The Shiner Gazette

Photo by Bobby Horecka

Photo by Bobby Horecka

Future Fireman

First, Shiner Fire Chief Billy Petru gave them each a nifty new fire helmets as their parents, Carlos and Stephanie Garcia smiled down at them. hen they wasted no time at all doing what they were told when Petru said “Y’all go right ahead. You can climb wherever you’d like.
Shiner Catholic School Photo

Shiner Catholic School Photo

The Rally Nuns are back in business!

Sister Mary Catherine got called up to the majors once again this year, Shiner Catholic Schools reported. She received the phone call Wednesday, Oct. 12, that she is needed in Houston to help the Astros.
Robert Werner makes his way through the crowd, just before dinner is served Saturday, to rub elbows with some of the day's largest donors toward the Old Shiner Gym projects. Seated in the foreground is Mark Hagens, owner of H&C Construction. The tall fellow standing there is Douglas Kaspar, son of Dan Kaspar and now the namesake to his charitable foundation.

Robert Werner makes his way through the crowd, just before dinner is served Saturday, to rub elbows with some of the day's largest donors toward the Old Shiner Gym projects. Seated in the foreground is Mark Hagens, owner of H&C Construction. The tall fellow standing there is Douglas Kaspar, son of Dan Kaspar and now the namesake to his charitable foundation.

Gathered for the Old Shiner Gym

If there’s one thing to be said about Robert Werner, the ol’ boy sure can put on a party. And party they did Saturday evening, as about 300 people gathered at the Shiner KC Hall for a dinner and Casino Night fundraiser, all in support of the old Shiner Gym.
File Photo by Bobby Horecka, from 2021

File Photo by Bobby Horecka, from 2021

Pivo & Kolaches happens Saturday in Shiner

The second annual Shiner Lions Club’s Pivo & Kolaches returns to Green Dickson Park once again from 4 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22. In addition to their 0.5K fun run at 6 p.m.
Courtesy photo.

Courtesy photo.

Highway 111 crash leaves two teens dead Saturday

*Note: This article has been edited for brevity and clarity. Lavaca County Today will continue to update the article as information becomes available.  A two-vehicle head-on collision just before noon on Saturday, Oct.
Assistant curator Roy Rivera, curator Duff Wagner and Councilman Greg Murrile pose for a picture to honor Wagner’s official retirement from the city last week. They are standing at the museum’s newest exhibit, featuring one of the massive train trusses and other sordid details about the big train derailment that took place in downtown Shiner earlier this summer.

Assistant curator Roy Rivera, curator Duff Wagner and Councilman Greg Murrile pose for a picture to honor Wagner’s official retirement from the city last week. They are standing at the museum’s newest exhibit, featuring one of the massive train trusses and other sordid details about the big train derailment that took place in downtown Shiner earlier this summer.

S Panem Bohem, Duff!

Frank “Duff” Wagner, a staple at Shiner’s Edwin Wolters Memorial Museum and regular columnist with the Gazette, officially embarked on a new chapter of life Saturday, Oct. 7.
Shiner's Royalty turns heads in back-to-back festival parades. Chamber Photo

Shiner's Royalty turns heads in back-to-back festival parades. Chamber Photo

Shiner's Royalty turns heads in back-to-back festival parades

The Shiner Chamber of Commerce's Royalty Court has had a fine showing on the road these past two weekends, with the Shiner float bringing home First Place honors at the Hallettsville Kolache Fest parade held Saturday, Sept.
Matthew Herman accepts his oath as new police officer with the Bryan Police Department having recently completed Police Academy.

Matthew Herman accepts his oath as new police officer with the Bryan Police Department having recently completed Police Academy.

Herman graduates Bryan Police Academy

Ever since about junior high, being one of the lucky few to wear that badge was all he ever talked about, his mom said. Last month, those dreams all finally came true for one young man from Shiner. Matthew Herman on Friday, Sept.