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Thursday
December 23,1993
Volume 44
Number 47
USPS 264-260
Ingleside, Texas 78362
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SANTA CLAUS WAS A DAY LATE in coming to Ingleside, but young and old alike came out to see the
North Pole visitor at Bay Vista Center Sunday. Saturday's visit was postponed because of bad
weather. Kaitlyn Cumber (C) is unimpressed by Santa as father David Cumber tries to get the
youngster ready for a picture.
Liens taken on two “eyesores'1
Ingleside on the Bay is in the
process of cleaning up two lots in
the city that have become “eye-
sores”. '!
The city is preparing to take
liens on the two lots after asking
property owners three times to
clean up their property, but with
no response.
“Hal (City Attorney Hal
George) is working on getting a
lien on the property right now,”
Mayor A1 Robbins said at Tuesday
night’s council meeting. “Maybe
that willgetsomethinggoing. The
letters and notices we’ve sent
have gone ignored.”
The council adopted an ordi-
nance earlier this year setting
steps to be taken regarding
cleanup of lots. First, the owner is
told of the problem by a city offi-
cial who asks for compliance.
If that is unsuccessful, a notice
is sent to the owner advising of
steps to be taken if the problem is
not rectified within 30 days. After
that time, the city takes steps to
place a lien on the property.
Alderman Lillie Dawson said
the council is simply doing its job
New Chamber
officers
are elected
New Ingleside Chamber of
Commerce officers were elected
Thursday afternoon to lead the
chamber through 1994.
Elected president was Charles
Simmons, a CPA. Vice President
will be Lupe Rangel, owner ofViva
Laredo Cafe. Secretary is Iris
Carillo, president of Mercantile
Bank and Jan Waller, president of
the Navy/Army Federal Credit
Union will serve as treasurer.
. They will join board members
Terry Burke, Bill Janecek, Bill
McAllister, Peri Rodenhurst, Ala-
na Seaman, past president Jerry
Hampton, Leroy Cornelius and
Cindy Wilson.
The new officers and board
members will be installed during
the Chamber of Commerce ban-
quet on Saturday, Jan. 15 at Our
Lady of Assumption Catholic
Church Hall.
in ordering the liens.
“We’re not trying to be a hard-
nosed council by doing this,”
Dawson said. “We went through
this problem with garbage, now
it’s getting owners to clean up
their lots. We simply needed to do
something. We’re just enforcing
our ordinance.”
Robbins said that city residents
have been very responsive to tak-
ing care of the problem as soon as
it was brought to their attention.
“Our problem is that these two
lot owners don’t live here,” Rob-
bins explained. “One lives 30
miles from here and the other in
San Antonio. They don’t care
what the property looks like until
they go to sell it. We’re letting
Deadline coming for
cashing in lottery tickets
As if there were not already
enough items on your “things to
do” list with Christmas just days
away, here are deadline remin-
ders from the Texas Lottery.
Monday, Dec. 27, is the last day
to cash winning tickets from
Texas Lottery’s first instant
game, “Lone Star Millions”.
Seventeen of the £10,000 win-
ners are still unclaimed.
The deadline also applies to
ENTRY-ENTRY-ENTRY tickets
submitted for the final scheduled
£1 million grand prize drawing.
The game officially closed June
30; the redemption deadline fall*
180 days later.
“Our records show that Texans
cashed more than 36 million win-
ning tickets worth more than
0122 million sinoe ‘Lone Star Mil-
lions’ first went on sale on May 29,
1992,” Nora Linares, acting ex-
ecutive director of the Texas Lot-
tery Commission, said. “But, we
also know that more than one
million winners worth about £3.2
million remain unclaimed.”
That includes 17 of the £10,000
winners and 115 of the £1000
tickets.
Any lottery retailer may re-
deem first-game prizes of £2, £5,
£10, £20, £50, or £100. Winners
of £1,000 or £10,000 prizes must
take their tickets to one of the 24
regional Lottery Claim Centers
before they close at 5 p.m. Dec.
27.
Although the Lottery sold ab-
out 99.9 percent of the 297 mil-
lion “Lone Star Millions” tickets
that were produced, Linares
offers several reasons for the un-
claimed winners. “Because‘Lone
Star Millions’ was our very first
game, some players bought tick-
ets and kept them—unscratched
— for souvenirs,” she said.
“Other winners may still be hid-
ing in the bottom of someone’s
purse or ooat pocket or beneath
the cushions of the sofa. Of
course some folks know they
have a winning ticket but just
never seem to get around to
cashing it.”
Texas Lottery players must
submit entry tickets to the Lot-
tery by Jan. 14 to be eligible for
consideration in the Lottery’s last
scheduled £l million Grand Prize
Drawing.
“And those lucky seven players
whose tickets we select will com-
pete for the £1 million prize on
Jan. 27 in the beautiful West
Texas town of Alpine,” Linares
said.
Sales tax proposal discussed
Boy council looks to stort on wo ter system
these people know we have to
look at the property regularly and
we want it looking good.”
Robbins said one of the lots is
currently for sale. Alderman Greg
Alan asked if the realtors are tak-
ing care of it.
“If they are asked to take care of
it, they expect to be paid for it,”
Dawson said.
In a related action, the council
ordered City Secretary Ann
Rosenkranz to obtain bids to
clean up the properties and
approved the expenditure of
funds for the clean up.
Bids will be accepted until Jan.
10 and will be opened at the coun-
cil’s Jan. 18 meeting.
Ingleside on the Bay city coun-
cil Tuesday night discussed the
proposed one cent city sales tax
that will be on the Jan. 15election
ballot.
If approved, a tax will be placed
on items sold in the city and on
non-essential utilities like cable.
Whether to put the tax on tele-
phone services is an option the
city will have to discuss, but
Alderman Lillie Dawson doesn’t
think taxpayers should bear the
brunt of the tax.
“I think businesses should pay
the bulk of the tax,” Dawson said.
The money raised through the
proposed tax would be placed in
the general fund, Dawson said.
Resident Dill Rosenkranz asked
for a “wish list” of some of the
items for which the city wants to
spend the money.
Robbins said the money could
be used for playground equip-
ment, to upgrade some of the
alleys in the city for possible use
as jogging or walking trails and for
a dump truck and material
spreader for the roads.
Also on the ballot will be the
election of the mayor and two
council persons. Mayor A1 Rob-
bins and Alderman Dick Ehmann
are unopposed for their positions.
Betty Harbaugh is running un-
opposed for Carol Cervenka’s
position. Cervenka decided not
to seek a second term on the
council.
Rosenkranz also asked about
enforcement of the city’s new
fireworks ordinance with New
Year’s Eve approaching. Robbins
said the city’s fire department
County accepts
new juvenile
detention center
The new juvenile detention
center was accepted Monday by
San Patricio County Commis-
sioners. It is substantially com-
plete and expected to be in use
early in 1994. Sinton Indepen-
dent School District has agreed to
provide a teacher to tutor stu-
dents held in the center to keep
them up in their classwork. The
center has a capacity to hold 18
children.
Children from other counties
in the 36th Judicial District will
be aocepted at the center. The
juvenile shelter in Rockport,
which has served Aransas and
San Patricio Counties, is to be
closed when the new facility
opens. The Rockport facility is to
be used to house women prison-
ers.
San Patricio County commis-
sioners will decide at a meeting
January 10 whether to proceed
with construction of the second
floor of the almost completed jail
annex with the contractors now
on the job.
Commissioners have indicated
they will proceed with the second
floor. They were presented Mon-
day with figures showing cost of
the second floor would be
£530,000 to £560,000 and would
cost £100,000 more if completed
at a later date.
Commissioners will not meet
next week or the first week of the
new year. They will attend a con-
tinuing education course in Col-
lege Station Jan. 3.
would be patrolling the streets
looking for violators.
Rosenkranz said he saw a num-
ber of cars out during the Fourth
of July holiday with fireworks.
“I saw about 50 cars that night
and I think one was a resident,”
Rosenkranz said. “A lot of these
folks come from other areas to
shoot off fireworks. I asked them
to-move down by the beach or go
over by NuWay, but I think it
would have a little more behind it
if someone in uniform asked
them to move on.”
Violators can be fined any-
where from £25 to £500 for the
misdemeanor offense under the
ordinance. „
Robbins reported that work is
continuing on getting the city a
water system, but the ball is now
in the the city of Ingleside’s court.
The council received approval
last month for a £495,000 loan
from the Texas Water Develop-
ment Board. The money will be
used for the purchase of its part of
the water system from the city of
Ingleside and for the installation
of a master meter and 20 new fire
hydrants.
“The council is intending to
move fast,” Robbins said. “We
signed a contract with Ingleside
six or eight months ago stating
our intent to purchase the sys-
tem. We gave them official notice
of our loan a couple of weeks ago.
We expect them to start to move
on the project.”
Robbins also reported that BFI
will have a large dumpster at the
city park on Thursday, Jan. 6
from 8 a.m. until dark.
Residents are asked not to
bring tree limbs to the dumpster,
but to bundle them in sections no
longer than four feet, which will
then be picked up with the nor-
mal trash pickup, Robbins said.
The Index Staff
wishes you the alt the blessings
and happiness of the season.
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