News Bulletin (Castroville, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 25, 2003 Page: 8 of 16
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Page8 News Bulletin Thursday, December 25, 2003
Burn ban begins, but ceremonial fires allowed
Albert Villegas - urging us [to take action], rettes tossed from moving ing another commission-
Staff Writer We want to try to avoid a vehicles. ers meeting.
HONDO - During a melee,” County Judge Jim The new ordinance pro- The burn ban, howev-
Dec. 15 meeting, the Barden said. hibits outdoor burning in er, doesn’t prohibit outdoor
Medina County Last week, commis- the unincorporated areas burning activities related
Commissioners Court sioners felt no action was of the county for 90 days to public health and safe-
unanimously ordered an needed because a proposed from the date of adoption, ty that are authorized by
outdoor burn ban fireworks ban in the coun- Ceremonial fires will the Texas Commission on
throughout the county, ty would be ineffective, be allowed, provided writ- Environmental Quality.
Commissioners discussed, Some commissioners said ten advance notice is given Some official activities
but took no action, on there would be problems of the time and location are not affected by the
a burn ban the previous monitoring or even enforc- to the Medina County decision which went into
week. ing such an ordinance. Sheriff’s Office and appro- effect Dec. 15, such as fire-
The decision came on The decision targets priate fire officials. The fighting training; public
the heels of a barrage of “ceremonial fires” such as sheriff’s office can be utility, natural gas pipe-
complaints throughout the bonfires where a group reached, for non-emergen- line or mining operations;
week from volunteer fire of residents may con- cy situations, at 741-6150. harvesting of agricultural
department officials in the gregate to celebrate Barden said when the crops, and burns which
county who voiced their Christmas or New Year's, proper time comes, the are conducted by a pre-
concerns. Commissioners were also ordinance would have to scribed burn manager cer-
“I’ve had a lot of calls concerned about small be lifted but not until tified under the natural
from fire chiefs, the sheriff trash burns and even ciga- action can be taken dur- resources code.
Resounding
Christmas Wishes
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News Bulletin (Castroville, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 25, 2003, newspaper, December 25, 2003; Castroville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1689540/m1/8/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Castroville Public Library.