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BEST AVAIL
Page 4, The Hondo Anvil Herald, Thursday, February 4,1992
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P.O Box 400
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Advertising pays
Dear Editor;
A month ago, I placed a classified
ad in the Anvil Herald. I offered an
iron heating stove, an old outboard
motor and some nice new chimney
pipe. I sold the motor and stove the
first week. Your Want Ad department
helped me to reword the ad and we
sold the chimney before the four
week ad ran out. I could have sold
them all at least twice and I found
several new friends in the process.
An ad in a metropolitan daily papej
ran for 14 consecutive days and pro-
duced not one call.
We all take service like that for
granted. It's your business to do your
business well. I, for one, appreciated
it. Keep on doing your business well.
We all benefit.
Chet Lummen
Mico
Dear Editor:
On the front page of your Jan. 23
issue, there was an article about griev-
I ances filed against Heritage Manor
" Care Center by a San Antonio couple.
They allege mistreatment of their
daughter, who they claim was con-
fined to a crib for a period of one year,
without exercise, thereby losing use
of her legs.
They claim this is to have happened
"" between Jan. 4, 1991, and Jan. 6,
1992. That leads me to believe for a
period of one year they never visited
their child.
I have a question to the parents.
Where were you for one year? Did
you not ever drive out to Hondo to
Sadly inadequate
check on the welfare and well-being
of your child? San Antonio is only a
30-45 minute drive away from
Hondo. For one year you did not <*it
your child, hold.her in your arms or
say, "I love you." The paper says your'
child is blind, deaf, and mentally
impaired. True, she would not be able
to hear the words, "I love you," but
special children are capable of "feel-
ing" love when it's given.
In my opinion, you are far more
guilty of mistreatment of your child
that the care center. A once-a-year
visit to check on the welfare of your
child is sadly inadequate.
Marie Weynand
f' South Houston, Texas
Habitat for
Humanity
project eyed
COURTESY CAR... Peter Thurmond (center) Offensive Coordinator for the Southwest Texas State football
team, receives the keys to a 1991 Taurus from Clarence McNiel (left) of Cecil Atkission Ford. Also present
was SWT alum Ronnie Koch, an active member of the Bobcat Club, who arranged the deal.
Several persons attended the Janu-
ary 30 Habitat for Humanity meeting
but no definite program came about
"We discussed the idea with
people from Castroville, Boeme, and
the Hondo area," said Elmo Pope,
who is coordinating the effort here.
Martha Jennings of Kerrvilie
spoke to those present on the program
being conducted in Kerrvilie.
"We still have the idea alive,"
Pope said, "but there are no definite
plans. Some of those present said
/(fiey might go into San Antonio or
Kerrvilie and actually do hands-on
work to get a better feeling of what
we are attempting to accomplish."
No future meeting was designated
at last week's meeting.
SPARKS
By Bill Berger
Discipline fast disappearing
m’.sj Dear Editor:
; s;:: Yes, I am from a different era. Yes,
I remember the stigma of girls being
'■>" young, unmarried, and pregnant. I do
admit times have changed, but
changed for what?
Is it OK to say, "Hey, times have
Z changed. It’s my right to have indis-
s criminate sex. It’s my right to bring an
“ innocent child into the world. It's my
X right to expect others to care for and
t pay for my promiscuity."
J After reading the article in the
• Owls’ Nest entitled "Mommy,
Mommy" (Jan.30), I am left with the
fueling this is the accepted standard of
our world today. Respect, i^prals,
discipline, love and family are fast
disappearing. What will the future be
like for these children of children?
For in our world today there is no
accountability nor responsibility.
No, there are agencies that will take
care of that.
Oh yeah. "We'll finish our educa-
tion." Well, good luck.
S.C.
Hondo
Thanks for ag coverage
'J Dear Editor:
Z After attending the information
- session at the Texas Farm Bureau
~ Leadership Conference in Waco, I
^ came away very grateful that the
■' Hondo Anvil Herald continues to
- carry articles and pictures on local ac-
' tivities. Some members at the confer-
- ence stated that getting farm/ranch
~ coverage is not always easy for them.
* Agriculture is sq important to
t Medina County. Organizations like
Farm Bureau that give members the
r; opportunity to stay informed and take
r; part in policy development are be-
r coming vital if our farms/ranches and
Z ag related businesseV are to survive.
Over the years, our family's appre-
- ciation of Farm Bureau activities and
Z legislative actions has grown strong-
2 er. Animal rights and environmental
activists are extremely effective in
contacting legislators and media. I
urge rural people to become active
members of Farm Bureau or the r.i^ny
other groups that speak out for the
preservation of our way of life. The
money spent on annual memberships
ensures that someone will be speak-
ipg out on your behalf even if you
personally can't take the time to write
letters or phone people.
I know I made the right move when
I left New York and ended up in
Hondo, Texas-one town east of Big
D' (D'Hanis)! I guess I feel so strongly
about our rural lifestyle because I've
had such an overdose of Big City life.
Thank you again for the help you give
our organizations and activities.
Haiel Graff
Hondo
Dear Boss
• • •
r One piece of action taken at the
- Medina County Commissioners
Z Court meeting Monday disturbs me,
s inasmuch as it falls in the category of
Z deficit spending.
•: The county has received a bill for
J $26,300.15 from the attorney firm
--which worked on redistricting plans
T for Medina County.
- Monday the Court agreed to pay
* $5,000 at this time, look at the situ-
- ation again in June, and if there is no
~ money available then, wait until the
s beginning of the 1992-93 fiscal year
5 and pay the remainder.
-i- This means, boss, that next year's
■'budget, not yet determined, is al-
ready burdened with a $21,000 bill.
'Add to this bill a statement from the
- attorney who, for the county, moni-
tors the Fred Richter suit against
^former Justice of the Peace Harold
* Herring. It is for $1,500.
z What if other line items exceed
5 what the Court has set in the budget?
TWill they be approached in the same
manner when it comes to paying?
T Take indigent health care as an
Example. The Court budgeted
179,500 for this fiscal year. As of
^January 31, the county has spent
sfrom that line $136,500. However,
3part of that went to the Medina Com-
-munity Hospital as a cash advance,
jand the county has $75,000 credit
••left over. This means that in four
jnonths $61,500 have actually been
•spent from the line. Should that
Spending average continue through
■the fiscal year it would mean a
^194,500 total outlay.
i Which would mean $25,000 over
ijhe budget.
4 Now, boss, I realize that by the
£nd of this fiscal year, some of the
■fine items in other areas might be
Underspent and those monies can be
Applied to the shortages. That's a big
gamble.
- I want everyone to know, boss,
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this is not intended as a fully critical
essay on the members of the
Commissioners Court.
All of the lawyer fees on the redis-
tricting certainly was not brought
about by the Court. We can lay a lot
of that blame at the feet of all those
who messed up the redistricting
plans drawn up and approved by the
Texas Legislature.
Nor does the local Court have any
jurisdiction over the indigent health
care situation. State law mandates a
county budgeting up to 10 percent of
what it receives from local property
taxes to indigent health care. That
means this year they could have
budgeted even more than they did.
However, this does not mean at the
end of the fiscal year they can slip
additional money into the budget.
They don't have the money.
What I am say ing is the Court cou Id
have planned a little better in prepar-
ing the budget.
I realize, and appreciate, the,, fact
they wanted to have a budget that
would accomplish what is needed
and not cost the taxpayers extra
taxes.
Therefore, they prepared a budget
without contingency funds. No busi-
ness can operate without reserves.
Neither can the county. Last fiscal
year the county budget carried a
$200,000 contingency line.
Not thi^ year. And it is beginning
to not only show but to pinch a little
bit.
1 sincerely hope that there is
money leftover in other line items so
that any shortages may be paid prior
to the beginning of the next fiscal
year. We don't need to face a new
year already several thousand dollars
in debL
I would also hope that when the
Court starts preparing the budget for
the fiscal year that begins October 1,
they will find enough money to have
a contingency line.
Where will they get it? I don't think
they can cut anything else, or not
enough to raise that much money.
Therefore, it leaves only one place.
Raise taxes. I personally believe that
come budget time, the Commission-
ers Court is going to have to raise
taxes by a minimum of 10 percent to
stay even.
I am told that every one cent in-
crease in the tax rate raises approxi-
mately $55,000. A 10 percent tax
hike would mean only $550,000 in
added dollars. This means if you set
aside a maximum of $200,000 for
contingencies, you have very little
left to accomplish anything. And by
rule of thumb a county this size
(spending wise) should have a mini-
mum of $500,000 in reserve.
We can almost rest assured that the
cost of employee insurance will
jump by at least 20 percent (It qas
every year for the past several years.)
Lawyers will continue to take a big
bite out of the budget. Like the pira-
nha, lawyers consume everything in
sight and then smack their lips for
more.
HHS Happenings
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by Noe Gomez
Tuesday and Wednesday, juniors
ordered their senior rings from Mr.
Dick Jacks of Herff Jones.
Seniors held a meeting Wednesday
to order graduation invitations. A $25
deposit was needed to order invita-
tions.
On Monday, seniors and their par-
tents met in the AV room to discuss
financial aid for college. Any senior
who has questions needs to contact
Mr. Perkins in his office.
All Hondo basketball teams took
pictures Tuesday afternoon.
Hondo competed against 4A and
5A schools at the Del Rio U1L Prac-
tice Meet on Saturday. The following
students placed in the meet: DaviB ’
Garza, 3rd, Informative Speaking;
Susan Matthews, 3rd, Persuasive
Speaking; Adam Guerra, 12th, Typ-
ing; Scott Adamietz, 8th, Spelling;
and Ruth Bisceglia, 9th, Spelling.
Junior Class<pfficers and members
met with Ms. Dubberly Wednesday
to discuss the prom.
There was an FCA meeting on
Wednesday in the AV room.
Only three weeks until our next
break!!! Keep busy and the time will
go by fast
This week, Noe's rahs go to the
cooks at Hondo High School for mak-
ing such wonderful meals.
RAH! RAH! RAH! RAH! RAH!
RAH! RAH! RAH! RAH! RAH!
Beware
Last week members of the
County Commissioners Court issued
an appeal to county residents to
"exercise extreme caution when driv-
ing across low-water crossings."
Monday, with the rain coming
down in good measure outside, the
Court, at its regular meeting, reiter-
of water crossings
of the N^eiina ated its appeal.
After President Bush made his State of the Union address to
congress, one of the networks conducted a massive nationwide call in
operation. One of the questions asked was who the callers felt was
responsible for the "mess we are in," to paraphrase.
Those who could be blamed were the government, business, or the
Japanese. Sixty four out of every hundred blamed the govemrtient, and
business and the Japanese had to split the rest.
It bears out what most of us already know. It was nice of the
President to declare a 90 day moratorium on new regulations, but it was
a little late. The Republicans swept into office when Ronald Reagan
was elected with the promise to "get the government off your backs."
Bush himself asked us to "read my lips" when he promised "no new
taxes."
It will be hard to fool the public again, but the next few months will
see prodigious efforts on both sides to do just that.
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Kyle, a small town near Austin on Interstate 35, went through a
local battle over the building of a prison a few years ago. It even
involved an election for mayor, and the person who favored it won by
a substantial margin, and then the prison was built.
It has been running for quite a while now, and there is a move to
expand so that it can hold more prisoners.
There was a public hearing held in January, and the following is a
direct quote from the Onion Creek Free Press:
In stark contrast to 1988 when Kyle erupted into loud and some-
times bitter controversy conceding the location of a state prison on the
out-skirts of town, a public hearing Tuesday concerning the doubling
of the size of the Wackenhut minimum security facility drew a large
crowd of supporters and no one who opposes the enlargement.
Held at the prison itself, the hearing attracted about 50 people, but
after Mayor Merle Wilkins, County Judge Eddy Etheredge, Sheriff
Paul Hastings and Warden John Bonner spoke in.favor of the expan-
sion, no one else wanted to express an opinion and everyone went
home.
It would appear that after seeing the prison in operation, there was
no further opposition to an expansion.
"The rains have the ground satu-
rated," said County Judge Butch
Campsey, "and with each succeeding
rain the streams carry more water.
So when you come to a water cross-
ing, be certain you can make it
across; don’t take chances with your
life."
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
WASTE DISPOSAL PERMIT
AMENDMENT
CITY OF LA COSTE, 16004 South
Front Street, La Coste, Texas 78039 has
applied to the Texas Water Commission,
for an amendment to Permit No. 10889-01
in order to change from a permit authoriz-
ing disposal by evaporation and by irriga-
tion to a discharge permit. The proposed
amendment would also authorize an in-
crease in the volume of treated domestic
wastewater. The permit currently author-
izes disposal of treated domestic waste-
water effluent at a volume not to exceed
40,000 gallons per day average, which will
remain as the interim phase. Upon com-
pletion of the facilities expansion, the pro-
posed amendment would authorize a dis-
charge at a volume not to exceed an
average flow of 200,000 gallons per day.
Application rates for the irrigated land shall
not exceed 3.3 acre-feet/acre/year.
The wastewater treatment facilities are
at the easterly city limits of the City of La
Coste, approximately 0.5 mile east-south-
east of the intersection of Farm-to-Market
Highway 471 and Farm-to-Market High-
way 2790, and 0.3 mile due south of the
Southern Pacific Railroad in Medina
County, Texas. The effluent is to be dis-
charged via a pipe to an unnamed tributary
of Polecat Creek; thence to Polecat Creek;
thence to the Medina River below Medina
Diversion Lake in Segment No. 1903 of the
San Antonio River Basin.
In accordance with the Texas Surface
Water Quality Standards the Commission
staff must determine the existing uses for
the receiving water in the area of the pro-
posed discharge. The unclassified receiv-
ing waters of Polecats Creek have high
quality aquatic life uses. The designated
"ses for Segment No. 1903 are contact
3creation, high quality aquatic life uses
nd public water supply. The effluent limi-
itions in the draft permit will maintain and
rotect the existing instream uses. All de-
3iminations are preliminary and subject to
dditional review and/or revisions.
The Executive Director of the Texas
Water Commission has prepared a draft
permit based on the application submitted
by the applicant and other information
presently available.
Legal Authority. Section 26.028 of the
Texas Water Code and 31 TAC Chapter
•305 of the Rules of the Texas Water
Commission
No public hearing will be helcron this ap-
plication unless an affected person who
has received notice of the application spe-
cifically requests a public hearing. Any
such request for a public hearing shall be in
writing and contain (1) the name, mailing
address and daytime phone number of the
person making the request; (2) the state-
ment "... request a public hearing'; and (3)
a brief description of how the requester, or
persons represented by the requester,
would be adversely affected by the grant-
ing of the application. If the Commission
determines that the request sets out an
issue which is relevant to the application,
or that a public hearing, would serve the
public interest, the Commission shall con-
duct a public hearing, after the issuance of
proper and timely notice of the hearing. If
no sufficient request for hearing is received
within 30 days of the date of publication of
the notice concerning the application, the
permit will be submitted to the Commission
for final decision on the application.
Requests fora public hearing on this ap-
plication should be submitted in writing to
Kerry Sullivan, Assistant Chief Hearings
Examiner, Texas Water Commission, P.O.
Box 13087, Capitol Station, Austin, Texas
78711, Telephone (512) 463-7906. Infor-
mation concerning any technical aspect of
this application can be obtained by writing
Noble Campbell, Wastewater Permits
Section, Texas Water Commission, P.O.
Box 13087, Capitol station, Austin, Texas
78711, Telephone (512) 463-8201.
Issued this 17th day of December, 1991.
Pub.
Gloria A. Vasquez, Chief Clerk
Texas Water Commission
Feb.<6, 1992
The cost of court appointed attor-
neys just keeps climbing each year.
And you never know when someone
will want to sue the county.
Indigent health care has no way to
go but up. It has increased from
somewhere around $60,000 per year
since 1985 to this year's budget of
$179,500. It would take a miracle to
reduce it.
Another area which poses a po-
tential loss, or higher loss, to the
county is the housing of juvenile
offenders. The state mandates this
the same as it mandates indigent
health care, with the exception it
does not make the county budget
specific funds.
All in all county government is at
the mercy of the State Legislature
and it definitely puts a bite on local
taxpayers.
But all in all I just hope\the
Commissioners Court manages \to
pull itself out of the apparent hole it
put itself into when it prepared the
budget last year.
Your Roving Reporter
BKL
PUBLIC NOTICE
Natalia Independent School District will
accept sealed bids for
A NEW PRE-K AND KINDERGARTEN
CLASSROOM BUILDING
Eight classrooms, office, parenting con-
ference room, toilet rooms (9,700 s.f.).
component data: concrete foundation,
steel system structure, masonry exterior,
drywall interior, suspended tile ceiling,
metal roof, metal canopy, HVAC, lighting,
plumbing, fencing, flatwork, asphalt pav-
ing.
Each bidder shall submit a standard
Qualification Statement to the Architect. A
5% bid bond and 100% performance and
payment bond is required. Plans and
specifications may be examined at the of-
fice of the Architect: Johnson-Dempsey &
Associates, Inc., 8626 Tesoro Drive, Suite
300, San Antonio, Texas 78217 (512) 828-
6251. A $75.00 deposit for each set of
documents is required.
A mandatory pre-bid conference shall
be held on Monday, February 10, 1992 at
4:30 p.m. at the School District Office lo-
cated at Pearson and Eighth Street in
Natalia, Texas.
Bids shall be opened on Tuesday, Feb-
ruary 25, 1992 at 4:30 p.m. at the School
District Office
Pub. Feb. 6, 13, 1992.
TO ALL INTERESTED
PERSONS AND PARTIES:
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The City Council of the City of Hondo,
Texas will hold a public hearing on Tuess
day, February 25.1992 at 7:30 P.M. at City'
Hall, 1600 Ave. M, Hondo, Texas, to dis-
cuss and consider the following:
. Permanent zoning of recently annexed
land, 21.356 acres, F. Enderie #194,
Abstract 362 as follows:
(1) Southern most 262.81 ft. of 14.161
acre tract to the former east dty limits line
qmmercial District.
You are hereby notified of the opportu-
nity for written public comment concerning
the application for renewal of permit num-
ber 4065 by Mumme's Incorporated for a
grain receiving and storage plant which is
located one mile east of Hondo inf Medina
County, Texas. The plant is located at the
intersection of U.S. Highway 90 and Texas
Highway 173. this facility is emitting the
following air contaminants: Particulate
matter (grain dust).
A copy of all materials submitted by the
applicant is available for public inspection
at the Texas Air Control Board (TACB) San
Antonio Region 9 office at 4335. Piedras
West, Suite 101, San Antonio, Texas
78228, telephone (512) 734-7981 and at
the Texas Air Control Board, 12124 Park
35 Circle, Austin, Texas 78753. All inter-
ested persons may inspect these materials
and submit written comments to the Execu-
tive Director of the Texas Air Control
Board. Any person who may be affected by
emissions of air contaminants from the
proposed facility may request a contested
case hearing from the Board on the appli-
cation for continuance pursuant to Section
382.056(d) of the Te*as Health and Safety
Code. All comments and hearing requests
may be received in writing by February 21,
1992. All written comments submitted to
the Executive Director shall be considered
in determining whether to renew the per-
mit. All comments will be made available
for public inspection at the Texas Air Con-
trol Board Office in Austin.
Pub: Feb. 6,13, 1992
- zone Com
(2) Remaining acreage of 14.161 acre
tract to Mobile Home park District.
(3) 7.195 acre tract - zone Commercial
District.
Re-zoning of a portion of 1.86 acre tract,
F. Enderie #194, Abstract 362 as follows:
' (1) Southern most 62.81 ft (approx) of
the North 873.48 ft. tract of land from R3
(Residential 3) to Commercial District.
(2) Remaining north 810.67 ft. (approx)
from R3 (Residential 3) to Mobile Home
District.
Tony Hardt, Mayor
Attest:
Vangie Pimentel, City Secretary
Pub. Feb. 6, 1992
PUBLIC NOTICE
On January 14, 1992, an application
was filed with the Federal Communica-
tions Commission for the assignment of
the license of Radio Station KRME-AM
and the construction permit for radio sta-
tion KRBH-FMfrom Radio Medina, Inc., to
James G. Withers. KRME-AM is licensed
to Hondo, Texas, on 1460 kHz with a
daytime authorized power of 500 watts,
and a nighttime authorized power of 288
watts. The construction permit for KRBH-
FM authorizes the station to be licensed to
Hondo, Texas on 98.5 mHz with an effec-
tive radiated power of 3000 watts. Copies
of these applications and related materials
are on file for public inspection at KRME,
1605 Avenue K, Hondo, Texas, during
normal business hours.
Pub Jan. 23,30, Feb. 6, 1992 t
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