The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 31, 1985 Page: 1 of 10
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VOLUME LXII
Thursday, October 31,.1985 — 10 Pages — No. 44
Commissioners Court
Mathis, Texas 78368
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Sister Counties To House
County Juvenile Offenders
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GRAND OPENING — The "New Wave Hair Design" held its grand opening Monday, Oct. 28. From left
are: Patricia Robinson, operator, Linda Coleman, owner, Ellie Marez and Tamela Weber of Tamela
Specialty in Orange Grove.
A "Stylish" Business
Colemans Open New Wave
Hair Designs This Week
One of the city’s newest and “most
stylish” business is New Wave Hair
Design, who is having its Grand
Opening celebration this week.
New Wave, owned and operated
ImMrs. Linda Coleman, official had
^Jjrand opening ceremonies Mon-
day morning and reception was held
after the ribbon cutting.
Linda is relatively new to the area
having moved to Mathis last year.
Her husband, Petty Officer 1 Ron
Coleman, is in the military and is
currently stationed at the Corpus
Christi Navy Air Station. The Col-
eman’s have one son, Randy, who is
a student at Mathis Junior High
School.
The New Wave Hair Design will be
operated jointly by Linda and Patty
Ann Robinson, formerly of Patty
Ann’s Beauty Salon in Orange
Grove.
Linda is a licensed beautician and
“enjoys the work and the people.”
Patty Ann has 14 years of beauty
and hairdressing experience behind
her.
Carrying a complete line of skin
care products and knowledgable in
the most current of hair styles and
beauty procedures, Linda and Patty
Ann invite all to visit the shop.
New Wave Hair Designs is located
at 320 E. San Patricio Street and are
open Monday through Saturday
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and late on
Thursdays to 8 p.m.
Tues., Nov. 5
Voters To Take Stance
On Texas Water Plan
By Kerry Williams
The December 8 deadline for
removing juveniles from the County
Jail is rapidly approaching and
since San Patricio County does not
have a Juvenile Detention Center of
its own at the present time, County
Commissioners approved contrac-
ting with the Aransas and Nueces
County facilities for one year during
court action Monday afternoon at
the courthouse.
Due to a change in laws, juveniles
can no longer be placed in the same
correctional facility as adults. To
meet this change, a Juvenile Deten-
tion Facility Commission was form-
ed to address the problem and possi-
ble alternatives. Commissioners
chose several persons from each of
their precincts to serve on the com-
mission.
But to meet the Dec. 8 deadline
some sort of action needed to be
taken to show “good faith” in
abiding the law. Mary Ann Perez-
Johnson, head of the Juvenile Proba-
tion Department presented the two
one-year contracts to the court for
their approval.
Both contracts were entered into
as the Nueces County facility is bet-
ter equipped to handle high-risk
cases and both facilities might need
to be used by San Patricio County
depending upon circumstances. The
contracts are on a ‘space-available
basis.’
“There is no alternative to this
situation...this is a necessity,” Coun-
ty Commissioner Carl Duncan com-
mented.
The Commission which has been
meeting regularly to try and find a
solution to the problem, will be mak-
ing recommendations to the court at
a later date for a possible permanent
answer to the situation.
In other business by the court,
Texas Department of Highways and
Public Transportation District
Engineer Nino Gutierrez appeared
before the court to present the 1986
Farm to Market Road Program and
also gave a detailed explanation of
planned projects for the county for
the next two years.
The Farm to Market Road Pro-
gram was changed recently to allow
funding to be allocated to also
rehabilitate current roads besides
building new FM roads. Gutierrez
asked the commissioners to begin
making a list of recommendations
for the county’s FM roads.
Discussion also included the
dangerous ‘Double S’ curves on FM
881 (the road from Sinton to Mathis).
County Engineer Julius Petrus was
instructed by the court Monday to
begin lines of the area to get a ‘jump’
on planning so perhaps the project to
straighten the life-threatening
curves could become a reality.
“That is a definite worthwhile pro-
ject,” Gutierrez said. “It would be
worth pursuing for funding also.” He
explained there are some discre-
See COMMISSIONERS, Page 10
Key Club Week Designated
The week of November 3-9 has
been designated at Key Club Week
across the North American and the
Caribbean region.
The purpose of the week-long
observance is to dramative the ser-
vice work performed by Key Clubs
in their schools and communities.
Key Club International, with more
than 112,000 members in some 3,400
clubs in ten countries is a Kiwanis
sponsored high school service
organization. By sharing their time
and talent, Key Clubbers worldwide
can have a positive influence on
their community. Wherever help is
needed, the local Key Club is quick
to respond.
Last year, Key Clubbers
worldwide performed more than
5,000,000 community service hours
during their school year as part of
their “Manhours For Mankind”
campaign.
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The manhours pledge has been
renewed in 1985-86 and Danette
Gutierrez, Mathis Key Club presi-
dent, announced that special pro-
jects will be held locally in conjunc-
tion with Key Club Week.
Other officers of the Mathis Key
Club are Tony Hicks, vice president;
Eloisa Garcia, secretary; and Paul
Wendel, treasurer.
The Mathis Key Club was started
last year and have completed two
major projects since its incept. The
first major project, completed in
December 1984, was the installation
of the flag pole located in front of
Mathis High School. The second ma-
jor project was the placement of the
water fountain in front of the gym.
Locally, the Key Club is accepting
membership into the club. The
Mathis Key Club meets every
Wednesday at 7 -.45 a.m.
Texas State Legislators have
prepared fourteen constitutional
amendments for their constituents
^Brote upon Tuesday, Nov. 5.
^rondments No. 1 and 2 which will
establish a Water Plan for the entire
state are of major importance to all
residents.
Passage of the first two amend-
ments will allocate $980 million for
the plan. The monies will be divided
as follows: $190 million for water
supply purposes; $190 million for
water quality purposes; $200
million, flood control projects and
$400 million for state participation in
facilities for storage, treatment, and
transmission of water and
wastewater.
If voters pass Amendment No. 2,
$200 million will be authorized by the
constituion for agricultural water
conservation bonds (subject to ap-
proval of both the House and
Senate.) And $250 million in state
bond guarantees leveraged for local
^fcpr supply, water quality, con-
UPation, flood control, drainage,
Students Need
Wood For Bonfire
Students of Mathis High School
are in need of wood for their
homecoming bonfire.
Anyone who has any wood, and
does not need it and would like to
donate it, please contact Mrs. Fay
Walters, high school secretary, at
547-3322.
Donations will be greatly ap-
preciated.
recharge, chloride control and
desalinization projects.
A very important concern to
voters is the fact the passage of the
amendments will not increase taxes.
Virtually every government entity
in the county has passed resolutions
in the preceding months endorsing
their support of the Water Plan.
Under the plan, communities will be
able to borrow money from the state
for water quality projects at low in-
terest rates.
The Water Plan is of major con-
cern to our area as monies will be
established for flood control projects
and planning.
Besides the first two amendments,
twelve others will appear on the
ballot. Voters are urged to read the
amendments carefully before
casting their ballots. Amendments
#7 and #14 will not affect our county.
Absentee voting ends Friday
afternoon at 5 p.m. in the County
Clerk’s office in Sinton. As of press
time, Dottie Maley reported a total
of 32 absentee votes being cast.
Senior citizens may vote absentee
even if they have no plans to be out-
of-town for the General Election
Tuesday.
Polling locations will be open
Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voters
will cast their ballots ‘for’ or
‘against’ in machines. If a person is
unable to vote in the machine, they
are asked to come to the rear en-
trace of the County Courthouse
between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. and knock
on the back door of the clerk’s office.
A deputy clerk will then bring a
mm
paper ballot to the registered voter
to cast their vote.
Polling places for Sinton are:
See VOTERS, Page 10
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Five Students
Qualify For
Talent Program
Five students qualified for the
Talent Identification Program an-
nounced Dan Murphy, principal at
Mathis Junior High.
The students, in grade 7, are:
Stacey Bruno, Leo De Forest, Rosa
Linda De La Rosa, Frank Gonzales
and Mark Lewis.
T.I.P. is an identification program
in 16 Southern, Southwestern and
Mid-Western United States.
Objectives of the program are to
identify very bright youngsters at an
early age to assist in the educational
facilitation of these students, to
follow and nurture their talents
through the critical middle and high
school years and to assist in their
placement in colleges and univer-
sities that have programs of a quali-
ty that matches the student’s poten-
tial.
Eligibility for the program is
school attendance, age, grade and
test scores, They must score high
(high defined by T.I.P. as the upper
three percent of national age-grade
norms). The students have met all
eligiblity requirements and were
presented with certificates for their
outstanding achievements.
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tification Program. They are: Seated from left, Rosa Linda De La Rosa and Stacy Bruno. Standing are
Frank Rey Gonzales, Leo De Forestand Mark Lewis.
County
JPs Collect $41,359.53 In
September; 447,114 For Year
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San Patricio County Justices of
the Peace reported collections of
$41,359.53 during September, a drop
of $2,339.28 from the previous month
and down $7,283.72 from September
1984. Collections during September
were the lowest reported this year.
September’s collections increased
the total for the year to $447,114.11,
compared to $358,235.66 a year ago.
Collections for the first nine months
of 1983 were $373,317.36; 1982,
$254,903.80; 1981, $242,832.83 and
1980, $248,278.32.
Weather
Report
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bate
High
Low
Rain
Oct. 24
87
69
.00
Oct. 25
88
69
.00
Oct. 26
84
67
.00
Oct. 27
82
65
.00
Oct. 28
80
62
.00
Oct. 29
81
62
.00
Oct. 30
79
58
.00
Collections for the first nine mon-
ths of the year are averaging
$49,680.46 per month. In 1984, the
monthly average for the same
period was $49,680.46, while the
montly average for the full year was
$39,747.61.
The May 1985 collections of
$55,720.86 were the highest ever
reported. Other high months this
year were March ($55,661.45),
February ($52,547.81) and July
($51,679.06), all of which eclipsed the
previous high monthly collections of
$50,062.18 reported in March, 1983.
Mathis’ Justice of the Peace
Precinct 5, topped the September
collections with $14,576.45, followed
by Sinton, Pet. 1, $7,629.00;
Portland, Pet. 4, $7,356.63; Odem,
Pet. 2, $5,333.95; Taft, Pet. 8,
$5,321.00 and Aransas Pass, Pet. 6,
$1,142.50.
The Mathis precinct has also
reported the highest year-to-date
collections, $173,313.82, an average
of $19,257.09 per month. Sinton, Pet.
1, has collected an average of
$8,975.04 per month, or $80,775.36 for
the year. Portland, Pet. 4, has col-
lected $77,158.39, an average of
$8,573.15 per month; followed by
Odem, Pet. 2, $58,728.69, average of
$6,525.41 a month; Taft, Pet. 8,
$48,336.60, or $5,370.73 a month and
Aransas Pass, Pet. 6, $8,801.25, or
$977.92 a month.
Collections for the first nine mon-
ths of 1984 (average per month)
were Pet. 1, Sinton, $8,864.57; Pet. 2,
Odem, $6,671.63; Pet. 4, Portland,
$5,312.46; Pet. 5, Mathis, $11,535.51;
Pet. 6, Aransas Pass, $1,405.00 and
Pet. 8, Taft, $6,044.77.
PCT.
NO. LOCATION
THIS
MONTH
TOTAL
TO DATE
1 Sinton..........$ 7,629.00 $ 80,775.36
2 Odem........... 5,333.95 58,728.69
4 Portland......... 7,356.63 77;158.39
5 Mathis.......... 14,576.45 173,313.82
GREAT GHOULS & GOBLINS! - Ready and waiting to greet trick-or-treaters on Halloween night are
these haunting creatures at the Walter Jimenez residence.
Water level is 94.
Wesley Seale Dam at
Lake Corpus Christi
6 Aransas Pass
8 Taft.......
1,142.50
5,321.00
8,801.25
48,336.60
TOTALS.......$ 41,359.53 $447,114.11
MO. AVE.
TO DATE
$ 8,975.04
6,525.41
8,573.15
19,257.09
977.92
5,370.73
$49,680.46
M0. AVE.
TO DATE ’84
$8,864.57
6,671.63
5,312.46
11,535.51
1,405.00
6,044.77
$39,803.96
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