The Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 16, 1980 Page: 2 of 20
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OPINIONS
I Why
m Not Reuse?
Why do we send all the water we use—
no matter hew clean--»-straight to the sewer?
Why do we use pure drinking water
to flush toilets? Wouldn't soapy water
from bathtubs or laundries do just as good
a job?
These questions and others were asked and
answered duping a severe drought in the
Western United States in the 1970's. Many
Californians installed some type of home
reuse system when public water supplies
failed. Because of water rationing, they
reused water to protect their lifestyle
and property by watering their lawns with
bath water and saving laundry water for
toilet flushing.
City
council
meets
Researchers who studied the reuse systems installed in California reported that home water
reuse is technically feasible and* environmentally sound. Home reuse is also becoming eco-
nomically attractive, according to the researchers, because of rapidly increasing energy
costs.
How about a reuse system for your home? Most components to build simple reuse systems using
bath or laundry water are available from swimming pool supply houses or hardware stores.
Local building codes will have to be changed in some Texas cities before such retise systems
woulu be allowed. Stateyand federal laws, however, do not discourage home reuse systems.
An excellent book on recycling systems Residential Water Reuse by Murray Milne is available
for $10 from the California Water Resources Center, University of California, Davis, CA,
95616. This recently published bookvdetails the various ways to collect, store, treat and
distribute wastewater. It suggests dividing household wastewater into two categories:
graywater and blackwater. Blackwater is any water carrying human wastes which should gc
directly into the sewer system. Graywater is all other household wastewater. >
The most effective way to recycle water within the home is to eliminate the need for treat-
ment between uses. This can be done by "cascading" water in a sequence of uses. Water from
a shower, for instance, might be reused in a washing machine, then in a toilet. Another
way to reuse water without treatment is to recycle is in the same appliance. Recycling has
long been practiced by homemakers with suds saver attachments in their washing machines.
Home reuse systems are certainly not practical for everyone. They should at least be^on-
sidered; however, by those building new homes. Homeowners in areas susceptible- to emergency
water shortages either due to drought or inadequate supply systems will also find reuse
installations worth considering. Urban growth centers cannot keep up with pumping, piping
and storage facilities to meet demands. Home reuse is an attractive alternative to rate
surcharges, penalties for excessive use, connection prohibitions, building permit moratoiS^^
iums or water rationing.
The Texas Department of Water Resources (TDWR) looks at residential reuse a's a promising
way to stretch present supplies of state water. The agency reported in 1977 that using gray-
water for flushing toilets could mean significant savings in home water use. If recircu-
lation of graywater is instituted in 20 percent of new homes built after 1980, .-35,000 acre-
feet could be saved in the state annually be the year 2000. Even though the dates seem
far in the future, water development projects take at least 20 years to plan and construct.
More than likely, most plumbing systems installed today will still be in use in the vear
2030.
Reprint from TEXAS WATER RESOURCES, Texas Water Resources Institute, Texas ASM ’Jnii'ersit^. .,
Farm bureau holds convention
The Medina County Farm
Bureau held their annual
convention on Tuesday even-
ing at the McDowell School.
Six hundred aad seven
people were served dinner.
An election of officers was
held with Gail Boehme of
Castroville selected as presi-
dent, Joe Fohn of Hondo as
vice president, and Edward
Wemette qf Hondo as secre-
tary-treasurer. New direc-
tors are John Rotramel of
Devine, Robert Rothe of
DTianis, Richard Schweers
of Dunlay, William Kohllep-
pel of Natalia. Thomas
Boehme of Rio Medina,
Bruce Saathoff of Quihi
David Fargason of Black
Creek and Gail Boehme of
Castroville.
Guest speakers of the
evening were State Repre
sentative Don Rains and
Congressman Tom Loeffler.
Also, presenting high
lights of the week-long Citi-
zenship Seminar which they
attended in July, were three
students that had been spon-
sored by the Medina County
Farm Bureau along with the
Texas Farm Bureau These
were Steven Faseler. Hondo
High School student and son
of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Faseler, and two Medina
Valley High School students,
Stacy Stephens, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Royce Hitzfel-
der and Charles Lang, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Felix Lang.
Tschirhart AACOG
representative
The weekly meeting of the
Medina County Commission
ers Court was held on Mon -
day. October 13th.
Besides the routine busi
ness handled was a motion
made by(. Commissioner
Henrv Briscoe and seconded
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Heart disease topic for program
Qilmontc rtf tho hoor-t orirl 1I CP if line o U
Thoughts
Trust in yourself and
) you are doomed to disap-
pointment ; trust in your ,
friends and they will die
J and leave you; trust in
money and you may have (
it taken from you; trust
in reputation and some ’
slanderous tongues may i
blast it; but trust in God, |
and you are never to be .
confounded in time or
•eternity.
D. L. Moody i
Know the true value of
time; snatch, sieze, and
enjoy every moment of it.
Lord Chesterfield 1
WARNING! Following
are the names of the
seven Mischievious
Misses who are respon-
sible for most of our
troubles: Miss Informa-
tion, Miss Quotation,
Miss Representation,
Miss Interpretation, Miss
Construction, Miss Con-
ception, Miss Under-
standing. Beware!
W. J. Boetcker
For Framable Prints
Call 426-3041
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to Title Services.
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Learn what you can do to
prevent heart disease by
attending a special program
! on Tuesday, October 21, at 8
p.m. at the Audio Visual
Room of Hondo High School.
Topics to be covered at
the program will include
types and treatment of heart
disease, diet and heart
disease, and emergency
treatment of heart attacks
(CPR).
Sherry Moore, M.D., will
present the overall discus-
sion on heart disease. She
will discuss risk factors as-
sociated with heart disease.
ailments of the heart and
blood vessels, and ways to
prevent a heart attack.
Mary K. Swcteten, Foods
and Nutrition' specialist,
Texas A&M University, will
discuss a positive approach
to eating for a healthy heart.
She will cover saturated and
unsaturated fats and their
effect on cholesterol levels
She will also give pointers on
selection of food in following
diets recommended by the
doctor.
Ed Dougherty, will pre-
sent information on emer-
gency medical techniques to
use if someone has a heart
attack.
Coronary heart disease
accounts for 54 percent of all
deaths in the United States,
One out of every 5 adult men
has a heart attack by age 60
The encouraging fact is
that years of research have
led many physicians to be-
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lieve that the prevention of
progressive heart disease is
a realistic goal-
The general public is in
vited to this free educational
program which is sponsored
by the Family Living Com-
mittee of The Texas Agricul-
tural Extension Service
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by Comm Robert Zuber
bueler to appoint Comm.
Leon Tschirhart to the exec
utive board of the Alamo
Area Council of Govern-
ments as the representative
of Medina County The
mot iorV'carried unanimously
CAMPFIRE GIRI.S .Laueh
soheen Camp Eire Girls visit
the .Anvil Herald Office.
They are I.ynette l.utz,
Angie Batot, Brandy Rainey,
Michelle White, Suzanne
Trevino, Cynthia Schlentz,
Julie Brucks, Dawn Easeler,
Nancy Heiligman. Brenda
Guerrero. Grade Escamilh
and Rachel Garda. Leaders
are Evelyn Bracks and
Vivian White.
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The Hondo City Council
m^t Tuesday night in the
council chambers. Decisions
were made to deny the
Sundown Saloon their re-
quest to remain open longer
hours, and to request tlx;
highway department to
lower the speed limit on
Avenue M to the Kollmao
Oaks Subdivision from 50
mph to 40 mph
Passed was a resolution to
renew the Juvenile Diver
sion Program for the third
year.
Meat Surplus
Only Temporary
Reports Brown
\l S I IN- I exits red meat
production is up. hut only
temporarily. reports \gri-
culture .Co m.m t -mo tie r
Reagan \ Brown,
Slaughter increased in
ever\ category except calces.
I h.c .l.i.'Hiuix - \ugttst slaughter
b re a k d o vv n was:, cattle
3."S".IH)() head, up 5 percent;
calces, 1 IS,600 head, down 20
percent: hogs. 084,000 head,
up 2 3 percent, sheep and
fa tubs, "7.000 head, up 2
percent.
•'the hot. die summer
forced main producers to
mow their cattle, -sheep and
lambs oil the withered
pastures and into slaughter
plants." Biown, explained
" 1 his created large supplies ol
meat initially, but could
reduce them in the long run."
lexa’s ranks lirst in the
nation in 1980 in total, (arm
and ranch land with 1384
million actes. 'Agriculture
( o-mmtssioper Reagan ' V.
Brown has reported
Dear Mr. Lawrence,
Thanks! I was really
pleased with the way our
wedding picture came out in
the paper. Thanks also for
printing the article the exact
way I wrote it!
Karen Reinartz Haile
Dear Frances Proctor:
I received a copy of the
September 25th paper and
was very pleased at the
position First Savings &
Loan was given
Just,wanted to thank you
for your consideration in the
placement of this ad.
Sincerely,
Nancy Bowers
Media Director
Wyatt Advertising, Inc
Dear Burnis,
How does one express her
feelings of deepest grati-
tude, respect & admiration
to someone who hits given so
much, not only for the Fair
Association and the com-
munity but for her as well.
A mere ‘Thank You"
doesn't do justice to my
feelings
If not for your caring, your
tireless efforts and 100 per
cent devotion towards bring
ing about a super-fantastic
event everyone in Medina
County can be proud of. it
never would have come
about
More about
You have put so much
effort into this project, from
writing the by-laws to
suggesting and running the
CAF Airsho, to chairing and
working on mole than 6
committees, and more You
worked tirelessly almost
around the clock the week
end of the Fair
You gave not only your
employer’s time and money
but your own as well
We have spent many
nights working out prob-
lems, discussing frustra
tions, dreaming dreams
about the Medina County
Fair
I feel a great sense of
sorrow and disappointment
that you have decided to
resign from the Association,
for we need you - your
dedication, your experience,
your knowledge and your
suggest ions-but most of all
because its the end of
sharing a dream with a
friend,
However, 1 can under-
stand that you are fired
you should be1 Its been an
uphill climb till the way1
The Fair Association will
continue with its efforts to
build a eoypty fair we can all
be proud of but we will
sorely nuss the contribution
of one "Burnis K Lawrence’
Sincerely,
Diane Wolf I
Sparks
two friends. Way before time to leave, the two
buddies began to tell him that the day ttt< \ were
traveling was '"56 Chevrolet Day on the
turnpike and all such ears would not lie charged.
He refused to believe them until after lhex had
gone through the first gate. The two up front paid
their fare and their friend's fare He did not know
this and was surprised when the guard waved
him on through.
On the next gate the same thing happened and
he was waved through. He became convinced it
was ‘"56 Chevrolet Day.” This happened one
more time and then on the fourth gate, the two
friends paid only their fare. Their friend had
become so accustomed to being w av ed on. he just
gunned it on through.
The whistles blew, lights flashed and a
motorcycle cop chased him down.
"What in the h... do you think vou're doing liv
not paving the toll?” the cop roared
. “Why,” answered the puzzled motorist, it s '56
Chevrolet Day and I didn't have to pay."
After some blustering hack and forth, it finally
daw ned on the driver of the '56 Chev rolet that he
had been had" by his buddies, who were parked
not too far away laughing about their clever joke
SMALL ROYALTY OWNERS
... in Texas and other states are hard hit
by the recently-passed windfall profits tax, and
Texas Attorney General Mark White has appeal-
ed to President Carter for relief.
. . Intended to he a tax on the major oil producers
the tax has instead fallen heavily on the small
royalty owners. Some 700,(100 such persons live m
Texas and White says their royalty income is less
than $200 per month.
. lie believes there should be some change in Un-
law sp that it will enable persons with a small
independent income to exist without further
reliance on federal assistance.
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By Cindy Wolff
Howdy folks? I’m sorry I
can’t tell you about the Ice
Capades, but I didn’t go.
Well, I have a good one any
way.
Have any of you gone to
the Peanut Festival or have
you heard of it? It’s a
celebration of the peanut
crop at Floresville.
It’s a fun celebration.
They had Bubba Littrell
there singing all kinds of
great songs. I even told him
to play “Looking for Love"
and he played for me. We
danced all night And there
was a carnival there. We
rode some great rides. We
played games and other
stuff. But then we got hun-
gry, so we got some very
good food. We stayed up till
about 3 o’clock in the
morning. On the way up
there, there were peanuts
hanging all over the place
Next week there will be
alot bigger column and that’s a
a fact!
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The Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 16, 1980, newspaper, October 16, 1980; Hondo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth819131/m1/2/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hondo Public Library.