Gonzales Cannon Dec. 13 Issue

Birthdays are always special when they come around with the annual changing of the calendar, but for one local kid Wednesday was especially special.

Rufus Monroe King II of Gon-zales celebrated his birthday on December 12, meaning he had the distinction of having it fall on the

auspicious date of 12-12-12. Mak-ing the event more astonishing is the fact that King was born in 2000, meaning he turned 12 on 12-12-12.

“I didn’t think about it when he was born, but then they started making a big deal about 11-11-11 and I thought ‘Hey, wait a minute,’” said King’s father, Trey.

The date 12-12-12 is considered as significant numerologically be-cause it adds up to the lucky 9,

according to astrologers. Much clamor and commotion have been made about the date worldwide, including a report of hundreds of pregnant women in India who are begging their doctors to induce birth on the day in order to gain fa-vor from above.

“I’ve heard a few things about it but not a whole lot,” said Trey in regards to the buzz. “It’s something

Two Gonzales men are in custo-dy in Arkansas and face charges in both arkansas and Texas after lead-ing Arkansas sheriff ’s deputies on a chase in a car stolen here.

Gonzales Police Dept. spokes-man Capt. Alan Taylor confirmed Monday that his department had

been contacted by officials with the Sevier County, Ark., Sheriff ’s Department after they apprehend-ed the two men following a car and foot chase in that Southwest-ern Arkansas county in the early morning hours Monday.

A Sevier County deputy attempt-ed to make a stop on a 2013 Ford Mustang GT with Texas plates, officials said, but the car pulled away and attempted to flee. Depu-

ties were able to stop the car after a short chase with the aid of spike strips, which disabled the car’s front tires. Two men and a woman were taken into custody following a short foot chase.

Taylor said the car was reported taken without authorization from the scene of a home burglary in Gonzales on Dec. 7. Among the items the homeowner listed were the keys to the Mustang.

He said Sevier County authori-ties reported the two men con-fessed to taking the car.

Taylor said the men told depu-ties they had first traveled to Gilm-ore and then in Palestine, before going north into Arkansas. One of the suspects is believed to have relatives in those locations.

Taken into custody were Domi-nique LeKeith Ornelas, 22, of Gon-

Gonzales County Com-missioners on Monday voiced their support for proposed legislation to authorize the Gonzales County Attorney’s office to prosecute felonies.

Commissioners not-ed the county has tried twice before to convince the Legislature to pass the necessary bill to en-able felony prosecutions by County Attorney Paul Watkins’ office. Currently, felony cases in the county are routed through the 25th District Attorney’s office.

County Judge David Bird said he had heard

from State Sen. Glen Hegar and State Rep. Tim Kleinschmidt and both seemed amenable to the concept. “Hopefully we’ll get a little better traction (in the upcoming Legisla-ture),” he said.

During Monday’s ses-sion the Court also moved forward with two different grant proposals.

Commissioners passed a resolution authorizing the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority application for flood protection planning through the Texas Water Development Board. Bird told Commissioners that while the grant process is not currently active, pass-ing the resolution would

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Court supportsbroader role forcounty attorney

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Comanches shut down Mason;

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Local youngster celebrates turning 12 on 12-12-12

Local men face charges in Texas, Arkansas

A pretty special birthday:

The St. Paul Cardinals out-scored Frisco Legacy Christian 56-43 Friday night at Waco’s Floyd Casey Stadium to capture the TAPPS DivisioN III state football championship for the second time in three years. The win capped an 11-3 season. For full coverage of the contest, see Page B1. (Photos by Dave Mundy)

THIEVES, Page A4

BIRTHDAY, Page A4

COUNTY, Page A4

Horribly abusedhorse mendingat Meadow Haven

DRAGSTER, Page A3Meadow Haven Horse Rescue’s Darla Cherry helps “Dragster” get acquainted with another animal at the facility. (courtesy photo)

NIXON — The Bastrop horse whose story went viral after he was dragged almost 100 yards behind a pickup truck is now un-dergoing rehabilitation at Meadow Haven Horse Res-cue here.

The six-year-old male horse, nicknamed “Drag-

ster” by its rescuers, is re-covering from horrific in-juries he sustained at the hands of owner Mariano Villafuerta. Vilafuerta, a Mexican national believed to have been living in the Austin area, is being sought on felony charges in the case.

Villafuerta reportedly was angry because his horse

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Rufus King II of Gonzales

turned 12 years old on Wednes-

day, 12-12-12. He is shown

here with his four-month

old Great Dane named

Arie. (Courtesy photo)

NIXON — The Nixon City Council reviewed and considered a request for a small amount of monetary compensation for the vol-unteer firefighters of the Nixon Volunteer Fire De-partment (NVFD), during the Dec. 10 regular council meeting.

NVFD Fire Chief Mark Mendez addressed the council with his request to give a small stipend for the volunteer firefighters when they respond to a call or at-tend a meeting.

Citing the greater de-mands and increased re-sponsibilities placed on the NVFD, Mendez stated to the council his idea to give a small stipend of $5 for each volunteer who re-sponds to a dispatched call to go to on-scene to the emergency, as well as $5 for each business and training meeting attended through-out the year.

Mendez relayed to the council information re-garding the guidelines and criteria that would qualify volunteers to be compen-sated according to proper and expected standards.

Mendez says that the small financial compensa-tion is meant as an incen-tive to get volunteers to re-spond to an emergency call, and also to show apprecia-tion for the increased time commitment and demands placed on the NVFD.

“We are volunteers and

I’m just trying to get more members and make more calls because we are lim-ited on people,” said Men-dez after the meeting. “I’m just trying to give more incentive for volunteers to come to a call. It isn’t much; five-dollars won’t buy two gallons of gas to come to a call. It’s just something I thought about to help out our volunteers.”

According to Mendez, the expanding popula-tion and heavier traffic of Nixon has created greater challenges that the NVFD is working hard to keep up with.

“We got a lot more traffic, a lot more wrecks,” he said. “We’re trying to grow with the city, and it’s hard. We don’t have the volunteers that we used to have back

in the old days. Everybody has to work nowadays and it’s tough to get volunteers.”

The Council told Men-dez the city attorney would review the request to make sure proper legal issues are covered. The

Council wanted to make sure proper and thorough financial paperwork and recordkeeping would be in place, among other issues, before they considered ap-proving the compensation measure.

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Burchard recovering after auto accident

Longtime Gonzales at-torney and recent mayoral candidate Bob Burchard is recovering after being airlifted to a San Antonio hospital following an au-tomobile accident Friday evening.

Gonzales Police said a 1978 Ford pickup truck driven by Burchard, 75, was crossing from east-bound U.S. Alternate 90 onto St. Louis St. at about 6:30 p.m. Friday but failed to yield the right-of-way. Burchard’s vehcile was struck on the passenger

side by a westbound 1998 Ford pickup truck driven by Jason Perry, 26, of San Marcos.

An AirLife helicopter transported Burchard to University Hospital in San Antonio, where he was held for observation for non-life-threatening injuries. Perry was taken by Gonza-les County EMS to Gonza-les Memorial Hospital with minor injuries.

A close family friend said that Burchard’s injuries were not serious and he is expected to fully recover.

Here is the Gonzales Police De-partment Report for the period of Dec. 3-9:

Dec. 3Reported Theft At 600 Blk St.

Paul St.Reported Theft At 1600 Blk

Water St.Dec. 4Reported Burglary Motor Ve-

hicle At 1700 Blk Seydler St.Reported Burglary Motor Ve-

hicle At 1700 Blk Seydler St.Reported Theft At 1300 Blk St.

Louis St.Dec. 5Reported Burglary Motor Ve-

hicle At 300 Blk Tanglewood Tr.Reported Burglary Motor Ve-

hicle At 100 Blk Briarcliff Ln.Dec. 614-Year Old Male, Two 15-

Year Old Males, Emuil Jamoore Greathouse, 25 Of Gonzales, and Steven Ray Benavides, 22 Of Gon-zales, Arrested and Charged With Criminal Trespass At 1600 Blk Waco St.

Dec. 7Reported Unauthorized Use

Motor Vehicle At 900 Blk Pecan St.

Reported Theft At 600 Blk St. Paul St.

Donald Ray Strait III, 24 Of Gonzales, Arrested and Charged With Possession Of Controlled Substance At 800 Blk St. Paul St.

Dec. 8Reported Indecency With A

Child At 1500 Blk College St.Dec. 9Reported Burglary Motor Ve-

hicle At 700 Blk St. George St.

Gonzales County Sheriff’s Of-fice Sheriff’s Report for Dec. 2-8:

12/02/12Rodela, Matilde, III, 02/1987,

Gonzales. Criminal Trespass. Re-leased on $1,500 Bond.

12/03/12Hernandez, Marcus John, II,

01/1992, Austin. Local Warrant – Possession of Dangerous Drug. Local Warrant – Criminal Mischief >$50 <$500. Requires $2,000 Bond. Remains in Custody.

12/06/12Martinez, Marissa Ofelia,

12/1993, Gonzales. Local Warrant – Assault causes Bodily Injury. Re-quires $2,500 Bond. Remains in Custody.

12/07/12Vasquez, Alfredo Hernandez,

07/1967, Gonzales. Commitment/

Sentence – Aggravated Assault with Deadly Weapon. Released – Weekender/Work Release.

Rhodes, Michael Brandon, 10/1985, Gonzales. Commitment/Sentence – Theft Stolen Property >$1,500 <$20K. Released – Week-ender/Work Release.

Total Arrest, Court Commit-ments, other agency arrest and processings:

GCSO 05DPS 04GPD 06WPD 00NPD 03Constable 00DWCSO 00DEA 00TPW 00GCAI 00Total 18

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had wandered off his prop-erty.

Villafuerta allegedly dragged the horse behind his pickup truck in 200 block of Mesa Drive in Del Valle on Nov. 10. Witnesses say the horse dragged along the pavement for some 100 yards.

A witness told a Bastrop County officer that on Nov. 10, he saw Mariano Resendiz Villafuerta tie the horse to the receiver hitch of his truck and

drive away at a high rate of speed on Mesa Drive in Del Valle.

The animal couldn’t keep up with the truck’s speed and fell to the ground. The horse was dragged down the road as Vil-lafuerta continued pick up his speed, witnesses said.

The witnesses said that at one point, Villafuerta report-edly got out of his truck and then began kicking the helpless horse.

A series of grisly pictures of the horse after the dragging clearly shows skin and chunks

of flesh hanging off the left side of its body.

The Bastrop County Sher-iff’s Office is charging Villa-fuerta with cruelty to livestock animals, which is a felony.

Deputy Sheriff Conor Brown initially responded to the call, said Sissy Jones, a spokeswoman for the sheriff’s department.

“He talked to the suspect but Deputy Brown was busy ad-dressing the health of the horse when the suspect walked away into the night and couldn’t be found,” said Jones.

Meadow Haven’s Darla Cherry said “Dragster,” as the horse is affectionately called by workers at the rescue, lost skin and has a hole in one of his shoulders.

“When I initially got him ... my response was ‘wow, oh my God. How could anyone do this to an animal?’ I cannot imagine what he looked like when this first happened to him,” Cherry said.

Cherry said the injuries include a bump on his knee which makes him unridable, but “Other than that, he’s great. He’s not afraid of people.”

She said his rehabilitation should take about six months, and that he may be used for pleasure riding at that time. She said that at the conclusion of thye rehabilitation she wil try to find a permanent home for the horse.

Cherry posted graphic photos of Dragster’s injuries on her Facebook page which

went viral as horse lovers ral-lied. Some sent donations for his care through her Web site, www.meadowhavenhorseres-cue.com.

“A lot of people were angry and many questioned wheth-er law enforcement was doing enough to catch this guy,” she said.

Villafuerta was last seen

driving a white 2002 Ford F150 with license plate BU13787. Witnesses said it is believed he is a Mexican na-tional who may have fled to that country.

To contact Meadow Haven Horse Rescue or to donate, call 830-424-3635 or visit their website at www.mead-owhavenhorserescue.com.

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“The burglary and auto

theft cases will be turned over to the District Attor-ney for prosecution just as soon as we get the pa-perwork from Arkansas,” Taylor said. The pair also face Arkansas charges for attempting to elude pursuit.

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Aviator, Businessman, Authorentertains Gonzales Rotarians

Gonzales Rotarians had a unique visitor at their monthly meeting Tuesday. Clete Erstner of Cuero was on-hand to relate some of his experiences. Erstner is the author of “No Guts, No Glory: My Life Story” (Bal-boa Press). The book relates his dreams of taking to the air which took him from a Minnesota farm to Cuero, where he became the youngest flight instructor in the Army Air Corps and where he met his wife, Kathleen.

Erstner then went to China, where he flew 208 dan-gerous missions over “The Hump” to supply our Chi-nese Nationalist allies.

“I’ll never forget my last mission,” he said Tuesday. “The war was ending, and I was ordered to fly to north-ern China to meet up with General Wainwright. When I got there, he said he was going to Tokyo Bay to be there when the Japanese surrendered, but with him were six American generals who had been captured early in the war, and he wanted me to fly them back to Kunming.”

Returning to Texas with numerous decorations for “service above and beyond,” he began a dedicated mis-sion to become the proverbial American success story. He borrowed $5,000 and created a family manufactur-ing dynasty in the small Texas town that became his ad-opted home. A recognized leader in both his industry and community, he was, in 1980, named by President Jimmy Carter as Small Businessperson of the Year in Texas and among the top three nationally in a Rose Gar-den ceremony at the White House. In his retired years, his strength and determination served him in overcom-ing the life-threatening and debilitating disease, Guil-lain-Barre syndrome. Faith, family, and fearlessness are the hallmarks of his exceptional life and career.

Nonetheless, Estner said Tuesday his visit was to praise Gonzales’ Warm Springs Rehabilitation and its staff for helping him regain his mobility after being stricken with Guillain-Barre Syndrome in 1995.

“I’m not here to sell books, I’m here to brag about Gonzales Warm Springs,” he said. “Thank God for Warm Springs.”

At bottom right, Erstner meets another local military hero, Gen. Sam Turk. (Photos by Dave Mundy)

A community Christmas music program will be held on Sunday, Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. at the First United Method-ist Church in Nixon. The purpose of the presentation is to share the story of Jesus’ birth using local talent.

The program will include soloists, the Nixon-Smiley community choir, The Blue Grass Gospel Boys, stu-dents from the N-S drama classes, and a short youth and children’s pageant.

A love offering will be taken at the close of the program with all contribu-tions going to God’s Store-house, our local food bank.

Immediately following the morning service on this same day, a sit-down dinner will be served prior to the presentation of a play enti-tled, Christmas at Oak Leaf Manor. It will be staged in

the Richardson Christian Center.

The drama takes place in a nursing home with all the personalities that can be imagined gathered there. You may never have consid-ered this, but we have a very good cross-sample of these personalities right here in Nixon.

Director Key Garner says that her casting duties “have been quite simple, ac-tually!”

Kathleen Faulkner is organizing the meal and Gladyne Finch is creating a dance routine to be done by the feeble, but spirited and determined senior citi-zens who reside at Oak Leaf Manor.

The fund raising charge for this dinner theatre pre-sentation is $10. Doors will open at 12:00 noon.

SHINER — Calling all quil-ters and needlework artists! Shiner Heritage Quilters invite you to participate in our 2013 show, “Spring into Quilting”. The show will be held on Fri-day, March 15th and Saturday, March 16th from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church Activity Center, 102 West Church St. (off Hwy 90A) in Shiner.

The quilt show will feature beautiful quilts ranging from twin size to king size as well as baby quilts, throws, runners, table toppers and various types of needlework. This show will not be judged; however, view-ers’ choice and mayor’s choice awards will be presented. There is no entry fee.

Please contact Carolyn Whitmire (361-596-4439) or Bernadette Kresta (361-596-4575) for general entry instruc-tions and entry forms.

You may also pick up in-structions and forms at either of the quilt shops in Shiner: Martha’s Quilting Corner, 117 E. 7th St., or The Square Quil-ter; 807 N. Ave. D. Additional-ly, this information is available on the Shiner Heritage Quil-ters web site: www.shinerher-itagequilters.org.

We will accept entry forms postmarked on or before Tues-day, Jan. 3.

We hope that all of you will mark the show dates, March 15 and 16, on your 2013 calendars. Thank you for your support!

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enable the county to re-main active in the pro-gram for possible future funding.

Commissioners also gave the go-ahead for the Sheriff ’s Department to apply for a $75,000 Bor-der Star Grant. Sheriff Glenn Sachtleben said

the funds, if approved, would be used to provide overtime pay for deputies and for additional patrol mileage.

Bird and commission-ers also directed Sachtle-ben and County Auditor Becky Weston to jointly contact the Texas Associ-ation of Governments to resolve questions about deputies’ personal li-ability coverage. Sachtle-ben said the question is whether the county can be held liable for dam-ages in cases where law enforcement officers are acting on their off-duty hours or in non-county vehicles.

“I’m not looking at pro-tecting the equipment,

I’m looking at protecting the county,” Sachtleben said.

In other action Mon-day, Commissioners:

• Approved a non-bid hiring of Menn & As-sociates for appraisal of a county-owned strip of land off Loop 131.

• Approved a resolu-tion prohibiting certain aerial fireworks. prohibit-ed items include any type of rocket or missile with stands or fins.

• Approved an Equal Employment Opportu-nity Commission resolu-tion of litigation filed by Kenneth McNabb, and appointed Bird to sign that agreement.

that can only happen ev-ery 100 years so it’s really a unique kind of thing.”

As far as Rufus goes, his father describes him as a fun-loving kid with a great sense of humor. The odd-ity surrounding his 12th birthday is not loss on the youngster.

“He thinks it’s pretty neat and he’s gotten a kick out of telling everybody about it,” said Trey, whose fam-

ily runs and operates the King Service Station. “We moved back to Gonzales when he was 10 months old so he’s grown up at the gas station. Lots of people around town have seen him grow up. He’s been there pretty much every day of his life.”

Because of the unusual-ly-perceived significance of the 12-12-12 date, one would almost expect the North Avenue Interme-diate student to possess

some kind of cosmically-ordained superpower.

“We haven’t seen any-thing magical yet,” joked Trey.

One quick search of the Internet will yield a find of other youngsters around the country in the same position as King.

Matthew Jones of Do-ver, N.C. was the lone survivor of a set of twins born on Dec. 12, 2000. Audrey Cahill of Naper-ville, IL also turned 12 on

12-12-12 as did Pennsly-vania pre-teens Grace Re, Wesley Taylor, and Emily Hamm.

Kiam Moriya of Bir-mingham, AL took the phenomenon one step further because he was born at 12:12 p.m. on Dec. 12, 2000 and Samuel Dukes of Marshall pulled off the rare feat of living through 12-12-12 twice in his lifetime when he cele-brated his 100th birthday on the date.

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Don’t forget the nomi-nations for Lifetime Achievement, Commu-nity Service and Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship are due in the office be-fore the end of Decem-ber. We have a number of deserving people in our town; let’s get them some recognition for all they do.

• Spend Bucks to Win Bucks continues at local businesses until Christ-mas Eve, so get shopping!

• Storey Jewelers will host a Le Vian Diamond Company Trunk Show for diamonds and colored stones on Dec. 18. Cus-tomers may choose from a world-class selection of find diamonds and col-ored gems.

• Shear Designs has enlarged their showroom

so that they can display even more jeans, jackets, scarves, bags, jewelry and a large variety of tops and dresses. From casual to dress-up, they have it all.

• The Hearty Gourmet has everything kitchen-related for the cook on your list. They also have the packaged “makings” for cakes, pies, dips, sal-ads – you name it, you can find it on their shelves.

• Lone Star Bank is the

place to get your cash for stocking stuffing and all your banking needs.

• At W B Farm & Ranch you’ll find everything from nuts and bolts, Yeti coolers, kids’ play sets, outdoor items and lots more.

• The China Basket is where to find bridal se-lections, baby gifts, all types of serving items and glassware, cookbooks, candles and fun things for gifts.

• On Tuesday, the Na-tional Lifestyle Center will have an open house from 4 to 6 p.m., with a ribbon-cutting at 4 p.m. They are located at 502 St. James Street and invite everyone to come and join them and look over their store.

• After 19 years, with the Gonzales Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture, Bradley Avant will retire at the end of December. Daisy Scheske has joined the staff and we are very pleased to have her with us. She is a “Gonzales kid” and graduated from Texas State in 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in Fam-ily and Consumer Science and a minor in business. Come by and welcome her to the chamber.

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Gonzales Livestock Market ReportThe Gonzales Livestock Market

Report for Saturday, December 8, 2012 had on hand: 1,257 cattle.

Compared to our last sale: Calves and yearlings sold steady to $1.00-$3.00 higher. Packer cows sold steady to $1.00 lower.

Stocker-feeder steers: Medium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs., $210-$225; 300-400 lbs, $175-$190; 400-500 lbs, $165-$175; 500-600 lbs, $132-$155; 600-700 lbs., $128-$134; 700-800 lbs, $124-$127.

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

Stocker-feeder heifers: Medium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs, $170-$195; 300-400 lbs, $155-$160; 400-500 lbs, $138-$150; 500-600 lbs., $124-$135; 600-700 lbs., $119-$123.

Packers cows: Good lean utility and commercial, $67-$70; Cutters, $74-$80; Canners, $54-$66; Low yielding fat cows, $67-$73.50.

Packer bulls: Yield grade 1 & 2, good heavy bulls; $89-$99.50; light weights and medium quality bulls, $83-$87.

Stocker Cows: $850-$1,100.Pairs: $1,050-$1,250.Thank you for your business!!

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Steers: 200-300 lbs, $151 to $161 to $215; 300-400 lbs., $150 to $160 to $200; 400-500 lbs, $136 to $146 to $174; 500-600 lbs, $126 to $136 to $151; 600-700 lbs, $117 to $127 to $136; 700-800 lbs, $112 to $122 to $129.

Heifers: 200-300 lbs, $139 to $149 to $175; 300-400 lbs, $126 to $136 to $158; 400-500 lbs, $118 to $128 to $175; 500-600 lbs, $108 to $118 to $140; 600-700 lbs, $96 to $106 to $135; 700-800 lbs, $97 to $107 to $128.

Slaughter cows: $45 to $83; Slaughter bulls: $84 to $92; Stocker cows: $500 to $1,083; Pairs, $1,310.

Notices: Our last sale of 2012 will be next week on December 17. Our first Sale of 2013 will be on January 7.

Cuero Livestock Market ReportCuero Livestock Market Report

on December 7, 2012, had 1,995 head.

Had 221 cows and 14 bulls. The packer market was unchanged from last week’s market for same reasons being that it is mostly a matter of large numbers due to time of the year and on-going drought concerns.

The calf was much better as most classes below 600 lbs were a solid $3-4/cwt higher. The market appears to be a lot more active this week as some individuals were as muich as $10-15/cwt higher particularly in the lighter steer weights. The bigger calves were once again very strong. A good rain would help.

Packer Bulls: Hvy. Wts., $87-$98; lower grades, $67-$80.

Packer cows: breakers, $65-$73; boning, $65-$75.50; canners & cutters, $66-$86; light & weak, $40-$55.

Palpated dry Cows 19 bred cows, $68-$101.

Pairs: None.Steer calves: under 200 lbs,

none; 200-250 lbs, None; 250-300 lbs, $167-$210; 300-350 lbs, $169-$220; 350-400 lbs, $143-$182; 400-450 lbs, $164-$184; 450-500 lbs, $150-$180; 500-550 lbs, $139-$154; 550-600 lbs, $135-$143; 600-700 lbs, $129-$144; 700-800 lbs, $128-$132.

Bull Calves: under 250 lbs, None; 250-300 lbs, $170-$170; 300-350 lbs, $145-$212.50; 350-400 lbs, $159-$196; 400-450 lbs, $145-$170; 450-500 lbs, $142-$172; 500-550 lbs, $130-$143; 550-600 lbs, $130-$145; 600-700 lbs, $125-$133.

Over 700 lbs. bulls, $120-$127.Heifer Calves: under 200 lbs.,

None; 200-250 lbs, None; 250-300 lbs, $155-$178; 300-350 lbs, $149-$176; 350-400 lbs, $137-$162; 400-450 lbs, $138-$156; 450-500 lbs, $131-$144; 500-550 lbs, $125-$137; 550-600 lbs, $124-$129; 600-700 lbs., $122-$128; over 700 lbs, bulls $115-$118.

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New business cuts ribbon A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Tuesday afternoon for National Lifestyle Centers, Inc. The business, which is located at 501 St. James in Gonzales, is a national company which offers its members the opportunity to save and make money buying items they are already purchasing rather than buying those items at retail. (Courtesy photo)

Gen. George Washington’s army retreated from New York in ignomi-ny in November 1776. As it moved through New Jersey, Lt. James Mon-roe, the future president, stood by the road and counted the troops: 3,000 left from an original force of 30,000.

In December 1776, the future of America hung on the fate of a be-draggled army barely a step ahead of annihilation.

The Americans confronted about two-thirds of the strength of the British army, and half its navy, not to mention thousands of German mercenaries. The defense of New York was barely worthy of the name. When British troops crossed into Manhattan at Kips Bay, the Ameri-cans ran. Washington reportedly exclaimed in despair, “Are these the men with which I am to defend America?”

Later, from the New Jersey Pali-sades, he watched as the British took Fort Washington across the Hudson, held by 3,000 American troops, and put surrendering Americans to the sword. According to one account, Washington turned away and wept “with the tenderness of a child.”

British strategy depended on shat-tering American faith in the Con-tinental Army and reconciling the rebellious colonies to the Crown. As the Americans fled to the Pennsyl-vania side of the Delaware River, the British occupied New Jersey and of-fered an amnesty to anyone declar-ing his loyalty. They had thousands of takers, including one signer of the Declaration of Independence.

With expiring enlistments about to reduce his army further, Washing-ton decided on a scheme to cross the Delaware on Christmas and surprise the Hessian garrison in Trenton. “If the raid backfired,” Washington bi-ographer Ron Chernow writes, “the war was likely over and he would be captured and killed.”

Behind schedule, Washington’s

main force of 2,400 started cross-ing the river that night. Yes, most of them were standing up in flat-bottomed boats. Yes, there were ice floes. It wasn’t until 4 a.m. that all the men were across the river. They had 9 miles still to march to Trenton in a driving storm and no chance of making it before daybreak. Wash-ington considered calling it off, but he had already come too far.

Arriving at Trenton at 8 a.m., his spirited troops seemed “to vie with the other in pressing forward,” he wrote afterward. They surprised the Hessians, who didn’t expect an attack in such weather. The battle ended quickly -- 22 Hessians killed, 83 se-riously wounded and 900 captured, to two American combat deaths.

“It may be doubted whether so small a number of men ever em-ployed so short a space of time with greater and more lasting effects upon the history of the world,” British his-torian George Trevelyan wrote.

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Hackett Fischer sees in the American resurgence after our for-tunes were at their lowest a reassur-ing aspect of our national character in this season of discontent: We re-spond when pressed. Dr. Benjamin Rush, a great supporter of the Ameri-can cause, wrote: “Our republics can-not exist long in prosperity. We re-quire adversity and appear to possess most of the republican spirit when most depressed.” May it still be so.

Rich Lowry is editor of the Nation-al Review. (c) 2012 by King Features Synd., Inc.

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In Our ViewBig brother is watching the free-est nation in the world

How the GOP canturn things around

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.

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As we near Christmas, doesn’t it give you a warm and cuddly feel-ing to be living in the U.S. of A.? Isn’t it a wonderful thing to be liv-ing in the land of the chained and the home of the cowardly?

A strong bite of sarcasm, you say. That’s not fair, you say.

In January, Obamacare kicks in. Whether you want to participate or not. Some folks will be turning half their paycheck over for Uncle Sam to redistribute — and those folks won’t even be the “rich” peo-ple the talking heads like to say need to be paying more.

You’ll be happy to know that when you sign up for your Obam-acare, an RFID micro-chip will be implanted in your skin. This will make it easier for the government to keep track of your medical re-cords ... and where you are, at all times.

On Page 1,004 of the legislation, the law reads that the RFID chip will be mandatory “Not later than 36 months after the date of the enactment.” That would be next March 23.

The exact words of the bill, H.R. 3200 section 2521, Pg. 1001, para-graph 1:

The Secretary shall establish a national medical device registry (in this subsection referred to as the ‘registry’) to facilitate analysis of postmarket safety and outcomes data on each device that— ‘‘is or has been used in or on a patient; ‘‘and is— ‘‘a class III device; or ‘‘a class II device that is implantable, life-supporting, or life-sustaining.”

Isn’t it wonderful to know that our Uncle Sam cares so much for us that he wants to know where we are and how we’re feeling at all times, to build a giant database of personal information which can be used to justify further expan-sion of government bureaucracy and legislation?

Y’all know I’m not much of a Bible-thumper, but even I can see the correlation between having a

computer chip inserted into your body and Revelation 13:16-18: “He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name.”

Yes, the chips could conceiv-ably include information beyond that which is medically necessary — financial information, criminal record, voting record, any of that data could be easily injected.

But this is all for our own good, remember.

If, of course, you have the bold temerity to actually get sick and need treatment under Obam-acare, you’ll be happy to know that a committee will decide what kind of treatment you should receive — and, coincidentally, whether or not the “unit” (i.e., you) has a quality of life worth preserving by treatment.

Bear in mind, that’s not a death panel. They’ll never make the decision to take your life — just whether or not you’re worth sav-ing.

Of course, you can refuse to let

the government spy on you with an RFID chip; after all, it’s a total-ly voluntary mandatory system. If you do refuse, you’ll just pay a fine. Correction, the Supreme Court said that’s a “tax.” And eventually the government will put enough pressure on the med-ical industry that those who are not chipped will not be treated.

Don’t worry about your kids. Those not carrying a chip in their arm or their hand or their head will be carrying one around their neck.

A student at one San Antonio school has achieved some noto-riety lately after she refused to wear her school-issued ID card because it contains a locator chip. As with so many other things, the school district said it inserted the chips into the cards for “safety” reasons, but coincidentally the chips allow the district to track attendance more efficiently elec-tronically so they know whether or not a kid is truant.

Beg your pardon: “truant” is such a strong term. Sometimes kids are kept home because they’re ill. That’s an “unverified absence,” because the school

nurse didn’t examine those chil-dren to verify that the parent wasn’t lying.

But remember, allowing the government full access to your life story in digital format is all voluntary. Unless you drive.

The National Transportation Safety Board has proposed that all new light cars and trucks be equipped with event recorders similar to the “black boxes” on commercial aircraft. This data could be accessed in the event of an accident, or when determin-ing your insurance rates.

Oh, yes ... and this data could also be accessed to see how many miles you’ve driven, to determine your mileage tax.

You’ve heard, of course, that some politicians are looking at the idea of taxing us by the num-ber of miles we drive as a way to “encourage” us to use more pub-lic transportation and assimilate into the “green” movement.

But rejoice, my fellow citizens. We live in the free-est nation on the planet!

As long as you comply, that is. Remember, Big Brother is

watching.

The Republicans in south Texas are ana-lyzing and assessing their recent loss to understand what happened. On this, two points are very clear; one was voter apathy, the other was lack of money for local cam-paigns and candidates.

The long and nasty presidential primary may have hurt voter turn-out. Also, the Romney campaign seemed to take Texas for granted by assuming that conservatives would vote for Romney.

However, one sure problem was the lack of “ground game” by active and engaged precinct chairs to get the vote out. There were few trained, active, and funded pre-cinct chairs to bring GOP voters to the polls. Unfortunately, most GOP or conser-vative leaders are not community organiz-ers, and don’t know how to rally people to a cause. It seems conservatives depend more on talk radio and Fox TV News spread their message.

In mean time, the liberal Democrats had large signs in some communities that boldly stated “Stop the Republican war on women”, or “health care”, or “education”. Sadly, the GOP had nothing to counter those signs.

Then there were the political games that were played, particularly in Democrat His-panic strongholds. GOP candidates had their signs ripped down, routinely. When flyers were passed out door-to-door, Demo-cratic operatives followed behind and gath-ered the flyers. In Bexar County, several “abnormalities” in voter registration were found, including the use of a cemetery as an address for several voters registered as Democrats.

The lack of financial support for local GOP candidates is particularly baffling. For example, many business interests associated with the Eagle Ford Shale did not support GOP candidates who would be more ben-eficial to their business interest than the

Democrats. Obama has made it clear that he is not a friend of oil or fracking. If energy businesses think the EPA was tough before, things are about to get worse. If they think “conservative” Democrats will help them, they should understand that any Democrat that wants to get ahead politically will have to pull the Obama line.

The GOP needs to develop an effective ground game. Precinct chairs must know how to inform, educate, and rally people to vote. They must be seen and be heard in their communities. The precinct chairs can also be taught how to reach out and recruit Hispanics into the party.

In order to help the precinct chairs, the local GOP must have money. To get funds, the party must have a vision and goals, and show results. Money is needed to train for precinct chairs, and to develop a commu-nications system which can help keep them informed and engaged. Funding should also be used to challenge the illegal activi-ties that liberals engage in, and which are so common.

If the GOP can make these changes, the 2012 election will be a temporary setback in south Texas and not the end of the world. With the proper game plan and funding, fu-ture success will follow.

This is an edited transcrip-tion of an interview with David Stroman on “The News from the Camphouse” on KULM 98.3 fm. David Stroman is a landowner and rancher in West Texas, as well as, an oil and gas attorney in Midland.

Brune: The mainstream me-dia is giving a lot of attention to the concern by environmen-talists about horizontal drilling. Currently, the Permian Basin is going great guns once more. How did West Texas go from being dead to back in business?

Stroman: We’re very busy around Midland. In the past six years it seems like every year production and drilling has increased. As far as the la-bor force is concerned there is a shortage on housing and a shortage on labor. The res-taurants can’t find dishwash-ers and are serving on paper plates. It’s a crazy time. The rea-son that the oil fields are back in production is because of new technology and comple-tion techniques. We’re getting oil from different formations

that existed in old wells but were, at the time, unattainable. There are a lot of old wells that can now be brought back to life.

Brune: Can you describe some of this technology?

Stroman: I’m no engineer, but a big part of the improved technology surrounds hori-zontal drilling. The technology used here has opened some formations that previously weren’t economical to drill into.

Brune: You have family land in Sterling City with some ex-ploration?

Stroman: Yes, and they are using horizontal drilling. They drill down about 8,000 feet and then they make the turn and the lateral portion may be anywhere from a mile to a mile and a half. The main target is oil but they’re also producing some gas. This shale forma-tion is about 500 feet thick. So, it would take multiple vertical wells do get anything out of the shale. That’s why they go 7500 feet laterally through the shale.

Brune: What about the con-cern about groundwater?

Stroman: Our problem is that we don’t have water wells strong enough to provide enough water to fracc a well. The water must be hauled in, used for fraccing, and then hauled off. The water is bought up front and then the drill-ers must pay to dispose of the water at a reinjection well. The cost of trucking to and from the site is also an expense. Then you must consider the wear and tear on the roads.

Brune: There was a similar set of problems in Pennsyl-vania. Additionally, they had

no reinjection wells to dispose of the water after fraccing. It was trucked, or sent by rail, to Ohio. Now, it’s becoming cheaper to clean up the water and use it again. This is done with the same separation pro-cesses used in desalination. And, when the cost is reason-able and in the right situations this water can be released back into the environment with no concern. It would virtually be put back into the water cycle.

Stroman: Yes, it comes down to economics.

Brune: But what about cor-rupting or contaminating the groundwater?

Stroman: The Railroad Commission regulates reinjec-tion and whatever goes down the old wells. As far as contam-inating groundwater through the fraccing process, I believe that’s a safe technology and most concerns are unfounded.

Brune: There’s another source of energy being pro-duced in West Texas. Do you have any experience with land-owners involved with wind farms?

Stroman: We’ve got some turbines on one of our prop-erties so yes; I’ve got personal experience with the wind farm industry. I’ve also got some clients that deal with the wind companies.

Brune: These are leases?

Stroman: Yes, they are long term surface leases that are usually set up for 25 years. They need to be insured that they can keep the turbines in place long enough to pay for them. Then the leases also in-clude some sort of royalties of production.

Brune: Have you heard whether there are problems getting the electricity to mar-ket?

Stroman: Yes, there are more turbines than transmis-sion lines. That has resulted in a push for additional higher capacity transmission lines. I’m operating under the ideal that this industry is op-erating off the taxpayer spon-sored government subsidies that allowed them to build the windmills and lease the properties. I’m not positive if that’s true, or, if that’s been my conclusion from watch-ing these guys operate. When you drive by wind farms and a big block of the windmills aren’t turning it’s not because the wind isn’t blowing. It’s because there’s the lack of ca-pacity to move that electricity to market. A private sector company couldn’t afford to operate in this manner.

Brune: Have any of the companies had problems fill-ing contracts for electricity?

Stroman: Yes and when

that happens they must buy electricity elsewhere and sell it to fill their contract.

Brune: So the company has windmills doing noth-ing and then is forced to buy electricity. Who can afford to operate like that?

Stroman: Well, you or I couldn’t afford to operate like that. The infrastructure for natural gas is much more in place than the infrastructure for wind – in this part of the world.

Brune: There is one true fact. When the current ad-ministration shuts down federal leasing for oil and gas it drives the oil companies to-wards private property.

Stroman: Yes, and that’s good for Texas.

Brune: My next concern is when true wildlife con-servation groups hold hands with the quasi-conservation groups like the Sierra Club to shut down federal oil and gas leases in the name of pro-tecting habitat. I’d rather see them embrace the leave-no-trace technology that is being developed.

Stroman: Yes, look at the ranchers who have oil and gas production but also man-age for wildlife, crops, and livestock. They are the true stewards of the environment that should be our mentors.


In Your ViewDisseminating problems on energy production with an O&G attorney

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

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Assemblies of GodGonzales Family Church Assembly of God320 St. Andrew

First Assembly of God509 E. 3rd St. Nixon

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

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

BaptistClark Baptist ChurchF.M. 794, Gonzales

County Baptist Church Hwy. 87 Smiley

Eastside Baptist ChurchSeydler Street, Gonzales

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

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“So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of Da-vid, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expect-ing a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.”

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Get out of the way truck-ers, gas guzzlers, because the critters are moving in—December 23rd at 6PM, Downtown Belmont, (Bethlehem, as it was told in the Bible) we are having a delivery.

It is the delivery of Baby Jesus in a manger. ( EMT Dick Goss, and Nurse Shirley Goss will be pres-ent) the shepherds of some unknown sorts but maybe (James Wundt, Mike Bond, Bob Kidd) see a very bright star and stumble around trying to find it. A very stubborn donkey (led by Kenneth Schauer) brings poor Mary to that noisy barn littered with hay and manure.

Finally she gives birth to our Savior and the candles are lit as Gail Schauer plays beautiful music, and ev-eryone sings. A stray dog wanders by and a nymph of a kitten looks on with wonder. Everyone wipes a nostalgic tear and we re-member. Christ is born. We adjourn over to the Bel-mont Community Center for refreshments.

Please get the names of people who are shut-ins to Jackie Kidd so that plans can be made for those also. Please indicate if they are diabetic or not. Her phone number is 830-437-2810.

The Monthalia United Methodist Church will have their Christmas pro-gram on December 16th, Santa will give out Christ-mas bags to those under age 12, and a dinner will follow in the parish hall.

Monthalia United Meth-odist Church will have a Candlelight Christmas Eve Service at 6PM, Monday, December 24th.

The Scriptures for De-cember 16th, Zephaniah 3:14-20; Isaiah 12:2-6; Phi-lippians 4:4-7; Luke 3:7-18

The following people need your prayers and encouragement: Joe Kot-wig, Paul Villareal, Glenn Malatek, Mr. Bill, Jesse

Esparza; Bill and Marie Lott, “Sarge” Dunkin; Lou-ise Jones, Aunt Georgie Gandre; Danny and Joyce Schellenberg, Velma and Bobby Bullard; Mildred O’Neal, Pastor Lundy Hoo-ten, Terrence, Aunt Fran-ces Gandre, Glenn Mikesh, Maria Castillo, Selma Vick-ers, Landis, Gene Robin-son, Keith Glass, Timothy and Jack Black, Teresa Wilke, Linda Denker, San-di Gandre, Aunt Betty Gandre, Linda Nesloney, Carol, Shirley Dozier, Ma-rie Schauer, Esther Linde-mann, Anna Lindemann, Mary and Pete Camarillo, Mandy and Wm. (Ressie) Brietschopf, Lanny Baker, Bob Young, Lucy Jones, Ann Bond; Case Martin, Marguerite Williams.

I said a hello and a thank you to one of our air force ladies the other day in San Antonio. I don’t know whether it was lack of space, money or what but she bought the small-est artificial Christmas tree that she could find with the smallest string of lights. I almost asked her why, but I didn’t want to embar-rass her. I expect she was stationed at Lackland Air Force Base. Pray for our troops and their families.

I am going to have to add to the birthday list. Rose-mary Hindman has a birth-day on December 10th. I do not know whether this was a birthday celebra-tion but Joe and Rosemary were eating out over at the Belmont Social Club with their youngest son, Scott, who is in the Reserves. It was good to see all of them.

Then Shirley Crabtree has a birthday this upcom-

ing week, along with Wade Wilson who has a birthday on Sunday. Wade’s nephew Jesse Wilson popped in to see him yesterday along with his son, Cameron. Jes-se reports that his mother Judy is now living with his sister, Little Joy and hus-band, who is stationed in Hawaii. Maybe some of you remember them when they were living around Stock-dale and in this area.

Henry Bruns celebrated his birthday in style. The bunch over at the Luling American Legion threw him a big birthday party last Friday. Will tried to stay until you showed up but you kept procrastinat-ing Henry. I won’t say how old Henry is, but he is get-ting up there. However, you would never know his age by the way he can dance. Henry is a wonderful per-son to have for a friend. We wish him many more Happy Birthdays.

Oh, I hear that after Christmas that “Buster” Lindemann and “LA” Lin-demann are going to have some kind of birthday par-tyin’ going on with their ages being twenty years apart ya’ know and fallin’ on even numbers like this.

The rattlesnakes have not left. In addition to having killed a three foot one in downtown Leesville, one with five rattles was killed down the fence line over at the Wilsons. I don’t know what brought them all out this year, but I hope that we have put a dent in the population.

The Belmont Commu-nity Center Club had their Christmas dinner Tuesday, Dec. 11th with 13 mem-bers present. We had a ham brought by Marcia and the rest bringing potluck dish-es. Let’s put it this way-- not one of us left there hungry. We had a lot of fun with the Chinese gift exchange. Sev-eral of us stole the others gifts. I was number one so I could have gotten any gift I wanted, but I decided to keep my neat wrought iron shelf. We had a lot of fun laughing and talking too.

I want to than the TX DOT for putting up those

bigger road signs that say, “Highway intersection ahead”. If they save one life, then that is one life. Thank you very much. You said that you had them, and you have had them up in place for several weeks.

Now TXDOT, I have another project for you. When you back out of the Belmont Social Club and turn right to go to the Yield sign toward Nixon,well there is a bad “chuck hole” in the road just where you have to start getting over to the right toward that white stripe in the road. It makes me say words that I did not even know that I knew. Could you please do something about that “chug hole”? You know it is Christmas time and all that.

Congratulations are in order for Erin Allen. This Friday, December 14th, 2012, Erin Michelle Allen officially gets her Bache-lor of Arts degree in Psy-chology from St. Edwards University in Austin. Erin is the daughter of Kath-leen Allen, and the late Paul Allen of Belmont, TX; and a 2009 graduate of Gonzales High School.

Cameron Glass, son of Keith Glass, bagged a nine point buck down in Cotulla. Keith Glass’s brother took him hunt-ing and that is what he brought back as his tro-phy. Now that is cool.

Pastor R. C. Waddle was the guest preacher in Monthalia last Sunday in what is called a pulpit swap. His wife also sang a solo for the church ser-vice that was beautiful.

This norther that blew in the other day made the dogs bark. It scared the cats and annoyed me. I am losing my voice. They say that the cedar pollen is over 4000 today. I am so allergic to that stuff. Termite said that below 30 degrees is too cold for her. She has a big down filled blanket to snuggle up inside. So the weather is still the talk around for just about everyone.

Stay safe, and God Bless.


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The North Avenue Intermediate Band had a fund raiser in October during which awards were earned by the following students. Kabel Faltisek (top) re-ceived a $100 gift card from Walmart, Lilah Floch (center) won a six-pound chocolate bar, and Skylynn Williams (bottom) was the winner of $100 cash. The band would like to thank the community for making their activity a success. (Courtesy photos)

At the recent Sundowners 4-H Club Meeting, all of the members decided to lend a hand to the needy and the elderly. Members brought toys for Santa’s Helpers. They also made Pine Cone Ornaments for the residents at The Heights, Texan Rehab, and Romberg House. The club also donated $100 to the horse rescue center in Nixon. After all of the work, the club had a Christmas Party with drinks and refreshments. For more informa-tion on 4-H, log on to www.4honline.com. (Courtesy photo)


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Donovan and Royce decorating our Christ-mas tree. — Posted by Rene-Rosalind Al-maguer

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Skylar’s Christmas recital 2012 — Posted by Katherine Vela

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Beulah Whitehead, 1906-2012

WHITEHEADBeulah Whitehead, 106, of

Corpus Christi formerly of Port Lavaca/Placido, passed away December 4. She was born December 4, 1906 in Caldwell County, between Luling and Harwood on the family farm, to James A Cain and Amanda Scruggs Cain.

Beulah married Jimmie Leeman Whitehead in at the First Baptist Church in Luling. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Port Lavaca.

Beulah worked hard all of her life, she chopped cotton as a young girl, worked on air-planes during WWI, helped raise lambs, tend cattle and raise pecans. She kept a gar-den and canned everything. Beulah made wonderful homemade yeast rolls, dew-berry cobbler, jam, and jelly and pecan pie.

She was an excellent seam-stress and had made beautiful dresses for her granddaugh-ter. She enjoyed watching her grandsons shoot her rifles under her supervision along Placido Creek.

She was a devout Chris-tian; she stressed to her fam-ily the importance of reading scripture and trusting God. Beulah was a strong, faithful, loyal and generous servant of the Lord and age 100 was still driving herself to church every Sunday.

Survivors include her grandchildren: Dana Love Hamilton (Richard) of Wim-berly, Tod Pennington (Kar-en) of Plano, Sam A. Pen-nington, III of Gonzales, Brice Pennington (Becky) of Cop-pell and Keith Pennington (Martha) of Manchaca; sister, Ruby Ramzinsky of Gonzales; 9 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; daughters, Lois Love and Marie Penning-ton; sister, Mamie Hender-shot; and brother, Otis Cain.

A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, De-cember 15 in the First Bap-tist Church in Port Lavaca. A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, December 15 in Harwood Cemetery. Pallbearers include: Tod Pen-nington, Sam Pennington,

III, Brice Pennington, Keith Pennington, Russell Hamilton and Ryan Hamilton. Memori-als may be made to the First Baptist Church in Port Lavaca.

Services are under the care and direction of Seydler-Hill Funeral Home in Gonzales.

Juan Bautista Alfredo Felici Alonso, 1939-2012

FELICIMr. Juan Bautista Alfredo

Felici Alonso passed away in Mexico City on Novem-ber 16th, 2012. Mr. Felici was born in Mexico City on May 10th, 1939 to Mr. Aldo Felici Pillon and his wife Mrs. Ama-lia Alonso Vidal de Felici. In Mexico, May 10th is Mother’s Day, so he was a beautiful gift to his parents, who had lost their newborn twins Aldo and Arturo a year earlier. Juan was a playmate to his eldest brother Alberto, who is now a pediatrician living with his family in McAllen, Texas.

Juan, affectionately known as “Gianetto”, married his only love, Elsy del Pilar Rosado Mollinedo de Felici, whom he met through his sister, Mari. Gianetto was a great gift to his family and friends. He was a dreamer, an inventor, an en-gineer, a philosopher, a busi-nessman, a comedian, and a talented imitator. Most of all, he was a man with the soul of a kid. Gianetto loved his family with all his heart, and adored his daughters and his grandkids. He spent his time inventing things, reading, and working on his computer. Gia-netto was also fascinated by science, and enjoyed buying new “toys”.

Gianetto spent hours talk-ing and walking with his daughters, and sharing all of his stories, dreams, and ideas. He would play like a child with his grandkids, making funny noises, and playing pranks. Gianetto smiled often, and loved to make jokes. He was generous and forgiving, and he helped many people, even when it was not appre-ciated. Gianetto was a joy to all who knew him. He was a genuine optimist and a peace-maker, whose dream was to change the world. In a way, he achieved that through the lives of his family. Gianetto used to remind his daugh-ters that their last name was Felici, which means happy, and that, given a choice, they should choose to be happy. He left this world a happy and fulfilled man who is very loved by his family. Gianetto

is now in Heaven with our Lord Jesus, working on new inventions and humoring the angels.

He was preceded in death by his twin brothers, his fa-ther, his mother, and his sister Maria Guadalupe (Tia Mari). Survivors include his wife Elsy, four daughters and their husbands: Giuseppina “Gina” and James Alford, Carla and Fernando Sustaita, Elsy and Steve Bryan, Jr., and Smyrna and Eric Le Baron. He also has 6 grandchildren whom he adored: Nicole Sustaita-Felici, John Posey Alford, Julie Marie Alford, James Otis “Jim” Al-ford, Giancarlo Sustaita-Felici, and Ava Sophia Bryan, whose ages range from 6 years to 1 week old. In addition to his wife and daughters, he is sur-vived by his brothers Alberto, Aldo, and Carlos, and by his sisters Rosandra and Amalia, as well as by numerous nieces and nephews.

McCASKILLJohn William McCaskill,

65 of Gonzales, passed away Monday, December 10. He was born March 11, 1947 in Bay City, the son of Joe and Charlotte Fougerat McCaskill.

He was a member of the 1965 graduating class of Gon-zales High School and later attended Texas A&M Uni-versity. He served in the U.S. Navy on the submarine USS Bushnell as a torpedoman’s mate.

He was a retired truck driver, who enjoyed build-ing model ships, completing crossword puzzles and was an avid reader. He was always a fan of all A&M sporting events.

He was a very special uncle to his numerous nieces and nephews. He is survived by his mother, Charlotte McK-night of Victoria; sister, Rosie Jahnsen and husband Tom of Victoria; and brothers, Phil McCaskill and wife Janis of Gonzales and Winston “Bub-ba” McKnight and wife Angie of Richmond; many nieces and nephews; and a special friend, Edna Gatlin of Gonza-les. He was preceded in death by his father, Joseph McCaskill and one brother, Charles Mc-Caskill.

Graveside services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, De-cember 13 at the Masonic Cemetery in Gonzales with Reverend Diana Whitley of-ficiating. Honorary pallbear-ers include his nieces and nephews: Charles McCaskill, Joseph McCaskill, Heather Jahnsen, Cole McKnight, Brayden McKnight, Corynne McCaskill and Brennan Mc-Caskill.

Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, the American Cancer Society or donor’s choice of charities.

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


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With this year coming to a close, it seemed appropri-ate to think about what pos-sibilities lie ahead. Many of this years aspirations may have been discarded or put on a shelf for one reason or another. Consider this...

Reaching the purpose God has planned for your life is a lot like scaling a mountain.

Skilled climbers know that a step-by-step plan is needed to reach the peak. These athletes have learned that no one reaches the summit of a mountain safely without a depend-able strategy. Successful climbers are those who have mastered a multitude of skills and are physically and mentally prepared for the many challenges before them. They foresee and prepare for the potential hazards associated with the territory they have chosen to conquer.

There is a plan and a pur-pose for every one of us. The problem is that most people don’t have any idea what their purpose is, and don’t know how to find it. That is why so many people end up doing one of two things. They start running without direction and climb the first mountain they see; then, upon reaching the top, they discover they have climbed the wrong moun-tain. Or, they pray that the mountain will come to them and sit and wait. The people in the second group won’t make a move if they aren’t absolutely sure God wants them to go forward. These poor souls want to do what is right, but end up frustrated and unpro-ductive waiting for God to show them the way.

In truth, fear of failure is the reason so many of us procrastinate our lives away. But really, how can our shortcomings stop what God Himself has set in motion? It would be

good for us to remember that when God gives us the plan, He also equips us with everything we need to suc-ceed in accomplishing it. Learn to trust that God will never give us more than we can handle.

So commit all you do to God and develop a daily relationship with Him. If you do, He will reveal your purpose. Read the Bible specifically to see what scripture has to say about the situation you are in. Then, keep your mind still. You can’t hear God’s voice through chaotic thinking. Take time to discover your passions, talents, skills, and abilities. Develop them and put them into use on a small scale now.

These suggestions may help you get started:

• Determine what you want to tackle and why. Is it a realistic goal?

• Don’t follow a desire out of selfish or wrong motives. God equipped you with the talents and abilities to ac-complish your desire, not someone else’s.

• Do extensive research before planning a course of action.

• Seek advice from peo-ple who have successfully done what you are thinking about undertaking. Expe-rienced people can map out the territory for you and point out its pitfalls.

• Are you physically, emotionally and psycho-logically fit for the chal-lenge?

• What are you lacking? How can you get better pre-pared?

• Decide what equip-ment, skills, and knowledge you need to complete your

goal. • What will it take to get

what you need? Is that pos-sible for you?

• What type of help will you need? Is the help avail-able?

• Are you prepared to do whatever it takes to make your dream a reality?

• Do you have a plan B if this does not work out?

The important thing is to get started. Then keep put-ting one foot in front of the other.

Success doesn’t usu-ally happen by leaps and bounds. It has been my experience that everything worthwhile in life is accom-plished little by little. The bible gives us a warning about rushing into things without knowledge. Prov-erbs 19:2 (ERV) tells us that “Being excited about some-thing is not enough. You must also know what you are doing. Don’t rush into something, or you might do it wrong.”

You can’t reach your life’s goal without prayer, prepa-ration, skill, confidence and endurance. Journeying to the place God sends you is likely to be long and dif-ficult, so it will take dedi-cated effort, tireless deter-mination, and unwavering faith to get there. Don’t be discouraged when the going gets rough; instead, be encouraged by every obstacle you overcome on your journey. The chal-lenges you overcome build up your endurance so you can keep climbing until you reach your goal.

May you discover the place God intended you to be and pursue it with pas-sion!

Have a safe, relaxed and peaceful holiday season with those you love; plac-ing Christ at the head of your table.

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SEGUIN — Celebrate the Christmas season with a tradition from Spanish Colonial Mexico Sunday, Dec.16 begin-ning at 6 PM as downtown churches celebrate Las Posadas.

This delightful Christmas tradition celebrates the journey of Mary and Jo-seph to Bethlehem as Seguin families

stroll through festive downtown Seguin accompanied by mariachis and singing.

Beginning at City Hall at 205 North River St., the Las Posadas will be sung by a full mariachi band, Mariachis Michoacan, along with costumed par-ticipants as Mary and Joseph attempt to find a place to stay. Holding flash-lights to light the way, the procession strolls through beautifully decorated downtown Seguin, past the Heritage

Museum, the County Courthouse on the Plaza Square and finally to St. Andrew’s Church where the journey concludes with a welcome for the holy family. Carols in English and Spanish in the Sanctuary are followed by a fiesta in the courtyard including a piñata for the children.

The words Las Posadas means “the shelter” and is generally celebrated the week before Christmas and tradition-

ally lasts 9 days. The final verse of the song (provided in songbooks for the participants) says “Enter, Holy Pilgrims, accept this dwelling. Not of this humble house but of my heart.”

“The tradition of the Las Posadas is the perfect way to remember the rea-son for the season, “ Robin Walker, co-coordinator of the event said. Mrs. Walker and Fanny Harkins helped to coordinate the event on behalf of Our

Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, St. James Catholic Church and St. An-drew’s Episcopal Church who are the hosts.”The event is non-denominational and the entire community is invited. It is a charming way to enjoy the beauty of downtown Seguin and the Christmas season,” Walker said. Everyone is invit-ed and the event is free. For more infor-mation contact one of the host churches or Robin Walker at (830) 876-8980.

Gonzales County Courthouse Deeds

November 1-30Person, Carolyn Sue to Per-

son, John Howard, w/d, Lt. 35 Lakeside Subd. (E Dickinson ¼ Lg. & G DeWitt Lg. #5) 3.66 AC E Dickinson A-19.

LNV Corp to Zuniga, Juan, w/d, 0.187 Ac. Pt. Lt. 2 blk. 1 Stlerens Addn (Stierens) City of Gonzales.

Eggert, Valeria Knetig to For-est Oil Corp, o/l, 202.7 Ac. Gon-zales Co School Land A-230 & R A Pace A-382.

House, Sandra K to Forest Oil Corp, o/l, 202.7 Ac. Gonzales Co School Land A-230 & R A Pace A-382.

Klostermann, Ronald Ray to Forest Oil Corp, o/l, 202.7 Ac. Gonzales Co School Land A-230 & R A Pace A-382.

Wadzeck, Vickie to Forest Oil Corp, o/l, 202.7 Ac. Gonzales Co School Land A-230 & R A Pace A-382. Klostermann, Bernadine L to Forest Oil Corp, o/l, 202.7 Ac. Gonzales Co School Land A-230 & R A Pace A-382.

Faust, James E to Faust, James Alan,w/d, Und. Int. 45 Ac J Gib-son A-23 Fayette & Gonzales Co.

D&D Ranch, Inc. to Ducho, Edgar J., w/d, 105.4 Ac J Y Criswell A-152 & A Moser A-341.

Ford, Don H. and Ford, Nan-cy to Don H. ford & Associates and Ford & Associates, Don H., o/l, 414.816 Acres, Orig. Outer Town. Gonzales.

Miller, Keith Allen (Estate) and Miller, Kyle (Extr) to Al-maguer, Bruno and Almaguer, Linda, w/d, Lts. 29-30, King’s 7th Addn., Gonzales.

Ball, Douglas M. to Ball, Douglas M. (Trustee) and Ball Inter Vivos Trust, Douglas M., w/d, 1-6.30- Acres, A M Grenage Svy, A-222.

Wilkerson, Ryan H to Peterek, Jean J. w/d, 1.12 Acres ( Pt. Lt. 14, Rg. 3) East of Water St., Orig. Outer Town Gonzales.

Gonzales Investments, Inc. to Ploeger, Sally Jane, w/d, Pt. Lt. 6, RG 1, East of Water Street, Orig. Outer Town Gonzales.

Commissioner of the Gen-eral Land Office State of Texas and Texas, State of to Energy Horizons, o/l, 74.73 Acres, Wm. Hill, J M Everett, Daniel Gray & Byrd Lockhart Svys, Gonzales & Lavaca Counties.

Commissioner of the General Land Office State of Texas and Texas, State of to EOG Resourc-es, Inc., o/l, 1.94 Acres, William Hill Svy, A-27.

Garcia, Adele to Williams, Verle, w/d, Pt. Lt. 1, Blk. 6, Gon-zales Blocks, Gonzales.

H2 Operating Procurement, Investment & Holding Compa-ny, LLC and H3 Petroleum, LLC to Brandenburg, Gordon L, w/d, 123.31 Acres, Jose Maria Salinas Svy, A-59.

Covel, William R. and Covel, Martha to Smith, James D. and Smith, Pangsri, w/d, 40.26 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, Gonzales & Lavaca Counties.

Renfrow, Bonnye Jean to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 84.00 Acres, Joseph Dillard Svy, A-177.

Daniels, Debra Ann to For-est Oil Corporation, o/l, 202.70 Acres, Gonzales County Schl. A-230 & Robert A. Pace A-382 Svys.

Guettler, Weldon to Forest Oil Corporation, o/l, 202.70 Acres, Gonzales County Schl. A-230 & Robert A. Pace A-382 Svys.

Gray, Melvin to Forest Oil Corporation, o/l, 202.70 Acres, Gonzales County Schl. A-230 & Robert A. Pace A-382 Svys.

Hinze, Alice & ( Indiv. & Trustee) and Hinze Residu-ary Trust, Alfred to Forest Oil Corporation, o/l, 202.70 Acres, Gonzales County Schl. A-230 & Robert A. Pace A-382 Svys.

Knetig, Elwood A. to For-est Oil Corporation, o/l, 202.70 Acres, Gonzales County Schl. A-230 & Robert A. Pace A-382 Svys.

Whiddon, Kenneth Plowman and Whiddon, Mary Jane to For-est Oil Corporation, o/l, 91.36 Acres, Gonzales County School Land Svy, A-230.

Dolezal, Jeffrey to Forest Oil Corporation, o/l, 6.00 Acres, Gonzales County School Land Svy., A-230. Hinze, Ralph Her-man to Forest Oil Corporation, o/l, 202.70 Acres, Gonzales County Schl. A-230 & Robert A. Pace A-382 Svys.

Serafin, Martin to Serafin, Joann, w/d, Pt. Lt. 1, Blk. 47, Waelder.

Marriage LicensePerez Jr., Israel and Trigo, De-

lia A.Ramos, Robert G. and Keyser,

Katelyn J.Guidry, John P. and Lanier,

Linda J.Guillen, Raul and Romero,

Rosalva.Gonzales, Jeffrey Carl and

Singleton, Allison Ruth.Ibarra, Artemio and Castillo,

Luz M.Burnett II, David H. and To-

mas, Bridgette M.Venegas III, Frank and

Ramirez, Arista Bianca.Dalrymple, Chad Alan and

Cress, Shawn Anise.Davis, Taylor L. and Morgan,

Bethany C.Blundell, Fred Allen and

Helms, Caroline Constant.Metcalfe, Richard F. and Ep-

person, Bonita G.Assumed NamesStevens, Vickie – The Honey

Pot, Harwood.Caruso, Mark – Yeshua 360

Ministries, Smiley.Burton, John C. – B & R

Trucking, Gonzales.Milner, April M. – New City

Cleaners.Koch, Teresa L. – Koch Farms,

Waelder.Erickson, Robert E. – Apache

Chemical & Janitorials, Gonza-les.

Stulting, Annabelle – S & S Cattle Company.


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for interested citizens to serve on the Main Street Advisory Board for a two year period from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2015. All interested parties will need to complete an application and return to the office of the City Secretary by December 21, 2012. If you have

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Administrator at 830-672-2815 or [email protected].

How extensive and active is the Eagle Ford Shale formation? Gonzales resident and GEDC director James Ryan reports he did a little playing with the NOAA night light image doing a negative of the image, and adding reference points. “To me the negative image shows the areas of intense activity better,” he said. The bottom image is from NASA image that has been making the news and the Eagle Ford Play is clearly visible. There is more information on the Gonzales Eco-nomic development board site, including links to the UTSA studies of Dr. Tun-stall and retail analysis information. (Courtesy James Ryan)

Based on scientific evidence that the lesser prairie-chicken and its habitat are in decline, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that it is initiating a process to consider whether the species should be recognized as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act — a move which could close off vast sections of land in Texas and other states to economic development, including oil and gas drilling and ranching.

The announcement drew immediate con-demnation from Texas lawmakers.

Protecting the lesser prairie-chicken “could drive ranching families and energy producers out of business,” said Republican Representative Randy Neugebauer, whose district in East-Central Texas is a large agri-cultural area.

“A listing will have permanent economic consequences for the people of Texas who live and work in the Permian Basin and the Texas Panhandle,” said Representative Mi-chael Conaway, a Republican.

“We are encouraged by current multi-state efforts to conserve the lesser prairie-chicken and its habitat, but more work needs to be done to reverse its decline,” said Dan Ashe, Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

“Similar to what state and federal partners in this region accomplished when the dunes sagebrush lizard was proposed, we must re-

double our important work to identify solu-tions that provide for the long-term conser-vation of the species and also help working families remain on the land they have stew-arded for generations.”

The Service will make a final deter-mination on whether to add the lesser prairie-chicken to the Federal List of En-dangered and Threatened Wildlife based on the best available science, a USFWS news release said. Members of the public and scientific community are encour-aged to review and comment on the pro-posal during the 90-day public comment period.

Once found in abundant numbers across much of the five states of Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, the lesser prairie-chickens’ historical range of na-tive grasslands and prairies has been reduced by an estimated 84 percent. The State of Colorado has listed the species as threatened. The Service first identified the lesser prairie-chicken as a candidate for ESA protection in 1998.

The Service is requesting comments or information from the public, governmental agencies, the scientific community, industry, or any other interested parties concerning this proposed rule. Comments must be re-ceived within 90 days of its publication in the Federal Register. More information is avail-able online at http://www.fws.gov/south-west/es/LPC.html.


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Cannon News ServicesRecent well location re-

ports from the Texas Railroad Commission

Gonzales CountyAPI No.: 42-177-32780Classification: Fld. Dev. and

HorizontalOperator: Argent Energy

(US) Holdings Inc.Lease Name: BriscoeWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-1)Total Depth: 12,000 feetDirection and miles: 4 miles

southeast of WaelderSurvey Name: J. Gibson, A-23Acres: 896.07

API No.: 42-177-32781Classification: Fld. Dev. and

HorizontalOperator: Eagle Ford Hunter

Resources Inc.Lease Name: Gonzo SouthWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-1)Total Depth: 14,500 feetDirection and miles: 14.9

miles northeast of GonzalesSurvey Name: W. Strode,

A-69Acres: 486.74


HorizontalOperator: EOG Resources

Inc.Lease Name: McCleese UnitWell No.: 1H

Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-1)

Total Depth: 13,000 feetDirection and miles: 1 mile

southeast of SampleSurvey Name: P. Pate, A-374Acres: 499.23


HorizontalOperator: Hunt Oil CompanyLease Name: JP RanchWell No.: 3HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle

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

southeast of GonzalesSurvey Name: F. Taylor, A-71Acres: 480


HorizontalOperator: Hunt Oil Com-

panyLease Name: GlassWell No.: 2HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-

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

southeast of GonzalesSurvey Name: F. Taylor, A-71Acres: 285.90


HorizontalOperator: Marathon Oil EF

LLCLease Name: BrollWell No.: 1H

Field Name: Eagleville (Ea-gle Ford-1)

Total Depth: 17,000 feetDirection and miles: 9.4

miles southeast of SmileySurvey Name: F. Gonzales,

A-233Acres: 169.99


HorizontalOperator: Southern Bay Op-

erating LLCLease Name: Newtonville

East UnitWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-

gle Ford-1)Total Depth: 17,000 feetDirection and miles: 19.81

miles northeast of GonzalesSurvey Name: P. Hope,

A-252Acres: 714.09

Lavaca County


HorizontalOperator: Penn Virginia Oil

and Gas LPLease Name: Martinsen UnitWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-

gle Ford-2)Total Depth: 14,000 feetDirection and miles: 2.58

miles northeast of ShinerSurvey Name: W.A. Aber-

crombie, A-68Acres: 704

The Gonzales Healthcare Systems Foundation will cel-ebrate a community Christ-mas reception on Thursday, Dec. 20 beginning at 4:30 p.m. The event is a way to honor someone in your life who has made it a little brighter by purchasing a light on the Christmas tree in the amount of $5. This gift can be given in honor of someone in your life today or it may be given in some-one’s memory.

This year the hospital will also honor “Christmas An-gels.” A “Christmas Angel” will be named to all $1,000 contributors. This is some-one you wish to honor and remember for touching your life in a very memorable way. Your “Christmas Angel” could be a parent, grand-parent, child or community leader who you choose to re-member this Christmas. A “Christmas Angel” is some-one very special to you and who has left you with spe-

cial memories or provided you leadership in life. This provides an opportunity for your angel to be honored with a special tribute and remembered this Christmas season. An angel will be placed around the Christ-mas tree bearing the name of each “Christmas Angel.”

On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Gon-zales Healthcare Systems Foundation, we invite the community to our Christ-mas reception. We hope those of you who partici-pate in the “Lights of Love” and the “Christmas Angel” ceremony will invite your family and friends to share this special time of honor-ing with you as you share the “Spirit of Christmas” together.

The reception is sched-uled from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. We will begin with children’s music provided by Grace Christian Academy and Christian Kids Daycare

and Pre-School followed by our honoring ceremony. Refreshments of cookies and Christmas punch will be served to all attending. The evening will close with a visit from Santa Claus who will share a moment with each of the children in at-tendance. We are looking forward to sharing Christ-mas with our community as we wish each of you a very Merry Christmas!

All contributions made through the Hospital Foun-dation are tax deductible as provided under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Rev-enue Code and will benefit the Jane Johnson Women’s Center. If you are interested in participating in the 2012 “Lights of Love” and “Christ-mas Angel” event taking place on December 20th, please call Connie Kacir at (830)672-7581 or (830) 857-3932 to make a contribution or to receive more informa-tion.


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Members of the Texas Baptist Men’s Disaster Relief Team assisted the Harwood Cemetery Association by removing three large dead trees from the Harwood Cemetery.

The trees, 1 oak and 2 cedar, were over 40 feet tall and located among the graves making removal difficult. The trees were causing great concern that decaying falling limbs might dam-age grave markers. There was also concern that the markers might be damaged in the removal of the trees.

Gerald Fairchild of Luling, whose father is buried in the Harwood Cemetery, is a member of the Texas Baptist Men’s Disaster Relief Team.

He offered the services of the team that he serves with in the removal of the trees. The team con-sisting of eight members took one day to remove all three trees.

Clint Fairchild, a member of the Harwood Cemetery Association, assisted by hauling off the trees as they were cut down. Paul Jordan of Jordan Equipment in Gonzales donated the use of a skid-steer loader, which was a great help in loading the limbs and other debris. The ladies of the Harwood Cemetery Association and Har-wood Community Center Association provided a hot lunch for all workers.

The trees were removed and the area around

each tree cleared without any injury to grave markers or those doing the work. Without the assistance of these volunteers, this would have been a very difficult and costly project. These men and others in their group normally pro-vide assistance following natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornados and wild fires. They are part of a larger network of volunteers who pro-vide meals, showers, laundry facilities and other much needed assistance.

The exact date of the first burial in Harwood Cemetery is unknown, however, the town was established in 1874. Needless to say a cemetery was needed at about that same time. The cem-etery is the final resting place of veterans of the Texas Revolution, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam. The Harwood Cemetery Association was formed in 1957 to assure that the cemetery would be properly maintained.

The Harwood Cemetery got a much-needed cleanup recently from members of the Texas Baptist Men’s Disaster Relief Team and the Harwood Cemetery Associa-tion. (Courtesy photo)

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Harwood Cemetery gets a sprucing-up from Baptist Men’s Relief Team

Let your light shine!Each light on our tree will glow in honor or memory of someone, and a

fitting tribute to loved ones, friends and family members and anyone who has made your life a little brighter.

We hope that you will join us for our “Lights of Love” & “Christmas Angels”

A Community Christmas ReceptionThursday, December 20, 2012 ~ 4:30 P.M.

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ROUND ROCK — De-fense wins championships and Shiner’s defense has won them the Class 1A Division I state quarterfi-nals championship.

Shiner (12-1) shut down the Mason Punch-er offense Friday night at Round Rock’s Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex as the Comanches came away with a 21-3 win.

“We knew it was going to be a physical game,” Comanches head coach Steven Cerny said. “Our defense really stepped up.”

Mason (12-1) was lim-ited to 219 total yards of offense and could only muster a field goal in the game, and was held to just two trips inside the red zone.

Defensive end Caleb Kalich said the Shiner defense just keeps getting

better and better.“We took another step

forward this week,” he said. “Holding Mason to just three points is un-precedented. They have not been held to near that number all season. We came out and we stopped them.”

“I have to give credit to all of my defensive team-mates. We had one heck of a game,” safety Brady Cej-ka said. “The coaches told us we had to come out and play aggressive, and bring the punch to them. We let Mason know we were ready to play”

At times, the Shiner defense bent a little bit, allowing a handful of significant gains by the Punchers.

“We talked about bend-ing but not breaking,” Cerny said. “We were scared of the passing game because the quarterback

WACO — You can say what you will about ath-leticism, formations, inno-vative offenses, trick plays and all the other terms fa-miliar to football fans. In Jake Wachsmuth’s book, the most important factor in building a state cham-pion is academics.

Science, in particular.“You’ve got to have

chemistry. Every team has a different chemistry, and you have to build it,” the St. Paul Cardinals coach said after his team won a wild 56-43 shootout with Frisco Legacy Christian to claim the TAPPS Division III state championship Fri-day at Waco’s Floyd Casey Stadium. “These kids, they have that chemistry. Some-one always steps up.”

Running back Adam Hollenbach scored all eight of his team’s touchdowns and the Cardinals pounded the ball for 405 rushing yards while using consecu-tive takeaways to open the second half to break away from the Eagles.

“We made some little ad-justments at halftime,” Wa-chsmuth said after his team went into the locker room leading 28-21 at intermis-sion. “We told the kids that we needed to make a stop (to expand the lead). They responded, we came out and got two of them.”

The Cardinal defense, which had gotten burned several times in the first half, forced a three-and-out on Legacy’s opening drive of the second half, and then linebacker Martin Kennedy broke through to smother a punt attempt by Zach Snider. St. Paul took over at the Eagles’ 18-yard line, and three plays later Hollenbach skated in from 12 yards out to extend St. Paul’s lead to 42-21.

“I wasn’t even supposed to block that kick,” Ken-nedy said. “But I saw they were weak on that side, and they had a right-handed punter, so I went after it.”

Two plays after Hollen-bach’s 12-yard TD, rangy freshman Marco Ynclan laid claim to an Adam Beck pass which skipped off the hands of intended receiver Hunter Wood and inter-cepted at the Legacy 43, setting up another short scoring drive which ended with a 23-yard Hollenbach dash to paydirt good for a 28-point lead which would prove to be insurmount-able.

“Those turnovers were very important,” senior linebacker Dylan Barton said. “We were kind of iffy in the first half with them, but we were able to get out there in the third quarter and stop them and get a cushion.”

“Those were humongous plays for us,” Hollenbach said.

The Cardinals estab-lished their tempo on the game’s opening drive, tak-

ing the opening kickoff and marching 75 yards in 14 plays, chewing seven minutes off the clock. Hol-lenbach capped the march with a 4-yard scoring run.

“We did a good job of mixing it up on that drive,” Kennedy said. “The line-men were fantastic, they were kicking people two-three yards back.”

Legacy came right back to tie the contest, howev-

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Shiner has almost se-cured a trip to play at Cow-boys Stadium in Arlington. Only Mart stands in the Comanches’ way.

The two teams will meet at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Round Rock ISD’s Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex in the Class 1A Division I state semifinal. This will be the second week in a row Shiner has played at that venue, having ended a two-game playoff skid against Mason, 21-3, last week.

Head coach Steven Cerny said the Comanches must have more success against the Panthers on the offensive side of the ball.

“I feel part of the reason for us not having too much offense was the effort of the Mason defense,” he said. “They had been shutting people down the whole season.”

In all other aspects of the game, Shiner did well.

“The kids’ energy levels were high and we played as good of a football game as we have all year,” Cerny said. “Other than im-proving on offense, there is nothing else I could change.”

Cerny compared the 2012 Mart team to the Wei-mar team that Shiner (12-1) has faced twice this sea-son. The Comanches were victorious in both of those

games.The Panthers (12-1) have

made 42 playoff appearanc-es in their school’s history and qualified for the state title game eight times, most recently in 2010 when they

beat Goldthwaite 28-7.“Mart has lots of speed

and they have lots of tradi-tion,” Cerny said.

The Panthers run a spread offense, primarily out of the shotgun. Their

key players are quarterback De’Nerian Thomas, run-ning back D’Marcus Cosby and wide receiver Quentin Bryant.

“They are very athletic and to stop them, we can-not key on just one player,” Cerny said. “Mart likes to live by the big play so we must prevent those. We must force some turn-overs.”

The Panthers are mul-tiple on defense.

“They have been in the split, the 5-2, the 5-3,” Cerny said. “We need to be prepared for anything they line up in.”

Two players to watch on the Mart defense are linebacker Collin Nail and

tackle Shannon Cordell. The key for the Shiner of-fense will be to control the line of scrimmage with their extremely-successful veer attack.

Cerny said Shiner opened a slightly chilly week of practice well.

“We were focused in the cold weather,” he said. “We just need to step up and be ready on Friday.”

Shiner last played in the state semifinals in 2004 when they defeated Chil-ton. That is also the year the Comanches last won the state title.

Shiner and Mart have not played since the 1986 1A state title, which Shiner won 18-0.

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Cardinals reclaim championship, overwhelm Frisco Legacy 56-43

St. Paul captured their second TAPPS Div. III state title in three years by beating Frisco Legacy Christian last Friday. Above, Adam Hollenbach holds a would-be tackler at bay during a big run. At right, Austin Horne (76) takes down the Eagles’ Ovie Urevbu as Laddie Patek (57) swoops in for support. For more photos, visit our website at www.gonzalescannon.com. (Photos by Dave Mundy)

Comanches punch their way into the 1A state semifinals

The CYFL 8-under All Stars beat Ennis, 18-12, to win the USA Football Texas State Youth Football Championship last Saturday in San Antonio. Pictured (from left) are Gonzales team members Jacob Bakken, Sebastian San Miguel, Jarren Johnson and Jessie Vigil. The CYFL 10-under All Stars also won a state championship by defeat-ing North Texas Pride Football Club, 7-0. The CYFL 12-under All Stars fell short in their state title bid by losing to Pride Football, 48-0. (Courtesy photo)

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Bozka earns national honor

Needville narrowly defeats Luling, 69-65Yoakum Tournament

YOAKUM — You have to make your opponent earn every single point in a game.

The Luling Eagles made the Needville Blue Jays earn just some of the points in a 69-65 game Thursday morning in the Yoakum Classic.

“I felt we gave away the game at times,” Eagles head coach Justin White said. “I thought we played hard and pressured the ball.”

Luling (5-3) had trouble dropping the ball through the net at times.

“We missed a lot of open shots and a lot of free throws,” White said.

The Blue Jays opened the game with a 7-0 lead. Luling bounced back with four of the next six as Kel-vin Larkin made a shot and Brenden Cubit scored on a layup after getting a steal.

Later, Josh Alvarez scored after an offensive rebound to bring Luling to within 9-6. Needville con-cluded the quarter with an 8-3 run.

The Eagles started the second quarter on the right foot and went on a 7-0 run with two free throws and a layup by Juan Ordonez and a triple by Chris Flores with just 33 seconds elapsed. Flores later hit a couple of free throws for an 18-18 game. J.T. Rozner then scored four straight points to put Needville ahead 22-18.

Alvarez and Ryan Lari-son each made jumpers to bring Luling to within 24-22. Larkin made a couple of free throws later to bring the Eagles within 26-24. The Blue Jays then scored 16 of the next 23 points to lead 42-31 at halftime.

The Eagles went on a 9-7 run in the third frame to cut Needville’s margin to just 49-40. The Blue Jays then got a three-point play and then a basket from Cody Labay for a 54-40 ad-vantage and lead 56-48 at the end of the quarter.

In the fourth quarter, Luling held a 17-13 scor-ing advantage, including a triple by Flores with 10 seconds left, but could not eradicate the slim mar-gin at the end. Guerrerro bagged five points and Flores finished with seven to lead Luling in the last eight minutes.

Game SummaryL 9 22 17 17-65 N 17 25 14 13-69Needville: Mason Wheeler 7

2-4 16, Wilson Wildhaber 6 2-2 15, J.T. Rozner 6 0-0 14,Cody La-bay 5 1-1 12, Tyler Matlock 1 1-2 3, Collin Schaaf 1 1-2 3, George Rodriguez 1 0-0 2, Joseph Pesl 1 0-0 2,Sameer Khatri 1 0-0 2 Totals 29 7-11 69.

Luling: Chris Flores 6 5-5 19, Josh Alvarez 6 1-4 11, Ryan Lari-son 3 1-2 7, Kelvin Larkin 2 2-2 6, Juan Ordonez 2 3-9 7, Brian Guerrero 2 0-0 5, Brenden Cubit 2 0-0 4, Ty Anderson 1 0-0 3, Reece Franks 1 0-0 2, Keeton Coe 0 1-4 1. Totals 25 12-22 65.

Needville 60, Moulton 56

The Moulton Bobkatz spent little time trailing in their Yoakum Classic tour-nament game with Need-ville on Thursday.

When they did trail, it was at some of the most in-opportune times. Like with two minutes to play in the game, or worst — with just 18 seconds left in the game.

The Blue Jays took a 53-52 lead with 2:06 to go in the game, their first lead since the first quarter. Ma-son Wheeler converted a three-point play for a 56-52 advantage with 1:54 left.

Moulton answered with a pair of free throws by Tyler Swartz with 1:17 re-maining to tie the game at 56-56 and later got a steal at the 0:39 mark. Joseph Pesl got a steal for Needville at the 0:18 mark and went to the line with 15 seconds left. He made one of two to put the Blue Jays up 57-56.

Moulton was called for travelling with 0:12 left and a millisecond later, Need-ville went to the line with Cody Labay sinking two for 59-56 lead. Another free throw by Pesl with nine seconds left sealed the win.

Down 6-3 to start the game, the Bobkatz rallied for a 9-0 run starting with two free throws by Dallas Rothbauer. Dornak got a layup after a steal and re-peated after a bucket by Bronson Zapata.

Needville cut the lead to 12-8 and Moulton scored six of the next nine points to end the quarter.

Jaydon Nieto and Swartz made buckets to put Moult-on ahead 23-17 in the second. Needville closed down to 23-20.

Zapata made two shots, Alex Reyes made a three and Nieto converted a three-point play to put Moulton ahead 33-23 and 35-25 at halftime.

Zapata had Moulton’s first five points of the third to stay in the lead at 40-31, and Needville scored nine of 16 points to trail 47-40 to start the fourth quarter.

Points by Reyes and Dor-nak put Moulton up 52-42 in the fourth frame then Needville scored 11 straight to start its comeback.

Game SummaryN 11 14 15 20-60M 18 17 12 9-56Needville: Mason Wheeler 9

4-5 22, J.T. Rozner 3 4-6 11, Cody Labay 3 3-4 10, Joseph Pesl 1 5-7 7, Cory Henry 2 0-1 4, Wilson Wil-haber 1 0-0 3, Chet Prihoda 0 3-4 3. Totals 19 19-27 60

Moulton: Bronson Zapata 6 6-9 18, Alex Reyes 4 0-0 10, Matt Dornak 3 0-0 7, Dallas Rothbauer 2 2-4 6, Tyler Swartz 1 4-5 6, Mat-thew Orsak 0 2-2 2, Dennis Lopez 0 0-2 0. Totals 19 15-25 56.

Edna 55, Flatonia 53Down 41-32 at halftime,

Edna simply made the choice to switch to a more up-tempo game.

Edna ran up and down the court, and the Flatonia Bulldogs were unable to counter the adjustments, falling 55-53.

“Edna made a good ad-justment in deciding to

push the ball,” Flatonia head coach Bryan Zimmer-man said. “It threw us off our game plan. We needed everyone to stop doing their own thing. Once, we play as a team we will be better.”

The game opened with a 5-5 start as Zane Ponder made a jumper and Will Bruns connected from downtown. A few minutes later, triples from Gus Ven-egas and Ponder put Flato-nia ahead 11-7, but Edna went on a 11-8 run to end the frame with the Bulldogs leading 19-18.

In the second frame, Ponder and Colby Craig combined for a 12-of-13 for the free throw line, helping Flatonia to a nine-point lead at halftime.

The Cowboys held Fla-tonia to four points in the third quarter while scoring 13 and took the lead for good with an 8-0 run in the fourth quarter.

Flatonia continued to battle as Miguel Grifaldo sank a three with just sec-onds left in the game.

Game SummaryE 18 14 13 10-55F 19 22 4 8-53Edna: Marquis Broussard 8 0-0

20, Droderick Jones 2 1-2 5, Deon-te Jones 2 0-0 4. Totals 23 1-4 55.

Flatonia: Zane Ponder 6 8-10 21, Will Bruns 4 0-0 9, Colby Craig 2 5-7 9, Miguel Grifaldo 2 0-0 5, Zach Kalina 2 0-0 4, Gus Venegas 1 0-0 3, Evan Butcher 1 0-0 2. Totals 18 13-17 53

Yoakum 72, Edna 44Yoakum’s opening game

in their own tournament Thursday night was a team effort as they routed Edna, 72-44.

The Bulldogs were paced by 33 points by Joe Mireles, including 10 three-point baskets.

“We finally started click-ing as a team,” Yoakum head coach Joe Mireles said. “We have been preaching work-ing as a team. It came to-gether tonight. It was total

team effort.”T.J. Hights, Todrick

Hights, Timmy Blakeney, Heath Kristek, Tre’Vontae Hights and Blake Mc-Cracken also contributed to the Yoakum scoring.

“It does not matter who does the scoring as long as we win the game,” Coach Mireles said.

Yoakum (2-4) opened the game with a barrage of points — Mireles sank a triple off th pass from T.J. Hights, Tre’Vontae Hights made a free throw, Mireles hit a two-point shot and then another triple, Timmy Blakeney helped out on a Todrick Hights shot, Mire-les sank another three and T.J. Hights hit a jumper.

Edna scored its first points at the 1:52 mark as Drodrick Jones and Mar-quis Broussaid made bas-kets. Edna then scored six of the next 11 points to trail 21-10 at the end of the first quarter.

Mireles connected on three triples in the second frame. Blakeney bagged four points and Todrick Hights dropped in two points, and Yoakum led 36-23 at halftime

The Cowboys opened the third frame with a 9-2 run with four points from Brandon Nivey. Yoakum ended the frame with a 10-5 run as T.J. Hights sank seven points.

The ‘Dogs held Edna to just seven points while scoring two dozen to close out the game.

Game SummaryE 10 13 14 7-44Y 21 15 12 24-72Edna: Marquis Broussaid 6

1-1 14, Austin Sparks 6 0-0 14, Brandon Nivey 4 0-0 8, Droder-ick Jones 3 0-0 6, Deonte Jones 1 0-0 2, T.J. Foley 0 0-2 0. Totals 20 1-3 44.

Yoakum: Joe Mireles 11 2-3 33, T.J. Hights 8 0-1 16, Todrick Hights 3 0-0 6, Timmy Blakeney 2 2-2 6, Heath Kristek 2 1-2 5, Tre’vontae Hights 1 1-2 3, Blake McCracken 1 0-0 3. Totals 28 6-10 72.

Juan Ordonez of Luling braces for contact as he drives the lane against pressure applied by Joseph Pesl (left) and J.T. Rozner of Needville. (Photo by Mark Lube)

The St. Paul Lady Cardinals won the Fayetteville Classic for the second year in a row. Pictured are team members (bottom row, from left)Left to right: Kylie Natal, Coach Denise Dix, Coach Chris Farias, Coach Dana Beal, Bethany Pokluda, (second row) Mary Adamek, MacKenzie Kresta, Christina Squyres, Alexa Schaefer, Morgan Long, (top row) Jacy Pawelek, Kourtney Knesek, Katelynn, Leist, Abby Irvin, and Saman-tha Natal (Courtesy photo)

Gonzales High School’s Carly Bozka was selected as the Max Preps/American Volleyball Coaches Asso-ciation High School Player of the Week for the state of Texas for her performance during the week of Oct. 15.

“I am proud of my award but my teammates helped me get there 100 percent,” Bozka said.

The senior libero was se-lected out of the thousands of high school volleyball players in the state.

“It is a great honor know-ing that. It is a great accom-plishment,” she said.

On Oct. 16, the Lady Apaches were swept by Cuero. Bozka had one kill.

She served 11 times with two aces and had 40 digs, and 26 successful serving receivers.

Gonzales fell to Gid-dings, 3-0, on Oct. 19, and in that match, Bozka had one ace out of 11 serves, led the team with 22 digs, and successfully received 17 serves.

Bozka said it was the work of her teammates that allowed her to have the stats necessary to win the award.

“My blockers played a big role. They got tips and helped slowed the ball down,” she said. “And my back row, I knew when they would get the ball and knew I could trust them.”

Carly Bozka of Gonzales was honored as the Player of the Week for the state of Texas for the week of Oct. 15. (Courtesy photo)

From coaches’ reports

Host team Yoakum took second place in their Yoa-kum Classic last week. The Moulton Bobkatz took third place in the Bronze bracket; Cuero came in second place in the Silver bracket.

The Flatonia Bulldogs came in fourth place in the Bronze Bracket and Luling was third in the Silver Bracket.

Scores from Thursday’s Pool games were: Schulen-burg 59, Columbus 57; Bra-zos 48, Cuero 44; Columbs 73, Rice 38; Victoria St. Jo-seph 51, Brazos 24. Friday games — Schulenburg 32, Rice 29; Moulton 69, Luling 48; Yoakum 58, Edna 31; Cuero 49, Victoria St. Jo-seph 36.

Scores from Bracket games on Friday were: Sil-ver Bracket Pool A vs Pool B , Columbus 69, Edna 48; Silver Bracket Pool C vs D Cuero 53, Moulton 50; Gold Bracket Pool C vs Pool D Victoria St. Joseph 57, Needville 48; Gold Bracket Pool A vs PoolB, Yoakum 69, Schulenburg 57.

Scores from Bracket games on Saturday were: Bronze Bracket Pool A vs Pool B, Rice 45, Flatonia 24; Bronze Bracket Pool C vs Pool D, Brazos 56, Luling 52; Silver Champi-onship, Columbus 57, Cu-ero 46; Bronze Third Place, Moulton 69, Edna 48; Silver Third-place Luling 68, Rice 43; Gold Championship Victoria St. Joseph 55, Yoa-kum 45; Bronze Champi-onship, Brazos 47, Flatonia 40; Gold Third-Place Schul-eburg 64, Needville 54.

• The Shiner Lady Co-

manches defeated Yoakum, 76-64, in their opening game of the Goliad Tour-nament on Thursday. The Lady Comanches beat Co-lumbus 41-32 in the second game and lost to Schulen-burg Saturday, 40-36, in its third tournament game. Shiner ended the tourna-ment with a 63-60 win over Houston Redemption Christian.

Amanise Coleman was named to the All-Tourna-ment Team and LaNeisha Hunt won Defensive MVP. Shiner is 11-5

• The Moulton Bobkit-tenz fell to the East Coast Dunkeroos Basketball Club from Coffs Harbour, Aus-tralia, 40-30, on Friday.

• The Nixon-Smiley Lady Mustangs opened the Po-teet Tournament Friday with a 42-26 win over Me-dina. In their next game, Nixon fell for only the sec-ond time this year as they lost to Corpus Christi West Oso, 59-31. The Lady Mus-tangs rebounded with a 41-36 win over Luling.

• The St. Paul Lady Car-dinals defeated Burton, 65-45, on Thutsday and Mum-ford, 59-39, on Friday.

• On Dec. 4., the Luling Lady Eagles were edged, 37-34, by Class 3A team La Grange. On Thursday, they started play in the Poteet Tournament, earning a 38-27 victory against the hosts and later defeating Devine, 36-33. Luling then played Navarro in the semifinals, losing 45-3, before drop-ping a 41-36 decision to Nixon-Smiley.

Carley Glass was named to the All-Tournament Team.

Bulldogs take second at Yoakum Tourney

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er. A 25-yard gain by Ovie Erevbu and a facemask-ing penalty chewed up two big chunks of ground, and Beck capped the 67-yard, four-play march with a 9-yard scoring pass to Hunter Wood.

St. Paul went right back to its bread and butter, grinding 52 yards in seven plays and eating another hefty chunk of clock before Hollenbach plowed in from eight yards away to make it 14-7.

“We just plugged away, and plugged away,” Wachs-muth said. “Adam may have been the guy who punched it in so much tonight, but you look at what we’ve got, on any other team that guy would be Martin, tonight he was the one opening the holes.”

The St. Paul defense held on the next drive and forced a punt, and the Car-dinals were quick to capi-talize on the opportunity. Hollenbach burst through a crowd in the center of the line and found himself with no one between him and the goal line, racing 68 yards to make it a 21-7 game.

The Eagles, however, had some lightning of their own. Two Beck passes on their next drive were good for 36 yards, then Erevbu shed two tackles at the line and dashed 31 yards for a score to cut the St. Paul lead to 21-14.

Kennedy did everything except score on St. Paul’s next drive. After a hold-ing call set the Cards back to their 19, he broke loose for a 31-yard dash to mid-field. After a procedure call, Kennedy gathered in a play-action pass from Da-kota Kresta which covered 51 yards, with a very de-termined effort by Erevbu keeping him out of the end zone. Hollenbach scored on the next play, however, to run the lead to 28-14.

The Eagles struck right back on their next play

from scrimmage when Beck found a wide-open Wood behind the safety and the two teamed on a 70-yard TD pass.

St. Paul carried a 14-point cushion into halftime, how-ever, by rolling 60 yards in 11 plays. Hollenbach’s 9-yard TD run staked them to a 35-21 lead.

After Ynclan’s pick led to a 49-21 lead, the Eagles roared back and madae a game of it. Beck hit Wood with a 41-yard comple-tion midway through the third period, then dashed the final 29 yards himself to score once. A two-point conversion play made it a 49-29 game.

An onside kick recovery by Tom Mask got the ball back for Legacy, and Beck and Wood connected for another 35-yarder before Erevbu punched it in from a yard away to make the score 49-36.

But St. Paul made it a three-TD affair with anoth-er long march on its next possession. This time the Cardinals went 67 yards in eight plays, with a key 36-yard completion from Kresta to Barton which the latter wrestled away from Wood. Hollenbach punched it in from five yards away to make it a 56-36 game with 8:40 to play.

Legacy came back to score on another 18-yard run by Erevbu, but once the Cardinals got the ball back, they didn’t let go. St. Paul ran the final 5:44 off the clock after a squib kick set them up at midfield.

For the Cardinal seniors, the victory culminated a lot of long days and hard work.

“You get those days where it’s hot, you’re run-ning sprints and you say ‘I don’t want to do this,’” Kresta said. “This is what it’s for. I realize now all those long days at practice are to make champions.”

“This feels a whole lot better than the (2010 championship),” Barton said. “This one is special.”

TAPPS Division IIIState Championship

St. Paul 7 28 14 7—56Legacy 7 14 15 7—43

Scoring SummaryFirst quarter

SP--Adam Hollenbach 4 run (Dakota Kresta Kick) 5:00 Scor-ing Drive: 14 plays, 75 yards, TOP: 7:00

LC--Hunter Wood 9 pass from Adam Beck (Cameron Thrash kick) 3:10 Drive: 5 plays, 63 yards, 1:50

Second quarterSP--Hollenbach 8 run (D. Kresta

Kick) 11:22 Drive: 7 plays, 52 yards, 3:48

SP--Hollenbach 68 run (D. Kresta kick) 8:33 Drive: 3 plays, 74 yards, 1:10

LC--Ovie Urevbu 31 run (C. Thrash kick) 7:26 Drive: 3 plays, 67 yards, 1:07

SP--Hollenbach 4 run (D. Kresta kick) 5:39 Drive: 4 plays, 71 yards, 1:47

LC--Wood 70 pass from Beck (C. Thrash kick) 5:25 Drive: 1 play, 70 yards, 0:14

SP--Hollenbach 9 run (D. Kres-ta kick) 0:13 Drive: 11 plays, 60 yards, 5:12

Third quarterSP--Hollenbach 12 run (D.

Kresta kick) 9:35 Drive: 3 plays, 18 yards, 1:25 following blocked punt by Martin Kennedy

SP--Hollenbach 23 run (D. Kresta kick) 8:18 Drive: 3 plays, 43 yards, 0:53 following intercep-tion by Marco Ynclan

LC--Beck 29 run (Caleb Palmer pass from Beck) 5:25 Drive: 2 plays, 70 yards, 0:35

LC--Urevbu 1 run (C. Thrash kick) 1:50 Drive: 3 plays, 34 yards, 1:12 following onside kick recov-ery by Tom Mask

Fourth quarterSP--Hollenbach 5 run (D. Kresta

kick) 8:40 Drive: 8 plays, 67 yards, 5:10

LC--Urevbu 18 run (C. Thrash kick) 5:44 Drive: 7 plays, 78 yards, 2:56

Team Statistics Legacy StP First Downs 15 19 Rushes-Yards 21-152 59-405 Passing Yards 276 113 Passes 12-15-1 4-6-0 Punts 2-23.5 1-29 Penalties-Yards 2-15 6-50 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 Individual StatisticsRUSHING – Legacy Christian: Ovie Urevbu 13-105, Adam Beck 8-47. St. Paul – Adam Hollenbach 42-309, Martin Kennedy 7-58, Dakota Kresta 9-36, Mitchell McElroy 1-2PASSING- Legacy Christian: Beck 12-15-276-1. St. Paul – Kresta 4-6-113.RECEIVING– Legacy Christian: Hunter Wood 8-209, Bryan Marino 2-35, Zach Snider 1-22, Ovie Erevbu 1-20. St. Paul: Dylan Barton 3-62, Kennedy 1-51

CARDS: Controlled the clock, played well on ‘D’

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This was the way Adam Hollenbach wanted to go out.

“This was amazing,” the 5-foot-10, 160-pound se-nior running back said after scoring eight – yes, eight – touchdowns to lead the St. Paul Cardinals to a state title.

“Never in my life did I expect to have a game like this,” he said. “This was my best game ever, and it came at the right time.”

It is the second time a Texas player has ever scored eight touchdowns in a state championship game. Hollenbach scored on runs of 4, 8, 68, 4, 9, 12, 23 and 5 yards.

It was particularly poi-gnant for Hollenbach, who two years ago was forced to watch a goodly hunk of the second half of his team’s previous state champion-ship from the sidelines in pain after dislocating his elbow. And it was a cherry on the top after a loss in the state finals last year to arch-

rival Sacred Heart.“The team stepped up

then, and today I just had to do it,” he said. “And it makes up for last year. It’s a great way to go out.”

Hollenbach was quick to point out that while the spotlight might shine on him for the scores, it was far from a one-man effort.

“Our line did great, they were knocking people back and that made it easy,” he said. “That was really im-portant, because we’re the kind of team that if the line does good, you can’t beat

us.”“And Martin (Kennedy)

was in front of me almost every one of those runs, he made the hole. You can’t do anything without those guys.”

The eight scores ran Hol-lenbach’s career total to 139. Unofficially, that places him third in the all-time Texas high-school record books for career touchdowns be-hind Aledo’s Jonathan Gray (205) and Cayuga’s Traylon Snead (146).

He carried 42 times for 309 yards, giving him 2,320 yards on 265 carries for the season.

Hollenbach has been in-vited to appear in a TAPPS all-star showcase next week, but said Friday he hasn’t yet made up his mind on play-ing in that contest.

Given his small – by col-lege standards – stature, he’s not likely to hear from the big-name schools but he said he’s been focused elsewhere to this point.

“I just want to let this feeling sink in,” he said. “I want to enjoy this.”

By DAVE [email protected]

Hollenbach’s performance was truly one for the ages

Adam Hollenbach

SHINER: Stuffed Mason’s offense throughout game

(Elliot Bibb) does a great job and we had our second-ary really read their keys there.”

“The linebacker and de-fensive line stepped up well tonight. Because of the ill-ness of one of the defensive line starters, the whole line had to be shuffled around.”

The Comanches defense had to deal with fatigue in most of the third quarter as Mason took the ball with 9:25 left in the quarter and capped a 24-play drive with

a field goal with under 11 minutes to play.

“Our offensive and de-fensive lines are, for the most part, one-way start-ers,” Cerny said. “It was our linebackers and secondary that go both ways and the pounding was taking place at those positions.”

Running back-lineback-er Jacob Stafford was one of the players who had to pull double duty.

“Especially in this game, it was pretty treacherous,” he said. “You are on the field constantly and go all

four quarters. The game is not over until that last sec-ond ticks off the clock. It feels good to win.”

The long, third/fourth quarter drive followed a defensive lapse in which Shiner was set to return a punt after holding Mason to a three-and-out. The Comanches were whistled for illegal substitution on fourth down-and-5, giving Mason a first down at their own 18.

“Holding them to a field goal after that drive was

SHINER, Page B4

Jacob Stafford (9) takes down a Mason ball carrier while Shiner teammates Caleb Kalich (7) and Jaace Chumchal (77) close in. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Continued from page B1


SHINER: Scores twice in the last quarter to seal win Continued from page B3

big,” Cerny said. “We got a couple of breaks because we really did not do that well on offense.”

The first half went score-less as both teams punted and were stopped on fourth down at the opposing 10 on back-to-back possessions. There was also intercep-tions on consecutive plays.

Shiner quarterback Trev-ion Flowers was picked off by Mason defensive back Bibb, setting up Mason at the Shiner 44 late in the second quarter. On the next play, Cejka intercept-ed Bibb to put Shiner right back in business.

The Comanches broke the scoreless tie with a four-play, 88-yard drive. Flowers gained 5 on option keeper to the Shiner 17 and then flipped a shovel pass to Ja-cob Stafford who gained 7

yards and first down to the 24. Flowers picked up a few to the 26 and with just sec-onds left, Evel Jones took a handoff, slipped through the defense and turned on the afterburners for a a 74-yard score and the 7-0 Shiner lead.

“We saw Mason getting into a prevent look and knowing we would get the ball to start the second half, We did want to give them the chance to get the ball back so we went conserta-tive and it turned out to be a big play,” Cerny said. “The veer offense can pop a big one quick.”

After the Punchers kicked the field goal, Shin-er was held to a three-and-out.

Mason moved the ball from its 32 to close to mid-field. On fourth down, a Bibb pass fell incomplete.

It took Shiner three plays to go ahead 14-3 — Jones gained 1 yard and next, Flowers was knocked for a 3-yard loss to the Mason 46. On third down, Flowers rolled out to the left, was under a little pressure but got a pass off to an open Jones for the touchdown.

On the next drive, at the Puncher 16, Bibb found Luis Castillo for a 7-yard gain and on the next play, Bibb was under heat. He got the pass off, but it was tipped by the Comanches and intercepted by Justin Stovall, who returned it to the Mason 20.

Flowers picked up 6 to the 14 and Stafford had an 8-yard run to the 6 for first-and-goal. Flowers then had a 3-yard run and Stafford had a 1-yard run. Flowers capped the drive with a 3-yard snake with

1:23 left to play and a 21-3 Shiner lead.

Mason got the open-ing kickoff and the teams combined for three straight punts.

With 6:12 left in the first quarter, Shiner had the ball at the Mason 32; three plays and 18 yards later, the ball was at the 18. Stafford was held to no gain and Flow-ers was dropped back at the 24. Flowers then hit Tyler Patek for 14 yards to the 10 to set up fourth-and-2.

Flowers kept on the op-tion but got just a yard and the ball went over to the Punchers.

Mason took 13 plays to drive from their 9 to the Shiner 10, where they also faced fourth-and-2. Run-ning back Rio Schimdt was limited to 1 yard and the ball went back to Shiner.

Shiner received the

opening kickoff of the second half, but started out badly as a toss-play exchange between Flow-ers and Jones turned into a fumble. Jones recovered for a 12-yard loss back to the Shiner 24. Flowers ran for 7 yards on the next play and Jones gained 4 yards but Shiner eventually had to punt.

Starting at their own 9, Mason ran three plays for 5 yards and was in punt for-mation at the 13 when the officials flagged Shiner for a substation infraction. The result of the penalty was a first down for Mason at the 18 and they marched 44 yards in another 19 plays for their only points of the game.

Shiner is set to take on Mart at 7:30 p.m. Friday back at Kelly Reeves Ath-letic Complex. Mart defeat-

ed Alto, 62-42, in one of the other state quarterfinalists.

Game SummaryS 0 7 0 14-21M 0 0 0 3-3Scoring SummaryS-Evel Jones 74 run (Kris Patek

kick), 0:38, 2ndM-Rio Schmidt 28 FG, 10:28,

4thS-Jones 46 pass from Trevion

Flowers (Patek kick), 3:43, 4thS-Flowers 3 run (Patek kick),

1:23, 4thTeam stats S MFirst downs 7 12Rushes-yards 32-131 40-112Passing 4-5-1 7-17-2Passing yards 71 107Punts-yards 4-173 3-129Fumbles-lost 1-0 0-0Penalties-yards 4-30 6-39Individual statsRUSHING — Shiner: Evel

Jones 10-84, Trevion Flowers 18-57, Jacob Stafford 4-9. Mason: Rio Schmidt 21-69, Luis Castillo 8-33, Elliot Bibb 7-12, Raul Silguero 4-(-2).

PASSING — Shiner: Flowers 4-5-1-71. Mason: Bibb 7-17-2-107.

RECEIVING — Shiner: Staf-ford 2-11, Jones 1-46, Tyler Patek 1-14. Mason:Castillo 4-42, Schim-dt 2-32, Cody Wood 1-33.

The Friends of Matt Benefit Golf Tourney was held on Saturday, December 8 at the Gon-zales Independent Golf Course. The event was a fundraiser to help defray medical costs for Matt Pohler of Shiner, who was recently diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblas-tic Leukemia. Winners in the First Flight were 1st place: Johnathan Allen and Jaime Pohler, 2nd place: Clint Fullick and John Mark Brown, and 3rd place: Ryan Atkinson and Cory Baker. Second Flight winners were 1st place: (tie) the team of Mike Lacina and Mike Pohler and the team of Jaime Pohler and Matt Mozisek, 3rd place: Ryan Davis and Philip Storey. Third Flight winners were 1st place: Craig Pohler and Bubba Street, 2nd place: Greg Strelc-zyck and Jason Condel, 3rd place: (tie) the team of Wesley Pohler and Nick Pohler and the team of Denise Sandelovic and Julie Smith. (Courtesy photos)

Matt Pohler Golf Tournament

Yoemen deal Hallettsville first loss of the season in state quarterfinal game

BASTROP – Cameron Yoe used a 21-point spurt in the second quarter to lead them to a 38-19 win over the Hallettsville Brah-mas Friday in the Class 2A Division I state quarterfi-nals.

The Brahmas (12-1) took a 7-0 lead in the first quar-ter as quarterback Carson Schindler ran for a 2-yard touchdown run.

Cameron Yoe scored two touchdowns in the first six minutes of the second period for a 14-7 lead — Colton Shuffield hauled in a 22-yard pass from Jason Kopriva and Aaron Sims scored on a 5-yard run.

Hallettsville answered

with a 35-yard pass from Schindler to running back Teidrick Smith. The game-tying extra point was no good.

Cameron Yoe added a third touchdown as Shuff-ield caught a 72-yard pass. The Yoemen went ahead 28-13 as Zach Felts re-turned the second-half kickoff for a touchdown.

Early in the fourth quar-ter, J’Juan Anderson scored from 6 yards out. The Brah-mas got a defensive score from Smith as he returned an interception 94 yards with under eight minutes to play in the contest.

Michael Evan added the final points with a 21-yard

field goal with 3:13 left.The Brahmas end their

successful 2012 season with a 12-1 record and re-gional championship. Se-niors for Hallettsville are Schindler, Reagan McAda, Tait Schindler, Smith, Troy Murphy, Daylin Dixon, Ryan Hoffman, Will Wal-lace, Quinton Wright, Sam Barrerra and Tate Bludau.

Game SummaryH 7 6 0 6-19CY 0 21 7 10-38Scoring SummaryH-Carson Schinder 2 run (Sam

Barrera kick), 8:28, 1QCY-Colton Shuffield 22 pass

from Jason Kopriva (Michael Evan kick), 11:54, 2Q

CY-Aaron Sims 5 run (Evan kick), 6:45, 2Q

H-Teidrick Smith 35 pass from

Schindler (kick failed), 3:16, 2QCY-Shuffield 72 pass from Ko-

priva (Evan kick), 2:58, 2QCY-Zach Felts 94 kickoff return

(Evan kick), 11:47, 3QCY-J’Juan Anderson 6 run

(Evan kick), 11:26, 4QH-Smith 94 interception return

(pass failed), 7:42, 4QCY-Evan 21 FG, 3:13, 4QTeam stats H CYFirst downs 13 18Rushes-yards 27-86 39-173Passing 12-28-1 15-26-2Passing yards 197 272Punts-yards 4-122 2-65Fumbles-lost 1-1 3-0Penalties-yards 6-47 4-30Rushing — Hallettsville:

Teidrick Smith 15-75, Carson Schindler 10-5, Tim Sheppard 1-8, Dalton Herrington 1-2.

Passing — Hallettsville: Schindler 12-28-197-1

Receiving — Hallettsville: Trenton McGee 3-64, Smith 3-55, Jimario Grounds 2-37, Sheppard 2-26, Herrington 2-15.

BRIEFSPrivate school all-star events scheduled

A slate of football and volleyball games featuring the top talent from across the state in private school athletics was finalized to-day.

The games are scheduled starting on December 15.

The event is being corpo-rately sponsored and pre-sented by Rivercity Sports-wear and LSCSN.com.

The bowl was started in 1996 and was played at Rice Stadium under the name of “Bayou Bowl” and was later moved to Hous-ton Christian School. The game was revitalized in

2011 by Sports Marketing Experts and continued by Dan Morgan.

Morgan has decided to continue the bowl this year and has enlisted the help of Sports Marketing Experts and Rivercity Sportswear to assist with marketing, branding and merchandise.

A 6-man football game, is scheduled for 12 p.m. on December 15. The North versus South 11-man game will begin at 4 p.m.

Both football games will

be hosted by St. Thomas High School, all games will be played in Houston.

A volleyball three-team round robin tournament is at 11:30 a.m. Volleyball events will be played at St. Pius X High School.

Tickets to all events are available for $5 each.

Contact Morgan by call-ing 281-850-0948 or email-ing [email protected] for more information.

Nixon Alumni basket-ball game

The Mustang Athletic Booster Club is sponsoring

an alumni basketball game on Dec. 29 at 5 and 6 p.m. at the Nixon-Smiley High School Old Gym.

Times are subject to change based on high school girls’ games sched-uled that evening.

The “Old Guys” game will be at 5 p.m. and the “Young Guys” game will be at 6 p.m. Entry fee is $10 for individuals.

Please submit registra-tion form and fees by Dec. 27.

Contact Mick Medina at 512-738-7539 to confirm or for more information.

Apaches begin to trek the long road back to success

New Gonzales boys bas-ketball coach Raymond Lo-pez knows fully rebounding from last year’s 5-26 cam-paign will take a little time, so he has decided to slowly get his team up to speed where they will be solid and competitive come January when it is time to make a run in district.

“Our goal is to get better and better, and eventually compete for a playoff spot,” Lopez said.

Lopez and the Runnin’ Apaches have just two se-niors on the team — Cam-eron Smith and Chris Gar-cia.

“You throw the young guys in with the two seniors and I think by the time it is all said and done, it will be a good mesh with every-body,” he said. “We are hop-ing for that meshing point where everybody accepts their role and is competi-tive.”

Lopez said he is not look-ing for just wins out of the early, pre-district games.

“I want to see strides of progress,” Lopez said. “Coaches are hollering the same thing all of the time that we must do the basics and fundamentals better in practices and in games. We just want to get better at the fundamentals every single day.”

“It is tough to be judg-mental after just a few games because the kids are still getting to learn about me and how I coach. But at the same time, it has been positive.”

Lopez said his biggest concern was getting the team to play with intensity and heart at the start of this season.

“We are not yet to our full potential, but we will get there,” he said. “By the time district gets here, I think we will be in a spot to be com-petitive for a playoff spot.”

Smith, who has been on the Gonzales varsity since he was a freshman in 2009-10, is slated to play as the Apache post player and will be looked up at as a role model by his younger team-mates.

“He brings experience into this team and the rest of the players know that,” Lopez said. “They will rally around him, and I think in the crunch time he will be the one we look to touch the ball and being the best defender.”

Because of the Apache

personnel situations, wing Chris Garcia will see some time at other positions on the floor.

“He is a player with var-sity experience but he has only been with the team a couple of weeks,” Lopez said. “As soon as he gets into basketball mode, we will be okay.”

Junior Jared Smit is the point guard and saw some time on varsity last year.

“He is a sleeper because not a lot of people are going to know about him,” Lopez said. “As a sophomore last year, he might not have been physically and men-tally ready but he is ready now and is getting better.”

Sophomores Darrance James, Derek Hunt, Eduar-do Almaguer and Tyshawn Erskine are younger play-ers who Lopez expects will seek help from Smith and Garcia.

“None of those younger guys have varsity experi-ence but every time they hit the floor, they get ex-perience and that will help us come January,” he said. “Those guys are athletic enough to play the posi-tions we need them to.”

Junior Joe Ryan Car-rizales and freshman Alyas Ramirez round out the var-sity roster. Carrizales was a spot player last year and is seeing a lot more minutes than used to.

“When football players come over to basketball, it takes some time to get into basketball mode and shape,” Lopez said. “Joe Ryan will probably become one of our role players who will have to carry us on his shoulders at one point.”

Lopez said the Apaches will run an offense that has a lot of motion so that every player can get involved.

“Everyone will have an opportunity to score and to be involved,” he said.

Gonzales will play a tough man-to-man on de-fense. Lopez said he will not do a lot of pressing because teams can give up easy buckets in that forma-tion, and he wants the other team to be forced to make jump shots.

Gonzales’ district in-cludes new opponents La Grange, Smithville and Giddings and familiar faces Yoakum and Cuero.

Lopez said he thinks the district is wide open and Gonzales, who won only two league games last sea-son, will have to come and play hard in every district contest.



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The following are the Unofficial Weekly Results of the 31st Annual Shiner

Businessmen’s Club Shiner Area Big Buck

Contest as of December 10, 2012

(Each County has Adult Division County Leaders: A-1, A-2, A-3 AND Youth Division County Leaders:

Y-1, Y-2, Y-3 )

Colorado CountyA-1. Lee Mueller of

Weimar, 10-pointer, 16 1/2-inch spread, 10 1/2-inch R1 tine, 9 1/8-inch R2 tine, 11 1/8-inch L1 tine, 8 7/8-inch L2 tine, 66 1/8 total points.

A-2. Elijah Smith of Weimar, 10-pointer, 16 1/4-inch spread, 4 1/2-inch R1 tine, 10 1/4-inch R2 tine, 10 7/8-inch L1 tine, 9 3/4-inch L2 tine, 61 5/8 total points.

A-3. Tony Janda of Wei-mar, 10-pointer, 15 1/2-inch spread, 8 5/8-inch R1 tine, 9 3/4-inch R2 tine, 7 1/2-inch L1 tine, 9 3/4-inch L2 tine, 61 1/8 total points.

DeWitt CountyA-1. Nancy Egger of

Westhoff, 8-pointer, 18 5/8-inch spread, 11 1/4-inch R1 tine, 8 5/8-inch R2 tine, 11 1/4-inch L1 tine, 8 5/8-inch L2 tine, 66 3/8 total points.

A-2. Jeremy Bludau of Hallettsville, 10-pointer, 15 3/8-inch spread, 8 5/8-inch R1 tine, 9 1/2-inch R2 tine, 10 3/8-inch L1 tine, 9 1/2-inch L2 tine, 63 3/8 total points.

A-3. Jon Marie of Cu-ero, 8-pointer, 21 3/4-inch spread, 11 -inch R1 tine, 5 1/8-inch R2 tine, 10 1/4-inch L1 tine, 6 7/8-inch L2 tine, 63 total points.

Y-1. Chase Blackwell of Cuero, 10-pointer, 19 3/4-inch spread, 10 1/4-inch R1 tine, 9 -inch R2 tine, 10 3/4-inch L1 tine, 9 3/8-inch L2 tine, 69 1/8 total points.

Y-2 Alex Hull of Yoa-kum, 10-pointer, 15 1/2-inch spread, 6 5/8-inch R1 tine, 8 1/8-inch R2 tine, 7 1/2-inch L1 tine, 5 1/2-inch L2 tine, 53 1/4 total points.

Y-3. Kyle Kotara of La-vernia, 8-pointer, 17 -inch spread, 9 3/4-inch R1 tine, 6 3/4-inch R2 tine, 8 5/8-inch L1 tine, 6 7/8-inch L2 tine, 57 total points.

Fayette CountyA-1. Jarrod L. Von

Minden of La Grange, 10-pointer, 17 -inch spread, 9 1/4-inch R1 tine, 10 3/4-inch R2 tine, 11

5/8-inch L1 tine, 11 3/4-inch L2 tine, 70 3/8 total points.

A-2. Bruce Mozisek of La Grange, 8-pointer, 16 1/2-inch spread, 11 7/8-inch R1 tine, 9 3/4-inch R2 tine, 12 1/8-inch L1 tine, 9 3/4-inch L2 tine, 68 total points.

A-3. Kelli S. Nieto of Schulenburg, 10-pointer, 18 -inch spread, 10 3/4-inch R1 tine, 7 -inch R2 tine, 10 1/8-inch L1 tine, 11 3/8-inch L2 tine, 67 1/4 total points.

Y-1. John N. Blaha of Weimar, 12-pointer, 17 -inch spread, 12 1/8-inch R1 tine, 8 1/8-inch R2 tine, 11 3/4-inch L1 tine, 6 5/8-inch L2 tine, 67 5/8 total points.

Y-2. Dakota Zapalac of La Grange, 12-pointer, 17 7/8-inch spread, 8 3/4-inch R1 tine, 5 1/4-inch R2 tine, 7 5/8-inch L1 tine, 6 1/4-inch L2 tine, 57 3/4 total points.

Y-3. Kaylie Zapalac of La Grange, 8-pointer, 15 5/8-inch spread, 7 5/8-inch R1 tine, 6 1/2-inch R2 tine, 8 1/4-inch L1 tine, 7 -inch L2 tine, 53 total points.

Gonzales CountyA-1. Daniel J. Gray of

Hunt, 10-pointer, 20 1/4-inch spread, 12 1/2-inch R1 tine, 10 -inch R2 tine, 12 3/4-inch L1 tine, 9 -inch L2 tine, 74 1/2 total points.

A-2. Daniel Sullivan III of Waelder, 11-pointer, 21 1/4-inch spread, 11 1/8-inch R1 tine, 10 1/8-inch R2 tine, 10 3/4-inch L1 tine, 9 3/4-inch L2 tine, 74 total points.

A-3. Josh Turk of Shin-er, 13-pointer, 17 3/4-inch spread, 10 3/8-inch R1 tine, 8 7/8-inch R2 tine, 12 -inch L1 tine, 8 7/8-inch L2 tine, 70 7/8 total points.

Y-1. Caleb Valchar of Schulenburg, 11-pointer, 17 1/2-inch spread, 12 -inch R1 tine, 9 3/4-inch R2 tine, 12 3/8-inch L1 tine, 9 -inch L2 tine, 71 5/8 total points.

Y-2. Tyler M. Hen-dershot of Gonzales, 10-pointer, 22 3/4-inch spread, 6 5/8-inch R1 tine, 9 7/8-inch R2 tine, 6 7/8-inch L1 tine, 9 3/4-inch L2 tine, 65 7/8 total points.

Y-3. Nathan Henze of Dripping Springs, 9-pointer, 17 3/8-inch spread, 9 1/4-inch R1 tine, 8 1/4-inch R2 tine, 10 3/8-inch L1 tine, 8 1/8-inch L2 tine, 62 3/8 total points.

Lavaca CountyA-1. Marvin Grahmann

of Hallettsville, 8-pointer, 19 3/8-inch spread, 10 -inch R1 tine, 8 3/8-inch R2 tine, 10 1/4-inch L1 tine, 8 5/8-inch L2 tine, 64 5/8 total points.

A-2. Milton Haas Jr of Hallettsville, 8-pointer, 17 7/8-inch spread, 9 1/2-inch R1 tine, 7 5/8-inch R2 tine, 10 -inch L1 tine, 8 -inch L2 tine, 61 total points.

A-3. Jason Jansky of Hallettsville, 10-pointer, 14 3/8-inch spread, 9 3/8-inch R1 tine, 8 7/8-inch R2 tine, 9 3/8-inch L1 tine, 9 -inch L2 tine, 61 total points.

Y-1. Malorie Harvey of Shiner, 8-pointer, 17 1/4-inch spread, 9 -inch R1 tine, 4 1/8-inch R2 tine, 7 1/4-inch L1 tine, 6 1/4-inch L2 tine, 51 7/8 total points.

(NOTE: Texas Open Divisions have Adult

Division Leaders Only)

Texas Open - North Zone

A-1. Greg Wagner of Shiner, in Edwards Coun-ty: 11-pointer, 16 1/8-inch spread, 8 5/8-inch R1 tine, 9 5/8-inch R2 tine, 9 1/4-inch L1 tine, 9 3/4-inch L2 tine, 64 3/8 total points.

A-2. Matthew Tucker of Shiner, in Goliad County: 8-pointer, 19 1/8-inch spread, 10 3/8-inch R1 tine, 7 3/8-inch R2 tine, 10 3/8-inch L1 tine, 7 1/8-inch L2 tine, 62 3/8 total points.

A-3. Mike Darilek of Gonzales, in Guadalupe County: 7-pointer, 21 3/8-inch spread, 10 -inch R1 tine, 6 1/2-inch R2 tine, 10 -inch L1 tine, 6 7/8-inch L2 tine, 61 3/4 total points.

Texas Open - South Zone

A-1. Frank A. Wojtek of Richmond, in Maverick County: 9-pointer, 17 1/4-inch spread, 11 1/4-inch R1 tine, 8 3/8-inch R2 tine, 12 -inch L1 tine, 13 1/8-inch L2 tine, 71 total points.

A-2. Erwin J. Ckodre of Gonzales, in Atascosa County: 12-pointer, 22 1/4-inch spread, 9 3/4-inch R1 tine, 9 5/8-inch R2 tine, 8 1/2-inch L1 tine, 8 7/8-inch L2 tine, 71 total points.

A-3. Ricky Meyer of Columbus, in Maverick County: 10-pointer, 21 1/4-inch spread, 10 -inch R1 tine, 9 1/4-inch R2 tine, 9 -inch L1 tine, 8 -inch L2 tine, 67 1/2 total points.

AUSTIN — Twelve chapters of the Texas Mas-ter Naturalist program are conducting 2013 winter/spring training classes for volunteers wanting to learn about natural resource and conservation management.

The 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 associated with universities, natural resource agencies, nature 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 so contact a chapter near you to see if seating is still available. Area chapters offering vol-unteer training this winter and spring are listed below with contact information:

Bastrop—Lost Pines Chapter.

Classes begin early spring and will meet at various locations in Bas-trop and Caldwell counties, including Bluebonnet Elec-tric Co-op Headquarters, Bastrop State Park, Lock-hart State Park and Red Rock Community Center.

Registration materials are currently posted online with applications due Jan. 16. Class will be limited to 32 participants. Classes will be Mondays from 6:30 p.m. till 9:30PM, with five Saturday morning field trips.

For information, contact Louise Ridlon, [email protected], 512 985-

5064 (home), 909 262-3429 (cell). Chapter website: http://lostpinesmasternat-uralist.org.

San Antonio—Alamo Area Chapter.

Classes will be held at 3355 Cherry Ridge, Suite 208, San Antonio on 5-9 p.m. on Thursdays from Feb. 21- April 25. There will be four morning field trips.

Application deadline is Feb. 3. Class limited to 45. Tuition is $200, cash or check only. For infor-mation contact Pamela Ball, [email protected]. Chapter website: http://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 forming a new chapter contact Michelle Haggerty, Texas Master Naturalist Program Coordinator, at 830-896-2504 or [email protected].

More information about the Texas Master Natural-ist program is available at: http://txmn.org.

Texas Master Naturalist Program seeking applicants


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Maintenance Di-rector: This person is responsible for directing and man-aging maintenance, custodial opera-tions, and trans-portation services of district. for a complete list of du-ties please contact the Luling ISD Cen-tral Office at (830) 875-3192 or email Stephanie Timms, CFO at [email protected]. Sal-ary range is $45,000 to $60,000 based on experience ancd certifications. Three years supervisory experience in main-tenance operations is required. A Mas-ter Electrician and HVAC certifications are preferred.--------------------------Grounds Keeper/General Mainte-nance: This person is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of all the grounds at Luling ISD. General maintenance skills are required. Please contact Luling ISD Central Office for an application. Salary range is $23,000-$32,000 based on experience.--------------------------Oak Creek Nursing & Rehab in Luling is currently accepting applications for a Certified Nurses Aid (CNA) for the 10pm-6am position. We are looking for de-pendable staff who enjoy working with the elderly. Please apply in person at 1105 N. Magnolia, Luling.--------------------------“National Lifestyle Centers, Inc. is look-ing for a Reception-ist/Administrative Assistant to join their office. In this position you would be the NLC front desk and the main administrative sup-port for all other team members. To succeed in this position you must possess Microsoft Office 2010 skills, be well organized, have a friendly per-sonality, have the drive to meet dead-

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Peavy Patriot Bass Guitar w/soft case, $150. Peavy Ba-sic 60 Bass Amp 150w, $125. Hoh-ner acoustic guitar w/case. Good for student, $75. Key-board, Casiotone, TT 360, $125. 437-2046.--------------------------Unicorn Collection for Sale. Call Fran-ces between 9pm-

10am, 830-857-6476.--------------------------5,000 lb. Mobile creek feeder for sale. 437-2927.--------------------------Wicker Screen Room divider, red poppy design. $45. Lg. rattlesnake skin, mounted on panel, $95. Camp-ing travel pot, $20. 512-917-4078.--------------------------For Sale: Cage large, off the ground. By 2ft, cage size about 3 1/2 ft. front, 2 ft. deep. 2-3 ft. high. Tray slides out end on bottom for cleaning. Has top large opening & side opening. Clean can be put in house. $65.00 firm. 830-263-4608 any-time.--------------------------Medium size bird cage, slide out bot-tom to clean trays to feed & water & extras. Aqua Green. $25.00. 830-263-4608.--------------------------Baby walker, eating tray combo and it is a red race car, plays tunes and lights up. Ages 6 months-1 1/2 year baby. Cool must see! $40.00. 830-263-4608, day-time or evening.--------------------------Troybilt Trimmer with attachments (edger, tiller). 4 cycle, uses straight gasoline. $250. 361-741-2604.--------------------------For Sale: ORGANIC EGGS. Free Range chickens. $2.00 dozen. Will deliver to Gonzales weekly. 830-540-3536.--------------------------Antique metal wood burning stove. $175. 512-917-4078.--------------------------Large shower chair. 19” color TV w/stand, stand has rollers. 857-8090.

2 Lounge Chairs, 6 ft. tall headboard, bed frame, oak din-ing table, antique egg incubator, en-tertainment cen-ter, lamp stand w/drawers, booth din-ing table, planter boxes. 361-594-4307.--------------------------Large amount qual-ity items. Every-thing $85.00; worth about $300. Health problems prevent garage sale. In Lockhart. Mel, 512-376-9396.--------------------------Clavinova Yamaha Digital Piano w/bench. Under War-ranty. $2,700. Call 830-339-0111.--------------------------Used Dell Com-puter. Keyboard & Monitor. $250 cash. Call 512-917-4078.--------------------------FOR SALE Used cy-clone fencing and post. 1990 Dodge pick up with lift gate. Can be seen at GHA 410 Village Dr. Gonzales, Texas. For information call Jeanette Conques-tat 830-672-3419.--------------------------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. --------------------------Electric Hospital bed, $150. 582-1120. --------------------------Stain Glass Window, white tail deer. $275. 512-917-4078.--------------------------

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.

Oak logs ranging from 6 ft. to 16 ft.in length. Diameters range from 8 in to 18 in. There are about 7 logs. ALL FREE in Bastrop area. 512-308-9648.--------------------------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.

Want to Buy: Oliver 60 Tractor. V.A.C. Case Tractor. Run or Not. 361-293-1633.--------------------------5 Bale Hay King Trailer & Bale Flip-

per Loader. Load hay without getting out of truck. Video on baleflipper.com. $13,500. 512-565-5927.

For Sale: New sofa, $400. 830-875-9422, Luling. Leave Message.

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MISC. FOR SALE

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Probation OfficersThe 2nd 25th Judicial District is seeking to hire a full time

Probation Officer for Lavaca County and a full time

Probation Officer for Colorado County. All Applicants

must meet statutory requirements for this position and are required to submit a resume and transcript to the 2nd 25th Judicial District, P.O.

Box 330, Hallettsville, Texas 77964 by no later than December 14,

2012. For more information, please call (361) 798-3714.

ASSISTANT MANAGERAssistant Manager needed by the Gonzales Branch of World Finance. Valid driver license and auto re-quired. This is a Manager Trainee po-sition and a career opportunity that offers excellent salary and a complete fringe benefit package. Promotion to Manager possible within 15 months. No experience necessary.

Apply in person at623 N. St. Paul

EOE M/F

MUSEUM DIRECTOR

The intent of this position description is to provide a representa-tive summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbent(s) in this position. Incumbent(s) may not be required to per-

form all duties in this description and incumbent(s) may be required to perform position-related tasks other than those specifically listed in this description.

MUSEUM DIRECTORAbout Gonzales Memorial Museum:The Gonzales Memorial Museum was constructed in 1936 and 1937 and is dedicated to supporting, understanding, educating, teaching and preserving Texas history. The north wing of the museum houses the “Come and Take It” cannon and many artifacts of Texas Independence. It is one example of ten state sponsored large public memorials built to celebrate the Texas Centen-nial.

Description:Under general direction, directs, manages, and oversees the daily operations of the Gonzales Memorial Museum. The Museum Director is responsible for planning, directing, organizing, and coordinating the museum activities and displays. The Director will work with the Gonzales Memorial Museum Advisory Board but will report to the Parks and Recreation Director of the City of Gonzales.

Responsibilities Include:• Director will set goals and objectives ensuring the adequacy of all museum programs by directing, planning, developing, coordinating, and implementing policies and procedures related to all phases of the Museum.• Director will initiate the preparation of proposals for review and approval including current and long-range programs and facility plans.• Director will be responsible for the maintenance of high standards of professionalism in areas including, but not limited to, acquisition, preser-vation, research, interpretation, and exhibits. • Director is responsible for preservation and management of all ob-jects held by or loaned to the museum.• Director is responsible for identification, documentation and cata-loging of objects as well as records creation.• Director is responsible for content development and ensuring all objects are ready for display.• Director is responsible for financial development and interpreta-tion of museum budget, fundraising, and grant administration/applications.• Work with Council, Board, Staff, and Stakeholders to develop and achieve long range goals in order to fulfill the museum’s mission, ensure its financial stability, and guide its growth.• Director is responsible for all other duties that may be assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:• Required: B.A. in Museum Studies, History, Anthropology or re-lated field• Must have at least one year’s experience in a museum or historical organization.• Must have excellent organizational and research skills and the ability to work on projects with little or no supervision.• Must have strong computer skills, with a preferred basic knowl-edge of collections management database program, Past Perfect.• Must have strong communication skills and work well with the public, donors, researchers, staff and volunteers.

Preferred Qualifications:• M.A. in Museum Studies, History, Anthropology or related field with one year or more experience in the qualified field is preferred.

Compensation: Dependent upon Qualifications

How to apply:Resume may be mailed to:City of GonzalesAttn: Kristina Vega, City SecretaryP.O. Box 547Gonzales, Texas 78629Resume may be emailed to [email protected]: Successful candidate will be required to submit a completed City of Gonzales employment application.

Best Western RegencyInn & Suites

1811 E. Sarah DeWitt Dr., GonzalesSeeking a

Front Desk Clerk.Computer experience required. Applications may be picked up,

at the front office. No phone calls, please.

Mushroom Harvesters and Harvest Helpers needed –

full time positions available. We offer 401k, Vacation, Medical, Dental,

Vision and Life Insurance. Apply at Kitchen Pride Mushroom Farms, Inc.

County Road 348, Gonzales, TX. 830.540.4516. KPMF is an EOE.

Necesitamos Pizqueros de Champiñones y Ayudante del Pizqueros-Tiempo Completo.

Ofrecemos el plan 401K, Vacaciones, Seguro de Salud, Dental, de Visión y de Vida. Interesados favor de aplicar en Kitchen

Pride Mushroom Farms, Inc., Country Road 348, Gonzales, TX

830.540.4516. KPMF es un Empleador con

Igualdad de Oportunidades (EOE)

Kitchen Pride Mushroom Farms has immediate full-time Night Sanitation - Evening and Weekends. Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs, reach, and stoop frequently, handle working in wet and cold conditions.Maintenance Tech - Successful candidates must be experienced in Plumbing, Electrical and Welding and willing to work on a variety of projects involving general facility maintenance.Night Grower Tech/Plant Security - Responsible for monitoring crops, plant equipment and security. Individual must be able to recog-nize problems and follow through with solutions.We offer 401k, Vacation, Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance.

Apply at Kitchen Pride Mushroom

Farms, Inc., County Road 348, Gonzales, TX.

830.540.4516KPMF is an EOE

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Couch, dresser, buf-fet. $50 each. Call 830-263-1181.--------------------------7 pc. dinette, $95; coffee and end table, $75; Rol-laway Bed, $35; 37” TV, $15; 2 office re-ceptionist chairs, couch, table, etc. 361-596-4096. --------------------------For Sale: Queensize mattress set, $200; complete desk w/hutch, $30; Dining Room table with 4 high back chairs, solid wood, $300; Low back swivel re-cliner rocker, $150. Call 672-3728.--------------------------Small round dining table with leaf, ex-tends to oval. $50.

Vintage pub table with extensions, $175. Black metal futon with mattress & cover. Like new. $75. 830-540-3382.

2001 Palm Har-bor 4/2. Call for details. Fayette Country Homes Schulenburg, 800-369-6888. Open Sundays 1-6. (RBI 32896)--------------------------In a HURRY... Lot model Clearances going on save Thousands. Fayette Country Homes, 8 0 0 - 3 6 9 - 6 8 8 8 . Open till 6pm, 7 day s a week. (RBI 32896) --------------------------

Better Deals in the Country. Hardie Sid-ing, Plywood Floors, 25 year shingles and more. Fayette Country Homes, Schulenburg, 979-743-6192. Open Sundays 1-6. tier-raverdehomes.com. (RBI 32896)--------------------------Tell us about your Trade. We purchase used homes. Fayette Country Homes, Schulenburg, 979-743-6192, Open Sundays, 1-6. (RBI 32896).--------------------------Claytons, Fleet-wood, Tierra Verde. Large se-lection of Single and Doublewide homes. Fayette Country homes, Schulenburg, 979-743-6192. Open Sundays 1-6. tier-raverdehomes.com. (RBI 32896)--------------------------3bedroom/2 bath-room singlewide available. $27,900. Call if in need of housing. 830-305-6926. RBI#36486.--------------------------OILFIELD HOUS-ING - 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom with washer and dryer, office spaces, must see to appreci-ate. 830-305-6926. RBI#36486.--------------------------Between 4-5 Acres for Sale. Double-wide. Excellent con-dition. Hwy. front-age. 3BR, all electric,

all appliances. Call 830-857-1026.

1999 Ford F250 Su-per Duty Crew Cb 4 Dr, 2WD, V8-5.4L, XL Pkg, Auto Trans, A/C, Power Windows-Mirrors/Door locks/Cruise Control/Power seat/Towing Pkg/Alloy Wheels/Bed Liner/Chrome Step Bars. Very good condition, no body damage, mileage: 105,014. $6,000. 830-672-6033 or email te x a s h o r n s @ s t x .rr.com for photos.--------------------------2011 Jeep Wran-gler Sport. 10K plus miles, 3.8V6, w/6 speed transmission, sunroof, 17” wheels. Free oil changes for 3 years, hasn’t been off road, except beach. Good condition. Still under warranty. $1,000 down, as-sume payments. For more information, call 830-203-9408.--------------------------1988 S-10. Good body and transmis-sion. Needs engine. $200 negotiable. 830-857-5927. Needs engine.--------------------------1988 Saab 900 Turbo Coup Convertible. Top work but rebuilt clutch. Good buy. $800. 830-857-5927.--------------------------1972 Chevy Half Ton Pickup. Rebuilt drive train except rear end. All original. 29K En-gine, 50K Transmis-sion. 3/4 rear springs. $1K. 830-857-5927.--------------------------2008 Mustang GT with Shelby package and low miles (48K), 22” chrome wheels with performance tires, 5-speed manual transmission, leather interior, Shaker 500 sound system with 6 CD/MP3 changer, and auto windows. $25,000 OBO. Call or text 830-263-1212.--------------------------For Sale: 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 - $7,500. 2nd owner pickup with low miles, cold A/C, spray-in bed liner, grill guard, towing package and more! Call Lauren at (361) 648-5049 for more info.--------------------------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.

For Rent: 2004 Dou-ble wide home, 4 bedrooms, 2 bath. Paved driveway,

nice yard. Call Joe at 830-445-9773 or 830-587-6616.--------------------------Mobile Homes for rent, 3 bedroom/1bath , fully furnished. 900 Old Shiner Rd, Yoa-kum. 361-582-6593.--------------------------Mobile Homes for rent: 3 bedroom/1bath , fully furnished, some homes have Wi-Fi. 900 Old Shiner Rd., Yoakum, 361-582-6593 or 361-798-0816.--------------------------3 mobile homes for rent in Leesville on Hwy. 80. Call 830-534-6525.--------------------------FOR RENT: 2bed, 1 bath trailer. New kitchen floor. For more information call Samantha at 830-857-5812.

Room for rent for working person. 1BR/1BA. Quiet neighborhood. Call 203-7146 after 4 p.m.

Rental Home in Gonzales. Move-In Ready. 3/2, CA/H, w/d connections, storage shed in-cluded, great trees, private road. Rent $890/per month, $700/deposit. Con-tact 830-385-2058.--------------------------House for Rent in Gonzales. 3BR/2BA, CA/H, W/D connec-tions. Rent, $965/mo., $500/dep. Contact Number, 830-385-2058.--------------------------2BR/2BA 1,750SF (+/-) home for lease to a family of four. Located on ranch 7 mi. north of Gonza-les. CA/H, full kitch-en w/appliances. $900/mo + deposit. Email [email protected]/2BA large house. Fully fur-nished, beds, linens, washer/dryer, cable T.V., stove, refrigera-tor. CA/CH. Great for crew. Monthly or lease available. Home in town, plenty of parking. 512-820-5461.--------------------------Newly renovated home in Shiner for rent. 3/1, CA/H, wood floors, lg. BR’s. $850/mo. Broker/Owner, 512-217-3171.--------------------------Charming 1/1 home on 2 wooded acs, w/lrg. deck in country, 77 North, paved road. $775/mo. No pets/smok-ers. 512-415-6483.

3/2 Large home on nice lot. $1,250/mo. Stove, refrigerator, included. Families or Oil Field Workers welcome. 713-501-3416.--------------------------2 and 3 Bedroom houses for rent. $650 & up + de-posit. Current ref-erences a must. Furnished or un-furnished. Call 830-672-5169.--------------------------For Rent: 2BR/2BA/2CG home on 183 N. $1,250/mo., plus deposit. Call 830-857-4458 for information.--------------------------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 Now. Call 361-293-6619, leave mes-sage.--------------------------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.--------------------------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 bills paid. Private Yard/Garage. Weekly, $280; Deposit $300. Call 512-292-0070--------------------------Home For Rent. Country Home. completely remod-eled. 2BR/1BA, CA, hardwood floors, roof for AG Proj-ect. Navarro ISD between Seguin & New Braunfels. $1,000 month, $1,000 deposit. 830-660-7351 or 830-822-5348.--------------------------

ATTENTION OIL AND GAS PIPE LINERS - CREW

HOUSING AVAILABLE

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.--------------------------

MOTEL ROOMS AVAILABLE

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.

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

For Rent: Office space or store front, 960 sq. ft., 1/2 block off square. Kitchen-ette, 1 ba, newly re-furbished. For more information, call 830-672-6265.--------------------------Office space for rent. 1,500 sq. ft. Recently remod-eled. 314 W. Cone. If interested call 830-672-4433.--------------------------For Rent: Indus-trial Property for rent. M1 Ind. Stor-age Yard, 70x130. Church Street. 830-423-2103.--------------------------For sale or lease. 10,000 sq. ft. Bldg. with multi-level loading docks - Prime location - with offices and separate garage. Call 830-857-5448.--------------------------For Lease: Small of-fice space w/work-shop located at 339 St. George. Recently Renovated, $400/month. For more information please (830) 672-5580.

Secluded, wood-ed, and wildlife: 3BR/2Ba Double-wide, fireplace, lg. covered front porch, 2 decks, 12x16 storage, car-port, all appliances, livestock capabili-ties; on 5 acres with gravel base truck yard. 12 miles North of Gonzales on CR 284. $1,000. Taking App’s now. Avail-able March 1st. 979-292-6154 or 979-292-9520.--------------------------12 acres/house/of-fice with Hwy. 80 frontage between B e l m o n t / N i x o n near Leesville. Will subdivide. For sale or lease. Would make a great oil field yard or resi-dence. Call Peyton, 512-948-5306; Da-vid, 713-252-1130.--------------------------Land for lease for oil field service equipment. Prime location. 4 miles N. on 183. 2 1/2 acres. Electric, water, parking, storage. Call 203-0585 or 672-6922. (TFN)

Apartment and travel trailer. EV-ERYTHING fur-nished. $600 for one person. All bills paid. Loccated on 183 North. 830-875-3028.--------------------------3BR, 2BA 1670+Sq. Ft. Upstairs apart-ment on Residen-

tial Lot in nice area of Cuero, $1,185/mo. includes all Util. with cable and WiFi, fully furnished - incl. linens. Hotel-style kitchenette (no sink or stove), but full-size fridge, microwave & Keurig brewer. Hot plate ok, outdoor bbq w/propane & charcoal grill onsite. No pets. $750 deposit, 3 mo. lease. (361) 484-1922, leave mes-sage.

Looking for a pri-vate sitting job with an elderly person. Can cook and do light house keeping around Gonzales. Please call Emily, 830-437-2727; Cell, 820-263-2768.--------------------------Looking For Work

Not HiringNeed a job as a caregiver, as live-in or to help with clerical, customer service, telemar-keter or teachers aide. Have 30+ years experience. Great references & background check, dependable, caring and love children. If iterested call 830-391-4837.--------------------------Camera work for businesses, pro-motional uses, editing titles. 830-263-0909. [email protected] Your Specialty Cake Needs. Call Connie Komoll, 830-203-8178.--------------------------Will do house clean-ing Monday thru Friday. Call 830-203-0735.--------------------------Sewing & Altera-tions. Jo West. 830-203-5160. Call between 9 a.m. & 9 p.m.

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

Mom, let Jumping Jelly Beans be your drop in child care answer. Go shop-ping, run errands or have a great evening out while your mind is at ease knowing your child is safe and happy. Standard drop in hours apply: day, evening and night. Let’s talk! Refer-ences and resume’ available. 830-519-4012--------------------------Child care in home. I have 2 openings, Curriculum and meals included. Please call for de-tails. 830-263-0058.

203 Big Sky 38’ Fifth wheel Travel Trailer. 3 slideouts, very, very nice. 3 1/2 yrs. Bumper to bum-per warranty left. $17,900. Call 512-914-8347.--------------------------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.

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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”

EquipmEnt OpEratOr

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

-----EXTRA INCOME-----$500 TO $1,000 a month, part-time.....IS THIS

REALLY POSSIBLE!?Not only is it possible, it is HAPPENING right now, right here in Gonzales. If you would like to develop a secondary stream of income, while keeping your full-time job, keep reading. Na-tional Lifestyle Centers, Inc., located at 501 St. James is helping people buy items at wholesale prices rather than paying the high retail prices they HAVE been paying. People are ecstatic over their savings and the service they are receiving!

We are looking for some key individuals who have a great personality and an even greater work ethic to help us expand in this area. Call us at 830-672-9444 to set up an appointment for an interview. Please use the promo code: 1777 when you call and our Vice President of Sales will call you back to schedule your appointment.

Plant Openings Plant Palletizers & Cleanup Positions

Benefits include: Vacation, Sick Leave, Hosp. Ins.,

Dental, Vision, 401K, ESOP. Apply in person at:

Cal-Maine foods, Inc., 1680 CR431 or 748 CR 422,

Waelder, Texas 78959. Mon-Friday, 7-4 pm. Telephone number

830-540-4105/830-540-4684.

Now Hiring

Apply today, Start today!!!

Production/Poultry Processing: • Maintenance • Back Dock Hanger • Back Dock Driver w/ Class A CDL • 2nd Processing • Sanitation (Nights)

Mon.-Fri., 8-10 hr. days

Must have proof of identity and eligibility to work in the U.S. Drug screening as applicable to

position.

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

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

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Travel Trailer for rent or sale. Rent is $300.00 per week with all bills paid. Will relocate to RV park of your choice and I pay the RV Rental. Or $1,000.00 per month with all bills paid. Will sell travel trailer for $55,000. Call 830-351-0943 for de-tails.--------------------------RV Space for rent. $300 month. All bills included. If in-terested please call 820-203-9255--------------------------Fully furnished Travel Trailers for rent. Will rent week-ly or monthly. Pets Allowed. $50.00 Deposit. $300 per week or $1,000 per month. Call Terry for details, 830-351-0943. Will relocate to RV Park of your choice. All utilities paid. --------------------------Travel Trailer for rent for RV space in Smiley. All utili-ties included, good healthy environ-ment. 830-203-9255 or 361-790-6305.--------------------------30’ Travel Trailer w/2 slides for rent in RV Ranch in Gonzales. Swimming pool, laundry facilities, shower house and all bills paid. $300 a week. 830-305-6926.--------------------------28’ Travel Trailer for rent. Can be moved from job site. Call 830-305-6926.--------------------------Office or Living Trailers for lease or buy. Peyton, 512-948-5306; David, 713-252-1130.--------------------------RV Rentals available at Belmont RV Park Estates. Call Rich-ard, 830-556-6095.--------------------------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.

1996, 18.5’ Baymas-ter Center Console Boat, 120 Horse Force Mercury Mo-tor with Jack Plate, Lourence GPS Map-p i n g - S o n a r - Fi s h Finder, Marine Ra-dio. $7,000.00. Con-tact 830-263-2920.--------------------------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.

2 female Chihua-hua’s for sale. 7 weeks old. One brown, one white. $50 each. Call 830-557-0622.--------------------------Free kittens. Call 361-594-4307.--------------------------Free dog to good home. Large female dog, brown, tame, gentle. Chip paper work with her. Call 830-481-4707.--------------------------

PuppiesHalf Lab, Half Pyr-enees. Free to good home. 830-203-

1733 or 830-540-4485.--------------------------We stock Sport-mix Dog and Cat Food, Demon WP for those ants and scorpions. Gonza-les Poultry Supply, 1006 St. Paul Street, 672-7954.(TFN)

For Sale: ORGANIC EGGS. Free Range chickens. $2.00 dozen. Will deliver to Gonzales weekly. 830-540-3536.--------------------------For Sale: 2 & 3 year old red & black Brangus Bulls. No Papers. Good selec-tion. Call 830-437-5772.--------------------------Black Limousin and Angus Heifers and Bulls, Gentle In-crease your wean-ing weights. Es-tablished breeder since 1971. Delivery available 979 561- 6148 .--------------------------Nanny Boer Goats (adult). Ages: 1yr-4yr. Pkg. Deal (4). $320.00. 830-560-0238 to request photos..please send an email request to [email protected] or text me at above num-ber.--------------------------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.--------------------------WANT TO BUY: Any or Unwanted Hors-es. Call Leejay at 830-857-3866.--------------------------For Sale: Baby & Young Adult Ducks. Mix Breeds. Cost $3.50-$20.00 each. Call 830-857-6844, ask for Tammy Ste-phens.--------------------------M I N I - D O N K E Y S . Great pets, loves people. All ages and colors, some “cross” designs, 36” tall. 830-672-6265, 830-857-4251, 830-672-5152.--------------------------M I N I - G O A T S . (Dwarf Nigerians) 18” to 24” tall. Good weed eaters. Fun to have around. Beautiful silver and white herd sire. (7 left) 830-672-6265, 830-857-4251, 830-672-5152.

House for sale by owner. 2BR/1Bath CA/H. $65,000. 830-234-3415 or 830-279-7900.--------------------------Home for Sale. Low down, 3/2/1,136 sq. ft. Only $79,600 w/$1,500 dn. 202 East Lee St. at Smi-ley. Call Mr. Smith, 855-847-6806. --------------------------3bd/1ba home on 0.985 acres for sale in Nixon. 1,048 sq. ft. with additional 400 sq. ft. attached deck. Recently re-modeled, CA/H, all appliances stay! Asking $79,000. Call 830-203-9383.--------------------------3BR/2Ba Double-wide, lg. covered porch, 2 decks, 12x16 storage, car-port, all appliances,

on 5 acres with gravel based truck yard. On CR 284 past halliburton & Oil Tanker Rail Road. 830-445-9131.--------------------------3BED, 1 Bath House For Sale! 0.985 acres on Hwy. 80, 8 miles north of Nixon, TX. 78140. 1048 sq. ft with 400 sq. ft. deck attached. Recently remodeled. Central Air and Heat. Appli-ances stay! $89,999. Ph. 830-203-9383. No owner financing available.--------------------------FOR SALE BY OWN-ER: 3 bed, 2 1/2 bath, single story home in Gonzales. Beautiful wet bar and gourmet kitch-en with granite counter tops. Large pantry utility room. 2 car garage with workshop, nice pool and spa, huge covered porches. All on or nearly 1/2 acre. $249,000. Call 210-844-4963.--------------------------Older couple down-sizing 15 acres (10 acres fenced), house, 3/1 1/2, Barn, ponds, trees. Wharton County. $137,000. 979-533-3262.--------------------------4BR/2BA, 1900 Sq. ft. 210 Tanglewood Trail. New appli-ances, remodeled, new master bath. 830-857-6488.--------------------------House for Sale/To Be Moved: 3BR/1Ba frame house, pier & beam foundation, central A/H. Buyer responsible for moving house from property, $6,000. 830-857-4172.--------------------------Two story, eleven room home which includes three bed-room, two baths. Apprx. 2,500 sq. ft. on about an half acre. Corner lot, zoned for residen-t ia l /commercia l . Luling. $150,000. 830-875-6975.

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

30 acres with 10 mile views in Gonzales County. Fenced with roll-ing hills, large tank, pond, hardwoods, Tifton 86 grass. $150,000 (713)202-

2485. --------------------------Wanted to lease land for cattle graz-ing. Must have water and fences. Contact Mitchell Hardcastle, 830-857-4544.--------------------------90x60 lot for sale. For more info, call Jose at (936) 488-8115.--------------------------5 Acres or more to lease. For Storage or Oilfield Equip-ment etc. 1 1/2 mile from city limits off 183 S. Call 830-263-4888 for informa-tion.

Wanted: Old work western boots. 830-672-7384.--------------------------Want to Buy: Used Headgate for cattle. 361-798-0482.--------------------------WANTED: Acety-lene Gas Regulator for welding torch. 437-2232.

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HOMESvWAELDER 5641 Hwy. 90, 2/2 on 2 accres........................$117,000vGONZALES 3/2, new construction, 707 St. Francis.............$229,000vGONZALES 1543 Seydler St. 3/2 on 2.732 Acres................$179,900

FARM & RANCHvWAELDER 97.44 acres, 4BR ranch house, great house, oil/gas in-come, Ranching/Investment...... REDUCED TO SELL!............$650,000

ACREAGEvHARWOOD Manufactured home in excellent condi-tion, about 1900 sq. ft., 3bed/2bath, large kitchen, locat-ed on 5 acres with many oak trees. County water and GVEC elec. Ready for move in. Fronting Hwy. 304, 2 miles north of Hwy. 90 and about 16 miles from Gonzales. Owner/Agent. Price............................................................................................$110,000vWAELDER- 10 acres, has utilities.......................................$65,000

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COMMERCIALvGONZALES - 2.25 acres +/_, part of 820 Oil Patch Lane......$125,000vGONZALES Income producing poultry Breeder Farm with 50 ac in-cludes Tyson contract and 1600 sq. ft. home...owner/agent.....$1,100,000vGONZALES For Lease: 10 to 20 acres, about 5 miles south of Gonzales, just off Hwy. 183.

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18 AC - 5224 Sandy Fork Rd, Harwood - 3BD/2BA home perfect for the country getaway! 2 car detached garage, 30x40 run-in shed. Large tank, fully fenced. Mature trees. $244,500.14 AC - 1491 Highsmith Rd, Luling - Partially cleared and wooded. 3BD/2BA home with stained concrete and additional living/bonus room. Detached storage building. $245,000.

Land7.75 AC, 17 Burns Rd. - OWNER FINANCE - 4BD/2BA main with 2BD/2BA guest house. Pool, pond, 2 wells, workshop, and a large barn/workshop. $190,000.NEW - 83 AC CR 281, Harwood - Partially wooded and cleared land with partial fencing. Co-op water and electricity available. 1 tank and hand dug well. Country Road frontage on 2 sides. $376,700.NEW - 108.88 AC - Gonzales County - Beautiful tract with combination wooded and pasture land. Panaromic views, 4 tanks, fenced, well, electricity, Fully fenced, partial high fence. $4,000/acre.RV Park - 10.5 AC - Great location just off IH-10, mature trees and nice tank. Site has been engineered for 54 unit RV Park. 18 AC - 5224 Sandy Fork Rd, Harwood - 3BD/2BA home perfect for the country getaway! 2 car detached garage, 30x40 run-in shed. Large tank, fully fenced. Mature trees. $244,500.14 AC - 1491 Highsmith Rd, Luling - Partially cleared and wooded. 3BD/2BA home with stained concrete and additional living/bonus room. Detached stor-age building. $245,000.43 AC - 2198 Sandy Branch Rd., Harwood - Secluded with partial high fence, large tank, rustic cabin. Beautiful views. REDUCED $266,600.19.77 AC - AVE A., Waelder - Partially cleared and wooded with HWY 90 frontage. Previous tree farm operation. City utilities.

Residential220 Parkview, Luling - 3BD/2BA home with countryside views on corner lot. Large den area. Many updates - granite, tile, hardwood, sprinkler sys. REDUCED $139,000. $155.00.3400 SM HWY, Luling - Large, 4BD/2.5BA on 1.5 acres just outside of town. Spacious kitchen open todining and living. Co-op water & electricity. $135,000.401 E. Travis, Luling - 3BD/2BA garage, great location next to schools and churches. Recent exterior paint, roof, and tree trimming. $129,900.214 E. Crockett, Luling - Charming, move-in ready 3BD/2.5Ba features large den area and beautiful yard. Detached building approx. 650 sq. ft. ideal for storage or commercial space. REDUCED $172.000. $185,000.189 CR 280, Harwood - 3BD/2BA home with sunroom and covered porch to enjoy the country views! Storage building. $79,500.2BD/2BA Main Home on 3 AC - 473 Crockett Lane - views offered with this 2BD/2BA main home and detached efficiency guesthouse. 2 car carport. $239,000.715 S. Pecan, Luling - 4BD/2BA split bedroom features hardwood floors. Large, fenced yard, water well, alley access. $137,700.

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Rivercrest home, pool, perfect condition......... ...........................................................$279,000Duplex: A+ condition, rented............. $92,000New on Mkt: 10 acs., perfect home, pri-vate.....................................................$249,900Brick office bldg, downtown. ............$114,000Lot - Live Oak......................................$8,000

LandNEW: 100 acs., I 10 access, wooded/open,...............................................................$6,500/ac.NEW: 56+ acs., commercial/residential site, Hwy. 97 & FM 108,........................$10,000/acNEW: 31 acs., Co. Rd. 341, city water avail., minerals, trees,.................................$7,500/ac.90 A East, 35 acs., + home................$369,000

Homes3.7 ACS. 4BR, 3BA, 2LV.................. $150,000306 McClure - 3BR, 1 Bath................$65,0001618 St. Peter - Home and extra lot....$70,000473 Crockett Lane-Settlement - 3 bd., beautiful property..................................$258,0001602 Water St.-commercial/rental....$150,0002342 FM 108, 3 bd.,2 story home.....$145,000792 90-B - Lakefront..............................$89,000312 Cr. Rd. 471, Lakefront + ,3 bd., 1.5 acre lot............................................$150,000

Land11.2 acs., Hwy 90. Gast Rd.......$5,300/Ac.CR 228 - 15 acs., M/H, trees................$87,500153 acs., FM 2091.........................$795,00061 acs., perfect homesite.................$4,990/Ac.3.94 acs., Settlement.......................$65,00010 acs., Settlement.........................$79,0002-4 acs., Sarah DeWitt............$25,000/Ac.1 ac. Seydler St...............................$25,0008.7 acs., city limits........................$120,00058 acs., trees, potential, edge of town................................................................$12,000/Ac.

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There was a lot of good news received by the Gon-zales Independent School District’s Board of Trustees during their regular meet-ing on Monday night.

Ron Bragg, the district’s curriculum supervisor, re-layed the results of the re-cently-released 2011-2012 Academic Excellence Indi-cator System (AEIS) report. This would mark the last time the report would be seen in its current format.

“This is an off year be-cause we’re not currently under an accountability system,” Bragg explained. “We’re still using part of the old until they bring out the new next May. What’s kind of interesting about all of this is we still don’t have a standard for grades 3-8 for STAAR (State of Texas

Assessments of Academic Readiness). We’ll get that sometime in January.”

Among the bright spots for GISD is their high at-tendance rate, which at 95.7 percent according to AEIS.

“In attendance for all our campuses, we are doing well,” said Bragg. “We’re getting our kids to school and that’s good because if they’re here, they can learn.”

Another major plus was the dropout rate for grades 7-8, which was zero per-cent.

“That’s the best news,” Bragg said. “In the five years I’ve been at the Cen-tral Office, we haven’t had one yet. The junior high does a very good job of re-capturing their kids.”

The rate apparently goes a long way in retaining stu-dents at the high school

level, where the dropout rate was 0.1 percent, lower than the state level of 2.4 percent.

Gonzales High School also rated high in other key categories such as four-year completion rate (91%), av-erage SAT score (943) and average ACT score (19.4).

“We’re starting to see some of the things the high school has been working so hard on, start to pay off,” said Bragg.

To view the complete AEIS report online, visit the website http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/aeis.

In other business, the board:

• Announced the new cafeteria at East Avenue Primary will open on Janu-ary 7.

• Adopted a resolution approving the purchase of real property, approxi-mately 10 acres located off

of Robertson Street.• Accepted funds in the

amount of $3,740 from the GISD Education Founda-tion to be used for future grant disbursements.

• Approved the naming of GISD business manager Amanda Reed as a repre-sentative to access TEX-POOL, a local government investment pool created on behalf of Texas entities.

• Announced an Early Release date for December 21.

Stock show classLast drug residue avoidance class will be held Saturday, January

5th at 9:00 a.m. at GHS Cafeteria. All exhibitors and a parent/guard-ian must attend one class to be eligible to show at the Gonzales Live-stock Show.

Also project clinics will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, January 5th. Experts will be on hand to discuss project management and to discuss/demonstrate showmanship. It is not necessary to bring ani-mals. Poultry and rabbit clinics will be held at J B Wells Show barn. All clinics will start at 10:00 a.m. Hot dogs will be served at conclusion of clinics.

Helping HandsIf you are in need of a meal, Helping Hands, a non-profit, multi-

church ministry would like to bless you with a free lunch. Meals will be distributed Saturday, December 15th, beginning at 11 a.m. in the GCAM parking lot located at 708 St. Louis Street. Volunteers and do-nations are welcome. Contact Linda at 361-275-1216.

Gingerbread HousesThe Gonzales Youth Center is continuing its tradition of showing

how to make your very own completely-edible Gingerbread House that you design, decorate and take home in one day.

The houses will be constructed on Monday, Dec. 17 and Tuesday,

Dec. 17 at 4:15 p.m. You must be on time to complete the house.This event is for students in grades 6-8, with parents and teachers

welcome to attend. The cost is $1 per house to cover some of the expense for supplies.

Free HIV testingIn honor of World AIDS Day, free HIV tests will be given on Dec. 18

from 5-7 p.m. at 228 St. George in Gonzales.The tests are very confidential and yellow arrows in the confer-

ence room will lead to test location. Remember, sometimes what you don’t know may get you killed.

For more information, contact Ann Wade at 830-672-4325.

Benefit Bake SaleA benefit bake sale is scheduled at the Gonzales Walmart on Sat-

urday, Dec. 15, starting at 10 a.m. to raise funds for two local girls, Kaylauni Luedke and Elizabeth Williams, to attend auditions for the world-famous Julliard School of the Arts.

HLSR scholarshipThe 2013 HLSR Scholarship is available online. The “due

date” has been moved to March 1 to enable more time for students to apply. The 2013 scholarship is $18,000, up $2,000 from last year. It is recommended that students print the sample copy and use it as a practice run prior to entering the information online

Locating the scholarship online is very easy: www.HLSR.com then at the top right side of the home page click on SCHOLAR-SHIPS, next you will click on APPLY for SCHOLARSHIPS, and follow the prompts for the Area Go Texan Scholarship.

Students are required to turn in their “hard copies” to their counselor for a Gonzales County Area Go Texan member to pick up. This is to insure they all get to HLSR offices on time and also automatically submits all eligible applicants for our local Gonzales County Scholarships.

Please have each student “print screen” on each page of

their application prior to submitting. This along with the other required documents will be turned into their respective coun-selors on or before March 1, allowing time to deliver them to HLSR offices prior to March 6.

Santa PawsSanta Paws is coming to town! Gonzales Dog Adoptions will host

Santa Paws from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Dec. 15 at Tractor Supply in Gonzales. Visitors can have their picture made with Santa Paws for $10 for an 8x10 and $5 for a 5x8; package deals will also be available.

All proceeds will benefit the homeless dogs of Gonzales County that are being cared for by Gonzales Dog Adoptions, a non-profit, no-kill organization staffed entirely by volunteers.


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December 13-19Thursday, Dec. 13: *Ladies Night* & Acoustic Jam Session 8p.m.-midnightFriday, Dec.: 14 “Toys for Tots” Toy Drive featuring DJ Shane & Renee, 8p.m.-midnight (Bring a toy and/or cash donation for cover)Saturday, Dec. 15: Philip Griffin Band 8p.m.-1a.m. Doors open @ 6p.m. ($8 Cover) EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT:

Texas Hold ‘Em Poker Tournament (Starts @ 7 p.m.)EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Karaoke w/DJ Rocketman & Pool Tournament (8p.m.-midnight)

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A Farmers Market will be held on Saturday, December 15 at Laurel Ridge in Gonzales. The store is located at 827 Saint Joseph Street. Products available include winter squash, a variety of greens (arugula, collards, mustards, turnips, swiss chard), turnips, beets, red and green lettuce, spinach, tomatoes, eggs, shelled pecans, peppers (all col-ors) and canned goods.

Benefit DanceSaturday, December 15, Geronimo VFW is having a benefit dance from 8

pm till midnight for Toys for the Wounded Warriors Children’s Christmas at Fort Sam Houston. ROB CARTER will be playing a variety of old time rock and country. Admittance is an unwrapped toy, gift card or donation For ad-ditional info or donation, call Bill at 830-303-9903/ 379-9260.

Toys for TotsTroubadours Dancehall & Saloon will be hosting a “Toys for Tots” toy drive

on Friday, Dec. 14 from 6 p.m. until midnight. Patrons are asked to bring new, unwrapped toys as their cover charge for the night and/or donate money. All gifts and money will be presented to local toy drives DJ A.M. will be playing from 6 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. followed by DJ Shane & Renee from 8:30 p.m. until midnight. Troubadours is located at 144 E. Main St. in downtown Cuero. Call 361-524-5051 or visit us on Facebook for more information.

Pilgrim ChristmasEveryone is invited to the annual Christmas program at Pilgrim Presbyte-

rian Church, located on County Road 210. The program will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 16. Come and enjoy

the music and fellowship. Refreshments will be served after the program.

CUERO — Two suspects were arrested and jailed in De-witt County Nov. 9 after they were charged with stealing cattle from the Cuero Live-stock Commission and a Yoa-kum rancher. Texas State Cattle Raisers Association Special Rangers Gary Baros and Jimmy Belt led the investigation.

Kimberly Villarreal, 23, of Victoria was charged with 1 count of felony livestock theft. Maurice Mathis Jr., 25, also of Victoria, was charged with 2 counts of felony livestock theft from DeWitt and Lavaca coun-ties.

According to Baros, the suspects allegedly stole 7 head of cattle worth $8,000 from a rancher in Yoakum, and 7 head of cattle from the Cuero auction market. They sold all but one of the animals at the Navasota and Livingston auc-tion markets, but were tracked down by authorities before re-ceiving payment.

In addition, the investigation by the TSCRA agents led to a further investigation by Gon-zales County Sheriff ’s deputies which resulted in the recovery of a cattle trailer which had been used to haul the animals. That trailer was located in Liv-ingston and has now been re-turned to its owner.

The suspects were arrest-ed in Polk County, and then transferred to DeWitt County. Villarreal was released on a $20,000 bond. Mathis also faced $20,000 bond at the De-Witt County jail and has also been charged in Lavaca Coun-ty, and that bond has been set at $80,000.

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Area & Nation Wide Senior Programs Can Be Very Beneficial. Social Services Director, Patty Ben-ton, at The Heights of Gonzales compiled a list of businesses and organizations she feels offers valuable services to senior citizens. Ms. Benton stressed the list is not all inclusive and that se-niors should seek out other helpful services, area discounts offered to seniors, support groups, travel groups, etc in order to live a fun and healthy lifestyle in their silver years.

Gonzales Memorial Hospital (830)672-7581Gonzales Christian Assistance Ministries (GCAM) (830)672-5566Social Security Office, Seguin (830)379-8802Social Security/Medicare (800)772-1213Food Stamp Program, Seguin (830)379-6525Gonzales Senior Citizen Association (830)672-7014Gonzales Senior Citizens Nutrition Site (830)672-2613Elder Abuse Hotline (800)458-7214Aged & Disabled Abuse (800)252-5400Medicare Choices Helpline (800)633-4227Medicare/Medicaid Fraud Hotline (800)447-8477Children of Aging Parents (800)227-7294American Society on Aging (415)974-9600www.theheightsofgonzales.com - Gonzales; 24 hour nursing care www.medicare.gov/nhcompare - Nursing home information

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A Gift for Gardening:Heights residents displays his flair for cultivating impressive veggies

A resident at The Heights of Gonzales has spent the last few months showing off his tremendous gift for garden-ing.

Paul Rodriguez started a garden on the nursing home’s campus just as summer con-cluded and the results have been extremely impressive.

The senior citizen said the time commitment and dedi-cation to growing has been more than enough to keep him active.

“I get up every morning at 6 o’clock,” he said. “By 6:30, I’m out there watering my vegetables. Nobody else helps

me, I do it all myself. I plant them and then take care of them.”

While Rodriguez was coy about revealing his age, he was very open about the process he uses to yield his plentiful bounty.

“Every other day I put Miracle-Gro on my plants,” he said. “It makes them grow quicker. It gives more strength to the roots and that makes more vegetables.”

Despite being confined to two troughs, Rodriguez’s garden is filled with a variety of vegetables including egg-plants, cilantro, turnips, and onions. Most of the food was planted in August, but some didn’t get into the ground

until late October.By New Year’s Eve, he plans

on having a new harvest of cabbage.

“I’ve got a little bit of everything in my garden,” said Rodriguez. “When the cabbage is ready, I’m going to take a lot of it to the kitchen and then give the rest away.”

The tables which hold Ro-driguez’s garden were made for the nursing home and then donated by David and Diane Floyd. The Heights’ Family Council Fund pro-vided the soil, seeds and fertilizer.

Rodriguez readily admits to having a green thumb for most of his life.

“I used to live out on a farm a long time ago that was owned by a lawyer from Houston,” he recalled. “I was going to build a small gar-den next to my house, but he wouldn’t let me. He told me to build it outside of the fence.”

“I ended up raising wa-termelons, carrots, peppers, squash, onions. You name it, I had it out there. It was more than I could eat, so I had to give a lot of them away.”

Paul Rodriguez, a resident at The Heights of Gonzales, is shown at top with the huge cabbage plants he grew in a garden he works on the nursing home’s campus. At right, he proudly holds one of the rather large eggplants his garden yielded. (Courtesy photos)

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The public has certainly heard of prunes, but most people do not eat them on a regular basis. Prunes are traditionally the go-to food for a person who has digestive issues and needs help with constipation. Their reputation as a laxative has created somewhat of a negative image of prunes, but learning about the many health benefits of eating prunes could change the public perception of this fruit.

Prunes, also known as dried plums, are among the healthiest foods a person can eat. Not only do they have benefits for the gastrointestinal system, they are high in antioxidants, may help prevent premature aging and can promote cardiovascular health.

The plum is related to the peach, cherry, nectarine, apricot, and almond. The Japanese plum is the most commonly eaten fresh plum, while the European plum is the one traditionally dried to

turn into prunes. Plums have been eaten for centuries, and in Chinese mythology the plum tree is associated with great age and wisdom. Plums are one of the most widely cultivated fruits.

Prunes are usually made by dehydrating the fruit quickly with the use of natural gas heat in dehydrating tunnels. Essentially, heating elements and fans are used to force hot air through plum-filled tunnels. At this point prunes can be stored or processed further for packaging. Some prunes are processed with potassium sorbate, which is a preservative that improves the shelf life of packaged prunes. Prunes also are generally washed and steamed to return some of the moisture to the fruit. Other prunes are hot-packed so they are processed without any preservatives.

What makes prunes (and plums) nutritional powerhouses is that

they are very high in antioxidants, substances that help fight free radicals in the body that contribute to illness. According to researchers from Tufts University in Boston, prunes rank No. 1 in terms of antioxidant capacity. It was found that prunes had more than twice the antioxidant capacity of other superfoods, like blueberries and raisins. Dried plums also rank above fresh plums in having a greater capacity of antioxidant power. Prunes contain high levels of hydrocinnamic acids (phenol compounds), which give them their antioxidant boost.

Prunes are very high in dietary fiber, containing between 6 to 7 grams. As many know, dietary fiber is the part of plant foods that the stomach and intestinal enzymes cannot absorb into the bloodstream. Fiber will remain in the colon and absorb water, which helps soften the stool before it is passed. Prunes also contain sorbitol, which is a mild colon stimulant. This will help speed up the passage of stool and reduce the risk of constipation and hemorrhoids, and may reduce risk of colorectal cancer.

Individuals may not be aware that

prunes also contain high amounts of polyphenols, which are known to restore bone mass and structure, according to Heal With Food. Therefore, dried plums are part of osteoporosis prevention treatment for postmenopausal women. Various studies have indicated prunes may have beneficial effects on bone mineral density, bone formation activity and the production of boron, which is thought to play a role in the prevention of osteoporosis.

Prunes also may help prevent certain types of cancers. According to the American Cancer Society, foods high in fiber and vitamin A may offer some protection against cancers of the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts as well as cancers induced by chemicals. The phytonutrients in plums also can inhibit in-vitro breast cancer growth without adversely affecting normal cell growth.

It is well known that eating prunes and drinking prune juice can help keep a person “regular,” but the nutritional benefits of dried plums extends beyond their value treating gastrointestinal conditions.

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