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Authorities are search-ing for a suspect accused of committing the armed rob-bery of a Gonzales conve-nience store with what may have been a fake weapon.

On Tuesday, October 22 at approximately 7:30 a.m., the Gonzales Police Department responded to a report of an armed rob-bery at the Shamrock Store on the corner of Waco and Seydler Street. Upon ar-rival, patrol officer Rhegan Davis made contact with the victim who told him an unknown male subject entered the store and dis-played a handgun.

The business owner, Vi-jay Dave, told The Cannon that his employee was alone in the store during the in-cident. The suspect was re-portedly wearing all dark clothing with the exception of a red hoodie.

He came in and asked for all the money, but that

was when my employee no-ticed an orange tip on the barrel of the gun so he sus-pected it wasnt real, Dave said.

According to the employ-ees account to Dave, the man then walked around the counter and continued to demand money.

He said Do you want to die? and my clerk said to him Im not going to give you any money, said Dave. So the guy got angry and told my employee that he would be coming back be-fore he literally ran outside. It was apparent from his body language that he was scared.

The suspect left the store without any cash or other property and the clerk then called the police depart-ment.

While thankful for the loyalty showed to him by his employee, Dave said he

The Cannon recently sat down for a Q&A with Smi-ley mayor Ellis Villasana to discuss the p r o j e c t e d e c o n o m i c d e v e l o p -ment of his city. Villasa-na is a long-time Smiley native and has served as mayor for the last four years.

Q: Because of the activity going on in the Eagle Ford Shale, this is a pretty excit-ing time for the City of Smi-ley is it not?

A: Yes, sir. Were going away from being a sleepy little town and its progress-ing pretty fast now.

Q: The reason is a recent study came out and said that the mother lode of oil in the Eagle Ford formation is very near Smiley, is that

Residents around the Gonzales area this week have received a mailing offer-ing a prescription discount card which appears to be an official government form and offers discounts of up to 50 percent on any FDA-approved drugs but as with all free offers, buyer beware.

The mailing offers cards from a company called the United States Prescription Dis-count Card, but these cards are not from the government. Each card has a member identification number on it when it arrives in the mail, but does not have the name of the person receiving the card. The compa-ny advertises a home office on Connecti-

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count Card is, however, is one of several drug-discount cards offered by a company called Script Relief LLC, based in New York City and its a company which has generated numerous complaints around the country for deceptiveness and the pos-sible sale of individuals personal informa-tion to outside agencies.

While the discounts advertised are real, they are not usually as much as advertised. More importantly, your personal informa-tion may be utilized to put you on even more mailing lists when you use the card.

The phone number on the information pamphlet mailed to Gonzales residents,

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Election Day for the statewide constitutional amendments and local school district bond elections is Tuesday, Nov. 5. For a list of Gonzales County polling locations, see Page A7.

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Gonzales City Manager Allen Barnes signals for another load to pull forward as Mayor Bobby Logan helps manhandle some used tires during Saturdays Pride in Gonzales Citywide Cleanup. City staff and volunteers spent four hours helping local residents get rid of tons of large waste and recyclables. (Photo by Dave Mundy)

No one saw Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor or Suzanne Pleshette, but The Birds lent a spooky presence to Gonzales Confederate Square Saturday during the Happy Fall Yall celebra-tion. The event featured a free screening of the family Halloween movie Hotel Transyl-vania. More photos, Page A10. (Photo by Dave Mundy)

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Daylight Savings Time ends at midnight on Sunday, Nov. 3, so fall back one hour Saturday night before going to bed. Current and former Marines are allowed to advance their clock in a retrograde motion, since they dont fall back.

Gordon Lane Tolbert, 1941-2013

TOLBERTGordon Lane Tolbert went

to be with the Lord October 22, 2013 after a long illness. He played a good hand with the cards he was dealt.

He was born March 12, 1941 and after a difficult child-hood and nursing his dying fa-ther at the age of 16, he went on to serve in the US Coast Guard as a Gunners Mate during the Vietnam era. He advanced to E-5 in only four years, became a real estate appraiser with only an 8th grade education, and co-founded the familys title research business 28 years ago which has extended to three generations.

He was a committed and faithful husband and father through 51 years of marriage and taught his children and grandchildren the value of commitment, hard work and using the gifts God gave them. Nobody was a stranger to him and he had a clever sense of humor.

He loved being outdoors fix-ing or building things, tending to the land and the farm they used to have, but fishing was his favorite. He taught many a grandbaby how to catch a fish at Palmetto State Park in Ot-tine and at the coast in Rock-port.

He knew God and believed that his family was his mission field. His angels surrounded him in his last days, and he passed peacefully in his sleep after a long illness (before it got too cold-he did not like winter!) to go fishing in the big lake above where we will see him again (1 Thes 4:13-18).

Gordon is survived by his widow, Barbara Joan Sa-wicki Tolbert of Gonzales; his son, Gordon G. Tolbert and his wife, Sharon; grandsons, Dustin and his wife, Sally, and Preston Tolbert; daughter, Elizabeth Anderson; grand-children, Jonathan Anderson and his wife, Nicole; and great-grandchildren, Logan, Jeremy, Matthew, Jensen, Hayley and Jadyn Anderson; daughter, Su-zanne Jennyfer Sakiewicz and her husband, Ed, and grand-sons, Eddie, Brenton and Alek Sakiewicz; his sister, Joy Kreu-sel, and many nieces, nephews and cousins, all of San Antonio.

Gordon was the youngest of six and is predeceased by his parents, Raymond and Eliza-beth Tolbert of San Antonio, brothers, Raymond, Leland and Billy, and sister, Dorothy Wade.

Burial took place on Mon-day, October 28, 2013, at Ft. Sam Houston National Cem-etery in San Antonio with full military honors.

Annie Clara Siegel,1922-2013SIEGEL

Annie Clara Siegel, 91, of Gonzales, Texas passed away Sunday, October 20, 2013 at The Heights of Gonzales in Gonzales, Texas.

Funeral Mass was under the direction of Buffington Fu-neral Home in Gonzales, Texas

and was held at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at St. James Catholic Church in Gonzales, Texas with Fa-ther Paul Raaz officiating. Interment followed at Shiner Catholic Cemetery in Shiner, Texas. A Rosary was recited at 7:00 P.M. on Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at the Buffington Fu-neral Home Chapel in Gon-zales, Texas with Deacon John Klapuch officiating.

Annie was born February 1, 1922 in Shiner, Texas. She was the daughter of Albert and Filomina (Janik) Kubecka. She married Charlie Siegel Octo-ber 22, 1946 at Saints Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church in Shiner, Texas. Annie attend-ed Saint Ludmilas Catholic School in Shiner, Texas. In her early years, Annie went to work as a Nurses Aid at the Wagner Hospital in Shiner, Texas. Later, she went on to work for the Gonzales Independent School District as a Cafeteria Worker. After several years of prepar-ing lunches for children in the district Annie decided it was time to be there for her chil-dren and stayed at home as a housewife and mother. She enjoyed taking care of children then later her grandchildren. To them, she was known as Little Grandma. Annies fa-vorite hobby was taking care of her plants. She had a bit of a green thumb and could make any plant flourish. Her favorite flowers were the Af-rican Violets. Later, Annie be-came a resident at The Heights of Gonzales when her health failed her.

Annie is survived by Char-lie, her loving husband of 67 years, one son; Marvin Siegel and his wife Delores of Gon-zales, Texas, one daughter; Charlene Alvarado and her husband Tony of Gonzales, Texas, five grandchildren; Ben-ji Siegel and his wife Tamara, of Moulton, Texas, Michelle Tanksley and her husband Todd, of Cedar Park, Texas, Jef-fery Siegel and his wife Lauren, of Gonzales, Texas, Ashley Al-varado and her Fianc Jordan of Richmond, Texas, Kalyssa Alvarado of Gonzales, Texas, nine great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Albert and Filomina Kubecka, a daughter; Rose Marie Siegel, a brother; Albert Kubecka, Jr.

The family would like to express their gratitude for the care and compassion to the staff and facility of The Heights of Gonzales.To join the family in celebrat-ing Annies life, please go to: www.buffingtonfuneralhome-gonzales.com

Gloria Ann Knandel,1936-2013

KNANDELGloria Ann Knandel, 77 of

Cost, passed away Thursday, October 24, 2013. Gloria was born March 20, 1936 in Gon-zales to Fred and Thelma Eliza-beth Ray White.

She married James Ger-hard Knandel on January 26, 1958 in the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Gonza-les. Gloria had studied nursing and received her certification as a Licensed Vocational Nurse and while working in a Hous-ton Hospital had work beside acclaimed cardiovascular sur-geon Dr. Michael DeBakey and trauma surgeon Dr. James H. Red Duke, Jr.

Gloria was a 4-H leader for years. She was a member of the Gonzales Homemakers and the First Lutheran Church of Gonzales. She loved to show

Holstein cows and excelled in showmanship, a talent she handed down to her daugh-ters.

Gloria loved people, ani-mals and the outdoors. On cold winter days and nights, it wasnt uncommon for Gloria to have a few small calves in her kitchen keeping them warm and helping them develop into prize show animals. Many of their calves were sold to buyers from as far away as Mexico for show and breeding stock.

When Gloria and James werent working their stock, they might be found at the of-fice or more popularly known as the Dairy Queen. It wasnt that Gloria didnt cook for she made delicious cookies, it just seems Gloria used her oven more for the storage of collect-ibles than cooking pot roast.

Gloria had a wonderful per-sonality and a great sense of humor. Although there were times when sarcasm was used to make a point, like when she busted her daughters loafing rather than getting their chores done, Gloria would certainly offer a Thank you, thank you very much! in an exasperated tone only Gloria could put em-phasis on to make her disap-pointment clear.

Gloria adored her cats, go-ing for rides in the pick-up with James, and loved to travel. She and James had toured Ger-many with a former visiting Lutheran Pastor and his wife which they thoroughly en-joyed. Gloria was full of life and exuded a charming manner, she and James, who seemed inseparable, were always a de-light to be around. But do not be mistaken, when necessary, Gloria got things done even if she had to step on a few fingers, she got things done. However what we all will remember most is the inseparable part-nership of Gloria and James, and equation of love.

Gloria Ann Knandel is sur-vived by her loving husband of 55 years, James Knandel of Cost; devoted daughters and sons-in-law, Liz and Steven Keyser of Cost, Carol and Jes-sie Cienega of College Station; and her adoring grandchil-dren, Stephanie Fritz and hus-band Michael, Katie Ramos and husband Robert, James Keyser, Jayde Cienega, and Jace Cienega.

She was preceded in death by her parents, daughter, Janet Knandel and grandson, Joshua Cienega.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, October 27, 2013 in Seydler-Hill Funeral Home with Pastor Ildiko Ri-gney officiating. Interment fol-lowed in Gonzales Memorial Park.

Pallbearers were Steven Keyser, Byron Lester, Jes-sie Cienega, Robert Ramos, Michael Fritz, James Keyser, Jace Cienega, and John Liford. Memorials may be made to Gonzales Healthcare Systems Foundation, 1110 N. Sarah DeWitt Drive, Gonzales, Texas 78629.

Services were under the care and direction of Seydler-Hill Funeral Home.

Vernon Bo Person,1933-2013PERSON

Longtime Gonzales resident Vernon Bo Person Jr. passed away shortly before midnight Wednesday, October 23, 2013. Mr. Person had suffered many recent health problems and died peacefully in his home with his family at his side.

Mr. Person was born to Mil-

dred and Vernon Person on September 27, 1933. A military brat, Vernon spent much of his youth traveling with his Army family, seeing both post-war Germany and Japan. Mr. Per-son would often recall his fond memories of residing in Oki-nawa as a young teenager. Few may know that his nickname Bo was given to him by one of the locals. It is a shortened version of a Japanese curse word.

At sixteen, Vernon returned to Gonzales to complete his high school education. He lived alone while his family remained in Europe. A natural athlete, Bo excelled at football. He received a scholarship to the University of Texas at Aus-tin and played there from 1953 to 1955.

After college, he enlisted in the Army and returned to Europe where he won several medals for his marksmanship. Bo was also a paratrooper with over 23 jumps in Europe and North Africa. He was honor-ably discharged and returned to Gonzales in 1959.

Vernon wed Ms. Margaret Staton on August 15, 1959. They had three children in-cluding sons Sean David, born 1965, and Cole Brennan, born 1970. Their daughter, Kathleen Claire, was born the follow-ing year. Vernons twin grand-daughters, Brandi and Haley, were born to Kathleen in 1993. He is also survived by eldest granddaughter Charlie Free-man and great grandchildren Aidan and Audrie.

Bo was a carpenter by trade. His experience in the con-struction field spanned over 50 years. He taught Building Trades at the high school dur-ing the 1970s. He and his stu-dents built many of the homes surrounding the GVEC build-ing. He managed the Transit Mix facility for the Christian family in the 1980s. Bo was self-employed as a build-ing contractor from the early 1990s until March of this year.

Mr. Person was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Douglas and Benny Bob; and a sister, Wanda. His eldest son, Sean, passed away in 1999.

Services are to be held on November 9 at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Gon-zales.

Robert J. Pena,1958-2013

PENARobert J. Pena, age 54, of

Smiley, died October 26, 2013 in Gonzales. He was born December 15, 1958 in San Antonio to Jacobo and Juanita Sauceda Pena. He is preceded in death by his parents, and son Philip Pena. Robert is survived by his wife, Angela Macias Pena of Smiley; two daughters: Veronica Pena and Laura Pena; two sons: Robert Pena Jr. and Bobby Pena; four grandchildren: Emilio, Carlos, Gabriel, and Aubrey; brothers: Jacob Pena (Deborah), David Pena (Sandra); sister, Betty Reyes and numerous nieces and nephews; as well as many God-children.

Viewing and visitation was held Tuesday, October 29th from 4 PM 8 PM at Finch Funeral Chapel of Nixon with a Rosary at 6 PM. The funeral service was held at St. Philips Catholic Church, Smiley, TX on Wednesday, October 30th at 10:00 AM with Father Ouseph Kuriakose officiating. Burial will follow at the Smi-

ley Latin American Cemetery, Smiley, TX. All are invited to sign the on-line guest book at www.finchfuneralchapels.com.

MOLINACarmen Molina, 92, of

Gonzales, Texas passed away Sunday, October 20, 2013 at the Texan Nursing and Rehab in Gonzales, Texas.

Funeral Mass was under the direction of Buffington Fu-neral Home in Gonzales, Texas and was held at 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, October 24, 2013 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Gonzales, Texas with Father Paul Raaz officiating. A Ro-sary was recited at 7:00 P.M. on Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at the Buffington Funeral home Chapel in Gonzales, Texas with Deacon Alfonso Moreno officiating.

Carmen was born October 8, 1921 in Gonzales, Texas. She was the daughter of Pablo and Antonia (Bursiaga) Eredia. She married Candido Velasquez Molina, whom passed away in 2002. Carmen enjoyed cook-ing, quilting and gardening. She could be described as be-ing a humble woman. Carmen was a caring person who was well known as being a devoted, loving wife and caretaker.

Carmen is survived by six daughters; Connie Alvarez of Gonzales, Texas, Concepcion Flores of Austin, Texas, Caro-lina Olivares and her husband, Matilde of Georgetown, Texas, Camila Pinson and her hus-band, Steven of Driftwood, Texas, Sally Ruiz and her hus-band, Bennie of Austin, Texas, Carmen Rodriguez and her husband, John Gonzales of Gonzales, Texas, five sons; Candido Molina, Jr. and his wife, Teresa of Austin, Texas Cosme Molina and his wife, Lillian of Gonzales, Texas, Car-los Molina and his wife, Delia of Kyle, Texas, Johnny Mo-lina and his wife, Lupe of Kyle, Texas, George Molina and his wife, Delores of Austin, Texas, one sister; Delores Eredia of Gonzales, Texas, twenty-eight grandchildren, twenty-nine great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Pablo and An-tonia Eredia, her husband, Candido Molina, four infants, two grandchildren; Irene Al-varez, John Alvarez, Jr., one brother, four sisters, two son-in-laws; Juan Alvarez, Rube Flores.

The family would like to extend their sincere gratitude to Father Paul Raaz, the staff and facility of Texan Nursing and Rehab and to Gonzales Memorial Hospital for the help and care provided to their be-loved mother.

Memorials may be made to the Sacred Heart Hall Fund.

To join the family in cel-ebrating Carmens life, please go to: www.buffingtonfuneral-homegonzales.com

James Nelson Jim Dekle, 1940-2013DEKLE

James Nelson Jim Dekle, 73 of Luling, passed away Monday, October 28, 2013. Jim was born Febru-ary 27, 1940 in Kerrville, Texas to James S. and Cleo-ra Jewel Chesser Dekle.

Jim married his Austin High School sweetheart Joan Peterson on November 15, 1958 in Georgetown. Jim was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Luling, the Oil City As Antique Car Club and had

been very active with the Boy Scouts of America for many years.

Jim owned and operated Dekle Motors, a Chevrolet, Buick and GMC dealer-ship in Luling from 1971 to 2000. He had a passion for older model cars and enjoyed refurbishing them to their original condition. Jim was a story teller and he relished his time spent at deer camp, not so much the hunting of deer, but the fellowship and good times shared in camp. He loved to fish and for years he and his family frequented the coast for fishing and crabbing. He was a tireless worker, he could work all day and still have the energy to look for other projects that needed completing.

Jim was an easy going level headed man; nothing riled him, if anything Jim was always the peacemaker, the calming influence. He was a gentle loving hus-band, a strict but generous father and loving grand-father. He and Joan never missed a sporting event of one of their children; they were both so very support-ive of their children. His children always came first and they wanted for noth-ing, it was just his way.

Jim cherished his rela-tionship with his grand-children, as their Papaw they found in him and Joan a consistency of uncondi-tional love. He shared his knowledge, and passion of old cars and their restora-tion. He shared his knowl-edge of living an abundant life and the skills it takes to succeed in life. He made lasting impressions on the young men he led in Boy Scouts; many grown men still recall his kindness, generosity and willingness to help them grow into out-standing young men.

James Nelson Jim Dekle is survived by his wife of nearly 55 years, Joan Dekle of Luling; son and daughter-in-law, Terry James and Dot Dekle of Leander; sisters and brothers-in-law, Shirley Ann and Douglas Jourdan of Austin, Cathy Elaine and Sid Sanders of Houston; brother and sister-in-law, Lyndon Robert and Karen Dekle of Tulsa, OK; and grandchildren, Ryan James Dekle of Spicewood, Kel-sie Lee Pipkin (David) of Cedar Park, Katelyn Lou-ise Dekle and Kenna Hope Dekle, both of Leander.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his son, Kenneth Gloyd Dekle.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, No-vember 1, 2013 in the Luling First United Methodist Church with Pastors Mad-eline Henners and Nancy Day officiating. Interment will be held at 3 p.m. Friday afternoon in Cook Walden Capital Parks Cemetery in Pflugerville.

Pallbearers are Ryan Dekle, David Pipkin, Der-rick Lee, Kenneth Brown, Lee Wallace, Welton Cox and Darrell Jourdan. Hon-orary pallbearers are mem-bers of the Oil City As, Jay Stewart and Joseph Bartosh.

The family will receive friends Thursday eve-ning from 5 to 8 p.m. at OBannon Funeral Home in Luling. Memorials may be made to the American Can-cer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718; Capitol Area Coun-cil, Boy Scouts of America, Attn: Leigh Wyatt/memo-rials, 12500 North IH 35, Austin, Texas 78753; or the Luling First United Meth-odist Church, 703 E. Bowie Street, Luling, TX 78648.

Services are under the care and direction of OBannon Funeral Home, Luling, TX.

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politicians, especially those in the reigning Re-publican party, to consider independence as a serious political question.

James Gilliam, who lives near Fayetteville, said the group ios about halfway to its goal. He serves as Fayette County Coordinator for TNM.

This does not mean that we will secede if a majority votes in favor, Gilliam said in an inter-view on Monday. This is a step in the process.

Hallettsville News-TribuneHALLETTSVILLE Two Port Lavaca men

were arrested for suspicion of burglary and evad-ing arrest Oct. 17.

Lavaca County Sheriff Micah Harmons of-fice said a resident of CR 205 three miles north of Hallettsville returned home about 2 p.m. that day to find the men in the garage. Sheriffs deputies acted on a report of a suspciious vehicle nearby and located a woman, who told them she had been dropping the two men off to commit burglaries.

The deputies kept the woman under surveil-lance and the two men returned to it a short time later. The men fled into a wooded area as depu-ties converged, but were later captured.

Jace Francis Lancaster, 17, and Colton Lee Lancaster, 24, both of Port Lavaca, were placed in custody and transported to the Lavaca County Criminal Justice Center.

Goliad Advance-GuardGOLIAD Texas lost an icon and Goliad

County lost a very good friend Oct. 18.O.A Bum Phillips died at the age of 90 at

his Goliad County ranch after a lengthy illness.Phillips wife, Debbie, announced her hus-

bands passing on her Faceebook page Friday night.

Beloved Bum has been ill a long, long time, Ddebbie Phillips wrote. We were praying to God to take him home and perform the great-est healing of all. He answered our prayers last night and took Bum to the greenest pastures where he is riding a handsome grey horse and laughing joyfully with all of his loved ones who have gone on before him.

Phillips was best known as the head coach of the Houston Oilers during the NFL fran-chises 1975-80 Luv Ya Blue era. He guided two Houston teams to the AFC Championship game.

Bill Berger was born the son of farmer, near Victo-ria, and is 87 years old. His WW2 contribution was Army Air Corps, after hav-ing enlisted in the reserves in January of 44.

Called up in April, he trained in Texas, Arizona, Florida and Michigan, and finally Southampton, Eng-

land, by early 45. His basic training involved gunnery school, thus sealing his fu-ture service as private, then sergeantwas set in mo-tion.

By April he had crewed up and in England con-nected with a well broken in B-17. They began to

fly missions against Ger-many with the 8th Army Air Force at a time when the war had begun to wind downbut was still lethal.

Their first raid was a milk run with no resis-tance, as they dropped in-cendiary bombs on target without being fired upon.

Duck soup, right? The second mission

against a ball bearing plant was drastically different. Unfortunately the lead bombardier, controlling the formation, missed a calculation forcing a return over the target. The flack-enhelffers (anti-aircraft) below now opened up and Bill watched in horror as a burst of flack engulfed their wingman (bomber) that created such a concussion that it lifted another B-17 into a collision with a third. Three planes went down, but the rest of the forma-tion returned safely.

This tragedy occurred somewhat due to the strat-egy of the very tight de-fensive formation that was designed to help reduce losses. During their third and final mission before Germany surrendered, they flew over the Alps to Prague, and once again drew heavy ground firebut sustained no further loss.

By this time, the round trip fighter escorts had sig-nificantly reduced enemy fighter resistance. Because they had pulled three con-

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Weimar football player arrested on murder charges

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

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Cannon News ServicesLA GRANGE Weimar senior running

back JaKyle Harris, 18, was one of three peo-ple arrested following a shooting early Sunday morning at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall at the Fayette County Fairgrounds in La Grange, according to a news release issued by the La Grange Police Department.

Harris was charged with the shotgun death of Dustin Donovan Smith, 19, of New Ulm. Smith suffered a shotgun wound to the back and died at St. Marks Medical Center in La Grange.

Fayette County Justice of the Peace Scott Park-er set the bond for JaKyle Harris at $750,000.

Harris also faces a charge of shooting another man, identified by the release as Quinton Harris of Sealy, in the arm. Quinton Harris was treated at Columbus Community Hospital and later re-leased.

The arrests were made in Colorado County by members of the La Grange Police Department, Weimar Police Department and Texas Rangers.

Two other suspects in the case, whose names were not released, were taken to the Colorado County Jail.

Police did not immediately release the details of what led to the shooting or if the people in-volved knew one another.

Yoakum Herald TimesYOAKUM Rafael Cruz, father of Sen.

Ted Cruz will speak at the Nov 6 meeting of the Republican Women of Yoakum at the Yoakum

Community Center. Each year in conjunction with Constitution

Day in September, Republican Women of Yoa-kum sponsor a Constitution Essay Contest for all seniors in Lavaca and Dewitt Counties. Value of the scholarship for the grand prize winner is $1000. The RWOY invites the seniors, teachers, administration, parents, and an inspirational au-thority on the Constitution to speak and present the awards.

Rafael Cruz is a powerful example of the American Dream. Born in Cuba, Rafael lived and suffered under a cruel, oppressive dicta-tor. He began fighting the Communist Batistas regime as a teenager and was imprisoned and tortured simply because he wanted to be free. He came to America in 1957 with nothing but the clothes on his back and one hundred dollars sewn into his underwear.

The public is invited to attend and hear his in-spiring story. The meeting is held at the Yoakum Community Center, 105 Huck St at 11:30am to 1 PM. Lunch is served with freewill donation appreciated. For more information or to RSVP for groups, please call 361-594-4258 or 361-798- 3900.

Shiner GazetteSHINER Some 2,000 runners will hit the

streets of Shiner Nov. 23 in the best lil road race in Texas.

The Second Annual Shiner Beer Run begins at 8:30 a.m., with racers tackling either a 5K or half-marathon course to benefit the Fill the Boot Campaign.

The events begin and end at the Spoetzl Brew-ery.

Schulenburg StickerSCHULENBURG Fayette County Com-

missioners Court has approved a request to allow members of the Texas Nationalist Move-ment to collect petition signatures on the court-house grounds.

The group is trying to collect 100,000 signa-tures statewide which will allow a referendum on Texas independence to be placed on the March 4, 2014 Republican primary ballot.

TNM hopes the referendum will force Texs Rafael Cruz and son Ted

Two men arrested on burglary charges

Cruz father to speak to Yoakum women

Fayette gives okayto petition signing

The Luling Eagle Band will be competing in Class 2A State Finals! The competi-tion will be held Monday, Nov. 4 at the Alamodome in San Antonio. The Eagle band is under the direction of Coral Rios, assisted by Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Richards, and Mrs. Huff. (Courtesy Photo)

Shiner Beer Runcoming up Nov. 23

Goliad bids farewellto Bum Phillips

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The Republican push to defund Obamacare defied the strategic wisdom of the ages.

Avoid what is strong, Sun Tzu advised, to strike what is weak. According to Machiavelli, Prudence consists in knowing how to recognize the nature of the different dangers and in accepting the least bad as good.

In contravention of all these axioms, the defunders stormed the barricades at their strongest point. They exhibited no willingness to distinguish among bad options or appreciation for what was really achievable. At best, their approach was a high-risk, low-reward strategy. As it turns out, there wasnt even any reward.

The shutdown fight has been interesting in its particulars but dull in its overall trajectory, which was so predictable that the news stories on the endgame almost could have been filed in advance.

Even bomb-throwers hesitated to light this fuse. Sen. Rand Paul never thought the shutdown was a good strategy. When the allegedly wholly impractical libertarian doubts your tactical judgment, it should be taken as a warning.

Sen. Ted Cruz, the very able point man for the defunders, kept the strategy afloat longer than most people would have expected, but he could never explain persuasively the path from a shutdown to a signing ceremony in the White House defunding the presidents signature piece of legislation.

A key part of the theory was that, in the heat of a shutdown, red-state Democrats would buckle and join the anti-Obamacare bandwagon. Given the near-certainty that Republicans would be blamed for the shutdown, this was always fanciful.

Republicans did the best they could during the shutdown. They passed rifle-shot bills out of the House funding specific functions of government that put Democrats in a tight spot. They highlighted the idiotic excesses of the National Park Service. They hit Democrats for their unwillingness to negotiate. But

all of this amounted to damage control. In the end, although polls showed

the gap relatively narrow, more people blamed Republicans than Democrats. As the anti-government party that was forcing the issue, the Republicans were always going to have trouble escaping blame. Gallup and Wall Street Journal/NBC polls showed the partys favorability scraping bottom.

On top of all this, the party went into the fight divided, with the House Republicans most enthusiastic about the strategy foisting it on their leadership. They proved again that, in the right circumstances, they can control the House Republican Conference, which gives them control of ... the House Republican Conference.

An initial plan promoted by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor simply to force a vote on defunding in the Senate and then move to a clean continuing resolution was blasted by defunders as empty symbolism. After a few weeks of political pain, Republicans ended up in the same place: The House voted on a defunding provision that was quickly pushed aside by the Senate, and it was forced to accept an essentially clean continuing resolution.

Now, the same defunders who argued that Obamacare would be unrepealable beginning Oct. 1 with the opening of the exchanges are vowing to fight on against the health-care law -- as they should. It will be a long fight, requiring not just passion and principle but also a little strategic wisdom.

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.

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

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George Rodriguez is a San Antonio resident. He is the former President of the San Antonio Tea Party, and is now Executive Director of the South Texas Politi-cal Alliance.

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Those of us who harbor the dream of an independent repub-lic of Texas get a lot of feedback, some positive and some hateful, from folks about our beliefs. Ad-mittedly, there are some mixed feelings, even among those of us who are working for our own na-tion, about leaving our 49 sister states to fend for themselves.

But let us make no mistake: the residents of our sister states dont like Texas, or Texans. Theyd be deliriously happy if we did leave. They like the idea a lot a whole lot, in fact.

A survey by Business Insider magazine, for example, polled folks on which state had the best food, the best scenery, was the best vacation spot, had the hot-test girls and which state those surveyed hated the most. Texas was a hands-down winner, eas-ily besting runners-up California and New York.

Texas also won the voting hands-down for Which state would you like to see kicked out of America? by an even bigger margin.

Of course, theres the I Hate Texas Facebook page, dedicat-ed to Texas. The land of the oil drillers, steers, and the people who have intercourse with steers.

Nothing good has ever came from Texas, they wish to be their own independent country full of redneck retards and oil tycoons.

The major news media love to roll out stories about Texas re-jecting progressivism, because they know their target audience non-Texans will love them. Read just about any news story dealing with Texas. Youll get wonderful commentary such as the following on Wonkette:

Lets see how Texas does with-out all that sweet, sweet federal revenue from us net tax contribu-tors in blue country. Actually, Texas is only a taker state as a result of under-funded and to-tally unfunded federal mandates, such as being forced to educate the children of illegal aliens. I think we could fix a lot of roads and schools with the $300 billion we send to Washington every

year.They really need to look at

their numbers again. An economy funded entirely on beef jerky and truck nutz cannot sustain itself. It comes as a surprise to a lot of Blue Staters to find that by itself, the Texas economy is the WORLDS 14th largest were bigger than Italy and Russia now and its more than oil. Were global lead-ers in high-tech, agriculture, avi-ation and aerospace, even green energy production.

Yeah Id love to see Texas kick about four states out of the Union -- and of course the other states would gladly follow Texas, whose greatest military achievement was when they all got whupped by Santa Ana that one time and none of their boys were left alive. Which they still celebrate to this day, curi-ously... Apparently not everyone got the word about 18 minutes at San Jacinto, in which the posters hero got whupped decisively by an army of farmers.

Just secede already. Take Flor-ida and Alabama with you. ... Texas is something that terrifies any rational person, because there is too much religion there and not enough IQ points. Thanks for your support of Texas indepen-dence, madam.

Mind you, Im leaving out a lot of commentary from our liberal friends whose education level is so far above that of Texans, they need to use a lot of those multi-syllable words considered impo-lite to use in a family newspaper. If youd like to see some of that commentary, let me direct you to http://www.nymiddlefingertx.com/.

One recurring theme to all the hatred being spewed at Texans is a perception among Blue Staters that anyone who wants an inde-pendent nation of Texas is just a racist bigot who never got over losing the Civil War and doesnt like having a black President.

Funny, but I dont remember us calling them racist for not sup-porting Alan Keyes in 2000 and 2004; I block-walked for the man.

But this perception is repeated again and again, which I would imagine is a bit perplexing to folks like my friend Patrick Hag-ger of Fort Worth, who is Afri-can-American and a die-hard Nationalist. Or Claver Imatsu-Imau, who both runs the activist radio network RagingElephants.org and is also the political di-rector of the Texas Nationalist Movement.

Or perhaps to State Rep. James

White, a black conservative elect-ed by those redneck white hick bigots of East Texas, who intro-duced a resolution in the last leg-islative session which spelled out in no uncertain terms what the Texas Legislature has the right to do if Congress didnt stop violat-ing the Constitution. Alas, the bill was killed in committee by one of the Republicans-in-Name-Only we hillbillies are dedicated to replacing next election.

The Texas-haters also seem rather confused about the status of Hispanics (I prefer Tejanos) in the secessionist ranks. I guess theyve never chatted with folks like Ricardo Rodriguez or George Contreras, the TNMs member-ship development director.

Whether the hatred of Texas is simple jealousy or Bill Ayres-inspired political bullying, theres one fact which is indisputable. Every time the HuffPost or MSN-BC or Kansas City Star or Wash-ington Post or New York Times runs a piece attacking Texas and Texans, generating hundreds of Blue Stater replies which can be disturbingly hateful more Tex-ans of every stripe join the inde-pendence movement.

We may have our differences, but were proud of being Texans.

Early this past week, Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst asked President Barack Obama to reimburse the states counties for the cost of housing undoc-umented immigrants in local jails.

As the House and Senate still are grappling with the disastrous roll-out of ObamaCare, attention began to turn to immigration reform which liberals now want to push. While many liberals are demanding justice for the illegals in the U.S., the cost of incarceration and detention to local counties is also being assessed.

For example, according to records from the Texas Commission on Jail Standards: Immigration Retainer Re-port, taxpayers in Cameron County on the Mexico border paid an average of $272,451 a month to house and feed about 255 illegal aliens for 5,845 in-mate days per month.

In Laredo, Webb County spent more than $1.1 million over two years to house about 1,900 undocumented im-

migrants with federal detainers in the county jail.

The hardest hit counties have been Harris County (Houston), which spent nearly $50 million; Travis County (Austin), which spent $22 million; and Dallas County (Dallas), which has spent $15 million. Dewhurst stated in his letter to Obama that since 2011, Texas county jails have spent about $15.6 million to house 131,000 undoc-umented immigrants.

In Houdini-like logic, Democrats claim that much of that cost is recov-ered by the county tax payers through federal grants. The federal government has reimbursed the CameronCounty $207,910 through grant awards. How-ever, Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio said he believes the county is owed at least another $100,000, if not more, for holding the inmates.

Outside of stronger border enforce-ment, the cost of housing illegal aliens must be addressed in combination with Americas foreign policy. The vast majority of nations that send us ille-gal aliens also receive U.S. foreign aid. In essence, these nations are double-dipping. American taxpayers support their nation AND their citizens who are illegally in the U.S.

As I have recommended before, America should charge foreign coun-tries for their citizens who are illegally in the U.S. and detained at the expense of the taxpayer. For example, foreign aid to Mexico or El Salvador or Hondu-ras, should be reduced by the amount of costs to house their citizens who are detained for entering our country ille-gally.

The sad reality is that most federal elected officials will not have the cour-age to defend the American taxpayer over the interests of liberal human rights groups who lobby on behalf of illegal aliens.

But taxpayer relief is a must to stop the double-dipping by foreign coun-tries that benefit from sending their poor to America as illegal aliens, and also receive foreign aid.

You cant return to a place that no longer exists, luv.Samantha Soto

Before Ever After

Did I ever mention that my late brother-in-law was an Army supply sergeant and a thief?

He was. And sir, was it ever to my advantage.Let me digress. It was 19 and 52 and though I

was only an eight-year-old recruit I served my country in the Korean War. I did. Thanks to the gear I was outfitted in by Leo Kelsey, who was a staff sergeant at the time.

On furlough in the early 50s he presented me with a helmet liner, webbing belt w/canteen and cover, survival knife, trenching shovel and a pup tent.

With that regalia, my neighbor, Jimmy Borden, and I went off to war. Armed with garden clods as grenades and B-B guns, we made quite a dashing fighting duo. Taking Pork Chop Hill, Old Baldy, Triangle Hill, White Horse Mountain (Hill 395), and yes, Bunker Hill where more than 1,000 casu-alties required non-stop surgeries.

In 1952, the Korean War was not yet known as The Forgotten War.

And the 19 and 50s is a decade I recall at random times. Not forgotten. When I will examine snippets of my childhood. Merely pieces of a distant life ex-perienced in an earlier era. When many important decisions were made by going: eeny-meeny-min-ey-moe.

Back when I was young and there was a little of Huck Finn and Opie Taylor in all of us. Those of the girlie venue were apt to be tomboys.

We were open to adventure. Perhaps a trip out to the city dump. Riding a

bike no-hands. With the britches leg rolled up to the knee. Barefoot over busted bottles and treasures of life thrown away. Armed with Daisy Red Ryder B-B rifles wed fire volleys at Garrett snuff bottles as thick as Mr. Magoos eyeglasses.

Wed set out on exotic journeys on a whim. Per-haps hiking the railroad track five miles to camp out under a trestle or taking a morning dip in Pond Creek. Where the citys sewage was released into five miles upstream. A refreshing start to whatever would lie in wait throughout another adolescent day.

As 10- and 12-year-olds we homesteaded a va-cant lot. Making a vacant lot not vacant. Where four or five neighboring Bob Fellers and Gil Hodg-es, armed with gloves and a bat and ball, would play games of shag til dark. The boys of summer, year-round.

As we played our ball games there were no adults around to settle disputes. Which was good. Angry soccer moms and little league dads were destined for a future generation.

Yes, we were bullied and we bullied. Back. Pos-sibly shared a pack of candy cigarettes the next day as a peace offering.

Worn out from an afternoon of Kick the Can, wed lie on our backs in the grass and opine: That cloud looks like your sisters behind.

We were proud cardholders of the D Brown Library variety. Where books offered us walkways to other worlds faraway. And more adventures. Through the works of wondrous words.

Listening to The Lone Ranger on a Philco radio and later waiting five minutes for the Crosley TV to warm up prior to watching the Gillette Cavalcade of Sports bout of the week come Friday night. That was entertainment.

And a Saturday matinee at the Gem Theater. Front row kids riding along with Hoot Gibson, Wild Bill Elliott, and of course, Rex, Roy and Gene. Getting a bellyache from Grapette sody waters, all day suckers, and popcorn.

Craw fishing after a summer rain with bits of bacon and twine.

Do children do that kind of stuff any more? Golden moments. When simplicity was suffi-

cient in satisfying the soul.A blissful time when home cooked meals and sit

down dinners and buttermilk biscuits from scratch were the norm. And parents transmitted moral values and made sure their children were respect-ful and God-fearing.

They didnt spare the rod and encouraged the educators to embrace corporal punishment.

Neighbors were neighbors and not backstabbers and there wasnt a purebred dog in the neighbor-

hood.Our formative years through junior and senior

high school almost seemed choreographed.We put a lot of truck in our cars and a drag race

seldom went unchallenged. We parked those cars at the passion pit (drive-in theater). Where we played backseat bingo.

Or wed say to our date: Hey, Babe, lets head out to Thrill Hill for a little backseat bingo. And the AM radio would drain the battery while playing such ditties as Big Joe Turners Shake, Rattle and Roll where the gal better get out of that bed and tend to those pots and pans. Or Huey Piano Smith & The Clowns, Rockin Pneumonia and the Boo-gie Woogie Flu.

This brings to mind that the Salk vaccine spared my generation from polio.

In high school we graduated from $2.49 PF Flyers to penny loafers and from basic burr haircuts to flattops and ducktails held in place with gobs of grease.

While in the hallways we walked the walk and talked the talk our superintendent, princi-pal and teachers expected us to.

Our weekend entertainment was spent at Tom Sefcik Hall in Seaton, or Star Hall in Zab-cikville or Westphalia Parish Hall. Where we dug the sounds of Butch and The Casuals or Jimmy Heap and The Melody Masters.

We referred to the Saturday and Sunday night dances as Bohemian Stomps. A night without a fight was the exception.

And yes, Ill admit, at 69 years old Im sure the statute of limitation has expired, that under-age drinking was our collective vice.

All-in-all, Im glad Im a product of that time. Though I was not fond of high school or any type of institutional education.

But in our little Texas Mayberry we were

drug-free, took pride in our appearance, re-spected our elders and teachers (who dressed professionally on paupers pay).

We were a race of innocents. But the 50s slipped on by and presented us with the volatile 19 and 60s. A turbulent decade. Filled with po-litical and civic assassinations, continued space race, STDs and drugs and protests.

And Vietnam. On college campuses Joe College gave way to

hippy chic. Counter-culture freak-outs and free love. But nothing is ever free.

As I recall the yesterdays of long ago when my neighbor and I battled Koreans in our minds. You see, children can kill imaginary en-emies as readily as adults can kill real enemies. I consider what followed us in the ensuing years.

Jimmy Borden went on to fight a private war. After going off to barber college and landing a job down in Corpus Christi he was enjoying a good life. Got his first car ever. A fine-looking 57 Chevy Bel-Air.

At 20 years old on an outing at a lake he took a dive. It took a tragic turn. He hit the water at an odd angle and he became paralyzed from the waist down.

My ownself was summoned off to a very pub-lic and unpopular war. I survived it. Jimmy Bor-den died while in his 40s and God only knows what his thoughts were for over two decades.

And now, in the late winter of my life, I sometimes go a whole day when I feel like the ghost of a child trying to find its way down the road.What you end up remembering isnt always the same as what you have witnessed.

Julian BarnesThe Sense of an Ending


The ghosts of my childhood finding their way down the road

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Jim Cunningham is a former longtime Gonzales news-man and the former interim publisher of the Gonzales Cannon. He now lives in the Moulton area.

Jim Cunningham

This is an edited transcrip-tion of an interview with Pastor Scott MacNaughton, co-found-er of Fathers in the Field heard on the News from the Camp-house on KULM 98.3 FM.

Brune: Awhile back we in-terviewed the president of the Texas Outdoor Writers Asso-ciation who founded the Kids Outdoor Zone Youth Minis-tries. Today, were visiting with the co-founder of a similar organization, Fathers in the Field, based in Lander, Wyo-ming. Both organizations are fast becoming nationwide and broach the reality of mentoring fatherless children. It is also an interesting point to note that both of these groups are based from churches. Scott, whats your story?

MacNaughton: Im the co-founder of Fathers in the Field and pastor of the Covenant Presbyterian Church. We founded this program seven years ago and its rapidly ex-panding. Fatherlessness is a problem in every city and town across the country. Its a prob-lem that the Christian commu-nity recognizes and realizes we must address.

Brune: How do you find the children?

MacNaughton: Fathers in the Field is an outreach pro-gram particularly designed to search out fatherless boys. We help them gain an apprecia-tion for Gods great outdoors. We pair them with mentor fa-thers that are passionate about the outdoors and we use that passion to draw in boys and appeal to their adventurous spirit. Fatherlessness is a crisis of national proportion. We go through schools, youth groups, family counseling, and the various departments of family services. Often we find boys that have the wounds of be-ing fatherless and are starting to become rebellious and may be getting into a little trouble. So through teachers, through coaches, through youth work-ers, and counselors, the boys in single parent families are iden-tified. We have great relation-ships with local schools and these organizations and theyre now starting to contact us. The ministry is having a great im-pact in communities across the country.

Brune: Is there a particular age group?

MacNaughton: We target boys from seven to 17.

Brune: How did this start?MacNaughton: This began

with John Smithbaker. He was a fatherless boy and saw the

need for this organization. He came to me wanting to start a ministry for fatherless boys using the outdoors as a class-room. We put an ad in the newspaper saying, Dear Sin-gle Mom, would you like help in mentoring your son in the outdoors and Christian faith? That ad came out in the paper on a Wednesday afternoon and by 4:30 p.m. we had our first response, and soon we had 12 responses in our small town. So this isnt just an inner city program. Its for small towns and suburbia wherever there is a need.

Brune: What was the next step:

MacNaughton: John and I were the first mentors. Then we had six men in our church who signed on as mentors. We began developing a curricu-lum, called the journey guide that helps the mentors. It helps them have confidence in what theyre doing. They dont have to do anything different from what theyre already doing ex-cept to take a boy along. We ask them for a commitment of three years to the particu-lar boys. So, our group began small with six mentors. Now we have hundreds of mentors across the country.

Brune: So, this is one-on-one. Do you do group activi-ties?

MacNaughton: We can. We sometimes get together at the shooting range or a fishing hole. We also get together for widows projects or helping needy families. We do group activities, but the point is that each boy knows he has one mentor-father on which he can rely.

Brune: Is there a cut-off? Do you ever have troubled boys that you cant help?

MacNaughton: Obviously, fatherlessness has a huge im-pact on kids. Often their lives are chaotic and there is a lot of moving from one house to the next within that demo-graphic. Sometimes the boys move away, or you may have

boys that are already involved in anti-social behavior or ad-judication in court. And those can be the challenges we face. We try to help boys and have good methods. It doesnt al-ways work, but we view it as a blessing to spend as much time as possible trying to help.

Brune: There are two defi-nite behavioral traits in todays society. Youre promoting the ideal that people should be responsible, accountable, and project individualism. What happens when you run up against the single mom that knows how to play the social system, otherwise known as the welfare mom?

MacNaughton: We require a strong commitment from the boy, mom and the men-tor father. We make a con-tract and they must live up to their commitment. That often eliminates bad situations. And the boy and Mom know that we likewise are committing a lot of time and resources. Often, the mom is run ragged trying to be the father, mom, and provider. We try to build in the positive aspects to help that single mom family so they want to be in the program.

So yes, signing on to big ex-pectations in the beginning on the part of everyone involved eradicates any half-hearted or disingenuous efforts.

Brune: How much does this program teach Christianity? At some point dont you have to stop preaching and let a boy come to you if hes going to come?

MacNaughton: Absolutely! We tell them up front the or-ganization is sponsored by the local church. Then we ask that the boy come to church with his mentor-father at least twice a month. That allows the boy to see the community as-pect of the church. It also gives the boy a social network that single-mom homes are often lacking. But yes, we cant force Christianity. We provide a model and show them Chris-tian values and responses to lifes circumstances. But its their choice.

Brune: Its all about putting boys in a positive situation and giving them the opportu-nity to enjoy being a produc-tive member of the commu-nity.

MacNaughton: Thanks for getting the word out. And if anyone is interested, visit our website and lets reverse the cycle of fatherlessness in our country.

Herman Brune

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

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DermatologyVicente Quintero, M.D.(830) 626-5551

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

NephrologyAzhar M. Malik, M.D.(361) 576-0011Haresh Kumar, MD/Khan(361) 582-7999

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PulmonologyJohn Holcomb, M.D.(210) 692-9400

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

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Holiday

Seniors Spotlight Page Sponsored By:

Festa di ItalianoThe 2013 Gonzales County Relay For Life

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

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

Saturn CemeteryThe Saturn Cemetery Association will hold

its quarterly meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, November 1 at the Saturn Community Build-ing, located on Highway 97 North.

Light snacks will be served and all interest-ed persons are encouraged to attend.

For more information, call 830-540-3858.

Toothbrush donationsThe Gonzales High School Interact Club is

collecting new toothbrushes for Project Safe Passage. You may help in this effort by taking toothbrushes to a collection box at the Gon-zales High School front office. The deadline for donating toothbrushes is Thursday, No-vember 7th. Everyone is welcome to partici-pate in this worthy project.

ThompsonvilleThanksgivingThe Thompsonville Ladies Club will host

their Annual Thanksgiving Luncheon on Fri-day, November 15th at 12:00 noon at the Thompsonville Community Center on County Rd. 423 off U S Highway 90. We encourage ev-eryone to come join us for turkey and all the trimmings. This is our way of thanking you for your support of our scholarship fund. To go plates will be available after all guests have been served.

Union Lea Family DayUnion Lea extends an invitation to all who

can and will join us for our Annual Family & Friend Day, Sunday, November 3, 2013 @ 3:30 p.m. Guest speaker will be the Rev. Richard

Jones Pastor of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church of Houston, Texas.

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

Broom-Mop SaleNixon Lions Club will have its Annual

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

Kids flu shotsThe Elks Lodge Gonzales Chapter will of-

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

Legion ThanksgivingGonzales American Legion Post #40 will

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

Strudel BakeThe 27th annual Studel bake is scheduled

Saturday, Nov. 9 at Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church in Shiner. Orders are being taken for homemade apple strudels. Bake-your-own pre-ready strudels are $14, while baked strudels are $16 and will be available only at the Shiner location.

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

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

SBDC classesThe Small Business Development Center

at UH-Victoria at Gonzales office will host

workshops s at 427 St George St, Suite 303. Presenting these will be Kacey Lindemann Butler, Certified Business Advisor IV. All of our workshops are open to the public.

On Friday, Nov. 8, the topic will be Em-ployee Files and Handbooks, a fun, interac-tive seminar on keeping employee files and handbooks. Includes real-life case studies of successful documentation strategy including: Texas Employee Rights, Texas Employee Files Checklist, 10 Steps to Maintaining Employee Files and more.

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

Free piano concertThe Music Study Club of Gonzales, Texas is

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

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

Shoe Size fundraiserProvidence Missionary Baptist Church,

1020 St. Andrew in Gonzales, will hold its Shoe Size Program Roof Raising Fundraiser

at 3 p.m. Nov. 10. Guest pastor will be Garry L. Roberts of Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church in San Antonio. The public is welcome.

Gospel singingNumerous local and out-of-town groups

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

Matejek ReunionThe 34th Annual Matejek Reunion will be

held Oct. 27 at the Yorktown Fire Station Au-ditorium, located at 107 West Main in York-town.

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

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

Walk classThere will be a Walk Class/Leslie Sansone

DVD offered at First United Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday, con-ducted by Wesley Nurse Shirley Goss, RN. The class is free to the public


BERGER: WWII aviator hadsome more close calls in life

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secutive missions, they re-ceived a three day pass to London.

It was early May of 45, Hitler was dead, and all scheduled missions were scrubbed by the 8th Air Force. Due to Germanys surrender, the War Depart-ment decided the Euro-pean wars military would receive 30 day furloughs in the US, then redeploy for invasion of Japan. That invasion, of course, never happened.

However by June of 46, staff sergeant Bill was re-leased from active service, then signed up in the re-serves. That same year he would marry Ruby, and together they would raise three children.

It was time to relish civil-

ian married life, and Bills first job was a quick stint with Royal Crown Cola.

This was quickly fol-lowed by applying to be a state trooper. Sure enough, they needed good menhe trained in Austin and received a commission. As a DPS officer he began test-ing the public for licenses.

During that stretch, Bill was nearly gunned down when he walked in on a bank being robbed in Nix-on. One of three shots fired at Bill nearly grazed him, but he survived. The perpe-trator was later killed in a Houston hold-up attempt.

Time passed, and by 81 he felt the urge to run for justice of peace, an elected position, where he served for 21 years. It was 2002, and Bills heart was misbe-havingrequiring a triple

bypass operation, but hes been doing fine ever since.

He and Ruby live on some rural acreage, and they also have other ranch land where Bill works out occasionally. They are also very active in church af-fairs.

Bills advice for the cur-rent generation harks back to his DPS days and obeying the law. He recommends a more focused effort in con-stant driving awareness, us-ing turning signals consis-tently, and defensive driving in general.

Bill is also still openly grateful to the good Lord for His watch care over him during those bombing mis-sions over Germany, and that certain deliverance he received from fatal gunshot wounds on the day of that close call in a Nixon bank.

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The Guadalupe Valley CattleWomen would like to thank our sponsors and

teams for making the 16th annual T-Bone Cook-Off a big success. Money

made from the cook-off goes to scholarships and added money at the

local stock show.Sponsors:

Sheriff Glen SachtlebenGuadalupe Valley Vet ClinicTexas Farm Bureau InsuranceHallettsville Livestock CommissionRobert Bland, Attorney At LawKitchen Pride Mushroom FarmGraham Land & CattleSouthern LivestockE-Barr FeedsHEB

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VFW AuxiliaryThe Gonzales V.F.W. Post 4817 Ladies Auxiliary will meet on

Tuesday, Nov. 5 at the Post Home on the Harwood Road at 6:30 p.m. All members are encouraged to attend.

VFW to meetThe Gonzales V.F.W. Post 4817 will meet on Tuesday, Nov.12

at 7 p.m. at the Post Home on the Harwood Road.

Superstar PlantsThe Texas Agrilife Extension and the Gonzales Master Gar-

deners will present a public education program, Nov. 14th, at 6:30 p.m. The program will be at the Fair Street Building, 623 Fair Street, which is next to Gonzales Elementary.

The speaker for the evening is Joyce Felter, a Bexar County Master Gardener, an expert on Texas superstar plants that are strong and stunning in Texas heat. There is no charge for admit-tance. Contact person: Shirley Frazier, (830) 437-2592.

cautioned him to not act so bravely should an instance like this ever occur again.

I told him if he does ever come back, just open the register and give him the money, he said. The safety of my employ-ees always come first with me. I appreciate

what he did, but he has to remember in his mind to keep his safety because its not worth taking a chance with your life.

Gonzales Police Chief Tim Crow said the matter is still being evaluated.

We are conducting an investigation and following up on leads, he said. We have no persons of interest at this time.


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SMILEY: Small town aimsto get ahead of developmentright?

A: Were supposed to be right on top of it.

Q: What is the city doing to prepare for what that means?

A: Were trying to get ahead of our in-frastructure issues, especially getting our water system ready to handle the growth. Right now its hard to figure out what that growth is going to be, but we need to have the basics in place before we can address it. Housing is another big issue. Wed also love to have a convenience store, a restaurant or two and just more services in general.

Q: You said there hasnt been anything specific in terms of growth projection, is that something youre going to work out with some outside entity?

A: Yes, definitely. Gonzales is at seven or eight thousand now and theyre looking at being around 20,000 in the next three or four years. If that projection is correct since were south of them where the ac-tivity is expected to be heavier, then well probably be looking at going from 500 to about 2,000 people in that same span.

Q: If the city does get that large, then arent you going to also have to expand

things beyond infrastructure like for in-stance, adding a police department?

A: Were working on that right now. Weve got a judge who has been on board for about six months now. Were easing into it slowly, but we need an officer.

Q: As it stands right now, the sales tax revenue for Smiley almost non-existent be-cause of the lack of businesses. What are some of the plans you have to attract new businesses?

A: Were pretty much at the point to where were willing to give tax abatements and maybe refund some of the sales tax. It will be on an individual basis. The City has a little bit of land for sale and were try-ing to figure out what the interest is on the outside, so we can maybe work out a long-term lease deal with someone. Were also willing to offer utilities at a reduced rate along with hookups and stuff like that.

Q: Is there anything else you want to add in relation to the expected economic devel-opment for Smiley?

A: I think its coming. Weve had a lot of people inquire about bringing stores and motels to this area. The growth is coming, it just hasnt gotten here yet. A year ago the rigs were 10 to 12 miles away and now theres five or six within a mile of town, so its coming.

purporting to go to a Steven Harrell, Benefits Coordinator at the Washington address, was no longer in service Wednes-day morning after several attempts by The Cannon to seek media information on the company. The address used on the mailing pointsto an alley between the Avalon The-ater and a flower shop on Connecticut Ave in Washington D.C.

Gonzales is not the only population be-ing victimized by this and similar schemes around the nation in the wake of the launch of the so-called Affordable Car Act.

The Better Business Bureau of Nashville, Tenn., reports on its website that The top inquiry to BBB this week is from Middle TN consumers who have received unso-licited prescription drug cards in the mail - from a company called United States Pre-scription Discounts, Washington, D.C.

BBB has confirmed that the card is NOT a scam and it has nothing to do with the government, or the Affordable Care Act. Instead, its a marketing tool by a company that gets paid directly from ma-jor pharmaceutical companies each time a card is used.

However, BBB did confirm one misrep-resentation: Local pharmacies say that the stated 50% discounts are much less than advertised, what most consumers will see is more like a 5% to 10% savings on a drugs retail cash price.

The New York City BBB reports 24 com-plaints have been filed just in that city against Script Relief and its many sub-sidiaries, which like the U.S. Prescription Discount Card feature official-looking sta-tionery and addresses but no actual office space.

The schemes have been running for months.

David Lazarus, reporting in the Los An-

geles Times on July 25 about an affiliate called the National Prescription Savings Network , asks what the card is and how does it do what it does?

Answering those questions, I discov-ered, raised a host of new questions that should give any consumer pause before using these cards, Lazarus wrote. First of all, good luck getting these guys on the phone. When I called the number for Na-tional Prescription Savings Network given on the letter and the different number on the companys website.

Lazarus tracked down Script Relief, where he received comments from a man identified as Ed McCabe.

McCabe told Lazarus the company con-tracts with pharmaceutical companies to offer the discounts thus, the discounts are real, if usually less than advertised.

ScriptRelief makes its money by re-ceiving a few dollars from drugstores for every transaction involving its cards, McCabe said. Pharmacies apparently are betting that theyll still come out ahead by getting new customers through the door, Lazarus reported

Lazarus reported, however, that Scrip-tRelief is co-owned by a marketing com-pany an agency which usually sells in-formation to retailers and others.

The Times writer said McCabe said Script Relief doesnt sell or share card us-ers personal information. Thats abso-lutely not how we make money, he said.

The ScriptRelief privacy policy, how-ever, tells a different story, Lazarus wrote. It says that we may share your informa-tion with other companies whose products and services may be of interest to you.

ScriptReliefs privacy policy clearly gives the company and, by extension, Loeb Enterprises the ability to profit from peoples personal information, Lazarus concluded.


Early voting ends Friday in Gonzales and surrounding coun-ties in the statewide constitutional amendment and local school bond elections.

Nine constitutional amend-ments are being considered state-wide by voters. Voters in the Gon-zales ISD are considering two schoolhouse bond propositions totaling nearly $25 million, while voters in Yoakum ISD are consid-ering a $50 million bond issue as well.

Tuesday, Nov. 5 will be Election Day for voting in person at pre-cincts around Gonzales County. Those precincts include:

Precincts 1, 14 and 15: Gon-zales County Courthouse, 414 St. Joseph, Gonzales;

Precincts 2 and 11: Gonzales American Legion Hall, 1612 Rob-ertson St., Gonzales;

Precincts 3, 5, 7 and 8: Gon-zales City Hall, 820 St. Joseph St., Gonzales;

Precincts 4, 6, 10 and 13: Nix-on Annex, 603 E. Central, Nixon;

Precinct 9: Waelder Commu-nity Center, 311 Hwy. 90, Waelder;

Precinct 12: JB Wells Jr Multi Purpose Facility Show Barn,

2301 CR 197, Gonzales.This is the first election in which

Texas voters will be required to show one of the mandated forms of photo identification. Display-ing a voter registration card wont be sufficient; prospective voters will be turned away if they dont have an ID with a photo.

Acceptable forms of identifica-tion include:

Texas drivers license issued by the Department of Public Safety;

Texas election identification certificate issued by DPS;

Texas personal identification card issued by DPS;

Texas concealed handgun li-cense issued by DPS;

U.S. military identification card containing the persons pho-tograph;

U.S. citizenship certificate con-taining the persons photograph;

U.S. passport.With the exception of the U.S.

citizenship certificate, the identifi-cation must be current or have ex-pired no more than 60 days before presentation at the polling place.

The photo ID requirement is for voters casting a ballot in person, not by mail. Voters age 65 and old-er may vote by mail, and the photo ID requirement does not apply to them.

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City staff and volunteers spent four hours Saturday help-ing local residents get rid of tons of large waste and recy-clables as part of the Pride in Gonzales Citywide Cleanup, and had some fun in the process. David Cantu (right) tried to spoof a back injury before the work actually began, but its a good guess his claim was denied. (Photos by Dave Mundy)

The Music Study Club of Gonzales, Texas, a part of the Texas and National Federa-tions of Music Clubs hosted the Fall Conference of TFMC District 6 with representa-tives from Austins Wednes-day Morning Music Club, San Antonios Etude Music Club and the New Braunfels Music Club held at the Fel-lowship Hall of First Bapt. Church, October 19th. As guests arrived they were served sweet rolls, fruits and coffee. Tables in the hall were laid in the brilliant colors of fall and each held a center-piece of fall dcor.

Dist. 6 President Phyl-lis Noonan presided as the business meeting began with officer reports and later the local Club Presidents each reported on their club ac-tivities. Those present took note of these reports and will probably be using some ideas they received. Club presi-dents were Vida Burnett of the Gonzales Music Study Club, Johnana Clark of New Braunfels Music Club, Phyllis Noonan reporting for Caro-lyn McColloch of Wednesday Morning Music Club of Aus-tin and Lois Armor reporting for Etude Music Club of San Antonio.

Dist. 6 Retiring Treasurer Herb Karnau gave a detailed fiscal report including the fi-nancial report of the District 6 Music Festival which was held in February with over 700 participants performing.

In mid morning we all met in the Church sanctuary to hear Dr. Olga Rua, pianist, a member of the New Braun-fels Music Club who played an exciting program of music composed by Carlos Seixas, Ludwig von Beethoven and Fryderyk Chopin.

Gonzales luncheon hosts presented a buffet meal of chicken salad croissant sand-wiches, cheeses and fruits tray, cream cheese frosted carrot cake, iced tea and cof-fee.

Back in the business meet-ing, Festival Director Mary Thomason of the Etude Club reported on needed changes with recording the students entering the festival, their performance scores, their Gold Cup awards record, all of which is entered in re-cords by computer.

Virginia Kneisner of the Austin Club conducted a memorial service honor-ing several deceased mem-bers of the 4 music clubs. Dist. Pres. Noonan then introduced TFMC State President Gloria Thrasher who spoke reporting first about the newsletter, Musi-cal Messenger which will now be longer in content, in color and totally on line for the Texas Federation mem-

bers, urging club members to communicate with Edi-tor Jean Moffatt giving her local news items to include. The Texas Federation will soon be 100 years old and plans have begun for the celebration. There are ten-tative plans for fund raising for the time of the celebra-tion which will be in 2015. Pres. Thrasher reported about the five state S.W. Central Region activities and announced the TFMC Convention will be March 20-22, 2014 at the Emer-ald Beach Hotel in Corpus Christi, Texas.

After Credentials and Courtesy reports, the meet-ing adjourned in early af-ternoon, with speaking the NFMC Collect.


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Thompsonville Homecomingcelebrates 64th anniversary

The Gonzales Commu-nity African-American In-terface Church Scholarship Fund will be conducting its Monthly Business meet-ing on Thursday, October 31, beginning at 7 p.m. at Union Lea Baptist Church in Gonzales.

The organization will also hold its annual fund raising banquet on Saturday, No-vember 2 at 6 p.m. in the St. James Catholic Parish Hall, located at 417 N. College in Gonzales.

This years banquet will include a special parade honoring all deacons in Gonzales and the surround-ing areas. Tickets are avail-able for a donation of $20 and the public is invited to attend.

For more information, call Johnny Ross Hunt at 830-557-3956 or Eugene Wilson, Sr. at 830-857-3764.

Week of November 4th-8th All lunches served with milk. Yogurt is also of-

feredMONDAYSalisbury Steak, Brown Gravy or Ketchup,

Whipped Potatoes, Green Beans, Bread, FruitTUESDAYHam Sandwiches, Cheese, Lettuce, Tomato, Po-

tato Chips, Fresh Cucumber Slices & Broccoli, Bread, Fruit

WEDNESDAY

Taco Salad, With Cheese, Lettuce, Tomato & Jala-penos, Tortilla Chips, Pinto Beans, Fruit

THURSDAYPepperoni Pizza, Tossed Salad, Corn, FruitFRIDAYTuna Salad Sandwiches, Cheese Sandwiches,

Macaroni & Cheese, Tossed Salad, Fresh Veggies w/Ranch Dip, Fruit

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