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Robertson Ranch

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Area’s long-term leases offer hunters easy access to prey.

13 Eagle Pass Day Trip A trip to Eagle Pass can bring you to the obvious and no-so-obvious

16 Closet Confessions Enrique Santillan reveals what’s hiding in his closet.

18 Safety First

1954 classic Mercury Monterey sedan shows off its smooth lines.

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What’s available for hunters.

The Upstagers Del Rio is their stage.

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Amistad Dam

46 Snacks on the go Recipes for the venison lover.

48 Fashion favorites for Fall Fresh looks for the season.

60 Chris Ryan 20 things you didn’t know about him.

A look into its history.

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Hunting accidents and injuries continue to decline.

20 Firearms

A dream come true

Grande Loma Cemetery Forgotten cemetery from last century shows history in area.

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Trends What’s on trend for the hunter.

62 Fall Beers Changing tastes for the season.

65 Say What?

What are your plans for the hunting season?

66 Save the Date November events and happenings

ON THE COVER: Shane Creamer of the Robertson Ranch. Photo by Karen Gleason.

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BIG LIFE IN A TEXAS BORDER TOWN

PUBLISHER David W. Compton

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Let the hunting begin

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EDITOR Jamie L. Bridges

WRITERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS Karen Gleason

fter months of waiting, the time is officially near to begin the age-old pursuit of those animals we enjoy hunting.

If you look at our cover of this issue, we

Chris Adams

are incorporating hunting season into our

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regular Grande magazine. So as a reader,

Bonita Santillan Joseph Treviño Roland Cardenas

you will be able to read up on all things hunting — whether it be safety, when certain seasons start and the opportunities you can take part in at our local hunting lodges.

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I remember fondly as a child, every fall three generations of my family — my grandfather, father and brother — heading out to the deer lease with hopes of catching that one illustrious buck. After years of trying to get that buck in their sights, they eventually gave up on

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the tradition.

But hunting is a tradition that dates back to the beginning of mankind when man hunted and gathered to keep his family alive.

Nowadays, hunting isn’t a necessity and is usually just a fun venture.

Del Rio offers a wide variety of hunting options, including exotic game. We even have a restaurant that offers exotic game cuisine.

In this issue, we offer up our mainstays — 20 things you didn’t

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know, closet confidential, fashion and trendy items. But we also bring some new features revolving around hunting.

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I hope you enjoy and good luck catching that illustrious varmint, whatever it may be.

Thanks for reading!

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Bowen and Shawn Creamer operate the Comstock-based Roberston Ranch, which has been in Shawn Creamer’s family for five generations.

Their land is chock-full of white-tailed deer, turkey, dove, quail and domesticated sheep and goat.

Photo by Chris Adams.

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ROBERTSON RANCH Area’s long-term leases offer hunters easy access to prey

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copiousness of hunting lodges and leases dot the landscape of Val Verde County offering almost every type of game pursuit possible to the experienced and novice.

At the Robertson Ranch in Comstock, long-term leases and convention champion the day.

“Most of our clientele are large hunting groups that have been with us for a long time; family-type groups,” explained Bowen Creamer, who oversees and operates the ranch with his wife, Shawn, and their four kids.

The Creamers have refrained from splitting pasture for their groups and designate a lease for the eastern side and western side of the ranch.

The east side group, from Weatherford, Texas, has been utilizing their lease for decades.

“They’ve been with the Robertson Ranch since her (Shawn Creamer) grandfather,” he said. “So it’s probably been almost 30 years.”

To the west is a family of hunters from Houston who have been using the Robertson Ranch for five years. The Creamers said that group would like the relationship to be generational too.

The self-contained collectives hunt whitetail deer, turkey, dove and quail. No exotics or high fence trophies at Robertson.

“Our hunters like it that way,” Shawn Creamer said.

However, Bowen Creamer said that the Robertson Ranch is primarily a ranching concern and if hunters detect a predator, they are expected to put it down.

The family ranch did not have permanent residents, until 10 years ago, when the Creamers moved to the property from Boerne.

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The modern, yet rustic, Robertson Ranch home sits under shaded 80-year old mail order pecan trees and is adjacent to an iconic barn that boasts a freshly painted Lone Star painted atop it’s lid that can’t be missed from U.S. Highway 90.

“We’ve been running it as a sheep and goat operation, which it has been continuously for five generations,” she said. “And has been in operation as a hunting lease since my grandfather’s time.”

They raise goats, Rambouillet (wool) sheep, originating from the famed Merino sheep of Spain, and have recently introduced the South African Dorper sheep.

The couple says that preservation practices are employed at the ranch.

“All of our groups are conservation-minded,” Shawn Creamer said. “So there may be years when we ask them to take less than what their hunting tags allow…that helps us a lot.”

The creamers don’t breed deer and the hunters feed at their discretion.

The groups maintain blinds and feeders on the property and have an agreement with the ranch as far as the stocking of feeders.

Bowen Creamer said they sit down with each group and agree on a harvest count for each season and that each individual is required to follow all implemented rules and regulations.

“Our deals aren’t a handshake,” he said. Contracts are signed at the Robertson Ranch. “They have to abide by those.”

A southeast view from “Church Hill,” the highest point on the Robertson Ranch. The hill acquired the appellation because of the Creamer’s fondness for holding family church services there.

Photo by Chris Adams.

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MARTIN RANCH MANAGEMENT

The Carta Valley-based Martin Ranch Management has been providing hunting leases in the region for more than 20 years.

The company offers 27,000 acres of quality area hunting ground - from Val Verde County to Edwards County - to a variety of groups from throughout the nation.

They specialize in direct management of ranch properties, but also market hunting lease opportunities on behalf of local ranch owners.

According to Martin Ranch Management, they carefully select heritage ranches when pairing properties with meticulously vetted hunters, who are generally corporate entities searching for a long-term relationship with a ranch owner.

And they also furnish name-brand hunting blinds, feeders, and accessories at very affordable prices in addition to working closely with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, “to maximize the quality of both the whitetail deer and exotic species abundant on its managed properties.”

“Year after year we hear the same horror stories from hunters who have invested tens of thousands of dollars improving campsites, roads, and fences on a ranch only to be blindsided by unfair lease price increases from their landowner,” wrote owner Max Martin in an email. “Once these hunters switch to

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Goat and sheep are the commercial blood of the Robertson Ranch. The hunting leases are only a supplement to the working ranch’s livestock operation.

Photo by Chris Adams.

A hunting blind on the western lease of the Robertson Ranch, surrounded by prickly pear, mesquite and cenizo.

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A ram of the prized Rambouillet sheep of King Louis XVI of France, gathers with the robust herd for a respite from the day’s heat.

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STORY AND PHOTOS BY CHRIS ADAMS he conspicuous being the mall, Academy Sports OR THE LUCKY EAGLE CASINO, and the less perceptible, the fascinating Fort

Duncan.

If money is your master then slots, bright lights and a variety of meals awaits the gaming-type on the Kickapoo Reservation.

Lucky Eagle, two decades old, has grown from its humble beginnings in trailers to a three-phase massive edifice of colors and fruit machines - to borrow from British parlance - and is a very popular choice for Texans EP bound.

The casino boasts more than 3,300 electronic games, poker room, bingo and plethora of eateries and watering holes, including Sage Steakhouse,

Center Bar, High Limit Bar, The Buffet and ¿Qué Pasa? Lounge and a 249-room hotel.

Fort Duncan on the other hand, provides the visitor with less provocative stimuli but a rivaling engaging experience nevertheless.

The city-operated museum is chock-full of artifacts and pieces that illuminate the variegated past of the river city.

Jeff Taylor, Eagle Pass native and curator at the Fort Duncan Museum, said some of the museum’s contents at first glance could evoke misguided impressions at first glance.

“Last year they were all upset about the Confederate flag and all,” Taylor said.

However, the flag does represent an interest-

ing and important part of the city’s history.

“The Confederacy had already surrendered three weeks earlier, but Gen. Shelby ( Confederate Gen. Joseph O. Shelby) shows up at Fort Duncan - it had been abandoned - so he puts the battle flag up…points his cannons towards Mexico, goes over and talks to Maximilian (Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico-the only Mexican monarch) about joining up with his troops,” he said. “He didn’t want to surrender. He wanted to fight.”

“They came back and Gen. Shelby and five of his colonels took the flag down and took it out in the river over by bridge 1 and buried it. He was so struck by emotion he took the plume off of his hat and also buried it. So they say the graveyard of the confederacy is in Eagle Pass, Texas. That’s history.”

People have requested the removal of the flag, but Taylor said it’s a part of history. He made it clear that it has nothing to do with racist intent; the museum is not trying to make a statement.

A controversial copy of the first charter of the City of Eagle Pass, decreed on June 8, 1889, hangs in the museum.

Section 5 reads, “If any person shall cast or throw, or use any “nigger” shooter or other device for casting or throwing on or across any public place in the city…he shall be fined not less than one nor more than one hundred dollars.”

Taylor said this charter

In 1907, the supposed first military plane or “heavy flying machine”, a Wilbur and Orville Wright invention, flew from Laredo to Eagle Pass. Photo by Chris Adams.

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was on display at the Eagle Pass City Hall.

He read it one day and pointed it out to the city.

Also on display is a cross section of clothing articles worn by the native American peoples that inhabited the region.

One of the items has a blue and white swastika-type symbol affixed to it.

“I usually get an, ‘Oh, wow!,’ but I stop

and say, ‘Who came first? Indian or Hitler? Of course, the Native American.’”

Taylor said it symbolizes peace and compassion, but the indigenous origin of it has not been determined.

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The commissary at Fort Duncan Museum Park. Photo by Chris Adams.

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Fort Duncan Museum curator, Jeff Taylor, effusively explains the backstory to some of the interesting people and items displayed in one of the museum’s rooms.. Photo by Chris Adams.

The “Commanding Officer’s” quarters at the Fort Duncan Museum Park . Photo by Chris Adams.

The 167 year-old Fort Duncan began as a fortress housing U.S. Army First Infantry companies immediately following the U.S.-Mexican War to protect settlers. It was abandoned prior to the Civil War and repurposed by the Confederacy during it.

The U.S. Army occupied the fort in 1868, staffing it with Seminole Indian Scouts to fight the Native American tribes in the region. The post was used off and on until its final closure in 1927. Photo by Chris Adams.

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The 20-year old casino has become a “go to” destination for those in south and southwest Texas who want to “try their luck.” Photo by Chris Adams.

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CLOSET CONFESSIONS

ENRIQUE SANTILLAN “No ames lo que eres, sino lo que puedes llegar a ser.”

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hese are the words printed on the Spanish IV AP Literature class t-shirts at Del Rio High School. Spanish instructor Enrique Santillán has one goal: Help students become fluent in the Spanish language. But success is based on more than just instruction and homework.

“Research shows that students tend to learn more and pay more attention in class when a teacher shows that they care for them,” Santillán said. “And when you dress nicely, you show you care, so then you earn more respect.”

His collection of ties and a color scheme of shirts goes beyond professional appearance. “My dress is functional and it serves a purpose, and that’s to get students to learn,” he said. Engagement and enthusiasm with the students is also essential to their success.

Santillán uses various means to ensure that students learn the language properly. From teaching proper sentence structure in Spanish II to reenacting story scenes in Spanish IV. “We used to do plays, but we do videos now with the advancement in technology,” he said. “I use illustrations to introduce each lesson to help the students better understand the concepts.”

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Although doing everything possible to help students graduate with the required language classes and helping students have a 95% chance or higher in passing the AP exams for Spanish III and Spanish IV courses is a main part of his job, Santillán is also the head coach of the boys tennis team at Del Rio High School.

“Every morning I pack two sets of clothes — one for my teaching profession and the other for coaching,” he said. After Santillán’s last class period he changes into his coaching attire for tennis periods eight and nine and after-school tennis practice. Balancing Spanish class attire with that of tennis attire requires keeping a professional appearance in mind. When after-school parent-teacher conferences clash with tennis practice, Santillán is prompt in changing back into his teaching attire in order to keep his professional composure, transitioning his mindset from tennis to teaching.

From stacks of books of stories and poems to a painting of Don Quixote on his classroom ceiling, Santillán expresses his passion for his profession, but success begins in one’s appearance.

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Safety First Hunting accidents and injuries continue to decline STORY AND PHOTOS COURTESY OF NEWSPAPER TOOLBOX

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ncreased education and training has made hunting safer. Twenty years ago, 1,048 hunting accidents were reported in the United States and Canada; 91 of them were fatal. Ten years ago, there were 246 incidents that included 27 fatalities.

Ac­cidents and injuries in both countries con­tinue to decline.

Today, over a million hunters have taken the Canadian Firearms Safety Course.

And thousands of American students are certified every year by the International Hunter Education Association.

The safety rules are simple: n Wear blaze orange so you are easily visible n Never assume a firearm is unloaded n Keep your finger out of the trigger guard and off the trigger until you are ready to shoot n Only nock an arrow when it’s safe to shoot n Always point the muzzle or the bow and arrow in a safe direction n Avoid dry-firing a bow and do not shoot an arrow straight up in the air n Be sure of your target and what is beyond it n Do not hunt in populated areas or when several hunters are already present n Do not hunt when visibility is impaired by heavy fog or a lack of daylight n Never hunt if you’re tired, sick or on medication The U.S. Forest Service advises hunters to use other common sense safety rules: “Check the weather report before you go, tell someone, in writing, where you will be hunting and when you will re­turn, and carry a first aid kit, as well as a spare set of dry clothing.”

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Tree stand safety

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ree stands can be deadly. The International Hunter Education Association (IHEA) has stated that on average, over 20 hunters die every year from tree stand falls, and that “dozens more see their lives changed forever due to permanent disability.”

According to the IHEA, nearly all tree stand accidents could be prevented if two basic safety rules are followed: 1.

Wear a full-body harness.

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Stay connected to the tree from the time your feet leave the ground.

It doesn’t matter if your tree stand is in Alberta or in Arkansas; safety should be your top priority.

More tree stand safety tips include: n Check the specifications and gui­de­lines on your harness and the expiration date stamp. n Wear the harness properly and wear the lineman’s belt.

• Attach suspension trauma relief straps to your harness. They will prevent serious injury or death in case of a fall. n Use a well-designed and sturdily built tree stand approved by manufacturers. n Carefully inspect your tree stand for wear, rust, metal fatigue and cracks, loose or missing nuts or bolts, and rot and deterioration before and after each use. n Frequently practise using your tree stand and harness. n Always use a haul line for gear. n Unload your gun or bow before clim­bing or descending the stand. n Let hunters in your party know where your stand is located. Leave a map on your dashboard and state the time you will return. n Don’t use tree stands if you’re tired, sick or on medication.

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Bow hunting

Firearms available for hunters

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wide selection of firearms is available for hunters in Canada and the United Sta­tes this year.

continues to gain popularity

WEATHERBY VANGUARD WILDERNESS Grand View Outdoors believes the Weat­herby Vanguard Wilderness Rifle should ap­peal to deer hunters. “Designed for easy carry and harsh conditions, it weighs just 6¾ pounds and has a 24-inch fluted barrel.” Other features include a two-stage trigger, a 3-position safety, a one-piece machined bolt body, and a specifically fit, low-density Van­ guard recoil pad.

“The flight of the arrow is as true as the skill and the nerve of the man with the bow”.

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Designed specifically for women, the new Franchi Affinity Catalyst has a shortened stock and a tight grip radius that is comfortable for smaller hands. The manufacturer says its “drop, cast, pitch and length of pull are all tailored to a woman’s build.” The inertia-operated semiautomatic shotgun, which is available in 12-gauge, weighs 6¾ pounds, has a 28-inch barrel and a fiber-optic red-bar front sight.

Savage Model 16/116 Lightweight Hunter Savage’s Model 16/116 Lightweight Hun­ter is 40¼ inches long and weighs less than 6 pounds. Rifle Shooter says the “compact powerhouse” is ideal on mountainous treks or in­side small blinds.

The Lightweight Hunter features a “hand-straightened, button-rifled” 20inch barrel, a “self-adjusting, floating bolt head,” and the company’s Accu­ Trigger.

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lthough it may take years of practice and concentration to become proficient, bow hunting has gained widespread popularity across the United States and Canada in recent years.

Bows allow disabled, novice and seasoned veterans another hunting option.

The reasons bows are preferred vary from learning a new skill to a sense of accomplishment. Some say there is an adrenaline rush while others favour the longer hunting season.

There are a number of compounds and crossbows available this year.

BEAR ARCHERY CRUZER RTH The Bear Archery Cruzer RTH is “a great option for teens and adults,” according to Pick A Bow. At 3.6 pounds, the compound bow will not cause arm fatigue. The Cruzer’s draw length extends from 12” to 30” and it has a draw weight that can be adjusted from 5 to 70 pounds. Its sturdy, lightweight design makes it ideal for hunting small game.

BROWNING A5 SWEET SIXTEEN The inertia-operated Browning A5 Sweet Sixteen was “the shotgun hit” at the 2016 SHOT Show, according to Field & Stream. Weig­hing 5 pounds, 13 ounces, it can easily be carried all day long. The Sweet Sixteen has a 28-inch barrel and a graceful swing. Guns & Ammo says it “utilizes the ultra-reliable short recoil-operated Kinematic Drive System.”

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BARNETT GHOST 415 REVENANT The Bowhunter says the new Barnett Ghost 415 Revenant was “one of the fastest crossbows” at the 2016 Archery Trade Association (ATA) Show. It is 20” in length, weighs 7 pounds, and is “capable of shooting a bolt 415 feet per second and delivering 153 foot-pounds of kinetic energy downrange.”

DIAMOND INFINITE EDGE The Diamond Infinite Edge is a compound bow “that anyone can pick up and shoot,” according to The Archer’s Den. It has a draw length that ranges from 13” to 30” and a draw weight that can be increased from 5 to 70 pounds. While it only weighs 3.1 pounds, it “can fire an arrow at 310 feet per second.”

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BEHIND THE WHEEL

A DREAM COME TRUE 1954 classic Mercury Monterey sedan shows off its smooth lines STORY BY BRIAN ARGABRIGHT PHOTOS BY ROLANDO CARDENAS There are times when you see a car and you know that’s the car you’ve waited your whole life to own.

For Armando Dominguez, he found his life car in 1964.

Dominguez said he’s owned several classic cars during his lifetime, but there’s only one that still remains a part of his life to this day – his robin’s egg blue 1954 Mercury Monterey sedan.

In 1952, Mercury decided to redesign its popular Monterey model and make it its own separate series. They also introduced a convertible and sedan series that same year.

The ’54 model kept much of the same look as the ’52 including keeping the heater and vent controls, which were actual levers, behind the steering wheel to resemble something you’d find in an airplane cockpit.

However the ’54 also received new, lower taillights and a little more oompf under the hood with a new 161-horsepower overhead valve Ford Y-block V8.

Ten years after the car debuted, Dominguez came across the beauty.

“In 1964, when I was nineteen years old, I came across a 1954 blue and white four door Mercury Sedan. I inquired about this nice looking car. A lady came out of her house and agreed to sell me the blue Mercury for two hundred and fifty dollars.

I agreed with the price of the car and asked her to please hold the car for me while I went looking for the two hundred and fifty dollars that the lady was asking for the car,” Dominguez said.

“I went to two family members but was unable to borrow the asking price of the car. Fortunately, my uncle ‘Tiny’ Andrade agreed to lend me the money. I have been the sole owner of this 1954 Mercury for the last 52 years,” Dominguez added.

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has kept the Monterey in its original condition. It still carries a white hard top and whitewall tires. There’s some wear and tear on the right side and on the chrome grill, but after 52 years of use that’s probably to be expected.

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in the center of the steering wheel to the two levers on the shelf directly behind the steering wheel, a ride in his Mercury Monterey is like taking a trip back in time.

If you would like your car featured in future months, contact Roland Cardenas at roland.cardenas@delrionewsherald.com.

DICK OWEN’S JR. LIQUORS Unlike many classic car collectors, Dominguez has kept the Monterey in its original condition. It still carries a white hard top and whitewall tires.

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DEL RIO IS THEIR STAGE The Upstagers have been doing great theater for 40 years and they want to keep at it for a long, long time STORY BY JOSEPH TREVIÑO

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or decades, The Upstagers have been the preeminent theater group of Del Rio. They have won two state awards, set up dozens of comedies and musicals and some of their members have gone on to follow professional careers on larger theater circuits or the movies.

But on this sweltering week of August, they have their work cut out for them, as the veteran nucleus of actors and organizers of The Upstagers get to work closely with students and instructors from Del Rio High’s acting and music classes to put on the musical version of 9 to Five, the hit movie from 1980.

“Chicago” courtesy photos.

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Here, in the venerable confines of the Poag Paul Theatre, classic meets modern, vintage greets new and old school acting meshes with millennial fervor as the two groups join forces.

Josué Gonzalez, who is the choral director of Del Rio High School agreed to direct the play, along with Raquel Martine, who also is a teacher at the school. The musical was form-fitted for Del Rio Gonzalez said. Poor, overworked and having to struggle to make ends meet, the message of 9 to 5 should resonate with the audience, he said.

“Most of our community is working class.

We work really hard for what we get and this is the story of three women, they are

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working class and their struggle,” Gonzalez said, Wednesday night, as he viewed the actors practice the theme song.

Though the groups faced many challenges, The Upstagers came through—as they always have for 40 years.

Though The Upstagers are proud of their accomplishments and traditions, they are always looking ahead. Their next play is scheduled to take place come November, where they will mount “She Loves Me,” the musical written by Joe Masteroff with music

by Jerry Brock.

The Upstagers have been working for weeks, mounting the set, selecting the costumes and rehearsing again and again. It’s a lot of work, but they believe it’s worth it.

“I think its going to be one of the best shows we’ve done. The music is fantastic,” said Rob Wade, a veteran actor who works in finance in Del Rio.

and Freddie Bayne mostly mention “Gypsy,” “Jeckyll and Hyde” and “The Wizard of Oz.” In regards to the stage and acting, The Upstagers helped put Del Rio on the map.

When movie producers looked to filming in the area, they would call on the group for actors.

“When a lot more films where done in this area they used to contact Fred all the time.

‘Hey, we’re looking for actress,”’ says Wade.

At one point, The Upstagers were doing two musicals and three comedies per year.

Somehow the group, made up of volunteers, were able to keep up the pace, even when challenges like city crews jack hammering the front part of the Paul Poag Theater right during the premiere of shows, recalls Bayne.

The Upstagers began taking people one by one through the back door, where folks got to see the backstage area.

“It turned out to be a memorable experience for many of our audiences,” Bayne recalled.

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THE MAKING OF THE UPSTAGERS With the aim of creating a community theater group, Fred and Carolyn Brockwell formed The Upstagers in January 1977. The first musical they played was “Bye, Bye, Birdie,” followed by “Arsenic and Old Lace.”

With time, directed mostly by Fred Brockwell, The Upstagers started putting on more plays. “Anything Goes,” “Annie,” “Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” and “Jekyll and Hyde” are just a few of the names.

When asked about the group’s favorite plays, Wade, Candy Graf

THE UPSTAGERS LOOK TO THE FUTURE These days, The Upstagers are facing new challenges. Though volunteers from Laughling Air Force Base have always been many, there have been less in recent years.

Yearly production has gone down from five to three. Also, putting on a play is costly, with expenses like paying for author rights, costumes, renting the theater etc.

“You rely on a much smaller talent pool to maintain the shows,” Wade says.

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Still, The Upstagers remains a group that not only puts on plays that rival and sometimes surpass what you get in a big city, but it is a place where volunteers can practice their theatrical and actoral chops, they said.

“We have very high standards as a group. We try to put on excellent performances. But we want to have fun too,” Graf said. “But for most of us, it’s not fun unless we are doing a good job. We expect people to tow the line, to learn their lines.”

Another challenge is promoting and getting more Del Rioans to go to the theater. Often, visitors to the city go to see more than some locals and walk away impressed.

The group has high hopes for She Loves Me come November 4 and for the 2017 season. The fans have been steady and with new talent and theater goers coming, things will look bright, they said.

“Our audience has always been loyal. It hasn’t been a huge audience, but has been local,” Graf said.

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EXOTIC GAME WILD GAME DINNER PHOTOS BY CHRIS ADAMS The Del Rio Chamber of Commerce’s 27th annual Wild Game Dinner will be served up on Dec. 3 at the Del Rio Civic Center.

Some of the delicacies offered from last year’s chamber scholarship fundraiser were Texas fried turkey, hog, Val Verde venison, deer guisado, jalapeno cheese sausage and Seminole Canyon beans.

The evening will also include a 125-gun raffle.

All of the food is prepared and served at the civic center by a cadre of volunteers who generally cater to over 1,000 attendees.

In addition, a host of vendors will be providing information on their products and services to the dinner guests.

For more details, contact the Del Rio Chamber of Commerce at 830-7753551 or www.drchamber.com.

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STORY BY CHRIS ADAMS

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Black, ominous clouds continued to hover over the hilly, gully-marked wild country just below the foothills of the Big Bend Mountains,” remarked H.B. Molyneaux in the San Antonio Express-News in 1954, just before Mother Nature conducted a massive air raid on the Lower Pecos.

Molyneaux was reporting from the Del Rio Weather Bureau in June of that year, when threatening and baleful rains — ranging from 12 to 22 inches — began falling on the drought-stricken lands between Del Rio and Ozona.

And what havoc those torrents of water wreaked: Indiscriminately washing out bridges and any organism that had the misfortune to be in the line of fire.

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southeastern section of the dragon-shaped Lake Amistad, was progressing in earnest.

“The building of Amistad had been talked about for decades, before they had gone in and actually started construction,”said Josh Overfelt, history instructor at Southwest Texas Junior College. “The very first one was at Elephant Butte up in New Mexico, …

The big reasons behind them all of course was flood control…and to hold water for irrigation.”

Overfelt said the project was continuously waved off until that fateful June of 1954 when heavy infrastructural damage was sustained in the Lower Pecos regions.

“A hurricane formed in the Bay of Campeche down in the Gulf (of Mexico) and formed as a depression or storm and was a hurricane within a day,” he said. “And

it caught everyone really off guard. You can look at the map of it and it pretty much comes all the way up the Rio Grande and stalls out over Ozona.”

After a 90-foot wall of water raged down the Pecos River and cascaded into the Rio Grande, Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras became the next targets. Enough seemed to be enough.

These flash floods of 1954 catalyzed the government to find a solution to the destructive and imminent danger that flooding presented to the region.

“That was really the genesis of where they went in and said that, ‘We need to do this.’ A wake-up call to go in and do that.”

The assembling of the dam was undertaken by the governments of the U.S. and Mexico in 1963, through the International

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Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC), pursuant to the Water Treaty of 1944.

Overfelt said that when construction of the dam began they soon realized what challenges they were facing.

Besides having to relocate the Southern Pacific line and the U.S. Highway 90 bridge, the IBWC had to tackle the issue of land fraught with porous limestone that could create seepage.

“They had to inject — they called it grouting — a grouting apron or skirt … under where they were going to put the dam,” he said.

By 1969, substantial completion reached,

U.S. President Richard Nixon and Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz were ready to dedicate the solid protector from the force of nature.

Overfelt said that the dam had an enormous impact on area archaeological preservation.

“So when after the ‘54 flood when they said were going to do this, the University of Texas … they came in and organized this kind of emergency let’s-go-in and catalog as much as we can and pull out as many artifacts as we can, before it submerged under 300 feet of water.”

Texas Beyond History reported that Con-

gress passed the Reservoir Salvage Act of 1960 giving the National Park Service legislative authority for its salvage program.

According to their website, “In 1958, just after the initial Amistad survey was underway, the NPS began turning over its archaeological salvage field offices to the universities. In Texas, this led to the creation of the Texas Archaeological Salvage Project (TASP) at the University of Texas.”

TASP performed fieldwork at Amistad between 1958 and 1969.

Though much still remains hidden.

“Those cave paintings, those prehistoric tools now sit under the lake,” Overfelt said.

Today, a multitude of dams, reservoirs and diversion dams dot the Rio Grande, from the San Luis Valley of Colorado down to Falcon Dam in Starr County, Texas. Five different entities, from three states and two countries, manage and operate these facilities.

However, Overfelt said the water that fills Amistad Reservoir isn’t water emanating from New Mexico or Colorado, but the Rio Conchos in Mexico. He also said that dam implementation could not be a reality in 2016 because of the geopolitical climate we live in.

“You couldn’t build these dams today because of the environmental impact,” Overfelt said.

He explained that after the dam was completed it began to back fill into a spring up river and endanger a fish species called the Amistad gambusia. By 1980, the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife Service had delisted the fish from the federal registry due to extinction.

“That’s why you couldn’t get these things built today,” he said.

Amistad Dam Facts n 12 miles northwest of Del Rio. n 574 miles above the mouth of the Rio Grande River n 1 mile below the confluence of the Devils River n Purpose: Flood control; water conservation; hydroelectric power; recreation. n Type: Concrete gravity section in river channel with flanking earth embankments. n Constructed by the U.S. and Mexico, pursuant to the Water Treaty of 1944, during 1963-1969. n Dedicated in 1969 by U.S. President Richard Nixon and Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz. n U.S. power plant built in 1980-1983. n Mexican power plant built in 1980-1987. n Length: 32,022 feet; 9,585 feet (U.S.); 22,437 feet (Mexico). n Height: The roadway is 254 feet above the riverbed and 1,152 feet above sea level.

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GRANDE LOMA CEMETERY Forgotten cemetery from last century shows history in area STORY BY KAREN GLEASON

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ucked into a nearly-forgotten corner of El Barrio de San Felipe, the San Felipe neighborhood in far south Del Rio, lies one of the city’s oldest cemeteries, Cementerio Loma De La Cruz, the Cemetery of the Hill of the Cross.

The four acres on which the Cementerio Loma De La Cruz are sited were donated by one of Del Rio’s earliest landowners: Doña Paula Losoya Taylor Rivers, according to the Texas Historical Commission marker on the cemetery grounds.

Doña Paula “realized that the people of Del Rio’s Mexican colony had no place to bury their dead,” the marker reads, so she provided the four acres to be used as a cemetery in 1884.

The definitive book on the old cemetery’s history was created by Los Amigos de los Cementerio Loma De La Cruz, the Friends of the Cemetery of the Hill of the Cross, a group originally formed in the late 1970s, then re-established in 2008 and dedicated to the preservation and restoration of the cemetery.

The book, titled, “Cementerio Loma De La Cruz: Never Forgotten,” was published by the Friends in 2014.

A rough stone tablet in Cementerio Loma De La Cruz memorializes a family’s century-old sadness. Though part of the marker is missing, the hand-chiseled words that remain read, “. . . of/in 1909 and died at the age of 4 years on the 22 of November of/in 1913/Your Papa and Mama dedicate this memorial to your memory.” The dome of Round Mountain, the south Del Rio landmark for which the old cemetery is named, rises in the background. Photo by Karen Gleason.

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“Never Forgotten” recounts the burial practices of those who settled on the land that would one day become Del Rio: “The early Del Rioans buried their dead within their residential properties. Town lots were sold in five and 10-acre tracts, creating a town of interspersed homes, stores and irrigated agricultural plots. Before 1900, regular burial grounds occurred in at lest two downtown locations. The better-known site was the Spring Street Cemetery north of the (county) courthouse.”

“Never Forgotten” indicates that the residents of the area were burying their dead on the grounds of what would become the Cementerio Loma De La Cruz even before Doña Paula donated the land for that purpose.

The cemetery derives its name from an iconic south Del Rio landmark, La Loma De La Cruz, the Hill of the Cross. The domed hill is etched with gullies eroded into its sides by seasonal downpours and studded with rocks containing the fossils of a now-extinct species of ram’s horn oyster that flourished here millions of years ago when the area lay under the tepid waters of a shallow inland sea.

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The book “Cementerio Loma de la Cruz: Never Forgotten” recounts the burial practices of those who settled on the land that would one day become Del Rio: “The early Del Rioans buried their dead within their residential properties.

Tomas Frausto, a private in the U.S. Army’s storied Seminole Indian Scout corps, lies in the Frausto family plot at the center of Cementerio Loma De La Cruz. Frausto, along with his father Jose Victoriano Frausto and his brother Gregorio Frausto, are all buried in the cemetery. A comprehensive history of the cemetery reveals the Fraustos enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1878 and served with the Fifth Cavalry posted at Fort Clark Springs in Brackettville. Relatives still lovingly maintain the Fraustos’ gravesites, and the United States flag they served waves proudly over their final resting places. Photo by Karen Gleason.

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The hill is now crowned by a tall white metal cross. According to “Never Forgotten,” the cross was placed on the hill to commemorate the deaths of “two Mexicans” slain in a battle between some long-forgotten group of indigenous hunter-gatherers and the settlers who began farming and building along the banks of the San Felipe Creek.

Others believe Doña Paula ordered the cross placed on the hill to remind those who saw it of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

Even though earlier burials may have occurred in the Loma Cemetery, the first formally recorded was the 1887 grave of the Rev. Roman V. Palomares, the “first minister of the Mexican American Methodist Church, which was established around the year 1878,” the book “Never Forgotten” indicates.

Palomares’ grave marker is one of few in the cemetery still intact and standing, its smooth white face and graceful etchings relatively undamaged by time, water or vandals.

Another area of graves seemingly untouched by the passage of the years or the heavy hands of thoughtless vandals are the markers in the Frausto family plot.

Buried here are Jose Victoriano Frausto and two of his sons, Tomas Frausto and Gregorio Frausto. All three of the men served as U.S. Army Indian Scouts, Mexican recruits in the storied Seminole Negro Indian Scout Detachment stationed with the Fifth Cavalry at Fort Clark Springs in nearby Brackettville.

Frausto family members still maintain the graves of their ancestors, clipping the grass around the markers and placing U.S. flags and flowers.

Scattered throughout the old cemetery are other graves where a visitor can see evidence of care and remembrance: A basket of pine cones and silk flowers, toy cars, a length of worn rosary beads, a candle dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

The last burial recorded in Cementerio Loma De La Cruz occurred in 1933, and after that, it was largely forgotten, as the new San Felipe Cemetery was opened to the north.

A restoration effort was initiated by Araminta G. Cardenas and others in 1978.

At that time, the current stone and metal entrance to the cemetery

Although burials are believed to have taken place in the Loma De La Cruz Cemetery as early as the 1870s, the earliest death date on the markers that remain intact and legible is on the headstone marking the burial site of the Rev. Roman V. Palomares, the first minister of the “Mexican” Methodist Church in south Del Rio, established in the late 1870s. Palomares died in the spring of 1887, at the age of 55 “more or less,” as his headstone indicates. Photo by Karen Gleason.

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Reaching the cemetery is no easy feat: Visitors must turn south on Arteaga Street from West Garza, then west on Noriega Street and follow Noriega Street to a dirt road in front of the city yards. was constructed and a chain link fence installed around the cemetery perimeter. The group also raised funds to purchase and place a granite memorial marker “in memory of all the people buried at Cementerio Loma De La Cruz; those whose gravestones are known and those who are known only to God.” But the restoration ardor faded, and it wasn’t until 2008 that another effort was begun.

Among the Del Rioans who attended the June 2008 meeting of the Val Verde County Historical Commission to discuss the restoration of the old cemetery was Diana Sotelo Zertuche, a successful Del Rio business owner who had, in 1986, published an eclectic history of Val Verde County and its residents for the county’s sesquicentennial celebration.

Los Amigos Del Cementerio Loma De La Cruz was officially reactivated the following month, and Zertuche became the cemetery’s most

The Texas Historical Commission plaque and a round marker designating the Cementerio Loma De La Cruz as a historic Texas cemetery stand just inside the burial ground’s gated front entrance. The marker, placed in 1981, recounts the story of how Paula Losoya Taylor Rivers, who owned large tracts of property in what is now south Del Rio, donated the four acres for the cemetery to benefit the town’s “Mexican colony.” Photo by Karen Gleason.

These days, you’re more likely to find a Black-tailed Jackrabbit than any living person in Cementerio Loma De La Cruz in far south Del Rio. The last burials in the old cemetery took place in the 1930s, and since that time, the human artifacts on the cemetery grounds are gradually deteriorating back into the south Texas scrubland from which the cemetery was carved. Photo by Karen Gleason.

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While most of the gravesites in the Loma De La Cruz Cemetery lie forgotten, some, like this concrete cross etched with the name Tomasita R. Martines, located along the far western edge of the cemetery, are sometimes decorated with flowers, flags and other memorabilia by living descendants of those buried in the old cemetery.

Photo by Karen Gleason.

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passionate advocate and remained so until her own death in 2013.

Zertuche and the reinvigorated restoration team, which included Ana Delgado, Olga Cox, Eva Paolini Koog, Terry DeBinski, Pablo Padilla, Anna Chapman, Eduardo Prieto, Jake Rogers, Carmen Gutierrez, Dan Riley, Naya Galindo, Rosie Salas Ybarra, Olga Cadena, Lisa Arredondo, Mario Zertuche, Frank Torres, Willie Warrior and James Butterworth, began the daunting tasks of carefully clearing overgrown brush from cemetery markers and photographing and cataloging each of the gravesites still in evidence on the cemetery grounds.

The result of those surveys was the mapping of some 450 actual gravesites in the cemetery and the indications that many more graves, whose markers had been lost to time, existed.

The group also purchased dozens of decorative metal crosses to place in areas where they believed graves might exist but where the markers had been stolen or destroyed. In honor of the cemetery’s champion, these were called “Diana crosses.”

The exhaustive work done by the committee and many other volunteers is chronicled in “Never Forgotten.”

Reaching the cemetery is no easy feat: Visitors must turn south on Arteaga Street from West Garza, then west on Noriega Street and follow Noriega Street to a dirt road in front of the city yards. That road, sporadically paved, crosses the ephemeral Calaveras Creek at the foot of Round Mountain before arriving at the cemetery’s gated entrance.

Many grave markers in the Cementerio Loma De La Cruz are hand-carved: a stone or concrete slab bearing the name of the deceased loved one, the dates of death and birth, a phrase indicating that the marker was placed by a family member.

Religious symbols were often also included, as on this marker for Adelaida Perez, who died at “4 years, 5 months, 15 days.” The marker was dedicated by the child’s parents, identified as Severiano Perez and Juana O. De Perez. Photo by Karen Gleason.

The entrance of the Cemetery of the Hill of the Cross, the Cementerio Loma De La Cruz, faces Round Mountain, also known as La Loma De La Cruz, the Hill of the Cross, for a cross that graces its domed summit. The gated entrance, built of limestone bricks topped by two metal crosses, was constructed during a cemetery restoration effort initiated in 1978. Photo by Karen Gleason.

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Angel Alvarez is wearing Boys George Strait Shirt $31.99 Wrangler 20X Vintage Jeans $34.99 Ariat Boots $94.95 Twister Bangora Hat $24.99 Stick Horse $16.00 Merchandise courtesy of C&S Western Wear 2200 Veterans Blvd.

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20 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT

CHRIS RYAN 1. The most important thing in my life is my relationship with God.

2. I grew up in New York City with three brothers and no sisters. I graduated from Power Memorial Academy in Manhattan, a few blocks from Central Park. I rode the subways to high school and ran cross-country, indoor, and outdoor track for four years.

3. I served in the U.S. Navy onboard a nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine homeported out of New London, Connecticut. We went on patrols to the Mediterranean and the Caribbean.

One of our patrols in the North Atlantic crossed the Arctic Circle.

4. The best day I have ever had was riding horseback in the Sand Hills of Nebraska with Jess Ramos, herding cattle into a corral we put together. I should’ve been a cowboy.

5. I have been to the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. It was founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great and it is one of the largest and oldest museums in the world.

6. I have taken visitors on guided lantern tours of an undeveloped cave at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico and given bat-flight programs.

7. I have ridden on horseback carrying the American flag in the Tucson Rodeo Parade - La Fiesta de los Vaqueros, which is the largest non-motorized parade in the country.

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8. I have been to the Alhambra, which is an amazing palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalusia, Spain.

Mountains of middle Tennessee, where we did major home repairs in one of the poorest counties in the state.

9. I have a Bachelor of Science degree from Washington State University, in Pullman, Washington.

15. I worked with the FBI and the Joint Terrorism Task Force on an incident where five self-proclaimed anarchists attempted to blow up a bridge in Cuyahoga Valley National Park. The subjects were apprehended and are all serving time in prison.

10. I was a Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) officer at Pretty Eagle Catholic School in St. Xavier on the Crow Indian Reservation, where there was a high incidence of drug and alcohol abuse. I also served as a D.A.R.E. Officer at Grand Lake Elementary School. Grand Lake was considered to be the snowmobile capitol of Colorado.

11. I have been to Mayan ruins sites in Mexico City and Tikal, an ancient city found in a rainforest in Guatemala.

12. As a ranger I was featured in the National Geographic special called “Grizzlies” as I talked about a brown bear crossing the river at Brooks Camp in Katmai National Park in Alaska.

Katmai has the largest population of protected grizzly bears in existence and I educated visitors on how to prevent dangerous encounters with bears.

13. I ran the New York City Marathon, through all five boroughs of New York City.

14. I have been on five short-term church mission trips at Mountain T.O.P. (Tennessee Outreach Project) in the Cumberland

16. As a collateral-duty wildland fire fighter, I have been on crews as a fire fighter, a sawyer, an EMT, and as a base camp manager. I worked a 21-day detail as a crewmember on the Alpine Hotshot crew on the initial attack of five fires out west. I was the initial attack incident commander on an incident where we suppressed a wildfire that was rapidly spreading toward Fort Smith, Montana.

17. I volunteered at the Haven of Rest in Akron, Ohio, on a regular basis, where I assisted cooks in the kitchen by preparing and serving food. It is one of the best things I have ever done. The Haven of Rest responds to the physical, spiritual and emotional needs of homeless and poor men, women and children.

18. I packed supplies on mules (Hondo, Poncho, George, and big Ed) and horses for the fire crew at Manning Camp and led overnight pack trips in the Rincon Mountains at Saguaro National Park. I had some adventures with slick rock and rattlesnakes. The trips were never over until the stock were unsaddled and back in the corral.

Fall 2016 Schedule Guitar (7 yrs. & up) with Jorge Martinez ...................

Monday and Wednesday 6-7:30pm @ Casa Annex Guitar (Adults) with Claudio Valdovinos ...................

Tuesday and Thursday 5:30-7pm Begginers Baile Folklorico (Adult) w/ Andrea ..........

Valdez Monday 5:30- 6:30pm Spring of 2017 Begginers Baile Folklorico (Children) Ages 6-12 .....

Tuesday & Thursday 5-6pm Spring of 2017

19. I have been on numerous rescues, including an exciting rescue of a hypothermic woman and her two young children, who crossed the Continental Divide in the Rocky Mountains in winter conditions and ran into trouble by War Dance Falls.

20. I truly believe that the national parks are America’s best idea. Not many people can say they have a national park in their backyard. I encourage people to visit Amistad National Recreation Area!

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Multimedia with Jessica Carrillo ........................................ FREE Tuesday & Thursday 6-8pm @ Casa Annex Adult Art Therapy (Coloring) with Aldo Guadiana ............ FREE Tuesday 6-7pm Clay on the Wheel with Lily Ramon ........................... $45/Month Tuesdays 5:30-7pm @ Casa Annex Working with Clay with Lily Ramon ........................... $20/Month Tuesday 5-6:30pm @ Casa Annex Embroidery & Crochet with Doña Eli ......................... $15/Month Thursday 5:30-7pm $10/Class Mexican Kitchen with Rosa Ramon Thurday 5:30 .... $30/Month Children’s Art Hour (Ages 5-11) with Casa Staff ............... FREE Wednesday 5-6pm Ciudadania/Citizenship with Celia Hooper Lunes/ .......... FREE Monday 6:00-8:00pm Ingles por la Mañana con Jorge Martinez Lunes y .......... FREE Miercoles 9:00-10:30am @ Casa Annex Ingles por la Noche con Jorge Martinez Lunes, ............... FREE Miercoles 7:30-9pm @ Casa Annex y Jueves 7:30-9pm Basic Spanish with Jorge Martinez ........................... $20/Month Monday and Wednesday 5:00-6:00pm LatinoAerobics with Mary Meza at ............................ $5/Month Boys and Girls Club on De La Rosa St. Mon, Tues & Thurs. 9-10a.m.

Zumba with Andrea Valdez ........................................ $4/Month Call for additional morning and power fit classes Mon thru Thur. 7:30pm-8:30pm Ask about our upcoming events and special monthly workshops!

For more information call Casa De La Cultura (830) 768-2287 Or come stop by Plaza Brown

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BAR DRINKS

FALL BEERS Just because the weather is changing and the temperatures are falling doesn’t mean it’s time to give up your taste for beer.

STORY AND PHOTOS BY BRIAN ARGABRIGHT

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s a matter of fact, the fall season opens up a new varsity of flavors for beer lovers. Of course that means stepping outside of your comfort zone, but it’s so worth it.

There are a variety of flavored adult beverages out there, from ciders to malted beverages, but for beer drinkers the choices get kind of limited around Del Rio. However, there are still some flavor-filled options available for folks who don’t want to travel far for a different taste of the world.

OH MY GOURD! Fall has arrived, and one of the biggest signs of the season is the arrival of pumpkin spice flavor. Seriously, the thing is everywhere.

While the popular flavor was originally limited to just coffee, the taste of pumpkin has become popular with some beer drinkers. This year, the Dallas Observer reported that some Texas breweries have scaled back on pumpkin-flavored beer after a poor reception last year. Forbes added that some breweries even delayed the release of their beverages to create more of a demand and to cater folks with a more sophisticated pallet.

A quick search of local alcohol vendors finds only one pumpkin-flavored beer on the shelves as of September, but one is better than none. Most of the pumpkin-flavored beers you’ll find around Del Rio will be manufactured by well-known companies such as Shock Top, Samuel Adams or Blue Moon, but if you venture outside the 830 area code you could find a wider variety from microbrews to more well-known breweries such as Rogue or Magic Hat. Blue Moon has become known for putting out a wide variety of flavored beers. The original Blue Moon has a citrus flavor to it, and that kind of carries over to some of its other beverages.

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There are a variety of flavored adult beverages out there, from ciders to malted beverages, but for beer drinkers the choices get kind of limited around Del Rio. Its limited release Harvest Pumpkin Ale has some of that citrus flavor, but when you taste it the taste of pumpkin comes out immediately. It’s a smooth beverage that’s not too dark or overpowering. It’s perfect for enjoying the fall weather or as we do in Texas, a little grilling and chilling.

PROST! Fall also is the time for Oktoberfest, a celebration of German heritage no matter where you live.

Typically Oktoberfest means ample amounts of German beer, or beer brewed in a Bavarian style, but some breweries have taken to creating seasonal beverages to mark the occasion as well.

Samuel Adams Octoberfest is one of those beverages and it only appears during the fall.

If you’re familiar with the original Samuel Adams, you know of its dark color and rich, malty flavor. Its Octoberfest brand is a little lighter on the flavor, going for a sweeter taste almost like caramel. It also has a nice red look about it, inviting beer lovers to sample it without trepidation.

Octoberfest is best as an after meal kind of beer enjoyed near a nice roaring fire pit. Your location may vary.

Be advised, though. Limited release of these kinds of beers means a different price. A typical six-pack will set you back about $10, so plan accordingly.

And as always, if you’re going to enjoy adult beverages, please be responsible and use a designated driver.

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What are your plans for the hunting season?

ROBERT GONZALEZ I plan to start feeding early to see what comes in and try to start before other people in the bow season.

I’ll start practicing for accuracy with the bow.

ADRIAN DAVILA My plans for this season are to go out hunting and have as much fun as possible even if I don’t get a trophy buck.

COLE CISNEROS This year I inherited my grandpa’s model 99 lever action rifle manufactured in 1928 by Savage Arms. I’m excited to use such an old rifle to hunt this year.

CALINE PRIESTLY I’ll be hunting with my grandpa in October in the Jemez Mountains in New Mexico.

JORGE HERNANDEZ This year I plan on spending more time in the field during the pre-season, hunting and treating it as important as the rut. Opening a bigger window to success knowing and learning new patterns of a mature buck.

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an exciting place to visit for all ages!

Come visit our historical exhibits and artifacts, as well as:

Save the date November events and happenings

ONGOING DRIVERS NEEDED TO HELP LOCAL VETERANS The Val Verde County Veterans Service Office is in need of volunteer drivers for the Van Run to Audie L. Murphy VA Hospital in San Antonio and Kerrville VA Medical, for Veteran’s medical appointments. All new volunteer drivers are required to take a physical in San Antonio and pass a background check. For more information please call 830-774-7548 or 830-774-7549 or come by 508 East 11th Street.

Registration continues daily, from 3 to 6 p.m., until Dec. 2 at 1101 W. De La Rosa St. For more info, please call 775-9827.

AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM The Boys and Girls Club of Del Rio is currently enrolling for its after school program, which runs from 2:45 to 6 p.m. each day. Fee is $30 a week if you drop your child off, $50 if the club picks up your child at school. Stop by 1101 W. De La Rosa St. daily from 2 to 6 p.m. to register.

FREE CLASSES

GIFT SHOP VOLUNTEERS Do you have some time on your hands? Enjoy working with people in a pleasant environment? Join the Val Verde Regional Medical Center Auxiliary Gift Shop as a volunteer.

For more information, call Alice Williams at 830-778-3590 or Angela Prather at 830775-3651.

• The grave of Judge Roy Bean

STROKE SUPPORT GROUP

• The Cadena Nativity

Val Verde Regional Medical Center gives you the opportunity to meet and share experiences with family members, caregivers and others dealing with stroke every first and third Wednesday of each month from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Val Verde Regional Medical Center Education Room. For more information, call 830-703-1729.

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VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT

We have hands on activities for kids and are pet friendly

The Hope Cancer Resource Room at Val Verde Regional Medical Center is seeking volunteers to help with a variety of duties.

For more information, please contact Stacey Covarrubias at 830-778-3852.

CLASS Multimedia Class at the Casa de la Cultura meets up every Tuesday and Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the annex building at 716 W. Garza St. Free for teens.

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YOUTH BASKETBALL The Boys and Girls Club of Del Rio is registering youth, ages 5 to 12, for its next league.

Fee is $65 (money order or cashier’s check).

The Department of Federal and State Programs will be offering Computer, GED Prep, Literacy, Inglés Sin Barreras and Rosetta Stone classes to parents of San Felipe Del Rio CISD. For more information call 778-4128.

NOV. 4 SILENT SOCIETY OF THE PARANORMALGHOST TOURS Prepare yourself for an evening of spooktacular sights, scary sounds, and haunted tales. Join us as we explore Whitehead Memorial Museum Ghost Tour presented by Silent Society of the Paranormal. Discover the secrets hidden in the shadows of history, hiding among folklore and legend, tales of ghosts and haunted houses. Passed down from generation to generation, whispered so as not to wake the dead, these true ghost stories endure the passage of time, refusing to go quietly into the night. The event will be held at from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Whitehead Memorial Museum. 1308 S. Main St. Tickets are $5 and are available starting on Aug. 13 at the museum. For more information, call 830-774-7568 or email silentsocietyoftheparanormal@gmail.com.

NOV. 12 RUNNING WITH THE BULLS Loaves and Fishes will host its Running with the Bulls Nov. 12. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/bulls5k or register online at www.racerpal.com/races/RunningWithTheBulls.

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