Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 21, 1985 Page: 1 of 16
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Volume 99, No. 12
Serving Medina County for 99 years
March 21, 1985 Two Sections, 24 Pages
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Asset control proposal
eyed by commissioners
BY VIC PARKER
The Medina County Commissioners
Court, -plans to take a look at a
proposal designed to provide it an
accurate, up-to-date schedule of fixed
assets in the county
That preliminary decision camp
during the court’s regular meeting
Monday morning after a representa-
tive of Asset Valuation, Inc of San
Antonio outlined the program and
explained what he termed the
benefits of tracking all assets owned
by the county
Curtis Stewart said the package
provides the means for "getting all
your fixed assets squared away " The
service offers a listing of lands owned
by the county, as well as rights-of
way and easempnts “From it. you can
generate reports which gives you
Crime prevention group
mulls plans, programs
A LOT OF SAU8AGE... on a big stick is shown
here by Hondo volunteer firemen as they pre- nines, raui uiowka, James "Chick" Tschir-
pare for their annual sausage supper Satur- hart, Gordon Weimers, Joe Tschirhart and
day at 5:30 p.m. at city park. Holding up their Fire Chief Sylvan Lutz
end of the bargain are, from left, Duane
Hines, Paul Glowka, James "Chick" Tschir-
Members of the Medina County
Crime Prevention Task Force plan
ning committee met last Thursday at
Hermann Sons Restaurant in Hondo
for updates on ongoing programs and
for discussion of upcoming and new
ideas to reach the public with ways to
For Swedish businessman
Path leads from Hawaii to Hondo
BY FRANCES PROCTOR
Hondo, Texas, is not a commonly-
known dty to the inhabitants of
Hawaii, yet that is where Swedish
businessman Tord Norberg first
heard of our community.
And, of all things, he learned about
Hondo because of a grease trap.
Sunworshipers who flock to the
tropical state tend to slather on
greasy suntan lotions while visiting
the beaches - and afterwards the
leftovers of a day in the sunshine are
washed down the drains of Hawaii’s
many hotels. Naturally, this tends to
cause enormous problems in hotel
drains, for greasy substances collect
in drains - as any homeowner can
probably attest.
A little over a year ago Norberg
was in Hawaii when he heard of a
product used in some hotels that
completely eliminated the stoppage
caused by grease build-up in drains
Not only that, but use of the product
virtually eliminated drain odor pro-
blems.
That product is manufactured in
Hondo.
The Scandinavian countries have
some of the oldest plumbing in the
world - and some serious drainage
problems. Norberg reasoned that this
product might be a boon to
municipalities, hotels, restaurants,
and even farmers in his country.
Further investigation put him in
contact with the Medina Agricultural
Products, Arthur and Stuart Franke
and Jack Megason. And from that
initial contact grew a business
venture that has the company's
organically safe product, Actina,
being distributed in many areas of
Scandinavia.
Municipal sewer lines in Stock-
holm, restaurant grease traps, sew-
age lift stations, fish canneries,
slaughterhouses, and manure pits for
hog raising operations have bene-
fitted from the use of Actina,
according to Norberg. He has
distributed approximately 1,000 gal-
lons of Actina in his country, mostly
to test the product. Now he is ready
to “go to work” selling the product in
earnest.
There are still a few “bugs” to be
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CJJ the weather.)
The Hondo Radar Station has
supplied the following weather in-
formation for this past week:
worked out. Shipping costs, the fact
that the dollar is loo strong to allow
the product to he sold at a low enough
price, and the fact that the equipment
used to inject the liquid into sewer
lines at regular intervals is not the
proper voltage for use in foreign
countries are at the top of the list of
problems to be tackled
The product, which is totally
natural, is a sfSh-off product that
came about through biological re-
search for Medina Soil Activator,
which was designed to work in soil.
Using a similar principle, the new
product was designed to work in
liquid It causes organisms that digest
solids, which are already present in
liquid waste, to multiply many times
over. These organisms change grease
and solids into liquid.
Just as the product originally came
about almost by accident, word of its
capabilities has spread in a similar
manner. Actina came to Hawaii
because a distributor from California
CofC banquet will offer
♦
atmosphere of fiesta
Wed., Mar. 13
High
80
Low
54
Rain
.97
Thu., Mar. 14
58
51
1.73
FYi., Mar. 15
54
48
.36
Sat., Mar. 16
59
49
.01
Sun., Mar. 17
62
44
.00
Mon., Mar 18
63
47
.00
Tue., Mar. 19
67
52
08
Mean high temp, for the week: 63.3
Mean low temp, for the week: 49.3
High temp, for 1985: 83 on Mar. 11
Low temp, for 1985:12 on Feb. 2
Total predp. for March: 3.25 indies
Total predp. for 1985: 7.04 inches
Predp. 1984, thur Mar 19: 2.79
Predp., 1984, thru Mar. 19: 2.79
Ola! at tendon senores, senoras y
senoritas...
Monday evening, March 25, is the
day to don your favorite Mexican
shirt or dress and head for the fiesta
at McDowell Cafeteria.
Beginning at 7:30 p.m., thus year’s
Hondo Chamber of Commerce Ban-
quet will feature a fiesta atmosphere,
complete with musical entertainment
by Tony and Theresa Hackebeil,
Carmen Barrientes, and Mariachi
Escamilla.
As in year’s past, the school
cafeteria ladies will prepare another
outstanding meal for everyone’s
satisfaction.
Highlight of the evening will be the
presentation of Citizen of the Year,
Farmer of the Year, ■ and other
awards, according to Chamber Exe-
cutive Secretary Diane Schiffers.
Presentations of a spedal flag and a
certificate signed by Governor Mark
White will recognize Hondo’s Sesqui-
Calendar set
for appearance
There’s a new feature coming in the
Hondo Anvil Herald It ’s The Hondo
Calendar of Events”.
Sponsored by The Hondo National
Bank, the calendar will appear in the
last issue each month of the Anvil
Herald to list times, dates and
locations of events planned for the
coming month. Next week’s calendar,
for example, will present in calendar
form special and regular events,
functions and meetings.
Readers and members of clubs are
invited to notify the Anvil Herald by
phone of such activities in April for
inclusion in next week’s calendar.
Eligible for listing are regular
meetings, special meetings, one-time
events, annual events and other types
of activities by civic clubs, charitable
organizations, school and church
clubs and other organizations.
Because of its form, the calendar
will make a handy reference item.
Just dip it from the paper, put it in a
prominent place and refer to it
through the month
Call the Anvil Herald at 426-3346
between 8 a m and 5 p m. to give us
your listing. The deadline is Tuesday
at 5 p.m
centennial Committee as officially
sandioned by the state The commit-
tee is currently making plaas for
Hondo’s celebration of Texas' 150th
birthday in 1986
Tickets for the Chamber Banquet
are $7.50 and may be obtained from
any diredor, the chamber officer or
at the door
suggested that it might be used to rid
drains of the suntan lotion build-ups
Although the product was deve-
loped in 1966 it was not widely
promoted, basically only by word of
mouth Now the company is planning
to expand its operation and distribu-
tion throughout the central United
States, as well as into Canada and the
Scandinavian countries.
Other Interests
Aside from his business ventures,
Norberg travels the world as a
Gideonite.
He currently has the distindion of
serving as one of nine diredors of the
Gideon Bible Sodety, which distri-
butes Bibles free-of-charge worldwide
to under-developed nations, schools,
universities, and prisons, as well as in
hotels and motels
Not only has his involvement with
the organization given him opportuni-
ties to fly to many places in the world,
Norberg has also traveled in jeeps,
cydes, and on foot to reach remote
villages
Just recently he spent six weeks in
Africa. He said many schools in that
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provide for their personal safety
Pat Ramontowski, representing
Devine and Natalia, reported that
area is organizing a 20 person task
force which will focus in the near
future on the county-wide engraving
program, security systems for vaca-
tion-time, and the formation of
neighborhood watches A meeting
was planned this week
In addition, the Devine-Natalia
Area Task Force will co-sponsor with
the Medina County Women's Crisis
Center a oommuinity forum on family
protedion scheduled for March 26.
This forum will emphasize the
prevention of and protedion from
sexual assault
Officer Kick Taylor, committee
chairman, reported that two neigh
borhood watch meetings had been
held in Hondo The homes of Fay
Walker and Don Schur were the sites
of these meetings which also featured
a film presentation about the value of
organization a watdi to the neighbor-
hoods
He also mentioned the family
safety seminar which was held this
past Monday at the Hondo High
School The seminar which was
presented as a part of the Hondo ITA
meeting was intended to familiarize
interested parents with the programs
which have been presented at area
schools
Helga Hendricks mentioned the
upcoming statewide campaign for
sexual awareness week, June 2-8, as a
chance for local promot ion of personal
safety
Others in attendance were Officer
Dick Boles, Deputy Sheriff Joe
Tschirhart, Nancy Bahl, Gaye Bip-
pert, Ann Parker, Bill Gray, DA
investigator and Hondo Chief of
Police Jerry Smith
controls for decision making
Stewart added
The spokesman said the program
includes tagging of all county-owned
equipment valued at $100 or more, or
with a life expectancy of two years or
more, as well as records on original
cost, replacement cost and current
value Such records Stewart addl'd,
are valuable for insurance purposes
and ran result in savings on
premiums
“It’s been well received everyplace
we’ve done this.' tie said arid we do
. a proper job in a profession;.!
manner ” Stewart said a ball park
figure on cost for such a service would
be $12 $15,000, adding that the price
depends on the amount of work
required to put the package tcigether
In addition, for a cost of some m
percent of the total, the company
each year provides updates to the
records Other counties utilizing the
service, Stewart noted are Maverick
Guadalupe, Frio and Zavala
Reponding to a question, Stewart
said the package includes labeling and
tagging of the equipment, as well as
the determination of road ownership
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Pair arrested
after stabbing
A 50-year-old Hondo man and his
24 year-old son were free on $10,000
bonds this week following t heir arrest
in connection with a stabbing incident
Saturday night
Francisco I eyva and ins son
Alfred, were charged with aggra\
ated assault with serious bodily
injury after 67 year-old Domingo
Tomes was stabbed in the right hand
and abdomen during an incident at
the Hondo Party House
Police reports show that officer
Rick Aguilar was dispatched to a
disturbance call at 10 50 pm last
Saturday As he arrived the two
suspects left the scene at a high rate
of speed Another officer was ori the
way to the scene, so Aguilar pursued
the pair and stripped them in the n00
block of 15th Street
Tomes was taken to Medina
Memorial Hospital where he was
treated and released according to a
hospital spokesman
Local production
Kid safety program
gets message across
Armed with g locally-produced
color slide presentation, complete
with special music, and a menagerie
of characters that would capture the
imagination of any youngster, Hondo
police officer Rick Taylor is getting a
message across to Hondo school
children.
Taylor presented his program on
safety, which he routinely hAs shown
to students in grades Kindergarten
through thfi-d since 1981, to approxi
mately 230 parents and children at a
PTA meeting Monday evening at the
Hondo High School audio-visual
room.
With the assistance of fellow dty
policemen, as well as sherii
officers, Department of Public Safe-
ty troopers, the local game warden,
and Hondo youngsters, Taylor has
produced a series of slide presenta-
tions which show interaction be-
tween the officers and young people
The slide presentations, shown at
this time mainly to benefit the
parents, were entitled ‘Policemen
Are Your Friends”, “Don't Run
Away”, and “Stranger Danger”
They were photographed around the
schools with music performed and
written by local people The
talking traffic light are among the
props Taylor uses to get the
children’s attention.
During the business session pre
ceding the police department’s
presentations, the nominating com-
mittee presentee} their suggestions
for next year’s officers Hilo del
Bosque was nominated for first vice
president; Linda Mooney, second
vice president; Nelwyn Borgens,
secretary; Joe Gauna, treasurer;
Patti Scott, Meyer school represent-
ative; Margaret Reus, McDowell
representative; and Debbi Johnson,
high school representative.
The PTA voted to allocate money
to purchase cooking equipment for
the homemaking department Mem-
bers have been saving Betty Crocker
coupons over the past year and the
money will be used to supplement
the coupon program
Meyer school representative
Susan Hines asked for volunteers to
help with the Meyer School Olym-
pics. Because of the changes in school
rules, high school students can no
longer be used to assist with the
program
The PTA is also planning to
“Stranger Danger” presentation was sponsor a spring dance at McDowell
financed by Bov Scout Troop 370 and School and Lorine Hackebeil asked
the Hondo PTA, with lyrics written for volunteers to help with refresh-
1 *— Lr~‘u Lutz, ments and to act as chaperones
and performed by Keith
assisted by Larry Neuman, and
recorded in the Bill Butler studio.
Puppet characters, McGruff and
Officer Ollie, Dusty Dillo and
Road’■’inner, an Omni-bot, and a
Anyone interested in working
with the PTA on these or any other
projects is asked to contact either of
the above or President Trisha
Rrennan
OFFICER RICK TAYLOR... smiles while Trisha Brennan
checks out the "Omni-bot" during a PTA-sponsored
seminar last Thursday night at Hondo High School. More
than 200 persons turned out for the event designed to
inform parents of efforts being made in the schools to alert
children to the hazards of strangers, as well as teaching
various safety tips. The robot is designed to draw attention
to safety messages.
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