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Summer reading program outstanding
A standing-room-only crowd watched the Sahawe Indian Dancers perform at Woolls Intermediate School Gym Wednesday evening, June 5.
The dancers included elementary school age youngsters as well as three men in their 20s and 30s. The group, based in Uvalde, performs about
50 shows a year throughout the southwestern United States. Members performed ceremonial dances and dances of their own making, used in
competitions. Following the presentation, door prizes were presented and the audience was invited to mingle with the Sahawe Dancers and ask
questions. The event was one of four planned by Hondo Public Library staff to enhance the summer reading program.
Castroville hires city administrator
Yates will join staff later this month
By William Hoover
Anvil Herald Correspondent
Castroville City Council selected
a new city administrator Monday to
replace Ronnie Rand, who died sud-
denly on May 23. After returning
from an executive session, council
voted unanimously to hire Jack Yates
as the city’s new administrator. Coun-
cil members moved fast so they
would not be without professional
HISD Site-Based Committee
meeting set June 17
The District Site-Based Commit-
tee for the Hondo Independent
School District will have a meeting
on Monday, June 17, at 10 a.m. at
the Hondo I.S.D. Administration
Building on Ave. E. Among other
agenda items, Parent and Student
Handbooks will be approved.
Head Start/Pre-K Round Up
to be held June 18
Registration for Head Start/Pre-K
will be held at Meyer Elementary on
Tuesday, June 18, 1 a.m. to 12 noon
and 1 -3 p.m. Children must be four
years old on or before Sept. 1,2002,
to register for HeadStart/Pre-K.
Bring the following information to
register your child: shot record, of-
ficial birth certificate, proof of resi-
dence (utility bill with physical ad-
dress on it, proof of income (2001 -
1040 tax form), child’s Social Secu-
rity card, federal assistance (Medic-
aid, TANF, WIC), and photo ID of
person registering child.
The Head Start approach is well
suited to helping children with spe-
cial needs, including emotionally
disturbed, mental retardation, hear-
ing impairment, visual impairment,
physical disabilities, and health-im-
paired requiring special education.
Anvil Herald weather observer Gerry Bridges re-
ports the following information for the past week:
Date
High
Low
Rain
Wed., June 5
95
75
.00
Thurs., June 6
95
75
.00
Fri„ June 7
94
73
.00
Sat., June 8
96
74
.00
Sun., June 9
97
75
.00
Mon., June 10
97
79
.00
Tues., June 11
96
77
.00
Total rain for the past week: .0 in.
Total rain for June: .0 in.
Total rain for 2002: 12.03 in.
Avg. high temp, for the week: 96°
Avg. low temp, for the week: 75°
High temp, for 2002:
98° on April 30 and May 1
Low temp, for 2002:21° on Feb. 27
help while trying to develop the city’s
2002-03 fiscal year budget, which is
slated to be adopted in September.
Yates, who currently lives in
Hominy, OK, brings a wealth of ex-
perience to the job, according to
Mayor Robert Hancock.
Hancock, who was granted the ex-
tra emergency powers needed to run
the city until a new administrator
could be hired, was anxious to relin-
quish his added responsibilities.
Councilman James Bell made the
motion to hire Yates, which was sec-
onded by councilman Mike Masters
and approved by unanimous consent.
“Jack Yates is a good guy,” said
Hancock after the vote. “He has 20
years experience in city administra-
tion, and has a master’s degree in
public administration."
Yates started his career in city man-
agement in Kennedale where he
served as city administrator from
1975 to 1979. He served as the Man-
ager of Land Rights for the Trinity
River Authority from 1979 to 1982
before moving to Oklahoma, where
he was the circuit rider city manager
for Sequoyah County. From 1986 to
1992, Yates was town manager for
Callahan and Elizabeth, CO.
Yates’ next job was in Piedmont,
OK, where he served as city manager
for almost three years. His career in
public administration took him to
Palisade, CO, where he served as that
town’s administrator from 1995 to
1999. Yates then moved to Barling,
AR, where he assumed the position
of city administrator for two years.
Yates is still employed and working
in Oklahoma and will submit his two-
week notice this week so he can be-
gin work for Castroville within the
month, according to Hancock.
One of Yates’ first duties will be to
review the city’s employment manual,
developed earlier in the year by Rand,
so council can adopt a new set of poli-
cies and procedures for city employ-
ees. However, helping council de-
velop a budget for the upcoming year
will be one of the new administrator’s
primary chores once he is sworn in.
According to his resume, Yates is
a member of the International City
Management Association and enjoys
long distance trail running, tennis,
and exploring the great outdoors.
Proudly display
your flag this
Friday!
County residents may soon be prohibited from
keeping raccoons and other wild animals as pets
During the weekly meeting of the
Medina County Commissioners’
Court, commissioners received a report
on the juvenile detention center for the
month of May from Probation Officer
Roy Llanes.
There were three juveniles in deten-
tion at the beginning of the period, 14
placed during the period, 10 released
and four remained in detention at the
end of the period.
Total accounts receivable were
$27,625 from INS for 325 bed days,
monthly contract fees were $10,925
for the month of July leaving the total
cost for August at $9,300.
• The court tabled vacating and re-
subdividing of lots 110 and 418 of
Valentine Ranch Subdivision and an
amended plat of Shepherd Hill Subdi-
vision due to the utility easements not
being up to county specifications.
• The court granted approval of the
Bear Springs Subdivision Unit 13, lo-
cated six miles east of Medina Lake.
• County Attorney Ralph Bemson
asked the court to allow him to “con-
duct a private practice of law using the
county office to handle a personal
matter.”
“I do not plan to establish private
practice,” Bemson said. “But, there is
a personal matter that I would like to
handle. This would only be a tempo-
rary situation.”
The court granted approval after
the following legal description was
read: “A district or county attorney
who is not prohibited by law from en-
gaging in private practice of lay may,
at the discretion of the commission-
ers court of a particular county, con-
duct a private practice of law using
the district or county office provided
by that county for conducting his of-
ficial duties.”
• Last on the agenda was “discus-
sion and possible action on an order
prohibiting the keeping of dangerous
wild animals in Medina County.”
This order would prohibit residents
from keeping lions, tigers, ocelots,
cougars, leopards, cheetahs, jaguars,
lynx, panthers, mountain lions, bob-
cats, serval, hyenas, wolf, fox, coy-
ote, dingoes, jackals, baboons, chim-
panzees, orangutans, gorillas,
binurongs, apes, bears, pandas, el-
ephants, rhinoceros, alligators, croco-
diles, porcupines, primates, raccoons,
skunks, weasels, or any hybrid of an
animal listed in this definition. A vio-
lation of this order is an offense pun-
ishable as a Class C misdemeanor.
"1 want to question the raccoons
and skunks,” Commissioner Beverly
Keller said. “What about people who
already have them as pets?”
“There are a lot of people who have
these as pets and have had for years,”
Commissioner Kelley Carroll said.
“Can they get a permit to keep them
from the state?”
“The state says we either permit
these animals or prohibit them,” Me-
dina County Judge David Montgom-
ery said. “The fear is that, if we don’t
prohibit these animals, people from
other counties will brings theirs here.
We can’t take any of the animals off
the list.”
Commissioner Royce Hartmann
made the motion to approve the or-
der and Montgomery seconded it af-
ter every else declined. The motion
died when Keller, Commissioner
Henry Santos, and Carroll voted
against approval until further clarifi-
cation on whether the owners of these
animals could get a state permit to
keep them.
Castroville studies
possibility of installing
traffic light on hilltop
By William Hoover
Anvil Herald Correspondent
Castroville council members on
Monday night considered the place-
ment of new traffic lights on the hill
above the BMA irrigation canal at the
intersection of Old Quihi Road, CR
1343, and Highway 90. The inter-
section is known locally as Three
Points. Because the city owns prop-
erty abutting the intersection they are
eligible to annex the area.
Councilman Mike Masters ex-
pressed his desire for a traffic light to
make it easier for area residents to
turn onto Highway 90. “It is getting
harder and harder to get out at that
intersection,” said Masters. “Annex-
ing will allow us to install traffic con-
trol lights and a possible protected left
tum signal for people wanting to turn
off Highway 90 West.”
City secretary Donna Schueling
said she had spoken to representatives
of the Texas Department of Transpor-
tation and they had given the city per-
mission to annex the hill top area.
“We own property on the west side
of Quihi Road and up to the intersec-
tion of Highway 90,” explained
Schueling. “We can annex for traffic
control and our police department
will have control in that area.''
"We have had eight accidents in the
last two years at that intersection,"
said Mayor Robert Hancock "We
will definitely look into protected tum
signals.”
Councilman Leon Tschirhart said
the city should try to reduce the speed
of motorist coming down the hill into
Castroville by reducing the speed
limit to 40 miles per hour at the top
of the hill. “The speed reduces to 50
mph at the canal and then you can t
see the 40 mph sign till you are down
the hill Why not put the 40 mph sign
at the canal and reduce the speed to
50 at the intersection?" he asked. "It
will slow people a little more as they
enter town."
Chief of Police Lee McVay said
that if TxDoT approves a stoplight at
the intersection, the) would more
than likely reduce the approach speed
to the intersection from 55 mph to 40
mph like they did when a traffic light
was installed at Highway 90 and 471
South. "After installing the light, they
performed another traffic survey so
this will have additional benefits,"
said the chief.
PHOTO BY DIANE COSGROVE
ONE-CAR ACCIDENT CLAIMS LIFE...A46-year-old man lost his life
Wednesday afternoon when the car he was driving left the pavement
just before West Live Oak Creek bridge on Hwy. 90 between Hondo
and D’Hanis. An elderly relative who was a passenger in the vehicle
was airlifted to San Antonio. Both men were from Del Rio.
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PHOTO BY DIANE COSGROVE
MOM KNOWS... Michelle Hutto gives son Bo a little advice at the Hondo
Golf Course during the June 11 Southwest Texas Jr. Golf Association’s
2002 Tour. Boys and girls, ages 6-9,10-12,13-15 and 16-18 may play in
the tour which also includes golf courses at Carrizo Springs, Ft. Clark
Springs in Brackettville, Utopia, Uvalde, Alsatian in Castroville, Lost Val-
ley in Bandera, and Eagle Pass. Each tournament begins with a 9 a.m.
shotgun start and most are held on Tuesdays in June and July. Either 9
or 18 holes are played, depending on the number of players. For infor-
mation call 830-988-2194 or 830-591-9563.
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