Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 12, 1986 Page: 1 of 26
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It s all Happening in Hondo Saturday!
HONDO ANVIL HE
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Volume 100 Number 24
June 12, 1986
25 Cent*
Two Sections, 26 Pages
100 Years
1886 - 1986
HONDU
Runoffs
spark little
interest
With ail the rain that's fallen
around here lately, the word “runoff"
brings to mind flood-stage creeks
instead of elections
In any case, a low turnout Saturday
seemed to show that Medina County
voters weren’t paying nvch attention
to runoffs of the Democratic or
Republican species
The county's voter lists contain
names of 13.879 registrants, but just
1.151 of them OB 3 percent i chose to go
to the polls to select from primary
candidates that included only one
local race *
Democratic returns
According to figures obtained from
Medina County Clerk Anna Van De
Waite's office (see charts, pages 7 and
13)1.054 persons voted in the Demrv
cratic primary runoffs, with a
majority of the numbers clustered in
the Castroville area
There David Fitzsimnn and Rus
sell Jungman squared off for the
position of County Comnassioner for
Precinct 2 EHisunun won the
nommatKm by a 451 337 count and
will be unopposed on the general
election ballot next November
In the statew ide races John Sharp
earned Medina County by a 736 146
margin over PS F>vin In the State
Supremr Court circuit Shirley Butts
defeated (Hear Maury <504-400) for
Place 1 Robert M CanpbeU defeated
Jim Brady (465 383 > for Place 2 and
Jay Gibson defeated Raul A
Gonzalez (536 356 for Place 4
One other race, tor Jutfce. Court of
(Ymxnal Appeals Place 1. between
Rusty Duncan and George "Jorge"
Martinez saw Duncan come out on
lop 403 279
Republican returns
In the GOP primary runoffs a total
of 95 voters showed up to cast
electoral preferences in races that
were all statewide
Carrying Medina County for their
respective nominations included
David Davidson. Lt Governor Roy
R Barrera. Attorney General, MI)
Anderson Jr. land Comrrassioner
and John Thomas Henderson Rail
road ( nmmusioner
mwaM v» A
City contracts
to replace
library roof
FEATHERED OLYMPICS... There must be
rules to this game somewhere. Periodically,
the resident pigeon population atop the Med-
ina County Courthouse goes completely bon-
kers. The flock explodes into the air and then
begins executing a series of circular laps
about the building. Dashing madly in a flap-
ping frenzy, this rhythmic swooshing con-
tinues for several minutes at a time amithen
ends, just as mysteriously as it started. Per-
haps they realize the silliness of it all. Maybe
they just get dizzy. Anyway, it’s weird.
(Photo by Doug Johnson )
County seeking temporary
housing for juvenile prisoners
By Doug Johnson
Because it has no facilities of its
own to house juvenile prisoners
separately from adults at the Medina
County Jail County Comrtxs&ioners
here are having to make other
arrangements
During their Monday meeting this
week. Commissioners looked at a
rough draft of a contrail which would
secure space for those* juvenile
prisoners in Atascosa County, and get
Medina County in compliance with
new state Laws But it wool come
cheap
For one prisoner, the County would
lie charged $115 per 24hour period,
that price covers the space itself,
meals paying a jailer and for other
expenses associated with running the
facility For mure than one prisoner
the County would receive a sort of
group rate at $70 per prisoner per
day The contract also includes
pro-rated provisions for prisoner
stays during portions of days
Also under the proposed contract
terms Medina County would bear
financial responsibility for all medical
bills incurred by its juvenile pri-
soners Atascosa County, on the
other hand, would be responsible for
liability coverage in the event of
natural disaster, fire and other such
circumstances As proposed right
now the contract would take effect
on Friday June 13. and extend for
one year
Commissioners agree that the
arrangement with Atascosa County
w ould be temporary and imperfect at
best. and that they were not ready to
approve it this week
There's a whole lot of unanswered
questions." said Ptt Commissioner
David Montgomery, including the
suitability of the price, and just how
Medina County law enforcement
officers are going to handle the
logistics of carting juvenile prisoners
back and forth from incarceration and
court proceedings
But aside from those consider
ations the contract is seer, to be
necessary No juvenile detention
facilities exist in this county right
now and none are planned for during
this budget year
Pet 2 Commissioner Larry Haby
suggested that "our charges would be
pretty high, even if we had the
(detention) unit here.”
T don't really have any other
ideas said Pet 4 Comnxssioner
Henry Bnscoe w ho chaired Monday ’s
Sr, .It \ I- MIX KK I KSTION Pa*r 2
By Doug Johnson
Because it won't stop leaking no
matter how many times it’s been
patched, the roof atop the newly
renovated Hondo Public Library
building has been scheduled for
termination
To fix the problem for what they
hope will be the last time, Hondo City
Council members voted Tuesday
night to hire Lester’s Roofing &
Sheet Metal Inc. of San Antonio for
the job For a fee of $13,000, the
company proposes basically to re-
move the building’s existing metal
roof completely replace it with a new
roof and guarantee it against leaks for
10 years
The Council had declared the roof
situation an emergency item during
its May 13 meeting. Heavy
rainstorms early last month had sent
large amounts of water inside the
structure, causing damage to ceiling
tiles, generally making a mess and
proving that previous fix-up attempts
have been woefully ineffective.
According to City Manager Mike
Rhea, the usual competitive bidding
process was bypassed in order to get
construction proposals as soon as
possible Two were received and
both fell within an anticipated range
of $12,000 and $16,000
In addition to that from Lester’s,
the Council looked at a proposal from
C & D Roofing Co of Uyfalde For
$13,000. that company would leave
the present roof structure in place
but seal it against leaks with a layer
of polyurethane foam.
Rhea, who recommended the
proposal from Lester’s, believes the
Council's decision to have the roof
replaced instead of sealed represents
a desire for a complete cure
“I think replacing the whole roof,
starting from scratch, is the only way
to go,” he said “Maybe I have a
street paver's mentality, but when
you cover up a crack, you get a
crack”
The library roof has been a nagging
problem all through, the renovation
process for the building at Avenue K
and Highway 90 The facility opened
this past spring, but roof repair work
done by TCQ Construction of San
Antonio has not held up and other
leaks have appeared.
According to a news story dug out
of an old Anvil Herald issue, the
library building was originally com-
pleted in early November 1928. De-
signed by local architect Joseph Palle
and owned by O H Miller, it first
housed Word Chevrolet. Its most
recent occupant before the library
was Lieberman’s department store.
In any case. Rhea believes the roof
structure has remained virtually
unchanged Now, after nearly 60
years, it’s simply had it
As for when work can begin, Rhea
said he was given the impression that
Lester’s could have a construction
crew on the job within 72 hours of
being told to get to work, and that
construction, even with an occupied
building, would move quickly
Councilman Doroteo Hernandez
suggested that the City ask its new
industrial development consultants,
Sanchez-Reed Public Finance of San
Antonio, to see if any state or federal
grants are available for fixing up
libraries Rhea conceded that there
might be funds available from some
source, but he double-* that they
would apply to comple I construc-
tion and the emergency nine-frame of
the roof situation calls for moving
quickly.
“We’re to a time when we need to
get it fixed,” Rhea said
In other business. Council
members:
- Awarded a five-year lease for
236.558 acres of land located on the
S«- LIBRARY ROOF". Page 2
Hondo Happening set Saturday
Cheese, butter program
receives local funding
H\ IRmgJohnwm
An administrative nx>ve taken this
week by Medina County Comrrus
swners will ensure adequate local
funding at least through next
Septynber for the Texas Emergency
Fowl Assistance Program. whuti
distributes free cheese butter and
other surplus food nwnmodities to the
needy
Meeting Monday in regular session.
Commissioners voted unanimously to
take over reimbursement of costs for
running the program in this county . a
financial duty which previously had
tieen handled by the Texas Depart
ment of Human Services (TDHS)
According to County Admimstra
Ojthe weather..!
The Hondo Radar Station has
supplied the following weather in
formation for this past week
Rich Ixiw
ILur
85
65
3 16
87
73
00
89
71
00
86
69.
03
89
72
00
88
74
00
90
76
00
W ed . Jun4
Thu,Jun 5
Fri. Jun 6
Sat., Jun 7
Sun,Jun 8
Mon , Jun 9
Tue , Jun 10
Avg high temp for the week 87 7
Avg low temp for the week 714
High tenp for 1986 96 on Feb 20
I/iw temp for 1986: 26 on Jan 20 and
Feb 11
Total rain for June 3 43 inches
Total rain for 1986 13 11 inches
Rain 1985, thru May 28 lt 38 inches
tue Assistant Sid K Malone
expenses have customarily run atiout
$1 200 each month for the program,
which has seen an increasing part in
pat ion and demand since it began in
October 1983 The major Cost
involves paying several people for
three days each month to take sans to
the state's distribution lixution in San
Antonio and haul (sack nxire than
40.000 pounds of iJxese and butter
also cornnx-al flour, powdered milk
honey and rite The comnxidities are
distributed at nine locations in tbe
county to some 2.500 families which
exist be certified eligible to receive
them
fYeviouslv Malone said any bills
[laid for workers gasoline vehicle
maintenance. storage and other costs
were sent to the TDHS office in
Austin, which returned a reimburse
nx-nt check I'nder the new
procedure, the bills will still be
collected and sent, but to the Medina
County Treasurer's office Re
imbursement will con*1 from the
County's general fund
Statewide, the* TDHS is cutting off
about $3.3 million in funds w hich had
picked up the exists of the cheese and
butter program Now. along with
many other cxxinties acri&s the state,
Medina County will have to decide if
its new chanty subsidy (about
$14,400 per year in this case*' will be*
included in the 1986-87 budget
Audits, audits
Things will he changing regarding
money all counties receive from the
state of Texas and from the federal
government, and it involved more
stringent acxxiunting of where the
dollars go
County Auditor Douglas Bohmfalk
told Commissioners that those state
and federal funds (which come to
several hundred thousand dollars
each y ear1 will be audited separately
in the future The change is expected
to increase paperwork and possibly
costs to the County for keeping track
of the funds
It won’t have anything to do with
our own outside audit,” Bohmfalk
said, which the past cxiuple of years
hits been done by accounting firm
Hams L Havins of Pleasanton
Instead accounting for the other
funds will be on top of the existing
procedure, and Commissioners still
have some questions of just how it
will work
’It doesn’t seem like it's dear here
who’s going to pay for the audit,” said
Pci 4 Commissioner Henry Bnscoe
Bohmfalk said he thought the
County would likely have to pay at
least a portion of the extra audit
exists He added that more informa
tion on the matter is forthcoming
from the state
In other business during their
meeting, Monday, Commissioners:
-Gave final approval to Unit 2 of
the Medina River West Subdivision
located at Castroville As presented
to the Court by Hondo surveyor
Harlan Wolff, the subdivision will
consist of 227 lots ranging from 30,000
square feet to 5 acres, and will have
more than 23,000 feet of roads In
eluded with the subdivision plat to
guarantee road coast ruction to the
S.-. ( i (MISSION!:RS |1
Reminiscent of a bygone era.
Hondo Happening this coming Satur
day promises to bring folks down-
town with old time Trades Day”
atmosphere and plenty of food, fun
and entertainment
The activities actually get started
Friday evening as the Medina County
Rodeo holds forth with its beginning
performance at 8 p m.
Beginning at 9 a m downtown will
a>me alive with arts and crafts
booths a quilt show a farmer's
market antique car display, antiques
;md a real train engine for you to
explore At to am there will be a
parade
What started out to be* a small
parade of antique and classic cars and
rodeo riders has blossomed into a
full fledged, honest-to-goodness pa-
rade as entries began to come in
voluntarily
If you'd like* to add your entry to
the growing list, call the chamber
office, or just come out to the
National Guard Armory and sign up
before the parade gets underway.
Business entries, old cars and
cowboys are especially welcomed
The parade will move east on 18th
Street to Avenue M and then west on
14th Street before disbanding at the
Armory
Leading the parade will be a color
guard of trainees from lackland Air
Force Base Officers Trailing School
and a 75 member marching unit of the
LAFB Class 8612 OTS leu by 2nd Lt
John Felsher chief of Public Affairs
Reviewing and announcing parade
tries in the downtown area along
Avenue M will be Gave Bippert and
Kathy Bntsch
Arts and crafts created by mem-
bers of the Hondo Art League and
various local and area craftsmen will
be available for purchase Booths will I
Express won t run
Hondo will not host the Texas
Independence Express on an over
rught stop, but neither will any other
Texas aty The Express will not
leave its retirement home
Officials have given up on plans for
the antique1 trains Sesquicentenmal
tour of Texas because of high
insurance premiums and less than
expert ed donations
The 300-aty. 5.000-mile train tour
has been canceled, according to John
Case of Houston, president of the
Texas Independence Express TIE'
project
Original plans called for tickets to
be available for $20. but because of
rising costs the price would have had
to be as much as $45. said Case1 The
price rise would have been caused, in
part, by an increase in liability
hsurance from $200,000 to $5 million
Organizers wanted to raise $3
million to pay for a refurbished steam
engine and 22 antique rail cars to
make the trip Passenger interest
was high, but there was not as rrxieh
enthusiasm from contributors, ac-
cording to Case
The project received an $80,000
corporale sponsorship from South-
western Bell Telephone Co . but
collected individual contriubtions
totaling only about $110.000. he said
Hondo was one of the few aties to
show strong support for the project
Members of the local Sesquincenten-
mal committee traveled to San
Antonio early in the1 planning stages
of the project and delivered a
packaged proposal for an overnight
stop and related festivities to project
officials
Railroad enthusiast Harold Bryant
was designated to work with the TIE
as Hondo's representative and sub-
sequently becanx' involved in the
project
The train was to feature the Texas
and Pacific No 610, a steam engine
used in Texas during the 1940s
v.
be located primarily in the City
Hall-Courthouse area, under thie
shady pecan trees Fajitas and hot
dogs will be served by members of
the chamber of commerce and cold
drinks will be available from mem-
bers of the Hondo Soccer League.
The Hondo Eastern Star chapter
will host a quilt display at the First
United Methodist Church, and the
Sesquicentenmal Committee will be
hosting a self-guided walking tour of
Hondo and selling commemorative
items The Art l>eague will also have
a display of histoncally-related art-
work at the library A farmer's
market sponsored by the Hondo
Texas Women for Agriculture chap
ter. will have a variety of locally
grown produce including freshly-
picked com
Entertainment will be provided by
the Ken Heven Family Band and the
Country Squares square dancers in
the area between the aty hall and
courthouse In that area also, along
16th Street a variety of antique,
classic and muscle cars will be on
display
To help ease the void created by
the cancellation of the Texas Inde-
pendence Express' statewide run and
scheduled stopover in Hondo, the
Santa Fe-Southem Pacific Transport-
ation Corporation has agreed to park
a locomotive on the side tracks in
downtown Hondo for the day Train
buffs and the curious can take
advantage of this opportunity to
explore a real train engine
At 8 pm Saturday evening the
final performance of the rodeo will
begin During the activities, the
Medina County Rodeo Queen for 1966
will be named A dance featuring
Country Sunrise will conclude the
festivities Admission to the rodeo is
$3 and admission to the dance will
also be $3
Cow boys interested in entering the
rodeo are welcome. Entries to the
parade and art and crafts booth area
will still be accepted Saturttay
morning as will cars for display
There is still space available
For further information, contact
Diane Schiffers at the chamber of
commerce. 426-3037
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