The Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1982 Page: 1 of 22
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ONE OF THESE...Hondo
girls will reign as the 1982
Junior Miss. Contestants
competing in Saturday's
pageant include (1 to r)
Yvonne Bailey, Norma Cara
hajal. Stacey Pope.fjammy
Oefinger, Dianna l.indeburg,
l.ibby Nations. Johnette
Devers. Hebecca Hollmig.
Kim Adlong, Dawn Thomp-
son. Deena Schur, Lynda
\nderson. Star VVernette
and Michelle Heyen. Not
pictured is Leslie Hellen.
‘Photo by Terry Teague)
Junior Miss to pass
crown to 1982 winner
Andrea Saathoff. Hondo's
1981 Junior Miss will relin-
quish her title this Saturday
‘August 281 when one of 14
Hondo girls is crowned as
the 1982 Junior Miss
The theme of the second
annual Junior Miss Pageant
is "inn years in God's
Country." which relates to
this years celebration of
Hondo's centennial
The pageant is sponsored
by the Hondo Chamber of
Commerce and will begin at
! pm in the Hondo High
School Activity Center Ad
mission is $2 for adults and
Si for students
Contestants competing for
this year's title are Yvonne
Bailey. Johnette Devers.
Tammy Oefinger. Norma
Carabajal. Kim Adlong.
Deena Schur. Rebecca Hol-
lmig. l.ibby Nations. Star
Wernette. Dianna Linde
burg. Leslie Hellen. Michelle
Heyen Lynda Anderson and
Stacey Pope
Scholarships and donors
for tin' event include Sinn
trom the Hondo Chamber of
Commerce, tuition and fees
to S W T Junior College for
the winner of the Junior
Miss title first runner up
receives $400 from the Corn
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
Word came to me this week that three
Hondo residents took first place in their divisions
at the Folklike Festival's, Com Shucking event.
James Beakley of Hondo won the Children’s
Division (up to 12 years old) with a time of I
minute, IS2 'seconds. Winning the Youth Division
(ages 111 - 17) was Hondoan Michelle Heyen,
shucking at a rate of 1 minute and 3 seconds.
Cappi Heyen of Hondo took the W omen's Division
with her 1 minute, 7 second time. In the Men's
Division, Charles Hanson of San Antonio won
first place with a time of I minute and 20 seconds
munity National Bank, se-
cond runner up receives
Slot) from Quality Title
In addition to these
awards the contestant scor
mg highest in the scholastic
competition will receive a
S too scholarship from Coca
Cola Bottling <'o ol 1 'valde
Gift certificates will he
awarded to contestants e\
idling m other motor areas
ol competition
Saturday's activities tor
the contestants will begin
with a Coke party at 2 Hi
pm hosted by Mrs Lloyd
Hardt During this party.
the judges will interview
each contestant individually
Judges include Deanna
Kempcn ol Somerset.
Cynthia Strait of Devine,
and Martha St Clair of San
Marcus Tabulator will he
"in- i nates ol l astroviHe
\t the pageant Saturday
e emtm the girls will per
lorm and be pidged on a
group dance routine Youth
litnc" individual talent -
Creative and |x4'lnrinm°g
arts and iormal evening
attire Poise and \ppear
line
i it her entertainment dur
mg the pageant will be
provided by Lisa Biasing and
The Forget-Me-Nots" ‘last
vear s contestants 1
Master ol Ceremonies lor
I he show will be Harley
Eckhart others helping
a. ith the pageant include
stevc Kosub, publicity and
-I age manager Riva Boubef.
1 horeogrnpher; Kevin
Bader art work and scenic
desici) and \mi Reese, ta-
ient idv isor
Tile winner ol the "182
!■ iniiii Pageant vv ill advance
to the State Pageant in early
! UHI
THE FIRST DAY . of school
for these Hondo Kindergar-
ten students marked the
beginning of 13 long years of
public schooling. These stu-
dents entered Meyer Ele-
mentary Wednesday toting
lunch pails, school boxes,
and hook satchels. More first
day school photographs will
he published in next week's
newspaper. (Photo by Tony
Mendoza)
Court records moved to City Hall
LITTLE LEAGUE OFFICERS
for the 1983 season were elected Tuesday
night. They are Louis Garcia, president; Simon
Arcos, Jr., hoy's vice-president; Marilyn Brucks.
girl’s vice-president; Rita Moos, secretary; Emily
Cowan, treasurer; Candy Santillano, boy's player
agent; and Rita Vance, girl’s player agent.
The court records for the
City of Hondo were moved
Tuesday to the Municipal
Building 1600 Ave M> in
order to provide better
Municipal Court and Court
Clerk operations and for the
convenience ol citizens
According to Municipal
Court Judge Harold F. Her-
ring. the Municipal Building
is more centrally located for
all the citizens, particularly
those without transporta-
tion.
"My office is located in the
Medina County Courthouse.
Room 107 I will be available
to advise citizens of their
rights if help is requested,"
Herring said
NEWS THAT YOl BRING
. into the Hondo Anvil Herald office in person
or over the telephone is greatly appreciated here
because it makes my job just a little bit easier.
For a tow n this size, Hondo has a comparative-
ly large amount of news to cover and I need all
the help you can give to provide the complete
coverage you want to see in this weekly
newspaper.
I'm sure it takes time and effort for you to
prepare and bring in your news stories, but keep
them coming. The more information that comes to
this desk, the more local news will appear in
Thursday's editions.
They do not have to be perfectly written
without any grammatical or spelling errors. All
mistakes that get into the paper are my fault, so
dont worry about it.
Because it is my responsibility for editing copy,
1 must reserve the right to alter your copy as I
see fit. That includes all changes and the
possihililv that I may not be able to use your
story at all for one reason or another.
However most news stories of local value have
found their way into the paper.
Please •w" to page 2
Commissioners propose
16>cent tax rate increase
Medina County plans to
raise taxes 16 cents on the
$100 valuation for 1982, and
because the law requires a
public hearing for raises this
large, one will be held at the
courthouse September 7 at 2
pm
If your valuation does not
change, this would mean a
sustantial increase If valua-
tion rise, it is even more, and
if they are lowered, the total
taxes could he less
Judge Jerome Decker said
the raise was made neces-
sary by inflation, the cost of
a new jail addition, more
services being provided, and
the possibility that more
money will be required by
the city-county hospital
ITotests were heard at
the Hondo school hoard from
individuals who did not like
The City of Hondo is
holding a public hearing on
September 2. 1982 at 7:30
p m at City Hall for the
proposed use of Revenue
Sharing Entitlement Period
14 Unappropriated en'itle-
ment funds in Revenue Shar-
ing Fund $1,686.86. Amount
the idea of a 4 cent increase,
but there is no indication
thus far that the same
individuals will be present at
the county hearing
of EP 14 funds expected to
be received during fiscal
year is $81,077. Also to be
discussed amendments to
Entitlement Period 13 All
interested citizens are in-
vited to attend and may
submit written or oral sug-
gestions
City plans hearing
Lawsuits burden
HISD taxpayers
Paying the lawyers was a
major topic of discussion at
Tuesday night’s Hondo In-
dependent School District
board meeting. Nearly
$66,000 has been spent in the
last few years in two cases
involving the school, and the
end is not yet in sight.
When the Mexican Ameri-
can Legal Defense organiza-
tion sued the board to seek
more bilingual education,
and the end of the no blue
jeans rule for girls, the
board paid out $14,219.82 in
their unsuccessful defense of
the case, and then were
ordered by the judge to pay
$ 1 1.482.57 to the lawyers
who brought the suit against
the board
In the matter of the Hondo
National Bank, and their suit
against the board on the
rights of the school district
to levy taxes against the
capital stock of the bank,
along with taxation on pecan
groves owned by affiliates of
the bank, the legal fees to
date amount to $40,206.77.
Superintendent Bud
Woolls advised the board
and a small number of spect-
ators that if the board wins
the case, they might be able
to recover the legal costs
against the bank, but that it
would depend on the judge’s
decision.
A final decision date from
the district court is expected
to be near the end of
-October, 1982, according to
Supt Woolls. He said that
briefs from both sides were
due by September 13, and
there would be 15 days for
response That would be bv
Sept 28, and Judge Jack
Woodley has indicated that
he would rule within 30
days.
Jack Gruber and Glenn
McWilliams spoke to the
board, and said they ob-
jected to the fact that the
Hondo National Bank’s un-
paid taxes were causing
them to have to pay addi-
tional taxes.
If the Hondo National
Bank loses the tax suit case,
the total delinquent taxes
and interest due to the
school will be about
$113,240.68, according to the
superintendent. About 31
percent of the unpaid taxes
are charged against the
bank
In another part of the
unpaid tax discussion, Supt.
Woolls said that the board
had actually foreclosed on
some property, and that it
would be offered for sale
when they could get the
papers served by the sheriff
The board voted to in-
crease taxes for next year by
4 cents on the $100 valua-
Please turn to page 2
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22 PXGES IN TWO SKCTIONS
INC U DIM; ONE ADVERTISING INSERT
EUWD requests
public opinion
Residents* of Medina
County will have an oppor-
tunity to express their con-
cerns related to the future of
water supply and consump-
tion over the Edwards Aqui-
fer at the Edwards Under-
ground Water District's
fourth regional forum sche-
duled at 7 3(1 p m Wednes-
day. September 1. in the
Hondo High School audio-
visual room
The primary purpose of
the forum, according to
Bruce T Foster of Medina
County, EUWD board chair-
man. is to encourage full
discussion of w ater issues as
a regional mnlter and to
develop a consensus to
w hich the EWUD and other
water agencies may refer in
dealing with future water
requirements.
Forums have been held in
New Braunfels. San Antonio
and Uvalde, and the final
Gill Savings Association
will hold the grand-opening
of its new facility in Hondo
on Saturday, August 28.
Located adjacent to Gill
Savings' Home Office in
Hondo, the new annex in-
cludes two drive through tel-
ler lanes and a vault contain
ing 282 safe deposit boxes of
five different sizes. The
grand opening activities are
scheduled to begin with a
meeting, followed the forum
in Hondo, will be held Sept
15 in San Marcos. Foster
said
For the Hondo forum.
Tom Fox. EUWD general
manager in San Antonio, has
listed the following as issues
that may be addressed by
participants and by panel
members.
Should an aquifer protec
tion and conservation plan
be developed'’
Should such a plan be
based upon a "safe yield"
method of operation or on a
method that results in
"mining" of ground water'1
Under the "safe yield"
method, what level of well
discharge is desirable'1 What
provision should be made for
Comal and San Marcos
Springs'1 Under what condi-
tions should surface water
he substituted for ground
water"1
/
ribbon-culling ceremony .it 9
a m Mayor Andy Patterson
will officiate
Rare collectible coins will
be given away to the first
300 visitors to the branch
The coins range from Lin
coin pennies worth lone dol
lar. to Franklin onelhalf dol
iffs worth $10, to silver
dollars worth $100. One
lucky winner w ill receive a
one-ounce gold Krugerrand
Under the "mining" opera
tion. is there any absolute
lower limit to the average
water levels that is desir-
able'1
Studies have pointed out
that there are potential ef-
fects of the "no action alter-
native" on downstream wa-
ter users, including bays and
estuarites To what extent
should these effects be con-
sidered in an aquifer protec-
tion and management plan0
What level of government
should develop an aquifer
protection and conservation
plan" Individual communi-
ties. local, state or federal"
Who should participate in
the development of a protec-
tion and conservation plan"
How should it be financed"
Should a protection and
conservation plan consist of
clearly identifiable phases
implemented as needed or
Please turn to page 3
annex
Refreshments will be
served and guests are wel-
come to lour the new faci-
lity. as well as the main
building
For this spqgjgJ__event.
Branch Manager Carol Long
and her staff of 13 will
extend business hours on
Saturday. August 28. from 9
a in until 3 p m.
Everyone is invited to
attend
Gill Savings adds
Gll.l, SAVINGS...converted
this one-time gasoline sta-
tion in Hondo into a new
facility for the savings and
loan association. The new
annex is located on the west
side of the present Gill
Savings' Home Office on
llighwav 9(1. The annex in
chides two drive-through
teller lanes and a vault
containing 282 safety deposit
tunes.
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Helvey, Pam Nester. The Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1982, newspaper, August 26, 1982; Hondo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth817662/m1/1/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hondo Public Library.