Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 12, 1997 Page: 1 of 34
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A TOUGH ENDING TO A GREAT YEAR
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Volume 111, Number24
Thursday, June 12,1997
Our 111th Year
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Medina County's Leading Newspaper
Emmaus gathering
There wfllbe an Emmaus
gathering at-St. Paul Lutheran
Church Fridai'. Singing starts at
7:30 and worship at 8 p.m.
Begin!
to meet
nd students
Dowell
Screenings lift determine what
instrument new beginner band
students will play will be held
Tuesday, June 17. Fifth grade
students whose names begin with
A thru M should come to
McDowell Band Hall between 3
and 7 p.m.
Churches announce
summer service changes
St. Paul Lutheran Church will add
an 8 a.m. worship service June
through August.
Quihi's Bethlehem Lutheran
Church will not have Sunday School
in June, July and August. Worship
hour will be at 9 a.m.
First United Methodist Church of
Hondo will begin its summer service
schedule Sunday. Sunday School
will be held at 9:15 and worship be-
gins at 10:30 a.m.
Food Pantry to be closed
The Medina County Food Pantry
will be open on Mondays, Wednes-
days, and Fridays from 1 to 4 p.m.
The pantry will be closed Tuesdays
and Thursdays.
Annual, ladies
Agriculture Tour
The 21st annual Ladies' Agricul-
ture Tour, sponsored by Texas
Women for Agriculture, will be
held Tuesday, June 24. Registration
will be at 8:30, with the tour to
begin at 9 a.m. Lunch will be
included in the $5 registration fee.
In order to make arrangements for
lunch, please RSVP, 210-741-2132
by Tuesday, June 17. The tour will
feature Morales Feed Store,
Morales Feed Lot, Manhattan
Dairy Farm, and Desert Glory
Vegetable Farm.
Summer Recreation
underway at McDowell
The Summer Recreation
program is proving to be very well
attended this summer, according to
McDowell Principal Vicente Arcos.
The recreation program, sponsored
by the City of Hondo and Hondo
ISD, is being held thru July 3 at the
McDowell School campus, from
8:30 to 11:30 a.m. All students pre-
K through 8th grade are welcome.
The program offers arts, crafts,
nutrition program, table game
tournaments and outdoor games.
There is a $2 fee for participation
in the arts and crafts program. For
information, contact Arcos at 426-
2261.
Anvil Herald weather observer Gerry Bridges
reports the following information for the past
week:
Date
High
Low
Rain
Wed., June 4
93
67
.00
Thun., June 5
92
71
.00
Fri., June 6
82
71
.50
Sat., June 7
84
67
.00
Sun., June 8
89
72
.00
Mon., June 9
89
65
1.60
Tues., June 10
89
73
.00
Total rain for the week: 2.10 in.
Total tain for June: 2.10 in.
Total rain for 1997: 19.80 in.
Rainy days in 1997: 30
Avg. high temp, for the week: 88.3s
Avg. low temp, for the week: 69.4s
High temp, for 1997: 93s, on Apr. 21,
May 2, May 27, June 2 & June 4
Low temp, for 1997: 25s on Jan. 13
Bain in 1996, thru June 10:4.14 in.
i in mm
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Three Sections, 26 Pages
50 Cents
Aquifer management fees
to be paid by all water users
THREE LEGS ARE BETTER THAN.....It was a week of fun at the
Annual Meyer Elementary Olympics, held during the last few days of
the school year. Two kindergartners, Cynthia Garcia (left) and Ali
Matthews learn all about teamwork in the three-legged race. For more
photos from the Meyer Olympics, see page 9.
endship bridges
three generations
A friendship built during two
months of war preparations in France
in 1944 has bridged the years and
three generations.
On Monday Oliver and Sue Rein-
hart of D'Hanis welcomed visitors
from Nancy (pronounced non-SEE),
Lorraine, France. They are Maryse
Demange and Jean-Louis Levlier.
More than 50 years ago, Maryse's
grandparents made a young soldier
and his buddies feel at home during
their encampment in their village.
"Her grandmother did my laundry
for two months at Nancy, before the
big push into Germany," Reinhart
explained. "My buddies and I spent
a lot of time visiting with the
Toussaints. They made us feel at
home." Maryse's mother was six
years old.
Maryse's grandfather had a special
place in his heart for American sol-
diers. As a nine-year-old boy during
WWI, he lost his left arm. An Ameri-
:an soldier quickly applied a tourni-
quet and saved the boy's life. He
never forgot.
Reinhart never forgot the family
and went back twice to visit them.
Maryse was 17 the first time the
Reinharts went back to visit her fam-
ily, and 21 the second time.
Throughout the years, they kept in
touch.
Earlier this year, the Reinharts re-
ceived a letter from Maryse, inform-
ing them that her grandmother had
passed away in February at the age
of 97. And she asked if she could
come visit.
Maryse and Jean-Louis are finish-
ing their third trip to the United
States, but this was their first visit to
Texas. Both are tax collectors for the
state and are finishing out their 25-
day vacation. They had visited
Canada, New York, Washington,
Boston, Las Vegas, New Orleans and
the Reinharts at D'Hanis and were
on their way back to New Orleans
and then home.
rhe Toussaint family of Nancy, France, in December 1944 Included
l-r) Monique,and Gilbert Toussaint, Maryse's aunt and uncle; Gis6le
Demange, her mother; Emile Mercier, her great-grandfather; Denyse
Pignat, her aunt; Charlotte and Georges Toussaint, her grandmother
and grandfather.
the days of free-capture of aqui-
fer water are gone.
Agricultural users and municipal
wdl users over the Edwards Aquifer
— |or the first time - have to pay for
w^er pumped from their own land.
The Edwards Aquifer Authority
T\iesday approved pumping fee rates
of $2'per acre-foot for agricultural
users 4gd $11 per acre-foot for mu-
nicipal and industrial users, as well
l a $4.7 mittion operating budget.
1 fees are effective as of June 1.
' agricultural users have de-
_1j to show they've used
. in past years, they are re-
from pumping more than
gallons (or 2 acre-feet) of
water annually per acre.
It appears that ag users will find it
beneficial to install a measuring de-
vice for the entire period during
which groundwater is withdrawn.
If no measuring device is installed,
the well owner is responsible for
keeping detailed records and for pay-
ing an Aquifer Management Fee
equal to the Fee Rate multiplied by
4" (one-third of a foot) of water
pumped per acre of total irrigated
land, as reported in the declaration
of historical usage submitted in 1996.
Unless a meter is installed, the well
owner may request, in writing, to use
an alternative method of determin-
ing the amounts of water actually
withdrawn, and the General Manager
may adjust the permit fee statement
accordingly.
"It will probably be to their advan-
tage for ag users to keep track of their
use," said Luana Buckner, Medina
County Ground Water Manager and
EAA Board member.
The municipal and industrial fee,
for the seven remaining months of
1997, is $11 per acre foot. The an-
nual fee rate will be multiplied by 7/
12 of the maximum historical usage
to obtain the amount due from each
well owner.
The 1998 fee is $18 per acre-foot.
A discount is offered for payment
received within 15 days of the bill-
ing statement. Monthly payments
(with no discount) can also be made
by municipal and industrial users.
The new rules include an alterna-
tive supply adjustment that applies
mostly to municipal and industrial
users. Any well owner who utilizes
surface water instead of Edwards
Aquifer water for a majority of his
water supply will only be charged
50% of the Aquifer Management Fee
for 1997.
Currently, the city of New Braun-
fels is the only surface water user in
the area. The city of San Marcos,
Bexar Metropolitan (using Medina
Lake water), San Antono Water Sys-
tem, and others are working on sur-
face water plans.
For municipal users the fee is
based on the maximum withdrawal
for historic purposes (between 1973
andl993) which was declared in De-
cember 1996.
Concessions were also made to
adjust fee rates for rural water sys-
tems. If at least half of the water sup-
plied by these systems is used for
stock (agriculture), rural suppliers
will be charged 50% of their permit-
ted withdrawals at the municipal rate
and 50% at the agricultural rate.
All federal facilities are exempt
from the management fee.
While the Aquifer Authority has
not yet determined exact figures, the
City of Hondo estimates it will be
billed approximately $41,000 for
1997, a breakdown of approximately
$ 1.54 per customer per month.
City Council would have to deter-
mine whether to pass the charge
along as a separate line item, or to
increase water use fees to cover the
EAA fee.
Either way, consumers eventually
will pay more for the water they use.
Home remodeling fraud schemes
under investigation in Hondo area
FIRST IN STATE... Michael Tho-
mas Rothe of D'Hanis received
1st place at Texas A&M Univer-
sity for his outstanding Illustrated
Talk in Housing and the Environ-
ment Educational Contest. He is
the son of Louis and Susie Rothe
of D'Hanis and a member of the
Medina County 4H Club in
D'Hanis. Michael's demonstra-
tion, entitled "Team Up For Your
Environment," emphasizes the
importance of recycling for the
betterment of our environment.
The Hondo Police Department is
investigating a series of "theft by
fraud"-sty!e offenses involving out
of town home remodelers.
Local residents are advised to re-
port any recent problems with
remodelers. At least three local home
owners are believed to have been
defrauded by subjects over the last
month.
In general, when dealing with
home repair firms, use the follow-
ing safety measures:
1) Check references. Don’t just
drive by a home and look at it. Stop
and see if your contractor did the
work on time and within the amount
promised.
2) Be very cautious when dealing
with unsolicited sales innuiriec.
Lake claims 19-year-old
The body of a 19-year-old girl was
pulled from Medina Lake in Bandera
County about 8:30 p.m.Sunday,
more than five hours after she left a
group of friends. A non-swimmer,
she apparently was walking along the
bank when she slipped down the
steep cliff and fell into the water, ac-
cording to a Texas Parks and Wild-
When someone drives by and thinks
that your home needs repairs, or they
are in your area with left over mate-
rials, go slowly.
3) Get it in writing and read the
fine print. Promises made verbally
aren’t very binding in court any
more.
4) Don’t release the money from
the mortgage company until all the
work is done. In at least some cases
locally, the suspects are convincing
the home owner to tell the out-of-
town mortgage company that repairs
and remodeling are complete, when
in effect they are not. The mortgage
company can and will attach liens to
property and it is important that you
sign nothing stating die work is com-
plete until you are fully satisfied.
life game warden. Although the re-
sults of an autopsy were not yet avail-
able, the death appeared to be an ac-
cidental drowning.
Police identified the body Tuesday
as that of Sarah Diaz of Rosenberg,
daughter of Thomas Diaz of San
Antonio.
final out of the 3A state championship game Saturday evening at Disch-Falk Field In Austin. The Hallettsville
Brahmas celebrate their 6-3 win, while the Panthers' best season ever comes 0 a dose at 28-5.
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