Karnes Co. TX - NEWS - October 2006 This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Kimm Antell Copyright. All rights reserved. http://files.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Copyright 2006 Victoria Advocate Online (http://victoriaadvocate.com) unless otherwise notated. ************************************************ October 2, 2006 From Yahoo! Finance Ness Energy Announces Domestic Divestiture Plan and Israel Operations Update WILLOW PARK, Texas and NETANYA, Israel, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire- FirstCall/ -- Ness Energy (OTC Bulletin Board: NESS - News), today, announced that it plans to divest its Texas assets and also report that field activity has resumed on the Gurim # 4 well near Arad, in the Southwest Dead Sea area. Domestic Divestiture As Ness continues to vigorously pursue The Vision in Israel, the pursuit of investment capital continues, as well. In an effort to raise additional capital for expansion in Israel, Ness intends to offer for sale its producing and non-producing properties in both North-Central and South Texas. This includes approximately 10,150 acres and 16 producing wells in Parker, Palo Pinto, Erath and Jack Counties in North Texas, and 1,360 acres and 3 producing wells in Dewitt, Karnes and Lavaca Counties in South Texas. This divestiture is intended to supply a substantial portion of the resources for the continued work in Israel. Ness President and CEO, Sha Stephens, said, "After my Dad, the founder of Ness -- Hayseed Stephens, died in 2003 and I agreed to take the leadership role at Ness I announced my plans for the future of the company and referred to those plans as 'The New Outlook.' My plan involved accumulating and eventually leveraging domestic oil and gas production and assets in pursuit of The Vision. This sale of those accumulated assets does exactly that -- it leverages the base that we have accumulated, allowing us to continue on our mission. Once the sale is complete, Ness should be in the best financial position it has ever been. With the proceeds of the sale Ness will continue to press forward to see The Vision of Ness Energy come to pass. This is the boldest step to date that we have undertaken to accomplish what my Dad set out to achieve over 20 years ago. I feel it is time for such a step and with the help of God and the faith of our shareholders, we will see our efforts successful." Mr. Stephens commented, "This sale should be viewed only for what it is ... following the plan, or New Outlook that we undertook a little over three years ago which is to leverage our assets in a manner that makes sense to further The Vision of the company." The Vision and Mission of Ness Energy International, Inc. has been, and always will be, to locate, through drilling and exploration, a vast, yet untapped source of hydrocarbons in and for the Nation of Israel. It is intended that this discovery result in energy self- sufficiency for the Israeli people. Israel Activity In July this year Ness Energy announced that it was suspending Israeli field operations due to the fighting that was escalating in Lebanon and Gaza. The fighting has since subsided and we have recently resumed field operations with the purchase of crude oil storage tanks that will soon be moved onto the Gurim # 4 location, just East of Arad and a few miles North of the Southwest End of the Dead Sea. These recently renewed operations primarily consist of purchasing and setting the surface equipment, such as storage tanks and a pumping unit, which are necessary for the commencement of production on the recently re-completed Gurim # 4. The bulk of this equipment has been purchased and has either arrived, or will soon arrive, in Israel. Once everything has arrived, it will be installed at the well site and production may begin. Ness personnel in Israel are continuing to work with two potential purchasers of the produced oil and expect a contract in the near future. Sha Stephens remarks, "The relationships that my Dad forged during his many years in Israel are key to our future success there. We are continually working to strengthen and expand those relationships. Bringing the Gurim # 4 online in the next couple of months is only the first step in what we plan to be many producing wells in Israel. Each well we bring online and each new license we evaluate takes us closer to our goal. By establishing ourselves as oil and gas producers in Israel we are taking a huge leap on the path toward the ultimate discovery my Dad spoke so often about. This is an ongoing process, and The Vision is one that is not likely to be realized overnight. However, we are closer now than we have ever been. Once the Gurim # 4 is online, we will be closer still. We appreciate the continued patience of our shareholders, and all of those that are working toward realization of The Vision." About Ness -- The Vision Ness Energy is an aggressive, emerging oil and gas company building on deals that make sense. Ness Energy operates interests in the Ft. Worth Basin and the Coastal Plains regions of Texas. Ness is also a very active player in the energy industry in Israel, carrying out The Vision of The Company. 'The Vision': that Israel, in particular the southwest end of the Dead Sea is a place where "Science and The Bible shake hands" and that Ness will achieve The Vision of the location and recovery of an abundant supernatural source of oil and gas in Israel for The Nation of Israel and the Christian communities". Ness Energy is building at a high-speed pace through Merger, Acquisitions, Drilling, Re-Work and Re-Entry. Forward-Looking Statements This news release includes forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements as a result of any number of factors and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of the company. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements are enumerated in the company's registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Undue reliance should not be placed upon any forward-looking statements, and the company undertakes no obligation to update those statements. ***************************** October 3, 2006 From The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise Seguin JV squad gets score in fourth to win By Jason Orts SEGUIN - The Seguin Matador JV football team has had a tough season so far, but it opened district play on a high note Thursday with a 22- 21 win over Bastrop. The game-winning score came in the fourth quarter, when Josh Boos thew a 48-yard touchdown pass to Bronson Sykes. Boos then found Deshawn Singletary for the two-point conversion that provided the winning margin. Seguin moved to 1-2 for the season but 1-0 in District 25-5A play. Seguin fell behind 14-0 in the first quarter but scored twice in the second to make it a 21-14 deficit. Kyle Hilsberg and Sykes hooked up for the Matadors' first score, which came from 54-yards out. David Sanchez then struck paydirt on the ground from 4 yards out, and the two-point conversion was successful on the completed pass from Boos to Singletary. Boos, Singletary, Bronson Sykes, Hilsberg, Mike Escochea, Jared Brown, Derek Wesch and Jared Thompson were the offensive standouts, while Ricky Hernandez, Nick Billings, Jacob Amescua, Nathan Arevalo, Justice Bell, Collin Longmire and Jake Castillo paced a defensive effort that held Bastrop without a point in the second half. "The kids responded well to adversity and overcame some tough situations," said Seguin coach Frank Maldonado. "They fought hard and found a way to win." The freshman gold team didn't have the same kind of success, dropping a 39-6 decision to Bastrop. The Matadors' only score of the game came on an 18-yard pass from Jared Curnel to Ryan Tovar in the second quarter. Curnel and Tovar also hooked up for a 63-yard pass, while Bubba Lawson was the defensive leader with an interception and a fumble recovery. Eli Lopez also came up with a fumble recovery. The gold team fell to 0-4 for the season and 0-1 in district. The freshman white team also had a tough go of it against Bastrop, falling 31-6. A 10-yard touchdown pass from Dylan Scogman to Caleb Mueller for a score in the second quarter was the Matadors' only tally. A 20-yard reception by Miguel Mendez and 15-yard catch by Julian Robledo set up the score. Navarro The Navarro JV white team defeated Poth last Thursday 7-6 to improve its record to 4-0. The Navarro defense played extremely well, holding the Pirates scoreless until the last minute of the game. Poth scored on a touchdown pass with 51 seconds left, but the two-point conversion was knocked down by cornerback Beaux Henderson. Kyle Mueller recovered the ensuing onside kick to preserve the win for the Navarro. The young Panthers will try to stay undefeated at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, when they host Karnes City. **************** From theeagle.com October 7, 2006 Lawrence M. Linhart, 11 a.m., St. Cornelius Catholic Church in Karnes City, Karnes City Cemetery. **************** From team4news.com October 11, 2006 Students taught how to fight back if school shooter attacks BURLESON, Texas Freshmen at Burleson High School near Fort Worth area getting lessons on such skills as how to stop a gunshot wound from bleeding. That'd part of emergency response training given to students and teachers in the Burleson Independent School District, about 13 miles south of Fort Worth. The district calls it "critical incident response training." Its origins can be traced in a direct line from Colorado's Columbine High School in 1999 to the October Second shootings at a Pennsylvania Amish schoolhouse. The safety lessons include information about fire drills and tornado warnings, but the main focus is what to do when a gunman enters a classroom. Among the lessons: Use a belt as a sling for broken bones, shoelaces make good tourniquets, and most important of all, don't comply with a gunman's orders. The school district of about 85-hundred students recently got a 95- thousand-dollar federal grant from the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools. District officials say about 12 percent will go to student training, with the rest going to buy such equipment as defibrillators. Seven other Texas schools districts received similar grants: Aransas County, Alvarado, Angleton, Conroe, Karnes City, Castleberry and Houston. Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. **************** From marketwire.com October 12, 2006 Tradestar Resources Announces Texas and Louisiana Remedial Well Workovers -- Update in Operations HOT SPRINGS, AR -- (MARKET WIRE) -- October 12, 2006 -- Tradestar Resources Corporation (PINKSHEETS: TSRR) is pleased to announce that during the last two weeks, the company has put on line the Hysaw Hobson #6A in Karnes County, Texas. The Hysaw Hobson Field is expected to average 45 Barrels of Oil Per Day and net 1300 Barrels in October. The Company has also begun a comprehensive remedial work over plan for their property holdings in the "Delhi South Field" located in Franklin and Richland Parishes, Louisiana. Workovers have already been completed on the Holt #10 (resulting in 14 barrels oil per day). The Holt #24 and the Strahan #1 will be on line this week with production results to be reported soon. Additional remedial well workovers and lease equipment improvements in the field are planned and scheduled over the next few weeks. Tradestar Resources Corporation President Tom Feimster said, "Growth is our main goal. The company's production levels are steadily increasing, while targeting new horizons and further developments." About Tradestar Resources Corporation Headquartered in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Tradestar Resources Corporation is a publicly traded company (PINKSHEETS: TSRR). The company is acquiring oil and gas leases, producing properties, mineral rights and surface interests primarily on existing marginal fields. Once acquired, the company intends to further develop each property to maximize the income from each by refurbishing and improving the existing production. The company's web site is http://tradestar-corp.com Forward-Looking Statements This release contains forward-looking statements with respect to the results of operations and business of Tradestar Resources Corporation which involve risks and uncertainties. The Company's actual future results could materially differ from those discussed. Risks and uncertainties of the Company will be detailed from time to time in the Company's periodic reports. The Company intends that such statements about the Company's future expectations, including future revenues and all other forward-looking statements be subject to the "safe harbor" provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. SOURCE: Tradestar Resources Corporation **************** From chron.com (Houston Chronicle) October 21, 2006 Cuero hoping to take cowboy legacy to bank By JOHN W. GONZALEZ Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle San Antonio Bureau CUERO — For more than 100 years, South Texas cattle ranchers have taken an extra measure of pride in their heritage, knowing that their 19th-century predecessors helped make the Chisholm Trail the stuff of cowboy legend. The cattle-drive route stretching north to Kansas was used by an estimated 6 million head of Texas livestock from 1866-84 in the rough- and-tumble era after the Civil War but before the proliferation of barbed wire and railroads. Until recently, however, Cuero, whose very name means "rawhide" in Spanish, hasn't fully explored — or exploited — its part of that legacy. But that's about to change. Backed by dozens of benefactors throughout Texas, area ranching families and others have launched an ambitious $3.75-million campaign to secure Cuero's place in history by establishing a Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum in early 2009. "Ambitious, yes, but doable. This is an extremely generous population here," proponent John Hildebrand said. "We see this as an across-the-board effort on the part of this community to make this a better place to live." A similarly named museum has long been operating in Duncan, Okla., but local organizers said this region needs its own venue to tell the story of South Texas ranching lore and the cattle drives that helped Texas' battered economy recover from the Civil War. This area's first recorded cattle drive began nearby at Cardwell Flats on April 1, 1866, and ended seven months later in St. Joseph, Mo. The 1,800 head of cattle belonged to DeWitt County rancher Crockett Cardwell, whose livestock were led north by local trail boss Thornton Chisholm. Thornton Chisholm wasn't the trail's namesake, however. It was named for Jesse Chisholm, also of Scottish descent but not a cattleman. He established Indian Territory trading routes that were later used for the cattle drives to Kansas' railheads, which connected to lucrative East Coast markets. Many area families still cherish their ties to those times, and some have agreed to share artifacts and accounts for the museum's displays, said Robert Oliver, chairman of the nonprofit entity created in 2000 to launch the project. The museum already has a home — the former Knights of Pythias Hall built in 1903. Purchased by the nonprofit in 2002, initial restoration has begun to make it a $2.75 million, multiuse facility, and funds also are being raised for a $1 million endowment. A Nov. 11 soiree known as "Taste of the Trail III" is expected to net nearly $100,000 for a drive that already has collected more than $600,000 in donations and grants, Oliver said. "I never envisioned government playing such a huge role in this project, but it has from the very beginning, with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Texas Historical Foundation and the Texas Historic Commission," Oliver said. By pitching the project as a regional museum, the endeavor has drawn support from Victoria, Lavaca, Gonzales, Refugio, Bee, Karnes and Goliad counties. With many of the area's original ranching families' descendants now in Houston, it, too, has been a major source of financial support, Oliver said. Once completed, the museum should offer more than just a history lesson by encouraging cultural enhancement and downtown development, he added. "You're talking about revitalizing a town. That's why this project is not just another dinky, mediocre, piss-ant museum that you can either take or leave," Oliver said. For more information: www.chisholmtrailmuseum.org john.gonzalez@chron.com **************** From mysanantonio.com (San Antonio Express-News) October 23, 2006 Court's remap also prompts four other special elections Gary Martin Express-News Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Interest in South Texas is focused on five congressional districts — 15, 21, 25, 23 and 28 — that were ordered redrawn by the U.S. Supreme Court in August, when it ruled that a GOP map disenfranchised Latinos in the 23rd Congressional District. Dist. 21 special election In the 21st District — which sweeps from Austin through the Hill Country counties of Kerr, Kendall, Bandera, Real, Comal, Blanco and parts of Bexar — Republican Rep. Lamar Smith faces six challengers: Democrats John Courage of San Antonio and Gene Kelly of Universal City; Libertarian James Arthur Strohm of Austin; and independents Tommy Calvert of San Antonio, James Lyle Peterson and Mark Rossano, both of Austin. The war in Iraq is one of the key issues, with Smith backing the Bush administration position to stay in Iraq until the job is completed. Courage, an Air Force veteran, and Kelly, a retired Air Force colonel who served in World War II, are critical of the Bush administration's handling of the war and support withdrawal. "I think we need to go ahead and get out as quickly and as safely as possible," Courage said, adding that he would set milestones for progress and pull out troops as they are reached. Kelly said: "If elected, the first thing I would do is get us out as soon as possible." Strohm, a technical writer, calls for "an immediate and unconditional withdrawal from Iraq." Independents called for increased congressional oversight into the war in Iraq. "We need to make sure our interests are advanced, and when our interests are advanced, we should withdraw," said Calvert, a marketing and nonprofit consultant. Rossano, an automotive manager, said he agrees with former Secretary of State Colin Powell: "We broke it, we bought it." "I don't agree with going in, but I don't agree with getting out," Rossano said. Peterson, a computer programmer, said the American people were deceived and lied to about Iraq. "However, unilaterally pulling out now might be even worse for those Iraqis who have come to depend on our protection," Peterson said. Dist. 28 special election Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, seeks a second term against Democrat Frank Enriquez, a McAllen attorney, and Constitution Party candidate Ron Avery of Seguin, an architect. Immigration is a major issue in the redrawn district, which now comprises Webb, Zapata and Starr counties and a portion of Hidalgo County. Cuellar and Enriquez support Senate bill provisions that would give an estimated 12 undocumented immigrants earned legalization and family reunification measures. Avery said federal agents have no "constitutional authority to guard the borders." Dist. 25 special election Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, seeks a seventh term against Republican Grant Rostig of Dale, Libertarian Barbara Cunningham of Caldwell and Brian Parrett of Austin, an independent. The redrawn district runs from Travis County to Colorado County. Dist. 15 special election Rep. Ruben Hinojosa, D-Mercedes, seeks a sixth term against Paul Haring, a former state representative from Goliad, and Eddie Zamora, an ordained minister from Edcouch, both Republicans. The redrawn district comprises Hidalgo, Cameron, Jim Wells, San Patricio, Refugio, DeWitt, Brooks, Bee, Duval, Karnes and Live Oak counties. District 20 Rep. Charlie Gonzalez, D-San Antonio, seeks a fifth term against Libertarian Michael Idrogo in a district that encompasses San Antonio downtown and its North and West sides. District 27 Rep. Solomon Ortiz, D-Corpus Christi, seeks a 13th term against Republican William "Willie" Vaden and Libertarian Robert Powell. District 14 Rep. Ron Paul, R-Surfside, seeks a 10th term against Democrat Sklar Shane. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- gmartin@express-news.net **************** From dfw.com October 27, 2006 Government declares Texas counties disaster areasAssociated Press WASHINGTON - Twelve Texas counties were declared disaster areas by the federal government because of drought losses, high temperatures or both this year. The designation means eligible farmers in those counties and several others nearby can apply for low-interest Agricultural Department loans. The USDA made the designations earlier in the week, but corrected them Friday. The counties are Crockett, Dallas, Gonzales, Henderson, Irion, Kaufman, Nueces, Parker, Reagan, Rockwall, Upton and Van Zandt. The nearby counties where farmers also are eligible are: Anderson, Aransas, Bastrop, Caldwell, Cherokee, Collin, Crane, De Witt, Denton, Ector, Fayette, Freestone, Glassock, Guadalupe, Hood, Hunt, Jim Wells, Johnson, Karnes, Kleberg, Lavaca, Midland, Navarro, Palo Pinto, Pecos, San Patricio, Schleicher, Smith, Sutton, Tarrant, Terrell, Tom Green, Val Verde, Wilson, Wise and Wood. Farmers have eight months to apply for loans. Information can be obtained at USDA Service Centers. ****************