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Volume 108, Number 49
Thursday, December 8,1994
Our 108th
Published In Hondo, Texas
Medina County's Leading Newspaper
Two sections, 22 pages
50 Cents
Anvil Herald
to publish
Santa letters
Santa Claus will receive
many letters this year with
the added help of The Anvil
Herald.
Letters from Hondo area
children will be published in
the Christmas greetings edi-
tion on December 22, 1994
All children are urged to
mail or bring their letters to
Anvil Herald by Thursday,
December 15, so we can be
sure they get on their way to
Santa Claus.
Bonilla delivers
nominating speech
for Newt Gingrich
Washington -- Calling it a "mo-
ment that will go down as a turning
point for America,” U.S. Rep. Henry
Bonilla Monday had the honor of
delivering the nominating speech for
the next Speaker of the U.S. House
of Representatives, Newt Gingrich.
"Newt Gingrich is a visionary, a
revolutionary, a believer in basic
values that make this the greatest
country on Earth: self-responsibility,
free enterprise, less regulation, less
government," Rep. Bonilla said in
his speech.
Rep. Bonilla, recently re-elected
to his second term in Congress, has
worked closely with Rep. Gingrich
during his first term, and was the
only representative chosen to deliver
the nominating speech.
ASCS open house
The Medina County ASCS office
will hold Open House today, Thurs-
day, Dec. 8, from 9 to 11 a.m., at
3102 Ave. G. The public is invited
to stop by and learn about the func-
tions of the ASCS.
Pecan Food Show, Sale
The Winter Garden Pecan Food
Show and Sale is underway this
morning at St. Paul's Lutheran
Church Activity Center in Hondo.
Entries received 7:30-9:30 a.m. with
awards presentations and public sale
of baked goods to be held at 12 noon.
Hermann Sons Dance
Parents or guardians of Hermann
Sons Dance students will have a
chance to help select recital costumes
during dance class times Monday,
Dec. 12, 3 to 8 p.m., and Thursday,
Dec. 15,3 to 9 p.m.
Christmas lighting contest
The Hondo Garden Club will
sponsor the annual lighting contest,
according to a committee member.
Categories will remain much the
same as last year, with the addition
of a separate category for Kollman
Oaks residences. Full details will be
published next week.
VFW Post meeting
Medina VFW Post 3891 will hold
its regular meeting Tuesday, Dec. 13,
7:30 p.m. District Commander Bill
Stewart of Del Rio will pay the post
a visit For information, call Jr. Vice
Cmdr. Richard McLeon, 426-5103.
Masonic Lodge to meet
Hondo City Lodge, No. 756
AF&AM, will meet Monday, Dec.
12,7:30 p.m. at the Lodge building.
"Messiah" Performance set Sunday
On Sunday, Dec. 11, at 7 p.m., a
combined choir of approximately
40 voices from Hondo and sur-
rounding communities will present
the Christmas portion of the simpli-
fied version of Handel's "Messiah"
at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 1303
Avenue M, Hondo.
The Choir is under the direction of
Elcen Brucks, accompanied by
Betty Truede on the organ and
Grace Reed on the piano. The pres-
entation will include solos by
Robert Peden, Glenn Muennink,
Ann Krahn and Gladys Lindcburg.
Come experience the wonder of
Jesus' birth as presented in song. An
offering will be received to benefit
the Medina County Child Care
Board's Christmas Gifts for Needy
Children.
For those who have other plans
for Sunday evening, the group will
give a "final rehearsal" performance
at the Lone Star Corral at the SKP
Co-op in D'Hanis on Friday, Dec. 9,
at 8 p.m. All are invited to attend
either performance.
Fly in'fancy
Few local changes
from USDA fallout
Early indications are that Medina
County will see little effect from U.S.
Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy's
announced closing of more than
1,000 agency field offices.
Local work of the Federal Crop
Insurance program and FmHA farm
loans will become part of the Agri-
culture Stabilization and Conserva-
tion Service (ASCS) office which
has a new name as a result of the
changes. It will be known as the
Farm Services Agency (FSA).
Although Central Texas agricul-
ture officials said that the consolida-
tions and closures will have only a
small effect in the region, many area
offices were affected.
In some cases, employees will
move to a "one-stop" service center
where all USDA activities will be
grouped.
Bandera's field office will become
part of the Kerr County office,
Leakey (Real Co.) will be handled
by Uvalde County, and Crystal City
(Zavala Co.) will be handled in
Carrizo Springs (Dimmit Co.).
Uvalde is expected to lose its Soil
Conservation Service area office.
The reorganization of the U.S. De-
partment of Agriculture is part of the
Clinton administration's efforts to
"reinvent government."
The USDA was the sixth largest
bureaucracy in the government, en-
compassing not only agriculture-re-
lated programs, but also such varied
programs as Food Stamps and U.S.
Forest Service.
Governmental agencies send
Reps to speak in Hondo, Dec. 13
PHOTO BY JEFF BERGER
Danny Pargas flies to the hoop after a stefal last Friday in the Marion
Tournament. The Hondo basketball teams play host this weekend
to the 14th Annual Hondo Tournament, which gets underway today
with girls' first and second round action Boys' opening rounds are
Friday, with finals coming up on Saturday.
Christmas Gift Guide inside
Hondo merchants arc planning
Christmas on Main Street shopping
promotions this week through Dec.
24. Shop the Gift Guide on pages 7-
10 of this week's Anvil Herald.
Hondo stores offer a wide selec-
tion of gifts, affordable prices, fea-
tured specials, in-store drawings for
prizes, and various other promotions,
as well as easy access for handi-
capped and strollers and shipping
services readily available.
Local merchants remind everyone
that shopping at home has many ad-
vantages, including a safe environ-
ment for parking, no-hassle personal
check-writing and credit purchases,
and a wide array of items for every-
one, even those hard-to-shop-for
folks on your list.
Scan this list to get an idea of items
available in the downtown area: elec-
tronic toys and videos, western wear,
designer fragrances, candy, antiques,
name brand clothes, lingerie, acces-
sories, jewelry, watches, small and
large appliances, furniture, flowers,
plants, specialty gifts, china, glass-
ware, crystal, children's and baby
gifts and toys, Christmas ornaments
and decorations, gift certificates
from any merchant, and gifts for the
home, do-it-yourselfer, and car buffs.
Representatives from five govern-
mental agencies will visit Hondo on
Tuesday, Decmber 13 to brief the
public on how their agencies can
affect the rural community of Med-
ina County.
The briefing, which is open to
everyone who wishes to attend, will
be held from 9 a.m. until 12 noon in
the Senior and Community Center on
18th Street in Hondo.
"Emphasis will be placed on how
these agencies can help small busi-
ness owners or those who might be
contemplating going into business,"
said RoyceGroff,Medina Economic
Development Foundation president.
"However, the information will also
be valuable to individuals."
Comprising the briefing team will
be: Don Cook, Director, Office of
Rural Affairs, Texas Department of
Commerce; Ben Sheppered, Super-
visor, San Antonio District Office,
Texas Department of Agriculture;
Mary Alice Blanco, Small Business
specialist, United States Federal
Small Business Administration, San
Antonio District Office; Mike Men-
doza, Manager, San Antonio Local
Development Company, Economic
Development Department, City of
San Antonio; James F. Forster, Pro-
gram Moderator and Business Spe-
cialist, Economic Development De-
partment, Procurement Outreach
Program, City of San Antonio.
Each team member will present
details on what his or her agency does
and can do that affects the rural
community. These will include:
Don Cook -scope of work, current
activities and an update of events in
Texas Rural communities and how
this could apply to Medina County.
Ben Shepperd-how State and
Federal agricultural programs could
and are affecting the rural counties.
Mike Mendoza-the various finan-
cial development programs and how
the City of San Antonio participates,
evaluates, and assists in qualifying
their clients for financial assistance
in these programs.
Mary Alice Blanco--discuss the
SB A's many programs for providing
start-up, technical, marketing, finan-
cial and other counseling and assis-
tance to small businesses and how
they have impacted the rural commu-
nities.
Once the team has presented this
information, everyone will have an
opportunity to get in the act. The
team members will then take ques-
tions from the audience, with Forster
serving as moderator.
"MEDF is happy to sponsor the
team's visit to Medina County,"
Groff said. "We sincerely believe
that information presented by this
team will be of value to all how at-
tend. Come join usTuesday, Decem-
ber 13 in learning how we can use
these agencies to improve our
county."
Hondo Airport to host first 1995 event
for International Aerobatic Club
Hondo's airport has become a per-
manent target for International Aero-
batic Club. The club sanctions aero-
batic competitions and promotes the
sport of aerobatic flying worldwide.
Competitors from all over the U.S.
will swarm to Hondo March 31 thru
April 2 for the first event of the 1995
aerobatic season.
In preparation for hosting the
event, the city has installed on the
airport the only permanently-marked
standard aerobatic practice box in the
United States. In addition to having
permanent comer and center mark-
ings of gravel, the 1,000-meter-
square "box" is the most accurately
measured, having been laid out by a
surveyor. All competition flying
takes place within the imaginary air-
space "box," the base of which is
marked on the ground.
The marking was completed about
a week prior to the national compe-
tition held in October. Local pilots
quickly spread the word about the
great facility and in no time the open-
ing competition was moved here
from Edna, near Houston, because
this site is so much better, according
to Hondo City Councilman Greg
Baldasarri.
Some 70 competitors will be in
Hondo for the event which is ex-
pected to be the second largest com-
petition of the year, surpassed only
by the national competition at
Denison, near Dallas.
Baldasarri, a standardization su-
pervisor with Doss Aviation and
member of the International Aero-
batic Club, spoke with club members
about Hondo airport being used for
an aerobatic event and it wasn't long
before things began to fit into place.
Likening the competition to "aerial
figure skating," Baldasarri said aero-
batic events are a lot of fun to watch.
"This won't be anything like the
airshows held here by the Confeder-
ate Air Force some years ago," said
Baldasarri. "These are world-class
aerobatic pilots... the kind you see
on television."
Pilots have five categories of skill
level to choose from: basic and
sportsman on March 31 in which pi-
lots fly no lower than 1500 feet; in-
termediate on April 1 in which pi-
lots are allowed to fly no lower than
1200 ft; and on April 2, advanced
with a 800-fL-above-ground flying
limit and unlimited freestyle in
which 328 ft. (100 meters) is die low-
est flying level.
Competition includes a sequence
of known maneuvers, unknown ma-
neuvers for which the pilot has not
had time to prepare, and freestyle.
Admission for the aerobatic com-
petition is free and the public is en-
couraged to attend.
Sunday, after the competition
ends, an airs how featuring some of
the best talent in the southwest is
being planned. There would be an
admission charge for the airshow.
"Our aim is to host several events
a year. Hondo has the potential of
being the nation's aerobatic hub,"
Baldasarri said." We have just about
the best aerobatic facility in the U.S."
"We want to try to get the nation-
als held here. These competitions at-
tract about 20,000 people."
In the meantime, Hondo is the only
place to practice in an aerobatic box
and pilots will probably be seen prac-
ticing here throughout spring and
summer.
PEARL HARBOR COMMEMORATION... Some 30 members of Medina Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
3891 and guests remembered the Dec. 7,1941 attack on Peart Harbor Wednesday with a short cer-
emony at the post home. A United States flag and certificate was presented to the post by Scott Keith of
U.S. Senator Phil Gramm's office and Phil Ricks of U. S. Congressman Henry Bonilla's office. Both men
spoke of the sacrifices of citizen-soldiers who have served to keep national peace. Keith brought Sen.
Gramm's message, "In a time of peace few want to think about preparing for war. But as George Wash-
ington so wisely counseled his countrymen, To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual ways of
preserving peace.' Let those who would forget this historic truth think today about Pearl Harbor." Among
those attending was Curly Mechler, the post's surviving charier member. Pictured (l-r) are Keith, Ricks
and Post Cmdt. Oliver Reinhart. The post will hold its regular meeting Tuesday, Dec. 13,7:30 p.m.
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