Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 1, 1988 Page: 2 of 32
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Pag* S, Tha Hondo Anvil Horald, Thursday, Dacambor 1,1988
$25 CASH., was awarded to Reserve Champion winner
Betty Gilliam of Hondo, right, by Carol Long. Cash prizes
were awarded by Gill Company to the top winners._
9-1-1 charges begin
in February ’89
A $50 PRIZE... was presented to Grand Champion winner
Jean Haby of Rio Medina, right, by Gill Company Manager
Carol Long.
Tortilla Pecan Rolls
earn top show prize
Come February 1989, Medina
County telephone owners will
begin to pay for the 9-1-1 system
they voted into existence last year.
The 9-1-1 System board of direc-
tors this week signed a contract
with Southwestern Bell which
authorizes the telephone company
to begin charging for this purpose.
These charges will be: 49 cents
per month for residence phones,
$1.15 for business and $1.81 for
trunk lines.
"This money," Henry Briscoe,
a member of the system board,
explained at Commissioners Court
Monday, "will go into a fund which
will be used to purchase the
equipment needed to set the system
up in the county."
He also said that the county is
looking at 18 months or two years
before the system can be in opera-
tion. Monday he thought the
billing would begin December 1st,
but Hondo City Manager Mike
Rhea said Tuesday that "it will take
until February to get everything on
the computer so that billing can
begin."
Briscoe and County Judge Butch
Campsey said Monday that the
county still has the option to be
included in the regional system
being formulated by AACOG. "I
personally believe we should be in
the regional system," Briscoe said.
"The cost for a county to go it
alone is just too heavy."
Christmas comes to Castroville
The arrival of Mr. and Mrs.
Santa Claus will be a highlight of
an old fashioned Christmas in Cas-
troville.
To be held Saturday, Dec. 3, on
Houston Square, the event will in-
clude entertainment throughout the
day, including a performance by the
Medina Valley Student Choir 10
a.m. to 12 noon and the Lackland
Drum and Bugle Carp at 2 p.m.
The (pauses will arrive at 1 p.m.
OverTfOO booths will feature
multitudes of food, arts and crafts.
From 2 to 5 p.m. four decorated
homes will be open for the Homes
Tour. These are the Scale home,
House on September Street, the
Loma Francis home, and Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Kennedy's home. The
Kennedy home has been featured in
several major magazines._
The Winter Garden Pecan Food
Show, held Nov. 29, attracted 80
entries.
Grand prize was won by Jean
Haby of Rio Medina with tortilla
pecan rolls. Gill Company awarded
$50 cash for the winner. Hondo
National Bank paid $125 for the top
winner.
Reserve champion was won by
Betty Gilliam of Hondo for a white
chocolate pecan cake. She was
awarded $25 from Gill Company,
and Devine State Bank purchased
the entry for $100.
Third place was won by Inez
Haass of Devine for pecan graham
cracker bars. She was awarded $15
prize money from Gill Company.
Community National Bank paid
$50 to the winner.
Judges for the competition were
Jeff Berger, assistant publisher of
the Hondo Anvil Herald; Sammy
Tschirhart, Jr. of Sammy's
Restaurant; Betsy Herrmann of
Checkers Cafe; Rebecca Rogers,
Kendall County Extension Agent;
Margie Chapman, Bexar County
Extension Agent; Laurie Farris, 4-
H Foods and Nutriton Leader in
Bexar County; Raymond and Letha
Young, chairmen of Atascosa
Horticulture Committee; and Doug
Andrews, Atascosa County
Extension Agent
First Place Winners
Cakes-Betty Gilliam of Hondo
and Dory Brown of Castroville.
Breads--Doris Saathoff of Hondo
and Melissa Keller.
PETTY RANCH COMPANY 711 Navarro • Sum Aatoaio,Texaa 7820$ • ($12) 225-6571
November 28, 1988
Mr. John Poerner
Southwest Texas Property
Rights Association
P. O. Box 70
Hondo, TX 78861
Dear John:
Enclosed are checks bringing our total amount!
contributed to the Southwest Texas Property Rights
Association to the equivalent of $5.00 per acre. Our
family feels that this is a small price to pay in order
to protect our right to capture the water beneath our
property and to use it for the growing of crops, the
benefit of wildlife, and all of the other non-wasteful
purposes foV which we may choose to use it now or for
which our children or grandchildren may use it in the
future.
I know that you and the association will do all in
their power to protect those basic rights, for not only
our generation, but generations to come. I urge every
landowner, whether resident or nonresident, and every
citizen of Medina County to contribute to this cause.
Confiscation of our rights to capture the water under
our property without compensation is basically
un-American. The fight to keep these rights will be
expensive and time-consuming, but with help from
everyone, I know that you will be successful.
Best personal regards.
Sincerely,
Scott Petty, Jr.
SPJ ihd
Enclosure
Property Rights Assoc,
receives donations
Candy-Betty St. Leger of Devine
and Stacy Schlortt of DHanis.
Pies-Elsie Saathoff of Hondo and
Laura Cromwell of Devine.
Cookies-Inez Haass of Devine
and Shannon Newman.
Miscellaneous-Jean Haby of Rio
Medina and Kristin Burell of
Castroville.
Second Place Winners
Cakes-Ecey Renken of Hondo
and Jenny Haley of Hondo.
Breads-Edna Nietenhoefer of
Hondo.
Candy-Poppy Stewart of Devine
and Allisa Raddatz of Hondo.
Pies-Ethel Siefert of Hondo.
Cookies-Evelyn Snider of
Devine and Stacie Burell of
Castroville.
Third Place Winners
Cakes-Lena Young of Devine.
Breads-Alice Davis of Devine.
Candy-JoAnn Zinsmeyer of
Castroville.
Pies-Betty St. Leger of Devine.
Cookies-Hasey Hollmig of
Hondo and Niessa Boehme of Rio
Medina.
A^Miscellaneous-Amy Noblitt of
vSvine.
The Pecan Food Show promotes
the use of a Medina County
agricultural product: pecans. The
Medina County Extension Home-
makers Council sponsors the acti-
vity each year, and the funds raised
from the event support the 4,-H
program and the Extension educa-
tional programs.
Members of the Southwest Texas
Property Rights Association Mon-
day night received both a monetary
and morale boost when the organi-
zation was presented checks from
the Petty Ranch r >mpany head-
quartered in San Antoniio.
The company owns extensive
acreage near DHanis and as
demonstrated on several occasions
by Scott Petty Jr. is firmly behind
the newly formed association in its
fight to protect the right by county
landowners to recapture water under-
neath their land.
In addition to "giving a large
contribution to the cause", Petty set
his beliefs in black and white by
sending the association a letter
explaining the contribution.
Addressed to John Poerner,
Southwest Texas Property Rights
Association in Hondo, the letter
which also can be found in an ad in
this week's edition of the Anvil
Herald, reads:
'Dear John: Enclosed are checks
bringing our total amount con-
tributed to the Southwest Texas
Property Rights Association to the
equivalent of $5.00 per acre. Our
family feels that this is a small
price to pay in order to protect our
right to capture the water beneath
Indigent
population
climbing
The number of persons in Medina
County who have been certified as
indigents has shown a sizable jump
in the past year,
That is die information Precinct
4 Commissioner, Henry Briscoe,
passed on to Commissioners Court
Monday.
"One year ago,” he pointed out,
"we had 32 persons certified as
being able to obtain indigent care.
This year we now have 72 effective,
but with 16 of these on review, one
on hold and others in various
stages, we have about 50 who are
certified. That is a jump of 18 addi-
tional people."
Briscoe brought this point out in
support of those who think indigent
care costs could amount to more
than what the county has budgeted
this year. In their 1988 budget the
Court ticketed $105,000 to cover
indigent care costs. In October, the
first month of the new fiscal year,
they received bills totaling approxi-
mately $28,000.00.
Briscoe also warned the Court
that a recent survey stated that
some 30 smaller hospitals in the
South Texas area could be closed
this coming year. "That could inc-
ude Medina Community Hospital,"
he said, "unless everyone in the
county gives the hospital more
support These closures will come
about due to the lack of patients and
changes in Medicare."
"We definitely need to work to-
ward a larger daily patient count at
Medina Community Hospital" he
continued."Just one additional pati-
ent per day over the year can mean a
tremendous difference."
our property and to use it for the
growing of crops, the benefit of
wildlife, and all of the other non-
wasteful purposes for which we
may choose to use it now or for
which our children or grandchildren
may use it in the future.
"I know that you and the
association will do all in their
power to protect those basic rights,
for not only our generation, but
generations to come. I urge every
landowner, whether resident or non-
resident, and every citizen of
Medina County to contribute to
this cause. Confiscation of our
rights to capture the water under our
property without compensation is
basically un-American. The fight to
keep these rights will be expensive
and time-consuming, but with help
from everyone, I know that you
will be successful. Best personal
regards. Sincerely, Scott Petty, Jr."
Empty Stocking
Fund resumes
The Medina County Child Care
Board has set up its annual Empty
Stocking Fund at Hondo National
Bank.
Donations to help sponsor gifts
for the needy children of Medina
County are being accepted.
Names of those who have con-
tributed to the fund will be
published each week, unless other-
wise indicated by the donor.
The first donations were made by
Mr. and Mrs. John Wentz and Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Weinstrom.
“★ Decision—
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
Dec. 13, at 9:30 a.m. in the EUWD
office. The Medina County
delegation will consider the petition
submitted by the Southwest Texas
Property Rights Association.
"This meeting will bring forth
the full impact of the effort you
have put forth to protect the rural
western counties of the district.
The Association publicly thanks
you for insisting the 1987 Legisla-
tion contain this election provision.
It makes a lot of sense-San
Antonio receives three more
directors in 1989, and we have the
opportunity to remove ourselves if
future proposals are detrimental to
our agricultural county.
"The entire procedure requires
four steps:
"1. Legislation to permit the
election (completed).
"2. Petition drive to • obtain
signatures of 10% of voters
(completed).
"3. Medina County Directors
approve election (Dec. 13,1988).
• "4. People vote January 21,
1989.
"We ask you, and your
colleagues, to continue your
support of this cause on Dec. 13,
by voting to allow Medina County
citizens to express their feelings on
the issue."
Sewer plant near limits
City Manager Mike Rhea warned
Hondo Council members Tuesday
that the city's sewer plant has
reached 90% of its capacity.
Rhea said the near-limit capacity
has not yet been a serious problem
because of the high quality of
effluent and the fact that the treated
water is being used for irrigation.
"This is just something you need
to be aware of," he said.
The current sewer operation went
on-line in May 1984 and was at
that time projected to serve the
needs of the city until the end of
the century.
"The city's engineering firm at
the time said the facility was 'state
of the art' but we are now finding
that it was borderline to begin
with,” said Mayor Hardt. "We were
not told that by the engineers, or
by EPA, or anybody."
"This is just an information item
now," said Rhea, "but it is some-
thing we will have to look at.
"I know we have a good plant of
the standard type. It works well and
we have two good people operating
it who take their job seriously.
"We probably have one of the
top ten in the state as to efficiency
of operation," he added.
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breakfast or pastries while the
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'Hondo, Tx. ................
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