, the option, ref-erees missing holding calls and coaches making poor decisions to punt the ball on fourth down when they need to be going for first down.

I am looking forward to seeing what the dozen or so high school gridiron teams in my coverage area and I want to extend a welcome to the Class 4A Lockhart Lions, the first 4A school district in our coverage realm and the Class 1A Prairie Lea Indians, who field six-man football – which I am told slightly re-sembles the AFL, especially the score lines, minus play-ing indoors in arenas. This will be a new experience for me as I have not covered six-man football before. So I can only hope Prairie Lea Indian faithful can have some patience with me.

Predictions for the area high school football teams are pretty sweet.

The Gonzales Apaches

are picked by Dave Camp-bell’s Texas Football to fin-ish first in District 26-3A. Head coach Ricky Lock enters his fourth year over-all at the helm and has 16 lettermen and 11 return-ing starters from a team that went 10-0 and won a district title in the regu-lar season before falling to the eventual 3A Division II champions Wimberley in the area round. I look for an extremely-dedicated and hard-working team, mentored by equally hard-working coaching staff, to deliver another great sea-son for their fans and them-selves.

The Yoakum Bulldogs won six of 10 games last year, but finished district 3-3 and barely missed the playoffs. Coach Brent Ko-rnegay has 18 lettermen and 17 starters back so I ex-pect Yoakum to be compet-itive and scrap for a place in the post-season.

The Cuero Gobblers had a pretty “unusual” season — they went 3-7 with all three wins coming in dis-trict and missed the play-offs for the first time in a decade. Travis Reeve, who had coached at Cuero be-fore, has taken over the pro-gram which welcomes back 17 lettermen and 10 start-ers. I think the Gobblers will soon be flying high.

All three schools will have a new district this year, mixing it up with Smithville, Giddings and La Grange.

In District 14-2A Divi-sion I, Hallettsville is picked second in its district. Last year, the Brahmas were not predicted to make the play-offs. They proved people wrong by going 7-6, 4-2 in district and advancing all the way to the regional fi-nal. Hallettsville and head coach Tommy Psencik get back 20 lettermen and 14 starters.

Lulling has taken resi-dence in District 15-2A and first-year head coach Colby Hensley gets 29 lettermen and 18 starters back. He also will get 22 seniors back.

DCTF predicts a third-place finish and the playoffs for the Eagles. I am inclined to agree.

The Nixon-Smiley Mus-tangs came within one win of making the playoffs as they had a shot going into the final game of the season, but just did not quite get there. Back are 17 lettermen and 14 starters. Head coach Carlton McKinney will lead the Mustangs to some im-provement and hopefully, a spot in the playoffs.

The Shiner Comanches are picked to win District

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LUBE, Page B3

Shiner Major Girls fall just short of state tournament

Shiner’s Bethany Nevlud fanned a dozen batters in the clinching game of the District 31 Major Softball Champonship. The team lost twice to Beeville in the Sectional Tournament to fall just shy of a state tour-nament berth. (Photo by Mark Lube)

The G-Town Striders summer track team does not have to travel very far this year for the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Ju-nior Olympic Games.

For the first time in sev-eral years, the annual meet will be held in the Houston area from July 25-Aug. 4. The track and field portion is set for July 29-Aug. 4 at Humble’s Turner Stadium.

“Having the meet in Houston this year is a true blessing,” said Strid-ers coach Quincy Johnson. “A lot of family members that might not otherwise get to cheer for these kids have a golden opportunity to be in the stands. For the Striders as a team, it will help us save a lot of money. Most athletes will drive up the night before their event and drive back home after they have competed.”

“Normally, we have to book hotel rooms and feed these athletes for the en-tire week of competition when we are out of Texas. We don’t have to contend with that as much being in Houston. Several athletes

will be staying with fam-ily in Houston. We only have two athletes, this year, competing on multiple days.”

The Striders have nine athletes set to compete in various track and field events. Johnson feels good about having that many kids be able to showcase their hard work and abil-ity, which helps them get future opportunities.

“I am very pleased with the youth who have quali-fied for the national meet,” he said. “When you look around our area there are a lot of teams competing just like ours. Kids from Shin-er, Yoakum, Cuero, Luling, Seguin and Goliad.”

“To me about 80 percent of this is exposure. Get-ting these youth out into a national spotlight. At some point in their lives these young people will be competing at the game of life and I believe they will be able to call on some as-pects of these types of ex-periences for inspiration.Some athletes will meet old friends and some will make new friends.”

Johnson added that the future implications could

include educational ben-efits.

“There will be col-lege coaches from a lot of different schools at this event,” he said. “This an opportunity for some of the older kids to get no-ticed for scholarship con-sideration.”

Johnson said the athletes will strive for medals, but should mostly shoot for a personal record.

“All the athletes want to perform at their very best,” he said. “If our kids should medal it would be fantas-tic.”

“However if they have a personal best at this meet without a medal I’ll be just as happy. All of our Gon-zales athletes will have to have personals bests to be in the medal hunt.”

Gonzales athletes took part in a practice meet held at D.W. Rutledge Stadium in Converse on Saturday, but did not go through their usual routines.

“This past Saturday I just wanted to break up the monotony of practice. I told our guys to have fun,” Johnson said. “We let some throwers in running events and runners in throwing

events just for kicks.”“As of Monday we have

eight practice sessions left before the big meet. These kids put a lot of pressure on themselves to compete at a high level for different personal reasons. We just blew off a little steam on Saturday.”

The Junior Olympics will move back outside of Texas for 2013 and the Striders are already prep-ping for the expenses.

“Our goal is to raise some extra money this year because we will be traveling to Detroit next year, so we had better start fund raising early,” he said.

“We will have one more fund raiser this coming Friday, an enchilada plate sale, but if someone would like to donate they can do so by contacting any Strider parent or myself or come by the track and visit our workouts that start at 6 p.m. Monday, Tues-day, Thursday, or Friday and get a look at this elite group of young people you will be supporting.”

Johnson said people wanting to donate need to make the check out to the Gonzales Track Club.

By MARK LUBE

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Junior Golf LessonsJuly 30 & 31Independence Golf Course

8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.Ages 6-14

$15.00 Per person

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Enchilada dinner fundraiser for G-Town StridersBRIEFS

The Tri-County Babe Ruth 18u All-Star Team, which is comprised of area baseball players, will host the 2012 Babe Ruth 18u World Series in Weimar on July 27 through Aug. 4. The team, managed by Tony Neuen-dorff (Columbus) and coached by Russell Goebel (Cuero) and Jack Crandall (Hallettsville), will play its first four pool games on Friday, July 27; Saturday, July 28; Sunday, July 29; and Monday, July 30 at 7:30 p.m. each night. Pictured are team members (front row, from left) Blake McCracken (Yoakum), Tanner Fristch (La Grange), Laken Grimes (La Grange), Ethan Price (Bellville), Weston Seay (Hallettsville), Weston Wick (La Grange), John Patek (Yoakum), Colby Mica (Flatonia), Cade Brewer (Sweet Home); (back row) Coach Crandall, Chris Jones (Hallettsville), Dylan Blaha (Weimar), Justin Neiser (La Grange), Logan Vinklarek (La Grange), Trent Janecka (Weimar), Carson Schindler (Hallettsville), Reagan McAda (Hallettsville), Coach Rus-sell Goebel (in back), Ryan Rerich (Weimar), Manager Tony Neuendorff (in back) and Alex Delgado (Wei-mar). (Courtesy photo)

The first place team at the Wednesday Night Scram-ble held July 11 at Independence Park Golf Course in Gonzales consisted of (at top) Jay Windham, Travis McCrae, Chastin McCrae, Jeff Dolezal and Omar Mata. The second place team (above) was Jason Ploetz, Kevin Robinson, Brian Mitchell and Randy Robinson (Courtesy photos)

Wednesday ScrambleWinners

The G-Town Striders will be holding an Enchilada Plate Sale on Friday, July 20 from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. in the Mt. Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church cafeteria.

Plates will be $7 each and will consist of enchi-lada casserole, spanish rice, beans and dessert.

All proceeds from the fundraiser will benefit the 2012 Striders who will be attending the AAU Junior Olympics in Humble from July 28 - Aug. 4.

Apache Football CampThe Gonzales Apache

Football non-varsity camp will be held July 24-26, from 9-11:30 a.m., at the high school practice field for students who are in-coming grades 1-9.

The camp will be run by the Gonzales varsity and junior high coaches.

Campers should dress in a comfortable T-shirt, shoes, socks and cleated shoes (if you have them).

The campers will be in-structed daily in running, blocking, tackling, strength building, agility, quickness and special-teams play. There will also be punt, pass and kick competition, 40-yard dash, team com-petition and annual Water-melon bowl. Every camper will receive a T-shirt.

The cost is $30 per camper and checks need to be payable to GHS Let-terman’s Club. Applica-

tions need to be mailed to Gonzales Apache Football Camp, 1801 Sarah DeWitt, Gonzales, TX 78629

For more information, contact Gonzales football coach Ricky Lock at 830-672-6641

Lady Apache Volleyball Camp

The Gonzales Lady Apaches Volleyball non-varsity camp will be held July 24-26, from 9-11 a.m., at the Gonzales High School Special Events Cen-ter. The camp will be for players incoming grades 4-9.

Cost is $30 per camper, and includes camp T-shirt and instruction. Campers will need to wear T-shirt, gym shorts and gym shoes. Campers will be taught basic skills (hitting, serv-ing, receiving, setting and rules).

For more information, contact Anita Dement at 830-672-6641.

Mini Mustang Cheer-leading Camp

The Nixon-Smiley High School Mini Mustang Cheer Camp will be held July 25-28 from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the NSHS Practice Gym.

The camp will be for cheerleaders age Kinder-garten through sixth grade.

The fee is $30, which in-cludes a camp T-shirt. The Performance for Parents will be July 28 at 10 a.m. Campers will also perform during the first home foot-ball game of the season.

The campers will learn cheers, sidelines, ba-sic stunts, and a dance throughout the week. Campers should wear t-shirts, shorts, socks and gym shoes. Bring a water bottle or sport drink.

Parents can register on the first day of mini camp starting at 9 or bring the registration forms to the high school office during the summer.

Gonzales Football Sea-son Tickets

Starting July 30, varsity football season ticket hold-ers from 2011 will be able to pick up the tickets they had last year.

They will have until 4 p.m. on Aug. 17 to get their tickets. All tickets not picked up will be sold to the public, starting on Aug. 20.

The price of varsity foot-ball tickets have changed to $5 per single game or $25 for the season. Tickets at the gate will be $6.

Tickets can be picked up at the Apache Field House at the high school by the track. They are available from 8 a.m. to noon and from 1-4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

If you do not wish to purchase your tickets, call Athletic Secretary Anita DeMent at 830-672-6641.

If the field house has not been notified by 4 p.m. Aug. 17, it will be under-stood that you do not want your tickets. If you cannot get to the field house to pick up your tickets, please call to make arrangements to get them at a later date.

If you are not a season ticket holder but would like to purchase tickets, they will be available to pur-chase on Aug. 20. You will have to purchase all five tickets for the home games to the get the price break.

No season tickets can be sold after tickets go on sale at 8 a.m. Aug. 28 for the first home game on Aug. 31.

For more information, contact Dement at 830-672-6641.

Gonzales Youth League soccer signups

The Gonzales Youth League is currently hold-ing signups for the 2012 fall season.

The league is for players ages 4-15.

Registration forms are available online at www.gonzalesyouthsoccer.com. Registration deadline is Aug. 25; practices start Sept. 4 and the first game will be Sept. 22.

For more information, call 830-433-5555.

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15-1A Division I after mak-ing it to the regional finals last year. Shiner gets 13 let-termen and nine starters.

I think Shiner and long-time coach Steven Cerny can potentially go deep in the playoffs, and farther than they went last year. They still have to take on Ganado, but not rival Flato-nia due to a district shuffle.

Speaking of the Bulldogs, they had a semi-injury rid-dled season, but return 16 lettermen and 15 starters. If Flatonia can lucky enough to avoid the effects of the injury bug, they will likely improve their record from last year.

Flatonia is picked third in District 13-1A where

they will contend with Thorndale, Weimar, Thrall and Holland.

The Shiner St. Paul Car-dinals are once again under the direction of Jake Wa-chsmuth, who guided the St. Paul to an undefeated and the TAPPS Division IV title in 2010.

The Cardinals return 18 starters and 15 lettermen from the state runner-up team — and some of those players also starred on the 2010 team. I would not be surprised to see St. Paul make another deep run and possibly play in their third consecutive state title game.

Sacred Heart will have a challenge to make it back to the state championship as it lost a good number of se-

niors, but still has very suc-cessful and longtime head coach Pat Henke.

The Indians return 13 lettermen, but just four starters from their 14-1 TAPPS Division IV state championship team. There may not be a state title in sight this year, but anything can happen. At the least, expect a hard-working and competitive squad.

The Class 4A Lockhart Lions were 2-8 and 0-6 in 2011, the first under head coach Paul Kilby. Things should be looking up this year for the Lions after one year under Kilby’s system. The district includes Ker-rville Tivy, Buda Hays, Ala-mo Heights, Boerne Cham-pion, Kyle Lehman, Seguin and Schertz Clemens. Ex-

pect some improvement with 17 lettermen and nine starters returning.

The Prairie Lea Indians moved down to Division II of six-man football after a 2-7/0-3 season last time out. Prairie Lea was picked second in its district of four teams (Cherokee, Prairie Lea, Oglesby and Star). Head coach Jarratt Shipp has 10 lettermen and seven starters back. The Indians should make some head-way this coming season.

Local high school fans are already gearing up for their school’s volleyball and cross country teams. The excitement will continue on the court and on the cross-country courses.

Enjoy the rest of your hot summer. I’m out.

The CannonThursday, July 19, 2012 Page B3

LUBE: High hopes again for Shiner and St. Paul, Flatonia looks for improvement

Continued from page B1

Sacred Heart won the TAPPS Division IV championship last season, but with only four starters returning can they successfully defend the title this year? (File photo)

er, giving up four hits, strik-ing out three and walking two. Nevlud pitched in re-lief in the fifth inning with four hits, one strikeout and one walk.

Shiner found plenty of wealth at the plate. Nevlud was 3-for-3 with three RBI, three runs; Patek was 3-for-5 with five RBI, double and one run; Williams was 1-for-4, four runs and five RBI; Kloesel was 2-for-5, one RBI and one run; and Pilat was 1-for-4 with one RBI and three runs. Vega hit 1-for-3 with four runs; Haas was 1-for-2, RBI; Alex Overton was 1-for-1, RBI, run; Pesek hit 1-for-2, RBI, run; Miller was 1-for-2 with one run; Wenske scored one run and Court-ney Boedeker had one RBI.

The girls qualified for the Sectional Tournament by sweeping home-standing Seguin to claim the District 31 Championship.

In the first game, Shiner won 6-0 as Kloesel pitched a complete game, striking out three and giving up only one hit in six innings. The Shiner defense backed her up well by committing no errors.

Pilat and Vega both went 2-for-3 with Pilat hitting a triple. Nevlud had four RBI including a triple and Williams went 1-for-2 with two RBI.

Shiner won the second game, 6-5. Nevlud threw 12 strikeouts, walked five and allowed five hits.

At the plate, Vega went 2-for-4 and one RBI; Wil-liams went 1-for-2 and a pair of RBI; while Nevlud, Wenske and Haas all went 1-for-2. Nevlud, Pilat and Patek each had one RBI, and Kloesel also went 1-for-1.

Shiner advanced by win-

ning the District 31 East Zone Championship. They opened with a 16-0 win over Lockhart and followed with a 13-0 victory over Cuero. Shiner then defeat-ed host Hallettsville 4-2 to remain in the winner’s bracket. They faced Hal-lettsville in the title game, where Hallettsville won 8-0 to hand Shiner their first loss in the tournament.

The teams played the next day for the champion-ship and Shiner won 9-3.

• The Shiner 9-10-year-old softball international team defeated Cuero, 25-2 in four innings, the evening of July 5 in the first game of

the Championship series of the East Zone District 31 Tournament.

Mallory Kalina got a leadoff walk for Shiner to open the game. She was lat-er tagged out between first and second by Cuero sec-ond baseman Clayne Pullin on the fielder’s choice play on the ball by Cameron Cowan. Kayla McCarthy then singled in Cowan for the first run. McCarthy got home on the hit by Jenna Mackacek. Delaney Rain-osek was walked and Grace Irwin got a two-run single for the 4-0 Shiner lead.

Kaley Yancey got a lead-off hit for Cuero and was

later thrown out at second, allowing Kelly Wendel on via the fielder’s choice, and she later scored on a passed ball. Te’Ra Johnson drew the walk and Arial Diaz brought her home to bring Cuero to within 4-2.

In the top of the second, Shiner used a combination of walks and hits to bring in 21 runs, but it was the defense that really stepped up in the bottom of the in-ning.

First, pitcher Emily Vinic struck out Pullin; Victoria Becker then sent the ball towards third base where Mackacek had a clean field and sent it towards Cowan

at first for two outs. Vinic then struck out the next Cuero batter to retire the side.

Cuero’s defense rose to the challenge in the top of the third as Shiner subs Mallory Pokluda and Jamie Jalfuka each were walked. Cowan struck out and Mc-Carthy popped up to start-ing pitcher Diaz, who was on her second rotation at pitcher for the game. Cuero got the third out when Jal-fuka was thrown out as she tried to return to first base.

Cuero got a total of three base runners in the bottom of the third with a walk and two batters hit, but were

unable to bring anyone home. Shiner got a couple of hits in the fourth but no runs and held Cuero off the scoreboard at their final time at bat.

Cuero bounced back to win 10-3 and take home the District 31 East Zone title.

• The Hallettsville 9-10 baseball team claimed the East Zone title as they downed Cuero, 7-3, on July 6.

• The Gonzales 11-12 Softball team defeated Yoakum, 7-2, on July 5 in Hallettsville and fell to Hal-lettsville July 6 to end the season.

Hail to the ChampionsThe Shiner Major League (11/12) Softball All-Stars are the champions of District 31. Team members are: Bethany Nevlud, Taylor Wen-ske, Courtney Boedeker, Claire Patek, Kelsie Vega, Kailey Williams, Alex Overton, Anitra Miller, Lauren Haas, Delynn Pesek, Brooke Kloesel and Mackinly Pilat. The manager is Doug Nevlud and coaches are David Boedeker and Brian Wenske. (Courtesy photo)

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SHINER: Swept through the competition to claim district title

Gonzales will host its third youth rodeo state fi-nals of the summer as the Texas Youth Rodeo Asso-ciation (TYRA) comes to visit next week for its last performance of the 2011-12 season.

TYRA President Russ Herndon said he expects between 175-200 contes-tants to take part in the an-nual state finals.

Performances will be at 6 p.m. on July 24-26, and at 1 p.m. July 27-28. The final day’s performance will be the short go and the awards ceremony will follow.

The location of the state finals is up for bidding this year, although the TYRA has not started reviewing them yet. Herndon said that Edna and Hallettsville are two towns that have ex-pressed interest in hosting.

He said the TYRA is con-tent with being in Gonzales.

“We are happy at J.B. Wells,” Herndon said. “J.B. Wells and the community of Gonzales has always treated us very well.”

There will also be swim-ming, rodeo dances and scholarships given to the contestants.

“We welcome everyone to come out to a couple of performances and see that we are about the youth and giving them a place to come and providing a good

atmosphere for all,” said Herndon.

SCHEDULEJuly 24

Registration 10 a.m.-12; Mandatory Contestant meeting 1 p.m; Daily swim-ming at the city pool 1-6 p.m.; Presentation of the Klint Shaw Sportmanship Award 5:45 p.m. arena; Grand Entry 5:45 p.m.; ro-deo performance 6 p.m.

July 25Team roping jackpot, 10

a.m.; Senior and Director Luncheon at Elks Lodge, senior scholarships pre-sented, 1 p.m. $9 per plate; Grand Entry (Senior Night) 5:45 p.m.; Rodeo perfor-mance, 6 p.m..

July 26Calf roping jackpot 9:30

a.m.; Special Kids Rodeo, under pavillon, 11 a.m.; presentation of Johnny Powell Sportsmanship Award, 5:45 p.m.; Grand Entry, 5:45 p.m.; rodeo per-formance 6 p.m.

July 27Presentation of the Red

Feather Award and Bue Vickers Spirit Award and Chad Thames Scholarship, 12:45 p.m., arena; Grand Entry, 12:45 p.m. ; Rodeo Performance 1 p.m.

July 28General Membership

meeting, 9 a.m., arena; Ro-deo Performance (Short Go), 1 p.m.; TYRA Awards in arena following short go performance.

TYRA state finals bringing nearly 200 contestantsBy MARK [email protected]


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Texas Weekly Fishing ReportGULF COAST REGION

NORTH SABINE – Trout are fair to good on the Louisi-ana shoreline on topwaters and soft plastics. Redfish are fair on jigs tipped with shrimp around marsh drains. Some birds have worked over trout.

SOUTH SABINE – Trout are good under birds and pods of shad and shrimp in the middle of the lake. Trout are fair to good around Lighthouse Cove and around the jetty rocks on topwa-ters. Redfish are fair to good in the marsh on topwaters.

BOLIVAR – Trout are fair to good on the south shoreline on soft plastics and plugs. Croakers are good on dead shrimp in the channel and around the pass.

TRINITY BAY – Trout are good around the wells on soft plastics and live bait. Redfish and trout are fair to good at the spillway on shrimp.

EAST GALVESTON BAY – Trout are good on the south shoreline on topwaters and soft plastics. Whiting and sand trout are good on the edge of the Intracoastal on fresh shrimp. Trout are good over deep shell in 8–9 feet of water on shrimp and plastics.

WEST GALVESTON BAY – Trout are fair to good for drift-ers working shell on live shrimp. Trout, sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp. Tarpon are showing on the beachfront. Kingfish, ling and red snapper are good off-shore.

TEXAS CITY – Trout are good in the channel and on the reefs on croakers. Redfish are fair in Moses Lake on shrimp and mullet.

FREEPORT – Sand trout and sheepshead are good on live shrimp on the reefs. Trout and sand trout are good at the jetties on shrimp and DOA Shrimp. Red snapper, dorado and king-

fish are good offshore.EAST MATAGORDA BAY

– Trout are good for drifters on live shrimp over humps and scattered shell. Redfish are fair while drifting mud and shell on live shrimp and Gulps.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY – Trout are fair for waders work-ing plastics and topwaters over sand and grass, and better for waders tossing live bait. Redfish are fair to good in Oyster Lake on shrimp and crabs.

PORT O’CONNOR – Trout and redfish are good on topwa-ters and plastics over sand and grass in San Antonio Bay. Trout and redfish are good on live bait in the guts and holes on the fall-ing tide.

ROCKPORT – Trout are fair on free–lined shrimp in the deep channels. Trout are fair over grass while drifting with live shrimp. Redfish are good in shallow water on mullet and perch.

PORT ARANSAS – Redfish are fair to good at East Flats on shrimp and Gulps. Redfish and sheepshead are fair to good at the jetty on shrimp. Offshore is good for red snapper, ling and kingfish.

CORPUS CHRISTI – Trout are fair to good on the edge of the spoils on Gulps and live shrimp. Trout are good on the flats while casting to the potholes on croak-ers and soft plastics.

BAFFIN BAY – Trout are fair in the grass on topwaters and live bait. Trout are fair to good in the Land Cut on live shrimp. Redfish have been best are the spoil islands.

PORT MANSFIELD – Trout are good on topwaters and soft plastics under corks around sand and grass. Redfish are fair to good while drifting pot holes and sand flats on live shrimp. Offshore is good for red snapper, ling and kingfish.

SOUTH PADRE – Trout are

good around the spoil islands, channel edges and color changes on DOA Shrimp. Tarpon, snook, trout and Spanish mackerel are showing at the jetty on live bait.

PORT ISABEL – Trout and redfish are fair to good at Gas Well Flats on live shrimp. Trout are fair to good on scented plas-tics and Gulps in 3–4 feet of wa-ter over sand and grass humps.

HILL COUNTRY REGION

BUCHANAN – Water murky; 84–88 degrees; 23.65’ low. Black bass are good on topwaters, Chug Bugs, and Texas rigged watermelon soft plastics. Striped bass are good on minnows, Rat–L–Traps, and swim baits. White bass are fair on minnows and Li’l Fishies around brush. Crap-pie are fair on minnows. Chan-nel catfish are fair on shrimp and stinkbait. Yellow and blue catfish are good on goldfish and perch upriver.

CANYON LAKE – Water stained; 83–87 degrees; 5.31’ low. Black bass are good on topwaters, Rat–L–Traps, and watermelon soft plastics along shorelines. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on minnows and Tiny Traps early and late. Smallmouth bass are fair on smoke grubs, and dark crank-baits early. Crappie are fair on minnows and pink tube jigs. Channel catfish are fair on liver and shrimp. Yellow and blue catfish are fair on goldfish and perch.

GRANGER – Water clear; 88–92 degrees; 0.66’ low. Black bass are fair on Rat–L–Traps and watermelon soft plastics. White bass are fair on pet spoons and small spinnerbaits early and late. Crappie are good on minnows and chartreuse tube jigs in 10–15 feet. Blue catfish are good on juglines baited with perch and shad. Yellow catfish are slow.

LBJ – Water clear; 86–90 de-

grees; 0.32’ low. Black bass are fair on watermelon soft plastic worms and lizards, and on char-treuse Rat–L–Traps. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows and blue tube jigs over brush piles. Channel catfish are good on liver and stinkbait. Yel-low and blue catfish are good on trotlines baited with live perch.

TRAVIS – Water stained; 87–91 degrees; 41.35’ low. Black bass are fair on chartreuse soft plastic worms, white grubs, and small topwaters in 10–20 feet. Striped bass are fair on white striper jigs. White bass are fair on green topwaters and min-nows. Crappie are slow. Chan-nel and blue catfish are good on stinkbait and shrimp in 20–40 feet. Yellow catfish are slow.

WALTER E. LONG – Water lightly stained. Black bass are fair on watermelon topwaters early. Hybrid striper are fair on white striper jigs. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on min-nows. Channel and blue catfish are fair on stinkbait and live bait. Yellow catfish are slow.

SOUTH TEXAS PLAINS REGION

BRAUNIG – Water clear. Black bass are good on crank-baits and watermelon soft plas-tics near the dam. Striped bass are good on liver, shad, and gold spoons along shorelines. Redfish are fair on perch and shad in the reeds. Channel catfish are good on shrimp, cut bait, and night-crawlers. Blue catfish are fair on stinkbait.

CALAVERAS – Water clear. Black bass are good on char-treuse spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and soft plastics near the jetty. Striped bass are fair on silver spoons and striper jigs near the dam. Redfish are fair on live perch and tilapia along the shoreline. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on live bait,

shrimp, and shad. Yellow catfish are slow.

CHOKE CANYON – Wa-ter clear; 85–88 degrees; 13.68’ low. Black bass are good on chartreuse spinnerbaits and crankbaits, and watermelon soft plastics. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are fair on liver and shrimp. Yellow cat-fish are fair on live bait.

COLETO CREEK – Water fairly clear; 2.20’ low. Black bass are fair on spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and white tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are fair on trotlines baited with live bait. Yellow catfish are fair on trotlines baited with live perch.

FALCON – Water clear; 88–92 degrees; 36.15’ low. Black bass are good on crankbaits, jigs, and Carolina rigged magnum flukes. Striped bass are slow. Crappie are excellent on live minnows and chartreuse tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on shrimp, shad, and cut bait. Yellow catfish are slow. Everyone in a boat must have a Mexico fishing license (if fishing the Mexico side) whether fishing or not.

PRAIRIES AND LAKESREGION

BASTROP – Water stained; 87–91 degrees. Black bass are good on crankbaits and char-treuse soft plastics. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are fair on shrimp and minnows. Yellow catfish are slow.

FAYETTE – Water stained. Black bass are fair on spinner-baits and small Rat–L–Traps. Channel and blue catfish are good on minnows and cut bait over baited holes.

Sabrina Flores, 16 of Gonzales, was recently crowned the new state champion in the Kids Fish 12-16 age division. She is shown here with a 33 1/2 inch redfish she caught at a tournament in Corpus Christi on June 26. Flores won the tournament and also set the state record for most redfish caught in one day with nine. (Courtesy photo)

OutstandingAngler


AUSTIN — Seven chap-ters of the Texas Master Naturalist program have scheduled summer and fall training classes for vol-unteers wanting to learn about natural resource and conservation management.

With 44 chapters state-wide, the Texas Master Naturalist program aims to develop a corps of well-in-formed citizen volunteers who educate their commu-nities about the manage-ment of natural resources. The main qualification needed to become a Certi-fied Texas Master Natural-ist is an interest in learning and playing an active part

in conservation.Volunteers will receive

a minimum of 40 hours training from educators and specialists from places such as universities, natu-ral resource agencies, na-ture centers and museums. Training topics include in-terpretation and manage-ment of natural resources, ecological concepts, eco-regions in Texas and natu-ral systems management.

Volunteers are expected to give 40 hours of service a year in community edu-cation, demonstration and habitat enhancement proj-ects. They are also expect-ed to pursue a minimum of eight hours of advance training in areas of person-

al interest.Enrollment is limited in

most chapters and some registration deadlines are fast approaching. Chapters offering volunteer training this summer and fall in-clude:

• San Antonio: Alamo Area Chapter. Training be-gins Sept. 6 and ends Nov. 8. Presentations are 12:30-4:30 p.m. on Thursdays. There are four morning field trips including gradu-ation. Application dead-line is Aug. 21. Training will take place at the Texas AgriLife Building, 3355 Cherry Ridge, Room 208, San Antonio, TX 78248. For more information and application, contact Pamela

Ball, [email protected] 210-842-7967. Chapter website: http://www.txmn.org/alamo

Texas Parks and Wild-life Department and Texas AgriLife Extension co-sponsor the Texas Master Naturalist Program. For more information about existing chapters or form-ing a new chapter contact Michelle Haggerty, Texas Master Naturalist Program Coordinator, 309 Sidney Baker South, Kerrville, TX 78028. Call (830)896-2504 or email: [email protected]. Additional information about the Tex-as Master Naturalist pro-gram is available at http://txmn.org.

Applicants sought for new program


AUSTIN — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service SRC (Service Regulations Com-mittee) has approved the 2012-2013 Texas early mi-gratory game bird seasons, including a 70-day season and 15-bird daily bag state-wide for dove, a 16-day ear-ly season statewide for teal, and 16-day early season for Canada geese in the East-ern Goose Zone.

Texas dove season in

the North and Central Dove Zones will run from Saturday, Sept. 1 through Wednesday, Oct. 24 and reopen Saturday, Dec. 22 through Sunday, Jan. 6, with a 15-bird daily bag and not more than two white-tipped doves.

The South Zone dove season will run Friday, Sept. 21 through Sunday, Oct. 28, reopening Saturday, Dec. 22 through Tuesday, Jan. 22 with a 15-bird daily bag and not more than two

white-tipped doves.The Special White-

winged Dove Area will be restricted to afternoon-on-ly (noon to sunset) hunt-ing the first two full week-ends in September running from Sept. 1-2 and 8-9 and reopen when the regular South Zone season begins on Friday, Sept. 21 through Sunday, Oct. 28 and again from Saturday , Dec. 22 through Friday, Jan. 18.

The Special White-winged Dove Area season

takes four of the allowable 70 days, so when the regu-lar season opens, this area must close four days earlier than the rest of the South Zone.

During the early two weekends, the daily bag limit is 15 birds, to in-clude not more than four mourning doves and 2 white-tipped doves. Once the general season opens, the aggregate bag limit will be 15 with no more than 2 white-tipped doves.

Texas sets early migratory seasons for dove

The Heights of Gon-zales Activity De-

partment is looking for a fridge/freezer to hold supplies for event refreshments. If you would like to donate or know of one that is reason-ably priced, contact Gwen Koncaba, 830-672-4530. --------------------------Job Corps is cur-rently enrolling stu-dents aged 16-24 in over 20 vocational trades at no-cost! Will help students get drivers license GED or High School diploma and col-lege training if qualified. For more info call 512-665-7327

THE CANNON, your regional news leader, is seeking a journalist/sales-person to head up our coverage team in Caldwell County. The ideal candidate will have a news-paper background with both reporting and sales experi-ence. Your duties will include news coverage of Luling, Lockhart and Caldwell County as well as commission advertising sales. Send resume to General Manager Dave Mundy at [email protected] or

by mail to Gonzales Cannon, PO Box E, Gonzales TX 78629. --------------------------Full-Time position requiring a self-mo-tivated person with a strong work ethic, positive attitude, good people skills, a high-school diplo-ma ( or equivalent), and a clean driving record. Apply in person, with a copy of your resume, at NAPA - Kessler’s Auto Supply, 717 St. Joseph, Gonzales. Ask for Crystal.--------------------------

CDL DRIVERS WANTED

CNH Paving is seek-ing professional & reliable Class A CDL drivers. Hauling belly dumps and home every night. Email - [email protected] --------------------------Looking for HVAC Tech for Residen-tial, Commercial & Refrigeration. Must be certified w/minimum 2 years experience. Call 830-672-9226. Fax resume to (830) 672-2006 or email to [email protected] positions available, with ben-efits, for Licensed Vocational Nurses and Certified Nurse Aides. Uniform al-lowance provided. Please apply at The Heights of Gonza-les, 701 N. Sarah DeWitt, Gonzales, Texas.--------------------------

CDL DRIVERS WANTED

J.M. Oilfield Service, a family oriented company is seek-

ing professional & reliable Class A CDL employees. Re-quirements: 2 years experience tanker and must be will-ing to get HazMat endorsement ASAP. Call 830-672-8000.--------------------------AVON Representa-tives Wanted! Great earning opportu-nities! Buy or Sell! Call 830-672-2271, Independent Sales Rep.

Garage Sale. 829 St. Vincent, Saturday, 9-2. Clothes, Books, misc.--------------------------The Country Village Square Resident Association will hold their annual rummage sale on Saturday, 8/4 from 8am to 2pm in the community room at Country Village Square Apts., 1800 Waelder Road, Gonzales. Sale will include household items, clothing, & lots of miscella-neous. Proceeds will go to the Coun-try Village Square Resident Associa-tion for the many projects, which they participate in throughout the year. Donations of good used and new items for the sale are now being accepted through Friday, 7/27. Items may be brought to the community room at Country Village Square M o n d a y - F r i d a y, 8am – 5pm or call 672-2877 for spe-cial arrangements.

Moving Sale, 07/21/12. 410 Vil-lage Drive Apt. #104. Saturday, 10 till 4. Everything must go.--------------------------Garage Sale. Friday, 8-2. 1804 Contour Dr. Childrens, adults clothing, furniture, etc.--------------------------Garage Sale: Many odds and ends of good stuff. Friday, July 20th and Satur-day, July 21st. 9:00-4:00. Cancelled if raining. 1026 1/2 St. Michael. (garage apartment)

Utility Trailer for Sale: Five feet wide and ten feet long in excellent condition. Has drop moveable ramp. Price $500.00. Contact Charles at 830-672-2448 or email [email protected] SALE Used cy-clone fencing and post. 1990 Dodge pick up with lift gate. Can be seen at GHA 410 Village Dr.Gonzales, Texas. For information call Jeanette Conques-tat 830-672-3419.--------------------------For Sale: Jet 3 elec-tric wheelchair in excellent condition. Has new batteries. For a person who is lefthanded. Ask-ing $1,000 or best offer. Call 830-672-8159, ask for Shirley or leave your name, phone number and message concern-ing the electric wheelchair.--------------------------Upright piano for sale. Great for kids

starting piano les-sons. All keys works. Needs to be tuned. $100. Call 830-832-5965.--------------------------Unique BBQ Pit, Stagecoach. In-cludes Electric Ro-tisserie $275. Call 512-917-4078.--------------------------Gasoline operated Hedger, $125; 5 HP Tiller, $200. Both in excellent condition. 361-208-3565. (07-19-12)--------------------------Craftsman Riding Mower. 30” Mower/Mulcher. 13.5 HP Model 536.270300. Purchased April 2011..used 6 times. Exc. Condition. $600.00. 830-560-0238. (07-19-12)--------------------------Electric Hospital bed, $150. 582-1120. (07-19-12)--------------------------Stain Glass Win-dow, white tail deer. $275. 512-917-4078.(07-26-12)--------------------------Utility trailer. All wired for lights. Current tag. $375. 512-917-4078. (07-26-12)--------------------------

HOME GROWN TOMATOES.

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

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

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. (07-26-12)

7 pc. dinette, $95; coffee and end table, 475; Rol-laway Bed, $35; 37” TV, $15; 2 office re-ceptionist chairs, couch, table, etc. 361-596-4096. (07-19-12)--------------------------For Sale: Queensize mattress set, $200; complete desk w/hutch, $30; Dining Room table with 4

high back chairs, solid wood, $300; Low back swivel re-cliner rocker, $150. Call 672-3728.--------------------------Small round dining table with leaf, ex-tends to oval. $50. Vintage pub table with extensions, $175. Black metal futon with mattress & cover. Like new. $75. 830-540-3382.

For Sale: 16X64 2/2, 5 years old, like new. Call 830-660-1286 for appt.

Tires for Sale. 4 brand new tires - 255-35-ZR20 Nitto Extreme ZR with Rims - Mar-tin Bros 20” universal rims. $500. 830-857-1340.--------------------------2003 Saturn L200 - only $6,988. 830-303-4381.--------------------------2010 Dodge Caliber - great gas mileage. $15,991. 830-305-1330.--------------------------2011 Chevy Cruze - Certified, gas saver! 830-303-4381.--------------------------2011 Dodge Grand Caravan - room for the whole family, $20,988. 830-305-1330.--------------------------2007 Chevy Tahoe - Certified only 57k miles great vehicle. $23,888. 830-303-4381.--------------------------2011 Chevy Colo-rado Crew Cab - Cer-tified with only 38K miles. $20,999. 830-305-1330.

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

2BR/1BA, stove, refrigerator, dish-washer, fenced yard, front and back porch, Ottine. $650/month, $500/deposit. Rental his-tory and references required. Please call 857-0270.--------------------------Up to 11 acres/house/office with Hwy. 80 frontage between Belmont/Nixon near Lees-ville. Will subdivide. For sale or lease. Would make a great oil field yard or resi-dence. Call Peyton, 512-948-5306; Da-vid, 713-252-1130.

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AUTOS

Call 672-7100 to place your free classified ads!

MOBILE HOMES

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

GET BACK IN.

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

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

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Director of Parks and RecreationThe Historic City of Gonzales Texas is in search of a Director of Parks and Recreation. We are seeking an experienced professional who has faced the challenges of a growing community, a

leader who can find solutions to challenges, and someone who will be part of the team. Gonzales is in the cross roads of the booming Eagle Ford Shale Oil Field. We are looking for a proven and dynamic professional who will lead and be a positive influence on the department and our community. The Director should be a self-starter, progressive and visionary. Working under the general supervision of the City Manager, work is performed within policies and adminis-trative regulations with wide latitude for exercise of indepen-dent judgment.REQUIRES an Associate Degree in Public or Business Ad-ministration, Recreation, or related field. Bachelor Degree is preferred. Requires education and/or experience to attain: Five years progressively responsible experience in Parks and Rec-reation management. These requirements may be varied at the discretion of the City ManagerCompensation: mid 50s.

Please complete an employment application and take to City Hall or mail to:City of GonzalesAttn: Payroll Dept.P.O. Box 547Gonzales, TX 78629“NO PHONE CALLS, PLEASE”

The City of Gonzales is an equal opportunity employer.

Full-time position at J.B. Wells Are-na. Heavy lifting, cleaning stalls and buildings. Work some weekends and

nights. Need to operate tractor and mowers. Un-derstanding of horses and rodeos a plus. Assign stalls and RV’s and be responsible for collecting fees.

Benefits for full time employees include health insurance, retirement program and paid leave. Applicant must be able to pass a pre-screen drug test and and alcohol test. The City of Gonzales is an equal opportunity employer and encour-ages all interested parties to apply.

Please complete an employment application and take to City Hall or mail to:City of GonzalesAttn: Payroll Dept.P.O. Box 547Gonzales, TX 78629“NO PHONE CALLS, PLEASE”

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For Thursday due Tuesday at 5:00 p.m.

921 St. Peter St., 830-672-6865“Train a child in the way he should go; and when he is old he will not depart from it.”

Proverbs 22:6

Christian Daycare looking for an experienced individual who holds a Texas Director’s License.

Individual must be passionate about making a difference in the lives of young children and their families while ensuring the daycare operation is

meeting all state licensing and company standards. Need supervisory experience in managing staff and

experience in completing all daycare related reporting, billing and collections.

Call 830-672-6865 for more information.

THE CALDWELL COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE is now hiring Cooks @ $21,670.00 Yearly and

Food Service Supervisor @ $23,940.00 Yearly.Employee benefits include: Employee Insurance, Employee

Retirement, Employee Holiday Pay, Vacation after one year, Sick Leave, Paid Overtime. Qualifications: US Citizen, High School

Diploma or GED, Must pass Back Ground Check and Drug Screen, Be able to work 12 hours shift, Have your own transportation.

Employment applications are on lite at Texas Association of Counties/Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office or applications may be picked up at

the Sheriff’s Office Lobby at Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office, 1204 Reed Drive, Lockhart, Texas 78644.

Contact: Chief Deputy Brent @ 512-398-6777 ext 202.

HELP WANTED HELP WANTED

MISC. FOR SALE

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2BR/1BA Country Home. 1434 CR 359 Shiner & Gonzales. $600/month, $300/deposit. 361-594-3201 after 6 p.m.--------------------------3BR/2BA Brick house for rent. 1 mile North of Yoa-kum. AC, washer, dryer. Large access driveway in & out for truck parking for large bobtails. Oak grove, great for BBQ’s and enter-taining. Available Mid July. Call 361-293-6619, leave message.--------------------------Motel Suites. 2 bed-rooms, full kitchen, porch/small yard. $68 nightly, $310 weekly. Crews wel-come. Call JR, 512-292-0070, 830-857-5727.--------------------------

House for RentCompletely fur-nished house, 3 or 2 bdrms, one room furnished as office, one full bath, fully equipped kitchen, microwave, washer and dryer, large storage space, yard maintained. No pets. Cable and Wi-Fi. Near County Clerk’s office. Con-venient for two landmen. $1,250 a month plus utilities. Call 830-672-6265 or 830-857-4251.--------------------------3BR/2BA, 318 De-Witt St. $850/month, $850/de-posit. No pets. 830-445-9294.--------------------------For Rent in Luling. 3 bed, 1 bath, Cen-tral Air & heat. $850/month, $600/deposit. 830-832-3163. Earl Landry.--------------------------House for Rent. 302 Lancaster, Moulton, TX. Nice spacious 1BR home w/ap-pliances & a large yard. Call for info. 832-633-3950.--------------------------Single Suite. Perfect for Supervisor for Oil Company. Full kitchen, washer/dryer, TV/Full cable, wireless internet. No smoking inside. No Pets. Fully fur-nished and all billls paid. Private Yard/Garage. Weekly, $280; Deposit $300. Call 512-292-0070

Home For Rent. Country Home. completely remod-eled. 2BR/1BA, CA, hardwood floors, roof for AG Proj-ect. Navarro ISD between Seguin & New Braunfels. $1,000 month, $1,000 deposit. 830-660-7351 or 830-822-5348.--------------------------

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Furnished with all bills paid -- Full Kitchen - Personal bedrooms and liv-ing room. WEEKLY RATES AVAILABLE. Please call JR at (512) 292-0070 or (830) 672-3089.--------------------------

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

Small house, apartment,mobile home. Reasonable rent, possibly bills paid. Nixon, Lees-ville or possibly Belmont. 830-203-8529. (Cell phone) (07-26-12)--------------------------Looking for a nice house in or near Gonzales. 940-284-4255.

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CLERK OF THE COURT: PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Sandra J. Baker Joseph HarneyGonzales County Courthouse J. Reese Buchanan P.C.414 N. St. Joseph St., #300 3765 So. Alameda, Suite 304 Gonzales, TX 78629 Corpus Christi, TX 78411

THE STATE OF TEXAS

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: “You have been sued. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 a.m. on the Monday next following the expiration of forty-two (42) days after the date of issuance of this citation and petition, a default judgment may be taken against you, Jeanette Thomas, Dorice Edwards, Louise Jones, Henry Clark, Martha Clark, Thomas Yancy Clark, George Clark, Nina Clark, Willie Clark, Adeline Clark, Joe Clark, James Clark, William Minor, Jason Minor, Thelma Lee Minor, Deandre Larry, Dwayne Forte, Denise Marshall, Ellis Clark, Beatrice Clark, Janie M. Rose and Nimrod Meriwether.

TO: Jeanette Thomas, Dorice Edwards, Louise Jones, Henry Clark, Martha Clark, Thomas Yancy Clark, George Clark, Nina Clark, Willie Clark, Adeline Clark, Joe Clark, James Clark, William Minor, Jason Minor, Thelma Lee Minor, Deandre Larry, Dwayne Forte, Denise Marshall, Ellis Clark, Beatrice Clark, Janie M. Rose and Nimrod Meriwether and THEIR HEIRS, KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, IF SAID PER-SONS BE DECEASED, Defendants in the cause herein described.

You and each of you are hereby commanded to appear and answer before the 25th Judicial District Court, at the Gonzales County Courthouse in Gonzales, Gonzales County, Texas, at or before 9:00 o’clock a.m. on the first Monday after the expiration of forty-two (42) days from the date of issuance hereof, being at or before 10:00 a.m. on Monday, the 2nd day of August, 2012, then and there to answer the petition of EOG Resources, Inc, in Cause No. 24,903, styled EOG Resources, Inc. v. Jeanette Thomas, Dorice Edwards, Louise Jones, Henry Clark, Martha Clark, Thomas Yancy Clark, George Clark, Nina Clark, Willie Clark, Adeline Clark, Joe Clark, James Clark, William Minor, Jason Minor, Thelma Lee Minor, Deandre Larry, Dwayne Forte, Denise Marshall, Ellis Clark, Beatrice Clark, Janie M. Rose and Nimrod Meriwether, et al, wherein the said EOG Resources, Inc., is Plaintiff, and the said Jeanette Thomas, Dorice Edwards, Louise Jones, Henry Clark, Martha Clark, Thomas Yancy Clark, George Clark, Nina Clark, Willie Clark, Adeline Clark, Joe Clark, James Clark, William Minor, Jason Minor, Thelma Lee Minor, Deandre Larry, Dwayne Forte, Denise Marshall, Ellis Clark, Beatrice Clark, Janie M. Rose and Nimrod Meriwether, and THEIR HEIRS, KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, IF SAID PERSONS BE DECEASED, are Defendants. The said petition, filed on the 19th day of June, 2012, discloses that the nature of said suit is as follows:

This suit is brought to have a receiver appointed under the provisions of Section 64.091 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code for undivided mineral interests owned by the Defendants in the following described lands in Gonzales County, Texas, to-wit:

A tract of land consisting of 165.05 acres, more or less, out of the William Simpson Survey, Abstract 426, Gonzales County, Texas, being the same land described as the following eight (8) tracts of land, to wit:

TRACT 1: 17.05 acres, more or less, out of the Wilson Simpson 1/3rd League, Abstract 426, and being part of the land described in a Deed dated October 12, 1897, recorded at Volume 71, Page 258 of the Deed Records of Gonzales County, Texas, from J. W. Carson to Lewis Clark and Henry Clark, LESS and EXCEPT that certain 39.35 acre tract described in a Warranty Deed dated April 30, 1971, recorded at Volume 375, Page 363 of the Deed Records of Gonzales County, Texas, from Vietta Kelley, et al, to Emmet J. Baker;

TRACT 2: 19.60 acres, more or less, being the land described as the “Ninth Tract” in a Partition Deed dated October 3, 1885, recorded at Volume 206, Page 54 of the Deed Records of Gonzales County, Texas, from Robert Clark, et al, to Robert Clark; TRACT 3: 21.40 acres, more or less, being the land described as the “Sixth Tract” in a Partition Deed dated October 22, 1941, recorded at Volume 206, Page 54 of the Deed Records of Gonzales County, Texas, from Robert Clark, et al, to Ben Clark; TRACT 4: 21.40 acres, more or less, being the land described as the “Fifth Tract” in a Partition Deed dated October 22, 1941, recorded at Volume 206, Page 54 of the Deed Records of Gonzales County, Texas, from Robert Clark, et al, to James Clark;

TRACT 5: 21.40 acres, more or less, being the land described as the “Fourth Tract” in a Partition Deed dated October 22, 1941, recorded at Volume 206, Page 54 of the Deed Records of Gonzales County, Texas, from Robert Clark, et al, to Annie Taylor; TRACT 6: 21.40 acres, more or less, being the land described as the “Third Tract” in a Partition Deed dated October 22, 1941, recorded at Volume 206, Page 54 of the Deed Records of Gonzales County, Texas, from Robert Clark, et al, to Caroline Thomas; TRACT 7: 21.40 acres, more or less, being the land described as the “Second Tract” by a Partition Deed dated October 22, 1941, recorded at Volume 206, Page 54 of the Deed Records of Gonzales County, Texas, from Robert Clark, et al, to Cora Dailey; TRACT 8: 21.40 acres, more or less, being the land described as the “First Tract” by a Partition Deed dated October 22, 1941, recorded at Volume 206, Page 54 of the Deed Records of Gonzales County, Texas, from Robert Clark, et al, to Thomas Y. Clark.

and to execute Oil, Gas and Mineral Leases thereof to the Plaintiff, and take such other action deemed neces-sary under the provisions of said statute.

If this citation is not served within ninety (90) days after date of its issuance, it shall be returned unserved. ISSUED AND GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF SAID COURT on this the 21st day of June, 2012, at Gonzales, Gonzales County, Texas.

Sandra J. Baker, District Clerk Gonzales County, Texas

By Deputy

WANTED:

CDL DRIVERS NEEDEDBobtail Truck Driver

Day & Night Positions AvailableRequirements:

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

Insurance, 401K and vacation included

Applications available at:Schmidt & Sons, Inc.

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

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

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

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

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

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Victoria College now hiring Adjunct Instructors for Allied Health DivisionAvailable August 2012

• Associate Degree Nursing Program• Medical Laboratory Technology• Respiratory Care Program•Physical Therapist Assistant Program• Vocational Nursing (Gonzales, Cuero, Hallettsville, and Victoria Programs)

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to stand, reach and stoop frequently, and work from ladders. Must be able to read and understand safety information. Starting pay range is $808.58-$823.33

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pressure washing, office help, ranch, farm, lawn & Flower beds, Barbed wire fence repair, gut-ter cleaning, I do windows. One call does it all. Call Terry (830) 203-1503 or (830) 857-5927.(07-26-12)

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

RV For Sale. Older unit. 5th wheel. $2,900. Contact Richard, 830-556-6905.--------------------------Ford Motorhome. 44,000 orig. miles. All working. $2,995. 830-857-6565.

RV Rentals available at Belmont RV Park Estates. Call Rich-ard, 830-556-6095.--------------------------Travel Trailers for rent. Located at J.B. Wells, Gonza-les, Texas. Cheaper than motel. Clean, fully furnished, 32 ft. trailers. $300/ a week. Please call for more info & rates. Pug @ 512-963-0000 or Dawn @ 512-508-6221.

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

For Sale or Trade: 27’ Sailboat, Beam 8’, fiberglass. 361-561-3335. Ask for Jeff.--------------------------2006 Land Prides 4x4 Recreational Vehicle For Sale. Approx. 200 hours. Honda Motor. In-dependent Suspen-

sion. Windshield and Roof. 4x4. Ask-ing - $4,950.00 in very good condi-tion. Call 830-857-4670.

Free puppies to GOOD home, part lab and chiwienie. 7 weeks old. Call Kathleen at (830) 672-3740.--------------------------Dog Box. 4 ft. wide, 30 inches tall, 36 in. wide w/6 inch cargo space on top. 2 doors. $300. Call for info, leave num-ber & will call back. 830-540-4063, Har-wood.--------------------------We stock Sport-mix Dog and Cat Food, Demon WP for those ants and scorpions. Gonza-les Poultry Supply, 1006 St. Paul Street, 672-7954.(TFN)

Nanny Boer Goats (adults). Pkg. Deal $500.00 (5) or $125 each. 830-560-0238. (07-19-12)--------------------------Muscovy ducks for sale. $10.00 each. 8 3 0 - 2 6 3 - 2 4 8 2 . (TFN)--------------------------Laying Hens, $10.00. 512-718-0482.--------------------------For Sale: Registered Polled Hereford Bulls. 8-22 mths old. Heifers also, 8 months to 2 years. 830-540-4430.--------------------------FOR SALE: 4 year old Angus Bull. 830-875-2524.--------------------------WANT TO BUY: Any or Unwanted Hors-es. Call Leejay at 830-857-3866.--------------------------For Sale: Baby & Young Adult Ducks. Mix Breeds. Cost $3.50-$20.00 each. Call 830-857-6844, ask for Tammy Ste-phens.--------------------------M I N I - D O N K E Y S . Great pets, loves people. All ages and colors, some “cross” designs, 36” tall. 830-672-6265, 830-857-4251, 830-672-5152.

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Older couple down-sizing 15 acres (10 acres fenced), house, 3/1 1/2, Barn, ponds, trees. Wharton County. $137,000. 979-533-3262.--------------------------House for Sale. 2BR. Nice neighbor-hood. $25,000. 830-672-8034.--------------------------4BR/2BA, 1900 Sq. ft. 210 Tanglewood Trail. New appli-ances, remodeled, new master bath. 830-857-6488.--------------------------House for Sale/To Be Moved: 3BR/1Ba frame house, pier & beam foundation, central A/H. Buyer responsible for moving house from property, $6,000. 830-857-4172.--------------------------Two story, eleven room home which includes three bed-room, two baths. Apprx. 2,500 sq. ft. on about an half acre. Corner lot, zoned for residen-t ia l /commercia l . Luling. $150,000. 830-875-6975.

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

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

Electrical wiring, troubleshooting & repairs. 830-437-5747.--------------------------Plumbing Repairs.

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Please Call 713-203-2814 or

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First Assembly of God509 E. 3rd St. Nixon

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

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

BaptistClark Baptist ChurchF.M. 794, Gonzales

County Baptist Church Hwy. 87 Smiley

Eastside Baptist ChurchSeydler Street, Gonzales

Elm Grove Baptist Church4337 FM 1115Waelder, Texas 78959

First Baptist Church 422 St. Paul, Gonzales

First Baptist Church403 N Texas Nixon

First Baptist ChurchHwy 108 N Smiley

First Baptist Church406 N Ave E Waelder

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

Greater Rising StarBaptist Church3rd Ave S of Hwy 87 Nixon

Harwood Baptist Church North of Post Office

Iglesia BautistaMacedonia201 S Congress Nixon

Iglesia Bautista MemorialHwy 97 Waelder

Leesville Baptist ChurchE. of Hwy 80 on CR 121

Memorial Heights Baptist Church1330 College Gonzales

Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church100 Capes Gonzales

Oak Valley Baptist ChurchHwy. 97 Bebe

Old Moulton Baptist Church2287 FM 1680, Moulton

Primitive Baptist Church1121 N. College Gonzales

Providence Missionary Baptist Church1020 St. Andrew Gonzales

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

Stratton Primitive BaptistFM 1447 9 miles east of Cuero

St. James Baptist ChurchHwy 80- North of Belmont

Saint Paul Baptist ChurchSE 2nd St. Waelder

Shiner Baptist ChurchAvenue F and 15th Street, Shiner

Union Lea Baptist ChurchSt. Andrew St. Gonzales

Union Valley Baptist ChurchFM 1681 NW of Nixon

CatholicSt. James Catholic Church417 N. College, Gonzales

Sacred Heart Catholic ChurchSt. John St. Gonzales

St. Joseph Catholic Church207 S. Washington, Nixon

St Patrick Catholic Church in Waelder613 Highway 90 East Waelder

St. Phillip Catholic Church Hwy 87 Smiley

Christian

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

Churches of ChristChurch of Christ1323 Seydler St. Gonzales

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

Church of ChristE. 3rd & Texas, Nixon

Churches of GodCommunity Church of God1020 St. Louis, Gonzales

Gonzales Memorial Church of God in Christ1113 Hastings, Gonzales

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

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

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

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

Full Gospel Church1426 Fisher, Gonzales

LutheranFirst Evangelical Lutheran1206 St. Joseph, Gonzales

Abiding Word Lutheran Church, LCMS1310 St. Louis

MethodistBelmont United MethodistHwy. 90-A

Dewville United MethodistWest of FM 1117 on CR 121

First United Methodist426 St. Paul, Gonzales

First United Methodist410 N. Franklin, Nixon

Flatonia United Methodist403 E North Main, Flatonia

Harris Chapel United MethodistS. Liberty St. Nixon

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

Henson Chapel United Method-ist1113 St. Andrew, Gonzales

Monthalia United MethodistCR 112 off 97

Smiley United Methodist1 blk S. of Hwy 87

Waelder United Methodist2 blks from Hwy 90 & 97

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

Non-DenominationalAgape Ministries512 St. James, Gonzales

Living Waters Fellowship Church605 Saint Joseph St. Gonzales

Bread of Life Ministries613 St. Joseph, Gonzales

Cowboy Church of Gonzales CountyJ.B. Wells Showbarn

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

Emmanuel Fellowship

1817 St. Lawrence St. Gonzales

Encouraging Word Christian FellowshipHwy. 80 in Leesville

Jesus Holy Ghost Temple1906 Hickston, Gonzales

Lighthouse Church of Our Lord1805 Weimar, Gonzales

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

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

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

Inter-DenominationalFaith Family Church1812 Cartwheel Dr., Gonzales

PentecostalFaith TempleHwy 80 (N. Nixon Ave.) Nixon

Holy Temple of Jesus Christ No. 21515 Dallas, Gonzales

Temple Bethel Pentecostal1104 S. Paul, Gonzales

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

Presbyterian Pilgrim Presbyterian ChurchCR 210 off FM 1116

Presbyterian Church of Gon-zales414 St. Louis, Gonzales

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

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Kamryn Grace HarkeyBlaine Harkey is proud to announce the arrival of his little sister, Kamryn Grace Harkey, born on May 4, 2012, at 7:44 a.m. at Guadalupe Medical Regional Medi-cal Center in Seguin. Kamryn weighed 7 lbs. 14 oz. and was 21 ½ inches long. Also welcoming her home are parents Kennon and Katherine Harkey, grand-parents, Barry and Brenda Harkey, Mary Miller, and Barry and Charlotte Miller. Great-grandparents are Walter and Shirley Simmons and Billy and Ruby Miller of Gonzales. (Courtesy photo)

MacKenzie LaineBarborakNolan and Tabitha Bar-borak of Austin, Texas are happy to announce the arrival of their beau-tiful baby daughter, MacKenzie Laine Bar-borak. MacKenzie Laine was born on February 25, 2012 at the St. Da-vid’s Hospital in Round Rock, Texas weighing 7 pounds and 21 inches long. She is the pride and joy of her grandparents Tim and Michelle Decker and James and Sheryl Barborak of Gonzales. Great grandparents are Ben and Bernice Barbo-rak and Mary Kluting. (Courtesy photo)

The Belmont Commu-nity Center will have their regular meeting on the fourth Tuesday of July, the 24th, at 2PM, at the cen-ter.

Flower schedule for church at Monthalia: Car-ol and Wayne Siepmann, July 22; Leigh Coke, July 29th.

Please lift the following people up in your prayers: Justin Klosel, Rose Rivera, Joe Kotwig, Lisa Rodri-guez, Christian, Diana Garcia, Terry Bowman, Bill and Marie Lott, Doris Hewell, “Sarge” Dunkin; Louise Jones, Katy West, Aunt Georgie Gandre; Danny and Joyce Schel-lenberg, Velma and Bobby Bullard; Mildred O’Neal, Doug Walshak, Selma Vickers, Gene Robinson, Keith Glass, Joyce and Jack Black, Teresa Wilke, Sandi Gandre, Rev A. C. New-man, Aunt Betty Gandre, Fay,Linda Nesloney, Ma-rie Schauer, Esther Linde-mann, Buster Lindemann, Anna Lindemann, Tony Black, Susie Hale, Noreen Soefje, Lanny Baker, Ann Bond; Case Martin, Mar-guerite Williams, Shirley Dozier, Matt and Betty Lou, the family of Susie Vordenbaum Dolezal, the family of Evelyn Newman, the family of Pete Kallies; and the family of Alvin Hewell, Please remember our enlisted people and their families. Please pray for rain. Some of us got rain, but we need a gener-al soaking. Pray for those who had a lot of wind damage in Boerne and will need to put things back together.

I think we need to pray for the traffic in San Anto-nio. Heavens, they cannot even get the roads repaired correctly. So now they have chunks of asphalt coming up and ruining the tires. Last week they had so much rain that the lower level of I35 turned into another river because of its design and a pump wouldn’t work because the ducts got stopped up with leaves. I wondered if those engineers didn’t figure in the fact that the trees would shed leaves. My dear father rode horse and buggy down E. Commerce Street in about 1924 or so. I hate to think what he would say about this mess they have created.

There was one young lady about four years old that was having a very good time dancing Fri-day night at the Belmont Social Club. Best Friends, Debbie and Sally were playing—or trying to play.

Mia was out there dancing so one of the other adults decided to pantomime her dance steps. Now this was a sight. Mia had on some strappy little sandals, and had curly brown hair with a little red outfit on and she could twist all kinds of directions. How Sally kept on playing and kept from busting out laughing was beyond me. She made it to the end of the song though.

If you thought that was the finale, it wasn’t. Now they wanted the Chicken Dance played. Sally said that this could only hap-pen at the Belmont Social Club. So Beverly showed the whole bunch how to do the Chicken Dance. It ranged from short little Mia to the six foot two beautiful young lady (whose name I don’t re-member) who attended Notre Dame on a volley-ball scholarship. George White got up and left the table and said that he did not claim kinship to any of them. We also had to sing Happy Birthday to Mary Sue. A lot of them came from Alvin. It was a fun bunch of people and I hope that they come again.

Two Way Street is about to catch up to Best Friends. They had a super duper little cowboy decked out in jeans and a shirt with boots, chaps, and a hat. He liked to dance too. He widened his chase to a sweet little blond haired maiden that he found sitting way back near the kitchen. So he had to get corralled by his caretakers. Oh and then we had two lit-tle bitty babies. They are go-ing to be cutting their teeth in Belmont and going to sleep to the tune of “House of the Rising Sun” played and sang by Clark and Two Way Street.

Oh and we do wedding counseling too. I knew that our Belmont United Meth-odist Church would make a wonderful wedding chapel. The new banners in it are beautiful and the setting is cozy for a small wedding and some ancestor got mar-ried in this church. Now they will be contacting Pas-tor Paul a little later to set their wedding date because it is such a beautiful little church.

Our sympathy goes to Pastor Paul Smith and Kar-en. Pastor Paul’s mother, Virginia Smith Petri, passed away Sunday. The services are being held Wednesday at the Devine United Meth-odist Church with the Hur-ley Funeral Home handling the arrangements. You can go online to see the obituary or sign the guest book.

Oh I have another great-great niece. Crystal and Bri-an Soefje are the proud par-ents of little Danka Soefje. She weighs in at six pounds and five ounces and has a proud big brother named Caleb. Everyone is doing fine.

I do believe that Horace Mercer was having a small birthday celebration this weekend. Thanks Sylvia for stopping by and saying your kind words and telling me hello. We also wish Jackie Gandre a big Happy Birth-day. And just because Angie Biddle decided to move all the way to Montana doesn’t mean we forgot her birth-day.

Now I don’t know what you people had for a ser-mon over at Belmont, but I was told that Pastor Paul preached one good fiery sermon over at Monthalia. He had just returned from vacation and Leigh Coke got him caught up on the subject of how the Hokey Pokey was done. Somehow things evolved from there and before it ended smoke was about to come out of the roof. Maybe we all better start attending church.

It is so nice to hear thun-der in the distance and ev-ery once in a while there comes a shower of rain. Maybe that is why this big ole’ Samson cat is so rest-less. He has walked all over Twerpt and antagonized her with her just barking like crazy and him totally ignoring it. Twerpt doesn’t have any teeth left so this three pound little dog can’t hurt this huge cat. Twerpt is so old that she runs out of breath and energy and has to stop and get some air, you know just like some of us older people, and she looks as disgusted as we do. Samson has tried to help me type, walked on my note-book where I have my notes, nearly spilled my soda, and just generally created havoc. So I got him back by putting peanut butter on his nose. Oh that made him mad. I can tell that I am going to be paid back. Samson hates peanut butter. He is sitting over there in the middle of the floor twitching that tail glaring at me.

Have a good week, and God Bless.

The Gonzales Learning and Career Center is host-ing a new workshop, “Grant Writing: A Necessary Skill for Nonprofit Fundraising,” on Friday July 27, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

The workshop will be held at the Center, located at 1135 St. Paul Street near downtown Gonzales. It will be taught by trainer Rose Mary Fry, a nonprofit con-sultant based in San Anto-nio. Fry has experience as

the executive of two non-profits and chaired a suc-cessful $2.5 million capital campaign for Say Si, an arts education nonprofit.

This workshop will help non-profit staff and board members understand how grants can be one element of a non-profit’s fundrais-ing plan and help support the critical programs and services it provides a com-munity.

It will provide an over-view of grant writing and specifically focus on the links between community needs and grant research;

the elements of a grants request; components of a grant budget; and tech-niques to increase success in grant writing.

The workshop costs $100 and some scholarship mon-ey is available. The Learn-ing Center will be accept-ing registrations through the end of the work day on Friday, July 20.

If you have questions or would like to register, con-tact Ann Gaines Rodriguez at 830-672-8291, [email protected] or GLCC, PO Box 116, Gonzales, Texas, 78629.

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If you need a reason to be cheerful, you might make plans to drop by Gonzales’ Crystal Theatre on Friday.

The Crystal Theatre’s Summer Workshop wraps up at 6:30 p.m. Friday with a performance by the workshop’s Paper Bag Players entitled “Reasons to be Cheerful.” The per-formance is a series of skits designed to appeal to younger children to give workshop participants an opportunity to get some live time on stage in front of an audience.

Several additional skits featuring the theatre’s “Shakespeare Ninjas” troupe will follow the chil-dren’s show.

This year’s summer workshop has attracted youngsters from as far away as Houston and Austin. Most of the participants are elementary- or junior-high aged students, with some older students along with Crystal regulars Barbara Crozier and Leslie Buesing helping director Tek Wil-son and Texas State’s Hollis West.

Because it is aimed at a younger audience, those performing “Reasons to be Cheerful” have had to learn to project characters and moods distinctly, Crozier

said. “You have to be very distinct,” Crozier said.

“About half our kids this year are on either full or partial scholarships,” Cro-zier added.

The scholarships are furnished through major patron Bob Young and the trull Foundation. Several other local volunteers and businesses have aided with daily snacks and other contributions, includ-ing “snack queen” Glenda Gordon and contributions from GVEC and H-E-B.

This year’s participants, including several paid in-terns, include Angelica

mathis, Christian Gri-faldo, Hope West, Olivia Lovelace, Iris Dement, Karen Perez, Aaron Miller, Victor Mendoza, Delsia Maldonado, Johnny Pala-cio, Dalton Shirley, Kate Knesek, Samantha Bashaw, Hannah Keck, Jacob Bak-ken, Molly Manning, Miranda Smith, Dylan Segundo, Ben Dement, Kristalynn Buesing and Emma Hoehnschell. Sever-al of the participants have stayed on past the morn-ing session to participate in afternoon sessions with the Shakespeare Ninjas.

Summer theater workshopThis year’s Summer Theater Workshop at the Crystal Theatre will be highlighted on Friday by a performance of “Reasons to be Cheerful” at 6:30 p.m. Above, theater teacher Barbara Crozier (orange shirt) guides one part of the troupe through a skit called “In the Mall.” At right, “Ice Queen” Angelica Mathis and Christian Grifaldo interact during their skit. Below, Kate Knesek, Dalton Shirley and Samantha Bashaw react as their “car” overturns. Friday’s performace is open to the public. (Photos by Dave Mundy)

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The 10th anniversary summer ensemble of Camp Shakespeare presented a rousing version of ‘Macbeth’ at the Crystal Theatre in Gonzales Thursday.

The camp is a compo-nent of the University of Texas’ Shakespeare at Wine-dale program, a two-week residential camp for young people ages 10-16 held near Round Top in Fayette County. Camp Shakespeare is dedicated to exploring a Shakespearean play through performance. Participants are encouraged to explore the language and characters created by The Bard, playing the play rather than “acting.”

The Doctor (Gonzales’ Delsia Maldonado) and Gentlewoman (Smantha Primm) observe as Lady MacBeth (left, Paxton Lam-bright) descends into madeness. Below, Macbeth (Gabe Colom-bo) prepares to murder Duncan. (Photos by Dave Mundy)


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The cheerleading squads from Gonzales recently claimed a number of awards at National Cheerleader Association Camp (NCA) 2012.

Individual Awards in-cluded two winners of the America Needs Cheerlead-ers Pin, Danyelle Glass and Shelby Mann.

Several youngsters were nominated to try out for the All American Cheer-leader. Those nominated include (*Tried Out for All-American Team) *Morgan Simper – Motion technique and dance; *Danyelle Glass – Jumps; Bailey Connell – Motion technique; Hannah Lorton – Jumps; *Taylor Malatek – Jumps; *Monica Miller – Jumps; Elizabeth Neuse – Jumps; Brooke Neuse – Jumps; *Kortney Wishert – Jumps; *Angela Witzkoske – Dance; Mi-kayla Wyatt – Jumps; Lexie Dolezal - Mascot; *Mad-elyne Parr – Jumps; *Kelsey Camarillo – Jumps; Megan Dickinson – Jumps; Ashley Dixson – Motion technique; *Ashleigh Haub – Jumps; Nicki Schauer – Jumps; Margaret Gonzales - Mas-cot; Tori Ince – Leadership; *Jasmine Allen – Jumps

Three members — Mor-

gan Simper, Danyelle Glass and Kortney Wishert — were named to the All-American Team and quali-fied for an NCA Special Event: Christmas Extrava-ganza in Florida, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City (captains only), Philadelphia Thanks-giving Parade, Houston Thanksgiving Parade, or New Year’s Day London Pa-rade.

The Varsity squad claimed the Performance Top Team Trophy, Softlips Spirit Stick Award, the Spirit Stick, Technical Excellence Certificate and a bid to

NCA National Events. The group also won the Herkie Team Award Certificate for exemplifying the qualities on which NCA was found-ed and continues to teach today.

The squad received a total of five Superior ratings and one Excellent rating during the three-day camp. Apache Varsity Mascot won the Leadership Award for dis-playing the best leadership skills while attending NCA Summer Camp, as well as two Superior and one Excel-lent ribbons.

The Junior Varsity squad claimed a Spirit Stick, a bid

to NCA National Events, the S.P.O.T Certificate for displaying excellent tech-nique in safety, spotting and stunt technique, and a Tech-nical Excellence Certificate. The group received four Superior and two Excellent ratings. Junior varsity mas-cot margaret Gonzales also received a Superior and Ex-cellent ribbon.

The Freshman group won the Champion Chant Trophy, Spirit Stick, Bid to NCA National Events and S.P.O.T. Certificate. The freshmen also received five Superior and one Excellent ratings.

(Top left) named All-American Cheerleaders at the 2012 NCA Camp were (left) Morgan Simper, Danyelle Glass and Kortney Wishert. Above right, the GHS cheearleading squads for 2012 include Lexie Dolezal, Kortney Wishert, Taylor Malatak, Elizabeth Neuse, Hannah Lorton, Cassidy LaFleur, Krisslynn Sexton, Baily Connell, Monica Miller, Brooke Neuse, Mikayla Wyatt, Kendall Fougerat, Angela Witzkoske, Margaret Gonzales, Mad-elynn Parr, Ashley Haub, Ashley Dixson, Mal-lory Pyssen, Morgan Simper, Danyelle Glass, Hayden Martin, Niki Schauer, Megan Dickin-son, Kelsey Camarillo Tori Ince, Tesha Landry, Shelby Mann, Angelica Castro and Jasmine Allen. at right, the GHS Cheerleaders recent-ly held their Car Wash Camp Fundraiser at Johnson Oil Company. (Courtesy photos)

GHS cheerleaders capture top honors

Peter DavisonPrinceton University

graduate Peter Davison is the grandson of Les and Helen Talley of Cost. In June, they attended his graduation ceremony where Peter graduated with highest honors (one of five

selected) with a double major in Mechanical En-gineering and Aero Space Engineering. Peter received a fellowship from MIT in Boston, Massachusetts where he will begin work-ing on a graduate degree this fall majoring in Aero Space Engineering. Cost

has served and will contin-ue as his “home away from home” as Peter continues his education goals. Peter’s parents, Charles and Nan-cy Davison, reside in Old Windsor, England.

Jordan LeeHarvey

Sigma Alpha Lambda is proud to announce that Jor-dan Lee Harvey of Nixon, TX, has recently become recognized as a member of Sigma Alpha Lambda, National Leadership and Honors Organization at the Texas State Univer-sity. Sigma Alpha Lambda is a national leadership and honors organization dedicated to promoting and rewarding academic achievement and providing members with opportuni-ties for community service, personal development, and lifelong professional fulfill-ment. Congratulations to Jordan Lee Harvey.

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Nixon native Cody Box is among the list of students who have been named to the Dean’s List.

Full-time students who have a semester grade point average of 3.5 or greater and part-time students who complete six or more credits in a semester with a grade point average of at least 3.5 are eligible for the Dean’s List.

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On the afternoon of July 16, members of the Saturn Friendship Club met at the Old Schoolhouse in Cistern for their annual Salad Lun-cheon.

Mary Kelly and Barbara Vinson served as co-hostess-es. As a tribute to our coun-try’s birthday being in July, the meeting table displayed cantaloupes decorated with miniature American flags.

Since most of the mem-bers are ladies who live in the country, the conversation immediately turned to the beneficial rains their area had been receiving. They compared it to what spring and early summer had been in 2011. All agreed it was a wonderful blessing and a joy to see.

When the one o’clock hour arrived the president, Roberta Kilpatrick, called the meeting to order and Eva Boscamp offered a word of prayer. The serving table held an assortment of invit-ing meat, vegetable, fruit and desert salads – each looking refreshing and deli-cious. Drinks of choice were also offered. After every-one had filled their plates to overflowing, a time of vis-iting and exchanging tales of summertime activities, grandchildren, great-grand-children and travels taken or planned.

When everyone had fin-ished the enjoyable meal, including seconds, the busi-ness part of the meeting began. The club prayer was read in unison and the mot-to “To make the best bet-ter” was stated. Devotional leader, Nancy Littlefield, was unable to be present, so she sent the devotional “Being a Christian” and asked Eva Boscamp to read it.

It got the listeners at-tention with the opening

statements, “Have you ever considered the difference be-tween being a Christian and being Christian?” In your life, is Christian a noun or an adjective? What distinguish-es being a Christian from one who is Christian? Chris-tian as an adjective is more than just believing, it is the way individuals respond, the way they act on a daily basis, the way they live. If we truly love God, we will love others, we will walk in the newness of life. We will do our part to help make life a better place for everyone around us. We will share the Good News with others. Being Christian can be quite different than simply being a Christian. The devotional closed with a brief meaningful prayer.

The secretary read the minutes of the June meet-ing and gave the treasurer’s report. Both were accepted as presented. No action was taken on old business or new business.

Roll call had been delayed to become a part of the af-ternoon program which was about Friendship. Mary Kelly spoke of three types of Friendship. There are situa-tional friends, casual friends, and good or best friends.

As roll was called, mem-bers were to give a brief statement about what friendship meant to them. The responses indicated that most people have all three types of friends and enjoy them all. It was evi-dent that almost everyone had at least one or two very special friendships that had lasted through time. Com-ments were of a friend-ship since third grade, high school friends of 60 years or more, deceased friends still remembered, a sister as best a friend, friends who were depend-able and never changed, and how difficult it was to move leaving friends

behind. One member re-vealed her father’s secret for making new friends in a new location, “Just fire up the Bar-B-Q grill and you will make new friends real quick.” Speaking of long-time friends, new friends, and true friends was an en-joyable experience.

Birthday ladies for the month of July were Barbara Vinson, Georgia Brun-ner, Libby Hopkins, and Pat Werlein. They were honored with the Birthday Song and special gifts from their Secret Pals.

Mary Kelly had a fun brain teaser game called, “What Candy Am I?” Sev-enteen phrases were listed. Each should bring to mind the name of a candy. The example given was, “An Indian burying ground” the correct answer was Mounds. After an allotted time to record the answers the persons having the most correct answers were declared winners. Sue Ka-linec had 13 of the remain-ing 16 correct. Jo Brunner and Eva Boscamp each had 11. Prizes were awarded.

Jo Brunner thanked those who helped to make the Muldoon Fire Department Fund Raiser a success. She also urged anyone with a ru-ral address to have their 911 numbers posted in a promi-nent place at the entrance to their property so that EMS, Fire Department, or Law Enforcement can easily lo-cate the address.

As the meeting ended, the cantaloupes were given as door prizes. Winners were Betty Britsch, Pat Werlein, Eva Boscamp, Jo Brunner, Vivian Benton and Sue Kalinec.

The August 20 meet-ing will be at 1 p.m. at the Cistern Schoolhouse with Della Mae Urban, Penny Snyder and Pat Werlein serving as hostesses.


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Special to The Cannon

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Master GardenersGonzales Master Gardeners. “Come Grow

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

Country Village saleThe Country Village Square Resident As-

sociation will hold their annual rummage sale on Saturday, 8/4 from 8am to 2pm in the com-munity room at Country Village Square Apts., 1800 Waelder Road, Gonzales. Sale will include household items, clothing, & lots of miscella-neous. Proceeds will go to the Country Village Square Resident Association for the many proj-ects, which they participate in throughout the year.

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

Reunion setThe Breitschopf-Kuntschik Family Reunion

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

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

Halliburton reunionThe Halliburton family will celebrate its re-

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

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

Summer celebrationFirst Baptist Church of Gonzales will be host-

ing its Second Annual Summer Celebration on July 28, featuring speaker Dawsie Meek.

The first session will be held from 10:30 a.m. to noon and the second session will run from 1-2:30 p.m. Lunch will be served from noon to 1 p.m.

The cost is $15 and the program topic is “Fear-less - Living In Love.” Childcare is available upon request.

RSVP with payment is due by Friday, July 20. For more information, call the church office at 830-672-9595.

Smiley Gospel SingNumerous local and out-of-town groups will

be performing Southern Gospel and Country gospel selections at the First Baptist Church in Smiley on Saturday, July 28, beginning at 7:00 p.m. Bring your guitar or other instrument and share your talent. There is no admission charge for this evening of entertainment. A pot luck dinner will begin at 6:00 p.m. in the Church’s Fel-lowship Hall.

Nixon VFDThe Nixon Volunteer Fire Department will

hold its annual BBQ Fundraiser on Saturday, July 21 at the Nixon Fire Station, beginning at 11 a.m.

The event will offer brisket, sausage and all the trimmings at $8 per plate. Plates are avail-

able for dine-in or to go.

Free immunizationsThe Gonzales Community Health Center will

be offering free Back To School immunizations on Saturday, Aug. 4 from 8 a.m. to noon.

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

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

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

Baker Family benefitA benefit for Phil and Sheilah Baker will be

held at the Zedler Mill pavilion on Saturday, July 21, from 6-12 p.m. The evening will in-clude a dinner, dancing to the music of the Sam Bentley Band, and a cake auction. This is a BYOB event.

Tickets are $25 each, and pre-sale tickets are available at Centex Equipment in Luling, and Sage Capital Bank, at all its locations.

The event is being held to raise money to help cover medical expenses for the Baker Family. Phil Baker, who was raised in Gonzales, was hospitalized with severe heart problems. His wife, Sheilah - a lifelong resident of Luling, was hospitalized about a week later for surgery and it was discovered that she had Leukemia. The couple has worked on a number of events in Luling, Lockhart and Gonzales over the years.

Donations to the Bakers can be made at any Sage Capital Bank branch office.

Moulton Elem. LibraryMoulton Elementary Library will be open

again this summer, to all members of our com-munity and all age students and adults. Some high school books by popular authors will be available. A max of 3 books per person will be allowed.

The library will be open every Tuesday through July 31. Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Call Debbie Novosad at 361-596-7616 if you have questions.

N-S registrationElementary registration will work differently

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

GISD Summer ReadingGonzales ISD students are invited to join the

district’s Summer Reading Program every Tues-day and Thursday from 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. through Aug. 2 at the Gonzales Elementary Li-brary. Story Time will be at 9:30 a.m. each day. Breakfast will be available from 8-8:30 each morning, with lunch available from 11:30-noon each Tuesday and Thursday. All GISD students in grades 1-12 are eligible, and can take Acceler-ated reader tests for next school year credit.

Piano LessonsSummer Piano Lessons are being offered at

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

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