Gang melee leaves 11 behind bars

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Gang melee leaves 11 behind bars
KNIPPA STUDENTS SHARE
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Gang melee leaves 11 behind bars
Bats, sticks, rocks, beer bottles and lumber wielded in Apolonio Street war
According to police,
eight people were arrested
in the early hours of
Sunday immediately following the melee, while
three more individuals
were arrested later that
day for a retaliatory act.
Adults Rey Ojeda and
Jose Luis Vasquez and
two male juveniles, all of
Uvalde, were transported
to University Hospital in
San Antonio after they
KIMBERLY RUBIO
STAFF WRITER
They used anything they
could find, and the result
was 11 arrests and four
hospitalizations, with two
adults and two juveniles
severely beaten.
It’s the aftermath of
what police are calling a
fight between two gangs
that involved over 30
people.
were beaten with bats,
sticks, rocks, beer bottles
and a piece of lumber,
according to Jessica Ojeda,
wife of Rey Ojeda.
Jessica Ojeda is among
the 11 arrested by police.
She said Monday that her
husband was in critical
condition.
“All of his teeth were
knocked out, and his jaw
was dislocated. He also has
a gash on his back and on
named.
“His friend has a broken
arm. My stepson was hit
with a two-by-four and
a nail went through his
head,” she said.
Despite her arrest and
suspected involvement,
Jessica Ojeda said she and
her husband are innocent
and were attacked by their
gang-affiliated neighbors.
She said she and her
family along with several
his arm,” she said, adding
that her husband’s friend,
Vasquez, is also in critical
condition.
Referring to Ojeda’s
injuries, she said, “They
put a metal plate in his
jaw. He went through four
hours of surgery.”
Jessica Ojeda said her
stepson and his juvenile
friend were also badly
injured. Because they are
underage, they are not
Chief commitment
STAFF WRITER
They say you can measure your success in life
by the people you have
impacted, and if that’s
true a Knippa school
administrator killed early
Sunday morning was
highly accomplished.
Merlyn Schneider,
principal of Knippa High
School, was traveling
home when a wrong-way
driver suspected of being
intoxicated crashed into
her car, head on, on Loop
1604 at Highway 90 in San
KIMBERLY RUBIO| LEADER-NEWS
Uvalde Chief of Police Eric Herrera and patrolmen Jose Rodriguez and Rodolfo
Astran III are sworn into office. Please see Page 3 for the story.
Antonio.
The crash
occurred at
2:41 a.m.
Schneider was
pronounced
Merlyn
dead at the
Schneider
scene.
Juan Pantoja, who was
driving the 2001 Ford F-150
that collided with Schneider’s 2007 Nissan Versa,
was transported to University Hospital in San
Antonio where he later
died.
Schneider, the mother
Deadline to procure health care plan fast approaching
STAFF WRITER
With just a few days left
before the March 31 deadline of the Affordable Care
Act, time is running out
for uninsured Americans
to pick a plan and avoid
penalties on next year’s tax
return.
Several Uvalde residents
have been through the
process and were gracious
enough to share their experiences of signing up for
the government-mandated
health-care plan.
Guadalupe Capuchin,
age 61, was one of the mil-
lions of uninsured Americans unable to afford
health insurance. She lived
in fear of illness or injury.
“I thought it was a good
opportunity because they
are offering good plans
through ACA,” Capuchin said. “I didn’t think
that I could afford it until
I talked to a man at the
clinic who was an insurance exchange expert.”
Capuchin was referring to a Community
Health Development Inc.
staff member who went
through multiple trainings
to become a certified application counselor.
They are essentially
experts on the Affordable
Care Act and offer their
guidance free of charge
to anyone who makes an
appointment.
Capuchin went to her
appointment with a list of
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New code
enforcer is
tenacious
After an 18-month battle
that caused her to put the
goal on hold, breast cancer
survivor Jovita Maldonado finally
obtained
Code
Enforcement Officer
certification.
Maldonado has
worked for
Jovita
the city of
Maldonado
Uvalde for
seven years. She started as
administrative assistant for
the Janey Slaughter Briscoe Grand Opera House
and eventually found her
way to the code enforcement department.
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set her sights on beginning
training in February 2013
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In Uvalde, .47 inches falls before lunch
.47 inches of rain were
recorded at Garner Field
Airport, and light to moderate showers were expected
throughout the day.
Isolated thunderstorms
were also forecast, but a
dry-line of weather from
West Texas was predicted
to push east and rid the
area of any moisture.
Temperatures today are
expected to reach the midto upper-80s and might
climb into the 90s tomorrow.
of four who had taught in
Knippa for three years,
is remembered by students, staff and parents
as a devoted educator and
beloved colleague and
friend.
Knippa ISD Superintendent Jeff Cottrill said the
district is devastated.
“It is a tremendous loss
and it hurts. An amazing
educator, colleague and
friend is lost and it has far
reaching negative impacts
on the school district,”
Cottrill said. “However,
KIMBERLY RUBIO
Rain burst makes for
a wet Wednesday
Many Uvaldeans no
doubt got a little wet on
their way to work or school
on Wednesday morning as
showers travelled over the
city.
According to a meteorologist with the National
Weather Service, an upperlevel disturbance originating from West Texas
and moving east met with
moisture from the Gulf of
Mexico, causing a shower
system.
As of Wednesday at noon,
PLEASE SEE WAR, PAGE 14
Principal’s tragic death
stuns Knippa community
KIMBERLY RUBIO
KIM EAGLE
friends were outside of
her home in the 500 block
of Apolonio Street when
her neighbors and a large
group of people drove up.
“They were pumped up
and yelling, ‘[Expletive]
West Side,’” she said. “I
told my husband to ignore
them because we are not
West-Siders.”
“Then my stepson came
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UVALDE LEADER-NEWS
THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2014
Uvaldeans offer input on city street project
KIMBERLY RUBIO
STAFF WRITER
The city requested
citizen input, and that’s
what they got when over
25 individuals arrived
Monday for the town
meeting regarding the
proposed $24 million
street improvement project.
The meeting was held
at the El Progreso Memorial Library at 6 p.m. A
second meeting will be
held at 6 p.m. on Monday
in the Cactus Room at
the Willie De Leon Civic
Center, which is located
at 324 E. Main St.
Several individuals
expressed concern over
general maintenance
and upkeep of the streets
once the project is complete.
“In your opinion, what
could have been done to
prevent the deterioration of the streets that
we have at this point in
time?” asked city resident
Mario Cruz.
“A more aggressive
maintenance program,”
was the reply of city
manager Jennifer Garver.
Garver said the city has
planned for that program
for the future.
City resident Leilani
McClure was concerned
with the use of commercial vehicles because of
the damage they cause to
city streets.
“When did they start
putting trucks the size
of train cars on Uval-
de’s little tiny streets?”
McClure asked.
City planner Susan
Anderson said the city’s
strategic planning committee plans to address
the issue in the near
future.
“We feel like as we do
the street project we need
to go back and make sure
we have protected our
investment,” Anderson
said.
Mayoral candidate Don
McLaughlin Jr. said he
is concerned with how
severely some residents
would be affected by the
raise in taxes.
Several citizens suggested buying the equipment and training city
employees to fix the
roads in an effort to keep
cost down.
“We did look at that and
we would need between
$1.5 and $2 million in
equipment alone to get
started, and we would
need at least five employees,” Garver said.
However, city resident
and unopposed candidate
for Uvalde City Council
Margaret Palermo said
the city would have to
buy the equipment and
hire workers regardless,
in order to maintain the
streets.
“No, actually the maintenance equipment and
the road equipment
are not necessarily the
same,” Garver said.
Mayoral candidate
Henry John Yeackle IV
said he is not in favor of
having the city maintain
the streets.
“In the late ’80s and ’90s
we tried to do that. We
bought all of this equipment and we trained all
this manpower. We never
maintained the equipment, because we didn’t
have the budget to allocate for it, and we never
paid enough for the
employees... they went
to the private sector,”
Yeackle said.
Several city residents
were concerned with
placing streets above
water when prioritizing
city needs.
“I am scared to death
that we are going to put
all of our money into nice
pretty streets, and we
are going to run out of
water,” said one woman,
who did not identify herself.
Garver assured residents that the city is not
going to run out of water
and redirected the conversation. Garver asked
that everyone keep comments strictly on streets.
“I think we are beyond
talking about how we are
going to finance this city
street project. Nobody
wants to pay taxes...
Council needs to bite the
bullet and get going,”
Cruz said.
“I agree with Mario
about biting the bullet,
but council is taking
its time in making this
decision because we are
aware of people that
are having a hard time
KIMBERLY RUBIO|LEADER-NEWS
Citizens listen Monday to a presentation regarding the city’s street improvement
project. The event, the first of two town meetings, was held at the El Progreso Memorial Library.
paying their taxes as is,
and doubling their taxes,
well that is a pretty big
pill to swallow for some
folks,” said Councilman
John Flores. “That is why
we are being very careful,
and that is why we are
having these town meetings, because we want the
input. It’s a difficult decision.”
City residents who
missed the first meeting
are encouraged to attend
the second.
Residents unable to
attend the meetings are
urged to contact their
councilman.
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Juvenile receives second-degree burns to upper body
CRIME
FRIDAY
1:16 P.M. – Lucero Garcia
Rodriguez, 32, of 834 S.
Getty St., Apt. 402, was
arrested by Department
of Public Safety on a Bell
County warrant.
3:21 P.M. – Uvalde Police
were dispatched to 226 N.
Getty Street for a report
of a burglary of a motor
vehicle. When officers arrived the complainant told
police that someone had
broken into his unsecured
vehicle. Total loss value
was estimated at $2,400.
SATURDAY
Cortez and passenger Arnulfo Aguilar. Cortez was
taken to Uvalde Memorial
Hospital. Aguilar was provided a ride home. Cortez
will face charges for failing
to comply with requirements for striking fixtures
on the highway, according
to the police report.
4:15 A.M. – Delmar Silva,
20, of 2033 County Road
1001, Lot 6, Pearsall, was
arrested by Uvalde County
Sheriff’s Office on a nonlocal warrant.
9:19 A.M. – Jose Andres
12:22 A.M. – Pura Fernandez Luna, 32, was arrested
by Kinney County Sheriff’s
Office for driving while
intoxicated, second offense.
2:30 A.M. – Uvalde Police
were dispatched to the 600
block of East Main Street
and the overpass located
on Milam Street when a
vehicle flipped over. According to the police report,
dispatch advised officers
that the two males involved
were walking away from
the scene. Identified as
involved were driver Dylan
Sosa, 38, of 1809 Bowie St.,
was arrested by Uvalde
Police Department for
criminal non-support.
1:03 P.M. – Over $1,000 in
damages was incurred
when Mary Evelyn Zamarripa, driving a 2002
Infinity SV, collided with a
2012 Dodge Avenger driven
by Lorretta Dalrymple.
The accident occurred at
the intersection of North
Mayhew Street and West
Main Street. Zamarripa attempted to enter West Main
Street from the 100 block
of North Mayhew Street.
Dalrymple was traveling
west in the 700 block of
West Main Street. According to the police report,
Zamarripa said she did not
see Dalrymple’s vehicle.
9:52 P.M. – Uvalde Police
were dispatched to 267 N.
Grove St. for a missing
16-year-old female. The girl
was entered into the National Crime Information
Center data base.
1:23 P.M. – Over $1,000 in
damages was incurred
when Tommy Gallardo,
driving a 2002 Pontiac P-4,
struck a 2009 General Motors pickup truck driven by
Fred Mansanarez Suarez.
The accident occurred in
the 500 block of South Getty
Street. According to the
police report, Gallardo was
traveling south on South
Getty, entering U.S Highway 83 South as Suarez
was traveling east on U.S
Highway 83. According to
the report, Gallardo lost
control of his own vehicle
and struck the pickup
truck.
2:28 P.M. – Rafael Lombrana Davila, 29, of 384 Homestead Road, was arrested
by Uvalde County Sheriff’s
Office for a Class C assault.
7:26 P.M. – Pedro Francisco
Arredondo, 28, of 306 E.
Fannin St., was arrested by
Uvalde Police Department
for theft of property valued
between $50 and $500.
SUNDAY
3:39 A.M. – Samuel Miguel
Musquiz, 23, of 7805 Avenue, Hondo, was arrested
by Sabinal Police Department on charges of possessing less than or equal to 2
ounces of marijuana and
possessing drug paraphernalia.
12:27 P.M. – Uvalde Police
were dispatched to 213 S.
Farrar St. for a report of
criminal mischief with
damages totaling $300.
3:39 A.M. – Patricia Lynn
Musquiz, 43, Hondo, was
arrested by Sabinal Police
Department on charges
of possessing less than or
equal to 2 ounces of marijuana and possessing drug
paraphernalia.
5:06 P.M. – Uvalde Police
were dispatched to 558 N.
Camp St. in reference to
a theft. When officers arrived the met with Kevin
Villalobos, who stated that
an audio system was taken
from his residence. The
total loss value was estimated at $2,800.
6:10 P.M. – Uvalde Police
were dispatched to 301 S.
Claudia St. to assist Uvalde
EMS with a male juvenile
who received seconddegree burns to his upper
body after attempting to
light a barbecue pit.
6:39 P.M. – Uvalde Police
were dispatched to 301
Claudia Street to assist
Uvalde EMS with a juvenile
who had been burned after
an explosion.
MONDAY
1 P.M. – Nhut Hynh, 38,
of 2002 E. Main St., was
arrested by Uvalde Police
Department for theft of service between $20 and $500.
2:39 P.M. – Max Salas, 25,
of 16434 Second St., Apt. ½,
Channelview, was arrested
by Uvalde Police Department for violating probation or parole.
9:53 P.M. – Andres Contreras, 42, of 414 S. Camp St.,
was arrested by Uvalde
City swears in three, including chief
There wasn’t a vacant
seat in Council Chambers
when Uvalde Chief of
Police Eric Herrera and
two officers were sworn
into service Tuesday
during a regular meeting
of Uvalde City Council.
Numerous Uvalde citizens, fellow police officers, and Uvalde County
Sheriff Charles Mendeke
and his force were present.
Herrera, who came
to the department from
Pecos where he was
employed as a sheriff ’s deputy for Reeves
County, began the duties
of police chief on March
3.
Rodolfo Astran III, who
is originally from Fargo,
ND, graduated from the
Middle Rio Grande Law
Enforcement Academy at
Southwest Junior College
in 2011.
As to why he chose
to apply for a position
with UPD, Astran said,
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11:07 P.M. – Jimmie Lawrence Hart, 61, of 300 E.
Frio St., was arrested by
Uvalde Police Department
for violating probation or
parole.
TUESDAY
1:40 A.M. – Jose Antonio
Garza, 34, of 435 Bates St.,
was arrested by Uvalde
Police Department on a
Medina County warrant.
2:50 A.M. – Rogelio Pena,
46, of 742 Antelope Lane,
Laredo, was arrested by
Uvalde County Sheriff’s
Office on charges of possessing less than 2 ounces
of marijuana.
1:32 P.M. – Samuel Jude
Juarez, 19, of 8237 S. Flores
St., Apt. 1208, was arrested
by Uvalde County Sheriff’s
Office on charges of possessing less than or equal
to 2 ounces of marijuana.
4:36 P.M. – Richard Berrones, 19, of Poteet, was
arrested by Uvalde Police
Department on an Atascosa
County warrant.
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Rep. Tracy O. King throws out the first pitch
for the baseball opening ceremonies. Right,
Hunter Oakley slides safely into home while
his coach, Tilo Garcia, looks on and Richard
Gonzales, #10, awaits the ball. The action
took place during an exhibition game.
UCISD Superintendent Jeanette Ball prepares Saturday to throw the first pitch for
the softball opening ceremonies.
Nearly 50 teams begin Little League season
Kim Eagle
Staff Writer
Softball and baseball
enthusiasts were on hand
Saturday for opening ceremonies when children,
from 4 years old to 12 years
old, kicked off the Uvalde
Little League season.
The event was staged at
the City of Uvalde Baseball Complex located at
1509 Garner Field Road.
Jennifer Treviño, Uvalde
Little League president,
said that 47 teams participated in opening day festivities. On Saturday, for
the first time in years, the
event included exhibition
games where each payer
was allowed one hit during
scrimmage play.
Treviño said that the
turnout was better than
expected, which caused a
few parking hiccups.
“It was a wonderful
turnout, but we did have
some complaints about the
new construction,” Trev-
iño said. “There is only
one way to get into the
park and the line was past
the bridge at one point.”
Treviño said that once
everyone was inside the
complex they parked in
the back near Kolinek
Field. This left some
people with a very long
walk to get to the fields at
the front of the complex.
“The city provided golf
carts for the elderly and
disabled to transport them
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Independent School District Superintendent Jeanette Ball threw out the
first pitch for the softball
ceremonies and state Rep.
Tracy O. King threw out
the first pitch for the baseball ceremonies.
Assistant city manager
Joe Cardenas, Councilmen Chip King and John
Flores, and Clint Baack,
director of parks and recreation, were also on hand
to lend support.
The Uvalde Coyote and
Lobo baseball and softball
teams were recognized
during the
opening ceremonies as
well.
“Thank
you for
coming out and being
there for our Little Leaguers,” Treviño said.
“We would like to thank
everyone for taking time
out and supporting our
kids.”
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the fields,” she said.
She said that is just
something new that people
are going to have to get
used to, but it is better
than the alternative of
people driving all over the
complex and making it
less safe.
A hamburger sale was
held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The proceeds from that
sale will be used to buy
new equipment and help
cover other financial burdens.
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Award-winning quilter
and Uvalde native Alicia
Avila will have several of
her quilts showcased in an
exhibit at Our Lady of the
Lake University.
Avila’s quilts were
requested for display
during the annual conference of the Center of
American Studies and
Research and the university’s annual literary festival.
A reception is scheduled
today at 5 p.m. at the university to officially open
the exhibit. It will remain
open until April 18.
“Our Lady of the Lake
is going to hold their first
exhibition in the building
that burned a couple of
years ago,
and they
are going to
have some
of my quilts
there,” Avila
said.
The collection will
feature a
quilt Avila
made especially for the
university.
The quilt,
aptly named
“Prayer Quilt,”
features pockets that hold prayers.
Avila, who said she has
been quilting for over 30
years, has a collection of
more than 250 quilts.
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“I do traditional and art
quilts. One of my pieces
just came back from China
from a quilt-making tour
in Beijing,” Avila said.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2014
LIFESTYLES
UVALDE LEADER-NEWS
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DEATHS
Fred V. Muñiz Sr.
Fred V. Muñiz Sr., 67, of
Uvalde died on March 24,
2014, at Amistad Nursing
Home in Uvalde.
A rosary was recited yesterday and a vigil will be
held today at 7 p.m. at the
Rushing-Estes-Knowles
Chapel.
Funeral Mass will be
held tomorrow at 11 a.m.
at Sacred Heart Catholic
Church.
Interment will follow in
Hillcrest Cemetery.
He was born on Oct. 11, 1946, in Uvalde to Beatrice
Vinton Muñiz and Pascual Muñiz.
He is survived by his companion, Rachel Varela of
Uvalde; three sons, Albert Muñiz and wife, Debbie, of
Alice, Fred Muñiz Jr. and wife, Lindsay, of Austin and
Alfred Jacob Muñiz of Uvalde; one sister, Elva Gonzales
of San Antonio; one brother, Gilbert Cantu of Uvalde;
five grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
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Harvey Glen O’Bryant
Harvey Glen O’Bryant, 87, of Utopia died on March 25,
2014, at Bandera Rehabilitation and Health Care Center.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the
Church of Christ in Utopia.
Interment will follow in Waresville Cemetery.
A complete obituary will appear in a future edition of
the Uvalde Leader-News.
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Vernon Marcus Porter
Vernon Marcus Porter,
86, of Utopia died on
March 20, 2014, in Kerrville.
He was born in Utopia
on Jan. 12, 1928, to Veonita Porter and James Verl
Porter.
He married Charlsie
Mae Walker on June 8,
1950, in Utopia.
Porter graduated from
Utopia High School and
went on to graduate from
Texas A&I University in Kingsville. He taught vocational agriculture for 11 years in Medina and Uvalde.
Then he moved back to Utopia to operate the family
ranch while teaching and coaching for 19 years in the
Utopia School.
He was active in many local organizations, most notably his 38 years of service to the Bandera County Soil
and Water Conservation District for which he was recognized in 2010 as Lifetime Honorary Director.
The family said that Porter was a devoted husband,
father, grandfather, great-grandfather and educator.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers,
J.E. Porter and Lester Ray Porter; one sister, Ida Fay
White; and one son, Jerry Lynn Porter.
He is survived by his wife of 63 years; one son, Bob
Porter and wife, Kerry, of Utopia; three daughters,
Kathy Campbell of Utopia, Jeanie Minton and husband,
Shreves, of Utopia and Lori McGuffin of Kerrville;
10 grandchildren, Brent Porter and wife, Stephanie,
Walker Porter, Marcy Herndon and husband, Bryan, RJ
Jones, Ryon Jones and wife, Laura, Royce Jones, Misty
Zrzavy and husband, Clint, Kristina Rhodes and husband, James, Kade McGuffin and Michaela McGuffin;
and 12 great-grandchildren, Wyatt Porter, Katharine
Porter, Trace Herndon, Brady Herndon, Ashton Jones,
Eli Jones, Brendan McBee, Zayne Zrzavy, Brett Zrzavy,
Dustin Rhodes, Macee Rhodes and Morgan Rhodes.
Funeral services were held on March 23 at Utopia
United Methodist Church with the Rev. Chuck Crane
officiating.
Pallbearers were Brent Porter, Walker Porter, RJ
Jones, Ryan Jones, Royce Jones and Kade McGuffin.
Honorary pallbearers were his numerous friends and
former students.
The family requests memorials be made to Utopia
EMS, 462 Sycamore, Utopia, TX 78884; Utopia United
Methodist Church, 571 Cypress St., Utopia, TX 78884;
Utopia ISD, 258 School St., Utopia, TX 78884; or the charity of one’s choice.
Esperanza Rendon
Esperanza V. Rendon, 76,
of Uvalde died on March
21, 2014, at Amistad Nursing Home.
She was born on May
7, 1937, in Rocksprings to
Cruz Perez Vela and Guadalupe Vela.
She married Eluterio
Rendon on Sept. 29, 1955,
in Rocksprings.
She is survived by four
sons, Cirilo Rendon, Eluterio Rendon Jr. and wife,
Alma, Eliberto Rendon and Jose Rendon and wife, Juanita, all of Uvalde; and numerous grandchildren, greatgrandchildren, nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband; parents;
two sons, Eluterio Rendon and Jose Rendon; one sister,
Teresa Vela Isaiz; and two brothers, Reyes Vela and
Enrique Vela.
A rosary was recited on March 22 at 7 p.m. at the Rushing-Estes-Knowles Chapel.
A vigil service and rosary was held on March 23 at 7
p.m. at the Rushing-Estes-Knowles Chapel.
Funeral services were held on March 24 at 2 p.m. at
Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
Interment followed in Uvalde Catholic Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Eluterio Rendon III, Steve Rendon,
Christopher Rendon, Jose Rendon Jr., Eliberto Rendon
Jr. and Brandon Lee Rendon.
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Olivia Roque
Olivia Roque, 73, of
Uvalde died on March 25,
2014, at her residence.
A funeral service will be
held today at 3 p.m. at the
Rushing-Estes-Knowles
Chapel.
She was born on July 5,
1940, in Palau, Coahuila,
Mexico to Albeza Reyes
Maltos and Adrian Maltos.
She married Fidencio
Roque in Mexico on Feb.
2, 1958.
She is survived by her husband of 56 years, resident of
Uvalde; three daughters, Laura Garcia and Olivia Treviño and husband, Joe, all of Uvalde, and Maria Rubio
and husband, Juan, of Colorado City; four sons, Fidencio Roque Jr. and wife, Sylvia, Jorge Roque and wife,
Ofelia, all of Uvalde, Ray Roque and Hector Roque, both
of Sioux City, Iowa; three sisters, Nora Soto of Zacatecas, Mexico, Martha Maltos of Eagle Pass and Marisela
Hernandez of Palau, Coahuila, Mexico; one brother,
Arnoldo Maltos of Eagle Pass; 21 grandchildren; 25
great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother,
Rojelio Maltos; one daughter, Albeza Roque; one grandson, Eduardo Luis Vergara; and one granddaughter,
Vanessa Lerma.
A rosary was recited on Tuesday and a vigil was
held yesterday at 7 p.m. at the Rushing-Estes-Knowles
Chapel.
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Merlyn E. Schneider
Merlyn Elaine Schneider passed from this world and
into the Lord’s care on March 23rd, 2014, at the age of 53.
Her life was one of achievement and fulfillment as a
loving mother and devoted educator.
Born in Slidell, LA, on May 27, 1960, she spent her earliest years in Germany before her family relocated to
Rio Vista, Texas.
Her favorite hobbies included photography, dancing,
and traveling.
Merlyn was a certified interpreter, teacher, counselor, and principal; she was working on completing
her superintendent certification. Her joy came from
bringing happiness to her students and anyone else she
encountered.
She was predeceased by her father, Randolph Holden.
She is survived by her children Heath Kelly, Jonathan Schneider, Randi Schneider, and Skylar Schneider; her grandchildren Sawyer Kelly and Madison Kelly;
her mother Merlyn Camp “nana,” Roger Camp “papa,”
brothers Randy Camp and Roger Dale Camp, and a host
of cousins, nieces and nephews, and friends.
Her deep Christian faith and devotion to helping
family, friends, and strangers continues to have a huge
impact in numerous lives across multiple communities.
We celebrate her life and are comforted in knowing that
she is now home with God.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions to the Knippa ISD library or Camp Sweeney.
A memorial celebration will be held at 2 p.m. on
Thursday, March 27, at First Baptist Church in Glen
Rose, Texas.
Another memorial service will be held Saturday at 10
a.m. at the Vulcan Center in Knippa.
The family requests that attendees wear bright colors
in respect of Merlyn’s wishes.
THE PRECEDING IS A PAID OBITUARY.
Velma Tucker-Jackson
Velma Faye TuckerJackson, 92, of Uvalde
died on March 20, 2014, at
Amistad Nursing Home.
She was born on Sept. 14,
1921, in Leakey to Bertha
Elizabeth Elms Marsh and
Douglas Manton Marsh.
She is survived by two
sons, Roger “Ronnie”
Taylor and wife, Linda, of
Flour Bluff and Homer
“Tony” Tucker of Beeville;
one daughter, Elizabeth
Tucker Burdock and husband, Gerald, of Portland; one
brother, Carlton “Stubbs” Marsh and wife, Joyce; one
sister, Sue Mills Henry and husband, Floyd; 20 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands, Homer Tucker and Hershal Jackson; four brothers, Denzil Marsh, Billy Milton, Cliffton Marsh and
Otis Marsh; one sister, Wanda Marsh Mumme; one son,
Charles Tucker; one daughter, Sondra Culver; and two
grandchildren, Henry R. Brown and Kenneth S. Burdock.
Funeral services were held yesterday at 2 p.m. at the
Leakey Church of Christ with Doyle Brooks officiating.
Interment followed in Leakey Floral Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Charlie Tucker, Jimmy Tucker,
Robert Tucker, Chance Tucker, Brett Culver and Troy
Burdock.
Honorary pallbearers were Billy Culver, Ronnie Burdock, Bryan Culver, and Clint Tucker.
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CALENDAR
ROTARY CLUB: The Uvalde Rotary Club will meet today at
noon at the Uvalde Country Club. Guest speaker will
be Bryan Rauch, resource and referral specialist for
the Texas Veterans Leadership Program of the Texas
Workforce Commission.
CURSILLISTAS PLAN ULTREYA: An ultreya, or reunion, for
Cursillistas will be held today at 7 p.m. in the Sacred
Heart Catholic Church CCD Building. Anyone interested in learning more about the Cursillo movement,
which focuses on spiritual growth, holiness formation
and evangelization, is also invited to attend.
STARGAZING PARTY: The public is invited to view the
stars at Fort Inge Park tomorrow at 8 p.m. Gazers are
encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs, small flashlights and insect repellent. Michael Robinson, 830-9342271 or 254-541-4037.
VETERAN PEER GROUP: The Veteran Peer Group will meet
tomorrow from 5 to 6:30 p.m., at the Willie De Leon
Civic Center Cactus Room. Anyone interested can call
the Uvalde County Mental Health Center at 830-2782501.
DEMOCRAT CLUB: The Uvalde County Democrat Club will
meet Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the Willie De Leon Civic
Center Cactus Room. Featured speaker for the meeting is Rachel Gonzalez-Hanson, chief executive officer at Community Health Development Inc. of Uvalde.
She will be discussing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and related topics. The public is invited and
encouraged to attend.
QUILT GUILD: The Uvalde Piecemakers Quilt Guild will
meet Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the Herby Ham Activity
Center. Those attending will share a potluck lunch followed by a meeting.
GRAND OPENING: The public is invited to Uvalde Memorial Hospital on Tuesday from 3-5 p.m. for the grand
opening of the Women’s Imaging Center, 1025 Garner
Field Road.
RELAY FOR LIFE: A committee meeting for the Uvalde
County Relay for Life will be held Wednesday at 6 p.m.
at the First United Methodist Church. Jeanette Wal-
ther, 830-278-7443.
NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY: The Uvalde Chapter of the Native
Plant Society of Texas will meet Tuesday at 6 p.m. at
the Willie De Leon Civic Center’s Cactus Room. Guest
speaker will be Jordan Lawrence, a soil conservation
specialist from the Natural Resources and Conservation
Service. The topic is native plants and soil conservation
for urban and rural areas, Lawrence will also discuss
about the NRCS and what the service offers to the public.
The public is invited to attend. www.npsot.org/uvalde.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2014
Annual Wild Hog Festival kicking off tomorrow
ANGELA CONTRERAS
CORRESPONDENT
The 23rd Annual Wild
Hog Festival and Crafts
Fair will take place Friday
through
Sunday at
Veterans
Live Oak
Memorial
Park in
Sabinal.
The
annual
ANGELA
event is
CONTRERAS
organized
by the
Sabinal Lions Club.
Come out and enjoy great
food, arts, crafts, games,
rides, a barbecue pork cook
off, and of course some
awesome hog catching.
The festival will begin
with a Friday night kickoff dance featuring Grupo
Vida/The Electric Cowboys. The show begins at 8
p.m. and ends at midnight
at the park pavilion.
Admission to watch the
contest is $10 for adults, $5
for students and free for
children 5 and under.
On-site registration for
the hog catching contests
begins on Saturday and
all entrants must sign a
waiver.
On Saturday, registration will begin at 8 a.m. and
end at 2 p.m. It will be held
again from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
On Sunday, registration
will take place from 10 a.m.
to noon only.
The registration fee is $40
per team and $5 per child.
The division categories
are as follows for children:
children 3 to 5 years old will
catch 5-pound runts, and
children 6 to 9 years old will
SABINAL
catch 10-pound shoats.
Women of any age will
catch 60- to 80-pound hogs.
Entrants in the lightweight
division for people 10 to 14
years old will catch 20- to
40-pound hogs.
Medium weight entrants,
those who are 15 to 18
years old, will catch 40- to
60-pound hogs.
The final category is the
heavyweight division for
those of any age. Entrants
in this division will catch
80- to 100-pound hogs.
Participation ribbons are
given to all children participating in the runts/shoats
event. Belt buckles will be
awarded to the first, second
and third place winners in
each category.
The pork barbecue cook-
off registration will end
Saturday at 4 p.m. and
entries will be due Sunday
at 1:30 p.m.
Any cut of USDA pork
may be allowed in the competition. First, second and
third place buckles will be
awarded to the winners.
For a registration form
call or e-mail Ramiro
Torres at 830-279-5612 or
ramiro.torres@sbcglobal.
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ONE-ACT PLAY
On March 22, the Sabinal High School One-Act
Play traveled to Southwest
Texas Junior College to
compete in zone competition to determine which
two schools out of Nueces
Canyon, Brackettville and
Sabinal would advance to
district competition.
Though Sabinal didn’t
advance, a great show was
put on and some members
even won awards.
The Sabinal team claimed
honorable mention for “The
Frogs.” Actors included
Mary Escalante, Karina
Davis, Emily Whitehurst,
Angela Contreras, Marcos
Reyes and Matthew Stewart.
The “All-Star Cast”
award went to Adrian Alejandro and Thomas Caleb
Uptegrove.
Ashley Rubio, a stagecrew member, received
“All- Star Crew” honors.
The One-Act Play members, though they did not
advance, are currently the
alternates for the district
competition in case Brackettville or Nueces Canyon
drops out.
TOWN CLEAN-UP
Although it was a lastminute decision, the Sabinal Girl Scouts managed to
put together a town cleanup within a week’s time.
On March 21, in association with 35 members of
the community who joined
in to help, the Girl Scouts
cleaned North Center
Street from the railroad
tracks all the way up to the
park.
The girls decided that this
would be a good thing to do
for the community just in
time for Wild Hog Festival.
After the clean-up, the
Girl Scouts provided light
refreshments for those who
helped. The group hopes to
do a town clean up like this
quarterly throughout the
year and to have more community members join each
time.
Nueces Canyon CISD not offering summer lunch program
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school enrollment of 133.
The Pride Club Chili
Supper was a success.
Sandra Fairchild, Karen
Bullard and Wilma Redding coordinated this
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money for
the elementary
playground
equipment.
A total of
21 students
plan to
TENA
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west Texas
Junior
College classes next year.
Tena Taylor and SWTJC
representatives have
helped them complete
their applications.
The high school UIL
Academic team has competed in three online practice meets.
One senior took the English Language Arts exit
level Texas Assessment of
Knowledge and Skills test.
Results are expected in a
few weeks.
Luci Harmon also presented the Food Services
Report for the month:
Everything is going well in
the cafeteria. The cafeteria will not hold a summer
lunch program this June.
In other news, the board
accepted the Budget/
Finance report as presented as well as the
2014-2015 school calendar,
certification of instructional materials allotment
and TEKS for 2014-2015.
The board went into
executive session from 7:15
until 8:27.
Upon opening into regular session, the board
voted to extend the contract for athletic director
Greg Voyles.
The board voted to
renew personnel contracts.
The meeting was
adjourned at 8:28 pm.
The next board meeting
will be held April 21 at 6:30
p.m. at the Administration
Building in Barksdale.
Call the district business
office at 830-234-3514 or
consult the school calendar at www.nccisd.net to
verify meeting dates and
times.
La Pryor powerlifters wrap up first season
La Pryor High School’s
inaugural powerlifting
season sent two female athletes to state.
Antonietta Castillion and
Larissa Delgado competed
in the state meet on March
15 at the American Banks
Center in Corpus Christi.
Castillion finished in
second place in her weight
division, with Ozona’s
Nicole Higgins claiming state honors. Delgado
bowed out in her weight
division as Hannah Hall
of Kerns received state
honors.
La Pryor High School had
22 athletes compete in eight
different meets this season.
In the boys’ division, 14
athletes competed with
two, Robert Castillo and
Jose Orellana, qualifying
for regional competition.
In the girls’ division,
eight athletes competed
with four girls qualifying
for regional competition
in Pleasanton. They were
Lucia Mendoza, Kiersten
Paul, Delgado and Castillion.
The powerlifting coaches
this season were Justin Stephens, Frank Gonzales and
Alma Rangel.
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her work ethic, professionalism and relationships
with our students will not
be forgotten and will continue to manifest in great
student success.”
He credited Schneider,
who was from Glen Rose,
with having an unparalleled worth ethic, often
putting in 70-hour work
weeks.
According to Cottrill,
Schneider was also instrumental in developing the
college readiness program the district is soon to
implement.
“...It is very sad to see
that someone that was so
instrumental in putting
that program together will
not get to see it in action.
That said, she is an amazing individual and her
impact on this school district will be long lasting
through that program and
through the deep connections that she built with
both students and staff
members,” Cottrill said.
When asked if Schneider
had family locally, Cottrill
said, “Was there family
here? Yes, there was – her
students and our staff.”
“We are deeply saddened by the loss of our
mother. She was an amaz-
ing person and an inspiration to a lot of people. Her
ability to reach out and
affect those around her
allowed her to make each
life she encountered, just
a little bit better. As sad
as it makes us to lose our
mother, we are comforted
in the fact that her time on
earth was meaningful. She
is gone but not forgotten
and for that, we are grateful,” said Amy Blenkinsop
acting as a spokesperson
on behalf of Schneider’s
children.
Blenkinsop, whose three
children attend Knippa
ISD, said Schneider was
more than a principal. She
was a friend.
“She was my children’s
principal, but she was so
much more. She had an
open-door policy for her
students, her staff, and us
parents,” Blenkinsop said.
“She was passionate about
the work she did and proud
of each one of our children. She will forever be
missed and loved. We continue to pray for her family
and know in our hearts she
is watching over our kids
and our community.”
Deya Davis, whose
daughter is a seventhgrader at Knippa ISD,
said, “Ms. Schneider was
an inspiration and a role
model. Not only to her students but to her staff and
parents as well. She was
caring and always bringing out the best in her students. Knippa has lost an
amazing administrator and
friend. She will be greatly
missed.”
On Thursday, students
will release balloons in
memory of Schneider. The
ceremony will be held at
noon, the same time as her
funeral service in Glen
Rose. A local memorial
service will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Vulcan
Center in Knippa.
Grief counseling is available for staff and students.
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FROM PAGE 1
questions to ask, because
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going she would forget
important subjects to ask
about.
“I had a lot of questions
and he was very courteous
and informative,” she said.
“He set me up with different plans, and we compared
them all. I was able to make
a selection that best fits my
needs, and I think it will be
very beneficial to me in the
future.”
Her sons have offered to
pay for her insurance for
her, which she said is very
affordable although she
declined to comment on the
exact amount of her payments.
She had a pre-existing
condition, which she was
afraid would make it hard
to find a plan.
“I had pre-existing conditions, but they will be
covered,” Capuchin said. “I
won’t have to worry about
not being able to afford the
tests I need; they cover prescription medicine and lab
work and referrals to other
places to get scans and
other costly tests.”
Her advice to people who
have yet to sign up is to “get
all your ducks in a row.”
She recommends seeing
the certified application
counselors at CHDI.
“They devote time to
you and don’t rush you. I
feel that is something very
important to have. It is a
great benefit for us all to
have some sort of health
coverage.”
Bertha Ramirez, age 62,
did not qualify for a health
care plan when she applied
because she did not make
enough money to afford a
plan.
“At the time, I didn’t
have a job, so I didn’t have
enough income to qualify,”
Ramirez explained.
Ramirez said she is too
young to qualify for Medicare and because Texas
did not approve Medicaid
expansion she cannot get
insurance that way.
“I was really excited at
first because I am a fan of
Obamacare and I think it
can help people that need
it,” Ramirez said. “As soon
as I find a job, I am going
to reapply and get a good
plan.”
She has had Type 2 diabetes since 2004, which makes
it difficult to find a private insurance plan that is
affordable.
She stays positive that she
will find a job soon and get
the coverage she needs; she
lost her job just a couple of
months before she tried to
sign up.
She commended CHDI for
the help they provided her
throughout the process.
“I do know that Mr.
[Donald] Alejandro with
Our Health was very helpful and knowledgeable,” she
said. “He explained to me
why I didn’t qualify now,
and told me that I could
qualify in the future once I
have a job, which I understand.”
Even though she could
not find coverage personally, she is happy for those
that the Affordable Care
Act has helped.
“I am very appreciative
of Brackettville, D’Hanis,
Uvalde and Sabinal independent school districts,
along with the Education
Service Center for Region
20, for sending out their
counselors and crisis intervention teams to support
our students and our staff
during this difficult time,”
Cottrill said.
“There is an outpouring
of support from neighbors,
parents, community members and other educators,
and we are very grateful
for that.”
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FROM PAGE 1
ever, brought those plans to
an abrupt halt.
On Dec. 4, 2012, Maldonado was diagnosed with
breast cancer.
“When you hear ‘cancer’
it makes you think, ‘that’s
it,’” Maldonado said,
adding that she was reluctant to share the devastating news with her family
and co-workers. Still,
her supervisor, city code
enforcer Jamie Johnson,
suspected something was
wrong.
“He said to me, ‘You
remember everything. You
keep me in line, but lately
you haven’t been yourself.’”
Maldonado said that after
learning the news, Johnson
and the city’s administration were nothing but supportive and understanding.
“He [Johnson] was great.
He told me I was going to be
fine. That is when I decided
that I wasn’t going to sulk
and wallow in this. I was
not going to let this get me
down.”
Maldonado began chemotherapy treatments in late
December 2012.
“I would go every three
weeks on a Monday, and I
would be out Monday and
Tuesday and be back at
work on Wednesday. That
was the routine for 11 treatments,” Maldonado said.
“Then for radiation, I was
out for about an hour and
then came to work right
after.
“My mom and dad went
with me to my first treatment. I was sitting there,
trying to be strong for
them, when I get a text
message from my niece,
who is in the Marines and
stationed in California. She
said, ‘Way to go Tia. We are
behind you.’”
“I just started crying. It
was really encouraging
to know that even though
my family is spread out, I
still had their support and
encouragement.”
Once treatment was
complete and Maldonado
was back on her feet, she
decided it was time to finish
what she started.
“I told Jamie I was ready
and he was like ‘go for it,’”
she said. So in February,
Maldonado attended the
five-day training course
in Lubbock. Maldonado
reviewed state rules, regulations and procedures.
After passing the state
exam, Maldonado was
issued a certificate in
March. She is now a code
enforcement officer in
training. In June, she will
have completed that training and will officially be a
code enforcement officer
for the city of Uvalde.
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UVALDE LEADER-NEWS
THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2014
E-mail Sports Editor James Volz with stories or information at [email protected]
UHS girls tame Mustangs for 2-0 win
The Uvalde Lobos scored
twice in the first half and
went on to record a 2-0 bidistrict soccer victory over
the San Antonio Jefferson
Mustangs Monday night
at the San Antonio ISD
Spring Sports Complex.
With their bi-district victory, Coach Alan Hughes’
Lobos now have a season
record of 12-5-6.
The Lobos will face the
undefeated and stateranked Alamo Heights
Mules, 19-0, in a regional
second-round playoff
game scheduled to be
played in Uvalde tomorrow, beginning at 7 p.m. in
the Honey Bowl.
Playing before a large,
loud crowd of Uvalde fans
at San Antonio Monday,
the Lobos got on the scoreboard just over 14 minutes
into the Jefferson contest
when Ana Gonzalez hit on
a kick from about 15 yards
out.
About 12 minutes later,
Lauren Chacon scored on
a penalty kick to put the
Lobos up 2-0.
Chacon’s kick came after
a Jefferson defender was
red-carded for intentionally stopping the ball from
going into the goal with
her hand.
On a corner kick by the
Lobos, Josslyn Guzman
placed the ball in front of
the goal.
Chacon headed a shot
toward the goal, but the
Jefferson defender used
her right arm to knock the
ball away from the goal
and drew a red-card foul
for her effort.
Ahead by a score of 2-0
at the end of the first half,
the Lobos relied on good
defense to secure the bidistrict win.
The Lobos kept pressure on Jefferson senior
goal keeper Lesly Valdes
throughout the second
half, but were not able to
add to their lead.
Lauren Chacon, Kaela
Maldonado, Gabriela
PETE LUNA|LEADER-NEWS
In a one-on-one match up against Jefferson goal keeper Lesly Valdes (left), Uvaldean Ana Gonzalez (right) prepares to take a shot at the goal. Moments later, Gonzalez zipped her shot past Valdes and recorded the first goal
of the bi-district game Monday night. Gonzalez and her Uvalde Lobos teammates posted a 2-0 win over Jefferson.
Flores, and Ana Gonzalez
each attempted shots on
the goal in the second half
of the contest.
Like most of the first
half, the majority of the
second half of the game
was played on Jefferson’s
side of the midfield line.
Defensively, the Lobos
were led by the play of
Elissa Garza, Elianna
Garza, and Gabriela Gonzalez.
Goal keepers Scarlette
Roman and Clara Encinia
both recorded three saves
and combined efforts for
PLEASE SEE SOCCER, PAGE 9
Uvaldeans face district-leading Medina Valley tomorrow
KELLY KOEPP PHOTO
Hector Rodriguez winds up and delivers a pitch during
early-inning action between the Uvalde Coyotes and the
San Antonio Harlandale Indians Tuesday. The Coyotes will
face the district-leading Medina Valley Panthers tomorrow.
The Uvalde Lobos and
and the Uvalde Coyotes
will be at Castroville
tomorrow to play the
district-leading Medina
Valley Panthers.
At 6:30 p.m., the Coyotes will face the Medina
Valley boys in District
29-4A baseball competition, while the Lobos will
take on the Medina Valley
girls in District 29-4A softball beginning at 7:15 p.m.
Coach Tim Bertholf’s
Coyotes, 1-5 in district play
and 4-11-1 for the season,
will take on the districtleading Medina Valley
Panthers.
Tuesday night, the Coyotes lost a 6-4 district decision to the San Antonio
Harlandale Indians.
Down 6-0, the Coyotes
battled back to score one
run in the fifth inning and
three runs in the sixth
inning, but the Indians
held on to win the game.
Adlai Koepp doubled and
DISTRICT 29-4A
DISTRICT 29-4A
Girls Softball Standings
Boys Baseball Standings
Team
Medina Valley
McCollum
LOBOS
Floresville
Harlandale
Kennedy
Southside
Memorial
District
W L
8 0
7 1
6 2
5 3
3 5
2 6
1 7
0 8
Overall
W L
24 2
12 4
13 9
11 11
9 11
4 11
4 16
1 14
Team
Medina Valley
McCollum
Floresville
Harlandale
Kennedy
Memorial
COYOTES
Southside
District
W L
6 0
5 1
4 2
4 2
1 5
2 4
1 5
1 5
Overall
W L
15 2
13 5
10 6
8 8
5 10
5 11
4 11
4 12
Tomorrow’s schedule: Uvalde
at Medina Valley, Harlandale at
McCollum, Floresville at Southside,
Kennedy at Memorial.
Tuesday’s results: Uvalde 6,
Harlandale 2; Medina Valley 14,
Memorial 3; McCollum 11, Southside 0; Floresville 12, Kennedy 2.
Friday’s results: Uvalde 11,
Memorial 1; Harlandale 19, Southside 4; Medina Valley 10, Floresville 2; McCollum 17, Kennedy 0.
Tomorrow’s schedule: Uvalde
at Medina Valley, Harlandale at
McCollum, Floresville at Southside,
Kennedy at Memorial.
Tuesday’s results: Harlandale
6, Uvalde 4; Medina Valley 15,
Memorial 0; McCollum 9, Southside 1; Floresville 4, Kennedy 1.
Friday’s results: Memorial 7,
Uvalde 5; Harlandale 15, Southside 1; Medina Valley 2, Floresville
1; McCollum 11, Kennedy 1.
singled to lead Uvalde’s
six-hit attack.
Elias Garza singled
twice, while Leroy Muñoz
and J.R. Vera singled.
Hector Rodriguez was
the pitcher of record for
the Coyotes.
Last Friday night, the
Coyotes lost a 7-5 decision
to the San Antonio Memorial Minutemen.
Up 5-4, the Minutemen
sealed their win in the sixth
inning when Ivan DeAnda
hit a two-run homer.
J.R. Vera tripled and singled for the Coyotes.
Adlai Koepp tripled and
drove in one run, Nico
Santos doubled and drove
in one run, Ernest Ortiz
singled and drove in one
run, and Jerry Almaraz
and Elias Garza singled.
Nico Santos, the pitcher
of record for Uvalde, was
relieved by Daren Redfearn in the fourth inning.
Coach Lee Summers’
Lobos, 6-2 in district and
13-9 for the season, will be
facing the Medina Valley
girls for the second time
this season.
Earlier this month, the
Lady Panthers beat the
Lobos, 3-1, in action at the
Uvalde High School softball field.
Tina Lopez hit a runscoring single and Melinda
Parish hit a run-scoring
double in the seventh
inning to break a 1-1 tie.
MV pitcher Kylee
DeCock tossed a two-hitter
PLEASE SEE BALL, PAGE 9
Uvalde tennis players prep for district
With the District 29-4A
tennis tournament set for
early next month, members
of the Uvalde High School
tennis team will compete in
a pre-district tournament set
for tomorrow and Saturday
at the UHS tennis complex.
Last weekend, UHS tennis
players participated in tour-
nament action at San Antonio and San Marcos.
Brant Ferguson placed
fifth and Orlando Marines
finished 11th in boys singles
at San Marcos.
Mario Miller and Albert
Acevedo won seventh in
boys doubles, and Trevor
Hardin and Payton Lewis
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finished 13th, while Emily
Moreno and Dani Lopp beat
out Kathleen Coleman and
Madylynn Mize for ninth
place in girls doubles.
Kendall Walker won fifth
and Kenna Arthur finished
in 13th place in girls singles.
Backor McLaughlin and
Kelly Serna placed 11th in
mixed doubles, while Lea
Nell Dungo and Jason Arias
lost their first match.
In San Antonio Lanier
tourney action, Bella and
Joslynn Griffin took first
place in girls doubles with a
6-1, 6-3 win over Banda and
Recio of Lanier.
Terry Aviles and Lindsey
Davis won the consolation
bracket title.
Neftali Amaya and Langtry Walker won the boys
doubles crown with a 6-2,
7-6 win over their UHS
teammates, Isaac Mendoza
and Albert Solis.
Carlos Mendoza lost to
Dillon Humpal of London,
6-0, 6-1, in the boys singles
semi-final match.
Ruben Zamora lost his
two tourney matches.
Laurynn Mize lost a hardfought 6-4, 1-6, 10-6 decision
to Crystal Garza of Jefferson in the girls singles semifinals.
Valerie Mireles lost in the
quarterfinals.
In mixed doubles, Ismael
Cobos and Jenisa Saiz lost
in the quarterfinals.
BOB RASA|LEADER-NEWS
Joslynn Griffin prepares to hit the ball with her tennis
racket. The action took place during a Uvalde tennis
tournament match played earlier this spring.
SPORTS
THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2014
Coyotes place second
in golf tournament
The Uvalde Coyotes won
second place in the team
standings of the two-day
Uvalde High School Invitational golf tournament
last weekend.
Coach Roy Torres’
Coyotes combined daily
rounds of 335 and 325 to
claim team runner-up
honors with a 660 total
at Uvalde Memorial golf
course.
They finished 22 strokes
behind the tournament
champion Pleasanton
Eagles, who posted a
638 total to win top team
honors.
Medina Valley took third
place with a 675 total.
Clayton King captured
third place in the individual competition. His
two rounds of 75 gave him
a 150 total for Uvalde’s
lowest score in the golf
tournament.
King won a scorecard
playoff for third. He
tied Pleasanton’s Chase
Arnold, who also totaled
150 strokes for two rounds
of tourney competition.
James Sandoval of
Pleasanton won first place
with his 148 total, while
Heath Noonan of Medina
Valley placed second with
his 149 total.
Uvaldeans Brian Kimble
and Nolan Langford tied
for 11th place overall
with two-day totals of 169.
Kimble had rounds of 83
and 86, while Langford had
rounds of 90 and 79.
Christian Fowler finished in 15th place. He had
rounds of 87 and 85 for a
172 total.
Tom Henry Taylor
carded rounds of 98 and 82
for a 190 total.
Tres Arce and Wesley
DuBose had the lowest
scores for Uvalde High
School’s junior varsity
team. They recorded twoday totals of 216 and 220,
respectively.
Other individual scores
for UHS’ junior varsity
included: Matthew Ruiz,
242; Tristan Silva, 255; and
Alex Sanchez, 268.
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BOB RASA|LEADER-NEWS
Uvalde High School’s (left to right) Clayton King, Tom Henry Taylor, Brian Kimble, and
Nolan Langford teamed up to place second in the team standings of the UHS Invitational golf tournament last weekend. Not pictured is Christian Fowler. The Coyotes
posted a two-day total of 660. King finished third in the individual competition.
Joe Benavides and Tim
Castro competed as UHS
medalist entries. Benavides
had a 278 total, while Castro
had one round of 135.
Rounding out the team
standings were: Del Rio,
700; Devine, 744; Carrizo
Springs, 744; Eagle Pass,
766; San Antonio Holy
Cross, 832; Uvalde junior
varsity, 930; Eagle Pass
Winn, 978; and Knippa, 996.
Next golf tournament
action for the varsity
Coyotes is scheduled for
tomorrow and Saturday at
Corpus Christi.
Uvalde track athletes compete in meet BALL: Uvaldeans face MV
FROM PAGE 8
The Uvalde Coyotes and
the Uvalde Lobos were to
vie in the 2014 Ira Sansom
Relays yesterday in the
Honey Bowl.
Results from the meet will
be reported in Sunday’s
Uvalde Leader-News.
Next action for UHS trackand-field athletes will be
one week from today at Carrizo Springs.
Last Saturday, the Coyotes placed third in the
Eagle Pass Relays, while the
Lobos placed fifth.
The Coyotes finished third
in the boys team standings
with 79 points.
Eagle Pass placed first
with 221 points and Laredo
Alexander took second
place with 139 points.
Drew Kirkpatrick won top
honors in both the discus
and the shot put with his
throw of 133 feet and 6
inches, and his put of 44 feet.
Jerry
Almaraz
and Corbin
Cargil
placed first
and second
in the
110-meter
hurdles
Drew
with times
Kirkpatrick
of 14.85 and
14.90 seconds.
Cargil won the 300-meter
hurdles with his time of
39.07 seconds, while Marcus
Brown took fifth place with
a time of 41.50 seconds.
Jerry Almaraz took
second place in the 100meter dash. His time was
10.96 seconds.
Aaron Whitehead won
fourth in the 800-meter dash
with his time of 2:05.34.
Michael Sandoval’s time
of 53.40 seconds netted him
sixth in the 400-meter dash.
Uvalde’s 4-by-200-meter
relay team
and 4-by400-meter
relay team
finished
fourth in
their race.
The 4-by200-meter
Mandy
foursome of
Garza
Trae Garcia,
McCrae Rutledge, Edward
Treviño, and Marcus Brown
posted a time of 1:35.44,
while th 4-by-400-meter
quartet of Jerry Almaraz,
Michael Sandoval, Marcus
Brown, and Corbin Cargil
recorded a time of 3:31.55.
The Lobos finished fifth
in the girls team standings
with 58 points.
Laredo Alexander won
the meet with 170 and 1/2
points, and Del Rio placed
second with 130 points.
Sunnie Hohman and
Morgan Henderson ended
Little League schedules
player registration
Uvalde Little League has
scheduled player registration for Junior, Senior, and
Big League baseball and
softball for Wednesday at
the City of Uvalde Baseball Complex.
League registration for
Uvalde area boys and girls,
ages 13 to 18, will begin at
6 p.m.
For more information
on registration, contact
league president Kevin
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or league treasurer Jennifer Treviño at 830-5913226.
up first and second in the
100-meter hurdles with
times of 16.18 and 17.26 seconds.
UHS took second, third,
and sixth in the 300-meter
hurdles as Nyria Sanchez, Sunnie Hohman, and
Morgan Henderson posted
times of 49.51, 50.44, and
52.28 seconds.
Mandy Garza won
second in the discus and
third in the shot put. She
threw the discus 110 feet
and one inch, and put the
shot 32 feet and 11 inches.
Mabel Fowler placed
fourth in the 3,200-meter
run and fifth in the 1,600meter run. Her times were
12:02.02 and 5:31.86.
Uvalde’s 4-by-400-meter relay team of Mabel
Fowler, Bianca Cervantes,
Nyria Sanchez, and Sunnie
Hohman finished fourth
with a time of 4:29.32.
against the Lobos. She
recorded 13 strikeouts.
Gloria Perez doubled
and Haley Dalrymple
singled.
Adriana “Wicky”
Estrada, Uvalde’s pitcher
of record, gave up five
hits, walked five batters,
and struck out two.
The Lobos committed
six errors. They also executed two double plays.
Coach J.D. Beltran’s
Medina Valley Panthers,
8-0 in district and 24-2
for the season, currently
are ranked as the number-one softball team in
the Greater San Antonio
Area by the San Antonio
Express-News.
MV’s lone two losses
this season have come
against Seguin, 13-7, and
Converse Judson, 3-1.
Tuesday, the Lobos
defeated the San Antonio
Harlandale Indians in a
6-2 thriller plated at the
Uvalde High School softball field.
Wicky Estrada, the winning pitcher, hit a runscoring single in the third
inning.
Nataly Hernandez doubled to drive in a run and
Haley Dalrymple singled
to drive in a run in Uvalde’s three-run fourth
inning.
In the sixth inning, a
Harlandale error resulted
in two Uvalde runs.
The Lobos posted a 10-5
hitting advantage over the
Harlandale girls.
Morgan Henderson singled three times.
Haley Dalrymple singled twice, Alessandra
Ortiz and Nataly Hernandez doubled, while Wicky
Estrada, Gloria Perez, and
Sarah Contreras singled.
SOCCER: Lobos host Alamo Heights in playoff here tomorrow
FROM PAGE 8
the shutout.
Tuesday night at Wimberley, the Alamo Heights
girls trounced the Wimberley Lady Texans, 8-0,
in bi-district competition.
Karey Tylman and
Ashley Coleman scored
two goals, while Christine
Zachary, Hannah Wilson,
Raven Guerrero, and Katie
Weigel scored one goal.
Tylman, a senior forward, leads the Mules in
scoring this season with 32
goals. She also has totaled
12 assists.
Coleman, a junior midfielder, is second in scoring for Heights with 15
goals. She also has been
credited with 5 assists.
Alamo Heights has given
up only two goals through
19 games played this
season. They have posted a
total 17 shutouts.
Heights currently is
ranked second only to San
Antono Reagan in the San
Antonio Express-News
top 10 list of girls’ high
school soccer teams in the
Greater San Antonio Area.
The winner of the
Uvalde-Alamo Heights
game will advance to play
the winner of a secondround matchup between
the San Antonio Burbank
Bulldogs and the Boerne
Greyhounds next week.
Boerne High School
finished third in Alamo
Heights’ district, 54-4A,
this soccer season.
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FROM PAGE 1
UVALDE LEADER-NEWS
THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2014
Students share memories of beloved principal
THE FOLLOWING was compiled by Suzie
Carroll, Leader-News correspondent for Knippa
Independent School District.
Our hearts are heavy
in Knippa this week. The
school and community lost
a very special person in
the tragic death of principal and counselor Merlyn
Schneider.
She was much more
than just a title – she was a
source of encouragement
to students and staff alike;
she was a proud and loving
mother and daughter, and
she was a person who saw
and believed the best in
people.
She gave of herself tirelessly on behalf of the students whom she loved so
much. They kept her going,
and her care, concern, and
love for them is what will
keep them going.
It will keep us all going.
She would have wanted it
that way.
The following thoughts
are from students at
Knippa as they reflect and
share what Ms. Schneider
means to them. I believe
their words echo the
thoughts of many.
KARINA TREVIÑO
Ms. Super Woman, where
do I begin? You made me
feel like I was your own
child. The thing I will
remember most about you
is your smile.
Every time that I walked
by your office, I would look
to see if you were there just
to say a simple “hi.” I would
always get a smile and a
wave. You helped me in my
darkest days, days when I
thought about giving up.
One thing that I remember was when I was having
a bad day and you said,
“The day’s almost over;
keep going.” I think about
that every day.
You are gone, but not forgotten.
MORGAN SEWELL
“Funny how the good
ones go too soon, but the
good Lord knows the reasons why… I guess.” (Luke
Bryan, “Memorial Song.”)
Thank you for all of the
amazing advice you gave
me. You will be forever
missed. Spread your wings
and fly, like I always knew
you wanted to. Save me a
spot up there.
ASPEN WILLIAMS
Ms. Schneider really
made a big difference at our
school and in our lives. She
will always have a place in
my heart.
I knew that I could always
go to her for anything.
She was family to me. I
will always remember her
smile. She was a beautiful
and wonderful woman.
RYAN COX
Ms. Schneider was the
sweetest, kindest, most
loving woman you would
ever meet. Not only did
she care about her job, she
cared about us, the students. Her smile brought
smiles to others, and
she will always be in our
hearts.
XAVIER REYES
Ms. Schneider was a great
person. She treated us like
we were her own children.
She helped when we were
in need. She was there
when we were in our dark
hour or when we needed
some guidance.
She helped me a lot in my
life. She pushed me to be a
better student. When I was
in trouble with my grades,
she would say,“Study
hard, and do your make-up
work.”
She also helped me when
I went through a big hole
in my life. She told me the
words, “Everything is going
to be okay. You will get
through this.”
Ms. Schneider should
not have died this way. She
should have died like God
wanted it to be – through
old age. But, I also think
that she is not gone. She
is still watching all of us
today.
DADE TURNER
Ms. Schneider was a very
kind woman. She always
had a smile on her face. She
would look for the best in
everyone, no matter who it
was. She would never give
up on anyone. She was a
very, very nice person and
everyone in Knippa will
miss her very much.
BAILEY WIMBERLY
I came to Knippa in fifth
grade when Ms. Schneider
was still a counselor. When
I first got to Knippa, she
helped me adapt. I did not
have a counselor in my last
school. I had no one to look
up to or to help me.
She was very nice – the
best counselor that anyone
could have. I have three
words to describe her: supportive, loving, and encouraging.
When I heard that she
was going to be our principal, I was happy. I knew she
would always be there for
us in our time of need. I am
so sorry about what happened.
She will forever be a part
of our school and everyone’s heart, including mine.
She is now a beautiful angel
watching over us. She will
never be forgotten.
CARLY JIMENEZ
God has gained another
beautiful angel. Thank you,
Ms. Schneider, for believing
in all of us here at Knippa
High. You have given us the
strength to want to become
successful in life.
You have been there for
it all. You’ve witnessed the
tears and the laughter of
every student. You were an
amazing human being, and
because of you, my life at
Knippa ISD has been amazing.
Your smile and personality made you a second
mother to all of us. I’m
more than grateful to have
had the honor of knowing
you, and I know that you’re
making God smile up there;
you always knew how to
put a smile on our faces.
It truly does take a little
more to be a Rockcrusher.
Ms. Schneider, you taught
us that.
We are going to make this
world a beautiful place in
your honor. Rest in paradise. We love you.
understanding, caring, and
more than words can ever
describe. She can never be
replaced, and I’ll miss her
very much. I love you, Ms.
Schneider.
MCKAIA BARNES
Ms. Schneider will be
remembered with love and
kindness. She was one of
the joys of coming to school
each day. She was always
there for students. Her
spirit was so bright.
I can’t believe she is gone.
I loved her dearly and will
never forget her or the
opportunities she has given
me.
RYAN ESQUIVEL
I am so sorry for the loss
of Ms. Schneider. She was a
loving, caring, and helping
woman. She always helped
me on my school work, and
she would always try to
help me bring my grades
up.
She was there when I
needed to talk to somebody.
It hurts. My prayers are
with her family.
She’s in a better place
now, looking down on us
all. May she rest in peace.
ALYSSANDRA MENCHACA
Death – to describe it is
hard, to comprehend it is
harder, and to experience
it is almost unfair. It rolls
off the tongue shaky and
heavy and creates a vile
burn in the heart like an
acid.
To some, it creates an
atmosphere in which the
oxygen is amiss and catching your breath is almost
impossible. It leaves you
with an anchored heart
that can cause you to sink
into arbitrary blackness.
To those unable to comprehend the toll it has created in their lives, it often
leaves them in a confusing
daze in which to wonder
why – why her, why him,
why this hurt, why me – is
almost inevitable.
The rules of life, in order
to survive, are as follows.
Be fearless in everything
you do. Believe in yourself
when no one else does, and
believe in others.
In the darkness, there is
light; in the light, there is
darkness. Find both, and
make something out of the
good, the bad, and the ugly.
Leave and create memories.
Love with all of your
might; love yourself, and
love others. Always know
that life is too short to be
angry, ungrateful, and miserable; live to the fullest.
Merlyn Schneider lived
by these rules; she saw a
light in everybody that we
ourselves would have never
seen without her. Her heart
is forever purple, and she
has left her heel prints on
our hearts and everywhere
that she has been.
We must know that in
times of hurt – especially
when they hit home – we
must unite in our downfall and build ourselves
up because in the end,
that’s what she would have
wanted.
CONCLUSION
These students’ words
reflect the thoughts of
many. We have lost a wonderful person, but Merlyn
Schneider will not be forgotten. She loved and was
loved.
She will be missed.
ALLISON COOPER
I loved Ms. Schneider.
She was amazing, sweet,
Thank you
Te he llamado por tu monbre. Tú eres mío…Porque to amo y eres precioso
ante mis ojos. – Isaías 43:1-4
Thank you to each and every one who
helped us in any way in our time of sorrow
of the the loss of our daughter,
Kathleen A. Sanchez Aguero. We are
grateful to all of you forever. Please keep
on praying for us. God bless you all.
– Sr. y Sra. Rosalio Sanchez y familia y Ricardo Aguero
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Uvalde County recently received notice of a TxCDBG
713115 Colonia Construction Fund contract award
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Improvements. Accordingly, the County is seeking
to contract with a qualified Administrative Firm
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Please submit your proposal of services and a
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UVALDE LEADER-NEWS
Brandon
Blanco
Francisco
Blanco
Arlene
Blanco
Sergio
Cano
Sergio
Cardenas
Corina
Cortez
THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2014
Lizzeth
Cortez
Alejandro
Garza
Jessica
Ojeda
Rafael
Perez
WAR: Woman reportedly bites daughter for interfering in 30-participant fight
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walking into the yard, and
when they saw him one
guy told another ‘Do something and I’ll give you $40.’
“My stepson told them
‘I don’t want to fight you
because you don’t fight
fair and you pulled a knife
on me earlier.’”
Jessica Ojeda said her
stepson is a West-Sider.
She believes something
occurred earlier in the
day between him and the
neighbors, who she said
belong to a gang referred
to as the Disciples, but she
said she was not sure as to
what happened.
“That is when they came
into my yard. They all
started jumping my stepson – grown men hitting
him. My husband tried to
pull them off his son and
then they started beating
him up,” Jessica Ojeda
said.
She said that as she
attempted to call 9-1-1, her
neighbor Lizzeth Cortez
approached her and began
hitting her.
Jessica Ojeda said she
pleaded with Cortez to
stop hitting her because
she had children inside of
her home.
Jessica Ojeda said she
was crying and asking dis-
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patchers for help.
“I kept saying ‘Help me.
There is a big riot and they
are hitting my husband.
Someone needs to get over
here.’”
Jessica Ojeda said
Corina Cortez, who she
said is the daughter of
Lizzeth Cortez, was yelling
at her mom to stop hitting
Jessica Ojeda.
“She was in the middle
of us and kept saying,
‘Mom, let her go.’”
Jessica Ojeda said
Lizzeth Cortez then bit
Corina Cortez.
According to Detective
Adrian Gonzales, when
officers arrived at the
scene everyone involved
fled and multiple vehicles
were abandoned. However,
police were able to arrest
eight individuals, including Jessica Ojeda.
An investigation is
being conducted by police.
“When the cops showed
up they arrested me and I
was telling them to listen
to the 9-1-1 recording
because I was the one that
called them for help,” Jessica Ojeda said.
“I didn’t fight back. I
asked for help,” Jessica
Ojeda said.
She reiterated that neither she nor her husband
are affiliated with any
gangs.
“My husband works and
so do I. My stepson is a
West-Sider, but I am not in
a gang and neither is my
husband. I don’t condone
that.”
Three other people were
arrested Sunday afternoon
after police responded to
a report of criminal mischief also in the 500 block
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of Apolonio Street. Police
believe the act was a retaliation.
Gonzales said the incident involved rocks being
thrown at a home, but
When the cops
showed up they
arrested me... I was
the one that called
them for help.
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Wife, stepmother
of hospitalized men
he said no damages were
caused.
Those arrested in connection with the first
incident, which took
place shortly after midnight Sunday, and their
charges were:
Sergio Cano, 21, of 336
Windmill Road, engaging in organized criminal
activity and aggravated
assault with a deadly
weapon.
Sergio Cardenas, 17,
of 385 Elm Lane, Uvalde
Estates, engaging in organized criminal activity,
aggravated assault with
a deadly weapon and failing to identify or giving
false or fictitious information.
Corina Cortez, 18, of 509
Apolonio St., engaging in
organized criminal activity and assault causing
serious bodily injury.
Lizzeth Cortez, 37, of 509
Apolonio St., engaging in
organized criminal activity.
Alejandro Enrique
Garza, 17, of 403 Doolie
St., engaging in organized
criminal activity and
aggravated assault with a
deadly weapon.
Rafael Perez, 23, of 512
W. Brazos St., engaging in
organized criminal activity and aggravated assault
with a deadly weapon.
Jessica Rivera Ojeda, 35,
of 517 Apolonio St., engaging in organized criminal
activity and assault causing serious bodily injury.
A juvenile was also
taken into custody in connection with the incident.
Arrested in connection with the retaliatory
incident later in the day
on Sunday were Arlene
Blanco, 19; Brandon
Blanco, 19; and Francisco
Blanco, 20.
They were all arrested
in the 500 block of Bates
Street on charges of
perpetrating criminal
mischief with damages
totaling over $50.