Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 25, 1997 Page: 3 of 28
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Hondo Area Newspaper Collection and was provided to The Portal to Texas History by the Hondo Public Library.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
Budget workshop
lasts into wee hours
of the morning
Members of the HHS Class of 1957 included:(bottom row, l-r) Richard Morris, Billy Neuman, Bill Reus,
Butch Woolls, Barbara (Haegelin) Landrum, Herbie Faseler and Henry Balzen (middle) Robert Wurzbach,
Ray Highsmith, Gail (Knapp) Greene, Hasey (Eckhart) Hollmig, Jim Leazenby, Virginia (Clements) Doak,
Connie (Schweers) Leazenby, Barbara (Brucks) Effenberger and Mary Francis (Ulbrich) Massena (back)
Kenneth Grell, Richard Moos, Clyde Bohmfalk, Tom Zuberbueler, Bobby Taylor, John Windrow, Charles
Tilley, Wilbur Grell, Alvin Hartman, Curtis Wiemers and Wayne Balzen.
Class of ‘57 enjoys 40-year reunion
Fortieth reunion plans for the class
of 1957 started with a small dinner
get together including Hasey
(Eckhart) Hollmig, Mary Francis
(Ulbrich) Massena, Barbara (Brucks)
Effenberger, Virginia (Clements)
Doak and Barbara (Haegelin)
Landrum back in the summer of
1996. It came to a close with a won-
derful turnout on Sept. 12 and 13,
1997.
The event started with the 1956
Owl football team, which included
the 1957 graduates, being honored
at the halftime of the Hondo-Drip-
ping Springs game. Following this
everyone gathered at the home of
Hasey and Tommy Hollmig for an
impromptu evening of fun, laughter
and jokes.
The reunion continued on Satur-
day, Sept. 13, 1997, with an all day
event at the of home Bill and Mar-
garet Reus. The day started with a
brunch, hosted by the local Hondo
grads and ended in the evening with
a catered barbecue dinner. In be-
tween time the old gang spent the day
watching old movies of classmates,
looking at old annuals and pictures
and just catching up on the last 40
years.
Twenty-seven of the 47 original
graduates were present and were
pleased to have Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Nations join them for the all day
event. All left the gathering vowing
to keep in touch and return more of-
ten.
High sales tax rebates indicate strong economy
Stale Comptroller John Sharp de-
livered a total of $172.7 million in
monthly sales tax payments to 1,085
Texas cities and 117 counties.
“The Texas economy continues to
sail along on a smooth course,”
Sharp said. “Sales tax rebates are
running 6.1% over those for the first
nine months of last year, showing
steady consumer confidence with
the glowing job market.”
Monthly sales tax rebates to Texas
cities totaling $157.6 million, 4.4%
higher than last September’s pay-
ments of $ 150.8 million. Rebates of
$15.1 million to Texas counties were
1.2% higher than allocations of
$14.9 million in September 1996.
Another $4.7 million went to 26
special purpose districts around the
state.
This month’s payments include
local sales taxes collected on July
sales and reported to the Comptrol-
ler n August by businesses filing
monthly tax returns.
The city of Hondo received a sales
tax rebate of $41,282.63 in Septem-
ber, 23.74% higher than last year’s
$33,362.19. Year to date payments
to the city of Hondo are up by
7.34%.
The $27,640.40 local sales tax al-
location to the city of Castroville for
September reflects a 45.2% in-
crease from the $19,034.86 sales tax
rebate for the same month last year.
Year to date payments to Castroville
are running 18.3% ahead of those
for the first nine months of 1996.
The Devine sales tax allocation
for September was $30,839.05,
16.47% higher than the September
1996 payment of $26,477.83. Year
to date, Devine has experienced a
3.77% increase in local sales tax
payments.
The Natalia sales tax rebate for
September totaled $3,968.01, -
13.83% below the $4,605.23 pay-
ment for September 1996. However,
Natalia’s sales tax rebates were
26.79% above the first nine months
of 1997, above those for the same
period last year.
The city of LaCoste’s $1,694.51
allocation was -35.09% below the
$2,610.83 delivered in September
1996. The year to date rebates .42%
ahead of 1996.
The Comptroller's next sales tax
allocation s scheduled for Friday
Oct. 10.
Anvil Heialo Staff
The City of Caettoville held its
next to the last open budge workshop
on Monday night. Sept 22, at 7 p.m.
The workshops are a forum where
council and staff make budget prior-
ity decisions. The Monday night dis-
cussions to determine the scope and
capacity of the 97-98 budget contin-
ued well into the night and finally
concluded at 1 a.m. in the morning.
The meeting lasted so long because
there were differences of opinions
about funding priorities which must!
be worked out by Sept. 30 council
meeting.
On Monday night, the workshop
group examined the revenues it will
receive, based on the new tax rate of
20 cents per $100 valuation, in an
effort to determine what projects to
fund. The council discussed capital
improvement issues which can be
funded under this years budget, as
well as exploring projects the city
needs but cannot afford this fiscal
year. The final meeting to figure out
how to balance the new budget will
be held on Saturday morning, Sept.
27, at 7 a.m.
D’Hanis Doings
H^yBeatrice Koch
FCE Club Meets
The D’Hanis FCE met Sept. 16 at
the home of Mrs. Charlotte Watson.
Special guest attending was
Charlotte’s and Buck’s new daugh-
ter, Erika. Everyone enjoyed visiting
with her. Thirteen members attended.
Everyone was encouraged to enter
and attend the Medina County Fair.
The group will sponsor a Tour of
Homes for the D'Hanis Sesquicen-
tennial Celebration Sunday, Oct. 12.
There will be six homes on the tour.
On Oct. 7 the group will meet at
8:30 to decorate the float for the Oct.
11 parade.
Door prize was won by Judie Lutz,
which was a nice glass serving tray.
The program was postponed till
next month.
Next month’s meeting will be on
October 21 at 9:30 a.m. at the home
of Mrs. Karen Zinsmeyer.
County gets favorable judgment
■txCpt. R. Buckley (left) recognized Officer Stanley Ray Koch (middle)
“ along with Lt. D. Hall for his outstanding service as a correctional
^officer. Koch, a ten year veteran of TDCJ, has been employed at
i1he Joe Ney Unit for the past two and a half years. He was corn-
er mended for his supervisor and management skills, optimistic atti-
tude and correctional abilities. Koch was presented with the Cor-
rectional Officer Appreciation Award and a letter of commendation.
g£
IMedina Co. Commissioners Court
m ........
SS? During Monday’s meeting Medina
bounty Commissioners conducted a
public hearing on the 1997-98 bud-
get and unanimously approved the
$10,198,351 for the next fiscal year
which begins Oct. 1.
The county received approxi-
mately $1.8 million in grant money
to help fund the juvenile detention
center, WIC and other government
programs that serve the county.
The tax rate was increased slightly
from .4656 per $100 of assessed
valuation to .4676. The increase is
.0020 greater than last year, which is
less than 3%of the effective tax rate.
There was $797,233,348 of taxable
property in Medina County.
County wide there was an increase in
taxable value of $53,442,503.
• Commissioners reappointed
Medina County, the Sheriff De-
partment, Officer Bill Boles and
Sheriff Wesley Scott were granted
a summary judgment in a case filed
by Ronnie Hernandez in 1994. The
suit claimed Officer Boles used un-
necessary force when he tried to ar-
rest Hernandez.
Boles answered a report that in-
toxicated individuals had gone into
Country Mart trying to buy more
beer and were causing a disturbance.
Hernandez allegedly fought Boles
when he tried to arrest him. In an
effort to subdue Hernandez, Boles’
gun was discharged and slightly in-
jured Hernandez’s face.
Hernandez, who was on parole at
the time of the incident, plead no
contest to aggravated assault on Of-
ficer Boles and was sent back to
prison.
According to Sheriff Wesley Scott
one reason the county was able to
get a summary judgment was be-
cause of a previous ruling which
stated that if the person being ar-
rested offers resistance, the officer
is justified in using greater force
than necessary.
The summary judgment was
signed on Sept. 18
Sammy Tschirhart, Sr., Jacinto
Medellon, and Paul Jaks to the Me-
dina County Emergency Service
District No. 1.
• Approval was granted for a reso-
lution supporting the city of
Cotulla’s submission of a proposal
for a juvenile detention facility.
• Commissioner Henry Santos
was designated to preside over the
Commissioners Court in the absense
of County Judge David Montgom-
ery. Commissioner Stanley Keller
will preside over the meetings if
both the Judge and Commissioner
Santos are absent from the meeting.
• Commissioners announced they
will continue to hold the meeting
every Monday for the next fiscal
year except when holidays have
been designated.
Shooting leaves man
in critical condition
Hondo Police Department is inves-
tigating a shooting which took place
at Bennie’s Bar, which is located in
the 1200 block of 18th St.
Rumaldo Dominguez Jr. was shot
in the chest with a pistol at close
range Sunday morning at about 1:15
a.m. He was quickly transported to
University Hospital in San Antonio
where he remains in critical condi-
tion.
Police say he had an altercation
earlier in the evening with Pete Mo-
rales, however. Police Chief Marvin
Ivy said he is not considered a sus-
pect in the shooting at this time.
Witnesses said Dominguez had
been dancing with several married
women that evening.
Currently, police are looking for
a suspect who was outside the bar
at the time of the shooting.
“We are encouraging anyone who
knows anything about it to come
forward,” Ivy said.
Dominguez has not regained con-
sciousness so that police can ques-
tion him.
The most reputable
form of printed
advertising
is in newspapers.
Catt today!
426*3346
1-800-725-3346
Propane
Express
426-4382
I Sure Missed You!
Love,
Grandfather
PARK DEDICATED... City of Hondo employees and residents at-
tended the dedication of the city’s ninth park Friday afternoon. Parks
Board Chairman Paul Guinn and Mayor Jim Barden uncovered the
name sign. Hondo City Park No. 3 is located at the intersection of
Hwy. 462 and Castro Ave. It features a lighted walking trail, shel-
tered picnic tables, gazebo, volleyball court, playground, multi-use
court, horseshoe pits, water fountains, paved parking area, and com-
fort station. The total cost of the project was $123,624, of which the
majority of the funding was supplied by Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department. The majority of the city’s contribution was in the form
of labor with the assistance of TDCJ Joe Ney Unit wardens Alfred
Janicek and Ernie Dixon and their clients. A contribution from Frank
Mendoza and McDonald’s restaurant was also acknowledged.
Welcomes
^ • Chris Molina •
Chris brings 15 yrs experience with hair & nails
to our salon. Chris will be available to
serve you Mon - Sat, off Wednesdays
Call today for an appointment!
New Phone 426-5366
1106 18th St. * Hondo
VWWWWWWWWWWWWW)
Radiator Replacement
within 24 hours
We do window repairs'^ replacements, too
FREE ESTIMATES
We also do custom painting, window repair-tinting-replacement,
stereo installation and repair, mechanic work, farm equipment,
headliners, bodywork, boats and planes.
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
Empire Body&Painf
You name it... We’ll paint it”
(830) 426-2006 2501 Hwy. 90 W., Hondo
-----vw-w-v
sr-JV
you are cordially invited to
* 4
celebrate ivith us the
50th ‘Wedding Anniversary
of Leroy and Linda faseler
on Sunday, September 28
5:00pm - 8:00pm
Catholic ‘Parish 5lall
yancey, Levels
‘Bar-b-que with all ‘Hogifts please J
^ the trimmings wilt Hour presence is
be served
L&a
Hour presence is
Aria
On September 27, who will benefit
by attending Medina Electric Cooperative’s
annual membership meeting?
YOU.
f, :
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 25, 1997, newspaper, September 25, 1997; Hondo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth818043/m1/3/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hondo Public Library.