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Published in Hondo, Texas
Website: www.hondoanvilheraId.com
Volume 119, Number 24
Thursday, June 16,2005
i hree Sections, 32 Pages
75 Cents
PHOTO BY JAMIE WILSON
Wanna make a bet?
Rowdy Pate of Yancey was the center of attention at last weekend's Texas Folk Life Festival in San Antonio. He wowed
visitors not only with this "egg trick" but also with his display. Rowdy has had an exhibit at the festival for some 30 years,
demonstrating his leatherwork and horse hair hitching, as well as telling "true" stories to passersby. His daughter, Robin
Pate, also of Yancey, participated in the festival as well, cooking on an open fire for everyone to sample.
Extension granted
to make repairs
on mobile homes
The City of Hondo has an-
nounced a 180-day extension
during which residents of R1
and R2 zoned districts may ap-
ply for extensions for making
improvements on mobile and
HUD manufactured homes.
In 1995, city ordinance estab-
lished a 10-year time frame dur-
ing which citizens might repair
mobile homes and manufac-
tured homes which existed on
that date and which are non-con-
forming to R1 and R2 standards.
On March 7, 2005, Hondo
City Council voted to extend
this ordinance, thereby allowing
those affected a final opportu-
nity to apply for a permit to im-
prove their homes.
This permit application exten-
sion will be in effect for only
180 days: from 8 a.m. Monday,
June 20, to 8 a.m. Monday, Dec.
19, 2005.
If an owner of this type home
decides to make improvements,
the owner will need to apply for
a permit at the Code
Complaince office, 802 Ave. Y.
If the permit is approved, the
owner will have six months
from the date of issuance to
complete improvements. Should
the owner need more time, he/
she may file a written request for
extension of that permit. The
extension may be issued by dis-
cretion of the city inspector for
an additional six months.
After the 180-day application
period ends and any permit ex-
tensions have expired, all exist-
ing mobile homes and HUD
manufactured homes in R1 and
R2 zoned districts will remain
in non-compliance status.
Owners and/or tenants will
not be permitted to make any fu-
ture improvements on these
structures.
Should a mobile home or
HUD manufactured home need
to be replaced, it must be re-
placed with a site-built home
that meets code standards.
Anyone who has questions
regarding this matter, may con-
tact the Code Compliance office
at 830-426-4737.
Rural addresses could be changing
Emergency service
difficulties may
force renumbering
in some areas
By Frances Guinn
Anvil Herald Editor
Don’t get too comfortable
with your current address if you
live in the unincorporated areas
of the county. More than half of
the county’s addresses are ex-
pected to need changes.
At a 911 workshop Monday
afternoon, city, county and emer-
gency service officials wet* told
that the current addressing sys-
tem has some serious problems.
In order to make the system
work correctly and to keep up
with new development growth,
especially in the eastern part of
the county, the problems must
be remedied.
This is particularly important
for residents to be able to de-
pend Upon minimal delay in re-
sponse should they dial 911 in
an emergency, but there are
many other reasons for needing
accurate addressing. • Odd and even address num-
Many of the problems are re- bers on the wrong side of the
lated to continued growth. SBnfc road througlldut the county,
just can’t be logically explained. • Interspersing of odd and
Robert Rothe, Medina County’s even address numbers on both
911 addressing system coordina- sides of a roadway, found
tor, gave some examples: throughout the county.
• Inconsistent block ranges - • Only odd numbers are used
a Devine-area road has five on both sides of the road and the
blocks numbered in the order of numbers are not in sequence, on
1400-800-1000-1000-800, in- a road southeast of Devine,
stead of in proper sequence. • Reversing block-ranging di-
• Block ranges exceed maxi- rection scheme within the same
mum length allowed by the new system of roads for no known
standard - blocks on. Bear reason. In the Medina Lake area,
Springs Road are in excess of
2800 feet (1500 ft./maximum). See 911 ADDRESSING, Page 3A
Shareholders have differing
views on bank holdings
Shareholders of Medina Community Bancshares, Inc. last
Thursday were given information to consider regarding the
future of their investments and local versus conglomerate
control of Community National Bank.
About a hundred people gathered at the bank for the
special shareholders’ meeting. The stated purpose of the
meeting was to discuss matters related to the efforts being
taken by a minority group of shareholders of the company
to attempt to convince other shareholders to sell the com-
pany to a third party.
Spokesmen for the bank’s board of directors, Thomas
Rothe, Tad Wooten and Bruce Foster, said the directors
support continued growth in a community-controlled, lo-
SeeSHAREHOLDERS, Page 2A
ncw subdivision rules set to be finalized
Meyer Elementary
Pre-K Roundup set
Meyer Pre-K Round-up regis-
tration will be held each Wednes-
day at the Meyer campus through
the month of June.
Hondo ISD Site-Based
Committee meets today
The Hondo ISD“District Site-
Based Committee” will meet on
Thursday, June 16, at 2 p.m. in
the Administration Building.
City’s website is up
The City of Hondo website
provides information about city
services, special programs and
events and much more. Look it
up at www.cityofhondo.com.
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the
weather...
Anvil Herald weather info
recorded by Leanna Garza
Date
Wed , June 8
Thurs., June 9
Fri., June 10
Sat., June 11
Sun., June 12
Mon., June 13
Thes., June 14
High Low Rain
91 76 .00
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Total rain for the past week: 0.20 in.
Total rain for June: 2.10 in.
Total rain for 2005: 17.00 in.
Avg. high temp, for the week: 89.7°
Avg. low temp, for the week: 72.7°
High temp, for 2005: 94°
on Apr. 29, May 22 & May 24
Low temp, for 2005: 30° on Jan. 17
With updated, more compre- to look at and discuss (he pro- miniums, town homes, garden part would be considered in de-
hensive subdivision rules posed rules. homes, etc., If the property falls termining the average lot size,
scheduled to go into effect in Referring to calls she had re- into the City of San Antonio’s Commissioner Beverly Keller
Julv. Medina Countv ceived, Medina extraterritorial jurisdiction, San added that most developments
Commissioners were ,. County Groundwater Antonio’s rules supersede have water furnished by suppli-
instructed by Judge Medina County District Executive county rules for urban develop- ers such as Yancey and East Me-
Jim Barden to study Commissioners Director Luana ments that would require ameni- dina Water Supply,
the proposed rules and Court Buckner urged the ties such as water, sewer and The item will be on the next
prepare comments and court not to move storm sewers. court agenda,
amendments for the court’s next backward by lowering lot size Commissioner Kelly Carroll In other business, the court:
meeting. requirements. suggested the county would • Approved vacating and
“Surveyors are looking for Medina County does not have need to look at such develop- resubdividing lots 34 and 35 of
which rules to apply in July,” authority to limit lot sizes ex- ment on a case-by-case basis. North Ridge Subdivision, lo-
commented Surveyor John cept under Texas Commission Judge Barden pointed out that cated in Pet. 1, off of SH 173,
Howard from the audience. on Environmental Quaility rules, a development which includes into one lot, 35A.
Barden noted that the com- Areas in the eastern part of the conservation areas would get a • Amended a cooperative
missioners had had a couple of county are being considered for break on average lot size agreement between Medina
weeks since their last meeting 12,000 sq. ft. lots for condo- reqirements because the set-aside County District Clerk’s office,
child support program, and the
Office of the Attorney General
of the State of Texas. The item
related to changing the report-
ing system, making all updates
by direct data entry via a totally
different software package.
• Approved a project agree-
ment with Natural Resources
Conservation Service, USDA.
which will address erosion from
flooding on the Lower LaCoste
Road in Pet. 2. The cost will be
shared 75% by NRCS and 25%
by the county.
• Authorized the judge to ap-
See SUBDIVISION, Page 2A
Area officers study quick response
ALERRT course
teaches readiness
in emergencies
By William Hoover
Anvil Herald Correspondent
Local law enforcement
officers had an opportunity to
hone their violent situation
response skills in Hondo last
week. More than 70 area officers
successfully completed a series
of two-day training courses
conducted by the Advanced Law
Enforcement Rapid Response
Training (ALERRT) Center
from San Marcos.
The Rapid Response To
Active Shooters course, taught
at Hondo High School, was
sponsored by the Hondo Police
Department June 7-14,
according to Hondo Police
Chief Buddy Lovestock.
“The demand for this type of
training was so great, ALERRT
agreed to a third class here in
Hondo,” said the chief. “They
usually just conduct two classes
back to back.”
ALERRT is a partnership
between the San Marcos PD, Hays
County Sheriff’s Office, Texas
State University and Texas A&M
University. The group’s mission is
to provide state of the art national
level police training and facilities
designed to offer low cost tactical
police training for combatting and
addressing violent crimes in
schools and communities
throughout the nation.
“ALERRT teaches officers
teamwork, communication
skills, and how to operate under
stress,” said course instructor
David Bums.
The concepts of ALERRT’s
philosophy were formed in the box. Police response to active
aftermath of the April 20,1999 criminal activity, particularly in
student massacre at Columbine school settings, had to be more
High School in Colorado. The immediate and more direct.
ALERRT curriculum provides a Local SWAT teams stood by in
broad innovative method of the crucial first moments after
tactical training, education and arriving at Columbine, while the
research programs to officers in two suicidal students continued
local and state police agencies to kill their classmates,
across the country. “The ALERRT training will
Before the Columbine help the department handle
incident, the emphasis was on those situations in a safe and
Special Weapons and .Tactics efficient manner,” said
(SWAT) and tactical team Lovestock. “Fortunately, we
response. What Columbine have a very close working
taught law enforcement is that
it is critical to think outside the See ALERRT, Page 3A
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