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The Voice of Seguin Today
New group explores relationship between police, African-Americans
Seguin PD breaks down its data on stops, arrests By Darren Dunn
(Seguin) -- A group has been working behind the scenes in Seguin to begin to address the relationship between police officers and the African-American community. The group has been calling itself the Community Coalition. It’s a small group that includes some elected officials, law enforcement leaders, members of the Black Lives Matter movement, and local pastors from some historically Black churches in Seguin. The group had its first public discussion about its work, most of that discussion focused on data from the Seguin Police Department. Seguin Police Chief Terry Nichols they’ve had some difficult discussions during their meetings, and that led him and the command staff to sit down and begin to explore their operations. They took a critical look at the data to try to determine if there was a bigger story to be told. Chief Nichols says they started by looking at the overall demographics of the city of Seguin, which is roughly 53 percent Hispanic, 40 percent white, and seven percent African-American. He says they compared that to the makeup of the
department, and it showed that the Seguin PD largely reflects the diversity of the city.
“Does our department represent the community that we serve? You can see that we are very close. We have three black officers, two are detectives and one is a supervisor and 41 percent are white officers and 54 percent are Hispanic, so we have a total authorized strength of 59. We are down one right now, so we have 58 folks. So, we are pretty close to our population demographics. Civilian staff is close as well, not too far off – 22 civilian staff. We have one black civilian employee, more than half are Hispanic and 41 percent are white. So, we are pretty good as far as representing our community I believe,” said Nichols. Nichols says they then looked at the arrest data. Those numbers showed that Hispanics accounted for 64 percent of the arrest. The numbers were 13 percent for African Americans and 22 percent for whites. Nichols says those numbers led them to start to ask even more questions about their operation. See SEGUINPD, page 2
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from arrest records alone.
“We started asking ourselves some hard questions. Why are blacks and Hispanics arrested at a higher rate than they are represented in the population and whites are arrested lower? That’s a hard question. We started looking at each other. Our command team said ‘okay, we’ve got some digging to do.’ Our we targeting them -- look at ourselves -- are we targeting a certain demographic for a reason? Well sometimes yes. In talking through it with the team that is here, in 2016, we targeted the Mexican American gang. Okay, that’s obviously of our Hispanics. But there was only about 20 arrest that year. That really didn’t put a dent percentage wise into those numbers. There was another year that we targeted the Mexican Mafia again and we also targeted a Crips gang which was predominantly black so the other numbers came up a little bit there but not enough to significantly do it over a five year period of time,” said Nichols.
“Let’s not look at the arrests just that. Let’s look at who we are going after whether we are doing it ourselves or our community is calling us to go after these – I say go after them, but they are the suspects that we are after. Those numbers match up almost perfectly. That makes a little bit of sense. It helps us explain some of this. I say let’s dig deeper. So, it’s all about field generated arrests. If we are picking on a certain demographic – I say picking or if we are targeting a certain demographic in this community whether it be whites, Hispanics, Blacks, Asians, whoever – the easiest way to do that is what
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numbers change a bit when you start to look at the calls that come in from the community. He says they have no control over those calls, because when they are called, they will always respond.
“Under half the time, it’s stuff that we are doing – our officers are initiating. More than half the time, the community is calling us to a problem. If the community calls us to a problem, we deal with whatever hand we are dealt – white, Black, Hispanic, Asian, male, female -- we deal with whatever we are dealt with – more than half the time so that’s kind of the takeaway there,” said Nichols.
Nichols says the more they explored this issue, the more they knew that they had to continue to dig into this data. “Do they commit more crimes? Does a certain demographic commit more crimes in this community? Are they caught more frequently? Are there more repeat offenders? We went through this one kind of hard because the officers that have been here long time, know a certain person or persons that are what we call frequent fliers that we’ve arrested numerous times based on either alcoholism, substance abuse or whatever the case may be so we looked at a couple of them where they literally had 14-15 arrests in a single year but again, it only moved the percentage point one or two points. It’s not enough to really address the issue,” said Nichols. The raw arrest numbers made it difficult to answer some of those questions, so Chief Nichols says they expanded the scope of their data dive. He says Lt. Mike McCann is the one who suggested that they look at the overall data on suspects that they pursue. This would provide a wider snapshot than what can be gleaned
we call field generated calls. Things that we go do ourselves, traffic stops, stopping you if you are walking down the road, you are parked at the park and I get out and find out what you are doing at the park. Those things that we do, that we initiate, we call field generated arrests,” said Nichols. The field generated arrest data seemed to clearly show that when officers initiate contact based on their own reactions and not a response to a call for service -- that officers did not appear to target any particular group. Nichols suggests that means his officers are not using racial profiling practices when they make stops based on their own judgment. He says the
Chief Nichols says they also looked at data regarding traffic stops. He says the numbers here show that white drivers are more likely to be stopped, but he says it is not clear why that is the case. The data was compared to the demographic makeup of the city of Seguin, but that number wouldn’t reflect the large number of drivers who live outside the city limits, but who also live, work, shop, play and drive inside the city limits. “What’s interesting here is you notice, why are whites stopped at higher rates representing the population than Hispanics? Hispanics are lower and blacks are about equal. So, again, we are asking ourselves, why is that? Are
we targeting Whites? Are they our driving population? What about the transient population coming through town you know on 123 and 46 and 1-10, all those kinds of places. So, these are the questions, again, we are asking ourselves so the benchmark that we use for percentages is Census and what we are learning is that Census is probably not the best way to gauge this because that may not be your true driving population. So, as we move forward in looking at our traffic stop data in future years, we are going to try to find other benchmarks to finally find who is our driving population,” said Nichols. Nichols covered a lot of data during his presentation to the Seguin City Council on Tuesday night. He says one area that really got his attention was the police department’s use of force numbers. He says the data clearly shows that their use of force numbers is low. He says it’s true for traffic stops and for calls for service. “If you just look through the traffic stops, if you take those numbers, the five years’ worth of traffic stops, that’s 57,000 traffic stops over five years. If you did the math there, it would be .24 percent of the time we used force. But again, that’s just traffic stops. Think of all the calls that we get called to Walmart and HEB and people’s homes for disturbances – all the other contacts we have with people every day that we don’t use force and they are not calculated in here. We do not use force on them. So that number can easily be 80,000, 90,000, 100,000 contacts we have with people in this community every year over five years and we use force .24 percent of the time,” said Nichols.
The presentation was meant to make the council and the community aware of the work of the Community Coalition and to educate the public about the work of the police department, using data to try to explain its overall operation and interactions with the public. Councilman Jeremy Roy has been part of the Community Coalition since these conversations first got started earlier this summer. He says all of the parties involved made a good faith effort to try to sit down and have some frank conversations on race and law enforcement. See SEGUINPD, page 3
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Seguin Noon Lions Club to host annual fundraiser The mechanics of them, however, will be a bit different such as in the case of the annual Bug Races. Lion Mike Wilson says while they deeply regret that the bug races won’t be live, they are still excited about offering the races at a chance to win some great prizes.
By Cindy Aguirre-Herrera (Seguin) – Although the first day of fall is just five days away, tonight will be all about the Seguin Noon Lions Club’s Spring Fling. The event originally scheduled for this past April was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That new date has now arrived with the event set for tonight in the Silver Center parking lot. Lions members say while the fundraiser will be a social distancing drive through event, many of its favorites will still be held as usual.
“We are going to try to keep the format as close to the original plan as possible and we are going to be dividing those bugs into heats and drawing instead of actually running the bugs. We are going to draw randomly from each heat and then that winner of that heat will still get a $25 prize in the form of a gift card and then at the end, we are going to have the all-important run-off so it will be done by a random drawing and the winner of the entire bug race will still get $100 gift card just like they always have but of course, we are not going to be able to enjoy the excitement of the crowd that we normally have, the cheering and the rooting on of each bug individually like we’ve always have had in the past so we look forward to that returning next year whenever we resume our normal activities we hope,” said Wilson. The group’s annual raffle is also still a go with pre-sale tickets available throughout Thursday morning. The prizes include but are not limited to a $750 Visa Card, a variety of gift certificates and a Guadalupe Regional Medical Wellness Center. The drawing for the raffle
prizes will be posted by noon prior to the fundraiser. The annual silent auction, however, was not able to come together for this year’s event. Lion Pat Sagebiel says what the group is most excited about is the ability to still serve up its tasty pork steak dinner will all the trimmings. “We have found that this meal, the pork steak dinner, Troy Brown and Company are doing this like for the fifth year in a row -- when people hear the pork steak by him they say ‘yes, I want more than one ticket. I want five tickets or 10 tickets for my company.’ So, it’s a very well received great meal for the price of $12 and going out to eat, by the time you pay tax and tip and the meal, it’s more than $12,” said Sagebiel. Plate tickets are $12 pre-sale or $15 at the door. Raffle tickets are also $1 per ticket or $10 for 15. Ticket locations early Thursday morning include Dietz Flower Shop; Starcke Furniture, Ascot’s Custom Travel and Tri County Air. The Spring Fling fundraiser will be held from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the Silver Center located at 510 E. Court St. For safety precautions, residents are asked to drive into the parking lot utilizing the San Marcos Street entrance.
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“It started very organically. We went when the first Black Lives Matter event was organized, the chief and Rusty (Suarez) and Mike (McCann) and myself, we went there to meet the organizers and what grew out of that was relationship. By the end of the evening, we were at a first name basis. We were exchanging phone numbers and we were beginning to talk about real issues,” said Roy. Roy says the whole Seguin PD data presentation on Tuesday night was tied, in large part, to the discussions that got started with the coalition. He says the police department sharing its data and its attempt to breakdown and explain those numbers, help to tell a big part of the story. But he says he knows that more dialogue is needed to continue to improve these relationships. “This is about the conversations going on nationally where the
questions are arising what is the relationship between law enforcement and Black men so we were meeting with some of those that are leaders in our AfricanAmerican community, pastors of churches. There was representation there from NAACP and from the MLK Committee and other groups but it was just really 12 or 13 of us and what we began to learn from one another -- and the mayor met with us the three times that we met sort of formally -- so, this presentation comes out of that. When King wrote his letter from Birmingham Jail, he said there’s four things necessary. If you are going to protest in a nonviolent way or if you have something you want to achieve as a community, he says there’s four basic steps. He said the collection of facts to determine whether injustice exist, negotiation, self-purification, and direct action. We are very much still in that collection of facts and that is what this presentation has really been all about,” said Roy.
“The Community Coalition group was right. We do need to engage with our youth, not just the little youth but the teenagers when they are really critical – that pivot point because what we are seeing across the country, we don’t want to happen here and if we can engage them and we respect them and they respect us, they are not fearful of us then I think it’s only a win-win,” said Nichols.
pointed out that the Seguin Police Department is one of only a handful of law enforcement agencies to be part of the Law Enforcement Recognition Program. The program offered by the Texas Police Chief’s Association is a voluntary and rigorous set of guidelines and operating principles that focus on 164 best practices for law enforcement. The association says it’s a difficult process, which is why there are only a handful of agencies that have qualified. They say the best practices included in the program are designed to assist law enforcement agencies in the efficient and effective delivery of service, the reduction of risk, and the protection of the rights of individuals in each community.
The presentation on the police data and the coalition was warmly received by members of the city council, who thanked the police department for its service, and its professionalism. It was again
The work of the coalition has all been done behind the scenes, but Tuesday represented a change for the group to expand and engage more individuals in this overall conversation.
Chief Nichols says there’s some good news in the data they presented, but he also recognizes there’s more studying and more work that needs to be done. He says they definitely need to also continue to try to find ways to build a positive relationship with more members of the community, especially young people of color.
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Navarro volleyball drops road match to Wimberley (Wimberley) - Navarro came up short to Wimberley in four sets Tuesday night, dropping the first game 25-19, winning the second 25-14, and falling in the third and fourth 25-20 and 25-10. Elizabeth Williams put away eight kills and three aces to go with 1.5 blocks. Haley Hoffmann added seven kills.
Sara Banner collected 20 assists and a team-high two blocks. Nelly Brumley came up with 19 digs to lead the team defensively. The Panthers (8-3) head back to the Hill Country on Friday for a 6 p.m. match against Canyon Lake in Fischer.
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Marion volleyball snaps skid, knots up district record the for
(Luling) - Marion ended its 10 match losing streak and found District 26-3A win column the first time in a 3-1 road triumph over Luling on Tuesday.
The Bulldogs won the first two sets 25-19, 25-16. The Eagles staved off elimination 25-21 in the third set, but Marion bounced back to close it out with a 25-22 win in the fourth. Haylee Mabee paced the attack with 14 kills. Madison Doss delivered 26 assists and five aces. Kyla Beck recorded a team-high 17 digs, and Maggie Rudisale had the team’s only block. Marion is 1-1 in district play, 2-10 overall. The Bulldogs continue the 26-3A schedule Friday with a 5 p.m. home match against San Antonio-Cole.
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Seguin Cross Country Results from Saturday’s Medina Valley Meet Varsity Girls (5K - 3.1 miles) finished 5th with 131 points Name
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Maya Gordon (09)
23:51.0
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Briana Adams (11)
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Emily De La Rosa (11)
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Liv Lynn Hernandez (12)
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Janice Blanco (12)
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SPORTS Navarro Cross Country Thursday Schedule football scrimmage Results from Saturday’s Seguin @ Buda-Hays, 6:30 p.m. Moulton Meet Girls (2 miles) - 2nd place73 total points Name
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Friday Schedule
Navarro football @ Cuero, 7:30 p.m. (6:50 pre-game) on KWED 1580-AM and Seguintoday.com. Marion football @ Hondo, 7:30 p.m.
Jaelyn Martinez
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Zoe Carter
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Seguin volleyball vs. Medina Valley/ Judson (dual) @ Medina Valley, 5 p.m.
Vaness Garcia
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Navarro volleyball @ Canyon Lake, 6 p.m.
Sofia Salazar
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Marion volleyball vs. S.A.-Cole, 5 p.m.
Haley Blades
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Boys (3.1 miles) - 3rd place75 total points Name
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Nik Knight
19:36
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Carlos Garza
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Gabe Rangel
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Garrett Machado (10)
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Louis Flores (12)
18:41.8
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Anthony Estrada (11)
19:29.4
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Aidan Flores (11)
19:37.6
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Quad Fortezzo
20:41
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Chase Zuniga (09)
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Quienton Gresham
21:25
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Saturday Schedule Navarro volleyball @ McMullin County meet (Tilden)
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Clothing Ministry
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 830303-6478.
Free Bible Course The World Bible is offering free
School Bible
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Volunteer LTC Ombudsman Training
The Alamo Area Council of Governments Area Agencies on Aging is offering Volunteer LTC Ombudsman Traing to help improve the quality of life and care for residents in a nursing home or assisted living near you. They provide training, tools and ongoing support. The training is virtual. To register, call 210-362-5209 or the Facebook page: www.facebook.com/alamoaaaombudsman.
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.
Leadership Seguin
The Seguin Area Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for its Leadership Seguin program. The application deadline is Friday, Sept. 18. For more information call 830-379-6382.
American Legion Riders Nut Run 7
The American Legion Riders will have its Nut Run 7 beginning with registration at 9 a.m. and first bike out at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 19 at the SS American Memorial located at 450 Naumann Road in Seguin. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The fee is $20 per rider and $10 per passenger. For more information call 210382-1745.
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Big Red Barn Market Days
The Big Red Barn will be holding Market Days from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the 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 830-379-0933.
Cibolo Grange Hall Farmers Market
The Cibolo Grange Hall Farmers Market will 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 210722-9054.
Backpacks-4-Kids
The Community Council of South Central Texas Community Action Partnership will have its Backpacks-4-Kids distribution from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21 at 1210 E. Court St. in Seguin. To be eligible, participants must show number of school aged children in household using SNAP benefits letter or children’s Medicaid cards. Social distancing will be followed.
Seguin Public Library New Hours of Operation
The Seguin Public Library will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. Visit library.seguintexas.gov for a current schedule of virtual programs. Please call 401-2422 for additional information.
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Virtual Toddler Time
The Seguin Public Library will have its virtual Toddler Time at 10 a.m. Tuesdays. Call 830401-2422 or visit library.seguintexas.gov for additional information.
Pregnancey Care Center Fundraisng Banquet
The South Texas Pregnancy Care Center will have its 20th Anniversary Fundraising Banquet at noon and 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24 at the Seguin Event Center. Social distancing will be implemented, meals will be boxed. Registration is required by calling 830-303-2151.
Sunrise Lions Springtime Fun Run/ Walk Rescheduled
The Seguin Sunrise Lions 3rd Annual Fun Run/ Walk will be held Saturday, September 26 at Walnut Springs Park. For more information visit the Facebook page, Sunrise Funrunwalk, call 830-379-8033, or email marvel.maddox@gmail. com.
2020 Badges, Bikes and Tykes Poster Contest
The Seguin Police Department wants kids to put their art skills to the test during its first ever 2020 Badges, Bikes and Tykes Poster Contest. If needed, poster board, crayons or map pencils may be picked up at the Seguin Police Department Mondays through Fridays between 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The contest deadline is Monday, Sept. 28. Winners will be announced on Monday, Oct. 5.
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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 or regular curbside waste pickup. For a complete list of accepted items, or to arrange a collection, call 1-800449-7587, or visit wmatyourdoor.com/ residential. Collection times may vary.
GRMC Limited Visitor Access
The Guadalupe Regional Medical Center is temporarily limiting visitor access to protect the health of its patients and staff, and in the interest of limiting exposure to respiratory illness associated with the COVID-19 virus. Exceptions include: End of life, childbirth, goodbye visit of military personnel departing for deployment, and designated caregiver of a pediatric patients. Additionally, no visitors will 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.
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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
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 830-822-5820.
Silver Center Dance
Kiwanis 62 Annual Flapjack Jamboree
The Kiwanis Club of Seguin will have its 62 Annual Flapjack Jamboree from 7 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 10 at the Columbus Club of Seguin, located at 1015 S. Austin St. Tickets are $7 each and proceeds benefit the children of our community.
Silver Center Dance
The Silver Center Friday Night Dance will be held from 7:30 pm to 11 pm. Friday, Oct. 16 with entertainment by Randy Harrison and his band. The door open at 6:30 p.m. with a $10 admission. Sandwiches and chips will be available for a light supper. To comply with COVID requirements, tables will be set for 6 people. Please wear your mask in to the facility and when leaving or if not eating or drinking. For reservations, call 830-303-6612.
The Silver Center Friday Night Dance will be held from 7:30 pm to 11 pm. Friday, Oct. 2 with entertainment by Jay Eric and Friends. The door open at 6:30 p.m. with a $10 admission. Sandwiches and chips will be available for a light supper. To comply with COVID requirements, tables will be set for 6 people. Please wear your mask in to the facility and when leaving or if not eating or Silver Center Dance drinking. For reservations, call 830-303-6612. The Silver Center Friday Night Dance will be held from 7:30 pm to 11 pm. Friday, Oct. 23 Silver Center Dance with entertainment by The Good Ole Boys. The The Silver Center Friday Night Dance will be held from 7:30 pm to 11 pm. Friday, Oct. 9 with entertainment door open at 6:30 p.m. with a $10 admission. by Vernon and Friends. The door open at 6:30 p.m. Sandwiches and chips will be available with a $10 admission. Sandwiches and chips will be for a light supper. To comply with COVID available for a light supper. To comply with COVID requirements, tables will be set for 6 people. requirements, tables will be set for 6 people. Please Please wear your mask in to the facility and wear your mask in to the facility and when leaving or when leaving or if not eating or drinking. For if not eating or drinking. For reservations, call 830reservations, call 830-303-6612. 303-6612.
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Solis Reynaldo “Reybob” Solis, age 68 of Seguin, Texas passed away on Tuesday, June 30, 2020. A memorial mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, September 18, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Interment with military honors will follow in Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Cemetery. For those who wish you may livestream the services at https:// vimeo.com/event/275767. All CDC guidelines will be followed including social distancing and face coverings worn in all locations. You are invited to sign the guest book at www.treshewell. com. Arrangements are under the direction of Tres Hewell Mortuary, 165 Tor Dr., Seguin, Texas, 78155, 830-549-5912.
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Linda Carol Streety Bishop was born on March 11, 1940 at her family home in Smiley Texas to Joe and Julia Streety. She made heaven her forever home on September 10, 2020 at the age of 80 years. Linda attended school in Smiley and graduated from Smiley High School in 1958. After graduation she attended Draughan Business College in San Antonio. Her first job was with the telephone company in San Antonio, and she later worked for Ford Aerospace and Lockheed Martin at NASA where she retired in 1998. In 1960, she married the love of her life, Earl Graham Bishop, and this August they celebrated 60 years of marriage. Their love and devotion to one another, in sickness and in health, is an inspiration to us all. In 1966, Earl and Linda moved to Dickinson, TX, then to League City, TX
where they lived, served, and raised their three daughters. In 1998, they retired back to Smiley to Linda’s family land. Linda is well known for the beautiful music she made on the piano. She served as a church pianist for more than 40 years, serving at Bay Area Baptist Church in League City, TX and First Baptist Church, Smiley, Tx. She enjoyed playing for many singing groups, soloist, choirs, weddings, funerals, and community events. She loved serving her Lord Jesus Christ in many ways. She taught Sunday School to junior high girls and to adults. She loved teaching the Old Testament and was quite a Bible historian. She also served her Lord and made many friends through singing and serving in many capacities, including Vacation Bible School Director and Women’s Missionary Union (WMU) leader. She was a prayer warrior and lifted-up her family, friends, and even strangers when she saw a need. Even during her recent illnesses, she would pray aloud for the nurses, aides, and doctors. Linda loved to help others and served her community that she loved. She organized mission projects that helped many people in her city, state, and in the world. She also served on the school board for the Bay Area Christian School for 25 years. Dear to her heart was the work she did alongside her husband, E.G., with the Texas Baptist Men. Linda’s daughters brought her much joy. While they were growing up, she was very involved as a volunteer in their activities and lovingly opened her home to their friends and neighbors. Many friends referred to her as Momma B or their second mom. She enjoyed beach trips with her girls, and later her grandchildren. She and “the girls” took trips together and made many deposits in their memory banks. Lovingly known as “Mimi” by her six grandchildren, she has been their greatest fan, attending athletic events, music concerts, dance performances, baptisms, and school and church events. She loved cooking, canning, and baking and she spared nothing on her grandkids. Just the mention of their names brought joy to her heart and she always told them that she was so proud of them and loved them so much. In retirement, she and E.G. enjoyed traveling in their RV. They traveled across the country and Canada enjoying the beauty of nature and the fellowship of friends. They also loved camping with their grandkids. Linda Bishop was a devoted wife, loving mother, adoring grandmother, beloved daughter and sister, caring friend, and faithful servant of her Lord Jesus Christ. Though she will be missed by many, her family is confident that she was greeted by her Heavenly Father with the words from Matthew 25:21, “…well done thou good and faithful servant…enter thou into the joy of the Lord”. Linda Bishop is preceded in death by her parents, Joe E. Streety and Julia Bell Anglin Streety Scarbrough; her infant son, Earl Graham Bishop, Jr.; her sister-in-law, Betty Bishop; her brother and sister-in-law, Elder and Gracie Bishop; and her brother-inlaw, William Duncan. She is survived by her loving husband, Earl Graham Bishop;
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daughters and their husbands, Billy and Carol Pierce, David and Lisa Jiminez, and Darren and LeeAnn Dunn; grandchildren, Everett Glenn Pierce, Ellis Scott Pierce, Ethan Lee Pierce, Julia Elizabeth Beebe, Carter Joseph Dunn, and Addison Renee Dunn; brothers and their wives, Jim and Janie Streety and Philip and Jackie Streety; numerous nieces and nephews; and many, many dear friends. Services were held at Finch Funeral Chapel in Nixon, Texas on Sunday, September 13, 2020; In adherence with COVID-19 protocols, masks will be required for those attending and social distancing will be observed. Burial followed at Bundick Cemetery in Smiley, Texas. The Reverend Marvin Miles was the officiant of the services. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Linda’s name to the Texas Baptist Men’s Disaster Relief Fund c/o The First Baptist Church of Smiley, 108 FM 108, Smiley, Texas 78159. You are welcome to sign the online guestbook at www.finchfuneralchapels.com. Services in care of Finch Funeral Chapel, LLC.
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Broadway Clayton “ChayBird” Broadway, age 61 of Seguin, passed away on September 14, 2020. Clayton was born on February 17, 1959 in Freeport, Texas to Harry “Jimmy” and Ellen Louise (Mattsen) Broadway.
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He is preceded in death by his parents, brothers, Jimmy Broadway and Mike Broadway, mother-in-law, Virginia Jahns, brothers-in-law, Nathan Jahns and Robbie Jahns.
A memorial service celebrating “Chay-Bird’s” life will be held on Saturday, September 19, 2020 at 10 a.m. at Tres Hewell Mortuary Chapel.
Survivors include his loving wife of 35 years, Debbie Broadway; children, Brandon Wayne Broadway and wife Jess, Joshua Cole Broadway and wife Molli, Brittney Danyelle Broadway and partner Adrian Hernandez, and Amy Ashley Laren Broadway and husband Patrick Andrews; nine grandchildren; brothers, Bruce Broadway and wife Laverne, Blake Broadway and wife Paula; sister, Rachel Broadway; father-in-law, Duies Jahns; sisters-inlaw, Londa Broadway, Christine Sponable and husband Brett, Brandi Price and husband Andrew and Samantha Foster; brothers-in-law, Larry Ray Barnes, Jr., and Jeromy Jahns and significant other, Michelle; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, other loving family member and friends.
Private interment will take place at a later date. Due to Covid 19 restrictions all CDC protocols must be followed including limited seating of 45 people, social distancing and face coverings must be worn. For those who wish, you may live stream the services at https://vimeo.com/event/304957. Memorial contributions may be made to any mental health charity or organization of choice. You are invited to sign the guest book at www.treshewell.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Tres Hewell Mortuary, 165 Tor Dr., Seguin, Texas, 78155, 830-549-5912.
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SPECIAL NEEDS MONITORS WANTED! Navarro ISD Transportation Department is taking applications for Special Needs Monitors. Starting pay $10.50/hour, training, competitive salary and benefits. Call Transportation Office (830) 401-5575 for additional information or apply in person at 6450 N. State Hwy. 123, Seguin. Visit our website at www.nisd.us
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that original Letters of Administration for the Estate of Ralph Guerra Reyes, Deceased, were issued on August 20, 2020, in Cause No. 2020PC-0063, pending in the County Court of Guadalupe County, Texas, to: Gloria Gutierrez. All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. c/o: Jennifer M. Dillingham, Attorney at Law, 473 S. Seguin Ave, Ste. 100, New Braunfels, Texas 78130. Dated the 1st day of September, 2020.
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