Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 116, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 28, 2002 Page: 3 of 82
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"“B&ris
Baby & Me at the library
All parents with infants are
welcome to attend Baby & Me," a
lapsit program at the Hondo Public
Library on Thursday mornings at
10 a m Sessions last about 30
minutes. The program is free and
no reservations are needed Call the
library, 42b-5333, for more info
Adult basic education
offered at Woods
Adult basic education (GED)
classes are offered every Monday
and Wednesday, 6 to 8 p.m., at
Woolls Intermediate School, room
207. Call 426-3311 for info.
Literacy classes
Literacy Classes are held at the
Hondo Public Library on Tuesday
mornings, 10 a.m. to 12 noon, and
on Wednesday evenings, from 6
to 8 p.m. The classes are free.
The doc's in on Saturday
The Medical Clinic of Hondo
#3, 1004 20th St., is open each
Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon to see
patients. See ad for details.
ACS Dialogue group
The American Cancer Society
cancer support group, "Dialogue,"
meets the 2nd Tuesday of each
month at the Hondo Public Library
from 6 to 7 p.m. Contact Theresa
Johnson, 830-426-2655.
Hondo TOPS
Hondo TOPS (Take Off Pounds
Sensibly) Chapter meets Thurs-
days at 6:30 p.m., at the Commu-
nity/Senior Center, 1014 18th St.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 8
p.m., at St. Paul Lutheran Church,
white annex building, Ave. M & 15th
Al Anon
Mondays, 7:30 p.m., at Medina
Valley United Methodist Church,
1108 Country Lane, Castroville.
New Life Recovery
Christian alternative 12-step
substance abuse recovery program,
at New Covenant Fellowship, 2610
30th St. Men, women and families
meet Thursdays, 7-8 p.m.
Goal post oak
fundraiser underway
Hondo ISD is selling custom-
ized plaques made from the wood
of the big oak tree near the south
goal post which was damaged in
the Oct. 12 storm. For further
information, call the Hondo ISD
office at 426-3027.
South Texas Farm & Range Forum set in Hondo
Managing to Make a Living: Ownership-Stewardship
San Antonio - Bexar Audubon So-
ciety will sponsor its Spring 2002
South Texas Farm & Range Forum.
“Managing to Make a Living: Own-
ership = Stewardship," Friday and
Saturday, Mar 1-2, in Hondo
This is the third in an annual senes
of farm and range forums that build
on the common interests, and fosters
understanding, between the agncul-
tural and conservation communities.
This year the forum will provide
land-owning families with practical
ideas for optimizing management
practices in order to make a living off
their land.
"Good stewardship ensures healthy
habitats and ecosystems, which are
essential for a biologically and eco-
nomically healthy Texas now and in
the future," said Susan Hughes, Bexar
Audubon Society president.
She added that wildlife need habi-
tat and humans need ecosystem ser-
vices. “With landowners holding
about 97 percent of land inTexas, pri-
vate landowners must engage in con-
servation, and urban conservationists
must work with and support the ef-
forts of private landowners.”
The forum will begin at 1 p.m. on
Friday, Mar. 1, at the Medina County
Fairgrounds in Hondo.
A convoy will depart to the nearby
7 A Ranch for a tour and a discussion
of land management practices to help
now or prospective landowners be
good stewards Philip Wnght of the
National Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS) will lead the field
study, which includes defining man-
agement objectives, developing ap-
propriate management practices and
measuring results
A campfire discussion after dinner
will be led by Joseph Fitzsimons,
rancher and Texas Parks & Wildlife
commissioner, and will feature
award-winning land stewards.
Saturday’s program runs from 7:30
a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Medina County
Fairgrounds. Keynote speaker is John
Burt, state conservationist with the
U S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) and NRCS.
Saturday topics include fundamen-
tal stewardship practices; the sustain-
able homestead; habitat health, and
birding areas, trails and nature tourism.
An issue common to new landown-
ers will be discussed in Wildlife Ex-
emption-Qualification of Agricul-
tural Land in Wildlife Management
Use, which will be led by Bernie
Little of the State Comptroller’s Of-
fice and Kirby Brown of the Texas
Wildlife Association.
Attendees at the forum will be eli-
Toyota commercial
filming in Hondo today
Hondo area residents and busi-
nesses can expect some inconve-
nience today (Thursday) as a com-
mercial for Toyota pickups is filmed
downtown on Ave. M.
However, it should be fun to see
the results in the near future on our
television screens.
And, perhaps, it could mean some
good publicity for the town.
Vazda Studios will be filming the
commercial on Ave. M, between 17th
and 18th streets as part of a four-day
film shoot that highlights the varied
locations and geography of Texas.
In particular, the commercial pro-
ducers sought out the most photoge-
nic small towns in the state. Ken
Lewin, locations manager, said that,
after intensive scouting throughout
Central Texas, Hondo was chosen to
represent these beautiful Texas towns.
“In order to film safely, we have
Castroville mayor quiets
rumors of U.S. 90 bypass
By William Hoover
Anvil Herald Correspondent
Castroville City Council tackled a
relatively short agenda Monday, but
city hall was crowded with residents
and merchants who had heard rumors
that a highway was being planned for
construction which would bypass
Castroville and Hondo. The rumored
highway would allow traffic to drive
west from San Antonio to El Paso with-
out passing through any municipalities.
“We were trying to stifle the ru-
mor mill,” said City Administrator
Ronnie Rand. “It had the business
community concerned.”
Mayor Robert Hancock told busi-
nessmen and interested residents he
had attended a public hearing at which
Governor Rick Perry spoke about ini-
tiatives to enhance the ease of travel
on state highways by diverting them
around municipalities or building toll
roads. Citizens who heard the rumors
were concerned Perry was considering
implementing laws which would divert
Highway 90 around Castroville
thereby decreasing the flow of tourists
through the historic city. However,
Hancock told the audience he person-
ally spoke to Gov. Perry and he said
there were no plans to divert Highway
90 or any other existing highway.
Having addressed the rumors,
Mayor Hancock turned his attention
to city legal matters and took the fi-
nal step in hiring new legal counsel
by swearing in Barbara Quirk to
serve as the new city attorney. Quirk
is an associate with the San Antonio
based law firm of Jones, Kurtz,
Andrews & Ortiz and has over 10
years experience in municipal law.
Sean Isam was sworn in as deputy
city attorney to complete the city’s
legal staff transition. Isam works for
the same legal firm as Quirk.
Council was forced to find new
legal representation when former
City Attorney Vivian Torres filed to
run for Medina County Court at Law
Judge. Torres said she could no
longer handle Castroville’s growing
legal workload.
In Other Business
• City Engineer Dawn Green was
given approval to develop the design
plans for the Constantinople Street
drainage repair project. The street
has been slated for repair for several
years but design, timing and budget-
ary problems hampered the initiation
of the project until the city hired
Green and her employer Turner, Col-
lie & Braden, Engineers. The coun-
cil budgeted $14,200 to develop the
plans and initiate repairs to the street.
“We are taking a good, hard look
at our drainage and the flooding on
Constantinople is our major problem
south of Highway 90,” explained
Rand. “We have four problem drain-
age areas we are looking at and in-
tend to correct them over time.”
• Council authorized the expendi-
ture of $2,300 to pay for the expenses
of printing the new edition of the
Castroville visitor's guide. The visi-
tors guide is the Chamber of
Commerce’s largest budget item and
the publication is their primary
method of advertising the city’s cul-
tural and historic tourist destinations.
• Council authorized the city man-
ager to enter a three-year lease on
washing and drying machines to laun-
der the clothing of patrons of Regional
Park’s recreational vehicle area.
Council set the rates for the coin-op-
erated machines at $ 1.25 for washing
a load of laundry and $1 for drying.
• Castroville’s airport board pre-
sented council wit^a long list of sug-
gestions regarding how they thought
the airport should be operated. Air-
port Board Chairman Greg Runnels
said council could increase the prof-
itability of Castroville Municipal Air-
port if they followed the board’s pro-
posals, which included waiving zon-
ing laws to allow Airport Coordina-
tor Tim Fousse to live on the airport
grounds in a modular home. Council
has been reluctant to waive the rules
for the city’s welfare, while not al-
lowing citizens the same benefit.
Councilman Leon Tschirhart told
Runnels that council didn't have the
time to solve all of the airport's prob-
lems and suggested the airport board
needed to do more preliminary work
before presenting problems to council.
• Rand also informed council the
carpenters from Alsace would be ar-
riving in Castroville in two weeks to
finish the exterior work on the 17th
century Steinbach House. The visiting
craftsmen will be installing authentic
Alsatian windows, shutters, and doors
on the historic house. The city was
responsible for installing the electri-
cal work, plumbing, tiling the floor,
and plastering the walls in preparation
for the arrival of the carpenters.
The windows, shutters, doors, and
furniture for the house are being
shipped via freighter and are sched-
uled to arrive in Castroville on Feb.
28, according to customs officials.
Rand said he had recently received
an e-mail from Alsatian project co-
ordinator Andre Hartmann, president
of the sponsoring Garden of Roots
Society, inquiring if Castroville had
completed the required interior pre-
paratory work on the house.
"We are almost wrapped up with
our part of the house and it is look-
ing really nice inside,” said Rand.
“We have put in the electrical wir-
ing, plumbing, air conditioning ducts
and have plastered the walls and tiled
the floors. We are just finishing up
on the inside flight of steps and we
are installing a ramp to comply with
the Americans with Disabilities Act.
When the Alsatians arrive on March
9, they will put on the shutters, doors
and windows and the house will be
finished." The historic house, which
was disassembled and shipped to
Castroville in 1997, will have an in-
side toilet for the first time in its over
300-year lifetime. The completed, re-
constructed house will be showcased
in a grand opening ceremony sched-
uled for the April 8.
• The next meeting of the
Castroville City Council is scheduled
for March 11 at 7 p.m. at city hall.
The public is welcome to attend.
gible to receive either 5 CEUs for
Pesticide Applicator's License or 8
CEUs for Certified Professional in
Rangeland Management
The South Texas Farm and Range
Forum is organized by the Bexar
Audubon Society, Texas Cooperative
Extension, USDA-Natural Resources
Conservation Service, San Antonio
Water System, the Texas A&M Uni-
versity System Agnculture Program,
Resource and Land Management,
Inc , and Rancho de la Chuparrosa.
Forum sponsors include the Texas
Wildlife Association, the Edwards
Region Grazing Lands Conservation
Initiative, Alamo Chapter of Quail
Unlimited, Edwards Aquifer Author-
ity, and the San Antonio Area
AgnFood Education Council.
Exhibit space is available Contact
Helen Holdsworth at 210-467-6578 or
email at hholdsworth@hotmail com
Registration is $85 for both days,
$35 for Friday and $55 for Saturday
only. Audubon Society members re-
ceive a discount. Advance reserva-
tions are encouraged to ensure meals.
For registration, lodging and other in-
formation contact Susan Hughes at
210-822-4503 or by email at
siisan@wordwright.com, or visit the
website at www.bexaraudubon.orc.
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741-2646 • 2507 19th St. • Hondo • also in Marble Falls
requested permission to intermittently
control traffic during filming which
will take place between 6 a.m. and 7
p.m. today,” Lewin said.
Also, for safety reasons, they request
that no vehicles be parked on the fol-
lowing streets dunng this time penod:
Ave. M on both sides between 17th and
18th streets; 18th St. on the north and
south sides, a quarter block east of Ave.
M; and 17th St. on the south side, a
quarter block east of Ave. M.
Sidewalks will be open for pedes-
trian access to all businesses during
this time period.
“We will do our best to film as
quickly and efficiently as possible,"
Lewin said, “but would like to apolo-
gize in advance for any inconve-
nience. Everyone in our cast and crew
is looking forward to spending time
in Hondo and we appreciate your pa-
tience and assistance.”
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