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Ryan Kapavik on Saturday becomes the first Catholic priest ever from Shiner St. Paul.

Ryan Kapavik on Saturday becomes the first Catholic priest ever from Shiner St. Paul.

Kapavik’s first mass takes place in Shiner Saturday

Bobby Horecka
Thursday, May 11, 2023
Ryan Kapavik will do something that no Shiner St. Paul graduate has ever done before when he becomes the school’s first to accept the Catholic Rites of Ordination—the final step becoming a priest—in a special mass taking place at the Our Lady of Victory Cathedral in Victoria at 10 a.m.
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Council taps city’s ARPA funds for new police gear, computers

Bobby Horecka
Saturday, November 12, 2022
Shiner council members on Monday agreed to use some of the roughly $89,000 that remains of the American Recovery Plan Act (ARPA) funding to buy a few needed items for the local police department.  Shiner Police Chief Kevin Kelso went before the council Monday, Nov.
Disc golf could be just a few months away for Shiner residents, once the course is installed at Green-Dickson Park. But first, players will be off to Waelder on Sunday, Nov. 20 to help fundraise for the project.

Disc golf could be just a few months away for Shiner residents, once the course is installed at Green-Dickson Park. But first, players will be off to Waelder on Sunday, Nov. 20 to help fundraise for the project.

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Waelder fundraiser planned for Shiner disc golf course

Bobby Horecka
Saturday, November 12, 2022
Shiner residents will be headed to the big city of Waelder on Sunday, Nov. 20, as Team Justice holds a benefit disc golf tournament to raise funds for the permanent disc golf course installation planned in Shiner’s Green Dickson Park. The tournament runs 8 a.m. to noon at The Ranch in Waelder.
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Photo by Bobby Horecka

Those kolaches didn’t stand a chance…

Bobby Horecka
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
He may not look like all that, but one fact became blatantly obvious when Edward Kloesel stepped up to the contest table at Green Dickson Park in Shiner as part of the big Kolache Eating Contest, one of many events held as part of the second annual Pivo & Kolaches on Saturday, Oct. 22.
Mackenzie Peebles 

Mackenzie Peebles 

Introducing your 2023 Miss Lavaca County USAgriculture…

Bobby Horecka
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
“I love riding my horses, being outside and being a Chapter officer for my school’s FFA program,” Peebles says.” I maintain all A’s throughout the school year, and play on the varsity softball team for my school. I live on a ranch outside of Shiner, where I tend to all our livestock.
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Photo by Bobby Horecka

Future Fireman

Bobby Horecka
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
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.
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