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The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise from Seguin, Texas • Page 18

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a tehnciery Forum The Marion ISD Technology Task Force will host a Community Technology Forum Tuesday, Oct. at 7 p.m. in the Krueger Elementary School library. Details of the Local and Wide Area Networks planned for the Marion ISD will be explained, an Internet demonstration is planned, and the future of technology in the schools and community will be discussed in an open forum. The Technology Task Force is made up of teachers, administrators, parents and technology specialists.

Its goal is to make Marion ISD a place where students learn to cope, and that involves technology and the Internet. Child care will be available. For more information, call 914-2803. 42 Club The 42 Club at First United Methodist Church meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 2 p.m. at the church.

The next meeting is Oct. 22. Republican Women Guadalupe County Republican Women will meet Thursday, Oct. 24, at 11:30 a.m. at the Seguin Holiday Inn.

Republican candidates will speak at the meeting. Election of officers for the Republican Women will be held. Make reservations by Oct. 22 by calling Betty Jean Jones at 379-6838 or Jan Klingbeil at 560-2826. Baskel Brigade Anyone interested in helping with the second annual Thanksgiving Basket Brigade is asked to attend a meeting Oct.

22 at 7 p.m. in the Seguin-Guadalupe County Public Library. For more information, call Flora Ingalls at 303-0487. Defensive driving The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) is offering a defensive driving course to those 50 and older at Cross Church Fellowship Hall, 814 N. Bauer, on Oct.

22-23, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. To enroll, call 372-0228 or 379-2890. Zonta Club The Zonta Club of Seguin will meet Wednesday, Oct. 23, at noon in the Golden Corral meeting room.

Gloria Rivera, a Zonta member who chairs the United Nations Committee, will present a program in commemoration of the signing of the United Nations charter. Rivera is associated with the Engineering Power Solutions and Seguin Web Design. She also teaches private piano lessons and is accompanist for the Seguin High School choirs. The topic of the program will be the UNICEF service project that Zonta is currently supporting in South Africa, promoting girls' education in the post-Apartheid era. For information, call Carlotta Del Vecchio at 372-4400.

Democrats The Guadalupe County Democrats will meet Thursday, Oct. 24, at 7:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Staples Civic Center in Staples on FM 621. The Texas Victory Democrats 96 will be in charge of the program and entertainment. The meeting is open to everyone.

Come and bring a friend. of Library The 1 ni-annual meeting of the Friends of and Guadalupe County Library will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 24, in the meeting room. The public is invited.

The program will be given by Joe and Ruth Ray. They spent time i in Brazil participating in the International Methodist Meeting. While there, they assisted in the building of a library. 1201 Staff photo Zoe, an 8-month female Schnauzer and Scottie mix, is looking for a new home. She has been spayed, has all of her shots and is a friendly, active little dog.

A bundle of energy, Zoe even gets along with other dogs. Interested? Call Margaret at 303-6575 or Yvonne at 303-6077. Task force rounds up suspected dealers Cont'd. from Pg. 1A work would quickly be spreading the word that "the law" was serving warrants.

It was only three minutes to the next location. Quickly, the team secured the house. The outside officers seemed to communicate mostly with their eyes and a few hand gestures again, little was said. In a few minutes officers came out of the house with the individual named in the warrant, read him his rights, and placed him under arrest. This individual's vehicle was allegedly used in the trafficking of cocaine and it was quickly impounded by a stand-by wrecker.

The team leader called for a "transport" vehicle (another police car to transport the arrested individual to the police station) which arrived within two minutes. Then it was back in the car and off to the next location. Word had been received that a "wanted" individual had been spotted riding a bicycle in a nearby neighborhood. The individual was spotted by officers in the lead car. He was quickly apprehended and transported back to the police station.

A radio transmission was received asking for assistance from the canine unit to check a house for a suspect. Within two minutes we were at that location. The dog did his work and another arrest was made. This quick arrest process went on for about an hour and 15 minutes at locations both within the city limits of Seguin and in Guadalupe County. Now back at the Seguin Police Department's "in-processing" area, the suspects were thoroughly searched again.

One individual was found to have several pack- OBITUARIES RIES Tina Sue Auldridge Funeral services for Tina Sue Auldridge, 28, of Seguin, will be held Monday, Oct. 21, 1996, at 3 p.m. at Goetz Memorial Chapel with the Rev. William F. Lange Jr.

officiating. Burial will follow in Guadalupe Valley Memorial Park under the direction of Goetz Funeral Home. Visitation is being held today from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at the funeral home. Ms.

Auldridge died Friday, Oct. 18, 1996. Survivors include her son, David Andrew Wilson; brothers and sister, Roy N. Auldridge and wife Bonnie of McQueeney; Nichole Auldridge and family of New Braunfels; Allan Auldridge and wife Carla of Rifle, and William Egbert Auldridge Jr. of Aurora, her grandmother, June Pfullmann of Seguin; uncle, Robert Pfullmann of McQueeney; aunt, Florence Mayne of Dripping Hul- Springs; great-grandmother, da Pfullmann of Seguin; uncles, Daniel Auldridge of Leming, Robert Auldridge of Fowlerton and Alvin Auldridge of Somerset; aunt, Kathy Byrd of Jourdanton; and many friends.

In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to a trust account at First Commercial Bank established for her son, David. Charles Kennedy Whitely Funeral services for Charles Kennedy Whiteley, 81, of Seguin, will be held Monday, Oct. 21, Our offering symposium Protect our children, profit organization against child abuse, to offering sympostunt to the pubite trout to 9.50 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 27, at the Bowl in Starche Park.

Many 1 local authorities will be Teen Connection, LMSW, counspeaking. Kelly Stallings of seling services difector, has spent more than 10 years works ing with abused, neglected or troubled youth. Child Protective Services Supervisor Jane Jimenez, a Seguin native, has been employed with the Texas Department of Child Services for 24 years. She has a bachelor's and master's degree in I work. third speaker will be later.

Protect, our CHildren president and chair. man Ave Battle speak also, and Lloyd of Stage Door will serve as the emcee. There will be items available for silent auction, Including plants from Diets Flower Shop. Farid Khan of Burything's A Dollar Plus also donated goods for the raffle. The public announcement system was donated by Ployd Green, owner of Stage Door Music.

There will be door prizes that you present to win. Navarro trustees meet Monday The Navarro ISD board of trustees will hold its regular monthly meeting on Monday at 7 p.m. in the High School Library at 6450 N. State Hwy. 123 in Geronimo.

on the meeting agenda include a "Panther Partner" report by Don and Pam Hartman and a Career Center update report by Bridget Alexander. discussion items include the TASB Fall Legal Seminar Series, summer school tuition reimbursements, planning and decision making policy, policy book update, transportation review, Texas Department of Health and Safety inspection visit, and the district's financial audit. Scheduled action items include donations, class employment policy, and authorized representative-child nutrition program. The board has also scheduled an executive session for the purpose of discussing personnel-probationary contracts, personnel resignations, administrative evaluations, and litigation reports. ets of cocaine stuck in the corners of his pockets.

The suspects' possessions were inventoried, the suspects were photographed, and they were locked up in holding cells awaiting transport to the Guadalupe County Jail for booking and magistration. Only a couple hours from its start, the bust was completed with eight less drug traffickers operating on the streets of our community. Active warrants remain on the other still-at-large suspects. Friday's arrests ended a sixmonth undercover investigation into illegal narcotic dealing within the city limits of Seguin and Guadalupe County. With intelligence gathered from the Guadalupe County Sheriff's Office, the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Seguin Police Department, the task force was able to make 61 arrests, execute 14 search warrants and seize 11 weapons.

During the investigation a total of $73,000 worth of illegal narcotics were taken off the local streets. Also seized from drug dealers were their assets which are gained from the sale of illegal narcotics. Forfeiture proceedings include $19,527 in U.S. currency, $3,000 in miscellaneous property, and 13 motor vehicles of undetermined value. Those arrested were Antonio Juarez 35, of Seguin, charged with delivery of marijuana; Lisa Dianna Wilson, 25, of Seguin, charged with delivery of marijuana under five pounds; Gerald H.

Priestly, 20, of Seguin, charged with delivery of a controlled substance, less than one gram; Richard Darryl Blackman, 35, of Seguin, charged with delivery of a controlled substance under one gram; Ronnie Hernandez, 24, of 1996, at 3:30 p.m. at Palmer Mortuary Chapel with the Rev. J.L. Roberts and the Rev. Charles Goodnight officiating.

Burial will follow at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, at the Valley Memorial Gardens, "McAllen. Survivors included his wife, Katharyn Whitely of Seguin; two sons, Leslie Whiteley and wife Dena, Louisville, Ky. and Kennedy Whiteley Jr.

and wife Mary of Austin; three stepdaughters, Brownie Banta and Dixie Wallis of Seguin and Connie Caldwell and husband Dan of Wimberley; one sister, Lois Patterson and husband Jack of Waco; 12 grandchildren; 28 great-grand- DEATH NOTICE Ottmar Schwarzlose, 89, of San Marcos, died Saturday, Oct. 19, 1996, in San Marcos. Graveside services will be held Monday, Oct. 21, 1996, at 4 p.m. at the San Marcos City Cemetery with Pastor John Stern officiating.

Funeral services under the direction of Pennington Funeral Home in San Marcos. Frank R. Jochimsen, 63, died Friday, Oct. 18, 1996. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Oct.

22, 1996, at 9 a.m. at Sunset Chapel with the Rev. Charles Woehler officiating. Burial will follow in the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday from 6-8 p.m.

Seguin, charged with delivery of a controlled substance, less than 28 grams; Marvin Benton 36, of Seguin, charged with delivery of a controlled substance, less than one gram; Brandon Charles King, 25, of Seguin, charged with delivery of marijuana under five pounds; and Ismael Davila, 18, of Seguin, charged with delivery of marijuana under five pounds and delivery of a controlled substance less than 28 ounces. arrested magistrated before Justice of the Peace Edwin Neuse. Bond was set at $20,000 each with the exception of Ronnie Hernandez whose bond was set at $40,000 and Ismael Davila whose bond was set at $60,000. Officers participating in Friday's field operation, who can be publicly identified without compromising task force operations, include Seguin Police Officers Frank Mahone, Landa Stubbs, Paul Blea, and Michael Nickel; Det. Jimmy DeLaGarza; and Lt: Mike Rosas.

From the Guadalupe County Sheriff's. Office were Deputies Tony Slaughter and Ken Thick; and Sgt. Arnold Zwicke. As the operation ended, Guadalupe County Sheriff's Office deputies began to transport the prisoners to the jail. Chief Hopper and the task force commander looked over the documentation and reviewed the operation with the task force members.

As I was leaving through the back door of the police station, I noticed a few of the task force undercover members quietly leaving the area. I wondered if they knew that they were appreciated by those of us who don't have to face the dangers of law enforcement duties, day in and day out. Before the door closed behind me, I heard Chief Hopper comment, "Seguin should be a little safer tonight." children; and three great-greatgrandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made to the American Cancer Society.

Seguin trustees meet Tuesday The Seguin ISD board of trustees meets Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the board room of the Oak Park Mall Building at 1201 E. Kingsbury St. in Seguin. Meeting agenda items include approval of the 1996 property tax levy roll, consideration of a maximum class waiver for submission to the Texas Education Agency, and consideration of a resolution in support of a Juvenile Detention Facility.

Also, the board will convene in executive session to discuss consideration of personnel actions for professional, paraprofessional, and auxiliary. employees; to consider extending the number of days for the Gold Battalion director, Gold Battalion assistant director, and cheerleader director at Seguin High School; and to have consultation with the board's attorney with respect to pending litigation. A flood isn't the worst thing that can happen to you. Not being insured for one is. A flood moves with a flood victim.

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