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Football Trivia

DID YOU KNOW? Willie Nelson, country music legend, was a four-sport letterman in the small central Texas town of Abbott. WWII placed their football program on hold, but was reinstated in 1947 and the team roster was a bunch of skinny country boys with make shift uniforms and painted on numbers.
At that time, Willie was a 5’9” 130# 14 -year-old sophomore. Now Willie is 5’6” and 91 years old and still going. The team had to learn the rules because some of them had never seen a football game. Abbott HS had 23 students in his class. They were supposed to play six-man football, but there were no six-man teams in the area; therefore, they had to play…

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Devine “D” chokes out Hondo

Warhorse Eli Contreras on the carry with some great blocking by his line including QB #9 Jacob Sollock,#51 Israel Reyes and #6 Edward Perez Photo by Brigid Howard.

Jerel Beaty
Staff writer
Hondo’s offensive explosion enjoyed going into last Friday’s matchup against the Warhorses at Barry Field, was extremely short-lived this particular night as Devine’s defense suffocated the Owl’s offense for an overwhelming majority of their snaps.
Hondo managed only 46 offensive plays on 12 full possessions, gaining a total of 303 yards. Of those 303, 44 of their 85 yards on the ground came on one play while 90 of their 218 passing yards were on a combination of two plays as Devine soared to the 46-19 victory.
In all, 134 or 303 yards were amassed on just three of those 46 offensive plays.
Wowser!
In Devine’s last three convincing victories, Warhorse Defensive Coordinator Danny Sanchez’s SanchoStats have told a darned accurate account of what exactly went on while the other team had possession of the football.
Well, this game held true to form as the Horses held what was a high-potent offense that had been averaging 43 points a game to a mere 19 points.
SanchoStats
“Our defense set the tone early as our boys were excited once they found out we were starting the game on defense,” Sanchez began his postgame comments saying. “A quick stop on the first possession was huge, and it was a premonition to Hondo for what they were going to be in for the whole night.”
Hondo averaged 4.47 yards per carry, and if the elimination of the 44-yard run they did have, went differently, that average would dip severely to only two yards per carry.
“On that 44 yard touchdown run, I had a stunt called, which meant us moving our linebackers. The two inside linebackers were supposed to run the stunt, well, Riley Gutierrez gets through, but Hondo holds our other backer, Matthew Gomez, like there is tomorrow. No penalty flags ever came flying out, so we had to live with that result of the play.”
A humongous tide-turning…

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The Circus is coming to town!

Sponsored by: Lytle Memorial VFW Post 12041
Thanks to the sponsorship of the Lytle Memorial VFW Post 12041, the Culpepper & Merriweather Circus is coming to Lytle, TX on Sunday, October 13th, to the Lytle Memorial VFW Post 12041 Grounds located at 1425 FM 2790 with shows at 2:00 & 4:30 pm. C&M Circus has been providing quality, local family entertainment for 38 years. This authentic One-Ring, Big Top Circus has been featured on the A&E Special: Under the Big Top, Nick News: On the Road with Circus Kids and most recently OETA’s Big Top Town. This year, we’re very excited to bring you our brand new 2024 performance featuring Big Cats presented by Trey Key, our Aerialist Extraordinaire Simone on the trapeze, 10th generation Loyal Bareback Horse Riders, the Perez Daredevil Duo on the Tight Rope and Wheel of Destiny, Elizabeth Ayala’s incredible foot juggling and hair hang and everyone’s favorite Circus Clown Leo Acton.
Everyone is invited to watch the Big Top rise! You’ll also get a chance to tour the grounds and get a behind-the-scenes look at our show! Learn about life on the road and the care our animals receive. Tent raising & Tour are only of the first day of the circus event.

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Shooting Star Museum Quilt Show Oct. 19th and more

The long hot summer has not come to an end, but the calendar shows school starting and return to the events at the Shooting Star Museum. We are re-opening October 6th!! Open Sundays, 1 – 5 pm. Here’s what’s coming up!
Quilt Show and Sale – October 19th
The first even of this fall will be held in Castroville outside the Medina Valley Dental offices! The ladies have made many new Quilts for show and for sale. The Quilt Show and Sale will be Saturday October 19th from 10 am until 3 pm. Come out to see these beautiful masterpieces and perhaps find one that needs to live in your home!
Veterans Day show – Nov 10th – Cannon Shoot!!
The museum is again proud to have our Veterans Day event. Sunday Nov 10th we will be open early so that everyone can enjoy the “recreation” of WWI cease fire. Gate opens shortly after 9am so that you can walk the displays and watch the Fire Team prepare for firing the final shot at 11am.

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Autumn/Fall is here

According to everything I hear, it is officially fall, however, you would not be able to prove it by the weather! The nights are fairly cool, but the daytime temperatures are still in the high 90s most days. Today, Sunday was a beautiful day. I got to visit a bit with one of my nephews, as he was on his way back home a quick trip to the coast. We enjoyed Mass and then went out for breakfast. This afternoon and early evening, I visited with a friend and we played canasta. I hadn’t played two-handed in a very long time, and actually managed to win a game.
This week will find me back in Devine for my monthly bunco session and I am looking forward to it, as usual. I truly enjoy being with and seeing some of my children and grandchildren as well as six or seven of my great grands. It’s always amazing how much they grow in just a month without seeing them. They all have such awesome personalities. This coming weekend will be a fun one for me as my daughters are coming in for time with one another and with me. We haven’t been able to do this in quite a while as we’ve all been sort of going in different directions!
We all know that lots of peanuts are raised in the Devine area, but have you ever given peanut butter a thought? It made its debut at the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904. The original patent was given to Dr. John Harvey Kellog, who initially developed peanut butter as a meat alternative for his patients. However, George Washington Carver is considered by many to be the father of the peanut butter industry. He began his peanut research in 1903 suggested to farmers that they rotate their cotton crops and cultivate peanuts.

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I Should Have Seen It Coming

With the School Year coming upon us quickly, The Boss Lady and I decided we would take our Daughter’s Family on one last summer outing. We chose The Great Wolf Lodge Resort near Dallas. More Tales are likely to come from that adventure, and hopefully they will be about good/funny experiences.
48 hours before departing we decided to go buy a new clear plastic backpack in line with Resort recommendations. Once in the store more “needed items” began to appear to the point I went and got a shopping cart rather than try and hand carry all these unplanned additions.
Now to be VERY clear for two purposes: One, all the items “more or less” made good sense. And Two, I’ve got to live with the Chief Editor of these Tales! There were a few things left in that Mega Store when we departed. But there were sure a Big Batch more things placed in our vehicle than the original one item.
The real reason for this Tale may or may not be obvious to ALL the readers. Like many of you, this is not an isolated incident, and I should have anticipated the outcome. Mimi takes REAL good care of her Grand Babies. Along the same line of thinking, I am FAR removed from being uncared for and abused by that same Lady. So, it’ s probably best I stop this here Rambling now and quit while I am ahead!

Tid Bits

For the week ending September 22nd … Lytle Police officers handled 47 calls for service, which was down from the 68 calls last week. There were 105 traffic stops, 66 of those stops resulted in citations and 39 were warnings.
Officers made one arrest last week. An 18-year-old female was cited and released for possession of drug paraphernalia (class C misdemeanor). The initial stop was for disregarding a stop sign.
No property crimes were reported last week!
I forgot to thank H.E.B. last week for the Sept. 11 luncheon. The H.E.B. partners set up at the fire station and served a wonderful lunch to the area first responders. We are blessed to have such a nice, big H.E.B. Plus in our town.
Our National Night Out event will be on Tuesday, Oct. 1 at the Lytle Community Center (19031 Priest Blvd.) The event will run from 6 PM – 8 PM. We will be serving hotdogs, drinks, snacks, and snow cones. It’s not too late to reserve a table for your business or organization.

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Things & Stuff

Looks like we have entered the second half of Summer (the mild part) and will have to wait for the possibility of rain for a little bit longer. Got a couple more holidays to get through before we can put up the blinky, colored lights.
Found out the other day that I was appointed to the ESD #4 (EMS) Board. Hopefully, information will be more available and the public will be better informed when we really look into the possibility of creating our own service. Don’t think that we are ready for that just yet but, if the Board decides to go in that direction, the public will be involved.
Went to the ESD #2 (Fire) meeting the other night and found it to be more open and easier to understand. The Board is going to seriously look into offering a Homestead Exemption for residents 65 years of age or older. The State allows Special Service Districts (such as our ESD’s) to enact a Homestead Exemption of “no less than $3,000…… (I’d be OK with $10,000 or $20,000). If this was raised periodically, the outrageous increase in our Appraisals would not affect us as much.

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City of Devine Police Department History

By John DeLaCruz
I obtained most of the following information from news articles published by the Devine News, some from my recollection, and information from the City Secretary.
On October 1, 1970, the Devine City Council adopted a resolution, ordinance, setting up the Devine Municipal Court and appointed Mr. C. O. Williams as Municipal Judge and appointed Mr. Ray Macias as City Policeman. It appears that during the time Ray Macias served as a police officer, he was eventually promoted to the position as Devine Police Department Chief of Police, making him the first Police Chief for the City of Devine. Ray Macias served as Police Chief for approximately 5-years.
At some point Ray Macias left the Devine Police Department and Paul Winters who had been the Constable for the Devine area was appointed as Devine’s Police Chief.
On August 22, 1977, the City Council decided the Department needed to go through some reorganization and Ray Macias was again appointed Chief of Police for the Devine Police Department, and Paul Winters remained on the force as a patrolman.
On or about March 1979, the Device City Council conducted interviews for the next…

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Volunteer force constructs 60 ft ramp for Somerset family

The Texas Ramp Project volunteers came with preassembled pieces for the ramp. Most of them have taken up this work in retirement. The two groups worked together to construct the 60 ft. ramp. The volunteers with the black hats and shirts are some of the executive leaders of Rise Broadband, who flew in from around the country.

By Catherine Richard
After suffering from a seizure last November, Israel and Gloria Garza’s 32 year old son has had limited mobility. When he was released from the hospital in Feb., a door was quickly installed in the side of his parents’ house along with a steep makeshift plywood ramp to get his mobile bed in and out.
A nurse at the hospital urged the Garzas to reach out to The Texas Ramp Project, and on Wednesday, Sept. 18, construction began for a new ramp.
A group of 22 people assembled to complete the project, six of which were volunteers for The Texas Ramp Project.
Roland Guzman, the team leader for The Texas Ramp Project volunteers, said that without a ramp, many ill or disabled people end up unable to leave their homes, unable to go to doctor appointments or make other essential trips.
“We need to make sure we get people out and about,” Guzman said.
The Texas Ramp Project has built 27,917 ramps in the state. With its origins in Dallas, in 2006 the organization was officially started in order to build wheelchair ramps to for low-income elderly or disabled Texans. It now operates in 132 counties.
The Texas Ramp Project crew arrived early in the morning, equipped with a plan and…

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