Celebrating 126 Years of Serving the communities of Devine, Natalia, Lytle, Bigfoot, and Moore in Medina, Frio, and Atascosa Counties
Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
January 8 was the date of the latest Texas High School Girls Coaches Association and the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches rankings for high school teams across the state.
It is no surprise that the 17-7 Lady Pirates of Lytle cracked the Top 25 in each coming in at #16 in THGSCA and #21 in…
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Devine’s first UIL competitive cheer team competed this weekend at the UIL State National Championship in Ft Worth. Cheerleaders representing Devine’s first competitive team are: Top row: Isabell Nuncio, Kenzie Schott, Skylar Blanton, Tucker Traylor, Milynn Schnautz, Riley Wells. 2nd row: Haylee Aguirre , Kate Featherly, Yancey Parson, Naudia Wurzbach, Camryn Darby, Coach Alexandra Valdez. Bottom row: Charlee Rangel, Araceli Caceres, Hailey Eads, Darilynn García, Payton Applewhite, Katie Rios, and Angelina Garcia.
By Anton Riecher
Interim Public Works Director Robert Hernandez updated the Lytle City Council Monday on the status of city water well number two, the subject of a surprise inspection by state officials in December.
Repeated flushing has reduced the amount of oily water produced by the well, Hernandez said.
“In the beginning (Friday) it came out only for about 10 minutes,” he said. After 24 hours the water was clear enough that…
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The Lytle Animal Control will be holding a “Dog Day Out” on January 13 from 10 am to 2 pm. You are invited to join them for their FIRST Dog Day Out! Give a shelter dog a break for a few hours. You can go hiking, the park or even home!
You can sign up at https://forms.gle/9CmHLAeGgAWN5cAT7. Lytle Animal Control is located at 17971 W FM 2790 South in Lytle. You can reach them at (830) 709-3832.
In other business, the commissioners voted to accept a donation of fog seal totaling $46,738 to demonstrate its effectiveness in road building. Fog seal is an application of a specially formulated asphalt emulsion to an existing asphalt pavement surface.
Castiglione said that one of the worst things for the base structure of roadways is penetration by water.
“Fog seal can extend the life of the seal coat…
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My little one recently decided to be a “puppy for the afternoon”. As a teenager, I had several younger siblings, and I distinctly remember when they went through their “puppy phases”. I will never forget how hard I laughed as I poured a bowl of milk, and watched my pesky little sister get down on her hands and knees on our kitchen floor to lick the milk up out of the bowl like a dog. If only they had digital cameras in those days.
There will be a Winter Garden Row Crop Conference on Monday, January 29, 2024 from 8:00am to 2:15pm at the Hermann Sons Life Hall in Hondo.
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1st Samuel 15:25 “Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.”
Blessed with a sweet tooth since childhood, I have a fondness for Snickers candy bars. A Snickers bar was always the ideal treat to pack along on various adventures. I remember bike rides with my mom and brother as a boy and our lunch breaks under the pines on dusty Garboni Road, always a Snickers bar for dessert. And trick-or-treating on Halloween. A Snickers bar was the most prized of your haul.
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Colley is a very energetic and adventurous 13 year old who is very loving and caring. His favorite subject at school is physical education, as he enjoys being active.
When it comes to extra-curricular activities, Colley is a big fan of playing sports, with basketball and football topping his list of favorites, as he is looking forward to next season.
When not on the court or field, he can be the life of the room, as he likes to tell jokes and make the people around him laugh and smile. Colley likes to read, with his favorite author being Rick Roidan. He also loves to attend summer camps.
Colley’s enjoys getting the opportunity to be out and about, to play a game of miniature golf and eat out at his favorite restaurant (Golden Corral)
Colley dreams of having a mom and dad who enjoy playing and watching football with him. He would also like to have siblings, specifically a brother and sister of any age that he can grow up and create new memories with. Colley does not have any current pets but would like to have a dog one day.
If you think you could be Colley’s forever family, or for another Texas child, please contact the department at 1-800-233-3405, for more information about adoption or www.adoptchildren.org where you can also find a schedule of online public information meetings, where you can learn more about the foster/adoption program.
Or, you can email us at reporter@devinenews.com and we will pass your info onto this child’s case worker.
