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Guadalupe County assisting businesses as they reopen By Cindy Aguirre-Herrera (Seguin) -- Guadalupe County is doing its part to make sure that businesses know exactly what it is going to take and what is required in reopening their operations this Friday.
have a couple of people in the office and what we are going to try to do is I’m going to send the guys out and we are going to go out there and start knocking on doors of businesses, calling people in our system even if they are not open letting them know what’s your 25 percent, what’s your 50 percent and what
a restaurant in Geronimo or anything like that – you don’t have any questions on a Saturday night, how many people you can have inside your facility or outside in your patio area – you have a piece of paper in your hand that says this many people. If you get to that point and you have a question, you can show it to
As soon as the governor gave the green light to pursue a slow opening of the state, Guadalupe County officials that next day began serving as a resource for the various retailers and operations in the county. As part of Governor Greg Abbott’s order, all retail businesses will be allowed to reopen, but they must limit occupancy to 25 percent under phase one. Should the state experience a downward trend of COVID-19 data, then phase two would allow 50 percent capacity at these businesses as well as the possible opening of other business currently not included in this phase one rollout. Patrick Pinder, Guadalupe County emergency management coordinator and fire marshal, says his office has steadily been working to make sure that all the fine details of the governor’s plan are understood and relayed to those hoping to do business. “So, if you are in the unincorporated area of the county and you have a question about your occupancy load, how many people you can have in your business or any questions, contact our office. I will send out my inspectors out to your facility and they will give you a count of how people you are allowed to have in your business. We only
Courtesy Photo your 75 percent is going to be because I see the governor -- 25 percent now, 50 percent on the 18th and he can impose a 75 percent or he may go to 100 percent but those business owners, instead of us going out multiple times, they’ll be able to understand and know what their occupancy load is for their facility so if you are a restaurant in Marion, if you are
somebody and say ‘look, this is how many people inside the restaurant.’ There won’t be any second guessing your decisions,” said Pinder. Guadalupe County Judge Kyle Kutscher says serving as a resource for local businesses is important in getting the community back on
its feet. “I think the intent of the fire marshals’ office to make contact is to be a resource, to try to give this information. There are enforcement measures laid out in the governor’s order and everything that he signed but again, the intent is to be a resource to businesses. Everybody is anxious and ready to get open. As the county, we want to help facilitate that and be somebody that the businesses can call up and ask for help. Hopefully, all the businesses and all the patrons out there understand that it’s a challenging time. We are trying to work through all of these modifications and changes on a daily and weekly basis but want to be here to support those businesses getting open. If you have any questions, please call the county. Please call Mr. Pinder’s office. We did have a conference call with all the mayors. Everybody was on there including New Braunfels to go over the governor’s order, some of the details in it, our expectations as the county and how we are going to make contact with businesses in the unincorporated area of the county and the mayors have their departments going through some of the same measures within the incorporated areas of each of the cities trying to make contact with some of the businesses just to push out as much information as possible so we can all be on the same page trying to get to the same goal,” said Kutscher. Kutscher says he applauds the governor’s words during his press conference earlier this week. He says in order to move to phase two, phase one must be rolled out safely and slowly. See REOPEN, page 3
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Guadalupe County looking to modify reporting schedule of COVID-19 cases By Cindy AguirreHerrera
(Seguin) -- Although the state is slowly reopening, emergency officials in Guadalupe County say they will continue to monitor COVID-19 cases while also promoting testing opportunities for those showing symptoms. However, the release of those reports may be a little different. Since the county’s first reported positive COVID-19 case on Friday, March 20, the office of the Guadalupe County Emergency Management Office has been releasing the number of new patients each day including weekends.
it’s becoming time consuming so what we are going to do is we are going to break it down and phase that out. I’ve talked to the state and asked them when will they stop making notifications to local jurisdictions and at what point are they just going to do a community spread thing. I was told last by DSHS, if they have so many consecutive days of 30
cases or more in a jurisdictional area, which is the region they are in, that’s when they would make the decision to stop the notifications. They have not even come close to that,” said Pinder. Currently, the totals are released on the county’s emergency management Facebook page. They are also
being provided daily at the bottom of the front page of the Seguin Daily News as well as during each newscast on Seguin Radio KWED. Guadalupe County Judge Kyle Kutscher says modifying the reporting of cases would be in place unless things begin to change.
“What if we went to a modification reporting schedule from the emergency management office starting May 1st, where we report on Friday, not over the weekend – report on the 4th which is Monday – Monday, Wednesday, Friday for the two
weeks up until the 18th and then if the governor comes out and relaxes restrictions even more so because things are headed in the right direction, we go to a once a week reporting or something like that. Depending on the numbers and of course, with the intent that if for some reason, we had a testing site, had a high number of cases come back, we had a unique situation of more hospitalizations that that would get reported on its own merit but kind of a summary of the general numbers,” said Kutscher. Pinder says the map used to pin
Pinder says although his office will continue to get the numbers daily from the Texas Department of State Health Services, those totals beginning at the end of this week will only be provided three times a week. “At the county level on the reporting side, starting on Friday, we will go to Monday, Wednesday Friday, no reports on the weekends. So your report on Monday will include all the numbers from the weekend. I will still make notification to the jurisdiction when I receive it. If they want to put their release out, they can. I can update the court. That’s an easy update. It’s just sending it out to all the media outlets and the 700 people that get my notification every day,
Reporting of positive COVID_19 cases will no longer be provided each day. Guadalupe County officials say the reports starting on Friday will be three times a week. These maps, however, will still be made available so that the public can see where the cases are located for that particular day.
each case in the county, however, will continue to be updated and will be provided to the public. Pinder also shared more about last Thursday’s mobile test site in Schertz. He says although the pop-up testing site was a bit of a surprise, he knows folks took advantage of being tested for the COVID-19 virus at Pickrell Park. “Last week, Guadalupe County had some testing done in the Schertz location. The national guard came in and set up a site in the Schertz area. That site went well. We were able to test 43 patients in Guadalupe County during that testing time. It was kind of a short notice. We got notified about 7 o’clock, 6:30 at night around that time frame and we were able to get at least 40 people through so I think that was successful on our side and we were working with the DSHS and the national guard to get those through there. They will be coming back to Guadalupe County probably next week. Hopefully, we can get a little better notification,” said Pinder. As of today, Pinder had not received information from the state on how many of the 43 patients were positive. He says because of its location in Schertz, only those in Guadalupe County will be released to him. See REPORTING, page 3
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County officials committed to helping get businesses back up on their feet
REOPEN, continued from page 1 “The governor did make a comment in his press conference and he is looking toward May 18th of possibly moving everything to 50 percent occupancy. That (would include talking) about salons, tattoo studios, gyms and bars about possibly being open. I think they are looking at testing more, looking at that metric – also allow outdoor activities as long as it was less than four participants which was like golf and tennis and those things still practicing social distancing and also made the comment and allowed counties in the state of Texas that have less than five cases to be open at 50 percent occupancy instead of the 25 percent that was stated, like what we fall under. So, that was the one good thing I did appreciate from the state and from the governor that they took into
consideration that over half of the counties in the state of Texas are very small and rural in nature and didn’t hold them to the same, very tight standards of more populated areas. I thought it could have been even more so relaxed in some of those rural areas but at least, they took that into consideration and had taken recommendations from their Strike Force and their committees,” said Kutscher. Kutscher says he remains optimistic on the future. However, he says for the state and local economy to be healthy, we must all help with the healing. “Everybody, we are going to get back to normal at some point just be diligent and work with each other, work with us and definitely go out and please support local businesses as
much as you possibly can. I’m going to ask for the court’s help to work through our chambers over in Schertz, Cibolo and Selma, here in Seguin also to do whatever we can as the county with city councils, with leadership within the entities to try to help push that shop local. I know we’ve all talked about it and understand the importance of that. If we can start helping to promote some of those things, I think it will help some of the small businesses that really do need the business, need the revenue and need the foot traffic as much as possible,” said Kutscher. Slowing returning to normal county business was also a topic during this week’s Guadalupe County Commissioners Court meeting. Officials say they will continue to discuss and look at slowly returning employees to offices on Monday,
May 4. Once decided, those details will be announced to the public. While no offices were closed, the various departments have been handling customers in various ways whether it be online or over the phone. Also, the county approved Pinder’s recommendation of allowing the county’s Stay Home, Stay Safe order to expire on April 30. County officials say the order which mirrors that of the governor’s is also set to expire on Thursday. Pinder not only recommended that the county allow the order to be terminated but that it picks up with Governor Abbott’s Executive Order GA-18 on May 1. The new order and declaration, again, relates to the “expanded reopening of services as part of the safe, strategic plan to Open Texas in response to the COVID-19 disaster.”
Officials to plan for future mobile test sites in Guadalupe County REPORTING, continued from page 2 “I do not have any results back yet. I hope they all come back negative. That would show that COVID is kind of contained in this area but in that location, we did have residents from Bexar County. We did have Universal City. We had Converse. We had those different outlying jurisdictions so if those test results come back for those jurisdictions, I will not be notified of those. I will only be notified of the ones inside of Guadalupe County so having it on that side of the county is beneficial to get a few more people and some of that Bexar County
population. However, it does not help us to see if we have any kinds of trends or numbers higher or lower so hopefully, we can get the test a couple of times and we can kind of arrange throughout the community and maybe get one in Seguin,” said Pinder.
residents in each county. They are kind of looking at doing a one percent statewide so you could see these numbers start to increase on the hospitalized, the recovered, the total test – those numbers can start coming in,” said Pinder.
Pinder says people should expect to possibly see even higher numbers of positive cases as similar testing sites continue throughout the state.
County officials say they will continue to promote all future testing sites. Should the county see an increase in totals or those being hospitalized, then they say they will return to the daily reporting of positive cases to ensure that the community is aware of any upward trend.
“But I can see these numbers that I just read to you guys increasing. The governor’s goal is to test more
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Deanna Hernandez named TLU's Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year
(Seguin) - Senior softball player DeAnna Hernandez has been named Texas Lutheran's 2019-20 Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year. The Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year award, also called the Walter & Sue Christiansen Award, is given annually to the top senior student-athlete at TLU in recognition of that studentathlete's outstanding achievements in the classroom and in the field of play. Hernandez, a four-year letterwinner for the NCAA Division III national champion Bulldogs, claimed TLU's Junior-Year Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year award in 2019. See HERNANDEZ, page 5
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Hernandez holds a 4.0 grade point average at TLU as a biochemistry major. An outfielder with the Bulldogs, Hernandez helped TLU to the 2019 NCAA Division III National Championship and to the team's sixth consecutive Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference title. Hernandez was named the 2019 Elite 90 Award Winner for NCAA Division III Softball at the national championship finals banquet. The Elite 90 award is given during each NCAA sport's national championship event. The NCAA conducts 90 national championships each
and ranked second nationally in Division III when the 2020 season was The Elite 90 is awarded to the top cancelled due to the COVID-19 student-athlete at each national pandemic. championship. A three-time SCAC Academic Honor The award is given to the Roll award recipient and a 2019 participating student-athlete with the SCAC First Team All-Conference highest cumulative grade point selection, Hernandez is a career .340 average. Ties are broken by the hitter with a career on-base number of hours a student-athlete has percentage of .412. earned. She has 37 stolen bases in 42 career Hernandez and the Bulldogs were 19-1 attempts. In the Bulldogs' national championship season, Hernandez hit .367, stole 17 bases, and scored 30 runs. She posted a 2019 on-base percentage of .451. Hernandez will complete her undergraduate studies in May and plans to enter physician's assistant school in the fall.
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Teresa Maria Serralta
Vega. She will be remembered as a longtime employee of the Guadalupe Tax Appraisal Office and was a member of St. James Catholic Church. She is preceded in death by her parents, her brothers, Roberto Vega, Fernando Vega, and Antonio Vega and sister, Isabel Vega.
Survivors include her loving husband of 55 years, Rafael A. Serralta; daughter, Isabella Serralta; son, Rafael Serralta; grandchildren, Alessandro Bonanni, Andrea Serralta, and Fabian Serralta; sisters, Alicia Teresa Maria Serralta, age 80 Leal, Rosa Vega, and Carmen of Seguin, passed away on De La Madrid; brother, Jose April 25, 2020. Vega; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, other loving Teresa was born in Tampico, family members and friends. Mexico on September 5, 1939 to Isabel (Rendon) and Jesus Due to the Covid 19
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restrictions, private services will be held. Interment will follow at a later date in Mexico. Serving as pallbearers will be Rafael Serralta, William Barnum, Fabian Serralta and Roy Neve. Memorial contributions may be made to St. James Catholic Church, 510 S. Camp St., Seguin, Texas, or to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 15829, Arlington, VA 22215.
Bessie Mae Ketchum McKnight
Family and friends are encouraged to sign the online guest book at www.treshewell.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Tres Hewell Mortuary, 165 Tor Dr., Bessie Mae Ketchum McKnight of Seguin, Texas, 78155, 830- Seguin Texas, passed away peacefully at home at the age of 85 549-5912.
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on Saturday April 4, 2020. The family will be receiving condolences on Thursday April 30, 2020 from 2:00pm to 6:00pm at Palmer Mortuary located at 1116 N. Austin St., Seguin, Texas 78155. Graveside Service is Friday May 1, 2020 at 2:00pm at Ebbon Cemetery 1115 Rolling Oaks Dr. Luling Texas, 78648. All Attendees are welcome, due to COVID19 gatherings must be limited to 10 people maximum and we encourage those attending to come by the funeral home to pay respects in a short fashion to allow others the opportunity to come by and support the family as well. The family is requesting those in attendance towear a mask. The Family will be accepting flowers at the funeral home.
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The Refuge III Clothing Ministry continues to give away clothing, some furniture, dishes, and other items at 7535 Elm Creek Road in Seguin. For further information call 830-303-6478.
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The World Bible School is offering free Bible correspondence courses. Answer questions from the Bible and send in for grading. Visit studygod.info for further information. To be sure your religious organization's meetings and events appear in this calendar, send information to: communitycalendar@kwed1580.com, fax (830) 379-2238, or drop off the information at the Seguin Daily News/KWED office located at 609 E. Court St., Seguin. For best results, submit information at least two weeks prior to the event.
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Spring Fling Postponed
Seguin Public Library The Seguin Sunrise Lions Club has Closure/Curbside Service
RAPPS Individual Sessions
The Rural Area Parenting Program Services (RAPPS) will be providing Protective Parenting & Anger Management classes via webcam through ZOOM. RAPPS classes are accepted by the Judicial System, CPS, Parole and Probation. For more information call 830-3039225, 830-491-1384, email seguinrapps@gmail.com or visit seguinrappsorg.org.
The Seguin Public Library is now closed until further notice. Patrons are encouraged to utilize online resources and services during this time. A curbside pickup is now available from 10 a.m. to 6 pm. Monday through Friday. Visit The Whiners BBQ seguin.biblionix.com/catalog/. For Fundraiser Postponed The Whiners (Justice Center Relay more information call 830-401for Life Team) Barbecue Fundraiser 2422 or text 830-549-4698 or visit City Meetings All meetings of City Boards and rescheduled for Thursday, April 30 library@seguintexas.gov. Commissions have been cancelled has been postponed. A new date until further notice. City Council will be announced once COVID-19 City’s Utility Billing Office and Planning & Zoning will is no longer a threat to our Closes to Public continue meeting as scheduled. community. The City’s Utility Billing Office is postponed its Spring Fling scheduled from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 30. There will be no meal served in the drive thru. Purchased tickets will be accepted when the event occurs.
Complimentary To-go Senior Citizen Meal The Seguin Silver Center will be serving a complimentary to-go meal to any senior citizen who requests one Monday through Friday May 1. To request a meal, call 830-303-6612. The Silver Center also offers a full menu online at silvercenterseguin.com for anyone who wants a meal delivered to your place of business. Call for delivery meal menu and rates at 830-303-6612.
closed to the public. Customers can send payments in the mail, pay at the drive-thru window at City Hall, use the drop box located in the overflow parking lot across from City Hall on Mountain Street, set up an automatic bank draft, utilize the City Hub customer portal online at www.seguintexas.gov., or pay over the phone by calling 830-401-2460. Service and convenience fees are also being temporarily waived at this time.
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Splash Pad Closure
The Splash Pad at Park West is closed until further noticed.
Seguin Events Complex Closure
All bookings at the Seguin Coliseum and the Fairgrounds facilities are suspended until further notice. Customers will receive full refunds for all facility bookings impacted the public health emergency.
Elks Bingo Cancellation
The Seguin Elks Lodge has cancelled all of it Bingo sessions.
Sports Leagues
Seguin Little League, Seguin Youth Soccer League, the All Youth Sports League and the Seguin Municipal Court Volleyball League are suspending Cancellations All trials and court hearings at all games until further notice. Seguin Municipal Court have been cancelled through the end of the Teatro's Annual Recital The Teatro De Artes De Juan month. Seguin will have its 38th Annual Recital featuring the Ballet City Parks Restroom Closure and Easter Closure Folklorico De La Rosa and All parks and trails remain open to Mariachi Juan Seguin at 7 p.m. Friday, May 1 at Jackson the public for the time being, Auditorium on the campus of Texas however, all public restrooms in the Lutheran University. For more parks are closed until further notice. information visit All City parks will be closed Easter www.teatrodeartes.org, call 830Weekend to comply with CDC 401-0232 or email recommendations of gatherings of teatrodeartes@yahoo.com. 50 or more people.
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Boecker Cemetery Annual Meeting Cancellation
Seguin Volleyball Summer League
Fees are due for the Seguin Volleyball Association Summer League from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 19, and Thursday, May 21 at Seguin Print Shop, located at 410 E. Court St. in Seguin. The leagues begin Monday, June 1. Team fees are $100 per team per league and Comal Country Music Show $14.75 per person for residents and $15.75 per player for non-resident Cancelations The Comal Country Music Show is players. A meeting is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 27 in Midway canceled until further notice. Hall (Hall of Fame) at the Seguin Events Center. The Annual Meeting of the Boecker Cemetery scheduled for Sunday, May 3 has been canceled. Notification of the re-scheduling of the meeting will be mailed once a date has been determined.
BBQ Fundraiser
The Seguin Little League has rescheduled its Bill Millers BBQ Fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 16 at the Starcke Park Pavillion in the pecan bottom behind the Seguin Little League Fields. Enter by the playscape and exit by the wave pool. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased in advance or the day of the event.
Badges, Bikes and Tykes Cancellation The City of Seguin Police Department has cancelled its free 2020 Badges, Bikes, and Tykes event scheduled from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 16 at the Starcke Park Large Pavilion.
Summer Day Camp Registration
The City of Seguin Parks and Recreation Summer Day Camp program registration is now open. The cost is $85 per week with a $25 registration fee. The camp runs from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. June 1 through July 31 at A.J. Briesemeister Middle School. For more information call 830-4012480.
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SOLC Summer Adventure Camp
Registration is now open for the Irma Lewis Seguin Outdoor Learning Center Summer Adventure Camp June 8 through July 24. Registration forms and more information is available at www.seguinolc.org.
Cinderella Ball
The Seguin Police Department has cancelled its 101th Annual Cinderella Ball from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, June 26 at the Seguin Event Complex (Coliseum). Refunds will be issued for any tickets/carriage rides purchased For more information call 830-4012386.
Field of Honor 2020 Cancellation
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Master Naturalist Training The Guadalupe Master Naturalists have applications available for the 2020 training class to become a certified naturalist. The classes begin Tuesday, August 11 and continues every other Tuesday to Nov. 21 at the Schertz Senior Center, located at 608 Schertz Parkway in Schertz. The cost is $110 and the deadline to apply is Saturday, Aug. 1. Applications are available online at . For more information call 830-3791972.
The Field of Honor 2020 scheduled from June 27 to July 5 in the field by Poker Tournament Faith Lutheran Church has been Fundraiser cancelled. Any sponsorships collected The Big Red Barn will have a this year will be used for 2021. Poker Tournament Fundraiser at Young Marines/SS 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15. The American Memorial doors open at 12:30 p.m. with Concert Fundraiser $250 tickets before Wednesday, There will be a concert "Soldiers Songs Aug. 12 and $300 afterwards. & Voices," featuring Scotty Alexander Get a group of four or more and special guest, Rio Russell, from 6 together and save with $200 to 11 p.m. Saturday, June 27 at the each ticket before Thursday, Lazy U Ranch located at 450 Naumann Road in Seguin. Proceeds Aug. 13. Tickets are available at benefit the Guadalupe Valley Young , Gift & Gourmet, or Westerholm Marines and the SS American Koehler Insurance. For more Memorial. Tickets are $25 and free to info
The Seguin Police Department has cancelled its 101th Annual Cinderella Ball from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, June 26 at the Seguin Event Complex (Coliseum). Refunds will be issued for any tickets/carriage rides purchased For more information call 830-401- all active duty with military ID. For more 2386. information visit .
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