Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 12, 1989 Page: 1 of 22
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Hondo to play Jourdanton
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Coach hunting
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HHS seeking football mentor
after Fewell takes Laredo post
By Jeff Berger
Anvil Herald Sports Editor
After a stint of only seven
months, Hondo High School Head
Football Coach and Athletic Direc-
tor Vernon Fewell has resigned.
Fewell has taken the head foot-
ball coaching job at Martin High
School in Laredo. He submitted his
resignation on Thursday, and it
took effect on Friday. Monday, he
was already in Laredo.
"It was an opportunity to move
up to aj 5A school," Fewell said,
"and il was an increase in salary.
"I had been recommended for the
job at Laredo," he added. "The ath-
letic director canoe to visit me, and
offered me a job the middle of last
week.
"I'm proud and excited to be in
Laredo."
Feyyell had coathed at many high
schools around the state, before
coaching at Texas Lutheran College
from 1980-87. When TLC admini-
strators chose to drop football in
early '88, Fewell came to Hondo
upon the resignation of Owl head
coach Butch Porter.
Laredo Martin
football coach Vernon Fewell
The '88 season, however, was
not a kind one to Fewell, as the
Owls slipped to 2-8, equalling the
school's worst football record, a
mark originally set in 1948. It was
Hondo's first losing season since
1961, and marked the first time
since 1960-61 that Hondo, which
had a 2-3 record in District 8-AAA,
had missed the playoffs two years
in a row. The Owls went 64 in
1987, finishing third in district.
In the 1980's, Hondo has had five
head football coaches. David How-
ard’s final two years were 1980-81,
Mike Honeycutt (now at Seguin)
was here from 1982-84, Cliff
Mitchell (Clark assistant) was here
in '85, and Porter (also at Clark)
was coach in 1986-87.
The search is already underway
for a replacement. The Hondo ISD
Board will meet Tuesday evening,
and the coaching vacancy will be
one of the items on the agenda. Th^
meeting, set for 7 p.m. in the HHS
Library is the regular monthly
meeting for January.
Supt. N.E. "Bud" Woolls says
that his office, has already received
six or seven applications. "I'd be sur-
prised if we don't have another 10 or
15 by the time we meet Tuesday,"
he said.
"I doubt if the board will reach a
decision at the Tuesday meeting,"
he added. "It all depends on the appli-
cations. The sooner, the better, but
don't want to rush into
FRANCES PROCTOR
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See COACHING, Page 14
F IREMEN RUSH, to refill a truck as area residents and puzzled livestock Keep an eye on the smoky
r orizon when a grass fire burned more than 100 acres south of town Friday
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Blaze consumes grass
Pro-Edwards faction
outlines merit of district
Three homegrown "experts” came
to Hondo Tuesday night and
discussed the Edwards Underground
Water District, the proposed Region-
al Water Plan and, very briefly, the
value of remaining in the district to
the county.
The trio included: Rusty Mas-
ters, interim General Manager of
the EUWD; Greg Rothe, former
chief engineer for the Guadalupe-
Bianco River Authority for 14 years
and now with the EUWD as a
consultant doing a feasibility study
on the district buying Medina Lake;
and Clyde Bohmfalk, Director of
the Water Quality Division foi the
Texas Water Commission.
None of the three actually advised
Medina County voters to take either
action -withdrawing or staying in-
but they did point out merits of
what the district provides.
Actions taken earlier Tuesday by
the EUWD board in San Antonio
did nothing to clarify the confusion
in the minds of many who attended
the night meeting in the Hondo
High School Activities Center.
The Board postponed a vote on
the regional plan until their Jan. 25
Ql the weather.;.!
The Hondo Radar Station has
supplied the following weather
information for this past week:
meeting. Since the Medina County
proposal was the plan before them,
this left county residents in a quan-
dry. Their main question Tuesday
night was: "Do you think they will
approve the plan if the county
remains in the district?" ■
EUWD Director Rene Aelvoet
told them he thought "the plan as
we want it is dead. 1 don't believe it
will pass no matter what we do, but
they do have to vote on the Medina
County proposal.
However, the three present direc-
tors will have1 an opportunity to
cast a vote when it comes up on
Jan. 25 no matter if county resi-
dents do vote to withdraw. Their
terms will not expire until Jan. 26
in that case.
One main theme stressed by
everyone conducting the meeting
was "there is a need for a regional
plan and if we don't do it as a
region, someday the state will do it
for us."
Masters said this when he told
the group: "It is a plan, something
we have never had before, and it is
needed."
See EUWD, Page 14
Hondo firemen battled a grass fire
Friday afternoon which burned
more than 100 acres of grassland
before it was brought under control.
The fire began after a controlled
trash burn got out of control and
spread to a nearby field. Winds
from out of the south 'sent the
flames racing north and westward
through dry coastal grass fields and
directly toward a mobile home,
bams and livestock owned by Glen
Kriewald.
The flames were stopped just
yards away from the bams and
house.
Thick clouds of smoke that could
be seen for miles billowed from the
burning grass as a wall of flames
sometimes three or four feet high
kept firemen racing to refill trucks.
Firemen utilized an Irrigation
well on the Kriewald place, a small
stock tank, and a pumper truck to
refill the trucks.
The Hondo Volunteer Fire De-
partment was first called during the
noon hour to the location three
miles south of Hwy. 90 on Taylor
Lane.
A second call for help went out
shortly after 1 p.m. and the
D Hanis Volunteer Fire Department
joined the fight a little while later.
The firefighters remained in the
area until almost dark.
Absentee turnout heavy
Medina County voters are show-
ing a keen interest in this years
Edwards Underground Water Dis-
trict Board election.
According to County Clerk Anna
Van De Walle, 94 voters had cast
absentee ballots and two mail-in
ballots were still out as of Wednes-
day.
Van De Walle described the
turnout thus far as "super."
"1 think the proposition, whether
to stay in the district, is bringing
people out to vote," she said.
The election will also name a
new director to the EUWD board in
the event the majority of voters
decide that the county will remain
in the district.
Four days remain in the absentee
balloting period which ends
Tuesday, Jan. 17.
Property Rights
group to hold
public meeting
Date
High Low Rain
Wed., Jan. 4
63
48
.00
„ Thu., Jan. 5
81
54
X.00
Fri., Jan. 6
83
45
.00
Sat, Jan. 7
81
60
tr.
Sun.,-Jan. 8
61
49
.00
Mon., Jan. 9
54
41
.00
Tue., Jan. 10
60
40
.00
Avg. high temp, for the week: 69
Avg. low temp, for-the week: 48.1
High temp, for 1989: 85 on Jan. 3
Low temp, for 1989: 40 on Jan. 10
Total rain for past week: Trace
Total rain for January: Trace
Number of days in 1989 with
measurable rainfall: 0
Total rain for 1989: Trace
Rain recorded in 1988, thru
Jan. 10: 0.01 inches
Rain recorded in 1987, thru
Jan. 10: 0.09 inches
WELCOME
THIS IS GOD’S COUNTRY
PLEASE HELP
US KEEP IT CLEAN
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The Southwest Texas Property
Rights Association announced a
public meeting to help voters under-
stand the water issues and die Jan.
21 proposition that would allow
Medina County to withdraw from
the Edwards Underground Water
District. The meeting will be held
on Monday, Jan. 16 at the Medina
County Fair Hall at 7 p.m.
"Many residents of Medina Coun-
ty do not fuljy understand the issues
involved, and this meeting will
give them an opportunity to hear
the facts," said John Poemer, presi-
dent of the Southwest Texas Proper-
ty Rights Association. Five area
experts on the Edwards Aquifer, pro-
perty rights and water issues will
make presentations and then be
available for questions.
Participants include Dr. Tommy
Knowles, Texas Water Develop-
ment Board; Mr. Robert Maclay,
Retired, U.S. Geological Survey; •
Dr. Charles Krietler, University of
Texas, Austin; Dr. Weldon Ham-
mond, University of Texas at San
Antonio; and Mr. Ben Wallis, San
Antohio property rights attorney.
"We have assembled this panel of
experts to give Medina County citi-
zens a chance to listen to the facts
and then draw their own conclu-
sions," said Poemer. "This proposi-
tion to withdraw from the Edwards
Underground Water District is pro-
bably the most important election
issue we have ever faced in Medina
County. It is essential for all voters
to become better informed so they
fully understand both sides of the
issue," he continued. "We encour-
age all County residents to-come to
this Jan. 16 meeting.
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HONDO PRIDE LOGO... No, the famous Hondo Anyone who would like to know more about the
highway sign is not being changed. Hondo artist Hondo Pride Program can contact Coordinator
Kevin Bader used the design of the familiar sign Judith Glasscock or Chamber Manager Diane
as the background for the Hondo Pride Program's Schiffers. Volunteers are needed as block
official logo. Plans call for the new logo to be captains and in other capacities,
printed on bumper stickers and litter bags. .____
Livestock pool open
The Hondo Merchants Livestock
Pool for the Medina County Junior
Livestock Show has been made
available again this year by the
Hondo Chamber of Commerce.
The CofC board voted last week
for the Chamber office to be the
collection point for the pool which
has been working for the past
Several years.
The Hondo Merchants Pool is a
method by which merchants can
make their contributions to the
Medina County Junior Livestock
Show and especially local area FFA
and 4-H Youth, in amounts they
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can afford. It gives the smaller mer-
chants jm opportunity to be part of
the livestock show effort and help
these FFA and 4-H youngsters.
Deadline for submitting contri-
butions has been set for Jan. 3L
Then on the day of the auction pool
buyers, Tad WoOten and Trini
Cuellar, will do their job for those
people who supported the pool.
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