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Emilio headlines Saturday evening dance
Just say one name, “Emilio,” and all-timer set by fellow San Antonian, Emilio continues to be the "Ambav
nearly everyone in South Texas
knows who you are talking about,
even if they are not a devoted fol-
lower of the “King of Tejano.”
Emilio and his band, Rio, will be
the headline attraction at the Medina
County Fair dance, Saturday, Sept.
18, beginning at 10 p.m.
Emilio Navaira has been setting
attendance records at events since his
I99S Texas State Fair appearance
drew more than 40,000 people, the
second largest crowd in the fair's
109-year history.
Among the highlights of his career
are 19% performances with the Dal-
las and San Antonio symphonies; per-
forming the national anthem before
worldwide television audience during
the 19% NBA All-Star Game in San
Antonio; setting the second highest
Houston Astrodome concert atten-
dance record in 1997 (just short of the
George Strait); and serving as grand
marshall for the 1998 Battle of Row-
ers Parade in San Antonio
1999 marked the release of one of
the most anticipated projects in the
Tejano Music industry, Emilio>s
“10th Anniversary” album.
A two-time Grammy Award nomi-
nee for “Best Mexican-American Per-
formance” category, he holds over 30
Tejano Music Awards, including nine
for Male Entertainer of the Year, six
Album of the Year, and four Male
Vocalist of the Year awards.
Over the last decade Emilio has
been in the spotlight as one of the
most recognizable Tejano icons. His
dedication to his work, his philan-
thropic efforts, and his loyalty to his
fans has been inspiring.
Emilio’s stature has been enhanced
thoughout the years by his constant
availability to his fans. In doing so.
sador of Tejano Music" by paving the
way for new Tejano fan base and be-
ing the cornerstone for the next gen-
eration of Tejano music greatest hits.
Bom and reared in San Antonio,
Emilio is married and has two chil-
dren and one on the way. He began
performing in elementary school
functions and, professionally, in 1985
with David Lee Garza and Los Mu-
sicales band. He formed his own
band, Rio, and signed with Cara/CBS
Records in 1989.
Emilio and Cindy Navaira’s flag-
ship charity, Emilio Tejanos for Chil-
dren foundation, was founded in 1990
and has raised over $600,000 through
increased community awareness,
concerts and golf tournaments Santa
Rosa Children's Hospital and the
Children’s Miracle Network are pri-
mary beneficiaries for the foundation
Council likely to back HPD budget increase
By William Hoover
Anvil Hekald Comestondent
If accepted in its current form by
Hondo City Council, the Hondo Po-
lice Department’s budget will in-
crease for Fiscal Year 1999-2000 to
$860,390. Last year’s police budget
was $732,649.
Some people think the $127,741
increase is too much, but city man-
ager David Chavez favors the in-
crease. “What is the value of being
able to walk down the street at night
and feel safe? What is it worth to get
a good night’s sleep without fear of
a break-in? These concerns need to
be factored into the budget.” said
Chavez. “That’s our job and we have
to pay the price. People have differ-
ent opinions, but we feel the need is
justified. We only have two cars on
patrol and one needs backup. We are
just getting by right now.”
Chavez believes council will vote
to accept the budget. “Trine Cuellar
is the only council member not in fa-
vor of this increase,” said Chavez.
“But he is the only one. To the rest of
council, this is the proposed budget.”
Councilman Cuellar's main com-
pliant is that the budget exceeds the
amount of sales and property taxes
the city collects. “We are subsidiz-
ing the police department with elec-
tricity sales. You can’t spend more
than you make,” said Cuellar.
Hondo Chief of Police Marvin Ivy
feels comfortable with the new bud-
get which includes $42,000 for sala-
ries and promotions, $42,000 for two
new squad cars, funding to purchase
video cameras for each squad car, a
digital camera and printer, and walkie-
Proposed Budget
for Hondo PD
1998-99 1999-2000
City of Hondo Budget
$4,466,707 $4,625,519
Poice Budget
$732,649 $860,390
HPCs Percent of City Budget
16.4% 18.6%
talkies for each officer. According to
Ivy, all the new expenses are meant
to enhance law enforcement efforts
and increase safety for police officers
and citizens of Hondo.
Impact of tourism on area communities
topic of economic development speaker
Area business leaders are encour- local communities. encourages us to clean up and make
aged to attend an El Camino Real Tourism is an industry of many and more attractive the community that
Market Trail program Wednesday, varied aspects with a number of ben- we call home. Quality of life im-
Sept. 15, which will feature an up- efits to our communities. Tourism proves."
date on the impact of tourism on area includes everything from birding and The first 45 minutes of the meet-
communities. other ecotourism, tours to museums ing will address the impact of tour-
The meeting will be held at 10 a.m. and other historic sites, flea market- ism on the community. Those who
at the Pearsall Public Library. ing, art shows, rodeos, and more. remain will hear the speaker address,
Sarah Tumlinson-Page of Texas ‘Tourists come into the area for “Company’s coming: Are you ready.
Department of Economic Develop- these events and attractions, and they Texas?” This portion of the program
ment, Tourism Division, will bring spend dollars in our communities," will be geared especially to the folks
information - facts, figures and pro- said Margaret Trouart of the El who “do” economic development
jections - on the economic impact of Camino Real Market Trail organiza- through tourism in our area,
tourism on Texas, South Texas and tion. “Further, the prospect of visitors
The Hondo Anvil Herald, Thursday, September 9,1999, Pace 3
Hondo residence
not connected
to^city sewers
By William Hoover
Anvil Hfjiai d Correspond! nt
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Laundrv & l)rv Cleaners
Before Tuesday’s Hondo City
Council budget workshop. T A. Lo-
pez. addressed council on behalf of
Indercio Villa
Villa has been draining his sewage
into his private well because he is not
connected to the city sewer system
Lopez explained to council that
Villa was not connected to the city
sewer system but he had been pay
ing the $ 15.90 monthly sewer fee for
five years. “He didn't know he
wasn't connected to the sewer or he
wouldn't have bought the house."
said Lopez. "He wants to be con-
nected to the sewer, but the city said
they can't do it. He has connected
his sewer into a well.”
"We have several problems," said
Mayor Jim Barden. “If he had paid
the sewer charge and is not con-
nected we may owe him money. If
he is connected to a well, we may
have health problems "
Lopez told council Villa has in
curred $1,740 in cost to repair his
sewer lines and Villa wanted to be
reimbursed for that amount "He
wants $1,740 or he is w illing to go
to court,” said Lopez.
Mayor Barden tried to defuse the
situation "He doesn’t need to get ex-
cited. This is the first we have heard
of this. Mr. Johnson, the sewer su-
perintendent. needs to look to see if
it’s possible to connect him to the
sewer. If not, we can’t just'fy
$50,000 to $70,(XX) for a lift station
for one person. We could refund the
money so he could build a septic sys-
tem," suggested Barden
"We w ill look into a refund and if
he can be connected to the sewer,"
said Barden. "I'm shocked he would
empty sewage into a well, unless it’s
just a shallow hand dug well.”
Barden asked Lopez to check back
with the city in a couple of weeks
after the situation was evaluated.
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Some
Train accidents keep going up, up, up
Houston - Rail safety is headed
down the wrong track in 1999, ac-
cording to a new safety update re-
leased by rail safety advocates.
“We knew that train accidents
were up last year, and we wanted to
check in at mid-year, and see if the
railroad industry had turned that
around in ’99,” said Sherry Kiesling
Fox, executive director of
RailWatch, a non-profit railroad
safety organization. “Unfortunately,
what we found is disturbing. The
accident rate is up for the first half
of this year, compared to the same
period a year ago, according to the
latest numbers (January - May) from
the Federal Railroad Administration
(FRA). That means more of us are
at risk from collisions, toxic spills
and other rail safety problems.”
The 1999 rail safety findings were
a follow-up to Why Is There A Train
Accident Every Ninety Minutes?, a
report released earlier this year by
RailWatch.
“According to the FRA’s numbers,
train accidents were up 7 percent in
1998 from 1997 and that growth in
accident rate is continuing again in
1999,” reported Steven Moss, author
of Why Is There A Train Accident
Every Ninety Minutes?. “In fact al-
ready this year, several railroads
have experienced more fatal acci-
dents than in either of the past two
years. And just as we found in our
original report, there continues to be
a rail collision, accident or incident
somewhere in the United States ev-
ery ninety minutes.”
That earlier report also found that
there was a train accident resulting
in a spill of hazardous materials, at a
rate of once every two weeks that
more than 80% of the nation's pub-
lic railroad crossings are unprotected
by lights and gates - and that rail
safety technology, such as traffic
control mechanisms, dates back to
the I930's (even though trains now
travel faster, and with smaller crews).
“What these latest numbers tell us
is that more than ever, rail safety is
too important to be, left to the rail-
roads (which in effect, is what the
Federal Railroad Administration
does),” said RailWatch’s Fox.
“That’s why we’re renewing our call
to Congress to hold in-depth hear-
ings on the state of rail safety in this
country, and we’re renewing our call
to the nation’s railroads to take re-
sponsibility for the safety of their
own operations.”
More railroad safety information
is available on-line at the RailWatch
web site, www.railwatch.org.
Setting it straight
The caption with a recent photo of
Hondo High School cheerleaders re-
planting the boxes outside the main
gate of Barry Field did not say that
the plants were donated by Lynne’s
Plants and Designs.
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