Celebrating 126 Years of Serving the communities of Devine, Natalia, Lytle, Bigfoot, and Moore in Medina, Frio, and Atascosa Counties
The Natalia Mustangs (1-3, 0-0) will welcome the Comfort Bobcats (0-5, 0-1) for the Grand Opening of the Brand New Mustang Field .
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In skimming the local police reports, this one might stick out a little.
A suspect in Lytle apparently stole close to three dozen trees this past Saturday morning, September 24.
The theft of the trees valued at $1,100 happened around 3 am at Lytle HEB Plus.
“He just pulled up and loaded up something like 32 trees,” said Lytle Police Chief Richey Priest.
The suspect was driving a brown Dodge Pickup truck. If you have any tips or information about this crime or others, please call the Lytle Police Department.
The Jeremy Richards Band will headline the St. Joseph Octoberfest in downtown Devine this Saturday, October 2. The big dance will be from 8 pm to midnight.
BBQ Plates (to-go or dine-in) will be for sale from 11am to 2pm, and there will also be food trucks on site from 6 pm to 11 pm to add to the fun.
As always there will be an amazing silent auction with over 50 items!!
Don’t forget to get your tickets for the drawing. The grand prize is a Ford Eco Sport vehicle donated by the Dunford family at Chaparral Ford.
There is also a 10 ft trailer in the drawing, as well as approximately $9,000 in gift cards.
In the silent auction you’ll find lots of unique items like a handmade wind chime, as well as jewelry, home decor, kid’s items, and more. There will be a card deck drawing for 3 hunting rifles as well. Admission is FREE.
Concepcion Martinez Velasquez went to be with the Lord on September 21, 2022 at the age of 87.
Concepcion was born on March 24, 1935 in Moore, Texas to Enrique and Mauricia Velasquez.
Concepcion is preceded in death by his Parents, numerous Brothers and Sisters and Grandson Bai Velasquez.
Concepcion is survived by his Children Rudy Velasquez, Sevino Velasquez (Rosie), Valerio Velasquez (Susie), Joe Velasquez (Frances), Erlinda V. Rodriguez (Rogelio) and Aurora Velasquez; Sisters Eva Flores, Lydia Villalobos, Maria Martinez and Beatrice Velasquez; Numerous Grandchildren and Great-Grandchildren.
Visitation will be held on Friday, September 30, 2022 from 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm at Hurley Funeral Home – Devine, 303 West College Ave, Devine, Texas 78016. A Rosary will be recited at 7:00 pm in the Funeral Home Chapel. Services will conclude at the end of the evening.
In lieu of flowers, the family request that memorial donations be made to Susan G. Komen Foundation or any other charity of your choice. https://www.komen.org/community/texas/central-texas/?req_url=https://komensanantonio.org/
Arrangements entrusted to Hurley Funeral Home – Devine, 303 West College Ave, Devine, Texas 78016.
Mary Elizabeth Craig, 78, passed away on September 11, 2022, in Moore, TX surrounded by her loving family. She was born on September 1, 1944, in Bigfoot, Texas to parents, Adolph and Iola Willms.
Mary is survived by her loving husband, Tommy G. Craig; children David Smith, John Smith, Tommy E. Craig, Ann Craig, Joy Dillard, Pamela Craig, Jerrie Lucas, Douglas Craig; grandchildren, Kolbie, Kassadie, Lauren, Megan, Josh, Timothy, Thomas, Theodore, Ethan, Elizabeth, and Grace, Charles, Julia, Ty Lee, Matthew, Little Tommy, and Everett, great grandchildren Titan, Maddox, Mazy, Jeremiah, Raelynn, Kenzie, Matthew Jr, Mercedes, and Zachary.
A memorial service will be held on Friday, September 30, 2022, at 2:00 pm at Bethel Assembly of God Church in Devine, Texas.
Anyone wishing to leave condolences, share memories, or sign the guest book may do so at www.HurleyFuneralHome.com
Arrangements are under the direction of Hurley Funeral Home – Devine, 303 College Ave., Devine, TX 78016
Infant Dysen Wade Jones of Poteet, TX born on July 3, 2022 in San Antonio, TX passed away on September 22, 2022 at the age of 2 months.
He is preceded in death by his maternal and paternal grandfathers: Wade Allen Jones and Edward Spath.
Survivors include his mother Kallyn Jones and stepdad: Carlos Herrera Jr; father: Chris Spath; maternal grandmother: Jennifer Reid; paternal grandmother: Cherlann “Gamms” Grubb; maternal great grandparents: Ronald and Sharon Jones and Maternal Great Great Grandparents: Nora and Herschel Jones; Aunts: Amanda Mares and Alyssa Duncan; brother: Matthew Allen Herrera; stepsister: Starr; stepbrothers: Carlos III, Akillis, Tobias and Rage; numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and other relatives.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 10:00a.m. at Hurley Funeral Home with Graveside services at 11:00a.m. at Evergreen Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Spencer Jones and Kyle Jones. Reception to follow.
Chester Ray “Chet” Stacy of Devine, TX was born on January 31, 1949 in Poteet, TX to James Chester Stacy and Zona Lazelle Clark Stacy passed away on Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at age of 73. He was retired as a Service Technician in Oil Field Industry.
Survivors include his wife who he remarried on June 11, 2010: Jenna Burch Stacy of Devine, TX. He is also survived by Jennifer (Michael) Corner of Garland, TX, James Harley Stacy of Devine, TX, Amanda LeeAnn (Andrew) Phillips of Lavon, TX; two brothers: Johnny Roy Stacy and wife Judy of Pearsall, TX and Mark Richard “Dicky” Stacy of San Antonio, TX; sister: Vicki (Donny) Malone of Temple, TX; grandchildren: Michael James Corner Jr., Alexandra Dawn Corner, Harley May Stacy; many nieces, nephews and other relatives.
Celebration of Life Service will be held on October 8, 2022 from 2:00p.m. to 4:00p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Pearsall, TX with Jim Corner officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to any Disabled Veterans Organization.
I heard a person recently refer to their opinion as being “ambivalent” on a certain topic related to current events. The statement reminded me of a term not heard nearly as often as it was a few decades ago. Straddling The Fence means about the same thing to many of us old timers. Just not sure which “side” to be on.
I can truthfully say that term brings back a very vivid Tale from La Brasada for me. I was between 8 &10 years of age and had helped my Grand Dad build a new fence that summer along the county road boundary of a small pasture he leased that joined our Home Place. I ultimately bought those acres, and it has been included in our operations for many years.
School had just started and dove season was beginning. That tract of land had and still has some big old Bull Mesquite trees and Live Oaks along a drainage that runs through it and continues to flow across the county road, ultimately joining into San Miguel Creek.
Charlie Rosenauer and I went “sneaking” along that creek bottom in hopes of seeing some doves sitting in those big trees. He was never one to “waste shells” on flying doves. That aspect of dove hunting was left to his family and guests out in the fields or by the Big Stock Tank. I don’t recall if he harvested any birds or not, but we finally came to the road where that new barbed wire fence was stretched tight.
I was gingerly trying to get between those wires, hoping to not get cut with those razor spikes, still shiny and sharp. With one foot on each side, I looked down to discover a BIG Rattler coiled up right there under that fence. I cannot tell you which side I ended up on, but I do recall “yelling loud and moving fast”! Grand Dad sent Mr. Rattler into the Great Beyond courtesy of a 12 gauge with # 7 ½ shot. Fired from about 15 feet away there was a pretty big and bloody mess left to confirm the story.
After a quick check that there were no fang bites or other permanent injuries, we walked back along that red sandy road up to the Farm House which had been built in 1866. Grand Dad relayed the events to Granny who had 2 questions and 1 statement. Are you hurt? No Ma’am. Did you tear your clothes anywhere? No Ma’am. Good. Now take better care to watch where you are going and STOP straddling them fences!
Good practical words still all these years later.
Where did that come from?
I am not too sure that all who are reading this rambling will relate to the content. But I feel pretty sure a good number of you will. And just FYI, if you don’t already comprehend the experience, hold on to your hat…it’s coming to many of the rest of you. And just maybe faster than you want it to arrive!
I find myself routinely “stumbling” across things that seem significantly “out of place”. Or maybe discovering something that has no business being where it’s found.
There were times in the past when I could put the blame on my children, and more recently on my 3 young grandchildren. But truth be told, I find stuff way too often in the “wrong place” when no person, save yours truly, could be the culprit. Now I guess I could blame Aliens or Ghosts, but in my rational moments, few and far between as they sometimes can be, I think it is has to do with my “Some Timers” stage of life.
My reactions upon these finds run quite a gambit. From happiness to know where a certain lost item is found, to bewilderment of how it got there. And then there is those moments of frustration at having no ideas the steps that lead to the placement in that spot.
But the thought just occurred to me. Why not just accept that it is part of the aging process and enjoy having the opportunity to live long enough to experience this stage. Seems like the best solution.
But on second thought…I wonder where THAT idea came from????
We went shopping at both of the local thrift stores in Devine last week-my absolute favorite kind of stores-because both of the awesome thrift stores here donate all their profits to helping others. Plus why pay full price, when you can find a thrift store treasure? Indeed that is what we found.
I was looking for a fancy dress, but very quickly, my little boy spied something else, a pair of really cool looking shoes. It ended up being our most treasured find. The pair of shiny white tennis shoes with cool looking black rubber cleats on the bottom. I won’t lie; they are pretty snazzy looking shoes, though I didn’t know just HOW cool they really were. Tucker, 4, tried them on, and immediately stated, these were “really fast” shoes, using his deep little man voice. He raced across the small room only about 10 feet wide to demonstrate, and I could tell, he had fallen completely in love with these thrift store tennis shoes.
Tucker wouldn’t even take those shoes off to try on any other tennis shoes in there. In fact, he walked to the register IN those shoes, only handing the cashier the tag. And as of this writing, he has not worn one other pair of shoes since!
Naturally, I shared the legend of the “PF flyers” with him that day. You remember the PF Flyers from the movie Sandlot-the shoes that made Benny the Jet run faster and jump higher than any others? The shoes that helped Benny “pickle the beast”?
I myself have never owned a pair of the actual PF Flyer brand shoes, but I always enjoyed it when my daddy talked about how our best pair of shoes were “our PF flyers”. And I was so happy to get to share this magic moment with my little one. I, too, believe everyone has their own pair of special PF flyers in their life, brand name or not. For some, it’s that favorite pair of cowboy boots, and for some, it’s that one special pair of thrift store tennis shoes.
When I was a kid, I can remember that we had a race around the goal post everyday in PE, and there was only one girl faster than me in that class…Briana Mann (I can’t remember her maiden name). Every day my dad and I would strategize about how I would eventually get fast enough to beat her. Eventually I found myself the right pair of PF flyers and I believe I did beat her, at least once or twice.
In the past three years, Tucker has lost more pairs of shoes than I can count, so in all honesty, I hope this love affair lasts awhile!
Here’s to my daddy for instilling the magic and power of “PF flyers” in us-the shoes that can make any kid run faster and jump higher than ever before-even if they are regular old shoes, whatever brand they may be.
I am not exactly sure if my rambunctious little son needed anything to make him run faster or jump higher, but then again, I guess everybody does. If you’re feeling a little beat down by the “beast” of stressful days and wearing uncomfortable shoes, you know what to do- find yourself some PF flyers!
The Lytle P.D. numbers say we had a “slow” week. We had 45 calls for service and conducted 47 traffic stops. Those stops resulted in 43 citations and 4 warnings. There was not a lot to report this week.
There were no arrests last week! That is a good thing, a lot of crooks just see a night or two in jail as a chance to regroup and refocus.
We had two property crimes reported last week: #1 – A TXDOT contractor working on the IH-35 Access Rd. project had a hand-held compactor and a jackhammer taken. The loss was valued at $4,000. #2 – A person in a brown Dodge P/U lifted over $1,100 worth of trees from H.E.B. Plus. The theft occurred on Saturday morning at 3:06 AM. We usually see AC window unit thefts when it gets this hot, I guess the rising electrical cost have forced people to steal shade trees.
If you haven’t heard…. the temporary ramp closure project for IH-35 (the one by Lytle State Bank) has been delayed. We will let you know when we have new dates.
It’s never too early to mark your calendar for our annual Christmas Hayride! It will be held on Saturday, December 10th. This is one of our most popular events.
Please join us for our National Night Out event that will be held next week on Tuesday, Oct. 4. It will be at the Lytle Community Center on Priest Blvd. The times will be from 6 PM – 8 PM. There will be numerous community groups set up as well as displays of fire and police vehicles and equipment. The Lytle VFW and their Auxiliary will cook and serve hotdogs for us. We also will have a DJ! There will be plenty of drinks and snacks too. It’s a fun time to come out and meet your public safety workers. We will have gun locks to give away as well as our new 1 oz mini bottles of hand sanitizer. If nothing else, you will be able to leave with a full stomach and hand sanitizer. Plus, the joint has air conditioning and indoor plumbing.