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Firefighter dies from COVID complications Felicia Frazar The Seguin Gazette

Roger Dean Seguin firefighter

A Seguin firefighter died after his lengthy battle with COVID-19 on Friday in Houston.

Seguin Firefighter/ Paramedic Roger Dean died at the age of 31 years old, Seguin Fire Chief Dale Skinner said in a news release.

“It is with profound sadness that we announce the death of one of our own, Firefighter/ Paramedic Roger Dean, who passed away Friday, April 23 at a Houston hospital following a lengthy, hard-fought battle with COVID-19,” he said. “Please keep his wife, baby girl, their family and our department in your thoughts and prayers during this dif-

ficult time.”

Dean’s death is a result of complications due to COVID19, Skinner said. Members of the Seguin Fire Department, along with Skinner and Seguin City Manager Steve Parker, went to Houston on Friday to be with Dean’s family and transport his body back to Seguin.

Members of the Seguin

Fire Department Honor Guard escorted Dean from his hospital room and back to Seguin in an ambulance.

Members of the Honor Guard will take turns and stay with Dean until his funeral.

On their arrival in Seguin, escorted by the Seguin Police Department, the procession passed by the Mosheim house as members of the Seguin

Fire Department were still working after they quelled the blaze that damaged the 123-year-old home. They paused in their clean up to honor their fallen brother, coworker and friend.

Dean initially tested positive for COVID-19 on Christmas day, his wife DEAN - 17

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Parents attack board over FFA program Felicia Frazar The Seguin Gazette

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Seguin firefighters battle the flames that damage the 123-year-old Olivia Mansion/Mosheim House on Friday, April 23, 2021, on North Austin Street.

Historical blaze

Firefighters battle blaze at 123-year-old mansion Dalondo Moultrie The Seguin Gazette A three-alarm fire damaged the historic Olivia Mansion Bed & Breakfast on Friday afternoon in Downtown Seguin.

The flames damaged the roof, but the rest of the house, also known as the Mosheim Mansion, suffered water damage from firefighters’ bout with the flames, Seguin Fire Department Battalion Chief Tom Teboe said.

No one was inside the structure and everyone appeared physically intact after crews doused the flames, Teboe said.

About 1:20 p.m. Friday,

firefighters were called for a possible structure fire at 409 N. Austin. St..

The first crew on scene saw heavy smoke coming from the center of the building and along the rear of the mansion, he said.

They saw no flames initially, Teboe said.

“About 20 minutes into it, the fire vented and we had flames,” he said.

At the onset, Seguin Fire Department officials called for mutual aid and received help from New Braunfels, Cibolo, San Marcos, McQueeney Volunteer and Geronimo Volunteer fire departments. The fire was called under control about

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Water cascades down the front of what once was called the Mosheim Mansion as fire crews try to cool off flames burning the century-old building Friday, April 23, 2021, in Downtown Seguin.

3:30 p.m., Seguin Public County Assistant Fire Information Officer Marshal Bryce Houlton Jennifer Sourdellia said. said.

The cause is under FIRE - 18 investigation, Guadalupe

MARION — Proposed changes to the Marion High School agriculture education program this week sparked a firestorm of criticism from parents who accused the district of creating a corrupt and toxic culture.

A pair of community members spoke at Wednesday’s school board meeting on behalf of hundreds of parents who are upset with the high school administration’s plan to reduce ag education classes offered to students and the number of opportunities to compete and learn as part of the FFA program.

The board was missing its president, Mike Purcell, who resigned his position on Tuesday without explanation and K.L. “Bubba” Kunde missed the start of the meeting but arrived later.

Parents said their concern for the district’s agriculture program came after receiving an email from one of the FFA advisors explaining the program may see some changes in the coming year.

“Knowing Mr. [Dwayne] Reiley’s professionalism, we knew he wouldn’t send out anything he didn’t feel was true,” parent Lisa Jubela said. “With decades of excellence, why would anyone in their right mind make any adjustments unless it was to expand?”

Jubela said she attempted to determine why the changes were happening and advocate for the students and future students, but felt her pleas were not heard.

“After myself and others got the run around from Superintendent [Kelly] Lindholm and Principal [Stacia] Synder, we reached out to the community for support,” she said. “Wow! You want to know the heartbeat of your community? Take away something they hold near and dear to their heart like Marion FFA.” Jubela said the program is recognized throughout the state and country.

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Former student and future FFA parent Matt Murdoch took Jubela’s offer and went a step further by speaking at the meeting, saying he spoke on behalf of the community — especially those who felt like they couldn’t speak out.

“It is not just my siblings or my future kids that are going to be Marion students that I’m concerned about,” he said. “We should all be concerned about every single student that walks through the doors and give them the most opportunities to be the most successful people when they leave Marion ISD.” Jubela said she was told MARION - 10

County discusses creating fire district to assist VFDs

Patrick Pinder Guadalupe County Fire Marshal

Guadalupe County is getting a fire service to help the paid and volunteer departments serving unincorporated parts of the county, and it is arriving none too soon.

Even after the service is fully established, more is needed and that more likely will come at the expense of tax payers, Guadalupe County

Emergency Management Coordinator/Fire Marshal Patrick Pinder said following a Guadalupe County Commissioners Court workshop on Wednesday.

“Obviously, with any kind of fire protection emergency services, there’s always going to be a need for additional services. That comes with costs,” he said. “We talked today about who is going to pay. It’s going to be the tax

payers.”

Pinder talked about the increasing costs of fire and EMS services in the county during a presentation which included comments from leaders of the several volunteer fire companies that serve outlying areas of the county.

The county currently spends less than $1 million to help provide fire and EMS service to its residents, County Judge Kyle Kutscher

said. A portion of that money goes to each volunteer fire department in the county and some goes to professional departments in cities that respond to calls in rural areas.

Guadalupe County spends more than $20 million on law enforcement and at the jail, and he has come to terms with the idea that more money needs to go to fire safety, Kutscher said.

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Everyone at the workshop seemed to concede the county’s continued high growth rate. With that growth comes a greater need for services.

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SUNDAY, APRIL 25 3 to 6:30 p.m. SUNDAY DANCE The Geronimo VFW Sunday Dance will feature Good Ole Boys at the Geronimo VFW Hall, 6808 N. State Highway 123. Admission is an $10 donation. The kitchen opens at 2 p.m. For reservations or more information, call 830-379-0506 or 830-305-8829.

TUESDAY, APRIL 27 4:45 to 5:30 p.m. and 5:45 to 6:30 p.m. PRE-K and KINDER ROUNDUP Navarro Elementary is hosting a prekindergarten and kindergarten round at the school. Students whose last names beginning with A to L will register between 4:45 to 5:30 p.m. and students with last names M to Z are from 5:45 to 6:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28 5:30 p.m. SISD PHYSICALS Seguin ISD is conducting physicals for incoming seventh- through 12th-grade athletic, band, ROTC, cheer, and dance students in the Mat House. All participating students must have a physical. The exam costs $25 per student by cash or check only.

SATURDAY, MAY 1 8 a.m. RUMMAGE/FURNITURE SALE The Guadalupe County Humane Society is hosting its monthly furniture/rummage sale at the Handi-Stop Storage, behind the liquor store, 2511 N. State Highway 46. Items include clothing, lines, decorations, household items, furniture and more.

5 p.m. CASINO NIGHT Buck Fever is hosting its annual Casino Night at the Geronimo Community Center. Reserved tables are $600 for 10 or open seating tickets are $60 each or $100 for 2. Tickets include a steak and shrimp dinner, complimentary drinks, casino fun, numerous games & raffles, and live auction. For more information or to purchase tickets, contact Daniel Boenig at 830-305-4148.

SUNDAY, MAY 2 3 to 6:30 p.m. SUNDAY DANCE The Geronimo VFW Sunday Dance will feature Glen Collins Alibis at the Geronimo VFW Hall, 6808 N. State Highway 123. Admission is an $10 donation. The kitchen opens at 2 p.m. For reservations or more information, call 830-379-0506 or 830-305-8829.

THURSDAY, MAY 6 7 to 8:30 p.m. LEARN ABOUT FOSTERING & ADOPTING TruLight 127 Ministries is hosting information sessions on fostering and adopting children in Texas at the TruLight 127 Ministries, 3925 Linne Road, Seguin. The meeting will include a short presentation, question and answer session, and more. For more information, visit www.trulight127.org .

ONGOING HAPPENINGS TEEN TUESDAY: The Seguin Public Library hosts activities for teens at 4:30 p.m. each Tuesday. Space is limited and registration is required for this in-person program. For more information, visit library.seguintexas.gov or call 830-401-2422.

TODDLER TIME: The Seguin Public Library hosts Toddler Time at 10 a.m. every Tuesday. Space is limited and registration is required. To register and read over our safety guidelines visit library.seguintexas. gov or call 830-401-2422.

FARMERS MARKET: A farmers market is held from noon to 3 p.m. every Sunday in Kingsbury, weather permitting. Vendors offer a variety of goods including produce, baked goods, homemade items and more.

VETERANS SERVICES: The Disabled American Veterans Chapter 61 is booking appointments for veterans support services to seek assistance. Appointments are available from 9 to 11 a.m. on Tuesdays and 9 to noon on Wednesdays and Thursdays. To book an appointment, call 830-379-3299.

SEGUIN PREMIER TOASTMASTERS: The Seguin Premier Toastmasters meet from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on the first, third and fourth Wednesdays virtually. For more information, visit Seguin Premier Toastmasters on Facebook.

PET FOOD PROGRAM: Seguin Animal Services has a pet food assistance program available to provide dog and cat food to low-income and government-assisted families. Donations can be left at Seguin Animal Services, 555 Fred Byrd Drive.

AL-ANON: Seguin Al-Anon Family Group meets via ZOOM on Mondays and Fridays at 10 a.m. For access/information, contact Cyndie: seguinafg@gmail.com or 512-393-8734.

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS TUESDAY, APRIL 27 10 a.m. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS The Guadalupe County Commissioners Court will meet in the Guadalupe County Courthouse, 101 E. Court St. The meeting can be viewed live through Zoom or listened to through conference call.

For more information, visit www.co.guadalupe.tx.us .

6:30 p.m. SEGUIN ISD The Seguin ISD School Board will meet in the board room for its regular monthly meeting. For more information, visit www.seguin. k12.tx.us .

TUESDAY, MAY 4 10 a.m. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS The Guadalupe County Commissioners Court will meet in the Guadalupe County Courthouse, 101 E. Court St. The meeting can be viewed live through Zoom or listened to through conference call.

For more information, visit www.co.guadalupe.tx.us .

5:30 p.m. SEGUIN CITY COUNCIL The Seguin City Council will meet for its regularly called meeting in city council chambers, 210 E. Gonzales St. For more information, visit www.seguintexas.gov .

TUESDAY, MAY 11 10 a.m. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS The Guadalupe County Commissioners Court will meet in the Guadalupe County Courthouse, 101 E. Court St. The meeting can be viewed live through Zoom or listened to through conference call.

For more information, visit www.co.guadalupe.tx.us .

MONDAY, MAY 17 7 p.m. NAVARRO ISD The Navarro ISD School Board will meet in the Intermediate School Library, 588 Link Rd., for its regular monthly meeting. For more information, visit www.nisd.us .

TUESDAY, MAY 18 10 a.m. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS The Guadalupe County Commissioners Court will meet in the Guadalupe County Courthouse, 101 E. Court St. The meeting can be viewed live through Zoom or listened to through conference call.

For more information, visit www.co.guadalupe.tx.us .

Stories from the state, nation and globe

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Monica Cater, LVN at Guadalupe Ear, Nose and Throat, and Linda Hall, LVN at Guadalupe Regional Hospice hold numbers up to signal their station is open for people ready to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

US to resume J&J COVID vaccinations despite rare clot risk Lauran Neergaard and Mike Stobbe Associated Press U.S. health officials lifted an 11-day pause on COVID-19 vaccinations using Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose shot on Friday, after scientific advisers decided its benefits outweigh a rare risk of blood clot.

The government uncovered 15 vaccine recipients who developed a highly unusual kind of blood clot, out of nearly 8 million people given the J&J shot. All were women, most under age 50. Three died, and seven remain hospitalized.

But ultimately Friday, the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention decided that J&J’s one-and-done vaccine is critical to fight the pandemic — and that the small clot risk could be handled with warnings to help younger women decide if they should use that shot or an alternative.

“Above all else, health and safety are at the forefront of our decisions,” CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said in a statement. “Our vaccine safety systems are working. We identified exceptionally rare events out of millions

of doses” of the J&J shot and will continue to monitor them.

The U.S. decision — similar to how European regulators are rolling out J&J’s shot — comes after CDC advisers earlier Friday voted 10-4 to resume vaccinations but panelists made clear that they must come with warnings about the risk. The group debated but ultimately steered clear of outright age restrictions.

“This is an age group that is most at risk (of the clotting) that is getting vaccine predominately to save other peoples’ lives and morbidity, not their own. And I think we have a responsibility to be certain that they know this,” said Dr. Sarah Long of Drexel University College of Medicine, who voted against the proposal because she felt it did not go far enough in warning women.

The committee members all agreed the J&J vaccine “should be put back into circulation,” panel chairman Dr. Jose Romero, Arkansas’ health secretary, said in an interview after the vote. “The difference was how you convey the risk ... It does not absolve us from making sure that people who receive this

vaccine, if they are in the risk group, that we inform them of that.”

European regulators earlier this week made a similar decision, deciding the clot risk was small enough to allow the rollout of J&J’s shot. But how Americans ultimately handle J&J’s vaccine will influence other countries that don’t have as much access to other vaccination options.

Dr. Paul Stoffels, J&J’s chief scientific officer, pledged that the company would work with U.S. and global authorities “to ensure this very rare event can be identified early and treated effectively.” J&J already was working with the FDA on a warning label for the shot.

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AUSTIN (AP) — More than 1.7 million COVID-19 vaccine doses are headed Texas’ way for next week, state health officials said Friday.

The Texas Department of State Health Services said that 708,460 first doses of the two-dose Pfizer and Moderna vaccines have been allocated to 928 providers in 129 Texas counties, while 570,520 second doses also have been ordered.

An estimated 470,000 first and second doses were allocated to pharmacies, federally qualified health centers and dialysis centers. Also, with the federal pause on the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine now lifted, the federal government is expected to make doses of that vaccine available as soon as this weekend.

So far, more than 23.4 million doses have been distributed to Texas, and more than 36% of the state’s population has received at least one dose, said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

More than 24% of the population has been fully immunized.

New Texas COVID19 cases were reported at below-average levels Friday, but new deaths were above the sevenday rolling average computed by Johns Hopkins University researchers.

State health officials reported 3,306 new cases and 69 deaths, compared with averages of 3,403 new cases and 54 deaths per day.

Over the past two weeks, the rolling average number of daily new cases has increased by 175.6, an increase of 5.4%, according to Johns Hopkins University data.

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MARKET REPORT On April 21, the Seguin Cattle Company reported the following market trends: 1,053 cattle and 723 sheep and goats.

Stocker cattle 5-10 softer with Packer cows and bulls steady.

Sheep and goats: nannies (young) $165-$245; nannies (thin and old), $90-$155; kid goats (fat), $3.30-$4.05; kid (small and thin), $2.20-$3.10; wethers, $3.30-$3.50; billies, $2.00-$2.55; pairs, none; barb ewes (young), Medium and Large $150-$185; ewes (small Frame No. 1 Steers: and old), $70-$140; 200-300 lb., $1.40-$1.83; barb lambs (fat), $2.20300-400 lb., $1.43-$2.10; $2.60; lambs (small and 400-500 lb., $1.30-$1.68; thin), $1.60-$2.10; ewes 500-600 lb., $1.16-$1.45; (wooled), none; wooled 600-700 lb., $1.10-$1.39; bucks, $1.20-$1.85; lambs, 700-850 lb., $0.85-$1.25.

Medium and Large Frame $1.60-$1.70; barb bucks, $320.

No. 1 Heifers: 200-300 lb., $1.22-$1.43; 300-400 lb., $1.24-$1.68; 400-500 lb., $1.18-$1.53; 500-600 lb., $1.14-$1.43; 600-750 lb., $1.06-$1.35.

Cows: utility and commerPO Box 591 cial, $60-$79; cutters, $45$59; canners, $26-$44; Seguin, TX palpated cows (young), 78156 $750-$900; middle aged, $450-$725; cow and calf pairs, $600-$1,025.

Bulls: heavy high yielding, $84-$97; light and low yielding, $65-$83; feeder Silver Sponsor bulls, none.

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Child killed in one of three weekend auto accidents

Three separate traffic accidents over the weekend sent four people to area hospitals and left a 3-year-old boy dead. The traffic fatality occurred at 3:37 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of Highway 46 and the frontage road to Interstate 10.

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‘Hot Dog’ mayor Remembering the life of an old friend shocks Dallas status quo “Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave and impossible to forget.”

— Unknown

When the last vote was Everett. counted on April 23, 1929, The Times Herald Dallas had a new mayor cut endorsed Morrow for mayor from a vastly different polit- and The Morning News ical cloth. threw its support behind J. Worthington “Waddy” Everett. Waddy Tate, who Tate broke the mold for Big was already weeks into D’s elected leaders. A former his campaign, received no druggist and retired railroad endorsements, and that was worker, he was not the way he liked it. rolling in money One of his favorite nor did he belong lines was that he was to the upper crust. interested only in the A colorful champivotes of people who on of the “common “liked to fish or owed people,” his idea of money.” how Texas’ second On the last largest city ought Saturday before the to be run gave the Bartee Haile election, Tate invited rich and powerful his supporters to Fair ample reason for This Week In Park for a free hotTexas History dog feast. Thousands alarm.

During his first came, ate their fill campaign for mayor in and on Election Day turned 1927, Tate made no secret out for the candidate who of his populist views. In seemed to give a hoot about a sarcastic response to an them. opponent’s suggestion that a Falling short of an outswanky supper club be built right majority in the first with tax dollars on White round, “Hot Dog” faced his Rock Lake, he proposed a closest rival in the runoff. hot dog stand where citizens It was no contest as Tate of the most modest means trounced Sam Houston’s could afford to eat. grandson with 58% of the The elite had a good vote. laugh at Tate’s expense and The custom was for the expressed their contempt mayor-elect to hold his inaufor the grass-roots candi- gural ball at a fancy downdate labeling him “Hot town hotel. But Tate wanted Dog.” Waddy not only took no part of that, preferring the ridicule in stride but instead to throw a big comeembraced the nickname in one-come-all party in the order to make it clear which Automobile Building at Fair side he was on.

Park.

Tate ran a surprisingly The “people’s mayor” set competitive race in 1927 to work instituting changfinishing a respectable sec- es designed to improve ond. That should have been the daily lives of ordinary enough for establishment Dallasites. He abolished the types to take him seriously office of “Censor of Movies” a couple of years later, but with the explanation that they were too busy fighting theater owners could be among themselves to pay trusted not to corrupt pubhim any mind. lic morals. He ordered the The Citizens Association, removal of the spikes from which had dominated Dallas the brass rails surrounding politics for years, split into City Hall, which he claimed two hostile factions. The had been put there by “some United Dallas Association, aristocrat to keep the plain an alliance of major retail- folks from sitting around.” ers, picked Temple Houston He had a bone to pick Morrow, a grandson of the with the police, who cleared “Hero of San Jacinto,” to be the city parks at 10 o’clock their standard bearer. The every night. In addition Greater Dallas Association, to having all “keep off the a united front of businessHAILE - 6 men, put forth Col. William

Although, it’s been more than three weeks since what felt like a sucker punch to the gut when I first heard of Ron Snider’s passing, the pain still lingers. Quite frankly, I feel a stinging sadness whenever my mind is Mike Fitsko stoked regard- Life Lessons ing the loss of not only a respected friend, but a remarkable human being.

It was well over 30 years ago when I first met Ron shortly after I had moved to New Braunfels to accept the position of assistant superintendent with New Braunfels ISD. Honestly, I wish I could recall the exact time and circumstances when we first met, but my earliest encounter with him was when I was president of the fledging New Braunfels Children’s

Museum. Someone had suggested his name to me for the board and he seemed to me a perfect choice. After all, at the time, this astute businessman was the owner of Gymini, a successful company building and selling high-quality children’s playground equipment.

It was shortly after the first or second board meeting, Ron called me at home to tell me he was resigning from the board.

Although I don’t recall all the specifics, he was critical of the way the non-profit museum was being run by the director and felt the funds were not being used wisely.

Although at the time I tried to talk him out of resigning, he had made up his mind. Perhaps that was one of the things I first came to love and respect about the man.

Over the years our friendship blossomed and I often watched, with quiet envy I might add, how this business genius turned old, outdated buildings into beautiful places of pride everyone in the community could continue to enjoy.

The fact is I could use this entire newspaper column space simply detailing the endless contributions this savvy businessman made to

the revitalization of downtown New Braunfels. But this writing is not about Ron’s business acumen, it’s more about his friendship. It’s about a friend who could lift my spirits, make me laugh and help me to overcome even my darkest moments.

Although Ron and I never took trips together, we did not hunt and fish together or even share the same outside interests, but we bonded in a way that matters. Our friendship was based on honesty, harmony and humor. Isn’t that what real friendship is really all about?

Once, after he won some prestigious national award for “Best Barbequer,” I congratulated him and then added, “You know, Ron, I’m English. We always hire that cooking stuff out.” Together we laughed.

Then not very long ago, he called me early one Sunday morning complimenting me on my column saying how much he enjoyed it. Then he went on to say, “Most of your columns really suck.”

Again, together we laughed. And perhaps that is what I loved best about our friendship. Real friends FITSKO - 6

The truth about birthdays in drive-thru lines For some reason that I can’t fully recall, Mireya and I talked about the day she was born.

Since she’s the youngest, we probably talked about it vaguely at one point. But there we were in the burger drivethru, which, when you think about it, is the perfect place to discuss how things go in a delivery room.

I was encouraging her to not worry about natural childbirth as Winter I had obsessively Prosapio when pregnant Crib Notes with Sierra, my eldest daughter, for nine months, seven days and 36 particularly painful hours.

Instead, she should feel free to take advantage of all the help modern medicine could provide.

After all, she herself refused to be born.

An early warning sign of her strong headedness, for sure.

“You did not want to exit the facility,” I said, inching up to the order screen.

“And I was a week late,” she

said, recalling the story.

Was it only a week? I felt like she was due at least two months earlier. See, with Mireya I was the size of someone with full term twins when I was just seven and a half months along. I was a waddling Hindenburg. I would block out the sun quite regularly. I was more than “all belly,” I was “all belly plus a small hippo.” Seriously. People would whisper when I walked by, speculating about “how many I had in there.”

By the way, I do not recommend whispering something like that when you see a large pregnant woman waddling by.

My condition was called polyhydramnios, which just means I had an Olympic swimming pool’s worth of fluid for her to swim in.

It affects about 1% of pregnant women. But there are a couple of other lesser-known symptoms.

One is great hearing, the other is remarkably fast reaction time and another is… well, let’s call it irritability. Truth is I may have bitten off one person’s head. Maybe three. It’s all kind of a blur.

Hippos are darn dangerous.

Now, I know why.

We ordered our food and

returned to the story. “You know, you refused to even get near the exit,” I said, shaking my head.

“It’s because it was way too loud and crazy out there.”

“Absolutely,” I said, remembering all the fuss in the delivery area.

“Plus, I had plenty of room, why leave?” She sighed as if recalling those free-floating days.

Ah yes. Courtesy of my poly hippopotamus state.

“Well, the doctor showed you,” I said. “He just went in and dragged you through the emergency exit.”

“I was trying to hide behind the placenta.”

We both laughed and laughed, no doubt confusing the drive-thru folks. Then we got our fries and burgers and made our way home.

You know, some days it feels like it was a thousand years ago when she was born. Some days it feels like it was a few hours ago.

And some days it feels like both, every bit of it captured in the space between ordering food and eating it.

Winter Prosapio is a writer, a wife, and a working mom of two girls, two cats, and one ridiculously enthusiastic terrier mix.

Cost of college may be obstacle to daughter’s dreams Dear Abby: My daughter homework or anything was accepted at a college of else. Any compliments her choice in Pennsylvania they got for extracurricular that offered loads of grant involvement and excellent money. Our outgrades, he’d always of-pocket is about say it was because $6,000 if she gets of me — and righta Stafford loan or ly so, but it was also works this summer them. to help with the Incidentally, our $4,500 that would firstborn wanted be the loan. My to go to a particuhusband is insistlar college, but his ing on a commufather convinced nity college, which Abigail Van him to go to the she doesn’t want community colBuren to attend. He con- Dear Abby lege by promising stantly cites the he’d pay for it and fact that our house is in get him a car. He never foreclosure and that he even taught the poor kid to owes money to the IRS for drive. I offered professional his business, which is why driving lessons, but my son things can’t be. declined.

I think our children Now my husband is should be able to do using the same tactics on things if they’re work- my daughter. Should I send able. I encouraged them her to follow her dreams all through school to do against his wishes? You their best and follow their can’t stifle them forever. dreams. My husband — Encouraging Mom In offered no assistance with New York

Dear Mom: With the house in foreclosure and money owed to the IRS, your husband is right to be concerned. Sometimes the best-laid plans go awry because of circumstances beyond our control, specifically the volatile economic climate we have been experiencing.

That said, I think you may be overdue to have a frank talk with your daughter about what she may have to do in order to supplement the grants being offered by the college of her choice. If she is willing to work over the summer and possibly beyond — and considers taking out a student loan of her own — she should be given the chance to live her dream.

Dear Abby: My husband and I have been together 15 years. We used to be inseparable. He was my best friend.

Ever since our daughter was born nine years ago, we rarely spend time together. Most of his free time is spent in the basement doing woodworking; I spend my time upstairs or outside. I don’t think he enjoys my company anymore.

I have told him this, and he says it’s not intentional, and he loves me more now than ever. But it feels to me like we are growing apart, and I am very lonely. Because my daughter is who I spend most of my time with, she is the one who suffers my moods when I’m sad and upset with him. What can we do to be friends again instead of just parents? — Missing It In Ohio Dear Missing: Explain to your husband that you are lonely and need more of him than you have been getting since your daughter was born. Start explor-

ing child care options and then schedule some adultsonly date nights for just the two of you. This works for many other couples, and it may help the two of you renew some of the excitement that was there when you were child-free.

Dear Abby: I am a 34-year-old woman. I live in a ground floor unit in an apartment complex with my terrier-collie mix, who is a very good judge of character.

An elderly neighbor has a habit of walking his German shepherd by my unit. My dog does not like the man and barks ferociously every time he hears them. What unsettles me is that something seems off about him, and his behavior is becoming intrusive.

The couple of times he has seen me outside, he has asked me if I live “all alone” or comments that he

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“hasn’t seen my boyfriend around in a long time.”

He peers into my window when he walks and lingers, despite my growling and snarling dog. I tried closing the blinds, but now he comes to my door and knocks. I haven’t answered because he makes me feel unsafe.

I want to confront him, but I’m not sure what to say.

It’s also happening right in front of the building I live in, which makes me nervous. What should I do? — Wary In Washington Dear Wary: The person you describe may be more lonely — or nosy — than dangerous. You can’t stop someone from walking his dog past your front door if that is where the exit is located. Talk to your other neighbors and ask if he has a history of doing this with them.

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The life you save may not be just your own If you still need a reason to get late last year before vaccines were the COVID-19 vaccine, then look available, but if you’re hesitating in our own backyard as we mourn about getting the shot yourself, the loss of a 31-year-old Seguin think about those you could potenfirefighter who died in a Houston tially save with that decision. hospital on Friday.

We’ve learned so much over the He did so after a lengthy last year about how the battle with the disease that virus spreads, including the ravaged his lungs just as it fact that it does so from has done to so many others people who aren’t ever in our community, country aware that they’re sick.

H and around the world.

There’s promising eviOur Voice dence that those who are Roger Dean was a new father who leaves behind a grieving vaccinated are not only protected wife and an 8-month-old daughter against the most serious outcomes who will grow up learning about of COVID including hospitalizathe hero her father was from others tion and death, but that they’re also in her life, instead of witnessing his less likely to get infected and spread kindness, generosity and commit- the virus. ment for herself.

More study needs to be done to Dean didn’t have the chance to confirm those types of findings, get vaccinated — testing positive but it means that vaccination would

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help strangle the spread of the virus.

The fewer hosts available to spread it, the fewer cases we have.

Less virus means less of a chance for people like Roger Dean and others — including those who for medical reasons can’t get vaccinated — to get infected, fewer people in the hospitals and fewer family members left behind with only pictures and memories to keep them company.

Firefighters like Dean run into burning buildings, climb under mangled cars and push through rushing waters to save lives.

Simply rolling up your sleeve might be a way for you to do the same.

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The sooty life of a yellow lab Since I wrote about our porch kitty, Zazu, who sadly disappeared about a week after I wrote that column, I figured it was time to tell you about our other family pet, Gunner.

But don’t worry, we already have several other neighborhood cats that my children have adopted, named and are well taken care of now.

Gunner is our 7 1/2-year-old yellow lab that we surprised our sons with at Christmas when they were little. I had a black lab (Hunter) growing up, who was the best dog ever, until we got Gunner. I knew immediately this would be a match made in heaven. Labs are said to be one of the best dog breeds for a family, and we hit the jackpot with this fella.

He is starting to slow down a little more, enjoys taking naps more than chasing after the birds and squirrels in our yard.

Interestingly enough — and I have read in sevElizabeth eral different articles that labs will do this — Gunner Engelhardt loves to roll in more than General just mud. Most recently, he Principles started sleeping in our fire pit and looked more like a dalmatian than a yellow lab. I don’t know what it is he likes about this. Then he will jump into the pool and lathers the soot even deeper into his coat. He also enjoys jumping in the water trough at our farm that the cows drink out of.

Gunner He will lay at the foot of our swing set and just Engelhardt watch the boys swing higher and higher. He also loves when we blow off the dirt and leaves on the patio, because that is his second most favorite thing in the world, a doggie blowout.

Silliest dog ever!

But nonetheless, he has been our faithful companion and loyal protector all of these years. I don’t know that he’s ever encountered a stranger, but I am confident he would protect us if ever faced with a predator.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR McKee’s column, book great reads

I want to thank Mr. Floyd McKee for his weekly articles as well as his book, “Snapshots of Seguin and Guadalupe County History.” Knowing I enjoy his column, my wife purchased Mr. McKee’s book as a gift to me. I H immediately read the book Your Letters cover to cover learning the rich history of Seguin and Guadalupe County. Further, according to the acknowledgements on page 9 within, Mr. McKee states, “the total proceeds will go to the Historical Society.” Again, thank you Mr. McKee. Lee Ohl, Seguin

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Focus on what is important and knowable As the familiar rumble of the turbodiesel burbled in front of the office, I knew Charlie was stopping by for his regular visit.

Charlie has scratched out a living doing every job imaginable in the oil field over the last 50-plus years.

He has leathery skin and an attitude that is stubborn and worn.

With a cup of coffee in his hand, the 75-year-old started firing questions.

“What is the price of oil going to do?”

I told him I didn’t know and I’m not sure many people do know. I reminded him he was supposed to be the oil patch expert. He grinned.

Charlie then asked, “What is the Federal Reserve going to do with interest rates?”

Again, I replied, “I don’t know.”

The pace of questioning sped up as Charlie inquired, “What is the Chinese economy going to do?”

I told him I didn’t know.

Sarcastically, the roughneck said, “I thought you were the guy with all of the answers. Why do I pay you if you don’t know anything?”

Charlie was sounding like my wife who is convinced I know nothing and if I do know something, it is unimportant.

I explained to Charlie that he does not pay us to know all things, but rather specific things and to have the discipline to know which ones require attention.

He squinted his eyes and said, “Like what?”

In the world of investing, there are things that are important and unimportant and things that are known and unknown.

He impatiently rolled his eyes and sarcastically said, “Thank you Aristotle.

Dave Sather Money Matters When did you become a philosopher?”

I assured Charlie that none of the great thinkers would call upon us anytime soon. However, it brought up a good point in terms of how to focus one’s efforts in managing money and life.

The job of a good investor is to break down data into these four categories.

This is especially important with the constant information overload we are all exposed to.

For instance, I know the sun will set tomorrow. However, in terms of assessing investments, it is unimportant. Furthermore, most of the “news” the popular media produces each day is not important.

With things that are knowable, but unimportant, it is best not to put much emphasis on them.

Conversely, a tsunami hitting the Gulf Coast would be quite important. However, the timing of such an event is virtually unknowable. With unknowable but significant events, you recognize they can happen. As such, you position yourself so unforeseen events don’t wipe you out.

Charlie listened and asked how this might affect him.

I told him the latest out of China, the Federal Reserve or the oil patch fall in the category of unknowable. Additionally, when it comes to valuing any business, this data prob-

ably falls in the category of unimportant also.

However, specifically to Charlie, the price of oil is very important to his industry. He agreed.

History tells us oil prices are volatile and have a nasty habit of dropping precipitously, often without warning or logic.

Obviously, the smart investor and business person will recognize this possibility exists and position themselves accordingly. In assessing this possibility, anyone exposed to the oil field realizes how important it is to use debt sparingly and live below one’s means.

Charlie leaned back in his chair and acknowledged he almost went bankrupt in the ’80s when the price of oil fell to $10 per barrel and he borrowed too much money. It was still a painful memory.

He then cocked his head to one side and said, “So, I pay you to intentionally ignore some things, drill down into things that are important and insulate me from those that are important, but we never know when they’ll happen.”

The man had summed it up well.

In a world of uncertainty, we need to concentrate on things we can actually control like spending, savings and quality of life. Plan for bumps in the road like hurricanes, accidents and even death. And learn to ignore the unimportant.

This type of focus reduces stress and worry while allowing us to make better decisions in the process.

Dave Sather is a Certified Financial Planner and the president of the Sather Financial Group a “feeonly” investment management and strategic planning firm.

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Girl reunited with family following Indian raid on Kirby Ranch made her way to the home of a nearby neighbor, and gave the alarm.

A party of men set out immediately from the attack point, but the Indians were gone and had taken with them the little girl, Martha. Joel, the little boy, miraculously was found alive in the tent and their immediate care saved the little boy’s life. (Joel lived and became a rancher near Leakey.)

A company of heavily-armed men set out, hoping to recover the stolen girl and exact vengeance on the Indians. The Indians had also captured a young boy from another nearby ranch. He described how, while some of the raiders were herding horses near what would become Kerrville, he escaped by crawling through the thick brush and succeeded in reaching some men in a field some miles away. The men quickly organized a rescue party and overtook the Indians who were having difficulty trying to herd their stolen horses.

The men saw the captured girl riding behind one of the Indians and gave chase, quickly closing in on them. The Indian, having difficulty holding the girl, threw her into the brush and tried to disappear into the thick cedar brush. The men followed the Indian, but found only a trail of blood, and a bloody blanket.

Thinking the girl’s mother had been killed, the men took the little girl to another family who had the intention of adopting her.

The raid took place in January and it was April before the girl was returned to her mother. The girl had been with the Indians for eight days before being rescued and it took three months to find and return her to her mother.

The horror of the attack remained vividly in Mrs. Kirby’s mind for years. Eventually, she married again and began to live a more normal life.

Years after the attack, every calamity seemed small compared to that disaster. She felt that just because the crops failed, or the cattle died, there was no reason to be unhappy or discontented. She said people should live in peace and security, and be thankful they were no longer cursed with the dread of an Indian attack.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX launched four astronauts into orbit Friday using a recycled rocket and capsule, the third crew flight in less than a year for Elon Musk's rapidly expanding company.

The astronauts from the U.S., Japan and France should reach the International Space Station early Saturday morning, following a 23-hour ride in the same Dragon capsule used by SpaceX's debut crew last May. They'll spend six months at the orbiting lab.

It was the first time SpaceX reused a capsule and rocket to launch astronauts for NASA, after years of proving the capability on station supply runs. The rocket was used last November on the company's second astronaut flight.

Embracing the trend, spacecraft commander Shane Kimbrough and his crew weeks ago wrote their initials in the rocket's soot, hoping to start a tra-

HAILE From page 3 grass” signs removed, he issued a proclamation permitting the homeless to sleep in the parks. “The grass is there for the people as well as the chiggers.”

Tate instructed the municipal greenhouse to send a potted plant to the funeral of every deceased Dallasite. He also tossed around the idea of holding funerals after dark as a way to reduce daytime traffic congestion and to increase the attendance of mourners unable to take time off from work to pay their respects.

A popular campaign promise had been to provide donkeys at the zoo

dition.

"If you have rapid and complete reusability, then that is the gateway to the heavens. That's what we're trying to get done, and the support of NASA makes a huge difference," Musk said after the launch.

Just a week ago, NASA awarded SpaceX a nearly $3 billion contract to provide the lunar lander that will deliver astronauts to the surface of the moon — Musk's Starship, intended to be fully reusable to attain his ultimate prize of carrying astronauts to Mars and building a city there.

Flying in a recycled capsule Friday provided a bit of deja vu for NASA astronaut Megan McArthur. She launched in the same seat in the same capsule as her husband, Bob Behnken, did during SpaceX's first crew flight. This time, it was Behnken and their 7-yearold son waving goodbye.

McArthur blew kisses and offered virtual hugs.

Also flying SpaceX on Friday: Japan's Akihiko Hoshide and France's Thomas Pesquet, the first

for children to ride. A personal friend, the mayor of Mineral Wells, donated the 20 donkeys that Tate led through the streets to Marsalis Park, where signs hailed him as the city’s “greatest burro-crat.”

Mayor Tate also kept his word on the issue of cityowned swimming pools.

“By the time a man pays a fee, rents a suit and a towel and buys a bottle of pop, it could cost him 50 cents just to go swimming,” he said in citing the need for change. Overcoming stubborn opposition, he waived the admission fee three days a week so that even his poorest constituents could take a dip.

We will never know if “Hot Dog” Tate could have won a second term.

A controversial change in

Floyd McKee’s book “Snapshots of Seguin and Guadalupe County” Vol. 1 is available at Parker’s Pharmacy drive-through window, Seguin Area Chamber of Commerce, Keepers Interiors, and Gift and Gourmet for $25. Make checks payable to “The Affiliation.” For more information, call Sudy Bruns at 830-305-4379.

Today in History

About Floyd McKee’s Book:

Floyd McKee’s book, “Snapshots of Seguin and Guadalupe County,” Vol 1, has been sold during the last year with proceeds going to the Seguin Conservation Society and Marty Keil doing most of the legwork.

Beginning this week, The Seguin “Historical Federated Club Rooms,” the oldest women’s organization in Texas, will benefit from the book sales. This organization was instrumental in organizing Seguin’s first library.

They sponsor the annual Historic Riverside Cemetery Tour, which highlights the lives of those leading citizens buried there. The affiliation is responsible for the preservation and maintenance of the “oldest club house” (built in 1902) for the sole use of women’s clubs in the state of Texas.

The club house has been relocated four times and is currently located on River Street behind the Texas Theatre.

The first Texas woman to be recognized by the state of Texas, with a full military salute at her death, was Seguin’s Ella Dance Dibrell, who was instrumental in organizing the women’s clubs, one of which, the Shakespeare Club, is still active after 120 years.

Today’s Highlight in History: On April 25, 1507, a world map produced by German cartographer Martin Waldseemueller contained the first recorded use of the term “America,” in honor of Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci.

On this date: In 1859, ground was broken for the Suez Canal.

In 1862, during the Civil War, a Union fleet commanded by Flag Officer David G. Farragut captured the city of New Orleans.

In 1898, the United States Congress declared war on Spain; the 10-week conflict resulted in an American victory.

In 1915, during World War I, Allied soldiers invaded the Gallipoli (guh-LIH’-puhlee) Peninsula in an unsuccessful attempt to take the Ottoman Empire out of the war.

In 1917, legendary jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald was born in Newport News, Virginia.

In 1944, the United Negro College Fund was founded.

In 1945, during World War II, U.S. and Soviet forces linked up on the Elbe (EL’beh) River, a meeting that

Floyd McKee is a native of Seguin.

He is a retired Air Force Colonel and eight of his ancestors were among the 33 Rangers that organized and developed Walnut Springs and Seguin.

SpaceX launches 3rd crew with recycled rocket and capsule Marcia Dunn AP Aerospace Writer

Snapshots of Seguin History

European to launch in a commercial crew capsule.

It was a stunning scene: The launch plume glowed against the dark sky, reflecting the sunlight at high altitude.

Despite the early hour, spectators lined surrounding roads to watch the Falcon take flight an hour before sunrise. Liftoff was delayed a day to take advantage of better weather along the East Coast in case of a launch abort and emergency splashdown.

"You're seeing a piece of history happening here," said Lance Bryan, visiting from Burnsville, Minnesota. "It's, in this case, good history versus some other things that can happen that have been in our backyard practically."

Hours after liftoff, SpaceX was notified of a piece of space junk that might come dangerously close to the capsule. So flight controllers ordered the astronauts to put on their spacesuits and lower their visors just in case.

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the city charter took the power to choose the mayor away from the voters and gave it to a newly constituted council. Naturally, the members of that body selected someone from their own ranks to replace the incumbent.

That was the end of T. Waddy Tate’s political career. He lived another seven years, but never again sought public office.

Still, many Dallasites would long remember the entertaining mayor who had their interests at heart.

Bartee Haile writes This Week In Texas History which appears every Sunday. For great quarantine reading, all five of Bartee’s books are available for purchase on his web site barteehaile@gmail.com .

ABBY From page 3 If he knocks on your door again, tell him you are busy and don’t like being disturbed and to stop doing it. If he asks any more personal questions or comments again about your boyfriend’s absence, tell him your social life is none of his business. If it will make you feel more secure, install security cameras in your apartment, and if you catch him peering into your windows again, tell him you have him on camera and you will report him not only to building management but also the police.

Dear Abby: I’m a middle-aged woman

ENGELHARDT From page 4 when my parents weren’t looking to get another pet, that they would stumble upon a puppy that melted their hearts. I think that’s how a lot of things in life work out, things happen when you’re least expecting them.

Pretty much every day is a salute to something,

FITSKO From page 3 don’t get offended when you insult them.

They smile and tell you something even more offensive.

That’s just a little of what I’ll miss about Ron. For me as a writer,

dramatized the collapse of Nazi Germany’s defenses.

Delegates from some 50 countries gathered in San Francisco to organize the United Nations.

In 1959, the St. Lawrence Seaway opened to shipping.

In 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was deployed in orbit from the space shuttle Discovery. (It was later discovered that the telescope’s primary mirror was flawed, requiring the installation of corrective components to achieve optimal focus.)

In 1992, Islamic forces in Afghanistan took control of most of the capital of Kabul following the collapse of the Communist government.

In 2002, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes of the Grammywinning trio TLC died in an SUV crash in Honduras; she was 30.

In 2019, former Vice President Joe Biden entered the Democratic presidential race, declaring the fight against Donald Trump to be a “battle for the soul of this nation.”

Ten years ago: President Bashar Assad of Syria sent the military into the southern city of Daraa, where an anti-government uprising had begun the previous month.

needing to know what to do. I have family members who say if I weren’t around, things would be a lot better. I was told from the beginning that I was a “mistake.” I am wondering, should I stay hurt with them for saying these things, or should I let it go?

They are always saying I will never amount to anything. When I say something to them about the way they make me feel, they tell me to be quiet and mind my own business. Should I tell them how I feel or what? — Devalued In The South Dear Devalued: A family member (!) who would say something so cruel as what you have described is someone you should avoid con-

tact with, if possible. It’s very important that you spend time with people — other family members or friends — who help you to feel BETTER about yourself rather than worse.

Should you tell these family members how you feel? Ordinarily, I would say yes. However, because you have already done that, I don’t think it would enlighten them.

Believe me, you have my sympathy because these relatives are toxic.

but April 11 is National Pet Day and that is one that I can absolutely get behind. Although in my house, we pretty much celebrate that every day.

Our community is home to several amazing animal rescue organizations that are run by incredible individuals that help find homes for pets of all kinds.

If you are ever looking to volunteer, please consider donating your

time or services to the Guadalupe County Humane Society, Seguin Animal Services, ARFTexas or any other pet adoption/rescue organization.

I’ve always found it difficult to write about loss. And when it comes to Ron Snider, Carol, his wife of 46 years, lost a loving and devoted husband; his daughter Meagan and his son Ronald and their spouses lost a wonderful, caring father; five grandchildren lost a proud and enthusi-

astic grandfather; and the community of New Braunfels lost a visionary community builder and leader.

As for me, I lost a truly irreplaceable friend. RIP, my friend.

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In the mid-1850s, Seguin was still being attacked by Indian raiders, mainly in search of horses, but to also drive the settlers back from what they considered their land. In 1855, more than a dozen horses were stolen on the west side of Seguin from Judge James McKee and his neighbors. As more settlers moved into the area, the edge of the frontier was forcibly moved further west.

A few years later, near today’s Kerrville, the Indians attacked and killed the husband and two children of Mrs. Floyd McKee Elizabeth Kirby.

Snapshots Kirby described of Seguin how the Kiowa and History Apache Indians had attacked.

“We were living in a tent and my husband was cutting timber to build our new home. One afternoon, while he was making shingles for roofing material about 200 yards from our tent, he called me to bring him some tobacco. I started with it, but when I was halfway to him, Indians rushed out of the brush and shot him.

“I turned and ran toward my children who were in the tent. However, the Indians reached our children before I did. They pierced my 3-yearold boy with a lance and crushed the life out of my 6-week-old baby with a rock. I became crazed and ran from the tent and jumped from a 20-foot bluff, thinking the Indians would kill me along with the children. One of the Indian’s bullets struck me in the shoulder.” Later, she counted nine bullet holes in her dress.

The jump from the bluff, by some miracle, failed to seriously injure the fear-crazed woman. Running through the thick cedar brush, she

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Elizabeth Engelhardt is the publisher for the Seguin Gazette. Her column runs every other week. You can e-mail her at elizabeth.engelhardt@ seguingazette.com .

Mike Fitsko is a retired principal and longtime columnist from New Braunfels.

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FDA: N95 masks, now plentiful, should no longer be reused MARTHA MENDOZA and gowns, swabs, and other medical JULIET LINDERMAN supplies prompted the Trump Associated Press administration to issue guidelines for providers to ration, The Biden administration clean, and reuse disposable has taken the first step toward equipment. Thus, throughout ending an emergency exception the pandemic, once a week many that allowed hospitals to ration doctors and nurses were issued and reuse N95 medical masks, an N95 mask, which is normally the first line of defense between designed to be tossed after each frontline workers and the deadly patient. coronavirus.

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SPACEX From page 6 than initially thought, passing about 28 miles (45 kilometers) from the vehicle.

“We don’t know what the object was or how big it was, but it did not come close to Dragon,” said NASA spokesman Rob Navias.

A masked Musk met briefly with the astronauts at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center before they boarded white gull-winged Teslas from his electric car company. The astronauts’ spouses and children huddled around the cars for one last “love you” before the caravan pulled away and headed to the pad in the predawn darkness.

“From now on, I’ll see you on a screen!” tweeted Pesquet’s partner, Anne Mottet.

Visibly weary, Musk later said he doesn’t sleep the night before a crew launch and this one was no exception.

“It gets a little bit easier, but still pretty intense, I have to say,” said Musk, who started his space company in 2002.

NASA limited the number of launch guests because of COVID19, but passengers for SpaceX’s first privately purchased flight made the cut. Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman, who’s bought a three-day flight, watched the

Falcon soar with the three people who will accompany him. Their capsule is still at the space station and due back on Earth with four astronauts next Wednesday. It will be refurbished in time for a September liftoff. Another crew flight for NASA will follow in October.

For Friday’s automated flight, SpaceX replaced some valves and thermal shielding, and installed new parachutes on the capsule, named Endeavour after NASA’s retired space shuttle. Otherwise, the spacecraft is the same vehicle that flew before.

“We’re thrilled to have a crew on board Endeavour once again,” SpaceX Launch Control radioed just before liftoff.

All four astronauts clasped hands as Kimbrough noted it was the first time in more than 20 years that U.S., European and Japanese astronauts had launched together.

The first-stage booster touched down on an ocean platform nine minutes after liftoff.

SpaceX picked up the station slack for NASA after the space agency’s shuttles retired in 2011, starting with supply runs the following year. The big draw was last year’s return of astronaut launches to Florida, after years of relying on Russia for rides.

“It’s awesome to have this regular cadence again,” said Kennedy’s director Robert

one mask per patient.

"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is recommending health care personnel and facilities transition away from crisis capacity conservation strategies," said the agency in a letter to healthcare personnel and facilities earlier this month.

The letter is not an order: hospitals are still legally permitted to sterilize and reuse N95s. But in the coming weeks or months, the FDA will issue updated guidance and, eventually, require hospitals to revert to single-use, said Suzanne Schwartz, director of the FDA's office of strategic part-

nerships and technology innovation.

"The ability to decontaminate was purely a last resort, an extreme measure," Schwartz said.

"From the FDA's perspective, there is a need for us to move back towards contingency and conventional strategies, which is, you use the respirator for the interaction, and then you dispose of it and get a new one. We are in unison, in sync, with both NIOSH and OSHA in that position."

The National Nurses Union, the largest professional association of registered nurses in the

Cabana, a former shuttle commander.

Boeing, NASA’s other contracted crew transporter, isn’t expected to start launching NASA astronauts until early next year. First, it needs to repeat a test flight of an empty Starliner capsule, possibly in late summer, to make up for its software-plagued debut in December 2019.

Last Friday, SpaceX beat out two other companies, including Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, to land astronauts on the moon for NASA in three or more years.

They’ll descend to the lunar surface in Starship, the shiny, bulletshaped rocketship that Musk is testing in the skies over southeast Texas, near the Mexican border.

Musk said Starship should be ready to carry people in a couple years, although he expects to smash more of them before getting there. The 2024 deadline for putting astronauts on the moon, which was set by the Trump administration, is doable, he added.

“It’s a great time to be here, and we’re very excited,” said the European Space Agency’s Frank De Winne, an astronaut turned manager. The space station eventually will come to an end, he noted, but the partnership will continue amid hopes of “European astronauts one day walking on the surface of the moon.”

country, calls the new guidance "a tiny step in the right direction." But the organization, representing 170,000 nurses, said the direction "ultimately fails" to protect nurses because it allows employers to use their discretion about what normal N95 supply is.

"But we know the reality— there is ample N95 supply," said the union in a statement urging the administration to update their standards and enforce them.

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COUNTY From page 1 How those services are provided was discussed but no final decision was made.

Participants talked of forming emergency services districts or one district.

They discussed volunteer departments hiring and paying firefighters.

Some discussion surrounded paying the cities to provide additional services at an amount of $393,901, the amount added to the current budget for fire protection.

Pinder’s office will administer the additional funding to form the Guadalupe County Fire Rescue service.

To start the service, Pinder in January hired Heath Lipke as the service’s fire administrator. The budget item also provides funding to hire four full-time firefighters/ EMTs, buy two F-550 trucks with water tanks and supply other equipment.

Volunteers departments are having a rough go funding their efforts, recruiting, training personnel, maintaining staffing and effectively responding to calls in a timely fashion, Assistant Fire Marshal Bryce Houlton said. The county’s paid staff

will supplement where volunteer teams are having the most trouble, typically around regular business hours during the workweek, he said.

“We’re not here to take over the volunteer fire departments,” Houlton said.

“We’re here to fill the gaps.”

Kingsbury Volunteer Fire Chief Myron Boerger said he envisions a single ESD with a single board taking care of the whole county as the final solution. In the meantime, the county’s current steps will help, he said.

“Guadalupe County Fire Rescue is a bandaid,” Boerger said. “It’s a good bandaid. It means four more guys when I get a call who I know will be there.”

Kingsbury’s chief was not alone in his support for the county fire service.

“I really do think what we have started here is the smartest way to run,” New Berlin Volunteer Fire Department Chief Kurt Strey said. “It can be expanded because the groundwork is laid.”

Dalondo Moultrie is the assistant managing editor of the Seguin Gazette. You can e-mail him at dalondo.moultrie@seguingazette.com .

Going Green in Seguin By: Blaire Zahn, City of Seguin Main Street & CVB Assistant Director Even though Earth Day has passed, we could still use a little inspiration on how to “go green” and do our part for the environment. But what does “going green” actually mean? And how can we start making changes today? And how do we go green in downtown Seguin?

Well, Earth Day dates back to the year 1970.

Groups who had been individually fighting to prevent oil spills, water, and air pollution, banned together to create the Environmental Protection Agency. Over the last 50+ years, Earth Day has globalized the call for environmental efforts like recycling, clean energy, and more.

So what can you do?

Even the smallest efforts can make a wave, and here in Seguin we have plenty of resources available to help you in your quest to become a better environmental steward.

1. Recycle!

Even though it’s a given, we always push recycling to the side because it can be inconvenient. But lucky for you, the City of Seguin offers home recycling programs to pick up your recyclables right off your curb. So you can recycle your plastics, cardboard, aluminum, and more from the comfort of your home. Additionally, four recycling receptacles are located in Central Park. For more recycling tips and tricks, take a look at our Guide to a Greener Seguin at www.seguintexas.gov!

2. Choose Reusable Another small change is to make simple and easy swaps to reusable items like water bottles, coffee cups, and grocery bags. Instead of grabbing a bottle of water from the corner store, carry your own and

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Make plans to enjoy life’s little pleasures. It’s time to take it easy.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Maintain a steady pace forward. Fix up your space or engage in something new and exciting that will impact your lifestyle. Sell items you no longer use to bring in some extra cash.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -Take your time. Refuse to let anyone rush you or pressure you. Be true to yourself and let your intuition lead the way. Detailed research will put your mind at ease.

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Show interest in what others do. Make changes at home that help boost your health, fitness and peace of mind.

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PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -Tidy up loose ends before you start something new.

A chance to use your skills in a new and exciting way will encourage you to create your own business or start a new endeavor. Romance is featured.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -Discipline will pay off. Set your sights on what you want to achieve, and you will reach your goal. Your enthusiasm and drive will attract someone who has something to offer you.

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Prince fans pay respects at Paisley Park 5 years after death Associated Press CHANHASSEN, Minn.

(AP) — Paisley Park, where Prince lived and worked, welcomed back select fans Wednesday to mark the fifth anniversary of his death from inside his creative sanctuary. Some wore custom Prince clothes and shoes and left flowers and other mementos as tributes to the late superstar.

The sprawling studio’s atrium opened to 1,400 people who were able to snag free reservations,

while other fans paid their respects in front of a statue erected outside the front doors in the shape of his famous purple Love Symbol.

A custom-made ceramic urn shaped like Paisley Park with Prince’s symbol on top was originally placed in the middle of the atrium when the pop legend’s 65,000-square-foot studio in suburban Minneapolis first opened as a museum in October 2016. At the request of Prince’s family, the ashes were moved to

a less prominent spot in the atrium and eventually removed entirely from public view, disappointing the superstar’s legions of fans.

Wednesday was the first time the urn has returned to the atrium for display to the public.

“He reached me through his music and through his words and everything. My daughters, I raised them with the love of Prince,” said Raquel Ponce of Mason City, Iowa. She noted while PRINCE - 11

Relics seized from smugglers are returning to Afghanistan Ben Fox Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Precious relics of Afghanistan’s ancient past are returning home as the nation confronts deepening uncertainty about its future.

A collection of 33 artifacts seized from a New York-based art dealer who authorities say was one of the world’s most prolific smugglers of antiquities was turned over by the U.S. to the government of Afghanistan this week.

“The significance of the material is huge,” Roya Rahmani, the country’s ambassador to the U.S., said Wednesday. “Each one of these pieces are priceless depictions of our history.”

Rahmani formally took control of the collection in a ceremony Monday in New York with the Manhattan District Attorney’s office and Homeland Security Investigations, which recovered the artifacts as part of a larger investigation into the trafficking of antiquities from a number

MASKS From page 7 works at a Northern California Sutter Hospital and is a member of the California Nurses Association, said he and his colleagues still don’t have unlimited access to N95 masks.

“I think it’s ridiculous for Sutter to want to do extended use when the masks are inexpensive, like a dollar apiece. They should want to make sure to protect the nurses, we’re the frontline workers,” he said. “It puts the patients and us at risk for infection.

They were never intended for extended use.”

Hill’s colleague, Sutter nurse Janine PaistePonder, 59, was among hundreds of medical

of countries.

Now, after briefly being displayed at the embassy in Washington, the masks, sculptures and other items, some from the second and third centuries, are en route to Kabul, where they are expected to go on display at the National Museum.

It’s the same museum where members of the Taliban destroyed artifacts in 2001 as part of a cultural rampage rooted in a fundamentalist version of Islam in which depictions of the human form are considered offensive.

The Taliban is now out of power. But it controls much of the country outside of Kabul amid stalled talks with the government and the looming withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces after two decades of war. Rahmani concedes it’s a delicate time.

“However, what I know is that our security forces are determined to defend our people,” she said in an interview with The Associated Press. “The government is committed to do its part for peace and stability in a way

that would bring durable peace.”

They may get a chance earlier than expected.

Germany’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday that discussions are underway among military planners with the NATOled Resolute Support Mission in Kabul for a possible withdrawal of international troops from Afghanistan as early as July 4.

President Joe Biden has already said the U.S. would remove all its troops by Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the attacks that prompted the American invasion to dislodge the Taliban in 2001 for allowing al-Qaida to operate from Afghanistan.

Before the Sept. 11 attacks, the Taliban had already become internationally notorious for enforcing a harsh form of Islamic law that kept women out of public view and for destroying — with rockets, shells and dynamite — the famed giant, sixth century sandstone Buddha statues built into

caregivers who died after exposure to COVID-19 at the workplace in the past year. Following her July 2020 death, a California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health investigation at Sutter Health’s Alta Bates Summit Medical Center led to nearly $300,000 in fines for numerous COVID-related workplace safety violations.

Prestige Ameritech Executive Vice President Mike Bowen, whose Fort Worth, Texas, factory is the largest U.S.-manufacturer of surgical masks, said the devices were designed to be used only once, not reused from one patient to the next.

He said he has millions of unsold masks, as do other U.S. manufacturers which invested and ramped

up during the pandemic.

“While nurses pleaded for clean masks, American N95 makers were filling their warehouses with N95s that hospitals weren’t buying. Starting today, America’s healthcare workers can and should demand clean, new N95 masks,” he said. “The N95 mask shortage is over,” he said.

Congresswoman Anna Eshoo said the deadly shortages were “a national embarrassment and should never happen again.”

“This is welcome news and demonstrates our progress toward crushing COVID-19,” said the California Democrat. “We must make sure this type of shortage never happens again by reinvesting in a sustainable supply of highquality, American-made PPE.”

MARION From page 1 the changes involved expanding the high school’s career and technology education courses, which she is for — as long as it was not at the expense of the agriculture program.

“You would think a reasonable person with any common sense might ask the ag teachers their input with their over 60 years of experience in not only ag but in CTE programs,” she said.

Murdoch sent a petition signed by community members to the board and the superintendent. He read the petition, which demanded the district reinstate the classes, allow the agriculture teachers the time needed to teach those courses, give the educators the leeway to decide what to participate in and whether or not the travel to contests warrants an overnight stay.

Additionally, he asked that any changes made to the program be discussed with the agriculture teachers before they’re made.

“Let it be known by the Marion community, after numerous attempts on April 8, April 9 and April 13 by concerned community members to find resolve to the Marion ISD administration’s reductions to Marion’s agricultural educational program, we have reached a crossroads that is not acceptable to the integrity of a program that has taken decades to build,” he said. “We will not settle for any terms that limit in any way of students’ optimal opportunity for success in or outside the classroom.”

While the topic of the

FFA program was not up for discussion on the agenda, Lindholm took a moment during her superintendent’s report to offer a statement regarding the agriculture classes.

Lindholm said she received an email from a student and a parent regarding the topic and met with a pair of parents after one reached out for a meeting in the past two weeks.

“I met with him and another parent and listened to their concerns, and we discussed possible options for moving forward,” she said.

Larger Issues

The issue at the high school with the agriculture program was part of a much larger issue, Jubela said, alleging the district is shaped by corruption including nepotism, favoritism and is in need of a financial audit, comparing it all to a boil.

“What has been brewing for years has finally reared its ugly head just like that boil,” she said.

“On the surface, originally, it was just Marion FFA. The boil is fueled by power and control of our Marion administration.”

Having heard the rumors floated by community members before the meeting, interim board president JC Batey addressed some of them in his opening remarks.

“Since I have been part of this board, I have never seen any mismanagement of any funds,” he said. “Each year, we get audited. This audit covers the entire district. During my tenure, I have never been made aware of any red flags or anything brought to my attention indicating any mismanagement of funds.”

In two weeks, Jubela

said about 50 educators — current and former — have reached out to her regarding the district, primarily the elementary campus.

“What a downright shame that Marion ISD culture has become this toxic,” she said.

The toxicity, she said, has forced tenured, experienced teachers to leave.

“Without the experienced teachers, who trains? Who builds curriculum? Who carries on tradition? Who advocated for programs?” she asked. “That’s right, no one, because our current administration threatens, demotes, moves them. I will continue to seek justice, be an advocate and give our teachers the voices, so they are heard at the highest level.”

Batey said the board is tasked with making the best decisions for the district and strives to do it, keeping all of the students and educators in mind despite the optics.

“This does not mean we always agree or see eye to eye in every decision,” he said. “But we are determined to make the best decision in the interest of all of our students and staff. It saddens me that when our opinions differ, viewpoints lead to picking sides, damaging the important and valuable relationships in this community, which impacts our ability to continue building great programs for all of our students. You have to remember that just because our viewpoints of a situation might be different, opposing views are not always wrong; they are just different.”

Felicia Frazar is the managing editor of the Seguin Gazette. You can e-mail her at felicia.frazar@seguingazette.com .

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OBITUARIES Yankowski and wife Aimee, Becky Yankowski, David Neal, Jr. and wife Abby, Matthew Shaw and wife Courtney, and Phelecia Neal; great-grandchildren, Bethany, Jace, Laini, Roan, Elise Easton, and Everett; sister-in-law, Peggy Penn; numerous nieces, nephews, and other loving family members and friends.

Visitation will be held on Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 1 p.m. followed by the funeral service at 2 p.m. at Tres Hewell Mortuary E.J. “Penny” Chapel with Mr. Charles Goodnight officiating.

Penn Neal Interment will follow in E.J. “Penny” Penn Neal, age 89 of Kingsbury, Memory Lawn Memorial Park in Martindale, Texas. passed away on April 21, Face coverings are request2021. Penny was born in ed at all locations.

Brownwood, Texas on Memorial contribuMarch 8, 1932 to Gladys tions may be made to Emma (Pearce) and Alzheimer’s Association, Calbert Alvin Penn.

She is preceded in death San Antonio and South Texas Chapter, 10223 by her loving husband of McAllister Freeway, Suite 51 years, Dave Neal, her 100, San Antonio, Tx, parents and her siblings, 78216.

Johnnie Penn, Yvonne You are invited to Taylor, and Calbert Penn, sign the guest book at Jr. www.treshewell.com.

Survivors include Arrangements are under her children, Shay Neal, the direction of Tres Mindie Neal Shaw and Hewell Mortuary, 165 Tor husband Mark, and Dr., Seguin, Texas, 78155, Shannon Neal and wife Pam; grandchildren, Micah 830-549-5912.

Lucille Ewald Leissner

Lucille Ewald Leissner, age 92 of Marion, passed away on April 20, 2021.

Lucille was born on August 17, 1928 in Seguin, Texas to Alma (Kwast) and Walter Ewald.

Lucille is preceded in death by her loving husband of 63 years, Olen Ray Leissner, her parents and her siblings, Edna Scheffel, Evelyn Schievelbein, Ruby Haese, Edwin Ewald, Elton Ewald, Marvin Ewald and Melvin Ewald.

Survivors include her children, Shari Moore and husband Eddie, and Randy Leissner and wife Donna; grandchildren, Chris Collins and wife Karlie, Devin Leissner and wife Ruth, Alysse Leissner and

partner Garth Holbrook, and Paul Tanner Leissner and fiancé Sasha Cucuz; great-grandchildren, C. J. Collins, Jeremiah Collins, Alannah Ruiz, Devyn Leissner and Blaine Collins; sister-in-law, Elaine Ewald; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, other loving family members and friends.

Visitation will be held on Sunday, April 25, 2021 at Tres Hewell Mortuary from 3 to 5 p.m. Graveside services and interment will be held on Monday, April 26, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. at the Redeemer United Church Cemetery in Zuehl with the Rev. Gerry Metzger officiating.

Serving as honorary pallbearers will be her grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. Face coverings are requested at all locations.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Redeemer United Church of Christ, 7415 Gin Rd., Marion, Texas, 78124.

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.

Womack and Brooke Womack; great-granddaughter, Ashley Womack and great-grandson, Cameron Hernandez; numerous nieces, nephews, other loving family members and cousins.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Tres Hewell Mortuary.

Graveside services and interment will be held on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. at San Geronimo Cemetery with Judy Lee Evans Chaplain Rhonda Robbins Judy Lee Evans, age 80 officiating. Face coverings of Seguin, passed away on are requested at all locaApril 21, 2021. Judy was tions. born on January 27, 1940 Judy will be lovingly in Sanford, North Carolina remembered as everyone’s to Stella Kathleen (Rosser) Nana, and she will be and Samuel David missed.

Oldham, Sr. Memorial contribuJudy is preceded in tions may be made Elara death by her loving husCaring Hospice 300 Landa band, Joe “Papa Joe” St., Ste. B, New Braunfels, Evans, her parents, son, TX 78130 or to Dementia Timothy Womack, grand- Society of America, P. O. daughter, Ashley Womack, Box 600, Doylestown, PA, sister, Sue Bennett and 18901 or to brothers, S. D. “Jr.” You are invited to Oldham, Jr and David sign the guest book at Oldham. www.treshewell.com.

Survivors include her Arrangements are under daughter, Pam Womack; the direction of Tres son, Tommy Womack; Hewell Mortuary, 165 Tor grandson, Wesley Dr., Seguin, Texas, Seguin, Womack; granddaughTexas, 78155, 830-549ters, Taylor Nichols, Dana 5912.

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Gary Dee Stoddard

Gary Dee Stoddard, age 65 of Seguin, passed away on March 19, 2021. Gary was born in San Antonio, Texas on July 29, 1955 to Evelyn Mae (DeKunder) and Jerome (J.C.) Curtis Stoddard.

Gary grew up in Eagle Pass before his parents

Wayne Frederick Krueger

Wayne Frederick Krueger, age 80, of Seguin, Texas passed away on April 18, 2021. Wayne was born in New Braunfels, Texas on March 29, 1941 to Karl Ernest “Charlie” Krueger and Minnie Emma Lana Bierstedt Krueger.

David Andrew Green

David Andrew Green, age 77 of Seguin, passed away on April 22, 2021.

David was born on

PRINCE From page 10 fighting back tears that she tried to give birth to one of her daughters on the singer’s birthday, but missed that mark by a day.

Prince died April 21, 2016, of an accidental fentanyl overdose at age 57, shocking fans and setting off waves of grief around the world. Since then, Paisley Park was turned into a museum and paid tours were created. Tours were shut down for the day to mark the fifth anniversary.

“We celebrate his life and legacy every day at Paisley Park, a place that Prince wanted to share with the world,” Paisley Park Executive Director Alan Seiffert said in a statement. “So, on this day especially, we acknowledge the incredible force

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moved to Seguin. He met Linda while working and they married just a few short years later. Gary was a dedicated and hard worker and created several successful businesses. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and loved anything outdoors. His favorite place to be was at his ranch near Del Rio or out deep sea fishing on his boat. He could spend hours walking around his ranch looking for deer sheds. He loved to take his grandkids to his ranch to be outdoors and teach them about hunting.

Gary was selfless and passionate about helping others, especially children and wounded warriors. For many years, he donated special hunts to children and wounded warriors and taught his family the importance of giving back

to the community. Nothing was more important to Gary than his family, especially his grandkids.

Gary is preceded in death by his parents, Evelyn and JC Stoddard.

Survivors include his loving wife of 41 years, Linda (Moore) Stoddard; children, Amy Long and husband Andrew; Christopher Stoddard and wife Brittany; Brandon Stoddard and wife Valerie; and Nathan Stoddard and wife Kyla; grandchildren, Paxton Long, Peyton Long, Emery Long, Charlott Stoddard, Oliver Stoddard, Madalyn Stoddard, Megan Stoddard, and a new grandson on the way ; siblings, Curtis Stoddard and wife Sandra, Carol Riley and husband Jim, Keith Stoddard and

wife Carolyn and Robin Stoddard and wife Lindey; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, other loving family members and many friends.

Gary will be remembered as a loving husband, dad, “Pops,” son, nephew and friend. He was loved by many and will be missed by all.

A private celebration of Gary’s life will be held later.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Gary Stoddard Scholarship Fund, c/o Buck Fever, 806 N. Cherry St., Seguin, Texas, 78155.

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.

Wayne met the love of his life Trixie Bell Dotson and they married on October 3, 1964. They had 56 years, 6 months, and 15 days of beloved marriage together.

Wayne is preceded in death by his parents, oldest brother Carl Krueger, nephew Larry Oliver, and his forever hunting buddy Leslie Clay Dotson.

Survivors include his beloved wife Trixie Bell Dotson Krueger, children – Richard Krueger, Mark (Valerie) Krueger, and Ginger Krueger; grandchildren – Luke Krueger, McKayla (Simon) Krueger, Eric Krueger, Alex Rodriguez, Kyndra Krueger, Patrick (Sierra) Krueger, Presley Krueger; Great Grandchildren – Alayah, Emma, Khloe, and BellaGray; Brothers

– Milton “Red” Krueger, Allen (Bertha)Krueger, and Sister Janet Krueger Coffman, and a host of loving in-laws, nieces and nephews, cousins, and longtime friends who were more of an extended family.

Wayne was a loving Dad and Grandpa. There was not an event his children or grandchildren did that he would miss. He was a proud Dad and Grandpa and let everyone know it.

The most joyous thing in Wayne’s life was to fish and hunt with his family. No matter what kind of season the Dallas Cowboys were having, he was their number one fan (he always had faith in them).

Wayne was fond of gardening and farming the land he loved. He would sit and watch his sheep in the pastures with delight.

He was named after John Wayne and had to of had all his moves memorized by heart. Wayne could watch rodeos and bull riding events all day long. He retired from SMI after 24 years and had so many stories he told of his time there.

At this time, there will be no services. A Memorial will take place at a later date and his ashes will be spread on his land and where he loved to hunt with his family.

If you would like to honor the memory of Wayne Krueger, the family asks that you make a donation to your favorite charity in his name.

Services are under the direction of Goetz Funeral Home located at 713 N. Austin Street, Seguin, Texas 78155. 830-379-2313

October 17, 1943 in Kinder, Louisiana to Lillian (Dunnehoo) and Edwin Kirby Green.

After 42 years of proud service, David retired as Railroad Conductor with Union Pacific Railroad, formerly Southern Pacific Railroad.

He is preceded in death by his loving wife of 54 years, Linda Jean Green, his parents, his son-in-law, William “Billy” Wilson, his sister-in-law, Margaret “Marty” Watkins and his brother-in-law, Phil Harrison.

Survivors include his children, Edwin Louis “Little Red” Green and wife

Teresa, Katherine Green Hogan, and Deborah Jolene Wilson-Hilliard and husband Michael; grandchildren, Erica Teague and husband Dustin; Ty Green, Dallas Runkle and husband John, Amanda Hogan and Blake Hogan; greatgrandchildren, Peyton Jolene Runkle, Megan Sandra Runkle and a little boy on the way; sister, Fran Harrison; brother-in-law, Louis Edward Schaefer; numerous nieces, nephews, other loving family members and friends.

Graveside services and interment will be held on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 2 p.m. at San Geronimo

Cemetery with the Rev. Robert K. Odom officiating. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Ty Green, Jim Wilkens, Michael Hilliard, Blake Hogan, Dustin Teague, Grady Harrison and Jeff Harrison. Face coverings are requested.

Memorial contributions may be made to Camp Pearl Ministries, P. O. Box 10, Reeves, LA., 70658.

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.

and inspiration Prince is in people’s lives and open up our doors for them to pay their respects.”

Paisley Park also posted an online memorial at www.Paisleypark.com.

Pepe Willie, Prince’s uncle and an early music mentor, still tears up when he thinks of the lost star.

“It was devastat-

ing,” he recently told The Associated Press of the moment he learned the news. “I’m standing in the living room with my underwear on watching the TV. I couldn’t go anywhere, I couldn’t do anything. I was just in so much shock.

It was unbelievable.”

Known as the “godfather of the Minneapolis sound,”

he met Prince as a young musical prodigy after marrying his aunt. The pair developed a bond through music, with Prince soaking up his knowledge about the music business and playing for Willie in a recording studio.

“I cried for him so hard,” Willie said. “I didn’t even cry at my father’s funeral.”

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SPORTS

Rain delays ball games

Several area teams rescheduled games due to Friday’s inclement weather. Seguin Baseball is scheduled to host Boerne Champion 7 p.m.

Monday at Smokey Joe and the Navarro Panthers baseball and softball rescheduled games for Saturday against Gonzales at Navarro.

MANAGING EDITOR FELICIA FRAZAR- SPORTS@SEGUINGAZETTE.COM

Marion golfer lands second at regional, state bound Felicia Frazar The Seguin Gazette Area golfers hit the links in regional tournaments this week.

The Marion Bulldogs are sending one golfer to the state tournament and one alternate following a strong outing at the Region IV 3A event this week.

Heading to Austin to represent the Bulldogs is Hagen Rudisaile, who earned second place and the chance to com-

pete.

Ryken Autry’s fourth-place finish placed him as a state qualifier alternate. The two were joined on the course for the two-day tournament by teammates Dillon Sanchez, Darius Dowdy, Lane Pawelek and Alex Vukela, who together placed fifth overall as a team in the region.

Navarro’s Jacqueline Springs also shot for a chance to compete at the state level at the Region IV 3A tournament at

Arsenal fans protest against owner for Super League debacle Frank Griffiths Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Several hundred Arsenal fans protested outside Emirates Stadium at the English Premier League match against Everton on Friday to call for owner Stan Kroenke to leave the club for joining the Super League.

Fans gathered on the stadium’s concourse more than two hours before kickoff, banging metal screens above the main box office, lighting flares, setting off fireworks, blaring airhorns and chanting “We want Kroenke out,” and “We want our Arsenal back.”

They also hung banners over the edge of the concourse including ones that read, “Arsenal till I die. Kroenke out,” and “Our club our home. Sell up Stan.”

After gathering on the concourse, the fans marched down stairs to the box office and team store to continue their noisy demonstration.

One fan climbed on top of the box office awning and waved banners and flags, riling up the hundreds of fans gathered in front of him and leading them in chants against

Arsenal’s ownership.

The protest was still in full voice and could be heard inside the stadium as the teams took to the pitch to warm up and after the match kicked off as a police helicopter circled above the stadium. Officers didn’t attempt to move in to break up the protest amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Fan anger has been brewing since Arsenal and five other Premier League clubs announced they would join a breakaway Super League last Sunday. And it hasn’t subsided even after Arsenal quit the 12-team Super League project on Tuesday night in the face of a growing public backlash, and apologized to fans.

Kroenke’s son, Josh Kroenke, joined an Arsenal fans forum on Thursday, and supporters voiced their disdain at the decision to form a Super League without consulting them.

Kroenke told them the family has “no intention” of selling the club.

Just before kickoff, Spotify founder and chief executive Daniel Ek said he would be LEAGUE - 13

Colony Creek Golf Course in Victoria.

Facing off against 94 competitors in two days of play, Springs finished in 18th place.

Also representing Navarro was Rylan Ward, whose time on the course landed him in a tie for 34th place.

Courtesy photo - Special to the Seguin gazette

Marion Bulldog Hagen Rudisaile earns second place and a bid for the state contest at the Region IV 3A golf tournament this weekend.

Felicia Frazar is the managing editor of the Seguin Gazette.

You can e-mail her at felicia. frazar@seguingazette.com .

Stormin’ Dogs

ON THE SCHEDULE *The Sports Calendar is subject to change.

APRIL 26 Seguin Baseball vs. Boerne Champion Smokey Joe, 7 p.m.

APRIL 27 Marion Softball @ Cornerstone CS Cornerstone, 6 p.m.

Seguin Baseball @ Dripping Springs Dripping Springs, 7 p.m.

Navarro Baseball @ La Vernia La Vernia, 7 p.m.

Marion Baseball @ Nixon Nixon, 7 p.m.

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APRIL 28

ABOVE: Marion’s Bryce Gonyer safely slides under a tag into home during Marion’s district match against Randolph on Friday, April 23, 2021, at Marion High School BELOW: Marion pitcher Zach Halter sends the ball across home plate against a Ro-Hawk batter.

Marion softball vs Lago Vista Marion, 6 p.m.

Bulldogs notch district win over Ro-Hawks despite rain

Navarro Softball @ Canyon Lake Canyon Lake, 6:30 p.m.

Katy O’Bryan The Seguin Gazette It may have taken six hours, but the Bulldogs remained undefeated to win district as they took down the Ro-Hawks 13-10 on Friday.

The first pitch was tossed at 10 a.m. at Randolph High School, but the final out was called at 4 p.m. in Marion.

The Bulldogs (19-

APRIL 29 Navarro Softball vs. Canyon Lake Navarro, 6 p.m., third game immediately after, if necessary

6) endured a day-long game due to inclement weather delays.

Having to play through location changes, heavy clay and delays is challenging, and Marion head coach Tim Tesch said it was good to see his team win despite those setbacks.

“When you play in those conditions, it’s about the mentality,”

APRIL 30 Seguin Baseball vs. Alamo Heights Smokey Joe, 7 p.m.

Navarro Baseball vs. La Vernia Navarro, 7 p.m.

Marion Baseball vs. Cole Marion, 7 p.m.

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Texans not scheduled to pick until third round of draft Kristie Rieken AP Sports Writer

this year's draft. Along with two in the fifth, three sixth-

Considering that they don't them to trade back into the options on draft night.

the third-round pick, the round picks and one in the have any high draft picks this first two rounds, but Caserio

HOUSTON (AP) — Nick Texans have one in the fourth, seventh round.

Caserio enters his first draft as the general manager of the Houston Texans with the unique challenge of trying to improve a team that went 4-12 last season without the WORK benefit of a first- or secondround pick.

Location! Location! Location!

The Texans' first pick in Port of Galveston the draft isn't until the third Scholes International Airport round at 67 overall after they Maritime Opportunities traded away their picks in University of Texas Medical Branch the first and second rounds Texas A&M University at Galveston for this season in the 2019 Emerging Technologies deal with Miami that brought 2 state of the art Convention Centers left tackle Laremy Tunsil to Houston.

Caserio is a general manager for the first time after being hired by the Texans in January following almost two decades as an executive with the New England Patriots.

He took over for Bill O'Brien, who was the team's coach and general manager until he was fired following last year's 0-4 start. David Culley was hired to be the team's new coach.

Without a pick in the first two rounds, Caserio looked to improve the team through free agency. He was very active this season, signing 19 players led by running backs Mark Ingram and Phillip Lindsay and quarterback Tyrod Taylor.

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Kentucky’s Clarke mourned by basketball world, teammates Gary B. Graves AP Sports Writer The death of former Kentucky guard Terrence Clarke following a car accident in Los Angeles sparked an outpouring of grief and support from around basketball, including reaction by Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James.

The university announced Clarke’s death from a two-car crash in a release Thursday night. A player-organized candlelight public vigil outside the team dormitory was announced for Friday night, hours after Wildcats coach John Calipari arrived in California to be with Clarke’s family and wrote on his web site that he was “still trying to process what has happened to a kid we all loved.”

Teammates and players the 19-year-old Clarke was preparing to compete with and against in the NBA, including James, also posted condolences on social media.

On CoachCal.com, Calipari recalled how the Boston native remained upbeat through an injury that limited him to just eight games, and his personal-

TEXANS From page 12 different scenarios, how far could we actually move relative to the resources that we currently have in place,” he said. “So the most important thing is always being prepared to pick whenever you’re scheduled to pick, and if there’s an opportunity to move up or down, we’ll be flexible, we’ll be open-minded and we’ll just try to make best use of the resources that we have.”

Quarterback Uncertainty

The Texans enter the draft

LEAGUE From page 12 interested in buying Arsenal from Kroenke Sports and Entertainment.

“As a kid growing up, I’ve cheered for @Arsenal as long as I can remember. If KSE would like to sell Arsenal I’d be happy to throw my hat in the ring,” he tweeted.

Both teams’ buses arrived earlier than normal on Friday before the bulk of the protesters arrived outside the stadium in order to ensure the match would go ahead. On Tuesday night, kickoff in the ChelseaBrighton match was delayed by 15 minutes after Chelsea’s bus was slowed getting into

ity’s impact on teammates.

“His heart was overflowing with love for his family, his friends and his teammates,” Calipari wrote. “He was as caring of a person as I have ever coached. His enthusiasm and energy — not just for basketball, for life — are what we all hope to have in our journey.”

“Terrence had figured that part out — that if you wake up every day with a smile on your face and a joy in everything you do, this life is beautiful.”

Kentucky 7-footer Olivier Sarr, who this week followed his teammate into the NBA draft, posted a picture of himself being comforted by Clarke on Instagram. Sarr wrote, “Lil bruh... I love you Forever” with a broken heart emoji and a message in French before ending, “Rest easy.”

Former Kentucky player and Philadelphia 76ers rookie Tyrese Maxey tweeted, “My heart is extremely heavy right now!” and offered prayers to his Clarke’s family.

On Instagram, James posted a picture of Clarke and wrote, “REST IN PARADISE CLARKE - 18

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MARION From page 12 Tesch said. “We just played through it and did the best we could, and effort wise, I couldn’t complain. Those guys flew around on the bases and did everything they could to make plays and try to get the district win.”

Already clenching the district title, Marion is sure to get into tough spots again during playoffs, and Tesch said the day was good preparation for a challenging postdistrict schedule.

“When you expect to play a game at 10 o’clock and you think it will be over in three hours, then it rains on you and the field is gross, that’s just adversity,” Tesch said. “I told them we needed that going into playoffs, because we’ll run into adversity come playoff time. So I thought the kids did a good job mentality wise to keep fighting, and then come away with a W.” Marion put runs up first despite the nagging rain. A Chance Lowery RBI sent Kallen Bek and Ryken Autry across the plate for the early edge in the first frame, but Randolph responded in the bottom of the same inning with a run of its own.

Logan Ross took advantage of a passed ball to score in the second, followed by Bek on a Jake Burris single. At the end of two, Marion held the 4-1 lead. Ty Blake added another run in the third, but a surge by the Ro-Hawks put the score at 5-3 before Tesch sent Zach Halter to the mound to take over.

legal issues are pending.

“We’re respectful of the legal process and where that is,” Caserio said. “We’re focused on today and we’re focused on getting ready for the offseason program and getting ready for the draft.”

Marion’s Ty Blake safely slides under a tag into home during Marion’s district match against Randolph on Friday, April 23, 2021, at Marion High School Nine pitches later, a threatening storm forced the game into delay.

After a location change to Marion’s home turf, play resumed and the Ro-Hawks tied the game 5-5 to end the third inning.

Marion fell into a rhythm and Lowery, Blake, Gonyer and Ross added four runs to the board for a 9-5 leg-up in the fourth.

The only run of the fifth was by a solo home-run off the bat of Jayden Williams. In the bottom of the same inning, Randolph added another two runs for a 10-7 score. Burris and Lowery added runs again in the sixth, and the Ro-Hawks responded with three more of their own in the bottom of the frame.

Gonyer again crossed the plate for the last of the Bulldog runs in the top of the seventh, and three outs later Marion still clung to its undefeated district title.

Managing the changing weather conditions was no easy feat,

The departure of the threetime NFL Defensive Player of the Year and franchise leader in sacks leaves a huge hole in Houston’s defense. It will be difficult for the Texans to find a starter at the position in the third round or later. But they could add some depth with a late-round pick that they could develop while new acquisitions Shaq Lawson or DeMarcus Walker move into Watt’s spot.

with uncertainty at quarterback after 22 women have filed lawsuits since March 16 alleging that they were sexually assaulted or harassed by Deshaun Watson. Houston police and the NFL have said they are investigating the allegations, leaving his future with the team up in the air.

Watson’s future in Houston was already in question before his legal issues after he became unhappy with the direction of the team and requested a trade early this year. Caserio wouldn’t comment on the possibility of Watson being traded, but it would seem unlikely that he could be moved while his

A decade after the Texans picked J.J. Watt with the 11th overall pick in the 2011 draft, Houston could be looking to add a defensive end in this draft now that he’s in Arizona. Watt asked for Taylor Time? and was granted his release in February before joining fellow former Texan DeAndre Hopkins with the Cardinals.

Stamford Bridge because of protests.

Friday’s protest appeared to be the biggest yet, with fans basking in the sunshine outside Emirates Stadium, many with beer cans in hand. It followed the protest at Chelsea and one outside Elland Road on Monday before Leeds’ match with Liverpool, another club that aimed to join the Super League.

The project crumbled when all six English clubs withdrew on Tuesday. The Super League was proposed to be mainly closed, and a split from the Champions League where qualification is determined annually from domestic competitions.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said after losing to

Everton 1-0 that he wasn’t sure if the protests had an effect on his players. He hopes that trust can be rebuilt between the club and the supporters.

“My biggest challenge is to get them (the fans) inside the stadium as quick as possible and show that passion, and that togetherness and unity with the team because the team is desperate for them to be close to us,” Arteta said.

“We have a really young team that has to experience the emotion and the security and the trust that comes when you feel your people really behind you and that’s something that you have to experience to understand the difference it makes, rather than playing at home with none of them,” he said.

Watt’s Departure

Katy O’Bryan - Special to the Seguin Gazette

but the Bulldog pitchers held out and got the job done for the team, Tesch said.

“We’re blessed with a lot of arms, so we have guys we can put in and pitch,” he said. “Jayden struggled a bit at the beginning, and those conditions to pitch in kind of suck, so he did the best he could. We felt that Zach was gonna come in and give them a different look. He did great, threw nine pitches when the game was called.”

There were moments that the Bulldogs looked complacent during Friday’s match, Tesch said, and with four district games left to play, they would have to keep the foot on the gas.

“Next week is a big week for us and we’ll get back on top and get ready for playoffs after that,” he said.

Katy O’Bryan is the former staff writer for the Seguin Gazette.

The signing of Taylor gives the Texans an insurance policy at quarterback if Watson can’t or won’t play for them next season. Taylor signed a one-year deal with Houston after spending the past two seasons with the Chargers.

He backed up Philip Rivers in his first year with the team before moving into the starting role last season.

He only started one game before being sidelined when a team doctor accidentally punctured his lung when giving a painkilling injection

for a rib injury. By the time he recovered he had lost his starting job to Justin Herbert, who was the AP Offensive Rookie of the Year.

“What we try to do at all positions with the entire team is try to identify players that we ... liked that may have had some experience with our staff and that were looking for an opportunity to compete, to be in a good situation and that wanted to be in Houston,” Caserio said.

“He certainly fell into that category.”

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Legal Notices CITY OF CIBOLO NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS The City of Cibolo Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council will hold public hearings on Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. and on Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 6:30 p.m., respectively, each to be conducted at Cibolo City Hall, 200 South Main, Cibolo, Texas. The purpose of both meetings is to hear public testimony regarding a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for local convenience store sales and drive-thru window uses located at 3893 Cibolo Valley Drive, Suite 107.

The City of Cibolo Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. to be conducted at Cibolo City Hall, 200 South Main, Cibolo, Texas, to hear public testimony concerning a Comprehensive Sign Program for HEB Grocery, Fuel and Carwash, located at the intersection of FM 1103 and Main Street.

NO. 10-0764-CV

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT 25 JUDICIAL DISTRICT GUADALUPE COUNTY, TEXAS

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Linda Balk, District Clerk Guadalupe County Justice Center 211 West Court Street Seguin, Texas 78155

IN THE INTEREST OF I.R.F., S.A.F., AND S.R.F. CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT COURT 25 JUDICIAL DISTRICT GUADALUPE COUNTY, TEXAS ORDER ON MOTION FOR ALTERNATIVE Legal Notices SERVICE

On Signed 3/24/2021 12:59PM the Court considered the Motion for Alternative SerORDER ON vice of Juan CamMOTION FOR pos and ORDERS ALTERNATIVE that service on RaySERVICE By: Vanessa Flores ann Loera and IsDeputy mael Flores be efOn Signed fected by citation by 3/24/2021 12:59PM NO. 10-0764-CV publication in the the Court conPRECEPT TO Seguin Gazette sidered the Motion SERVE Newspaper. for Alternative SerTHE STATE OF Proof of service vice of Juan CamTEXAS shall be made by MACIAS, pos and ORDERS the person execut- By Vanessa Flores DECEASED that service on Ray- T O : I S M A E L ing the return, statDeputy ann Loera and Is- F L O R E S ing when the citaNotice is hereby mael Flores be ef- W H E R E V E R H E tion was served, on Cause No. given that original fected by citation by MAY BE FOUND w h o m i t w a s 10-0764-CV Letters Testamentserved, and where publication in the NOTICE TO ary for the Estate of S e g u i n G a z e t t e TO THE SHERIFF it was served.

APPEAR ELENA L. MACIAS, Newspaper.

OR ANY CON- S I G N E D on also known as Proof of service STABLE OF ANY 3 / 2 4 / 2 0 2 1 T H E S T A T E O F Elena Lerma Mashall be made by COUNTY OF THE 1 2 : 5 9 P M .

TEXAS cias and Maria the person execut- STATE OF TEXAS, Elena Macias, Deing the return, stat- GREETINGS: Bill Squires IN THE INTEREST ceased, were issueing when the citaJUDGE OF ISMAEL RAY donthe25th dayoftion was served, on YOU ARE HEREBY PRESIDING F L O R E S , March,2021,inw h o m i t w a s COMMANDED to S A M A R I A A N N CauseNo.2021-PCserved, and where s e r v e I S M A E L Cause No. F L O R E S , A N D 0047,pendinginit was served.

FLORES the de10-0764-CV S T A C Y R E N A E theCounty Court of SIGNED o n fendant in the NOTICE TO F L O R E S C H I L - Guadalupe County, 3 / 2 4 / 2 0 2 1 above numbered APPEAR DREN Texas, to: Rose M. 1 2 : 5 9 P M . and entitled cause Pickett Independwith the accompa- T H E S T A T E O F T O : ISMAEL ent Executor.

Bill Squires nying certified copy T E X A S FLORES Claims may be JUDGE of MOTION FOR W H E R E V E R H E presented in care of PRESIDING TEMPORARY OR- IN THE INTEREST MAY BE FOUND the attorney for the DERS. OF ISMAEL RAY Estate addressed NO. 10-0764-CV F L O R E S , YOU are hereby as follows: Law OfPRECEPT TO The present place S A M A R I A A N N ordered to be and fice of Jim Atwill, SERVE of residence of the F L O R E S , A N D personally appear P.O. Box 1810, Port THE STATE OF s a i d I S M A E L S T A C Y R E N A E on the 5TH DAY OF Aransas, Tx. 78373.

TEXAS FLORES i s F L O R E S C H I L - MAY 2021 @ 9AM, All persons having WHEREVER HE DREN before the Honor- claims against this TO: RAYANN LO- MAY BE FOUND able District Court Estate which is curERA TO: RAYANN LO- o f G u a d a l u p e rently being adminWHEREVER SHE HEREIN FAIL NOT, ERA County, Texas, to istered are required MAY BE FOUND b u t o f t h i s W r i t WHEREVER SHE be held within and to present them make due return MAY BE FOUND for said County at within the time and TO THE SHERIFF showing how you Courthouse thereof, in the manner preO R A N Y C O N - have executed the YOU are hereby in Seguin, Texas to scribed by law.

STABLE OF ANY same. ordered to be and show cause why: COUNTY OF THE personally appear COURT SETTING DATED: April 21, STATE OF TEXAS, ISSUED AND GIV- on the 5TH DAY OF REQUEST & OR2021 GREETINGS: E N U N D E R M Y MAY 2021 @ 9AM, D E R S E T T I N G HAND and seal of before the Honor- H E A R I N G James H. Atwill, YOU ARE HEREBY said Court, on this able District Court Attorney for Estate COMMANDED to 14th day of April, o f G u a d a l u p e H E R E I N F A L L serve RAYANN LO- 2021.

County, Texas, to N O T , a n d m a k e CAUSE NO. ERA the defendant be held within and due return hereof, 2021-PC-0059 in the above Linda Balk, for said County at showing how you numbered and enDistrict Clerk Courthouse thereof, have executed the IN THE titled cause with the Guadalupe County in Seguin, Texas to s a m e . I S S U E D ESTATE OF accompanying certiJustice Center show cause why: AND GIVEN UNBEATRICE fied copy of MO211 West Court COURT SETTING D E R M Y H A N D RAWLS, TION FOR TEMStreet REQUEST & OR- AND SEAL of said DECEASED PORARY ORSeguin, Texas D E R S E T T I N G Court at office, on IN THE DERS. 78155 HEARING this the 14th day of COUNTY April, 2021.

The present place By: Vanessa Flores H E R E I N F A L L COURT AT of residence of the Deputy NOT, and make Linda Balk, LAW SITTING said RAYANN LOdue return hereof, District Clerk IN MATTERS NO. E R A i s showing how you Guadalupe County ThisPROBATE notice continued on 10-0764-CV WHEREVER SHE have executed the Justice Center page 15 GUADALUPE MAY BE FOUND same. ISSUED 211 West Court IN THE INTEREST AND GIVEN UNCOUNTY, Street TEXAS HEREIN FAIL NOT, OF I.R.F., S.A.F., D ELegal R M Notices Y HAND Seguin, Texas Legal Notices Legal Notices AND S.R.F. CHILbut of this Writ AND SEAL of said 78155 DREN make due return Court at office, on NOTICE TO showing how you this the 14th day NOTICE of By OF Vanessa Flores CREDITORS PUBLIC HEARING have executed the IN THE DISTRICT April, 2021.

Deputy ON PROPOSAL TO CREATE COURT 25 JUDIsame. is hereby SEGUIN REINVESTMENT ZONE # Notice 6 CIAL DISTRICT Linda Balk, given that original ISSUED AND GIV- G U A D A L U P E District Clerk Letters TestamentNotice is hereby given that the City Council of the Seguin, Texas, will hold a public E N U N D E R M Y COUNTY, TEXAS Guadalupe County aryChambers, for the City Estate hearing on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 5:30 p.m., in the Council Hall, of HAND and seal of Justice Center B toEadopt A Tan R I C E 210 E. Gonzales Street, Seguin, Texas, regarding a proposal ordinance ORDER ON said Court, on this 211 West creating SeguinCourt Reinvestment Zone #6. Said Seguin Reinvestment Zone #6 RAWLS, deceased, MOTION FOR 14th day of April, includesStreet a 51.36-acre tract of land more or less, located north of USissued Highwayon 90 the were ALTERNATIVE (Kingsbury east of Fleming Drive, south of CH Matthies of 2021.

Seguin,Street), Texas 6th Drive, dayandofwest April, SERVICE Lawson78155 Street, more particularly described below: 2021 under Cause Linda Balk, No. 2021-PC-0059, LandVanessa and improvements in the Guadalupe O n S i g n e d By District Clerk Flores described by property ID number p44600 n d i nTX; g and in the Appraisal District consisting of approximately 35.560 acres ineSeguin, 3/24/2021 12:59PM Guadalupe Deputy County Court at DriversCounty t h e CDrivers o u r t c o n Justice Center in MatLand and improvements described by property ID number Law, 51319 inSitting the Guadalupe sidered the Motion 211 West Court Cause No. Appraisal District consisting of approximately 12.396 acrestineSeguin, r s P TX; r o band ate of for Alternative SerStreet 10-0764-CV Guadalupe County, vice of Juan CamLandNOTICE and improvements described by property ID number Texas, 51458 in the Seguin, Texas TO to:Guadalupe pos and ORDERS Appraisal District consisting of approximately 3.491 acres in Seguin, TX. 78155 APPEAR that service on RayBRENDA KAY and place, the right to By: Vanessa Flores ann Loera and Is- TAt Hsaid E time STA TE O any F and all such interested persons shall have RAWLS. and be heard concerning the proposed designation of the reinvestment mael Flores be ef- Tappear Deputy EXAS zone. fected by citation by For further information, please contact:Claims may be publication in the IN THE INTEREST NO. 10-0764-CV presented in care of Josh Schneuker S e g u i n G a z e t t e OF ISMAEL RAY PRECEPT TO the attorney for the Director of Economic Development Newspaper.

SERVE F L O R E S , City of Seguin Estate as follows: Proof of service THE STATE OF S A M A R I A A N N Telephone: 830-401-2476 shall be made by BELLY DUMP/END TEXAS F L O R E S , A NEmail: D jschneuker@seguintexas.gov KRISTEN the person execut- S T A C Y R E N A E QUINNEY Legend DUMP DRIVERS CLASS A Proposed Seguin Reinvestment Zone # 6 Seguin Reinvestment Zone #6 TO: I S M A E L ing the return, stat- F L O R E S C H I L PORTER, LLC ing when the citaF L (NEW O R E S BRAUNFELS, TX) DREN KRISTEN tion was served, on WHEREVER HE QUINNEY Now w h oA m drivers it was TO: MAY BE hiring FOUNDClass ISMAEL PORTER State Bar served, and where F L O R E S No. 00795601 Steady Work TO THE SHERIFF it was served.

WHEREVER HE 755 Loop 337, S I G N E D o n O R A NWeekly Y C O N -Guarantee MAY BE FOUND Suite A STABLE OF ANY 3 / 2 4 / 2 0 2 1 New Braunfels, Paid Vacation and Holidays COUNTY OF THE 1 2 : 5 9 P M .

YOU are hereby Texas 78130 Post STATE TEXAS, ordered to be and CallOF 210-421-6040 between Office Box 312643 Bill Squires GREETINGS: personally appear New Braunfels, the hours ofJUDGE on the 5TH DAY OF Texas 78131-2643 PRESIDING YOU ARE MAY 2021 @ 9AM, Telephone: 9:30HEREBY am and 4:00 pm, COMMANDED to before the Honor830-358-7632 Cause No. s e rMonday v e I S M Athru E L Friday only. able District Court 10-0764-CV FLORES the deof Guadalupe All persons havLeave text if no answer and NOTICE TO fendant in the County, Texas, to ing claims against APPEAR above numbered be held within and we will call back. the Estate whichNis and entitled cause for said County at 1000 ft adcurrently being with the accompa- T H E S T A T E O F Courthouse thereof, ministered are renying certified copy T E X A S in Seguin, Texas to quired to present of MOTION FOR show cause why: the same within the IN THE INTEREST TEMPORARY ORCOURT SETTING time and in the ➤

RECEPTIONIST/OFFICE ASSISTANT NEEDED

HEREIN FAIL NOT, but of this Writ make due return showing how you have executed the same.

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IN THE ESTATE OF BEATRICE RAWLS, DECEASED IN THE COUNTY Legal Notices COURT AT LAW SITTING IN MATTERS PROBATE GUADALUPE COUNTY, TEXAS NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of B E A T R I C E RAWLS, deceased, were issued on the 6th day of April, 2021 under Cause No. 2021-PC-0059, pending in the County Court at Law, Sitting in Matters Probate of Guadalupe County, Texas, to:

Single Family Residential (R-2) for property located at Wetz Road and Hwy. 90, Property ID 52838 and 52836. (ZC 08-21)

CITY OF SEGUIN

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Notices inForLegal additional formation, call the Planning and Zoning Department at 830.386.2505.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of S e g u i n w i l l h o ld public hearings on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 5:30 p.m. in the Cit y Co unc il Chambers, 108 E. Gonzales St., Seguin, Texas. The purpose of the hearings will be to receive public comment on the following:

Naomi Manski, City Secretary City of Seguin, Texas

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE

After due notice given to the owners and lien holders under the provisions of the Texas Abandoned Motor Vehicle Act, the unclaimed motor vehicles will be A Specific Use Per- available for sale to mit to allow a RV t h e p u b l i c a t Dealership with a Peeples Wrecker RV Park in a Com- Service 220 Ilka mercial Zoned Dis- Switch on the 27th trict for property loc- at 9 am. ated at the NE BRENDA KAY corner of the inter- 2000 GMC 1GBRAWLS. section of Pioneer FG15R4Y1254209 Road and IH 1 0 Claims may be West, Property ID presented in care of 60878. (SUP 03-21) 2 0 0 7 M A Z D A 3 JM1BK12F5716242 the attorney for the 28 Estate as follows: A Specific Use PerKRISTEN QUINNEY PORTER, LLC KRISTEN QUINNEY PORTER State Bar No. 00795601 755 Loop 337, Suite A New Braunfels, Texas 78130 Post Office Box 312643 New Braunfels, Texas 78131-2643 Telephone: 830-358-7632 All persons having claims against the Estate which is currently being administered are required to present the same within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

DATED the 21st day of April, 2021.

BRENDA KAY RAWLS KRISTEN QUINNEY PORTER, LLC By: Kristen Quinney Porter KRISTEN QUINNEY PORTER Attorney for Applicant

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

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mit to allow an RV Park in a Commercial Zoned District for property located at 107 Reiley Road, Property ID 50467.

(SUP 04-21) A Specific Use Permit to allow an RV Park in a Commercial Zoned District for property located at 4000 W. IH 10, Property ID 57996.

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A Specific Use Permit to allow the use of Recreational Vehicles in a Manufactured Home Park District for property located at Friesenhahn and FM 1620, Property IDs 53110 and 53123. (SUP 06-21) A Zoning Change from Agricultural Ranch (A-R) to Public (P) for property located on Wetz Street being 2.757 +/- acres out of the 157 acre tract, J.D. Clements Survey No. 18, Abstract No. 11, Property ID 52838.

(ZC 03-21) A Zoning Change from Agricultural Ranch (A-R) to Commercial (C) for property located at the corner of Reiley Road and W. Kingsbury, Property ID 146026. (ZC 06-21)

The Schertz Cibolo Universal City Independent School District is accepting Proposals for the solicitation below until the date/time A Zoning Change indicated. from Agricultural Ranch (A-R) to RFP 21-012V ArSingle Family Resmored Car Seridential (R-2) for vices, May 21, 2021 property located @ 2:00PM along the 500 Block of Continental Proposals submitDrive, Property ID ted after the above 55131 and 56435. date and time will (ZC 07-21) not be accepted.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Seguin will hold public hearings on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 5:30 p.m. in th e City Cou ncil Chambers, 108 E. Gonzales St., Seguin, Texas. The purpose of the hearings will be to receive public comment on the following:

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Leader. Salary is $22.12 per hour, to commensurate with 117 creará un experience and training. Position is open until filled. recinto de votación Annual salary of $66,000-$3,488 commensurate with 128, dividiendo el experience.

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RELICS From page 10

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Members of the Seguin Fire Department Honor Guard prepare to escort Seguin Firefighter Roger Dean back to Seguin after he died from COVID-19 complications in a Houston hospital on Friday, April 23, 2021.

DEAN From page 1 Steffanie said. After about a week of the typical COVID-19 symptoms, he got better, she said.

Then days later, his health declined and he was hospitalized with pneumonia.

His situation worsened and he was placed on the transplant list to potentially receive a double lung transplant.

But after months of waiting and setbacks, COVID took its toll on Dean, and he eventually died.

Dean began his career with the Seguin Fire Department on July 30, 2018, as a firefighter paramedic. He promoted to field training officer the following year.

“Roger’s passing is devastating to our city organization and the Seguin Fire Department family,” City Manager Steve Parker said. “He was a wonderful employee and coworker who will be very missed.

Roger will be remembered for his kind, caring nature, and his dedication to serving this community.”

Dean is survived by his wife, their 8-month-old daughter, Amelia, and his parents.

Parker said the city joins Dean’s family in mourning his loss.

“Our prayers are with his wife, little girl, his family and friends, and we know our residents join us in offering our deepest condolences,” he said.

A GoFundMe was started in February to help the Dean family and so far has raised $32,000. To donate

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A Seguin firefighter stands in front of Tres Hewell Mortuary and watches as the ambulance carrying the body of Firefighter Roger Dean arrives at the funeral home on Friday, April 23, 2021. to the GoFundMe, visit bit. ly/3aAf7eM .

The Seguin Professional Firefighters Association also is hosting a firefighter training conference in May with proceeds benefitting Dean’s family.

Funeral arrangements

are under the direction of Tres Hewell Mortuary and are pending.

Felicia Frazar is the managing editor of the Seguin Gazette. You can e-mail her at felicia.frazar@seguingazette.com .

a cliff in Bamiyan province.

The destruction of the statues was on the ambassador’s mind as she prepared to ship the artifacts to her homeland, not only because a mural of the sandstone Buddhas adorns the room at the embassy where visitors gathered this week to see the relics.

Rahmani, her country’s first female ambassador to the United States, recalls that she wept when she first learned what the Taliban had done to the Buddhas. It was an important moment, she says, because she had pledged never to let anyone see her cry as a way to defy the male-dominated culture of her homeland.

“I broke my vow,” she said. “I really cried hard. I wept and wept.”

In contrast, the items are “returning to a government and people who cherish their past” and will make sure they are preserved for future generations, Rahmani said.

She doesn’t expect the Taliban, if they return to power, would dare to destroy them.

“Our security forces and our government would not let that happen,” she said. “We are determined not to let that happen.”

Like the statues, some of the recovered antiquities depict Buddha. There’s also a marble statue of Shiva and a Greek mask. The artifacts reflect the multicultural influences on Afghanistan, an important center of trade and commerce, according to Fredrik

Hiebert, an archaeologist and National Geographic Fellow who studies the country.

There are at least 2,600 archaeological sites around the country, said Hiebert, who helped authenticate some of the items after they had been confiscated by federal agents and discuss the relics at a gathering Tuesday at the embassy.

“Afghanistan is one of the richest countries in archaeology and history in the world,” he said. And there’s very good reason, of course.

For 6,000 years there’s been civilization based in Afghanistan.”

That also makes it an attractive target to looters, which is how the items eventually ended up in the United States.

In 2007, Homeland Security Investigations, an agency that deals with cases of smuggling that traverse international borders, received information about looted artifacts brought to the New York City area from India.

It eventually led to the indictment of a New York art gallery owner, Subhash Kapoor, and seven others as well as the seizure of more than 2,600 artifacts, valued at more than $140 million. He is jailed in India on charges and faces extradition to the U.S. when that case is resolved.

In the meantime, the U.S. government is working to repatriate the looted material, much of which was found in a series of raids on storage units in the New York City area.

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J&J From page 2 with abnormally low levels of the platelets that form clots.

Symptoms of the unusual clots, dubbed “thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome,” include severe headaches a week or two after the J&J vaccination — not right away — as well as abdominal pain, nausea.

The government initially spotted six cases of the rare clots, with nine more cases coming to light in the last week or so. But even the first needle-in-

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Smoke and flames burst into the air as crews pour water onto the structure from many angles while battling a fire at the old Olivia Mansion on Friday, April 23, 2021, in Seguin.

FIRE From page 1 “Weather may have been a factor in the cause of the fire,” he said.

Seguin resident Fernando Flores Jr. said weather was the cause and he watched it happen while sitting at Seguin Coffee Co. having a beverage. He said he looked skyward and saw a bolt of lightning smack into the top of the building.

“I saw a blue streak with purple in it,” Flores said.

“Straight down, it looked like an arrow. Boom! Smoke started coming out.”

The Olivia Mansion’s original building is more than 120 years old, according to information the Seguin Conservation Society provided in 2016.

At the time, it was unclear whether Gov. John Ireland, who owned the land at one time, built the mansion or Emil Mosheim, who bought it in 1896 after Ireland died.

The house had wrap

around porches and balconies during Mosheim’s residency and it was known to have the first indoor electricity and running water in Seguin, according to the society’s information.

The property went through many hands through the years and homebuilder John Adam bought it in 1993, restored the structure and added a south wing in the late 1990s.

The new wing included three bedrooms upstairs and a large ballroom and kitchen below, according to the Conservation Society.

In 2008, new owners launched a bed and breakfast business, known as The Mosheim Mansion. The house changed hands again in 2015 continued the bed and breakfast, this time as the Olivia Mansion and opened the business up for weddings, large receptions and conferences.

Vacant at the time of the fire on Friday, the mansion had operated as a bed and breakfast until the

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Crews survey the severely damaged roof of the Olivia Mansion Bed & Breakfast after a fire in the attic mangled much of the top of the building Friday, April 23, 2021, in Seguin.

COVID-19 outbreak last year, Sourdellia said. After the pandemic began, owners put the building on the market for sale, she said.

As dozens of people gathered outside downtown to watch the fire burn and crews beat back the flames, former-Mayor Don Keil remarked about the old building’s significance.

“It’s a historically impor-

tant part of the city,” he said.

“It’s a part of the city that’s been there since the 1800s.

Whether it’s salvageable or not right now, nobody knows.”

Dalondo Moultrie is the assistant managing editor of the Seguin Gazette. You can e-mail him at dalondo.moultrie@seguingazette.com .

CLARKE From page 13 NEPHEW!!! with several emojis.

Boston Celtics player Jaylen Brown, who mentored Clarke and had him as a guest at multiple games last season, posted several photos of himself with Clarke and asked that his name be called at this summer’s NBA draft. Fellow NBA players such as Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young and the Indiana Pacers’ Cassius Stanley also expressed their sorrow in posts.

Clarke’s fatal accident came a day after he and Kentucky teammate Brandon Boston Jr. signed with Klutch Sports Group.

Los Angeles Police Department Sergeant John Matassa, who works in the Valley Traffic Division, told ESPN that Clarke was a solo occupant in a vehicle that ran a red light going “at a very high rate of speed” in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles at approxi-

a-haystack reports raised alarm because European regulators already had uncovered similar rare clots among recipients of another COVID-19 vaccine, from AstraZeneca. The AstraZeneca and J&J shots, while not identical, are made with the same technology.

European scientists found clues that an abnormal platelet-harming immune response to AstraZeneca’s vaccine might be to blame -and if so, then doctors should avoid the most common clot treatment, a blood thinner called heparin.

mately 2:10 p.m. PDT. Matassa said surveillance video showed that Clarke collided with another vehicle preparing to turn left, hit a street light pole and then a block wall. Clarke was taken to Northridge Hospital Medical Center and later pronounced dead.

Matassa said the other driver, who was in a truck, did not claim any injuries. Clarke was driving a 2021 Hyundai Genesis and not wearing his seat belt properly, according to Matassa.

Celtics coach Brad Stevens heard reports about the crash and Clarke’s death shortly after his team beat the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night.

Clarke was familiar to the Celtics, their players and even Stevens’ son.

“Not sure how much I want to talk about the game, when you consider he’s a Boston kid ... those kids are important to us here,” Stevens said. “I never met him. My son looks up to him. Hard to talk about a basketball game.”

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