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COTULLA RECORD
USPS 134-180
A FRIO NUECES PUBLICATION, LTD.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 3.1986
Blood Drive Is
January 3-4
The American Legion Auxiliary of
Cotulla is sponsoring a blood drive
January 3rd and 4lh at the Legion
Hall in Cotulla Donors are asked to
come Thursday the 3rd from 10 a.m.
to 6 pm and on Friday the 4th from
8 a m to 4 p.m. If you want to make
an appointment please call Judy
Franklin, chairman of the Drive, at
879-2784.
Accidents
Reported
In Area
A San Antonio man, Oscar
Rodriguez Garza was injured last
week when his pickup truck over-
turned on IH 36 near Millett He was
taken to Dilley Hosital by La Salle
Am bulance.
The 1970 Chevrolet was south-
bound when the accident occured,
according to La Salle County deputy
Joseph Canales, the investigating
officer.
In another one vehicle accident, no
injuries were reported when a 1986
Oldsmobile skidded off the IH 36
southbound exit ramp at FM 468
The vehicle struck an exit sign and
other highway markers.
Sheriff Jose T. Garcia reported
heavy damage to the vehicle and
highway markers knocked down.
The drive is an effort to get 150
pints of blood. Type O is needed most
but any type is welcome. No one in
La Salle County has given blood
since 1982 until the Women’s Club
sponsored a drive at the school
recently and got 52 points. The
Dilley Auxiliary is helping by bringing
people from Dilley. Don’t be like
"Nobody Did It"! !
Fred Somebody, Tom Everybody,
Pete Anybody and Joe Nobody were
neighbors, but not like you and me.
They were difficult to understand.
All four belong to the same blood
type group; yet you would find it
hard to find them donating blood.
Everybody went fishing or stayed at
home to visit friends. Anybody
wanted to donate, but somebody
made him mad. Somebody was
afraid it might hurt so nobody
donated every eight weeks. Really,
nobody was the only decent one out
of the four.
Nobody donated for open heart
surgeries; nobody donated for
emergencies. When they needed
stock blood, everybody thought
anybody would do it and Somebody
thought Everybody would. Guess
who finally did it? That's right -
Nobody.
Moral: If you don't want to donate
blood, don’t worry, Nobody will do it
for you!
FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOUR-
SELF - GIVE BLOOD! !
School Board Accepts
Several Repair Bids
The school board met in Special
session December 11 with the
following members present John
Northcut, Carlos Pena, Diana
Muriel, M.C. Pletz and Jose Adams.
The following members were absent
Mauro Perez and Ramon Sanchez.
Administration present Adalberto
Ramirez, Deonicio Ramirez. Bobbie
Jones, Sylvia Villarreal, Irene
Moreno. James Holmes, James
Leifeste.
Visitors present Frank Guerra
and Associates, Mr. Anslinger and
Associate. Border Electric Co.
Representative. Lon Travis and
Associate. Francisca Rios, Helen
Clapp. Carrie White, Geronima
Garza and Ernest Vecchio.
Meeting called to order by Board
President, John Northcut.
Lon Travis presented bidding
information to the board, explaining
that Anslinger Incorporated was the
lowest bidder with a base bid of
$91,800.00, alternate option bid of
$6,800 for air conditioning. Border
Electric Co. was the low bidder on
lighting with a base bid of $18,400.00
and to rewire campus a bid of
$5,060.00. Rufus A. Walker & Co. was
Weather
December 22, 4 p.m. 66
December 23,8 a.m. 57
December 23, 4 p.m. 70
December 24, 4 p.m. 80
December 25. 8 a m. 47
December 25, 4 p.m. 50
December 2 6, 4 p.m 54
December 27, 4 p.m. 67
Fitness
Classes To
Begin Here
Women of all ages should take
note that wo types of physical fitness
classes will begin on January 7, 1986
at the Episcopal Church Hall in
Cotulla
Aerobic dancing will continue to
meet every Monday, Wednesday
and Friday morning from 9 to 10
am and a new class of thirty
minutes of non-stop exercising will
be offered from 4: 30 to 5 p.m. every
Monday and Wednesday.
Linda Oltmann, a certified
aerobics instructor, will lead both
classes.
the only bidder on the ceiling. Mr.
Travis recommended refusal of
ceiling bid and rebidding ceiling,
insulation and installation as a
complete package. Closing for
rebidding would be Jan. 7, 1986.
Adalberto Ramirez brought up
another type of duct work. One of the
bidders had bid with sheet metal
ducting. Mr. Travis explained the
different duct work materials. At
this time Frank Guerra, Com-
mercial Refrigeration of
Crystal City, asked to address the
board in regards to his bid on air
conditioning. He would be using
Trane Equipment, would have one
draw only, when job was completed.
Mr. Guerra showed the Board the
kind of duct work he would use,
made of sheet metal. All work would
be guaranteed and he had certified
technicians for repair. He asked the
board not to base decision on price
alone.
Mr. Travis responded to Mr.
Guerra's presentation and answered
questions from board members.
Carlos Pena questioned Mr.
Travis as to what his responsibilities
would be during the project. He
stated that in the past the school
district had had some shoddy work
done, particularly the new high
school buildings and that the district
had been stuck with the problems.
Mr. Travis responded that all of the
contractors were bonded for per-
formance and payment of debts
against the project and that he
would be checking the performance
of contractors during the project to
see that work was done properly. He
also stated that he had worked with
both contractors on several projects
in the past and that they had per-
formed their jobs as agreed. Mr.
Travis assured the board that he
would inspect all phases of work
performed and would require
contractors to perform as per
specifications.
Motion was made and seconded to
accept Anslinger Inc. as low bidder
on air conditioning and Border
Electric Co. for lighting, include
alternates based on engineers
recommendation and wiring based
on need. Motion carried
unanimously.
Mr. Travis explained to the board
that they would need a motion to
reject the ceiling bid and another
motion to open bidding again for
ceiling, insulation, and installation.
Motion was made and second to
reject the bid and carried
unanimously Motion was made
and seconded to relet the bid for the
(See School Page 31
Two Cowboys Are
On All-Southwest
SHANNON FLOWERS AND BUBBA HILLJE
Shannon Flowers and Bubba
Hillje were honored last week by
being named to the 1984 All-
Southwest Texas football squad.
Accident
Takes Life
A 49 year old Cotulla man was
kiPed instantly Wednesday when the
automobile he was working fell on
him, crushing his skull. Mike
Martinez was pronounced dead at
the scene by Justice of the Peace
Raul E. Gonzalez.
La Salle County deputy sheriffs
report the car had been jacked up
but the jack slipped, allowing the
vehicle to fail. The accident occured
on Lala Gonzalez St.
Deputy Eddy Maldonado reported
the body was taken to Hearn Peters
Funeral Home.
Both were mem bers of the defensive
team.
Flowers, a 5' 10", 155 pound
senior, led the Cowboy secondary
with seven interceptions, had 67
tackles, three fumble recoveries and
four blocked kicks. His two year
totals in the defensive backfield
included 11 interceptions, 143
tackles, and seven fumble
recoveries. Hillje, a 6' 3". 206 pound
junior, led the Cowboy defenses with
a school record 137 tackles and had
game high totals of 20 against
Devine, 19 against Hondo, 18 against
Dilley and 17 versus Somerset and
Sabinal. He is the strongest member
of the Cowboys with a bench press of
almost 300 pounds.
The All-Southwest Texas football
team is selected from high schools in
Atascosa. Bandera, Dimmit, Ed-
wards. Frio, Gillespie, Kendall.
Kerr. Kinney, La Salle, Maverick,
Medina, Real. Uvalde, Vai Verde
and a portion of Bexar County.
A.G. Investigating
Claims On Phones
AUSTIN - Attorney General Jim
Mattox has announced that his
Office is investigating whether
AT&T and Southwestern Bell have
misled consumers regarding the
sale of design line telephones.
Mattox said his office has received
a number of complaints from con-
sumers who say they paid between
$50 and $150 for telephones from Bell
Phone Center stores during the late
1970s to early 1980s.
The consumers have told Mattox
that they thought they were buying
the entire phones at the time but
later noticed that their bills
reflected charges for "equipment
lease." After contacting the phone
companies, the consumers say they
were told that they had just pur-
chased the plastic shells around the
phones and that they would continue
to be billed for leasing the "guts" of
the phones unless they purchased
them, Mattox said.
Mattox launched the in-
vestigation by sending civil in-
vestigative demand letters to AT&T
and Southwestern Bell seeking in-
formation on such sales. The letters
were mailed December 13.
"The consumer complaints we ve
DHR Says
Thanks To
Businesses
The Department of Human
Resources would like to thank the
following for contributing to our
protective Services Toys for Tots
Christmas Drive: Wintergarden
Production Credit Assoc; Universal
Gas; Reese Hardware & Supply; Dr.
Gary barron; L eodor o Martinez
County Judge; Stockmen's In-
surance Agency; Gaddis Phar-
macy; Riverside Mini-Mart. Red
Store No. 1; Red Store No. 3; Car-
penter’s Dry Goods; Kerr Texaco;
Ramirez Gulf Station; Dan's Fur-
niture & Butane; Dairy Queen;
Jimenez Auto Supply; Mickey
Villlarreal; Chuck Box.
received have been very con-
sistent,” Mattox said. "All of the
consumers stress that they thought
they were buying telephones, not
just the plastic and that they were
not told by phone company store
employees that the guts of the phone
still belonged to the companies,"
Mattox said.
He said one Austin consumer
complained that she was told by
AT&T that she had been paying a
"hidden charge" since 1980 on two
phones she purchased for $70 and $80
respectively.
Mattox said consumers who have
similar complaints should contact
his Consumer Protection Division in
Austin or the six regional office.
Consumers will be sent complaint
forms to fill out and return to
Mattox's office.
Mattox said similar investigations
are going on in other states. For
example, he said, the South Dakota
Public Utilities Commission had a
study done, in which 100 percent of
consumers said they did not know
they were purchasing only the
outside coverings on their design
line phones In the same study, he
said, all the 221 consumers surveyed
said the phone company sales
representatives did not inform they
they were just buying the plastic
shells.
Mattox sent the civil demand
letters under hie authority through
the Texas Deceptive Trade Prac-
tices-Consumer Protection Act Both
AT&T andSWB have until January 3
to produce the requested materials,
which include all related customer
bills, promotional materials and ads
and related corporate documents.
Assistant Attorney General W.
Scott McCollough and members of
Mattox's Consumer Protection
Division are handling the in-
vestigation for Mattox.
The phone numbers for Mattox's
seven Consumer Protection Division
offices are: Austin, 512-475-1081;
Dallas, 214-742-8944; El Paso, 915-
533-3484; Houston. 713-223-5886;
Lubbock, 806-747-5238; McAllen. 512-
682-4547 and San Antonio 612-2225-
4191.
Year Of 1984
Is Reviewed
This is the first of a two part series
of the top stories of 1984 as appeared
in the Cotulla RECORD
JANUARY
Valero Energy Corp. has
requested gas customers to curb the
use of natural gas as a precaution,
during severe cold. More cold
temperatures are expected
following record breaking low
temperatures during the last ten
days of December, throughout South
Texas.
However, on January 1, mild
weather had returned with the
temperature reaching 52 degrees
during the afternoon
On January 8 severe thun-
derstorms passed through the La
Salle County area The first rain of
the New Year brought Cotulla 1.8
inches.
Modern new Super B Food store
opened January 20on North Main St.
U.S. Senate candidate Bob
Krueger visited Cotulla and
discussed damage in Rio Grande
Valley from December 1983 freeze.
County Judge Leodoro Martinez
Jr. has accepted the appointment as
a member of the State Job Training
Coordinating Council to the Youth
committee.
Sonny Manser. Cotulla ISD
Athletic director since May 1983
resigned effective immediately
FEBRUARY
La Salle County received a
$250,904 contract on a grant from
the Texas Dept, of Community
Affairs to build a social service
center in Cotulla.
Thirty three 4-H'ers competed for
top honors in the 1984 L a Salle
County F ood Show
The L a Salle County Sheriffs Dept
reported the county jail in com-
pliance with the minimum jail
standards of the Texas Commission
on J ail Standards, Austin. This is the
first time the jail has been in
com pliance.
La Salle County 4-H and FFA
members competed in Houston
Livestock Show
MARCH
Cotulla boxers L upe Miranda and
Carlos Miranda attended State
Golden Gloves Tournament in Ft.
Worth.
Cotulla High School hosted annual
Quarterback Club Relays.
Temperatureshit 104 on March 27.
In Brownsville 106 reported, highest
temperature ever recorded in
Brownsville.
Cotulla resident sentenced to 10
years in Texas Dept, of Corrections
after pleading guilty to voluntary
manslaughter
APRIL
City and school elections held.
Four new Coutlla ISD trustees
elected are Carlos Pena, M.C.
"Cotton” Pletz, Diana Muriel and
Jose Adams.
In the city election Bill Cotulla is
mayor. The winners for aiderman
included incumbents Abel B
Gonzales and Joe R . Lozano, Angel
S. Ramirez was also elected
aiderman.
Tornado reported April 7
southeast of Cotulla at the Hillje
ranch Minor damage to light poles,
trees and a roof
Two Mexican nationals were in-
jured during the storm when deer
stand blew over near Artesia Wells
Amanda Burks Elementary
School hosted their first track meet
April 14.
John Harvey elected mayor of
Encinal.
Volunteer fireman is injured as
Cotulla landmark is destroyed by
fire
Additions to Junior Livestock
Show facilities announced
(See 1984 Page 3)
Resolutions
Can Dampen
Your Spirits
HOUSTON - Beware of New Year
resolutions. This old tradition can
put a damper on spirits when a
person fails to keep those promises,
a Baylor College of Medicine
psychologist says.
A problem with making
resolutions is that they're often not
realistic and difficult to keep Then a
person can <eel guilty. Paul E Baer.
Ph. D., a psychologist at Baylor,
said.
It is traditional to make
resolutions and most are made in
fun. But Baer said if people are
serious, they should think about
what they want to accomplish, plan
how they intend to achieve their goal
and give themselves plenty of time
to do it.
He suggested making a positive
resolution rather than a negative
one, because it gives people a sense
of achievement to see what they can
accomplish rather than what they
cannot.
"For example, don’t say "I’m
going to lose 10 pounds,' say, I’m
going to start a diet," Baer said.
People should also seek support
from fam ily and friends to help them
reach their goals.
"They can give you that little push
when you begin to feel discouraged
and if you slip-up don’t give up. Try
again," Baer said.
When people find they can’t keep a
resolution they should make another
attempt on Valentine's Day or at
Easter. There’s no reason to limit
resolutions to the new year holiday.
"Any time of the year is good for
good intentions,” Baer said.
Court Approves 10
For Rehabilitation
The Commissioners Court of La
Salle County met in called session
Nov. 27 at the Courthouse with the
following members present and
presiding. James R Black. Comm
Preet. No. 1; Marie R Villarreal.
Comm. Preet. No. 2, Arcenio A.
Garcia, Comm. Preet. No. 3 and
Presiding officer and Nora Mae
Tyler, County Clerk
Motion was made to approve
applications 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10
for rehabilitation Applications 4 and
6 pending inspection by com-
missioners' court. Motion carried.
Motion was made to hire tem-
porary deputy from date to Dec. 31.
Hours to be from 10 p.m. to 6 a m
Pay at starting deputy pay. Motion
carried.
There being no further business
the court adjourned.
The Commissioners then met in
regular session Dec. 10th with the
following members present. James
R Black Comm Pct. No. 1; Marie R
Villarreal, Conun. Pct. No. 2; Ar-
cenio A Garcia. Comm. Pct. No. 3
and presiding officer; Carlos B
Gonzalez, Comm. Pct. No. 4 and
Nora Mae Tyler, County Clerk.
In the absence of county judge
Leodoro Martinez, Jr motion was
made to appoint Arcenio A Garcia
presiding officer of the court.
Motion was made to approve plat
of La Salle Ranchetts. Motion
carried
Motion was made to approve the
bond of Juan H. Ortiz, Justice of the
Peace Preet. No. 1. Motion earned
An update of CDBG was given by
Joel Rodriguez
Motion was made and carried to
approve applications of Cleotilde
Ramos and Patricio Gonzalez for
home rehabilitation (bathroom).
Motion was made and carried that
all county officials and county
employees be paid biweekly starting
Dec. 14.
Motion was made and carried to
approve the minutes of the previous
meetings
Motion was made and carried that
all regular claims against the
various funds of La Salle County,
reference hereby being made to the
Claims Register in the County
Clerk's office for detailed
description be approved.
There being no further business
before the court, the court then ad-
journed.
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