Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 9, 1993 Page: 1 of 20
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Volume 107, Number 49
Thursday, December 9,1993
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McDowell PTO
meets tonight
The McDowell PTO will meet
Thursday, Dec. 9, (tonight) 7 p.m.
before the band concert in Room
213. Plans will be made for a
Christmas Dance.
McDowell bands
in concert tonight
Members of the 5lh, 6th and
Junior High and Jr. High Jazz bands
will perform their Christmas Con-
certs tonight in the McDowell gym,
beginning at 7:30 p.m.
ASCS open house set
On Wednesday, Dec. 15, from 9
to 11 a.m, open house will be held
at the Agriculture Stabilization and
Conservation (ASCS) office. The
Office is located at 3102 Avenue G
in Hondo.
Anyone who is interested is in-
vited to come by, take a look around
and learn about the functions of the
Medina County ASCS office.
Post office announces
holiday business hours
The Hondo Post Office will be
expanding business hours to better
serve postal customers during the
busy holiday mailing season, Post-
master Bfenny Gonzales said.
During the expected peak period
of Dec. 11 through Dec. 23, the
Hondo Post Office will be open
weekdays from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.
and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Hoop tourney begins
Basketball fans can partake of a
lot of hoops this weekend when the
13th Annual Hondo Basketball
Tournament tips off today.
First and second round girls' ac-
tion takes place today at 1 p.m.
Hondo opens with Lytle at 2:30 in
the Activities Center. Boys play
begins Friday at 1. Hondo faces
Carrizo Springs in a round one
match at 2:30.
Final rounds will take place all
day Saturday.
p the weather..
The Hondo Radar Station report! the follow-
ing weather information for the past week:
Date
High
Low
Rain
Wed., Dec. 1
75
60
.00
Thu., Dec. 2
76
65
.00
Fri., Dec. 3
74
59
tr.
Sat., Dec. 4
72
40
.00
Sun., Dec. 5
76
35
.00
Mon., Dec. 6
70
50
tr.
Tue., Dec. 7
69
52
.00
Total rain for the week: Trace
Total rain for December: Trace
Total rain for 1993: 16.39 in.
Rainy days in 1993: 67
Avg. high temp, for the week: 73.
Avg. low temp, for the week: 51.6°
High temp, for 1993: 99°,
on July 23 & July 30
Low temp, for 1993: 23°, on Oct. 31
Rain in 1992, thru December 7: 44.02 in.
Rain in 1991, thru December 7: 28.81 in.
Centilli appointed
Party chairwoman
Tuesday night, Margaret Centilli
of Devine was appointed Medina
County Democratic Party Chairman
by the six county precinct chairmen.
Centilli will serve in the position
until April. _
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Cervantes hired
as city secretary
SEE SANTA?... Santa was almost lost among the Hondo Library's Story Hour participants Wednesday.
The youngsters swarmed at the chance to have their photo taken with Santa. Santa visited with the children
during a Christmas party held at the library especially tor the pre-school Story Hour participants.
Emergency Service District 1
Board members appointed
Tuesday night ihc city council
voted lo offer the position of city
secretary to Beatrice Cervantes of
Lubboek at $27,500. Cervantes ue-
ccpled the city's offer Wednesday
morning during a telephone conver-
sation with City Manager Scott Wall.
She will begin work with the city on
Jan. 10, 1994.
The motion to offer the position to
Cervantes was made by Councilman
Bill Cogburn and seconded by Coun-
cilman Greg Baldasarri. Councilman
Joel Curtis was absent.
The decision was not unanimous
as Councilwoman Judith Glasscock
voted no and said, "I would like logo's
on record that I firmly do not believe
wc should go out of the community
for someone that docs not have the
education, when we’ve got someone
in the community with a Masters
Degree in Urban Administration."
Before making their decision,
council members interviewed seven
candidates, including three Hondo
residents.
The council voted to offer Cervan-
tes a starting salary of $27,500 plus
moving expenses, a raise to S28.000
alter 90 days and another raise to
$29,000 after six months if Cervantes
completes the probationary period
successfully.
Cervantes, 32, is the deputy city
secretary of Lubbock, a position she
has held since Aug. 1984. From April
1981 toAug. 1984, she was secretary
to the Lubbock Police Department
Budget and Research Department.
She was graduated from the Esta-
eado High School in Lubbock and
attended Texas Tech University.
In addition to her nine-years expe-
rience as deputy secretary for the city
ol Lubbock, Cervantes has partici-
pated as a volunteer in Toys for Tots,
United Way Campaign, annual blood
drive and other charitable causes.
She is a member of Towncricrs
Toastmasters, International Institute
of Municipal Clerks, Texas Munici-
pal Clerks Association and is en-
rolled in the Texas Municipal Clerks
Certification Program. „
Cervantes is bilingual and has
helped with the Spanish translation
of legal documents.
Monday, the commissioners court
appointed five board members to the
Emergency Service District 1 board.
Appointed to onc-ycar terms were
Peggy Schreiner Trulove anJ Fred
Burtncr. Appointed to two-year
terms were Sammy Tschirhart,
Danny McGrath and Jacinto
Medellin.
Delinquent tax collections
Tom Cate and Erik Dahlcrof Lytic
asked the commissioners court lo
consider their firm, Thomas P. Cate,
during the process to select a firm lo
assist in collecting delinquent prop-
erty lax for the county and county
school districts.
Cate said that his firm is familiar
with the legal issues facing local
governments because their office
currently collects delinquent prop-
erty taxes for Atascosa County, sev-
eral cities and school districts. He
made a presentation to the court and
provided the commissioners with a
handout showing examples of tax
collection work done by his firm.
The current contract for collecting
delinquent taxes expires Dec. 30,
1993.
Henry Steen and Francisco Cas-
tillo of Parmer, Archer, Young &
Steen, the linn presently engaged by
the county to collect its delinquent
taxes, were present.
County Tax Asscssor/Collector
Loraine Neuman said that Steens
firm has been doing a "fine job" for
Medina County, and she would like
for the county to retain them. She
said that there is no reason to change
at-this point, and each year, the firm
has collected more delinquent taxes
than the court budgeted for collec-
tion.
After further discussion, the court
tabled the item until Monday.
Detention center bids/contracts
The court clarified an action taken
last week to authorize Glenn Mucn-
nink of the county juvenile probation
center to advertise for bids on a two-
way radio system, a computer system
and a building lor the detention cen-
ter.
There was a question as whether
last week's approval lo advertise for a
hid was for bids on a portable build-
ing or on a permanent structure sincer"
the motion last week did not specify
a permanent structure. '*-«• -
Mucnnink had said he would pre-
fer an addition to the existing juvenile
detention center with a fire wall be-
tween the buildings.
A motion was made and unani-
mously passed which authorized die
bid to be for cither a portable building
or a permanent structure.
Preliminary approval was given
for the fiscal-year 1994 short-term
contract for detention of juvenile of-
fenders and the long-term contract
for residential services between
Medina County and Burnet County.
Criminal justice computer
Sheriff Wesley Scott voiced his
objections to adding financial dcparl-
mentsof Medina County to the crimi-
nal justice computer system that is
being installed.
County Judge Donald E. Campsey
had previously stated that he is in
favor of a multi-user system to allow
others in the courdiouse to use die
criminal justice computer system.
Scott felt that because of problems
in die past with the old computer
system, parts of the memory storage
should not be dedicated to an unre-
lated function. Scott and other court
system personnel fell that the entire
system should be dedicated to crimi-
nal justice functions to prevent the
need to dump files or increase the
memory capacity soon.
Concerns about the security of
criminal history information were
voiced because some of the informa-
tion is confidential and unauthorized
disclosurccould cause serious conse-
quences. If other departments had
access to the system, security could
possibly be compromised.
Because grant money was used for
the purchase of the computer system
and because the grant specified that
the computer was to be used for
criminal justice, the question arose
whether it would be legal lo use the
computer for other purposes.
Afier considerable discussion, the
court tabled the item until Monday.
At the Monday meeting, the court
will consider the purchase of a build-
ing across the street from the court-
house. If the building is purchased,
some of the financial departments
may be moved, eliminating the need
to share the criminal justice com-
puter system.
State of disaster extended
The court extended for another
seven days its declaration of a state of
disaster in the county due to dry con-
ditions.
Tri-County minutes approved
Minutes of the Tri-County Solid
Waste Management Agency's Nov.
18 meeting were approved by the
court.
Lease agreement
The court asked the county attor-
ney to review a lease agreement with
Justice of the Peace 1 Mary Kcmpf
Lathe in the Depot Shopping Center,
Devine, because the agreement docs
not have a 30-day out clause.
The lease will run on a monlh-to-
month basis until the agreement is
reworded and signed.
Contracts approved
The commissioners approved a
proposal from Jeff Golden, Intercon-
nect, for the installation of three
additional Rise 6000 computer
cables.
A contract with Ellen R. Schueling
to sell gravel road material to Pre-
cinct 3 for 40 cents per cubic yard was
approved.
A bid for the purchase of the
Devine County Building No. 2 was
received by the deadline and ac-
cepted. Action on the bid will be
taken Monday.
Lions radio auction
continues to grow
Items up for sale Dec. 18 on KRME
The list of donated items is growing ball, more Spurs tickets,SI00 savings
for the Hondo Lions Club radio auc- bonds, a brass table lamp, color TV.
lion, to be held Sat, Dec. 18, on anautoanti-thcftdev/ce.magwheels,
KRME, 1460 AM. a mutton lamb,adrawupofapersonal
The auction will run all day Dec. will, various hunting trips for trophy
18, from 8 a.m. to6p.m., and listeners bucks and hogs, does, turkeys, and a
will have the opportunity to call in lull-day guided bass fishing trip on
and bid on the donated goods. Falcon Lake.
Proceeds from the auction will go A complete list of donated items,
toward the club's Nelson Bippcrt including their donors, will be aired
Scholarship Fund. next week on KRME, and will be
Among the donations in the last published in the Dec. 16 issue of the
week arc a one-day dove hunt for Anvil Herald.
four; six tickets to the Dec. 23 game More items will be donated in the
between the San Antonio Spurs and coming week, and donations are
the Utah Jazz; a pickup load of fire- being accepted by the Lions Club to
wood, delivered and stacked; an as- help raise money for the scholarship
sortment of homemade canned fund, named for the late Hondo Owl
goods; an oil change, grease job, car football coach,
wash and hand wax job; a lumbar Anyone wishing to donate an item
back support cushion; a live-pound to the auction may contact auction
pail of cracked pecans, ami $50 worth chairman Frank Perkins at 426-3341,
of commercial printing. dub president Tad Woolen at 426-
Auction items donated earlier in- 3066, or Jeff Berger at 426-3346. All
elude an autographed Spurs basket are work phone numbers.
Santa wants
letters
from
It's time for all good little girls and
boys to make their wish lists and send
their letters lo Santa.
Letters may be addressed to Santa,
P. O. Box 400, Hondo TX 78861. All
letters received by the Anvil Herald
w ill be published in the Christmas
Greeting issue planned for Dec. 23.
We ll be sure to forward them on to
Santa in time for him to prepare for
his annual trek to this area of South
Texas.
City to change
business hours
with new year
City Manager Scott Wall an-
nounced new municipal business
hours for the city.
Beginning Jan. 3, 1994, city of-
fices will be open for business from
8:30 a.m. lo 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday. The drive-lhroagh
wandow' will be open from 8 a.m. to
5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
area kids
Hondo Garden Club to judge
Christmas
goodies to be city-wide lighting contest Dec. 14
distributed
Christmas gift bags will be distrib-
uted to needy children on Saturday,
Dec. 24. Chairman T. A. Lopez has
announced that LULAC Council
#4517 and Pruneda American Le-
gions Post #524 will distribute
Christmas goodies to needy children
again this year.
"Last year we distributed 632 bags
of goodies to children in Hondo,
D’Hanis and Yancey," he said.
"Wc appreciate those of the com-
munity who contribute and help
make the project possible each year,"
Lopez added.
Anyone who would like lo help
assemble the gift bags should meet at
ll|C Knights of Columbus Hall on
D.cc. 23 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
On Tuesday, Dec. 14, Hondo Gar-
den Club members will travel all
around town judging the Christmas
lighting contest. If the weather
should happen to be foggy or rainy
thainight,judgingwillbconDec. 15.
Judging will begin at 6 p.m. with
the Greeting Cards along the high-
way. It takes at least three hours to
see all the lights in town.
First and second places will be
awarded in each sub-category.
Categories forjudging arc the fol-
lowing:
Greeting cards - businesses and
civic clubs.
Businesses - window display and
over-all buildings.
Homes - best doorway, best rcli-
gous theme, best secular theme
(Santa - etc), best overall house and
yard lighting, and a New Category -
best small home lighting.
Please turn your lights on Dec. 14
if you would like your display
judged, or on Dee. 15 iffoggy on Dec
14.
Listen to KRME the following
morning forjudging rcsulLs.
Lawrence elected airport advisory board vice-chairman
The Hondo Airport Advisory
board elected Burnis Lawrence vice
chairman Tuesday during its regular
monthly meeting at the Flighllinc
Cafe.
The board decided to recommend
that the city proceed with the security
fencing plan which will provide lor
six-foot high, industrial-grade chain
link fencing along the cast side of the
Might line.
Lawrence briefed the board on die
possibility of getting support for a
half-ccni increase in die sales lax for
uscai the airport and oilier city facili-
ties. The increase would generate
approximately $169,(XX) in extra
revenues.
Potential sale of airport property
not needed for long-term use at the
airport was discussed. Sale of the
property wotdd return the property to
the tax rolls.
SANTA'S HELPERS... Jeff Berger, Ken Belcher and Ronnie Mason
drew and announced the names of Christmas Extravaganza Gift
Certificate winners Monday morning on KRME 1460. Seventeen certifi-
cates, valued at $25 each, were given away by downtown Hondo
merchants. Winners were: Terry Hernandez, Francis Haby, Jeanice
Zinsmeyer, Laura Hernandez. Anita Campos, Virginia Maxwell, Dale
Jackson, Debbie Barnwell, Yvette Escamilla, Gabriel Sanchez, Cody
Raney, Yolanda Contreras, Pat Jackson, Erlinda Robles, Manuelita
Ozuna, Rick Rohrbach and Gail Rohrbach. Winners who have not yet
picked up their certificates may do so at Country Antiques.
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