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Rate studies show slight increase for Seguin’s utility customers City officials say small increases set for water, sewer, electric customers By Darren Dunn

Normally, when you think of $184 million in debt, you think, ‘oh my God! How are we going to pay for that? Our rates are going to have to go through the roof in order to pay for that’. Well, guess what? They are not and the primary reason that they are not is that you have undergone some very, very prudent financial management over the last decade and you have also made some very difficult decisions in the past. You have made the decision to adjust your rates and to ensure that your utility is financially healthy. But doing that, that is given you the ability to absorb this game changing new project at a minimal impact to your rate payers,” said Jackson.

(Seguin) -- Utility customers in the city of Seguin will notice slight increases in their water, wastewater and electric bills next year. In recent years, the city has conducted rate studies on both the water/wastewater and electrical services. The idea is to make sure that each service pays for itself. The sewer service fees were of particular interest this year, because the city has embarked on a plan to create a centralized sewer system at a cost of $184 million. The plan calls for decommissioning the Walnut Branch sewer plant, and greatly expanding the existing sanitary sewer plant, located east of town along Geronimo Creek. Jackson says existing customers will not have to bear the financial burden of this project Dan Jackson, of Willdan Financial Services, alone. In fact, he says the expansion will help conducted the water/wastewater rate study on to bring even more growth to the city, and that behalf of the city. He says the city is in a good growth will help to pay down that debt. position to finance the wastewater expansion project. He says the study shows that it can be “The other benefit of this project is that it is done without big rate increases for existing sewer going to bring in a lot of new accounts. It’s customers. Jackson says this is a big project that going to lead to a lot of growth. It’s going to will have a positive impact on the city’s future. lead to economic development in this city. It’s going to make the city a better place. “Bottom line, it is going to be a real game It’s going to make the city more prosperous, changer for the city, but it’s also going to be economically and financially. Those new very expensive. It’s a $184 million project. accounts are going to offset a significant That’s a lot of debt that you are going to portion of your costs,” said Jackson. be issuing in order to fund this project. See INCREASE, page 3

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Facilities Staff Members Recognized as Mayor being added to June 2020 Employees of the Month SEDC Board

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By Darren Dunn

(Seguin) -- A familiar face is being added to the Seguin Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors. Seguin Mayor Don Keil is officially being added to the SEDC board. Keil says he’ll be a temporary replacement for a board member who is stepping down.

All staff members of the Facilities Department were recognized as the June 2020 Employees of the Month at a recent Seguin City Council meeting. They are pictured with Mayor Don Keil and City Manager Steve Parker.

(Seguin) -- A city department was recently recognized for the hard work that it does each day, helping to maintain facilities in the city of Seguin. During a Seguin City Council meeting held Tuesday, July 21, all members of the City’s Facilities Department received a well-deserved and public recognition when they were named as Employees of the Month for June 2020. City Manager Steve Parker nominated the entire department for this honor to recognize their extra efforts to keep City facilities sanitized, clean and safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. “This hard-working group of City employees has been doing an amazing job of keeping all City of Seguin facilities/ buildings clean, disinfected and safer for both our City staff and the public who enter our buildings,” said Parker.

“They are responsible for maintaining 20 different City buildings, which comprise a total of 500,000 square-feet. I also want to thank Greg Odom for leading this team of heroes who work daily behind the scenes. Their efforts are very appreciated by our City staff and community.” As a token of appreciation for their commitment to the City of Seguin, each staff member received an Employee of the Month certificate. Members of the Facilities staff include Alberto Rivas, Alejandro Luna, Brian Hilz, Crystal Luna, Dora Mares, Etta Hill, Greg Duenes, Greg Odom, Guillermo Rangel, Joe Mireles, Jonathan Luna, Joshua Newboles, Lorena Rodriguez, Monica Contreras, Norma Herrera, Rodolfo Gonzales, Sabrina Saldana, Sylvia Jefferson and Yolanda Iglesias.

“Mary Reiley decided to resign for the rest of her remaining term which goes through December of this year and I go to all these meetings, I sit on it ex officio. I haven’t really missed one for eight years and so I’m fully involved with and know what’s going on and in order to make sure that we get through this year with a full crew on that thing, I’ve gone ahead and appointed myself pending your approval of course to this board and the next administration can boot me

out at the end of the year should they wish. So, they don’t have to put up with me for four months,” said Keil. The SEDC board oversees a small portion of the sales taxes collected in the city of Seguin. That money is used to help lure economic development opportunities to Seguin, including the ability to offer incentives to retain existing manufacturing jobs in the city. The SEDC has helped to bring thousands of jobs to Seguin, including Caterpillar, Niagara Bottling, and United Alloy. Earlier this month, it provided a land grant to Coffee Tech Industries. In exchange for the land incentives and a tax abatement from the city and Guadalupe County, Coffee Tech agreed to spend $56 million to build its new plant and corporate offices in Seguin. The company will also bring approximately 100 new jobs to the city.

Utility rate increases expected for next year

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it will go up $2 to $3 a month. Now think about what you are getting in return for that. You are getting $184 million of investment in the future of the city of Seguin. These are assets that are not only going to serve you. They are going to serve your children, your grandchildren and maybe even your great grandchildren as well. It is going to increase the economic development of the city and so while it’s never easy to ask rate payers to pay more, what is really happening is the money is being reinvested in the future of the city,” said Jackson.

INCREASE, continued from page 1 The council has followed the projections of the rate study over the last few years, which has allowed the city to keep its rates at a level that not allow supports the system, but also allows the city to be looking towards future projects, like the expansion of the Geronimo Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant. Jackson says that he was again recommending that the city adopt the small increase that was already built into the plan for next year. “Over the last couple of years, we have projected and predicted to the city that it will require a series of two percent annual water rate adjustments in order to continue to fund its operations. We believe that that rate plan continues to be effective and that the Walnut Branch and Geronimo Creek Project will not impact it. So, we are recommending a two percent rate adjustment for

the year beginning in October of 2020. That’s the same plan that we have recommended in prior years. We also recommend a seven percent wastewater rate adjustment. That was, again, the same rate adjustment we recommended last year, and it was the same rate adjustment that we projected was going to be needed the year before that,” said Jackson. Jackson says the water and sewer rates will go up next year, but he says it should not place an unfair burden on the current rate payers in Seguin. “Your average residential rate payer uses somewhere between five and 10,000 gallons of water and sewer service a month. If you use 5,000 gallons a month, you pay $88.32 for that. If you use 10,000 gallons, you pay $122. Under this rate plan, the average bill will go up $4 to $5 a month this year and subsequent years, we project

The city’s sewer service area is expanding, which is not the case for its water or electrical services, which are both surrounded by other utility providers. Jackson says there will likely come a time when the city has more sewer customers than it does water customers, because it can now further expand its capacity and its ability to provide sewer services well beyond the existing city limits. On the electric utility side, the city has another small increase planned for next year. Assistant City Manager Rick Cortes says the changes will largely be a wash for many residential electric customers. “On the residential side, we are going to have some slight adjustments. On the customer charge, it is going to go from $12 to $14.50 this next year and it will be applicable on Oct. 1. However, we are actually reducing the PCRF (power cost recovery factor) for residential customers so on an average

bill with 1,000 kilowatt hours used, the bill is going to be, currently, they pay $112.13 but for 1,000 kilowatt hours and next year, it will still be $112. 13 so there’s no real change to residential customers. Now, the customers’ charge change but the PCRF has been adjusted to take care of that increase,” said Cortez. Cortes says none of the electrical rate changes are big, and that’s also true for the city’s commercial and industrial customers. “Commercial is going to be the same thing. It’s only to be a slight increase on the overall bill and it’s going to be about 72 cents on 1,384 kilowatt hours used. Large power, there is going to be a slight decrease of 20 cents and industrial users, there’s going to be a decrease and a slight increase depending on primary or industrial charges, so I mean the charges, the increases, were we do have them are minimal. Residential impacts are going to minimal. There is not going to be any residential impact,” said Cortez. The utility rate changes were all presented during last Tuesday’s meeting of the Seguin City Council. The council voted to accept all of the recommended changes, as part of a first reading of the ordinances that spell out utility rates. A second and final reading of the ordinances will also need to be approved during the council’s next meeting.

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SPORTS

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ASC delays fall 2020 schedule and championships to spring 2021

(Richardson) - The American Southwest Conference, of which Texas Lutheran is a football affiliate, will delay conference-scheduled competition and championship events for fall championship sports with anticipation of resuming ASC competition and tournaments in spring 2021.

students in all sports to have a broad athletics experience throughout the 2020-21 academic year. The proposed playing and practice season waiver will most allow schools to use a 114-day count for athletics activity. The current Division III structure requires a weekly count for the sports activity and does not provide as much flexibility as offered in the proposed waiver. A final decision on the waiver is expected following the Division III Presidents Council meeting the first week in August.

The delay, announced by the ASC Council of Presidents on Friday, includes the fall sports of cross country, football, soccer and volleyball. ASC football affiliates Texas Lutheran and Southwestern (members of the SCAC in other sports) announced their decision to suspend football until the spring last Wednesday. The ASC in its entirety made a similar announcement two days later. In the wake of TLU and Southwestern’s decision, the ASC’s move is good news for the Bulldogs and Pirates. It means both programs will be able to play a conference schedule and compete for the ASC championship this spring. In addition to TLU and Southwestern, the ASC’s football membership includes Mary Hardin-Baylor, Hardin Simmons, McMurry, Howard Payne, Sul Ross State, East Texas Baptist, Louisiana College, and Belhaven (Miss.) With the Southern Athletic Association making a similar decision that affects Trinity and Austin College, every NCAA Division III football program in the state of Texas will be sidelined this fall with plans to resume play in the spring.

Action by the Council of Presidents to delay the ASC fall championship sports seasons does not preclude individual institutions from engaging in athletics-related activities, including non-conference competition, conducted in accordance with Division III legislation as well as institution, local, state and federal public health guidelines. The decision by the presidents was made after evaluation of Division III legislative waivers and Association-wide actions; consideration of conference scheduling options for fall sports; and review of current public health guidelines. The American Southwest Conference membership anticipates approval of NCAA Division III playing and practice season waivers allowing greater opportunity for

Under the waiver, each campus would have flexibility in conducting individual and team skill instruction, strength and conditioning, and practices along with the prospect for enhanced academic and personal development, and other athletically related activities as health and safety conditions allow. “The ASC Council of Presidents recognizes the disappointment of students who normally participate in conference-scheduled regular-season and championship competition during the fall semester,” said Amy Carlton, commissioner of the American Southwest Conference. “The conference leadership and administrators will continue planning for fall sports to resume conference competition and tournament opportunities in the spring semester as appropriate.” At press time, a total of 23 NCAA Division III conferences had suspended or cancelled fall sports.

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US Could Top 150-thousand COVID Deaths This Week

(Undated) -- The U.S. is on pace to top 150-thousand coronavirus deaths this week. Over 146-thousand Americans have died from the respiratory illness in just a matter of months. The last few days the U.S. has seen around one-thousand deaths per day. Researchers say there could be 175-thousand deaths by mid-August and 200-thousand by November. The U.S. has over four-point-two-million recorded cases of the virus.

Chief Of Staff Defends White House’s Response To Pandemic

(Washington, DC) -- White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows is defending the Trump administration’s response to the COVID pandemic. Speaking on ABC’s This Week, Meadows says mask mandates are proving to be a great success. He says the President took unprecedented steps shutting down the economy when the outbreak first started. Meadows said over one-million people a day are being tested in the U.S. and case numbers are high because more asymptomatic people are getting tested.

CT Lawmakers Pass Bill Lowering Cost Of Insulin

(Hartford, CT) -- The Connecticut House has passed a bill in a special session that would make insulin much more affordable for many diabetics. The measure would cap the monthly cost of insulin at 25-dollars for people on state-regulated health plans. The bill would also give pharmacists the power to dispense insulin without a prescription in emergency cases. The bill now moves to the Senate.

Senate Judiciary Committee Member Outlines His Stance On Roe vs Wade

(Undated) -- A member of the Senate Judiciary Committee says he will not support a Supreme Court justice nominee who agrees with the Roe vs Wade ruling on abortion. Missouri Senator Josh Hawley told the Washington Post he will only vote for a nominee if they publicly said before their nomination the Roe vs Wade ruling was “wrongly decided.” The controversial Supreme Court ruling declared women had the right to an abortion as a form of privacy. The Republican says he doesn’t want private reassurance on how a nominee would vote in the future, but to rather look at their past actions. There are no planned upcoming vacancies from the high court.

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Master Gardener

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h Wit Clara Mae Marcotte

Clara Mae Marcotte is a Texas Master Gardener with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension. If you have a question to be answered, call the Master Gardeners at 830-379-1972 or leave a message to be answered. The website is guadalupecountymastergardeners.org. The Master Gardener research library is open Wednesdays from 1 to 4, at 210 East Live Oak Street in Seguin.

Q: You said last month to “water your lawn between sundown and sunrise.” Doesn’t that cause disease problems? A: You are correct. It could if the moisture sits on the grass all night. Most experts consider the very best time to be between 4 a.m. and

at the very latest 10 a.m. You want to water while the wind is down and before the temperature goes up so that less water is lost to evaporation. When I use my irrigation system, I have it set at 4 a.m. That way it is finished by 7. Aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu says that lawn watering should be to a depth of four to six inches. A half inch of water achieves this in sandy soils, while three fourths of an inch of water is required in loamy soils. To determine this, save up your cat food or tuna fish cans. Set out three or more cans in a straight line going out from the sprinkler. Run the sprinkler for a half hour, then measure the amount of water in each can. See how long it takes for the sprinkler to apply an inch of water. Don’t water again until the lawn has dried out.

Q: A friend gave me a small plant called wooly stemodia. Does it grow well in the Seguin area?

A: Stemodia lanata, also called gray-woolly twintip, is actually native to coastal and southern Texas

Wooly Stemodia

and adjacent Mexico according to Wildflower.org. The fragrant foliage looks sort of silvery or grey and has tiny white or lavender flowers. Stemodia spreads by stolons and can be seen in Seguin growing in the raised bed along Court Street between N. River and N. Crockett. It will die back in cold winters, but otherwise stays evergreen. Stemodia is perennial, semi-evergreen, and grows to one foot. It blooms from April to November. The plant uses low water, requires sun, and grows in sandy, acid, or calcareous soils of plains, brush lands, slopes, dunes and beaches and is saline tolerant. Sounds like it would do fine around here. It has high deer resistance. However, Wildflower does give a warning. This species accumulates selenium and is therefore poisonous to livestock if sufficiently concentrated (which means, of course, that we shouldn’t eat it either.) The plant can be propagated by seeds or softwood cuttings. Because stems root at the nodes, the friend who gave me my plant roots them by burying a node in the soil and letting it root bef ore cutting it.

Q: I read that we should start our fall vegetable garden now. Is that right?

A: Plants that will freeze should be started now. This includes eggplant, peppers, squash and tomatoes. My first freeze in 2017 was

Oct. 29; in 2018 it was November 14; in 2019 it was November 30. Doug Welsh in his Texas Garden Almanac says that the number of days from transplant to beginning of harvest is around 90, and to completion of harvest is around 120. If you subtract 120 days from Nov. 14, it means planting around the third week of July. Therefore, you should be preparing now.

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Marion ISD Free and Reduced Meals Eligibility

be held from 3 to 7 p.m. Thursdays and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. the first and third Saturdays of the month at 413 North Main Street in Cibolo. For more information, or to join as a vendor, visit the Cibolo Grange Farmers Market Facebook page or text 210-722-9054.

The Marion ISD is working with local agencies to identify all children in the Marion ISD who are categorically and program eligible for free and reduced meals. Any household that does not receive a letter and feels is should have should contact Marie Brooks, Child Nutrition Seguin Public Library Virtual Scary Coordinator at 830-914-2803 or mbrooks@ Stories marionisd.net. Get spooked every Friday, as Miss Rozanna from the Seguin Public Library reads aloud scary stories from the Alvin Schwartz Virtual Toddler Time The Seguin Public Library will have its virtual collections at 10 a.m. from the library YouTube Toddler Time at 10 a.m. Tuesdays. Call 830- Channel @SeguinPublicLibrary SPL or www. 401-2422 or visit library.seguintexas.gov for library.seguintexas.gov. Call 830-401-2422 or visit library.seguintexas.gov for additional additional information. information.

Virtual Preschool Storytime

The Seguin Public Library will offer a virtual weekly Preschool Storytime for children ages 3 to 6 at 10 a.m. Wednesdays. Watch live at Facebook.com/SeguinPublicLibrary. Call 830401-2422 or visit library.seguintexas.gov for additional information.

CCSCT Fan Distribution

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month at the corner of 123 Bypass and Cordova Road in Seguin. To join as a vendor or for more information visit www.texagedu.org, email redbarnseguin@gmail.com or call/text 830-3790933.

Free Hazardous Waste Pick-Up

The City of Seguin was awarded an Alamo Area Council of Governments Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program grant and is offering residents who live in the city limits an opportunity to participate in the At Your Door Special Collection Program. Items accepted include pesticides, household chemicals, sharps, electronic waste, including televisions, batteries, fluorescent lights, automotive waste products (including oil), paints, thinners, and dozens of other items that don’t belong with your recyclables SHS Class of ‘57 Reunion Cancellation or regular curbside waste pickup. For a complete The Seguin High School Class of 1957 Annual list of accepted items, or to arrange a collection, Reunion scheduled for Saturday, August 1 has call 1-800-449-7587, or visit wmatyourdoor. been cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. com/residential. Collection times may vary. For more information email shs.1957@gmail. GRMC Limited Visitor Access com or call 830-305-5123. The Guadalupe Regional Medical Center is temporarily limiting visitor access to protect the Pack the Bus The Lions Clubs of Seguin and Geronimo will be health of its patients and staff, and in the interest of collecting money for school supplies for students limiting exposure to respiratory illness associated from Pk through sixth grade for its Pack the Bus with the COVID-19 virus. Exceptions include: End fundraiser from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1 of life, childbirth, goodbye visit of military personnel departing for deployment, and designated caregiver at Plaza Del Rey. of a pediatric patients. Additionally, no visitors will

The CCSCT will have its Fan Distribution, while supplies last, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, July 30 at 1201 W. Court St. in Seguin. You must bring a photo ID, 2020 award letter from one of the following: TANF, SNAP, SS or SSI. For more information call Ernest Leal or Becky McHaney at 830 379-3022. Big Red Barn Market Days The Big Red Barn will be holding Market Days, Cibolo Grange Hall Farmers Market aka its Farmers Market & Artisans Alley from 9 The Cibolo Grange Hall Farmers Market will a.m. to 1 p.m. the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the

be allowed for COVID patients in the Public Health Emergency unit (PHE) or ICU during this time. The Central Entrance is open Monday through Friday 5:45 a.m. to 6 p.m. and the ER entrance is open 24 hours a day.

To ensure non-profit organization’s meetings and events appear in this calendar, send information to: communitycalendar@kwed1580.com, fax 379-2238, or drop off the information at the Seguin Daily News/KWED offices located at 609 E. Court St. in Seguin. For best results, submit information at least two weeks prior to the event.

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Seguin ISD Summer Meal Program

The Seguin ISD Summer Meal Program is underway. Locations and serving times can easily be found by calling 211, texting FOODTX to 877-877 or visiting SummerFood.org.

Fan Drive

The Seguin Fire Department’s Fan Drive for Seguin residents is underway and fans are available for distribution between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at the Municipal Court/Fire Administration building, located at 660 S. Hwy 46. Donations of fans are also being accepted. For more information call 830-401-2321.

LULAC Community Garden

tickets before Wednesday, Aug. 12 and $300 afterwards. Get a group of four or more together and save with $200 each ticket before Thursday, Aug. 13. Tickets are available at www.texagedu. org/texasholdemtournament/, Gift & Gourmet, or Westerholm Koehler Insurance. For more information call 830-379-0933.

Seguin ISD School Board Filing Period

The filing period for the Nov. 3 Seguin ISD school board election remains open through Aug. 17. For more information, review the official notice of deadline to file applications for place on the ballot at https://bit.ly/2OUQ6zP.

Master Naturalist Training

The Guadalupe Master Naturalists have applications available for the 2020 training class to become a certified naturalist. The classes are held from 6 to 9 p.m. beginning Tuesday, August 11 and will continue every other Tuesday to Nov. 21 at the Schertz Senior Center, located at 608 Schertz Parkway in Ballet Folklorico and/or Mariachi Schertz. The cost is $110 and the deadline to Juan Seguin Registration Registration for the Teatro De Artes De Juan apply is Saturday, Aug. 1. Applications are Seguin Ballet Folklorico and/or Mariachi Juan available online at http://txmn.org/guadlupe. Seguin will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, For more information call 830-379-1972. Aug. 11 at Teatro’s Cultural Arts Center, located at 921 W. New Braunfels St. in Seguin. For more Sunrise Lions Springtime Fun Run/ information call 830-401-0232 or visit www. Walk Rescheduled teartodeartes.org. The Seguin Sunrise Lions 3rd Annual Fun Run/Walk will be held Saturday, September 26 at Walnut Springs Park. For more information Poker Tournament Fundraiser The Big Red Barn has moved its Poker visit the Facebook page, Sunrise Funrunwalk, Tournament Fundraiser to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. call 830-379-8033, or email marvel.maddox@ 21. The doors open at 12:30 p.m. with $250 gmail.com. The Seguin LULAC Community Garden has vegetables ready to pick. Please bring your own bag and be careful where you step. For more information call Ricardo Guerra at 830-8225820.

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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 830-303-9225, 830491-1384, email seguinrapps@gmail.com or visit seguinrappsorg.org.

Volunteers Needed

The Precious Life Services is recruiting volunteers to help with training classes, fundraising, event planning, and coordinating. To volunteer, call 830372-5980.

Salvation Army Hours/Volunteers Accepted

The Salvation Army has new hours for assistance requests by appointment only and will be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesdays. Volunteers are also being accepted. For more information call 830-401-4872.

AARP Seeking Driver Safety Instructors

The AARP is seeking volunteers to become Driver Safety Instructors. For more information and to register for the program, visit www.aarp.org/auto/ driver-safety/volunteer/.

Precious Life Services

Precious Life Services now offers classes for groups, individuals and families for Anger Management, Domestic Violence and Parenting. For more information call 830-372-5980 or visit http://www.preciouslifeservices.org.

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Cortez

Due to Covid -19 restrictions a memorial service celebrating stem into concrete, and it would grow. When not tending Rick’s life will be planned at a later date. to the plants, she loved to go fishing and cutting/painting

woodworking projects. Together, she and Adolph enjoyed

Silvia Cortez, age 64 of Seguin Memorial contributions may be made to Cross Church Memorial visiting family and friends, as well as vacations with the passed away on July 22, 2020. Fund, 814 N. Bauer, Seguin, Texas, 78155 or to the Guadalupe family at condos or the Gulf Coast. County Humane Society, P. O. Box 1593, Seguin, Texas, 78155. Silvia was born on May 8, 1956 You are invited to sign the guest book at www.treshewell.com. in San Marcos, Texas.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, July 30, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. at Tres Hewell Mortuary Chapel in Seguin, Texas. A quaint service for Annie Mae Sczech will follow at 10:30 Arrangements are under the direction of Tres Hewell Mortuary, 165 She is preceded in death by a.m. Physical distancing will be observed and masks must Tor Dr., Seguin, Texas, 78155, 830-549-5912. father, Ponicano Cortez, Jr. and be worn. Annie Mae Sczech will be laid to rest next to her brother, Robert Cortez. husband Adolph at Saint James Cemetery. Survivors include her mother, Consuelo Cortez; longtime partner of 11 years, Jose Jesus Aguilar; sisters, Susan Medrano, Sandra Cortez, Esmeralda (Robert) Rodriguez; brothers, David (Silvia) Cortez, Ponicano (Maricela) Cortez III; daughters, Consuelo (Albert Hernandez) Godina, Sylvia (Juan) Venegas, Mary (David Valdez) Godina; sons, Oscar (Sandra Perez) Cortez-Godina Jr. ; grandchildren, Sean, Katelynn, Abigail, Gloria, Jasmine, Robyn, Julyssa, Angelina, Brianna, Danielle, Jacob; great-grandchilden, Malachi and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Visitation will be held Tuesday July 28, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church followed by a Rosary at 9:30 a.m. then Mass of Christian burial at 10:00 a.m. Interment will follow in at San Geronimo Cemetery. Due to Covid – 19 restrictions all cdc protocol must be followed including social distancing and face coverings required at both the church and cemetery. You are encouraged to sign the online guest book at www. treshewell.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Tres Hewell Mortuary, 165 Tor Dr., Seguin, Texas, 78155.

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Green

Serving as pallbearers will be Gary Kretzschmar, Kevin

Mozell Green, of Seguin, died Friday at the age of 95. Visitation Sczech, Kerry Sczech, Kevin Janek, Kolby Janek and Kenneth Paul Wildman. Memorial contributions may be made to a runs from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at Crenshaw Funeral Home.

charity of one’s choice. You are encouraged to sign the online

The funeral, for Mozell Green, is set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at guest book at www.treshewell.com. Arrangements are under Crenshaw Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at the the direction of Tres Hewell Mortuary, 165 Tor Dr., Seguin, Garden of Memories Cemetery. Survivors include sons, Douglas Texas, 78155, 830-549-5912. Lamar Wisher and Gilber Wisher; and daughters, Elvera Lee and Deborah Lloyd.

Sczech Annie Mae Rennspies Sczech, age 92 (formerly of Knippa, Texas) went to be with Our Lord on July 24, 2020. She was born to Richard Rennspies and Thelka Bielke on December 14, 1927 in Marion, Texas. She passed away at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio after experiencing a massive stroke.

Bartels

Bonnie Bartels, age 64 of Seguin, prominent businesswoman and owner of the former Lone Star Printing, passed away at her home on March 23, 2020. Bonnie was born on January 30, 1956 in Seguin, Texas to Josephine Lora (Lambrecht) and Walton Harry Bartels, both of whom precede her in death.

Survivors include her brother, Dr. George Bartels; nephew, Dr. Bradley Bartels and wife Dr. Hollis Bartels; niece, Elizabeth Bartels; She is preceded in death dear sisters in Christ, Debbie Hildebrandt and Amy Gibbs; numerous by her husband of 65 years, Adolph Paul Sczech. Also cousins, other loving family members and many, many friends.

Richard Wayne “Rick” Merz, preceding her are siblings (Anita Muenchow, Hilda Holtz, age 56 of Seguin, passed away Walter Rennspies, Ellen Ebest, Rosalie Rennspies, Hattie A memorial service celebrating Bonnie’s life will be held on Saturday, on July 23, 2020. Koltermann, Lorine Wildman, and Florence Kassner) and August 1, 2020 at 11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Seguin, Texas with The Rev. Cathe Evins officiating. her son-in-law Ralph Casey. She is survived by her children, Rick was born on January Kenneth Sczech (Nadine) of Moore, Carol Kretzschmar Services will be live streamed and you may view from the comforts of your 25, 1964 in Seguin, Texas to (Melvin) of Floresville, and Margie Casey of Austin – as well home via the following link. https://www.facebook.com/SeguinFUMC/. Virgil Earl Merz and Betty Jane as 6 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Schlichting Merz Lorenz. Due to Covid – 19 restrictions all protocol with social distancing, limited He was a 1982 graduate of Seguin She was sweet, loving, patient, and kind. Said her prayers seating must be followed as well as face coverings must be worn at all times. each night and prayed the Rosary. She was a devoted High School. housewife who packed her husband’s lunch for the 42 years You are encouraged to sign the online guest book at www.treshewell.com. Rick proudly served his country he worked for Southern Pacific Railroad (most likely using in the United States Navy for the same lunchbox). Annie Mae also ironed clothes for the In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to First twenty years. neighbors at lunchtime from the dining room as she watched United Methodist Church, 710 N. Austin St., Seguin, Texas, 78155 the Young and the Restless. or to the Guadalupe County Humane Society, P. O. Box 1953, He is preceded in death by his father Virgil Merz, and his step-father Seguin, Texas, 78155-1593. Leland Lorenz. Survivors include his son, Samuel “Sam” Merz; daughter, Olivia Merz; mother, Betty J. Lorenz; uncle, Roy Merz; While she could, Annie Mae enjoyed sewing and crocheting. aunt, Betty Jean Schlichting; numerous cousins, other loving family She was most happy growing flowers, and had many Arrangements are under the direction of Tres Hewell Mortuary, 165 Tor Dr., flowerbeds and plant stands. She could throw a brown Seguin, Texas, 78155. members and many friends.

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Religion

Hot Dog Sale

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The Country Church Attic

The Holy Temple Church will have Hot Dog Sale at noon Friday, July 24 The Country Church Attic is now open for full service. Social distancing at 1201 Belmarez St. in Seguin. There will be Hot Dog plates that include will be observed. Mask and gloves will be provided. a hot dog, chips, and soda for $2. Although this is an outdoor event, you must wear masks and stand at least six feet a part. For more information Clothing Ministry call Dr. Charles Glass at 832-531-4262. 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. New Weekly Bible Study The Holy Temple Church will begin a weekly Bible study Tuesday, July 28. Those attending please wear face masks and stand six feet a part. For Free Bible Course more information call Dr. Charles Glass at 832-531-4262. 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. Church Festival Dinner The Immanuel Lutheran Church 17th Annual Community-Wide To be sure your religious organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meetings and events appear in this calendar, Church Fesitival Dinner will be held from 11 a.m. until sold out send information to: communitycalendar@kwed1580.com, fax (830) 379-2238, or drop off Sunday, Aug. 2 at the Chamber of Commerce Park in La Vernia. the information at the Seguin Daily News/KWED office located at 609 E. Court St., Seguin. Drive thru roast beef dinner plates are $10. For best results, submit information at least two weeks prior to the event.

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