Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 14, 2013 Page: 1 of 29
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Medina County’s Leading Newspaper Our 127th Year Published in Hondo, Texas
Thursday, November 14, 2013 • Volume 127, Number 43 • Website: HondoAnvilHerald.com • Three Sections, 34 Pages • 73 Cents
PHOTO / DIANE COSGROVE
Remembering...
Raymond Davis of San
Antonio was in Hondo
Friday as the warbirds
arrived for Saturday’s
veterans celebration at
the airport. A Pearl Har-
bor survivor, Davis re-
lated his story, at times
emotionally, of getting
dressed for church that
Dec. 7 and being sur-
prised by Japanese
planes flying overhead
and bombing the Ameri-
can fleet. A 19-year-old
aircraft mechanic stationed at Pearl, he gave a wrenching
account of the attack and the courage he witnessed that day.
Friday night lights... Hondo
Owl football players and fans (left)
joyfully sing the school song after
the Owls came from behind in the
comeback of the season to beat
Devine, 20-14, in overtime, on
their home turf. See story page
1C. PHOTO/DIANE COSGROVE
The family of the late HHS foot-
ball coach Joe Ortega (below)
were honored at midfield prior to
the beginning of the game along
with (not pictured) the family of a
former Devine football player, DJ
Carlson, who died in an auto acci-
dent on his way to work that same
week, photo / Charles carlson
Christmas in God’s Country
features vendors, fun, night parade
By Diane Cosgrove
Anvil Herald Staff
Come to downtown Hon-
do Saturday for Hondo Area
Chamber of Commerce’s
annual Christmas in God’s
Country all-day event. Over
130 vendors will set up for
this event which draws peo-
ple from all around to shop,
eat, dance and enjoy the
planned entertainment.
“We had no more room to
add any more vendors,” said
Holly Schlortt, the chamber’s
executive director.
Beginning at 10 a.m., shop-
pers can peruse booths offer-
ing unique, handcrafted arts
and craft items, home decor,
jewelry and a wide range
of food to satisfy any appe-
tite. Many new vendors who
have never had booths at this
event will join old favorites
from past years in offering
great Christmas gift items for
shoppers until around 4 p.m.
Hondo Police Dept, will
offer free bicycle ID engrav-
ing at their booth and Child
Identification Kits.
The South Texas Blood Mo-
bile will be on hand to accept
blood donations as blood
supplies dip to a critically low
level over the Christmas and
New Year’s holidays.
After the vendors shut
down their booths at 4 p.m.,
all are encouraged to enjoy
local restaurants and stores
before parade time.
The annual night parade
kicks off at 7 p.m. and winds
through the downtown area
with over 50 entries. Grand
marshals are members of the
Hondo Economic Develop-
ment Committee.
Bring your lawnchairs and
settle in to watch the parade
with friends and family as
downtown Hondo is illumi-
nated and transformed.
Smaller site plan approved for Martin Asphalt
By William Hoover
Anvil Herald Correspondent
Hondo City Council con-
vened in a special meeting
on Tuesday, approving a re-
vised site plan for Martin
Asphalt to construct and op-
erate an asphalt distribution
terminal on 26 acres of land
they recendy purchased at
the South Texas Regional In-
termodal Park.
Mayor Jim Danner asked
Code Compliance Officer
Gilbert Contreras to present
the site plan’s background
to council.
“The original site plan was
approved in June,” Contreras
told council. “Because of sig-
nificant changes to the loca-
tion where the terminal struc-
tures were to be constructed,
the city requested that Martin
Asphalt present and request a
revised site plan.”
“The revised plan indicates
that the majority of structures
have been relocated north of
the proposed rail spurs,” he
said, noting the number of
storage tanks under the new
plan is reduced from 48 to 17.
Contreras told council the
site plan also reduces the
number of support stmctures
from six to four and reduces
the number of parking spaces
from 38 to 25. Accordingly, the
total area of impervious cover
for the proposed terminal is
now 3.85 acres.
The proposed terminal
consists of the following
components: storage and
production tanks, tmcks and
rail racks for unloading sup-
plies and shipping, a labora-
tory for product testing, rail
tracks, meters and pumps. All
components will be certified
and maintained as required
by the asphalt industry, ac-
cording to Contreras.
“Martin Asphalt is hoping
to supply local contractors
with a variety of Texas Depart-
ment of Transportation spec-
ified asphalt binders through
state of the art technology
and industry approved safety
Parkway Christmas cards
go up along highway this week
It’s that time again... time
for participating businesses,
organizations, churches and
individuals to place their
Christmas greeting “cards” on
the parkway along US 90 in
Hondo. City of Hondo Elec-
tric Department affirmed
that the electrical connec-
tions are ready and available.
Travelers in and through
the city as well as area resi-
dents enjoy the signs placed
there each year, expressing
good wishes for Christmas
and the new year.
No cards are to be setup be-
tween Avenues M and K, due
to the improvements made
there by Hondo Garden Club
and the City of Hondo.
Contact the Hondo Area
Chamber of Commerce, 426-
3037, if you have not erected
a card in the past, to request
a different spot (space avail-
able, of course) or for more
information. Office hours
are Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Cards should be in place no
later than Friday, Nov. 15, in
time for visitors to our city for
Christmas in God’s Country
the next day.
features,” he said. “They hope
to extend service to local con-
tractors and existing quarries
in the San Antonio region.”
Contreras said, if approved,
the site plan would be con-
ditional until Martin Asphalt
provides the city with a utility
easement where the rail spur
would be constructed over ex-
isting water and sewer mains.
Additionally, the water and
sewer lines must be encased
for protection from the weight
of rail spurs and rail cars.
“The revised site plan ap-
pears to meet Heavy Industri-
al site plan requirements,” he
said “The Planning and Zon-
ing Commission, who I am
representing tonight, voted
unanimously to recommend
approval of this request and
would appreciate your con-
sideration of the item.”
Danner asked City Man-
ager Jeff Litchfield if the re-
duced number of structures
meant the asphalt terminal
would be smaller than origi-
nally planned and have fewer
employees.
“It is a rearranged plan,
but I think it is also a lesser
plan,” said Litchfield. “It is a
smaller footprint than they
had before. I think it fits their
business model better than
the original.
“I understand they rear-
ranged the site north of the rail
spurs because of topography,”
he added. “To me, it is all flat.
But with the elevations, appar-
ently there was a good reason
to move it to the north.”
Place 4 Councilwoman
Ann-Michelle Long offered
the motion to approve the
revised site plan. The mo-
tion passed by a unanimous
4-0 vote after receiving a sec-
ond from Place 2 Council-
man Sammy Nooner. Place 5
See MARTIN ASPHALT Page 13A
Kids, write your letters to Santa!
It’s time to begin gather-
ing children’s letters to San-
ta. Each year, we publish
letters from
kiddoes up
to and in-
cluding first
graders. Al-
though the
majority of
this North
Pole corre-
spondence
is usually
provided
through the
elementary
schools,
parents of
children not
in public school are also
encouraged to send in their
children’s wish lists. We’ll
forward them to the North
Pole!
The
deadline
to provide
these let-
ters to
the Anvil
Herald is
Friday,
Decern-
ber 6. We
ask that
spelling,
grammer
and punc-
t u a t i o n
be left as
the child
wrote it, as that adds to the
letter’s charm.
National bird... Wayne Stein took several photos
of four bald eagles on his property in the Vandenburg
area north of Hondo recently. This one just took off from
the top of his irrigation equipment.
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Total rain for the past week: 0.14 in.
Total rain for Nov. 2013:0.15 in.
Total rain for2013:27.74 in.
Avg. high temp, for the week: 70.29°
Avg. low temp, for the week: 56.0°
High temp. 2013: 109° on June 29
Low temp. 2013:30° on Jan. 16
Edwards Aquifer level, Nov. 13,
at Bexar County, J-17 well: 640.8 ft.
Medina Lake level, Nov. 13:977.14 ft.
87 feet below spillway
Anvil Herald weather info
recorded by Jeff Berger
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