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The smaller Driftwood venue at The Ranch at San Patricio can accommodate 200 guests, and the reception hall is located directly in front of it. And if you have booked your wedding at The Ranch, you
can show up and take your wedding and announcement photos at the various beautiful locales the site offers.
The Ranch at San Patricio is a unique venue for any
occasion, especially those looking to tie the knot
t the beginning
of August, the were excited and bought
mother
daughter team
of Bonnie Bausch and
Shena Miller decided to
take their love of wed-
dings to the next level.
Their cousins, who
owned The Ranch at San
Patricio for five years,
decided they wanted to
head back to the Hill
Country and were looking two separate venues, guests can access while
for someone to take over Driftwood and Spanish attending the wedding,
the more than 80-acre Moss. Driftwood is the
smaller of the two and
features an outdoor cha-
:They called and we
also sits a large house
that sleeps 15 guests and
a guest cottage for the
elaborate outdoor venue new couple’s wedding
that can accommodate night.
300 guests and features
an outdoor chapel that
sits underneath huge
trees covered in, no sur-
prise, Spanish moss. It
sits a few yards from a
lake that winds through-
out the venue which
By Paul Gonzales
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“We’ve done weddings
before. I’ve done flowers
for weddings for years,
so we were kind of used
to that. But running the
whole thing? We’re learn-
ing and it’s fun.”
The Ranch at San
Patricio consists of
And roaming free on
the grounds are a small
herd of longhorns, a cou-
ple of llamas and a buffa-
lo named Geronimo. Well,
Geronimo is actually in
a large pen for obvious
reasons.
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Miller recalled a par-
ticular incident that
The aptly named Spanish Moss venue is large enough for 300
guests and is surrounded by water. The large house that can fit
15 guests and a cottage are nearby the venue as well.
said, ‘Do you know what the road,”’ she said with
I was at work, and I’m doing right now? I’m a laugh.
On the premises there my mom called me and chasing the llamas down
“We both love wed-
dings,” Bausch said.
occurred involving the
furry llama couple shortly
And the atmosphere after the they purchased
venue.
“We loved it out here,
and we always asked if
they ever wanted to sell it
to give us a call,” Bausch
recalled.
pel with pews and bench-
es and can accommodate is just really calming out the venue.
here;
200 guests.
Spanish Moss is a more
(See Ranch, 12)
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p.m.; Mathis Middle School will
p.m.; and
Mathis High School at 1:20 p.m.
Contributed information
Mathis ISD campuses will release release students at 1:15
students early for the football game
in Poteet.
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The same early release schedule
Mathis Elementary School will
end at 1 p.m.; Mathis Intermediate be followed on September 25 for the
School will release students at 1:05 football game in Stockdale.
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Fullback Oscar Flores puts on the brakes and changes direction to avoid Refugio defenders.
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Refugio Bobcats claw
a victory over Pirates
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inaugural contest on ing up 425 total yards
the stadium’s recently with big plays powering
the offense.
By Charles Sullivan
Mathis News reporter
The
Refugio Bobcats brought
their uptempo offense to ing as the #3 team in downs from Oscar Flores
Pirate Stadium Friday the Class A division, the and Bobby Herrera,
night in the home opener Bobcats posted a 42-13 although Herrera left the
for the Pirates and the win over the Pirates, roll-
state-ranked installed artificial turf.
The Pirates got touch-
Living up to their rank-
Contributed photo
Fred Robles from Weslaco was the Grand Champion at this past weekend's Labor Fest
Cook-Off. Robles earned the most points in all three categories and received a trophy
along with an extra $400 to add to his other top prizes.
(See Pirates, 11)
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