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Former Gonzales city em-ployee Belinda Walker was sentenced to 60 days in jail, 10 years probation and or-dered to pay nearly $60,000 in restitution on charges of theft by a public servant.

25th District Court Judge Bill Old included a work release as part of the sen-tence. Walker is scheduled to enter Gonzales County Jail on Aug. 18 for 60 days on a work release program. She will be released at 6 a.m. each day during the work week and return to the jail at the end of work.

Walker was also ordered to pay $57,915.64 in restitu-tion. She made the first pay-ment of $20,000 on Tuesday.

Walker was initially charged wth theft by a public servant of more than $20,000 but less than $100,000.

The charge was alleged to have taken place between February of 2009 and June of 2011 when funds were found to be missing from The City of Gonzales Parks & Recre-ation Department.

She initially pleaded guilty to the charge as part of a plea agreement, but Old rejected that deal last year.

The exasperation of gridlock in Wash-ington was evident on the face of Con-gressman Blake Farenthold during a town hall meeting in Gonzales Aug. 7, and he was quick to assure frustrated local voters that hes just as outraged as they are.

We have an out-of-control President,

said the 34th Congressional District rep-resentative. The problem is, weve passed hundreds of bills. Theyre all sitting in the Senate.

Farenthold said the congressional grid-lock has given President Barack Obama

Monday was Charlotte Tieken Day in Gonzales, but after 60 years in the bank-ing business she hasnt lost a step or her sense of humor.

Unwrapping a gift during her retire-ment reception at Wells Fargo bank, Tieken unboxed a new jeweled watch.

Good, because mine was about worn out, she quipped. Now Ill be on time to cook supper.

Tieken was honored with a proclama-tion naming the day in her honor from Gonzales Mayor Bobby Logan and the banks staff and customers helped her celebrate the big day.

Tieken said she has lots of memories

from six decades of watching Gonzales grow, and has seen massive changes to her industry.

I feel like this is the time to go, she said. Its getting too complicated. It used to be youd post (update bank re-cords) every day, now its all done by computer. Thats been the biggest thing, the switch to where everything is auto-matic.

The last few years have made pro-found changes on the town where she grew up, she said.

The oil industry has changed every-thing, she said. But I look at it as, its all water under the bridge.

YOAKUM Yoakum City Coun-cil on Tuesday fine-tuned the citys long-term strategic plan during a spe-cial meeting preceding their regular monthly meeting.

City management consultant Ron Cox presented his findings from sev-eral months worth of meetings and sessions with council and city em-

ployees. Two previous meetings on March 10 and 27, and the Council of-ficially adopted Quality of Life, Eco-nomic Development, and Organiza-tional Development as their areas of emphasis for 2014 on May 13.

A group of Yoakum city employees then met with Cox on May 22, June 19, and July 24 to discuss the best

ways to assess those areas within the citys new Strategic Plan. They decid-ed that focusing on keeping the city clean, promoting citizen awareness of and involvement in improvement efforts, and developing moderately priced housing was key for Quality of Life.

Employees also told Cox it was important to encourage and enable

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Investigators including the state Fire Marshalls Office were on the scene Wednesday looking for clues about what caused this structure fire at Kleine and School streets in Gonzales late Tuesday afternoon. Fire crews were on the scene quickly but the fast-moving blaze made the structure a total loss. (Photo by Dave Mundy)

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Gonzales school trustees on Monday moved toward setting the districts tax rate for the first time as a Chap-ter 42 district meaning a fair amount of local taxes collected will wind up go-ing to other districts.

Trustees will consider setting a total tax rate of $1.1248 per $100 valuation during its Aug. 25 meet-ing, a slight jump from last years total rate of $0.9677. The additional taxes were

primarily by an increase in the districts debt service rate following last Novem-bers voter approval of a $22 million bond issue. The district will also be expend-ing considerably more local funding on replacing fund-ing which will no longer be available from the state.

Last year we got about $2,000 per student from the state, Deputy Super-intendent Larry Wehde

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Gonzales Police Department News Release Week Of August 11:

08/04/2014 Reported Assault At 500 Blk St. John St.

08/04/2014 Reported Assault At 100 Blk Bates St.08/05/2014 Reported Theft At 700 Blk Sarah De-

witt Dr.08/05/2014 Reported Theft At 700 Blk Church St.08/06/2014 Reported Theft At 1100 Blk Sarah

DeWitt Dr.08/06/2014 Joshua Tyler Schronce 34 Of Ville

Platte La Arrested And Charged With Assault At 2000 Blk 183.

08/07/2014 Brenda Joyce Girouard 57 Of Gonza-les Arrested And Charged With Public Intoxication At 2000 Blk Zint St.

08/07/2014 Charmayne Mae Perry 27 Of Gon-zales Arrested And Charged With Possession Con-trolled Substance, Possession Of Marijuana, And Possession Of Drug Paraphernalia. Stephen Lee Perry 26 Of Gonzales Arrested And Charged With Possession Of Marijuana And Possession Of Drug Paraphernalia At 1600 Blk Sarah Dewitt Dr.

08/08/2014 Willie George Clack Jr 49 Of Gonza-les Arrested And Charged With Walking On High-way With Traffic At 1000 Blk Ainsworth St.

08/08/2014 Reported Burglary Building At 300 Blk St. Joseph St.

08/09/2014 Reported Theft At 700 Blk Sarah De-witt Dr.

08/09/2014 Reported Assault At 900 Blk Espi-nosa St.

08/09/2014 Juan Izaguirre 20 Of Gonzales Ar-

rested And Charged With Public Intoxication At 900 Blk Espinosa St.

08/09/2014 Reported Burglary Building At 1600 Blk St. Peter St.

08/09/2014 Myles Nicholas Macy 27 Of Gonzales Arrested And Charged With Burglary Habitation, Possession Of Controlled Substance And Evading At 800 Blk St. Peter St.

08/09/2014 Reported Theft At 1300 Blk St. Louis St.

08/09/2014 Michael Frank Brecka 47 Of Gonzales Arrested And Charged With Public Intoxication And Resisting Arrest At 1700 Blk Waco St.

08/10/2014 Reported Criminal Mischief At 700 Blk St. Lawrence St.

08/10/2014 Reported Forgery Passing Of Coun-terfeit $10.00 Bill At 100 Blk Sarah Dewitt Dr.

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Luling Police Dept.

Gonzales County Sheriffs Office report for Aug. 3-9:

Powell, James Bernard, Jr., 06/1978, San Antonio. Bexar County Warrant Criminal Nonsupport. Re-quires $3,000 Bond. Bexar County Warrant Crimi-nal Nonsupport. Requires $1,500 Bond. Remains in Custody.

Ogrodny, Kevin Rey, 03/1974, Bastrop. Local Warrant Assault causes Bodily Injury Family Vio-lence. Requires $25,000 Bond. Released Charges dropped by DA.

08/06/14Duran, Gary Daniel, 12/1983, Lockhart. Local

Warrant Forgery Government Instrument/Money/Securities. Released on $3,500 Bond.

08/07/14Longoria, Sarah Lisa, 12/1969, Gonzales. Lo-

cal Warrant Public Intoxication. Released Paid $175.00 Fine.

08/09/14

Villarreal, Brittany Alyce, 06/1992, Gonzales. Commitment/Sentence Evading Arrest Detention with Vehicle Released Weekender/Work Release.

Kiefer, Allen Keith, 08/1964, Gonzales. Local War-rant Driving while License Invalid. Released Paid $515.00 Fine.

Released Weekender/Work Release.Total Arrest, Court Commitments, other agency

arrest and processings:GCSO 06DPS 04GPD 12WPD 01NPD 02Constable 00DWCSO 00DEA 00TPW 00GCAI 00Total 25

Yoakum Police Department report for Aug. 4-10:08/04/14Case #185229, Warrant Arrest, Coronado, Wil-

lie Jr., 54, Yoakum, 608 US 77A S; Offense, W#H-1201417440 Forgery F/3; Disposition, Trans/LCSO.

Case #14-281, Forgery, 1011 US 77A N; Disposi-tion, Investigation.

Case #14-282, Burglary-Building, 507 Tozik; Dis-position, Investigation.

Case #14-284, Burglary-Residence, 900 Old Shiner Rd; Complainant, Rojas, Ramon; Disposition, Investigation.

Case #188544, Warrant Arrest, Yow, Harry D., 62, Yoakum, 507 W. Gonzales; Offense, W#H-02808-F-Indecency w/Child; Disposition, Trans/LCSO.

8/05/14Case #08-447, Davis, Benny, 56, Yoakum, 900 Ir-

vine; Offense, W#2008-15868 Theft MB; Disposition, Trans/LCSO.

Case #185253, Davis, Benny, 56, Yoakum, 900 Ir-vine; Offense, W#0807903CR Theft-Fel-FTA; Disposi-tion, Trans/LCSO.

Case #08-505, Theft-Felony, Jordan @ Simpson; Disposition, Cleared by Arrest

08/06/14Case #14-285, Criminal Mischief-B, 205 Walter;

Disposition, Investigation.08/07/14Case #14-011, Case #185295, Falcon, Nicolas,

24, Yoakum, Irvine @ W. Grand; Offense, W#2014-18521-Criminal Trespass; Disposition, Trans/LCSO.

08/08/14Case 14-286, Injury Child/Elderly, 124 E. Gonza-

les; Disposition, Investigation.08/10/14Case #14-287, Violage City Ordinance Curfew (2),

400 Blk. Cecilia; Disposition, Court Citation.

Luling Police Department report for Aug. 4-11:08/05/14Arrest #14-0282, Niacandro Salinas-Nava, 34, 903

S. Magnolia Ave. #12, Assault w/Deadly Weapon Family Violence.

8/09/14Arrest #14-0283, DeAndre Gonzalez, 600 Blk. E.

Crockett St., Driving While License Suspended, Re-sisting Arrest

DeWitt Co. Sheriffs OfficeDeWitt Co. Sheriffs Office Arrest Report for the week

of Aug. 1-7:Jail Average Daily Count- 140Inmates Housed for Other Agencies- 43August 1, 2014Tina Flores, 30, of Cuero, Public Intoxication, Fine of

$219 (30 Days to Pay), DCSOManuel Perez, 49, of Yorktown, Driving while Intoxi-

cated 2nd, Bond of $2,500 with Interlock Device, Evad-ing Arrest, Bond of $1,000, Resist Arrest Search or Trans-

port, Bond of $1,000, Yorktown PDAnthony Nordstrand, 26, of Yoakum, Driving while

License Invalid with Previous Conviction, Bond of $1,000, Cuero PD

Julio Anzaldua, 36, of Cuero, Aggravated Assault with Deadly Weapon, Bond of $75,000, Obstruction or Retaliation, Bond of $20,000, Unlawful Restraint, Bond of $5,000, Interfere with Emergency Call, Bond of $4,000, Cuero PD

Lucio Arocha, 18, of Yoakum, Unlawful Restraint (Montgomery Co), Bond of $2,500, Yoakum PD

Calvin Copeland, 51, of Shiner, Theft of Property >$1,500$50

A three-year-old article stored on the inter-net provided the basis Tuesday for a stinging public comment demanding the Gonzales county Underground Water Conservation District board of directors rescind water-pumping permits for the Schertz-Seguin Lo-cal Government Corporation.

Cost resident Pat Rosato furnished printed copies of a news release posted on the San An-tonio Water Systems (SAWS) website indicat-ing an agreement between SAWS and SSLGC to enable SAWS to purchase water supplies from SSLGC water pumped from Gonzales County wells. The news release he furnished to directors Bruce Tieken, Steve Ehrig and Barry Miller was originally published Feb. 11, 2011.

A photograph accompanying the piece shows the agreement being signed by Schertz Mayor Hal Baldwin, San Antonio Mayor Ju-lin Castro and Seguin Mayor Betty Ann Mat-thies; all three have left office.

If we go back in history when Schertz-Seguin applied for these permits, it was for citizens of Schertz and Seguin, Rosato said. They falsified their application. Weve got to shut down this mass exodus of water from Gonzales County. There is no reason water should leave Gonzales County.

The news release notes that in July 2010, the Gonzales County Underground Water Conservation District (GCUWCD) approved permits for SAWS to produce and transport up to 11,688 acre-feet per year of Carrizo Aquifer water from Gonzales County. With todays contract, SAWS is partnering with the SSLGC to utilize the Corporations infrastruc-ture to transport water from Gonzales County to San Antonio.

Rosato also implied that Miller, who is the general manager of the Gonzales County Wa-ter Supply Corp., was also consering selling some of its permitted water to San Antonio, drawing a sharp rebuke from Miller.

You are fabricating things out of thin air, sir, Miller snapped.

Board president Bruce Tieken reminded

those present the public comment section of the meeting was not a debate section.

We all hear what youre saying, but we cant resolve it tonight, its not an agenda item, Tieken said. The information youve provid-ed will be looked at.

During Tuesdays meeting, directors also looked at substantiually increasing the dis-tricts maintenance budget, primarily to pro-vide better pay and benefits for the districts administrative assistant. Laura Mills has ten-dered her resignation to enter the teaching field.

The increase would not involve a tax in-crease, however. Board members opted to in-dicate a tax rate of $0.0045 per $100 valuation, a five-hundredths of a cent drop from last year.

Also during Tuesdays meeting, the board approved the renewal of a permit for Mary Ann Menning, representing the Ploeger es-tate. The board also directed that a certified letter be sent to property owner Bill Seger to obtain proper permits and provide pumpage data on his well in northern Gonzales County.

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BRENHAM, TXState Representative Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham) on Tuesday launched her campaign for Texas Senate District 18.

The seat is currently held by Glen Hegar of Katy, who is the Republican nominee for State Comptroller and is expected to win handily.

Surrounded by family, Kolkhorst wel-comed a large crowd of supporters, some travelling as far as two hours to be part of the event. Speaking from the steps of the Washington County Courthouse in down-town Brenham, Kolkhorst declared her in-tention to run.

This election is about our families and our future, commented Kolkhorst. Texas faces many challenges like water, trans-portation, education and the crisis at the border. I have a proven record of tackling the hard issues head on. As Texans, we can solve our problems together and provide for a vibrant economy and a great place to

raise our families. But this is also about the future of our country. The Federal Govern-ment continues to push down rules with-out Congress approval, which is wrong and can no longer be tolerated. Texas must stand up and push back against the over-reach of programs like Obamacare, an ig-nored border, and the federal overtake of our public schools, water and electricity.

As a multi-generation Texan, and as your elected voice, we will stand together and the people will be heard, continued Kolkhorst. We will fight for the solutions of a responsive and smaller government that was envisioned by our founding fa-thers. In my 14-years of serving, never has there been a greater need or crisis at hand. I stand ready to represent the values, cul-ture, and challenges of this 21-county district. We are Texas. This is why I am announcing my intention to run for the Texas Senate.

Senate District 18 is currently held by

State Senator Glenn Hegar (R-Katy). As the Republican nominee for Texas Comp-troller, a victory in November would trig-ger a special election for his Senate seat.

Rep. Lois W. Kolkhorst is a member of the Texas House of Representatives, serv-ing House District 13, which includes Aus-tin, Burleson, Colorado, Fayette, Grimes, Lavaca and Washington Counties. She currently serves as Chair of the House Public Health Committee. Lois and her husband Jim have been married for 27 years and have two children, Lois Kate and Jake. The Kolkhorst Family own and oper-ate Kolkhorst Petroleum and several other companies in the area.

Senate District 18 includes all or parts of 21 counties including Aransas, Austin, Burleson, Calhoun, Colorado, De Witt, Fayette, Fort Bend, Goliad, Gonzales, Harris, Jackson, Lavaca, Lee, Matagorda, Nueces, Refugio, Victoria, Waller, Wash-ington, and Wharton.

GORDENMilda Hulda Elsie Knetig

Gorden, 89, passed away Tuesday, July 8, 2014 in Houston, Texas. She was born September 7, 1924 in the Diamond Grove Com-munity of Gonzales County to Paul and Martha Knetig.

Milda graduated from Gonzales High School and attended beauty school in San Antonio. In March of 1943, she married the love of her life, Marshall Wood-row Gorden. They re-turned to Gonzales where they celebrated 42 years of marriage and the birth of three children.

Milda owned and oper-ated a beauty salon at her home for many years. She was a lifetime member and actively involved in many aspects of the First Evan-gelical Lutheran Church in Gonzales. She was an accomplished artist and a longtime member of the local art club. She enjoyed gardening and shared that love with the Garden Club. Milda was a people person and she enjoyed playing canasta and dominos and traveling with her friends.

Milda was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her son Gerald Allen Gorden and her sis-

ter Lillian Gescheidle. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law James and Rebecca Gorden of Hous-ton, her daughter and son-in-law Marsha Gail and Mitchell Helms of Austin, eight grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson.

A celebration of Mildas life will be held Saturday, August 16, 2014 at 10:00 am at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Gon-zales and burial in the Gon-zales Memorial Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to: First Evangelical Lu-theran Church, 1206 North St. Joseph Street, Gonzales, Texas 78629.


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Guadalupe Zavala, 1927-2014ZAVALA

Guadalupe Zavala, 87, of Gonzales, Texas passed away on Monday, August 4, 2014 at his res-idence.

Funeral Mass was un-der the direction of Buff-ington Funeral Home in Gonzales, Texas, and was held on Friday, Au-gust 8, 2014 at 10:00 am at Sacred Heart Catho-lic Church in Gonzales, Texas with Father Paul Raaz officiating. Inter-ment followed at Saint James Catholic Cem-etery in Gonzales, Texas. A Rosary was recited on Thursday, August 7, 2014 at 7:00 pm at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Gonzales, Texas.

Guadalupe was born on June 20, 1927 in Gon-

zales, Texas. He was the son of Juan and Petra (Jimenez) Zavala. Gua-dalupe married Cookie Mata on May 11, 1990. He was the Owner/Operator of the Casino Bar early in life. He was employed by H.E.B. Food Stores for five years, and then started his own lawn ser-vice. Guadalupe was an active member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. He liked to spend time at the river setting lines and bringing home the big catch. He liked to go hunting and camping. Guadalupe was a family man who enjoyed spend-ing time with his family and, BBQuing with fam-ily and friends.

He is survived by his wife; Cookie Zavala, five sons; Randy Rodri-guez of Gonzales, Texas, Dennis JoJo Rodriguez and his wife, Barbara of Gonzales, Texas, Daniel Rodriguez and his wife, Rebecca of Gonzales, Texas, David Ray Rodri-guez and his wife, Mar-garita of Wapaca, Wis-consin, Joey Rodriguez and his wife, Jolanda of Gonzales, Texas, eleven daughters; Guadalupe Ruiz of Gonzales, Texas, Liz Hernandez and her husband, Lorenzo of

Gonzales, Texas, Doro-thy Rodriguez and her husband, Robert of Gon-zales, Texas, Julie Mireles and her husband, Marty of San Antonio, Texas, Susie Estrada of Hous-ton, Texas, Linda Alma-guer and her husband, Bruno of Gonzales, Tex-as, Peggy Rodriguez of Gonzales, Texas, Diane Serna and her husband, Juan of Austin, Texas, Debra Zavala Cantu and her husband, Sammy of Austin, Texas, Donna Za-vala and her fianc, Stef-fon Moore of Gonzales, Texas, Angel Zavala of Gonzales, Texas, sixty-five grandchildren, one hundred and eight great-grandchildren, ten great-great-grandchildren, and two great-great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; Juan and Petra Zavala, one son; Lupe Rodriguez, five brothers; Faustino Zavala, Delfino Zavala, Antonio Zavala, Pedro Zavala, Abran Za-vala, Sr., and one sister; Dominga Zavala.

To join the family in celebrating Guadalupes life and to sign the online guest book, please go to: www.buffingtonfuneral-homegonzales.com

C.L. Big Boy Steans,1931-2014STEANS

C.L. Steans, fondly re-ferred to as Big Boy, was born June 15, 1931 in Gonzales, Texas to Sandy and Allie (Satberry) Ste-ans. He was the third of three children born to this union.

Mr. Steans accepted Christ as his Lord and Savior at Little Hill Bap-tist Church at any early age. He attended school at Canoe Creek in Gon-zales County.

On September 17, 1949 C.L. was united in holy matrimony to his

life long love, Ola V. Co-chran. Poppa as he was affectionately called, ex-perienced an endearing bond and an indescrib-able love with his wife and the seven children born to this union. Later, with the help of his sons, C.L. started what has now become known as Steans Custom Hay Bail-ing. He earned great re-spect from customers he served in the Gonzales and Caldwell County ar-eas. C.L is highly spoken of and leaves a legacy of a clean and good name, which was of value to him and the family alike.

After 47 years of faith-ful service C.L. retired from Gonzales Warm Springs with the reputa-tion of being a dedicated and hard worker. After retirement, he continued to oversee the hay busi-ness and take vacations and road trips with his family until his health failed.

On August 4, 2014 the Lord called him from la-

bor to rest after a lengthy illness.

C.L. was proceeded in death by his parents Sandy and Allie Steans; siblings Murray Kid Steans and Johnnie Mae Sister Pittman.

He leaves to cherish his memory his devoted and loving wife Ola V. Ste-ans; three sons; George (Mary) Steans of Seguin, Tx; Charles (Carolyn) Steans of Seguin, Tx; El-vin Steans of Edinburg, Tx and four daughters; Janice (Herman) Mitch-ell of Missouri City, Tx; Norma (Phillip) Ross of Schertz, Tx; Carolyn (Leonard) Derrow of Luling, TX; Linda (Rich-ard) Howell of Schertz, Tx; sister Dorothy Swaner and a niece who he helped raise, Shir-ley (Charles) Thomas of Corpus Christi, Tx; 18 grand children, 22 great-grand children and 2 great-great grand chil-dren as well as a host of nieces, nephews, rela-tives and friends.

The Auxiliary of Memo-rial Hospital met July 29th for an Appreciation Morn-ing Tea hosted by Memo-rial Hospital Foundation, at the home of Connie Kacir. There were 20 members present and guests includ-ed Hospital Administrator Chuck Norris and Gon-zales Mayor Bobby Logan. The Mayor presented a long stem pink rose to each member.

The tables were laid with yellow linen and the chairs with yellow netting. The tables were set with antique china and crystal. Breakfast items and sweet pastries were served with straw-berry yogurt and fresh fruit and hot tea.

Mr. Norris expressed ap-preciation for the ways the Auxiliary has benefitted the hospital. Mayor Logan was introduced and he noted it is difficult to find volun-teers to serve these days.

The Auxiliary were invit-ed into the Kacir home to hold our business meeting. President Kathleen Cad-dell called the meeting to order. First VP Betty Fink presented outgoing Presi-dent Barbara Koricanek a commemorative pin for her service.

The minutes were read and approved. Treasurer Zella gave a financial report for the month. Second VP Gibson reported on hour bars. Bob Bennett and Bet-ty Neubauer were awarded 100 hour bars. Bobs total is 808 and Bettys is 712. Cecilia Williamson was awarded her 100 bar with her total 3831.

Committee reports were

given. The Scholarship pro-posed that Policy #5 will be changed to state The recipient must be a resi-dent of Gonzales County. It passed.

Three scholarships were awarded to study for L.V.N.

Special projects was ta-bled for another meeting.

The Auxiliary noted to join the Gonzales Chamber

of Commerce and Agricul-ture.

It was noted that the First VP be responsible for or-dering outgoing President pin. The T.A.H.V District meeting will be held in the dining room at 2 oclock.

Attendance prizes were won by Norris Gibson, Dyna DuBose and Carol DuBose.

Bernice Heldarsen receives her 100 hour bar

President Caddell presiding over meeting.

Happy Birthday Joshua! Joshua, the shelter boss at Friends of Gonzales Animal Shelter, is turning three years old and to celebrate FOGAS is celebrating with three weeks of $3 adoptions Aug. 11-30. To learn more contact FOGAS at 857-1616 or stop by the shelter at 505 St. Francis in Gonzales from 3-5 p.m. weekdays or 1-4 p.m. on Saturday.

The grieving process is very personal, and every-one will deal with it differ-ently. There is no right or wrong way to grieve, but there are healthy ways to help you cope with what you are feeling. Working as a Certified Financial Plan-ner for over 20 years, Ive come across various strate-gies in dealing with the loss of a spouse. Most recently Ive watched and learned from my Mother, the stron-gest woman I know, how many pitfalls can occur when depression over-comes an otherwise strong sense of reason. With the median age of widowhood occurring at 59.4 years ac-cording to the US Census Bureau, its important to not only plan your retire-ment, but also double-check your finances under the scenarios of the loss of one spouse. Taking it one step at a time

during one of the emotion-ally trying periods of your life can be challenging, but consider these crucial first steps. Enlist the help of a close friend and clergy member to support and help with some of the im-mediate tasks. Arranging the funeral or memorial service must be done with a clear idea of the budget. Under the Funeral Rule of the Federal Trade Com-mission, before you sign a contract, funeral directors are required to provide you with a written price list of all services and merchan-dise they offer, as well as an itemized statement of all services that you have

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NIXON All Tucked Inn Cabins that were es-tablished in Stockdale in December 2011 by Jennifer

Exterior (left) and interior views (above) of the cabins under develpoment.

Gonzales Mayor Bobby Logan signed the National Health Center Week proclamation Tuesday at the Gonza-les Community Health Center. Also present was Henry Salas, Brittany Komoll, Karen Green, Annette Philip-pus, Rafael DeLa Paz, Alfredo Law, Christina Cordova, Raiasna Tripatni, Linda Koricanek, Nora Vela, Matilde Vela, Kayla Scott, Adrianna Montoya, Dana C. Bechtel, Dora Rodriguez, Jean Rivera, Lynn Silver and Daisy Scheske. (Photo by Mark Lube)

AUSTIN Wall Street ratings firms have given their highest ratings to this years Texas Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes (TRANs). These annual, one-year notes are sold to help fund school

payments and manage cash flow between the start of the fiscal year and the arrival of tax revenue later in the year.

Texas 2014 TRANs are rated SP-1+ by Standard & Poors, F1+ by Fitch Inc., and MIG 1 by Moodys In-vestors Service. This years $5.4 billion TRAN sale will take place Aug. 26.

These top ratings re-flect confidence in our state and its economic growth, said Texas Comp-troller Susan Combs. Our state government contin-ues its pledge to be fiscally responsible by spending taxpayer dollars wisely. This commitment is re-flected in the bond rat-ing firms confidence that Texas TRAN notes are a solid investment.

Noting that Texas is bor-rowing $1.8 billion less than in 2013, Standard & Poors commented, We believe that the declining trend in annual cash bor-rowing needs is a reflection of Texas strong economic and revenue performance.

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Baird will now be opening cabins in Nixon.

The Stockdale location started with 4 cabins but quickly grew to 11 because of the demand of oil field and nightly customers. It has been proudly managed by Heather Stahl since July of 2012.

The Nixon location will begin with a phase one con-sisting of 9 cabins and will eventually continue with a phase two bringing in 11 more cabins. In addition to Baird, Vernon Lambeck and John Sanderlin will be join-ing as partners in the project.

The cabins will be indi-vidually placed and will have all of the comforts of home. Each cabin has a kitchen that will contain a

full size refrigerator, two burner stove top, micro-wave, and kitchen sink. Pots pans, cups plates and utensils will also be pro-vided.

They will also have two queen size beds, 32 flat screen TVs with Direct TV, front porches with seating, picnic tables and barbecue area.

As in Stockdale, we will offer nightly, weekly and monthly rates, Baird said. We could not be more ex-cited to be joining the city of Nixon and Gonzales County!

For more information, questions or to pre-book a cabin, you can either con-tact Jennifer or Heather at 830-996-1145.

AUSTINTexas Attor-ney General Greg Abbott on Monday released the following statement on proposed fed-eral regulations that unlawfully claim the EPAs Clean Water Act authority extends to stock tanks, small ponds and even dry ditches:

The EPA has no author-ity to regulate dry ditches and stock tanks on private prop-ertybut that is exactly what the Obama Administration is trying to achieve under new rules proposed by the EPA and the Corps of Engineers. First, the EPA has attempted to regu-late emissions from schools, churches and apartment build-ings, and now they are claim-ing they can micromanage dry ditches on private property. So today we are beginning the

first step in the process of chal-lenging these proposed regula-tions, which are unlawful and exceed the EPAs authority to regulate navigable waters.

Under the Clean Water Act, the EPA only has author-ity to regulate navigable wa-ters. Under new regulations proposed by the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers, the Obama Administration is pro-posing to dramatically expand the EPAs regulatory author-ity by claiming that navigable waters includes solitary ponds on private property and even what the EPAs own proposal refers to as ditches. Today Attorney General Abbott sub-mitted formal comments to the EPA and the Corps of En-gineers opposing the proposed regulations and explaining that the EPA is attempting to regulate private property that

clearly falls outside the agencys jurisdiction.

The following are excerpts from Abbotts letter:

[T]he proposed rulewould erode private property rights and have devastating effects on the landowners of Texas.

Under this proposed defi-nition, it is difficult to envision any landsespecially those that lie near the coastthat are not potentially within the ambit of federal jurisdiction. This broad and overreaching definition would impose virtu-ally no limit on federal jurisdic-

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is at risk of having the federal government exert regulation over that ditch and impose burdensome and expensive federal regulations over dry land that does not remotely resemble any common-sense understanding of waters of the United States.

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Caldwell County Sheriff Daniel Law announced that the body of a missing San Marcos River tuber was recovered Aug. 10.

Law said Deputies were called to the scene of a missing river tuber Aug. 9 and upon arrival met with friends of the subject who advised that they had last seen their friend five hours prior when he had advised them he was go-ing to touch the rivers bottom.

The body of 20-year-old Tychicus Foston, originally of Van Vleck, was recovered just after 1:30 p.m. Sunday

Deputies gathered information

from witnesses then made contact with Caldwell County Sheriff s Dis-patch requesting assistance from area voluntary emergency search person-nel for assistance.

Deputies along with personnel from the Maxwell Volunteer Fire De-partment, Chisholm Trail Volunteer Fire Rescue, Luling Swift Water Res-cue Team, San Marcos Search and Rescue, TEXSAR, and SMART Dive team checked the river areas with negative results.

Search teams including Caldwell County Emergency Coordinator

and Texas Parks and Wildlife officers continued the search which ended when the missing mans body was found.

Texas Parks and Wildlife requested that tubing companies not let anyone on the river while teams searched. Tubers were allowed to start getting back on the river around 11:30 a.m. Sunday.

Investigators say an autopsy will de-termine what caused the death. Still, the death appeared to be a drowning.

Law said his departments investi-gation is ongoing.

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The Board of Directors of The Gonzales Cannon Inc. on Tuesday formally named General Manager Dave Mundy to serve the paper as Publisher.

We feel like we have reached a point as a busi-ness, and Dave has shown the ability to take on the role as publisher, Board of Directors President W.R. Billy Bob Low said. He will exercise day-to-day control over the papers op-erations and will report to the board and shareholders regularly as we continue to grow.

The Cannon is the only local news organization owned entirely by local shareholders.

Mundy joined The Can-non staff in October, 2009, taking over as sports editor the second week of pub-lication. He was named General Manager in 2010.

Im looking forward to the challenges and the opportunities to take The Cannon to the next level, said Mundy. Weve spent five years cretaing our niche in the market, and now its time to grow.

Mundy is a Houston-

area native who began his newspapering career as a sophomore in high school, writing sports for his local paper in Deer Park.

He has since worked for papers all over Texas, including the Deer Park Progress, Baytown Sun, La Porte-Bayshore Sun, Pasa-dena Citizen, Houston Post, Houston Chronicle, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Rosen-berg Herald-Coaster, Katy Times and Orange Leader. During six years in the U.S. Marine Corps, he also edited base newspapers at Camp LeJeune, N.C., and on Okinawa and was a con-tributing writer to Stars and Stripes, Stars and Stripes-Pacific, Marines Magazine and was also published in

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Mundy is also currently the Republican nominee for State Board of Educa-tion, District 3. That dis-

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Weve made The Can-non a big success by giving readers a broader scope of news coverage, Mundy said. As publisher, my goal is to create the same kind of success with advertisers. We want to help local busi-ness grow, whether youve been here since the 1870s or youre a start-up entre-peneur.

We have the know-how and the talent to help you grow your business, he added. Lets grow togeth-er.


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the Economic Development Corporation Board to be more involved, redevelop the downtown area, promote diversification of the citys industries, resolve electric service issues, and find ways to continue to benefit from the Eagle Ford Shale.

Finally, in the area of Organizational De-velopment, employees agreed that the city needs to maintain their existing service level, regional utility competitiveness, and low tax rates; foster a positive customer service culture within the city; prepare a succession plan for employees anticipating retirement and those replacing them; and implement technological advancements as well as technical knowledge among em-ployees.

The City Council will meet with the em-ployees involved with the project again in September to finalize their strategic plan.

Following the strategic plan review, the City Council held a regular meeting to ad-dress matters of city business.

Council rejected a proposal to extend hours for the sale of beer, wine, and mixed beverages for on-premises consumption.

The Council agreed to close off W.

Schleicher Street from 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12 through 1 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 14 in co-ordination with the Yoakum Gins Grand Re-Opening and Barbeque Cook-off on Sept. 13.

Council members Elorine Sitka and Tim McCoy were appointed to the Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission General Assembly and Joe Hermes was nominated to return to the Texas Munici-pal League MultiState Intergovernment Employee Benefits Pool Region 11 Board of Trustees.

The Council also voted to reappoint Har-rison, Waldrop, and Uherek, LLP, as the citys auditing firm for the next fiscal year, and also voted to reappoint the current members of both the Yoakum Economic Development Corporation Board of Direc-tors and the Building and Standards Com-mission, each for two-year terms.

Shortly before entering into executive session, the Council slated Saturday, Oct. 11 as Fall Cleanup Day. After 45 minutes in that executive session, the meeting re-opened to the public and it was announced that the Council agreed to cancel the power and electric GFS contract and extend their contract with LCRA.

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explained to trustees. This year it will be around $447.

The district will also be required to have some of its taxes recaptured by the state under Texas Robin Hood law. Trustees will consider applying for attendance credits from the state during their Aug. 25 meeting, a move which could recoup about $40,000, Superintendent Dr. Kim Strozier said.

Thats a teaching position, she noted.Wehde estimated the district would be

sending a little more than $1 million back to the state this year. District voters will cast ballots Sept. 30 on whether to exercise local control over how that is handled or to allow the state to determine the re-distri-bution of local funds.

In other action on Monday, trustees ap-proved support for a resolution proposed by the Central Texas Association of School Boards calling for specific action by the State Legislature when it meets in 2015. Among the measures the resolution calls for are:

Providing more state funding for in-structional materials, since new electronic-based textbooks have proven to be just as expensive as paper-bound books;

Funding for the controversial call for full-day pre-kindergarten;

Additional funding for non-English-speaking students;

Flexibility for dual-credit teaching cer-tifications; and

Opposition to taxpayer-funded vouch-ers for non-public schools.


GISD: Funds will go to state the incentive to exercise executive power with little fear his actions can be over-turned by Congress.

We tried de-funding stuff, he said. We voted on spending bills to fund everything in the govern-ment except Obamacare. The Senate shut down the government, and the House Republicans got blamed for it.

Impeachment is math-ematically not an option, he said. While the House could likely muster votes for impeachment, attain-ing the Senate majority re-quired to remove the Pres-ident is not possible prior to 2016.

Even if we win back the Senate this November, it would take a two-thirds vote to remove him, Far-enthold explained. And if we didnt get it, we look back to the Clinton im-peachment and see what that does, it re-defined what sex is, what is is ... theyre (Democrats) out there raising money off the fear of impeachment.

The only option for the House leadership, he said, was to file suit against the President.

We voted to sue the President for not follow-ing the law, he said. This lawsuit is important to put the question of the limits on executive power to the test.

Part of the problem with an exective branch run amok, Farenthold said, is that too many voters have become numb to the scandals associated with the administration of the charismatic Obama.

This president pays at-tention to the polls, he said. The problem is that people have become numb to all the scandals. If the CIA were stealing secrets from Congress and the president was named Nix-on, peoples heads would be exploding.

One area he said he feels he has been able to be ef-fective has been with cut-ting red tape for veterans seeking help through the Veterans Administration. Farenthold hosted a Vet-erans Summit in Victoria following his Gonzales ap-pearance.

Its a national disgrace, the scandals of mid-level managers cooking the books to get bonuses for themselves while our vet-erans cant even get in to get seen. he said. Weve passed legislation mak-ing it easier to fire some of those mid-level managers.

We also have a case worker in my office who is a veteran, in many cases he can help you get an expe-dited review, he said. You shouldnt have to call your congressman to get help if youre a veteran.

Farenthold is also a co-sponsor of a bill to make it easier with veterans with less than 50 percent dis-ability rating to draw full benefits.

The Congressman said the House has put together a number of measures to address border security all of them again stalled in the Senate.

If you can get a 6-year-old and her grandmother to cross the border with no help, your border is not se-cure, he said. He said the Administration will have

to account for the criminal violence associated with illegal aliens, including the off-duty Border Pa-trol agent killed last week by two men whod already been deported multiple times.

The current surge of il-legal aliens was created jointly by lax border secu-rity and marketing ploys by the human smugglers who are reaping the prof-its, he said.

The coyotes are mark-ing President Obamas DACA program, telling people that children form Central America will never be sent back, he said. We changed the law to treat those children the same as children from Mexico.

Farenthold said the House has also put to-gether a bill to use the first $40 million in foreign aid to Central American countries, previously ear-marked for crime fighting, to help re-unite the unac-companied minor children currently flooding across the border with the par-ents in their homelands.

This ought to get about 90 percent of them back with their parents in their home countries, he said. We have also approved funding to reimburse Tex-as for its cost of mobilizing the National Guard. The Senate is stalling, saying they want comprehensive immigration reform. In the meantime, these chil-dren are at risk.

I spoke with a social worker in Honduras who told me they have the names of at least 400 chil-dren who left Honduras and were never heard from again, he said.


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Gonzales County Com-missioners on Tuesday gave prelimiary approval to the proposed rollback tax rate for 2015, which would be a slight increase of around 2.5 cents per $100 valuation.

Commissioners re-viewed the tax rates prepared by Tax Asses-sor-Collector Crystal Cedillo and opted to ini-

tially adopt the proposed $0.3045 rollback rate, which automatically trig-gers public hearings Aug. 25 and Sept. 8 prior to fi-nal setting of the rate on Sept. 8. Cedillo presented an effective tax rate of $0.2709, slightly above 2014s rate of $0.2704.

The Court could lower the rate as it continues work on the county bud-get for the coming year, but could not adopt a higher

rate without a rollback tax election.

Commissioners on Tuesday also approved the preliminary design of the infrastructure plan for All Tucked in Cabins, to be lo-cated at the intersection of FM 1117 and Highway 80 near Nixon. The prelimi-nary plan is for nine cabins in a hotel-like atmosphere, and more could be added later.

Housing in the Nixon

area has been a particularly acute issue since the start of the Eagle Ford Shale devel-opment, and All Tucked In owner Heather Baird said the development is mod-eled on a similar cabin-style complex in Stockdale.

In other action Tuesday,

Commissioners: Awarded a contract for

seal-coating in Precinct 2 to Agency Construction;

Approved specifica-tions for the countys seal-coating projects for 2015;

Approved the ter-mination of the lease on

Randle-Rather Building office space by Guadalupe Valley Telephone Cooper-ative. The county bought the building from its pre-vious owner and GVTC has announced plans to re-locate its office to the Cost area.

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Eagle Ford-focused San-chez Energy reported record revenue of $151.7 million in the second quarter of 2014, with portfolio-wide produc-tion increasing 164% year-over-year to 20,437 boe/d.

At the end of the quarter, the company closed its mas-sive Eagle Ford acreage deal with Royal Dutch Shell for 106,000 net Eagle Ford acres known to the company as Catarina. The acquisition al-most doubled the companys acreage in the play. Total pur-chase price for the acquisition was approximately $639 mil-lion, less approximately $85.5 million in normal and cus-tomary closing adjustments.

Sanchez CEO Tony San-chez, III, said,as of August 1, 2014, Sanchez Energy has officially taken over all opera-tions at Catarina after a brief transition period with Shell. The transition of operations has gone smoothly and the ramp up of Sanchez Energy operations is ahead of sched-

ule. We have fully staffed our operations at Catarina and now have drilling, comple-tion, and artificial lift installa-tion in progress. Additionally, now that we have achieved critical scale from the Cata-rina assets, we are utilizing a dedicated frac spread as well as direct sourcing of chemi-cals and proppant. We expect these factors will reduce com-pletions costs by an addition-al 30%, allowing flexibility to increase fracture stage size or improve returns from a lower development cost.

With the Catarina acqui-sition, Sanchez increased its proved reserves 170% to ap-proximately 117 MMBOE as of June 30, 2014. Crude oil constituted 49% and NGLs constituted 24% of the com-panys proved reserves. 56% of the companys proved reserves were classified as proved undeveloped, com-pared to 70% at same time last year.

Sanchez Energy currently has 6 gross rigs running across its Eagle Ford acreage, with 419 gross producing

wells and 38 gross wells in various stages of completion.

By area, the companys Cotulla, Marquis, and Pal-metto Eagle Ford operating areas comprised approxi-mately 42% of the crude oil cut from total second quarter 2014 production volumes. Company officials expect the percentage of oil expected in the companys third quarter production volumes should decrease as the impact of the production volumes from

Catarina are recorded.The companys third

quarter production guid-ance range portfolio-wide of 37,000 to 41,000 boe/d has been revised to 36,000 to 40,000 BOE/D while its fourth quarter production guidance range of 45,000 to 49,000 boe/d has increased to 48,000 to 50,000 boe/d. Production guidance for 2015 remains the same at a range of 53,000 boe/d to 58,000 boe/d.


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Gonzales LivestockMarket ReportThe Gonzales Livestock

Market Report for Saturday, August 9, 2014 had on hand: 1,258 cattle.

Compared to our last sale: Calves and yearlings sold $3.00 to $5.00 lower. Packer cows sold steady.

Stocker-feeder steers: Me-dium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs., $310-$400; 300-400 lbs, $285-$325; 400-500 lbs, $250-$280; 500-600 lbs, $215-$240; 600-700 lbs., $205-$210; 700-800 lbs, $190-$200.

Bull yearlings: 700-900 lbs, $145-$185.

Stocker-feeder heifers: Me-dium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs, $255-$350; 300-400 lbs, $235-$245; 400-500 lbs, $220-$240; 500-600 lbs., $185-$215; 600-700 lbs., $175-$185.

Packers cows: Good lean utility and commercial, $94-$110; Cutters, $115-$131; Canners, $75-$89; Low yield-ing fat cows, $93-$108.

Packer bulls: Yield grade 1 & 2, good heavy bulls; $120-$146; light weights and me-dium quality bulls, $105-$115.

Stocker Cows: $950-$2,200.Pairs: $1,250-$3,100.Thank you for your busi-

ness!!View our sale live at cattle-

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Nixon LivestockCommission ReportThe Nixon Livestock Com-

mission Inc. Report had on hand, August 11, 2014, Vol-ume, 1,000, 78 cows, 13 bulls.

Steers: 200-300 lbs, $263 to $273 to $310; 300-400 lbs., $261 to $271 to $330; 400-500 lbs, $236 to $246 to $305; 500-600 lbs, $208 to $218 to $250; 600-700 lbs, $196 to $206 to $223; 700-800 lbs, $182 to $192 to $211.

Heifers: 200-300 lbs, $248 to $258 to $320; 300-400 lbs, $234 to $244 to $285; 400-500 lbs, $224 to $234 to $310; 500-600 lbs, $196 to $206 to $290; 600-700 lbs, $184 to $194 to $265; 700-800 lbs, $166 to $176 to $191.

Slaughter cows: $85 to $135; Slaughter bulls: $128 to $146; Stocker cows: $1,250 to $2,300. Pairs: $1,210 to $3,000. Notices: We will be closed on September 1, 2014 for Labor Day.

Cuero Livestock Market ReportCuero Livestock Market Re-

port on August 8, 2014, had 1, 939 head.

Had 137 cows and 21 bulls. The packer market was basi-cally unchanged past weeks. Very strong as there are not many cow/bulls coming to market at this time. Prices re-main at historical highs.

The calf market was steady to a little weaker in spots. But overall was a good solid market. The only weakness may have been in small of the heavier weight bull calves.

Light calves and replacement heifers were as high as they have ever been. No surprises in the market coming off several weeks of new highs and larger numbers hitting the market due to continued drought.

Packer Bulls: Hvy. Wts., $120-$145; lower grades, $90-$125.

Packer cows: breakers, $78-$90; boning, $79-$90; canners & cutters, $92-$130; light & weak, $40-$65.

Palpated: 16 head bred, $per cwt, $130-$156.

Pairs: 1 Pair, both $2,300.Steer calves: under 200 lbs,

None; 200-250 lbs, None; 250-300 lbs, $314-$337; 300-350 lbs, $254-$314; 350-400 lbs, $282-$318; 400-450 lbs, $266-$308; 450-500 lbs, $230-$286;

500-550 lbs, $230-$260; 550-600 lbs, $219-$240; 600-700 lbs, $207-$226; 700-800 lbs, $201-$211.

Bull Calves: under 250 lbs, $314-$420; 250-300 lbs, $312-$330; 300-350 lbs, $295-$335; 350-400 lbs, $287-$316; 400-450 lbs, $261-$310; 450-500 lbs, $235-$280; 500-550 lbs, $221-$250; 550-600 lbs, $214-$238; 600-700 lbs, $199-$226.

Over 700 lbs. bulls, $186-$205.

Heifer Calves: under 200 lbs., None; 200-250 lbs, $279-$308; 250-300 lbs, $282-$330; 300-350 lbs, $262-$318; 350-400 lbs, $246-$298; 400-450 lbs, $244-$278; 450-500 lbs, $228-$270; 500-550 lbs, $220-$262; 550-600 lbs, $211-$243; 600-700 lbs., $198-$242; over 700 lbs, $180-$193.

Gonzales County Courthouse DeedsAugust 1-31Roberts, Barbara A. to Howard, Barbara Ann Bateman,

w/d, 4.462 Acres, Phineas James Svy, A-32.Robinson Sr., Eugene to Robinson, Travis Leon, w/d,

18.165 Acres, E W Cullen, A-148 & Daniel Brown A-103 Svys.

Rafter FC Homes, Inc. to Alaniz, Victor D. and Alaniz, Julie Marie, w/d, Lt. 21, Blk. 1, Lous Garden Subdvn, Gonzales.

Shelton, Kimberly D. and Ochs, Justin Shane to Jahns, Dennis C. and Jahns, Christina R., w/d, Lts. 6-7, Stone Creek Subdvn, George Menefee Svy.

Heritage Bank to Nixon Bancshare, Inc., w/d, 4.718 Acres, Phineas James Svy, A-32.

Nixon Bancshares, Inc. to Jackson, Wayne, w/d, 4.718 Acres, Phineas James Svy, A-32.

Zappe Family Limited Partnership to Zappe Ranch, L.L.C., w/d, 998.269 Acres, Simeon Bateman A-1 & C C DeWitt A-180 Svys.

Jahns, Dennis C. and Jahns, Christina R. to Filip, Sal-ly and Filip, Marvin, w/d, 0.377 of an Acre, Eli Mitchell A-337 & Green DeWitt A-18 Svys.

MTHS Properties, LLC to Hilbig, Casey, and Hilbig, Kal-ey, w/d, 10.00 Acres, Andrew Winters Svy, A-471.

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

Woods, Beverly Gail to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

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

Johnson, Terrance DeWayne to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

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

Williams, Deborah Rene to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

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

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

Collins, Sharon Ann to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

Carley, James Kirk (Indiv & Trustee), Carley Sr, James K. (Trustee), Carley Jr, James Kirk and Carley, Jeremy Keith to Roddy, Danelle K. and Roddy, Scottland L., w/d, 80.59 Acres, Charles Schaller Svy, Gonzales & Caldwell Coun-ties.

Riverkamp, Dale and Riverkamp, Jimmie Lee to Pish, Charles Curtis, w/d, 50.00 Acres, John Adkison Svy, A-89.

Flores, Francisca to Flores, Manuel Jesus, w/d, Lts. 10-22, Blk. 5, Davis Addn, Gonzales.

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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

Bahai FaithBahai 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

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

Churches of ChristChurch of Christ1323 Seydler St. Gonzales

Church of Christ (Iglesia de Cris-to)201 E. Second St. Nixon

Church of ChristE. 3rd & Texas, Nixon

Churches of GodCommunity Church of God1020 St. Louis, Gonzales

Gonzales Memorial Church of God in Christ1113 Hastings, Gonzales

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

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

EvangelicalLa Os del Evangelio Mission Ca-pilla 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 Methodist1113 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 Fellowship1817 St. Lawrence St. Gonzales

Encouraging Word Christian Fel-lowshipHwy. 80 in Leesville

Jesus Holy Ghost Temple1906 Hickston, Gonzales

Lighthouse Church of Our Lord1805 Weimar, Gonzales

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

River of Life Christian Fellowship207 Steele St., Smiley 830-587-6500

Two Rivers Bible Church1600 Sarah DeWitt Dr., Ste 210, Gonzales

Inter-DenominationalFaith Family Church1812 Cartwheel Dr., Gonzales

PentecostalFaith TempleHwy 80 (N. Nixon Ave.) Nixon

Holy Temple of Jesus Christ No. 21515 Dallas, Gonzales

Temple Bethel Pentecostal1104 S. Paul, Gonzales

Life Changing Church of Gonza-les3.3 miles north on 183, Right on CR 235, Right on CR 236

Presbyterian Pilgrim Presbyterian ChurchCR 210 off FM 1116

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We all groan and complain that the Christmas season generally lasts way too long, effectively getting started before Halloween and lingering around until the January clearance sales end.

I tend to agree that we spend way too much time on a holiday whose mean-ing long ago skewed away from some-thing meaningful to something that is crass, commercialized and corrupt. Even though the date itself is pagan in origin, weve lost sight of the fact that the holiday is designed to celebrate the birth of the Prince of Peace, not to see who can give their kids the most toys.

Interestingly enough, thats a view shared by the celebrity primarily associ-ated with the holiday.

Admittedly, it was a big surprise to run across Santa Claus in the deli area at a grocery store in San Antonio over the weekend.

At first I wasnt entirely sure the hefty gentleman with the flowing white beard and hair, dressed in a fashionable polo shirt, khakis and Twin Peaks ballcap was, in fact, Santa Claus. But when I saw the two urchins scream SANTA!, leap out of their mothers shopping cart and rush up to start hugging the man, I knew my readers wouldnt forgive me if I didnt get a quick interview.

A transcript:DAVE: I appreciate your taking the time

to chat. So what is the icon of such a Nor-dic event as Christmas doing shopping at a Krogers in San Antonio? Isnt it a little too warm in Texas in August for someone with your background?

SANTA: Actually, Im the hardware manager for that Walmart across the parking lot. Im on my lunch break.

DAVE: Walmart? Ah, trying to moon-light incognito, huh?

SANTA: No, actually, Ive been with them for 37 years now. Had to do some-thing else since we closed Santas Work-shop.

DAVE: So whos running Santas Work-shop up at the North Pole?

SANTA: Probably the Alaskan De-partment of Elf Protective Services. The elves dont have anything to do any more, so they spend all their time being drunk and rowdy. Theyre all on welfare now.

DAVE: The elves arent making toys?SANTA: Nah, they havent done that

for years. We had to lay them all off.DAVE: I dont understand, why?SANTA (Growling): No one wanted

finely-crafted wooden toys any more,

they wanted cheap plastic stuff made in China and India by slave labor and ad-vertised on TV. It started with Barbie back in the 1960s and it just got worse. Nowadays the only people that want the wooden stuff are doll collectors, and even then they buy machine-tooled toys because theyre cheaper.

DAVE: So youre not happy with the way Christmas has been over-commercialized?

SANTA: Well lets just say that the af-fluence associated with the modern age has changed the meaning of toy, and that changed the holiday itself.

DAVE: Could you explain that?SANTA: Think about it: when we got

this thing started at the end of the 18th Century, even the richest of children might get one, maybe two, new toys a year. The emphasis then was on non-luxury consumable goods. Getting a new toy then that was a major event, a big thing.

DAVE: I see. So what changed?SANTA: Well aside from the Indus-

trial Revolution, mass production and broadcast marketing, weve lost our faith. Christmas is no longer a day to celebrate the birth of Christ by emulat-ing the gifts given to the Christ Child by the Three Wise Men. There are a lot of places that refer to it as X-Mas. Now its all about consumerism.

DAVE: So youre soured on the whole Christmas spirit thing? Can we ever get it back?

SANTA: Oh no, dont get me wrong, I still love Christmas. But we cant go back to the way things were. Thats the tricky thing about history, even when we repeat it we cant go back. No, what I do these days is promote the Christmas spirit on a one-to-one basis.

DAVE: How so?SANTA: Mostly I try to talk to todays

parents, to tell them the real reason for the season, to convince them that they dont have to get their kids every single thing on the list, that its more important to give gifts that are meaningful. And most of all, to tell them the best gift they can give their kids is to be parents, not best friends.

DAVE: Thats deep.SANTA: Thanks. Now could you let

me buy my sandwich so I can eat it be-fore my lunch breaks over?

Many journalists and politicians are surprised that the Texas-Mexico border is not very secure. This is nothing new to the residents of the region who have been living with an unprotected border for over 150 years.

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo al-lowed for families and commerce to flow back and forth without much of a barri-er. This has influenced the politics, econ-omy, and culture of the region which has created an open border attitude among many people. This is why the Border re-gion is plagued with problems today.

Furthermore, large immigration surges like we see today are not new. The first large migration from Mexico was in 1910-20 during Mexicos Revolu-tion. Almost a million Mexicans came to the Border States during that period. Most crossed illegally and no one said much because they mostly stayed in the Border region.

The next large migration was dur-ing the Bracero guest worker program in 1940-50. It allowed Mexican workers to come the U.S. to temporarily replace American workers who went off to war. Some Braceros went home as expected but many stayed, again, in the Border region.

As the Mexican population grew, so did the media. In the 1960s, the first Spanish-language TV station started in

San Antonio. With many small Spanish language radio stations, and now a TV stations, broadcasting in the region the Spanish language and Latino culture be-came more anchored in the southwest. This created a further blur of a border because unlike European immigrants who left their culture and language be-hind, Mexican immigrants increasingly kept theirs.

As the American economy grew af-ter WW II, commerce and illegal im-migration grew, also. However, it was still confined mostly to the Border re-gion, and thus no one said much.

In the 1970s, during the Chicano movement, many Mexican Americans rebelled against Democratic political bosses who used illegal aliens to con-trol them politically and economical-ly. Unfortunately, four decades later, Latino Democrats have become the new Democrat political bosses who control the region much in the same

manner. Illegal immigration and contra-

band continued to grow with little notice or hindrance in the 1980s with the implementation of NAFTA, CAFTA, and other free trade treaties.

These treaties sent mixed messages to Latin America and indirectly en-couraged more illegal immigration and crime. Even the Spanish language media helped.

All the while, the Border has re-mained largely unprotected and open. The Border Patrol and other law en-forcement agencies have never had the resources to secure the Border.

South Texas has been affected by Border crime and illegal aliens for a long time. What is different are the overwhelming numbers, and the will-ingness by Democrats and liberals to openly promote and excuse illegal in-ternational behavior. Today, its not just Mexicans who are entering ille-gally, but the whole world.

When I hear someone ask if the Mexican Border has ever been secure, I answer no. The border has never been secure. It should have been shut and protected after 1845.

It is never too late, particularly when our national safety and sover-eignty depend on protecting the Bor-der.

As a child my familys menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.

Buddy Hackett

I am of a generation when sit down din-ners were the norm, not the exception.

Especially come a Sunday. When a couple of sisters and their families would be in for a weekend visit from Pasadena and Dallas.

Were talking the 19 and 50s. Thered be mama in the kitchen. Unlike the TV moms, say Donna Reed or the Beavers mom, with their pearl necklaces and coiffed hair and stylish dresses protected by aprons, my mama, clad in a simple frock, would be rul-ing the roost with the pots and pans (dang, thats a lot of commas for one sentence, aint it?).

It was a small kitchen. But mama sure knew how to make the most of it when it came to preparing big meals.

There at the gas stove shed add a dash of that and pinch of this to whatever dish she would be conjuring. In the oven would be several concoctions abakin.

At noon, which is dinnertime for those of us reared in the country, the table would be set and the vittles arranged for easy access to the plate.

Yall come on, you hear, and eat. Its ready, mama would signal.

My brothers-in-law and sisters would basically, simultaneously seat themselves in unison while bellying their bellies up to the table. Thered be fried chicken and pork chops and green beans and cream-style corn and brown beans and cornbread.

Someone was assigned to say a few words over the dead bird we were about to partake and t

cannon aug 14 2014

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