Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 110, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1996 Page: 1 of 38
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Volume 110, Number 20
Thursday, May 16,1996
Published In Hondo, Texas
Our 11 Oth Year
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Band Concert
All band progranj students, 5th
through 12th grades, will present
their free Spring Concert, beginning
at 6 p.m. tonight, Thursday, May 16,
at the Knights of Columbus Hall. A
Fajita Supper precedes the concert,
beginning at 4:30 p.m.
M6S.
Post
The regular meeting of Hal Jones
Post 128, American Legion, will be
held Monday, May 20,7:30 p.m., at
the Hondo Community Center, 1014
18th St.
Eastern Star
Hondo Order of the Eastern Star
will hold a regularly-stated meeting
On May 20, in the Hondo Masonic
Lodge building on Avenue Q. Wor-
thy Matron Jeannine Guinn urges all
members to attend as the Memorial
Program will be presented by Mrs.
Maxine Nance, Worthy Matron of
Uvalde Chapter, OES. Meeting will
start at 7:30 p.m. and refreshment
will be served afterwards.
"Try Transit" Week
If you have ever considered trying
public transportation, this week is
"Tiy Transit" Week. If you'd like to
know more about the local transit
program, call 741-6162. and ask how
your transportation system can help.
Silver-hair election May 28
The Texas Silver Haired Legisla-
ture Disc 4 election will be held May
28. Absentee voting is thru May 17
and ballots are available at the Hondo
Senior Nutrition Center, 808 A
Harper, in Hondo.
Art Feet planned
Medina Valley Ait Society is spon-
soring its second annual Art Fest
Saturday, May 18,10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
at the Moye Center in Castroville.
Summer Recreation
The Hondo Summer Recreation
program will begin Monday, May 27,
and will run from 8:30 to 11:30 daily.
More information will be published
next week.
Freshman registration
meeting set May 21
All current eighth graders headed
for high school and their parents are
asked to attend a meeting Tuesday,
May 21, 7 p.m. at McDowell Caf-
eteria. The meeting will be about reg-
istering for high school.
Where's Joe?
The Hondo High School Class of
1956 is planning a reunion and has
contacted all but one class member.
If anyone knows how to contact Joe
Conley, please call Marian Linde-
burg, 426-3102.
Try Transit
Today is "Try Transit" Day. You
can learn more about our rural trans-
portation program by calling Medina
County Public Transportation, 741-
6162. See story inside. Folks over 60
can get a free local transportation
pass coupon at the Anvil Herald of-
fice and at several other locations in
town.
Who's got the books?
Elmo Pope at the Hondo Area
Chamber of Commerce said he has
loaned out two books that were
loaned to him and he needs to get
them back...but he forgot to make
note of who borrowed them. If you
borrowed The Time It Never Rained
or H. 9: ZacfttyrThe Man from
Elmo, please take the books back to
him so he can get them back to the
owners.
NEW BOARD MEMBER... Royce Graff takes the oath of office from
Patricia Guinther after being declared winner of the District 4 Hondo
ISD School Trustee election on May 4.
Medina County declared
a drought disaster area
Local fanners and ranchers will
now be eligible to apply for low-
interest loans as a result of a declara-
tion by the U.S. Agriculture Depart-
ment that designates Medina County
as a drought disaster area.
Agriculture Secretary Dan Glick-
man officially declared Frio County
as a disaster area on May 8. U.S. Rep.
Frank Tejeda released the document
on Monday. Also covered in the dec-
laration are all counties contiguous to
the named county. Therefore, in
addition to Frio County, eligibility
exists in Dimmitt, La Salle, McMul-
len, Medina, Uvalde and Zavala
counties.
The declaration means that a fam-
ily-sized farm operator in an eligible
county is now able to apply fa- a low-
interest emergency loan from the
federal Farm Service Agency.
According to Glickman's notifica-
tion letter to Governor George W.
Bush, each application is considered
on its own merits. The agency takes
into account such factors as the
extent of loss, security, repayment
ability and other eligibility require-
ments when making decisions con-
cerning the applications.
this most recent declaration adds
to ^rapidly growing list of disaster-
designated counties statewide. As of
Tu£(layt 41 counties were eligible
for drought relief.
Local provider says "Try Transit"
Police identify
fake currency
The Hondo Police Department is
asking the community to be on the
lookout for counterfeit ten dollar
bills. Two of these fake notes were
identified at local restaurants on
Monday and Tuesday.
"People should be able to identify
them pretty easily," police chief
Marvin Ivy said. "The quality of the
print is not very good.”
Citizens are warned to be careful in
transactions involving ten dollar
bills, and should report the discovery
of counterfeit currency or any other
relevant information to the Hondo
P.D. or to the Secret Service.
Anvil Herald weather observer Gerry
Bridges reports the following information
for the past week:
Date .
Wed., May 8
Thun., May 9
PH., May 10
Sat., May 11
Sun., May 12
Mon., May 13
Tues., May 14
Medina County Public Transpor-
tation refuses to keep company with
the lonely Maytag repairinan. It pro-
vides vital services and not only
wants to be known, but wants to be
used regularly and by many people.
"The message we want to get out
is that public transportation is for
everyone," said Assistant Director
Beverly Lutz. "We provide services
for the whole community, not just
special segments of the population."
For information or reservations,
call 741-6162. Inquiries are wel-
comed. "If you have an idea, call and
see if we can do it," said Lutz.
"The transportation program is
growing in Medina County and we
are seeing an increase in ridership,"
she added. "Our future plans include
obtaining a handicap-accessible van
and we are currently looking at get-
ting a large vehicle which will carry
two wheelchairs and 15 passengers.
Public transportation can take
people anywhere in town: to the
store, visit friends, pay bills, shop-
ping, doctor appointments, school,
work, and more. Local transportation
costs $1 for all ages, available Mon-
day thru Friday. Call in advance to
make appointments.
Special demand response transpor-
tation is available for $2 in these ar-
eas: Castroville-LaCoste, every
Thursday; Hondo-D'Hanis-Yancey,
Monday thru Friday; and Devine-
Natalia-Lytle, Monday thru Friday.
Transportation to San Antonio is $14
per person and is available Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday. Any other
Beverly Lutz, assistant director; Trudy Alexander, clerk; Rita Torres,
dispatcher; and Jon Huesser, one of six drivers, are pictured with a
Medina County Transportation System vehicle and its ACT logo. Other
drivers are Rogelio Ramirez and Joe Connolly in Hondo and Valdimar
Campos, Ed Sepulveda and Jack Franklin in Devine.
Jay, a trip to San Antonio costs $24.
With at least 24-hour-advance-
scheduling, you can be transported
almost anywhere in the area.
Special recreational/social trips
are also offered, such as to the dog
races in Corpus Christi, the IMAX
Theatre in San Antonio, Riverwalk,
Sea World, Fiesta Texas, Botanical
Gardens, Uvalde Opera House, Aus-
tin to visit the capital, San Marcos
for shopping, and various other
places of interest.
"These trips fill up fast when they
are announced," said Lutz, so we al-
High
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Total min for the week: 0.70 in.
Total rain for M«y: 0.70 in.
foul rain for 1996:2.89
Rainy days in 1996:8
Avg. high temp, for the week: 87.6°
Avg. low temp, for the week: 72*
High temp, for 1996:101s, on Apr. 19
Low temp, for 1996:18s, on Feb. 4
Rain in 1993, thra May 14: 10.13 in.
Rain in 1994, thru May 14:13.74 in.
Use of public transportation
encouraged in Try Transit event
"Try Transit Day" is today, Thurs-
day, May 16, This day has been lo-
cally set aside out of Try Transit
Week, an annual campaign to make
transit customers out of dedicated
drivers.
Texas Department of Transporta-
tion (TxDOT), Alamo Area Council
of Government^ (AACQG), and VIA
Metropolitan lYansit in San Antonio,
have coordinated a special event to
share the history and stories of vari-
ous locations along the VIA Vistas
Cultural Route (#7).
Buses and vans from AACOG's
rural public transportation program,
ACT will bring participants from
seven counties to San Antonio for the
event and a special news conference.
The day is set aside to celebrate
"mobility" and the experience of get-
ting from rural communities into San
Antonio by way of local rural public
transportation, which is available
Mondays thru Fridays upon request.
Those participating from Medina
County are Sandy Kunkel, Joseph
Witt,Beverly Lutz, Lorraine Miller,
James Crawford, Gloria Crawford,
and Leroy Miller.
Rosales stamps down
job as new postmistress
The Hondo Post Office received a
permanent addition on Monday, as
Cynthia Rosales began her reign as
postmistress.
Rosales, a San Antonio
native,brings 19 years of U.S. Post
Office experience to Hondo. She
began her employment immediately
out of high school, and has held a
position in marketing for the last 12
years. In her last job before being
promoted to postmistress, Rosales
managed the postal business center
in San Antonio.
"I'm very excited," Rosales said.
"I'm looking forward to working
with the people in Hondo. It's a nice
change from the hustle and bustle of
the big city."
Rosales, who plans on commuting
each morning from San Antonio, is
married with two children, ages nine
and three. Her husband also works
for the post office.
Cynthia Rosales
"I'll be out here for quite some
time," she said. "I hope to get closer
to the community and have the op-
portunity to get to know people one
on one."
Water efficient practices for
saving your landscape
Drought conditions are severe
from the Rio Grande Valley to the
Panhandle. Several communities,
including San Antonio and Corpus
Christi, have implemented manda-
tory water rationing to reduce mu-
nicipal water use. A primary target
of water rationing plans is landscape
water use.
In an attempt to reduce landscape
water use, the Texas Agricultural
Extension Service is conducting
programs for Texans on Xeriscape
landscaping, quality landscaping
that conserves water and protects
the environment. Wayne Scholtz,
Medina County Extension Agent-
Agriculture, reports that this con-
cept is an innovative, comprehen-
sive approach to landscaping for
water conservation and environ-
mental protection.
Five articles, which will be re-
leased over the next few weeks, are
designed to describe the basics of
Xeriscape landscaping and to pro-
vide timely tips to reduce the im-
pact of the drought on landscapes
and Texas water resources.
For more information contact the
Medina County Extension Office
or Douglas F. Welsh, Extension
Horticulturist, Texas A&M Uni-
versity, 225 HFSB, College Sta-
tion, Tx 77843-2134, (409) 845-
7341.
Equipment operator
dies in attack by bees
A bee attack ten miles north of
D'Hanis on Wednesday morning left
one man dead and another hospital-
ized.
The bees made their attack while
the men were operating bulldozers
on F.M. 17%. A call for help was
made at approximately 10:45 a.m.,
but John Nuckles, age 56 of Sabinal,
passed away before pol ice or medical
personnel arris ed. The medical ex-
aminer has yet to determine the exact
cause of dBath.
His son, 25 year old Clay Nuckles,
was taken to D'Hanis High School,
where he was later airlifted to Meth-
odist Hospital in San Antonio. He
was listed in undetermined condition
as of Wednesday evening. It was also
uncertain at press time whether or not
the attackers were Africanized
honeybees.
Hondo man killed in
single-vehicle accident
ways encourage people to call in
quickly when trips are announced.
A regular school bus service in
town is also offered in Hondo and
Devine, with both programs so popu-
lar that they have waiting lists.
School bus services are by contract
between parents and the system. Un-
ruly students can be excluded from
the service. Contracts also require
that a parent be present when the
child is delivered home from school.
Summer School transportation is
now being arranged and there are still
a few openings.
There are some special services for
senior citizens. Transportation to and
from the Senior Nutrition Centers in
Hondo and Devine is free.
Special coupons are now being
distributed for free transporation
within the community for anyone
over 60. These coupons are available
from any of the Community Net-
works organizations and at the Anvil
Herald office. This program is
funded by a Texas Department of
Transportation grant according to the
number of individuals over 60 who
use the system.
The program was originally begun
by Alamo Area Council of Govern-
ments (AACOG) as a service for se-
nior citizens, but has now been ex-
panded to include all citizens.
A one-vehicle accident near
D'Hanis on Saturday night proved to
be fatal for a Hondo resident.
Michael B. Johnson, 41, was pro-
nounced dead at the scene after the
Volkswagon Jetta he was a passenger
in struck a cow on F.M. 17%, about
six miles north of D'Hanis.
According to DPS officials, the ac-
cident occurred at about 11:15 PM on
the evening of May 11. A stray cow
in the middle of the road was struck
from behind by the vehicle, and the
animal then proceeded to roll onto
the hood, peeling back the roof of the
car. Johnson appeared to have been
killed instantly.
The driver of the car, Louis F. Mor-
gan of Sabinal, was treated and re-
leased from Medina Community
Hospital. He was charged with in-
toxication manslaughter.
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