Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 13, 1999 Page: 2 of 52
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Meyer Olympics
Meyer Elementary invites
evwyouc to cone watch the virtual
Meyer 0?rrqjic* held at the High
Sftool lmck. AO events are held
between 8:30 nd tl:30‘ except far
Kindergarten which is 9 to 10:30.
Third grade: Thursday, May 13
Second grade: Monday, May 17
Tuesday. May 18
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encouraged to attend.
Koinonia Emmaus Gathering
The monthly Koinonia Emmaus
Gathering will be held Friday. May
14.7:30 pm, at Bandera United
Methodist Church. Sponsors, bring
your pilgrims?
AARP picnic Saturday
Hondo AARP members are
reminded of the picnic, at the
Browns' home, on Saturday, May
IS. Directions are: go north on
Hwy 173 to Bandera. When you
reach Bandera, go past the first red
light two blocks to Hackberry
Street. Turn left, go three blocks.
House will be the third on the right,
907 Hackberry. Don’t forget to
bring a covered dish for the lunch.
Hermann Sons
Dance Recital
On Saturday, May IS, 3:30 p.m.
the Hermann Sons Dance Recital
will be held at the Hondo High
School Activities Center.
Rotary offers scholarship
The Rotary Gub of Hondo/
DTIanis will have two scholarships
available for graduating seniors.
Selection is on May 17. See school
counselor for application.
EMS scholarship available
Community EMS has established
a memorial scholarship fund. Any
memorial donations received will
go into this fund. Two scholarships
will be awarded this year, one to a
Hondo and one to a D’Hanis high
school senior. Any senior wishing
to apply can pick up an application
at Community EMS, 3006 Ave. G
in Hondo, or from the high school
counselors.
The scholarships will pay for
sending these students through
Basic Emergency Medical Techni-
cian Training at San Antonio
College. Community EMS will pay
for tuition for the course.which
will be approximately $350 per
student.
D'Hanis Kinder Round-up
D’Hanis Cowboys and Cowgirls
Kindergarten Round-Up for 1999-
2000 will be Tuesday, May 18,6 to
8 p.m. at Ben Koch Elementary.
Students must be 5 years old by
Sept 1. Bring shot record, birth
certificate and Social Security card.
Regular Meetings
Beekeepers to meet
The Alamo Area Beekeepers
Assn, will be sponsoring a Field
Day for all beekeepers on Saturday,
May 15, from 10 to 3 at the Alvin
Wiemers Farm in Hondo (933
CR34I). A catered lunch will be
included in the registration fee. $5
far members of the AABA and $10
for non-members.
Eastern Star
Hondo Chapter #404, Order of
the Eastern Star, will hold a regular
slated meeting Monday, May 17, at
7 JO pm, in the Masonic Lodge
Hall on Ave. Q. Mrs. Dora Mae
Fancier will be presented her 50-
year pin in a special ceremony. The
annual memorial program will be
presented by Worthy Matron Etten
Ferguson. All members are urged
to attend.
Hermann Sons appreciation
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Cattle Raisers welcome Texas
Supreme Court decision on
rule-of capture water law
Fort Worth -Texas and South-
western Cattle Raisers Association
welcomes the Supreme Court of
Texas’.unaaimous decision May 6 to
uphold the 90-year-old common-law
rule of capture in allocating the re-
spective rights and liabilities of
neighboring landowners for use of
groundwater flowing beneath their
property. • •hi
TSCRA and other landowner
eap9«a^reten^';]|i:' ' poops joined the suit in support of
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the rule of capture
J. Mark McLaughlin, president of
the 122-year-old livestock group,
said, “It is reassuriag to our
association’s members that the Su-
preme Court of Texas continues to
respect the well-established rule of
capture, first recognized in 1904.
**Predictability of the law is abso-
lutely essential to the operation of
any business and this decision con-
tinues one of the fundamental ele-
ments of the ownership of private
property”
McLaughlin, who represents
14,000 cattle producers, added,
“This opinion further reinforces the
wisdom of the decision made by our
association to support Senate Bill 1
in the last session, which provides a
means of local control for the regu-
lation of groundwater withdrawal.
Property rights and local control are
two basic principles of our mem-
bers.”
At issue in the case brought against
Ozarka Spring Water Co. was
whether the bottled water company
was negligent in draining local land-
owners’ water wells in Henderson
County. Court documents said
Ozarka in 1996 began pumping
90,000 gallons of groundwater per
day, seven days a week, from land
near one of the landowners. Soon
after the pumping began, the land-
owners wells were severely depleted.
The Supreme Court said Texas
voters had amended the constitution
to make groundwater regulation a
duty of the Legislature.
“It would be improper for courts
to intercede at this time by changing
the common-law framework within
which the Legislature has attempted
to craft regulations to meet this
state’s groundwater-conservation
needs,” the Supreme Court said.
Combs to speak on mohair industry
Austin-Agnc ulture Commissioner
Susan Combs will be in Uvalde on
Saturday. May 15 to speak at an open
public meeting on mohair. The pro-
gram is set for 10 a.m at the Senior
Citizens Center, 250E. Main St. (Hwy
90) and will focus on the mohair in-
dustry.
Combs will be presenting Governor
George W. Bush’s proclamation,
which emphasized the contribution of
the Texas Mohair Industry to the
world. The proclamation will also es-
tablish May as Mohair Industry Month
in Texas.
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Commissioners approve bond
Anva. Hesald Shut
Commissioners granted approval to
a resolution approving certain agree-
ments and a boud resolution of the Me-
dina County Industrial Development
Corporation with respect to the issu-
ance of bonds for Crane Plumbing
during Monday’s meeting.
The resolution stales whereas, Me-
dina County Industrial Development
Corporation is authorized by the De-
velopment Corporation Act of 1979 to
issue its revenue bonds on behalf of
Medina County for the purpose of Fi-
nancing all or part of the costs of a
“project” and to loan the proceeds
thereof to finance all or part of the
costs.
The resolution also states whereas
the Medina County Industrial Devel-
opment Corporation, by resolution
adopted on May 10, 1999 has autho-
rized the issuance and sale of its In-
dustrial Development Revenue Bonds
in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$3,000,000 and by the bond resolution
has also authorized a loan agreement
with Crane Plumbing L.L.C.,* and
Medina County Industrial Develop-
ment corporation agrees to issue and
sell the bonds to provide funds to fi-
nance a certain manufacturing project
of Crane Plumbing L.L.C. located
within Medina County, a trust inden-
ture by and between Medina County
Industrial Development Corporation
and LaSalle Bank National Associa-
tion in Chicago Illinois, as trustee, and
authorizing the sale of the bonds and
providing for the security.
A public hearing will be held today
(May 13) at 9 a.m. in the County
Commissknen Court Room for the
purpose of satisfying the require-
ments of thq Internal Revenue Code.
• Commissioners discussed a let-
ter received from County Treasurer
Rita Moos concerning the County's
indigent health care program.
Currently, the County has paid over
80 percent of the budgeted amount
allotted for indigent health care. Me-
dina county is required by law to take
10 percent of the general revenue tax
levy for indigent health care program
funds. Medina County’s 10 percent
is $368,603.50.
Notification letters have been sent
to state officials at the Texas Depart-
ment of Health and an audit will soon
be scheduled, which enables Median
County to receive 80/20 matching
funds from the state when the indi-
gent heath care program spends its
budgeted 10 percent.
Medina County Indigent Health
Care Program has spent, to date,
$332,168.38. This leaves an available
balance of $36,435.12.
• Chief Juvenile Probation Officer
Bobby Kelley updated the commis-
sioners on the current status of the
juvenile detention facility for the
month of April. The center began the
month having four juveniles detained.
14 juveniles were placed in detention
during the month and 18 were re-
leased.
• Commissioners received three
bids pertaining to a new or used flat
wheel roller. Bids received were from
Romeo Machinery offering a new :
Ingersoll-Rand at $58,575 with a "
trade-in. Hertz Equipment/Rental of- 1
fered a 1997 Ingersoll Rand at
$66,125 and Cooper Equipment Co.
offered a new Champion at $77,500
with no trade in. Commissioners ac-k
cepted all bids to review and reward
at a later date.
• Commissioners opened bids on a
new or used backhoe and awarded to
Holt Machinery for a 1995 Caterpil-
lar backhoe with roller priced at'
$35,000 without trade in. The back-
hoe will be purchased with a time
warrant.
• Precinct 2 Commissioner Stanley1
Keller discussed changing the weight
limit on County Road 381. After dis-
cussion with County Attorney Ralph
Bemsen it was decided that chang-
ing the weight limit will be handled'
the same way as changing a speed
limit. Therefore, a public hearing will
be held on May 24, at 10 a.m in the
County Commissioners Court Room.
• Ronald J. Koch was reappointed
to the board of managers of the Me-
dina Community Hospital. Koch
served out the remainder of Walt
Rothe’s term and is willing to serve
another term.
• Medina River West Subdivision
dweller, Debbie Meyer, appeared be-
fore the court to express her appre-
ciation to Precinct 2 Commissioner
Stanley Keller for taking care of the
roads in this particular subdivision.
New Castroville elected officials
discuss plans for coming years
By William Hoover
Anvil Herald Comesponment_
The new Castroville mayor and
three newly-elected council members
have definite ideas about what is best
for the city and what they would like
to see the community accomplish
during their terms of office. Control-
ling suburban sprawl and preserving
the character of the city were priori-
ties shared by all new office holders.
“With the new council’and all the
optimism, I do hope things go
smoothly while I’m mayor,” said
Archie Ragland, who took over that
office from Dwight Green at Tuesday’s
meeting. “We’ll do our best."
Special election winner Mike Mas-
ters, who was to his first full term as
District I representative, has
Castroville’s growth as his priority.
“I plan to use this term to go forward
with extraterritorial jurisdiction plans
and focus on water resource and con-
servation issues. We also need to im-
prove city services and infrastructure,
like water mains and streets. We need
to spruce up the city,” said Masters.
Ibis is the second ejected position
for District 2 council member Karen
Gilliam-Fifieid. who was previously
president of Medina Valley Emer-
gency Services. Gilliam-Fifieid has no
agenda she is pushing, but she intends
to bring common sense and a realis-
tic review to each decision she makes
and vote she casts on behalf of her
district. “My platform was common
sense,” said Gilliam-Fifieid, who is
concerned about several recently pro-
posed ideas. “I’m not so sure the city
wants to be designated historical. Is it
voluntary? Are there conditions? A lot
of questions need to be asked.”
Gilliam-Fifieid also thinks lower-
ing speed limits in town is unrealis-
tic. “I don’t think it will work. I have
to drive in town and lower speed will
increase congestion and danger.
You’ll hit a red light every time.
People who live here know to drive
the speed limit Gping down to 30
mph would amplify the situation.”
The new councilwoman says she’ll
make each decision, after review, with
conviction. “I’m a Type-A personal-
ity. All my decisions will be made
with the conviction of my heart.”
Gilliam-Fifieid also has conviction
about growth. “This city is facing the
question of preservation versus
growth. If you don’t grow, you die.
This is a good town. There is no other
place I’d rather raise my two chil-
dren. But common sense regulations
should dictate growth.”
Former District 3 appointee Kyle
McVay won this election outright
with no conflicts or controversy. She
is excited about the future. “I have
high expectations. We are going to
bring a positive attitude to the city.
We have a good council and we want
to better Castroville. One of my pri-
orities will be developing commer-
cial zoning regulation to control
growth. Once it’s in (a business or
billboard), you can’t reverse it. I’ll
also be working to bring an animal
shelter to Castroville.”
According to McVay, a name for
the shelter has already been chosen.
Medina Valley elementary school
students suggested the name. “The
students voted to call the shelter
C. A.P.S. - Castroville Area Pet Shel-
ter. You need a snappy name. We
need more animal shelters in the
county,” said McVay.
Mayor Ragland said he wanted to
bring his leadership skills to the
council. “I’ve got plenty of experi-
ence with expenses, budgets, and
procurement My priorities wi}l be
geared toward what the council
wants to accomplish. I’m not onf to
dictate, but I want to keep things in
order and facilitate the council in
satisfying their constituents.”
Before his retirement, Ragland was
director of purchasing for the Univer-
sity of Texas Health Science Center
at San Antonio. Prior to his UTHSC-
SA employment, he held the same
position in Lubbock for Texas Tech’s
Health Science Center. In addition to
private business experience, Ragland
gained budgeting and purchasing ex-
perience serving 22 years in the Navy.
“I’ve been in the fish bowl awhile at
the federal and state levels. The local
level is not too different except you
deal with the individual taxpayers.”
Ragland hopes council works to-
ward moderating growth, improving
historical preservation, increasing
cooperation with the chamber of
commerce, developing the airport as
an asset, expanding the use of Re-
gional Park, and engaging in eco-
nomic development with the county.
"I want to work more closely with
our various city boards too,” said
Ragland. “That’s something I can do
since I’m retired.”
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