Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 1984 Page: 1 of 27
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Serving Medina County for % years
HONDO ANVIL HERALD
Volume 98 ~ Issue No.
February 16, 1984
Hondo, Texas 78861 USPS 249-280
25 Cents
20 Pages
POSSIBLE LIBRARY... City Council
has offered $500 in earnest money to
$200,000 price tag.
building owner Bru Miller for the
possible purchase of the building now
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occupied by Lieberman’s for the public
library.
Another library site selected
By Doug Johnson
In.a move that is hoped will finally
provide a home for Hondo's long-
embattled new public library project,
City Council voted Monday in a
specially called meeting to try to buy
the building now housing Lieberman’s
from its owner, Bru Miller. - *
The City seeks to purchase the
building, located on Highway 90 next
to H.E.B., and offered Miller (subject
to his approval) a figure of $200,000
and a $500 earnest money contract.
Miller, who was present at the
Monday meeting, did not comment at
the time on his possible acceptance or
Hospital Hoedown
primed for Sunday
Get to the fairgrounds Sunday for
the big Hospital Hoedown sponsored
by the Hondo Lion’s Club.
Benefitting the equipment fund of
the new Medina Memorial Hospital
emergency room, the fundraiser will
be a daylong event of food, music, and
an auction.
A huge barbecue with all the
trimmings will start the day off at 11
a m Entertainment by Tony Koch and
the Cedar Creek Band will follow at 4
p.m An auction with well over 50
items gets underway at 6 p.m and a
dance featuring Deejay George Bias-
ing begins at 8 p.m
All that is asked in return for the
day of fun is a donation that you feel
comfortable with.
Items for the auction have been
donated by area businesses and
individuals and a near-complete list of
auction items appears on page 2.
(In last week’s story, we omitted
Nester’s Supermarket as one of the
donors for grocery and accessory
items.)
Hondo Lion’s Club President N.E.
“Bud” Woolls invites everyone out for
an afternoon of fun and fundraising for
an outstanding cause.
By Barbara Berger Wilson
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I’VE SAID IT BEFORE
. . . and I’ll probably say it ag^in. but “the Library” seems to be
closer at hand after City Council’s action Monday night. They have
made an offer to Hondoan Bru Miller to purchase the building now
occupied by Lieberman’s. (See the page 1 story.)
There may be a hitch, however. I spoke with an officer of
Lieberman’s at their headquarters in Floresville who told me they
have renewed a five-year option for the building. He wouldn’t
comment further except to say that the matter had been turned
over to their attorney.
Sound familiar?
NOW, CONCERNING THE SITE,
. . . Lieberman’s is a going business. The building and business
bring revenue to the city, county and school district through ad
valorem property taxes to the tune of $2,262. The school district
gets $968 per year, the city $706 and the county $588. It brings
additional money in city sales tax. And, also very important is the
fact that it provides at least six jobs to Hondoans.
If this building - a prime piece of real estate - is removed from
the tax rolls, it is gone as taxable real estate forever.
If the sale goes through and, perhaps even in anticipation of that
event, I hope very sincerely that someone from Hondo - perhaps
from the Chamber of Commerce - will contact Lieberman’s and tell
them we want them in Hondo and we are in favor of business.
This paper has long supported the Library - for more than 20
years. I just hope we don’t get a Library at the expense of a going
business concern.
SUNDAY IS THE BIG DAY
... for the Lion’s Club Fundraiser for Medina Memorial
Hospital’s new emergency room. All of the funds collected during
the daylong event will go toward purchasing equipment for the
room. _c,
You can feed your family, be entertained by Tony Koch and the
Cedar Creek Band, participate in a big auction with well over 50
items, and enjoy a dance that evening with Deejay George Biasing.
The entire day’s events - lor a donation.
The Hospital needs your help, so it can better serve you and your
family.
THE ANNUAL BLOOD DRIVE
. . . sponsored by Iota Upsilon and the High School National
Honor Society is scheduled for Tuesday, February 21 from 9 to 6
p.m. at the High School Audio Visual Room.
A donation will insure your family for one year in case they need
blood. Plan to give!
YOU KNOW IT’S A BAD DAY
. . . when there is a Sixty Minutes crew waiting in your office
when you arrive at work. <
Or when an irate parent comes to your office.
(Please turn to page 3)
refusal of the contract, indicating that
he thought the City’s $200,000 offer
was too low He said that he was
hoping for approximately $230,000.
The Anvil Herald was informed
Tuesday night that Miller accepted
the City’s offer, with the stipulation
that the earnest money amount be
raised to $10,000. The City accepted
the deal. City Manager Mike Rhea
added tnai the earnest money will be
applied to the agreed-upon purchase
price, and that the City would also pay
Miller’s closing costs.
As it stands now, the City will put
up the $10,000 in good faith for a
period of 90 days, Rhea said, during
which time Miller will attempt to
furnish the City with a tenantless
building. If Miller is not able to fulfill
his part of the contract by providing
an empty building in that time, the
Council could then vote either to
extend the term of the contract, “or to
go for another site ” said Rhea.
But if Miller furnished the building
as contracted and then for some
unforeseen reason the City decided
not to Bfly it, Miller would keep the
$10,000 as a sign of the City’s lack of
"good faith”.
Rhea added, however, that after all
its trouble and all the controversy that
has surrounded the library project,
the City would not likely turn the deal
down. “We (the City) want the
building," he said
Lieberman’s, a department store,
currently resides in the building under
a lease that expires April 30 - more
than one year after Hondo voters
approved $375,000 in bonds for
“library improvements ”. Mayor A D
Patterson said that, during all the
negotiations for purchase of the site,
the City has not spoken to anyone
from Lieberman’s, preferring instead
to deal only with Miller.
Miller added that the deal hinges
importantly on his being able to
convince Lieberman’s not to exercise
their five-year option on the lease, and
without the matter ending up in court
Library Board member Trisha
Brennan told the Council Monday that
she is satisfied with the Lieberman's
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Rodriguez
trial delayed
According to District Clerk Jean
Marty, the Alberto Rodriguez capital
murder trial, originally set to begin
February 14, has been rescheduled for
8:30 a m Monday, February 27
The change was granted by District
38 Judge Mickey Pennington, oecause
defense attorney, Fred Deyeso of
San Antonio, was ill with the flu.
City to draft ordinance...
Spray paint abuse targeted
By Doug Johnson
In response to recent complaints
and fears about what appears to be a
growing local problem Hondo City
Council voted Tuesday to draft and
enforce a suitable 'city ordinance that
would regulate the sale and abuse of
spray paint and other potentially
intoxicating inhalants.
Constable Prednt 3 Jesus Rodri-
guez showed Council members a
collection of 28 empty spray-paint cans
that were found discarded earlier this
month in the barrio. Rodriguez said
that there are an increasing number of
local youths who are sniffing and
inhaling the fumes from spray paint
and other substances - even liquid
paper - in order to experience a
euphoric but brain-damaging “high)”
Rodriguez said that, although local
merchants have been cooperative in
placing spray paints in displays that
allow access only with assistance from
sales personnel, and the sale of such
substances is restricted to people aged
17 and over, the problem hasn't gone
away.
City Manager Mike Rhea said that
the bulk of the problem seems to be
that “we’ve got a few people who are
over 17 years of age, who are buying it
(spray paint) in quantity." Those
people are then selling it to minors.
Pointing out that “it’s pretty hard to
prosecute a child,” City Attorney Bob
McGowen recommended that the City
concentrate its efforts on catching the
people who are making the inhalants
available rt>. minors - and in that area,
the City would be helped by existing
state law
Hope Gallegos, representing a local
watch-dog organization called Parents
for Alternatives to Drugs through
Recreation and Educational Services
(PADRES), suggested a plan to
register those people who buy spray
paint.
PADRES could furnish the forms,
she said, on which local merchants
could record such data as names,
addresses, drivers license numbers,
and serial numbers of the paint cans
themselves. The organization could
collect the forms each week and turn
them over to Hondo police, who would
then have detailed records of who is
buying what, and how much
“When they (offenders) see that
they’re being watched," she said, the
City will have a better grip on
curtailing the problem.
Although "some people will always
be able to find a way to get high,"
Gallegos said, and although it can be
argued that spray-paint registration is
an invasion of privacy, "we’ve had
good response from the businesses,”
she said.
‘We as citizens of (his community
have an obligation to do something
about it If we let it go, it will affect us
all eventually," she said
Ricardo Jasso, executive director of
Nosotros. a San Antonio-based group,
told the Council that Governor Mark
White's recent appointment of a task
force to study ways to combat spray
paint abuse, indicates that the
problem is beginning to attract
widespread concern, not just in
Hondo, but all over the- state and
nation as well
He said that a local ordinance
would show that the City acknow-
Vnder new alcohol policy.
ledges that there is a problem, and
would reflect its resolve to do
something about it.
Council members expressed sup-
port for the groups present and for
some kind of official action Council-
man Tony Hardt entered a motion,
which passed unanimously, asking
McGowen “to get us an ordinance
that's legal and binding by the next
Council meeting."
Fire Truck
The Hondo Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment wants to buy a new small fire
truck for grass fires and fast
emergencies, and at the request of
HVFD spokesman John Sturm, the
City will contribute $6,000 toward the
purchase.
The funds will come out of the City’s
general revenue sharing budget, some
$10,000 of which Rhea said was put
under capital improvements. The FVe
Department will pay the rest of the
truck’s cost out of its own resources,
Sturm said, and is trying to save
money by buying the chassis and
water tank, and then building its own
pump
The Council told Sturm that the
Fire Department could go ahead and
find a truck to purchase, and then let
Rhea know when it needs the money.
** W ater Lines
In order to increase water pressure,
plan for future growth, and to get a
start on making the entire City water
system more efficient, the Council
voted to go out for bids for purchase of
some 6,000 feet of 10-inch w iter main
pipe, including sufficient values and
fittings. The piping will be used to
establish a “loop" in an existing water
'Please turn to page 3)
Four HHS students expelled
Four Hondo High School sopho-
mores were expelled for the re-
mainder of the semester at Tuesday
night’s school board meeting
The students had been suspended
for two weeks after they were found
in violation of the new drug-alcohol
policy which was adopted bv the
School Board prior to this school year
Hondo High School Principal
Charles Carlson said the four had been
excused from classes to attend the
Medina County Junior Livestock
Show They apparently left the
grounds without permission and were
later found to be under the influence
of alcohol
“If they had been dismissed by their
teacher,” Carlson said, ‘It would have
been another matter But they were
most definitely at a school function "
'This policy was adopted by the
School Board iast August and we went
over and over it with the students and
had the parents and students sign a
letter acknowledging that they had
read and understood it," he continued
Carlson said that the students are
attempting to enroll in other schooLs.
though others may use correspon-
dence courses.
This was the first time the
Alcohol-Drug Policy had been used as
the basis for expulsion in the district
In other action, the Board called for
an election Saturday, April 7 for the
purpose of electing Trustees to
Positions 1 and 2 of the Board Both
Henry Dominguez and J D Schmidt
have indicated they will seek re-
election
The Board heard a series of reports,
one of which showed Hondo's Scho-
lastic Aptitude Test verbal scores for
1983 comparing to Edgewood,
Harlandale, and the San Antonio
Independent School District, while
lagging behind Alamo Heights, blast
Centri, Northeast and Northside
Mathematics scores equaled those
in East Central, Edgewood, Harlan-
dale. Judson and San Antonio, while
Alamo Heights, Northeast and North
side showed higher scores ,
In personnel matters, the Board
hired Carolyn Wiemers as a first
grade teacher to replace Denise
Parsons who resigned They also
•* elected all three school principals to
two year contracts Carlson at the
High School, E J Hilsherat McDowell
and Bob Nat ions at Meyer Tim Coyle
and Carlos Herrera were rehired as
assistant principals, while Assistant
Superintendent Clyde Parsons’ con-
tract was renewed for two years.
The following were rehired with one
year contracts. Brenda Vavncek,
special education cooperative direc-
tor Eric Haass. special education
depart ment; Richard Lynch, high
school counselor; Ellen Schueling
and Camile Sandusky, diagnosticians
Harris announces
for district judge post
i Annual blood drive
set for Tuesday
Emmett Harris of Uvalde has given
the Anvil Herald permission to print
the following political announcement:
I am a candidate for District Judge
38th Judicial District Medina, Real,
and Uvalde Countips I’ll be running
m the Republican lYimary in May ano
the General Election in November
Over the past 15 years of my law
pract ice I have t ned cases before
juries in Justice of the Peace, City,
County and District Courts in the
Texas court system and the U S
District Courts in Del Rio and San
Antonio I have argued rases on
appeal before the Court of Civil
Appeals in San Antonio, the Court of
Criminal Appeals in Austin, and the
U S Circuit Court of Appeals in New
Orleans. 1 am admitu-d to practice
before the United States Supreme
Court
I’ve also tried cases before various
state and federal agencies such as the
Texas Education Agency and State
Board of Education, the Texas
Employment Commission, and the
Immigration and Naturalization Ser-
vice
I believe this experience qualifies
me to serve you well in vour court
Over these years in the courtrooms
I have seen some t hmgs t hat made me
very proud of our judicial system 1
have also seen many things which
By Eddy Campos
The Hondo High School National
Honor Society and the Iota Upsilon
Sorority will be sponsoring their
annual Blood Drive Tuesday, Febru
ary 21. It will be held at the high
school Audio Visual room between the
hours of 9 a m. and 6 p.m
Anyone wishing to donate blood can
do so by simply stopping by the high
school during the designated hours
Appointments, which are not neces-
sary, can be made by calling Judith
Glasscock, Sorority chairperson for
the Blood Drive, at 426-4019 or
426-4856, or by contacting the high
school at 426-3341.
Business people will be given
priority in the donor’s line.
Before a person gives blood, he-she
will be checked for blood pressure.
pulse, and the level of iron in the
blood. This procedure will insure the
safety of both the donor and the
patients to whom the blood will go.
The examination and donation should
take approximately 30 minutes.
In order to be eligible to donate
blood a person must be between the
ages of 18 and 66, or 17 years old with
written parental consent The donor
must weigh at least 110 lbs and it is
suggested that he-she eat 4 hours
prior to donation There are also
certain waiting periods after such
things as surgery, skin tattoos, and
vaccinations of which you will be made
aware of at the time of your interview
Although this Blood Drive is not for
a specific person, it is a very worthy
cause. Most people are not aware of
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tend to separate the system from the
people and prevent it from serving
them as well as it should As judge of
your court Twill try to open the court
to all at izens. make it understandable,
and bring to it an independent and
impartial approach to fairness and
justice of which I think you will be
proud
My opportunities to serve my
community have included 5 seasons of
Little League coaching. Boy Scout
work. Kiwams and Lions Club
projects, board work for the Chamber
of Commerce. Area Hevelopment
Foundation. Bicentennial Committee,
Uvalde Cares for Children. United
Fund-United Way, Community
Theatre, and two terms on the school
board My family and-1 are active
members of First Baptist Church
where currently 1 get to work with
about 25-30 1 st, 2nd and 3rd graders in
children's choir
I received my BS and Doctor of
Jurisprudence degrees from the
University of Houston 1 am a former
Lt in the U S Naval Reserve
I am 44 years old, and my home is in
Uvalde with my wife, Paulette, and
my sons. Ronny, an eighth grade
student at Uvalde Jr High, and Kurt,
a fifth grade student at Robb
Elementary Paulette, Ronny, Kurt,
and I ask for your vote and support
LJJ the weather...|
The Hondo
Radar
Station
has
supplied the following
weather
in-
formation for
the week ending
Februarv 14. 1984
High
Low Rain
Wed , Feb 8
59
41
.01
Thu .Feb 9
Fr . Feb 10
74
80
51
47
.01
00
Sat . Feb 11
75
57
00
Sun.. F’eb 12
71
45
.31
Mon . Feb. 13
74
35
00
Tue , Feb 14
82
38
00
Mean maximum temp for the week:
Emmett Harris
73.6
Mean miniminutemp. for the week:
44.9
Total rainfall for February: 40
inches.
1984 high temperature: 82 on Feb.
14
1984 low temperature: 18 on Jan. 19
1984 total rainfall: 2.25 inches
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Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 1984, newspaper, February 16, 1984; Hondo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth818606/m1/1/?q=brazos: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hondo Public Library.