Region Business What a Dad! Flatonia council salutes Local business battles back Winners in our annual champs; Nixon CC meets ater storm’s damage Father’s day drawing Page A3 Page B1 Page C1 Serving: • Gonzales • T he G onzales • Nixon • Smiley • • Moulton • Shiner • • Waelder • Yoakum• • Luling • Flatonia • **50 Cents** • Hallettsville • Cannon • Cuero • Lockhart • Subscribe Today and More Reporting on Gonzales and Surrounding Counties with Honesty, Integrity and Fairness Call (830) 672-7100 Vol. 3- Issue 38 Gonzales’ only locally-owned newspaper • www.gonzalescannon.com Thursday, June 14, 2012 Yoakum Man unlikely studies to face charge injection well sites over death By CEDRIC IGLEHART By CEDRIC IGLEHART said Lavaca County Sheri Micah Harmon. [email protected] [email protected] Te Sheri’s oce said YOAKUM — A citizen LAVACA COUNY — that the oender’s body was presentation on the po- Te case o a Yoakum man ound lying in a pasture by tential dangers o disposal who beat to death another a barn on County Road 302 injection wells highlighted man he said was sexually just outside Shiner. uesday’s regular meeting o molesting his child is ex- EMS was dispatched to the Yoakum City Council. pected to go directly to a the scene and attempted Gayle Mikulenka-Pare- grand jury without charges, CPR, but a heartbeat could nica, who owns property ocials say. not be restored. He was pro- situated about 300 eet rom Authorities are still with- nounced dead at the scene one o the proposed sites o holding the identity o the by Lavaca County Precinct these wells, laid out in great man who was beaten to 4 Justice o the Peace Alene detail her concerns about death in Lavaca County Lyons. how detrimental the wells over the weekend in con- Harmon said it appeared would be to the city. nection with an alleged the deceased was not struck Te location o a well site sexual assault o a child. with anything other than owned by Karis Resources At approximately 3:45 the ather’s hands. LLC and the two proposed p.m. Saturday afernoon, Te body was taken to location or sites by Pinn- the Lavaca County Sheri’s the ravis County Medical ergy are located on Highway Oce responded to a 9-1-1 Examiner’s Oce or au- 111 and Highway 95. call rom a man stating that topsy. Harmon said he was “Tose are the entry he had caught someone in hopeul to receive a prelim- points or the city,” said Mi- the process o sexually as- inary report rom that oce kulenka-Parenica. “Beore saulting his ve-year old in the next ew days. long it appears that Yoakum daughter. Te child was taken to is going to be the center o “He said that in the Cooling down for the summer Dear Hospital in Victoria, signicant injection well ac- course o trying to get his When it’s 99 degrees outside, there’s one sure-re way to cool where an exam was admin- tivity.” daughter away rom him, down: run through the lawn sprinkler. Roy Oswalt submitted this istered to determine i she “Not only does that create he struck the individual photo o son Hayden or our “Phacebook Photo Phollies” this week. aesthetic problems as peo- several times in the head,” DEATH, Page A7 ple come into Yoakum, but For more “phun photos,” see Page A6. ((Courtesy photo) these wells could potentially threaten the drinking water as well as create earthquakes GISD to improve access and res.” Injection disposal wells have been identied as like- to Honor Society criteria ly causes or earthquakes YOAKUM, Page A7 By DAVE MUNDY Clarissa Guerra said she was asked to apply or membership three times and was [email protected] denied membership all three times. “When Energy Watch Gonzales school trustees on Monday re- I asked (why), the response was very blunt,” Wednesday’s Prices viewed the district’s policies and guidelines she said. Nymex Oil Futures or membership in the National Honor So- “Te kids don’t understand why they $82.45/bbl ciety and also took steps to get ahead o the didn’t get it,” parent Luce Guerrero said. Nymex Gas planning or expected growth. “She had a baby, she volunteered with her Futures rustees were told the district has heard church and she held a 3.0 (grade-point $2.19 concerns raised by both parents and stu- average) taking AP/honors courses. Kids Lucas Energy Inc. “LEI” New GHS Principal dents over the way members o the honor need to know i they meet the criteria $1.57 Superintendent Dr. Kim Strozier introduc- society are selected, with some conusion they’re going to get it.” es new Gonzlaes High School principal Dr. over the criteria involved in selections and rustees Sue Gottwald and Josie Smith- Inside what benchmarks potential members have Wright echoed the concerns. Chris Morrow during Monday’s GISD Board This Week: to reach. GISD, Page A7 o Trustees meeting. ((Photo by Dave Mundy) Business..............................B1 Cofee says he’ll be here in spirit, i not in person Arts/Entertainment......D1 on a lot o stu right now. Pre-sale tickets will be Oil & Gas............................. B4 By DAVE MUNDY “Te doctor really scared on sale through July 6. Classifeds..........................B6 [email protected] the hell out o me,” he said. ickets will be $20 or Comics................................D4 Te world’s top bull rid- “We had quite the talk last adults and $8 or youth For the Record.................A2 ers and bulls are returning night.” and can be purchased at to J.B. Wells Arena, but this Faith & Family................... A9 Coee said that i he can’t E Barr Feed and the Gon- year’s Gonzales PBR event make it to Gonzales in per- zales Chamber o Com- In Our View........................A4 may be missing a amiliar son, he’ll be here in spirit. merce. ickets will be sold In Your View...................... A5 smiling ace. “I know what I want to at the J.B. Wells Arena on Regional..............................A3 PBR and DVS Produc- need to quit.’ I’m ghtin’ it do, and what I can do,” he Saturday, July 7, starting at Puzzle Page...................... D3 tions return to J.B. Wells on in my head,” he said. said. “But i I can make 10 a.m. until show time or Regional.............................A3 Saturday, July 7 at 7:30 p.m. Coee spent nearly a it down there, I will. It’s a $25 or adult and $10 or with some o the world’s Sports..................................C4 week in a San Antonio hos- great event.” youth. top riders and stock, but pital in May battling bac- Fans will be able to wit- Doors will open at 5:30 Obituaries.......................A10 Hall o Fame clown Leon terial meningitis and said ness 40 riders battle or 15 p.m. with activities such as Coee’s health may not al- while he hates to miss any spots in the short round, Live Entertainment with Leon Cofee low him to be the ace in events, he was especially showcasing eight-second the “Hole in Te Floor and Jack Daniels products the barrell distracting rag- looking orward to return- rides and jaw-dropping Band,” shopping at ven- being served. Te Ocial “Come and Hear It!” ing bulls away rom allen ing to Gonzales. wrecks as the world’s best dor booths, a bouncy or Afer Party directly afer Tune in to radio station cowboys. “Right now I have no bull riders attempt to stay the kids, a live Watusi Bull the event will take place in KCTI 1450 AM at 8 a.m. Fri- “Te doctor’s exact words idea,” he said. “I I can, I on animals 10 times their or pictures, a mechanical the Show Barn adjacent to day and 8 a.m. Tuesday for to me last night were, ‘You will. I’m having to cut back size. bull and cold Bud Light PBR, Page A7 weekly updates from Gon- zales Cannon news editor Cedric Iglehart and General Weather Sponsored by: manager Dave Mundy with Weather Watch KCTI personality Egon Bar- thels. Thursday’s Forecast: Mostly Sunny. High-95, Low-73. 20% chance o rain. Winds rom the east-southeast at 15 mph, 62% relative humidity. UV index: 11 (extreme) Friday: Saturday: Sunday: Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: High-93, Low-72 High-93, Low-71 High-92, Low-70 High-93, Low-72 High-94, Low-73 High-95, Low-73 830-672-8585 Scattered Clouds Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny www.SageCapitalBank.com Page A2 The Cannon Thursday, June 14, 2012 Thought or Dippi Spi m i Today in the Day Texas i Tx Wt Sfi “Happy are those History Cannon News Services lis, who worked in the Austin oce o lob- who dream bying rm Ryan & Co. dreams and are [email protected] Allen Spelce, president o the exas Wa- ready to pay the A competitor participating in the exas ter Saari Board posted the ollowing com- June 14, 1937 Water Saari through Gonzales County ment on the group’s website: On this day in 1937, Charles Bellinger died. Bellinger was born in Caldwell County in 1875 and worked in a Lockhart saloon as a price to make died at a San Antonio hospital Monday, o- “All o us in the exas Water Saari ami- teenager. He established his own saloon in San Antonio by 1906 them come true.” cials said. ly, including his ellow paddlers, are deeply and later expanded his activities to include a pool hall, a cae, a Race ocials say 30-year-old Brad Ellis saddened ollowing the death o Brad Ellis cab company, a real estate and construction company, a theater, Cardinal, Leo Jose o Dripping Springs died o hyponatremia due to hyponatremia.