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The Voice of Seguin Today
Volume 55, Number 099
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American GI Forum to salute Cheers! Bars, breweries back in business American heroes this Memorial Day By Cindy Aguirre-Herrera (Seguin) – COVID-19 or no COVID-19, American heroes still deserve recognition this Memorial Day. That’s according to members of the American GI Forum Manuel Castilla Chapter here in Seguin. Group Secretary Rene Ramos says although the Memorial Day ceremony will not be the same, the veterans’ group is still moving forward with its annual flag ceremony on Monday, May 25 at the Manuel Castilla Park. The park is located at the corner of Martindale and North Guadalupe Streets. Although scheduled to be a quick ceremony with no speeches, Ramos says the flag raising will still be formal and respectful. "I'm scared. I'm sure a lot of people are scared too. You don't know what to do. You are trying to protect yourself and your family but still we decided via text, mind you, the membership decided that even if nobody attended, we needed to conduct this ceremony because it is important to our country. It is important to our state. It is important to us as an organization. The movement has to happen. The flag has to be raised to the national
situation, heroes everyday whether it's doctors, nurses, grocery workers -- they are heroes that are trying to keep our country normal and I appreciate that and we think it's important that when we are raising the flag, we are thinking about all these things - not just the men and women who gave their lives in the defense of our country," said Ramos.
The Memorial Day ceremony at anthem and then the flag has to be Manuel Castilla Park is set for 9 lowered to half-staff to taps and that's a.m. Monday. what we intend to do. We need to Hacienda Oaks Nursing and stick to that," said Ramos. Rehabilitation will also be hosting a Ramos says of course, the group will celebration at its flagpole beginning be practicing social distancing. Better at 10 a.m. Monday. Organizers say yet, he says the community is invited several veterans’ ministries and to observe the ceremony from the organizations will participating in the event. Social distancing will safety of their vehicles. also be in place. Organizers say Ramos says the decision to go ahead Hacienda Oaks is the only nursing with this community observance is home in the city that has a VA also in honor of all those great heroes contract and who is home to 36 who have remained strong veterans. Hacienda Oaks is located throughout these last couple of at 1637 N. King St. months. Meanwhile, another community "Memorial Day is about military men Memorial Day Ceremony will not and women who have lost their lives be held this year. The ceremony for the sake of our country and here hosted at the Guadalupe Memorial we have, now in this pandemic Pak has been cancelled.
By Cindy Aguirre-Herrera
open up to 25 percent capacity but we are so focused on being an outside venue that we are pretty much going to encourage people to social distance. We've told people to bring their own chairs. Bring a canopy if you like. We do have a few tables that we've spread out so that we can still promote the social distancing and then hopefully, we'll keep people outside where the food truck is and serve them there," said Schmoekel.
(Seguin) – Expect the beer to be colder than ever as bars and taverns in Seguin reopen for business. Bars, breweries, and night clubs are among the latest on a list of operations statewide that can begin serving today as part of Governor Greg Abbott’s Open Texas Plan. Like other operations that are given the green light, each of these establishments will have to operate under 25 percent capacity. This weekend’s cold beer will also come with a set of safety measures in place at one of Seguin’s local night Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the state’s nearly clubs, Carriganns. The business is located at 3535 N. 5,500 bars have been closed for approximately 70 days. State Highway 123 Bypass.
Brian Schmoekel, owner of BS Brewing in Seguin, says Owner Edgar Smith says patrons will notice the club’s for him, reopening has also meant brewing the product. attempts to keep them safe as soon as they walk into the door. He says the club will be operating at the 25 percent "It takes money to brew beer and beer has a shelf life and capacity which also equates to 50 customers. a couple of weeks ago even, the sky was the limit how See CHEERS, page 2 long this could go so we reduced our production capacity quite a bit over the past (few weeks) and now that we know for sure we are going to get to open up and start serving beer again, we've got to start building up our capacity again and getting this beer in stock so I think as we live through that the next few weeks. there's a good chance that we will have a limited selection as we are frantically trying to make beer and match the quality that we are used to out here. We'll have a few beers on tap but not a whole lot to start with," said Schmoekel. Schmoekel says inside seating will not be available at this time. Inside the brewery will be reserved for ordering and pick up only. He says luckily for him, the business located at 1408 Old Lehmann Rd is primarily an outside venue making some of the restrictions more manageable. "The main thing is that we are still not going to let people come into the brewery. The governor said that we can
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