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The Mathis NEWS 3S*
Volume LX1V Thursday, January 22,1987 — 14 Pages — No. 4 Mathis, Texas 78368
CPL EMPLOYEES RECEIVE AWARDS--Four employees of the Mathis Central Power and Light
Co. office received service awards Jan. 9, at the company's Gulf Coast District banquet in Alice. They
were among 44 CPL employees who were recognized that evening, for their years of service. Pictured
are (I to r) Erwin Landgrebe, 30 years; Elvira Moreno and Damon Ellis, 20 years each; Rose Hud-
dleston and Joe Flores, five years each. Presenting the awards were B.W. Teague, senior vice-president
of CPL and Van Hilliard, Gulf Coast District manager.
Down From 1985
3,103 Prisoners Booked Into
County Jail During 1986
Prisoners booked into the San
Patricio County jail during
December totaled 191, upping the
total for the year to 3,103 prisoners,
compared to 3,335 in 1985 and 3,002 in
1984.
The 191 bookings in December
were slightly less than the 194 in
December 1985, and represented a
big drop from the 264 bookings in
December 1984. December’s book-
ings included 34 felonies (compared
to 40 a year ago); 62 misdemeanors
(59 last year); 75 cases transferred
from JP/Corporation Courts (74 in
1985) and 20 prisoners were being
held for other authorities (compared
to 21 the previous year).
Included in the 34 felony bookings
in December were 5 revocations of
probation; 4 burglary of a business;
3 burglary of a habitation; 2 each ag-
gravated assault, assault on a peace
officer, capital murder, unlawful
possession of a controlled substance
Hazardous Waste
The Texas Water Commission
recently approved 10 hazardous
waste sites to be included on the
Commission’s first State Superfund
Registry. The sites are ranked in
order of the need for clean-up.
The 69th Legislature directed the
Water Commission to conduct a
survey to identify for the Registry
hazardous waste facilities or areas
which may constitute an imminent
or substantial danger to public
health and safety or the environ-
ment.
In July of 1986 following the Com-
mission’s initial survey, Executive
Director Larry Soward announced
the first 14 hazardous waste sites to
be considered for the State Super-
fund Registry. Hearings were
subsequently held in August by Com-
mission staff members in several
locations across the state on the 14
proposed sites and to obtain infor-
mation on other possible sites.
As a result of information
gathered during the August hearings
Missy Mauch and Brea Cagle were
the top winners in the 1987 San
Patricio County A&H Horse Show
held in Beeville this past Saturday,
Jan. 17. Judge for the events was
Paul Walton of Corpus Christi.
Missy Mauch of the Taft FFA Club
was the All-Around Performance
winner and Reserve All-Around Per-
formance winner was Brea Cagle of
the San Pat Horse Club. Cagle also
was the recipient of the Showman-
ship Buckle.
Grand Champion Gelding was led
by Colin Martin, another member of
the San Pat Horse Club. Karrie
Baker, of the Portland 4-H Club, led
the Reserve Champion Gelding.
Rocking “O” 4-H Club member
had the Grand Champion Mare, and
Brea Cagle led the Reserve Cham-
pion Mare.
Other class winners are as follows.
Showmanship-1) Brea Cagle, San
Pat Horse Club; 2) Sherrie Orbison,
San Pat Horse Club; 3) Kelly
Mayfield, San Pat Horse Club; 4)
Kenric Griffin, Taft 4-H Club; 5)
(cocaine), forgery by passing and
driving while intoxicated; and single
cases of theft, writ of attachment,
unlawfully carrying a weapon on
licensed premises, unauthorized use
of a motor vehicle, unlawful posses-
sion of a controlled substance (am-
phetamines), unlawful delivery of a
controlled substance (cocaine )l ag-
gravated assault with a deadly
weapon, aggravated robbery,
forgery and unlawful possession of a
controlled substance (heroin).
Sixty-two misdemeanor cases in-
cluded 31 driving while intoxicated;
4 driving while license suspended; 3
unlawfully carrying a weapon; 2
each revocation of probation,
evading arrest, criminal trespass,
resisting arrest, theft, ommission of
worthless checks, criminal
mischief, assault and making
alcoholic beverages available to a
minor; also single cases tampering
and subsequent field investigations
by staff members from the Commis-
sion’s State Superfund Unit, four
sites originally included are delisted
and three new candidate sites are
proposed.
The four delisted sites are:
Buchanan Dam Site (Llano Coun-
ty); Texas A&M Fire Training
School (Brazos County); Texas
Plastics (San Patricio County); and
Trio Mud (Harris County).
The next step for the State Super-
fund Program will be to hold hear-
ings to receive comments on the
three new proposed sites and begin
clean-up negotiations with owners or
operators of the 10 Registry sites.
There are also 26 Federal Super-
fund sites in Texas. The state
Registry includes sites which the
Water Commission judges to be
threats to the public or the environ-
ment but for various reasons do not
meet federally mandated criteria
for inclusion on the national listing.
Karrie Baker, Portland 4-H Club; 6)
Stephanie Orbison, San Pat Horse
Club.
Pony Halter- 1) James Dillon,
Clover T.
Reg. Mares 5 and Over-1) Nicole
Green, Rocking “O”; 2) Brea Cagle,
San Pat Horse; 3) Kelly Mayfield,
San Pat Horse; 4) Eric McFarland,
Sinton FFA; 5) Colin Martin, San
Pat Horse.
Reg. Mares Under 5-1) Eddie Or-
bison, San Pat Horse Club.
Grade Mares 5 and Over-1) Colin
Martin, San Pat Horse; 2) Robert
Troup, San Pat Horse.
Reg. Geldings 5 and Over-1) Colin
Martin, San Pat Horse; 2) Karrie
Baker, Portland 4-H; 3) Matt.
Petrus, Sinton FFA; 4) Stacy
Schmidt, Clover T; 5) Kari Mires,
San Pat Horse; 6) Will Petrus, Sin-
ton FFA.
Reg. Geldings Under 5- 1) Brea
Cagle, San Pat Horse; 2) Robert
Troup, San Pat Horse.
See HORSE, Page 14
with governmental records, endless
chain scheme, enticing a minor,
assault, protective custody and
possession of marijuana.
Transfers from Justice of th^
Peace and/or Corporation Courts in-
cluded 37 cases public intoxication;
8 disorderly conduct; 7 assault; 7 no
driver’s license; 3 no liability in-
surance; 2 speeding; 1 case each no
valid motor vehicle inspection cer-
tificate, failure to stop and render
aid, permitting unlicensed driver to
drive, over gross weight, peace
bond, illegal possession of an in-
halant, omission of money by wor-
thless checks, theft, endless chain
scheme, unsafe lane change and
failure to appear.
During 1986, there were 486
prisoners booked for felony charges,
compared to 460 the previous and 404
in 1984. Misdemeanors in 1986 total-
ed 1,167, down from 1,461 in 1985 and
1,343 in 1984. Cases transferred from
JP/Corporation courts totaled 1,266,
up from 1,193 the previous year and
1,120 in 1984. There were 184
prisoners being held for other
authorities, compared to 221 in 1985
and 135 in 1984.
Chamber Sets
Fish-A-Rama
Meeting Friday
The Lake Corpus Christi Area
Chamber of Commerce will meet at
12 noon this Friday, Jan. 23, in the
Mesquite Room of the Ranch Motel
Restaurant to discuss plans for the
1987 Fish-A-Rama.'
Chamber president John Buckley
urges everyone who is interested in
planning and participating in the an-
nual event to attend.
Fish-A-Rama has tentatively been
scheduled for June 13-14 this year,
with a parade set for June 13.
HEBTo Host
Senior Citizen Day
HEB grocery store has declared
Jan. 22 “Senior Citizen Day” in
Mathis and will conduct activities
for seniors from 12 noon to 2 p.m.
There will be free coffee and
doughnuts, trivia games, “Name
that Tune,” door prizes and other
events especially geared to HEB’s
senior customers. Activities are co-
sponsored by the American Associa-
tion of Retired Persons (AARP).
“It will be a fun-packed two
hours,” said store director David
Ashworth. “We want everyone to
come have a good time as we show
our senior citizens that we ap-
preciate them,” he said.
Everyone is welcome and there is
no charge for any of the activities.
Weather
Report
Date
High
Low
Rain
Jan. 15
51
69
.00
Jan. 16
61
52
.00
Jan. 17
59
53
.84
Jan. 18
57
40
.06
Jan. 19
52
33
.00
Jan. 20
59
34
.00
Jan. 21
50
42
.00
Water level is 94.08
Wesley Seale Dam at
Lake Corpus Christi
Water Commission 'Delists'
County Site From Registry
Mauch, Cagle Receive Top
Honors In A&H Horse Show
Auction Saturday, 3 P.M.
37th Annual A&H Show Begins,
Dedicated To Richard Maxwell
The 37th annual Agricultural and
Homemakers Show will get under
way this week at the San Patricio
County Show Grounds in Sinton.
Following the entry of all livestock,
rabbit and poultry entries, the show
is scheduled to start Thursday, Jan.
22, and will continue through Satur-
day, Jan. 24.
The 1987 San Patricio County A&H
Show is dedicated to Richard Wesley
Maxwell of Sinton, who started help-
ing his own children with livestock
projects in 1967 and has assisted 4-H
members with projects over the past
15 years. Maxwell also helped
organize the A&H Auction Sale in
1973. He served as Chairman of the
Auction Sale Committee for five
years and was on committee
member for 10 years.
Maxwell was also instrumental in
setting up the A&H Show Scholar-
ship Committee of which he was
chairman. He has been the recipient
of the 4-H Silver Spur and is an
Honorary Future Farmer of
America of Sinton and Mathis
F.F.A. In a neighboring county,
Maxwell was beneficial in organiz-
ing the Bee County Sale.
Reigning over this year’s A&H
Show will be Lita Poenisch of the In-
gleside 4-H Club. She is the 17-year-
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don
Poenisch of Ingleside. From a field
of 21 contestants from San Patricio
and Aransas Counties, Miss
Poenisch was chosen as the 1987
A&H Show Queen and was presented
a crown and red rose bouquet at
Monday night’s pageant.
Selected as runner-up was Karen
Knox of the Rocking “O” 4-H Club.
She is the 17-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Knox of
Odem.
Receiving honors as Miss Con-
geniality was Jennifer Nelson, a
member of the Sinton Future
Farmers of America. Miss Nelson,
17, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
David Nelson.
In the Agricultural Division, all
rabbit and poultry entries must be
checked in from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednes-
day, Jan. 21. All other livestock en-
tries should be checked in from 8
a.m. to 12 noon on Thursday.
Judging of rabbits, field crops and
vegetables, and poultry are schedul-
ed for Thursday with judging of
market hogs, market lambs,
breeding beef and market steers be-
ing done Friday.
In the Homemaking Division,
judging will be Wednesday, Jan. 21,
in all of the categories which include
foods, handicrafts, textiles and
clothing. The public can view all of
the homemaking entries at the Coun-
ty Homemaking Building from 9
a.m. to 6:45 p.m. on both Friday and
Saturday only.
The annual homemaking and
stock show will end Saturday with
the Auction Sale of agricultural en-
tries which is set for 3 p.m.
The 1986 Grand Champion Steer,
shown by Louise Neal of Mathis 4-H,
brought in a total of $8,138. The steer
was purchased by H&K Construction
of Sinton. The Reserve Champion
.Steer was shown by Willie Wendland
of the Aransas County 4-H Club and
was purchased by the Mathis Show
Fund for $6,160. A&H Show par-
ticipants are looking forward to this
year’s auction and are hoping to top
last year’s totals.
A schedule of events in the
Agricultural Division is as follows:
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 21
5 to 8 p.m.- Check in Rabbit and
Poultry Entries.
THURSDAY, Jan. 22
8 a.m.- Check in all other livestock
entries.
12 noon- Deadline for all other
livestock entries.
12 noon- Judging of Rabbits.
1 p.m.- Grading of Market Lambs
and Market Steers.
5 p.m.- Judging of Field Crop and
Vegetable Entires (Show Arena).
6 p.m.- Judging of Poultry.
FRIDAY, Jan. 23
8 a.m.- Judging of Market Hogs.
Division I- Duroc
See A&H, Page 14
For South Texas District
Congressman Announces Farm
Loan Funds Being Released
Representative Kika de la Garza
announced last week that fresh farm
loan funds are being released to
Texas and some of the money is
targeted especially for Farmers
Home Administration District 18 in
South Texas where borrowing de-
mand is very high.
The South Texas Congressman
said, “In December I sent an
emergency communication to
Farmers Home Administrator
Vance Clark in Washington alerting
him to the fact that numerous
agriculture producers in my Con-
gressional District were being turn-
ed away at the FmHA door because
all loan funds for District 18 had
been exhausted due to heavy loan
demand - and I beseeched him to
advance some money to the District
to keep these farmers going,”
The $30 million recently released
to the state represents 2nd quarter
fiscal year 1987 monies. District 18,
however, has already expended an
amount of money that equals both its
first and second quarter allotments.
Included in the $30 million now
released, there are advance 3rd
quarter funds for the relief of the
hard-pressed District 18 service
area.
De la Garza thanked the FmHA
Administrator for his action and
said, “We hope this will keep many
producers in business during 1987 in
several South Texas Counties served
by FmHA District 18. The loan de-
mand in our area is testimony to the
hard times for U.S. agriculture -
now is the time to show the men and
women who feed us that we care
about their situation, and this recent
action is, we hope, appreciated by
all concerned.”
Grand Jury Reports For Duty,
Twenty-Four Persons Indicted
Twenty-four persons were in-
dicted by the San Patricio County
Grand Jury this past Friday, Jan.
16, in Judge Ronald Yeager’s 36th
Judicial District Court.
The offense of Burglary topped the
lengthy list of felonious crimes
presented to the Grand Jury and the
city of Aransas Pass led the list true
bills.
Residents from Aransas Pass in-
dicted this month included Freddie
Trevino, David Trevino and
Humberto Aleman, acting alone and
together. All three were true billed
for Burglary with bonds set at $7,500
each.
William Joseph Dunham, also of
Aransas Pass, was indicted for
Burglary of a Habitation. Bail on
Dunham was set at $5,000.
True billed for Aggravated
Assault of a Peace Officer was
Theodore Erickson, also known as
Theodore Fredrick Krell. The Aran-
sas Pass man was bonded at $5,000.
The city of Corpus Christi was also
at the top of the list of those indicted
with four persons from that city ap-
pearing before the Grand Jury.
Carlos Mendoza and Antonio
DeLeon, both of Corpus Christi,
were true billed acting alone and
together. Both men were indicted for
Unlawful Delivery of a Controlled
Substance (Penalty Group 1). Bond
on Mendoza was set at $5,000 and
DeLeon was bonded at $10,000.
William S. Carter, another Corpus
Christi man, was true billed on a
charge of Attempted Murder and
Aggravated Assault. Bond was set at
$30,000.
Also indicted from Corpus Christi
was Harol Ray Lanphier. Lanphier
was true billed for Felony Theft
(more than $20,000), Repeat Of-
fender, and bond was set at $35,000.
Mathis residents indicted included
Rene Rodriguez and David Hino-
josa. Indicted on separate charges,
Rodriguez was true billed for. Ag-
gravated Robbery with bond set at
$10,000. Hinojosa was true billed for
Unlawful Possession of a Controlled
Substance (Penalty Group 1) with
bond set at $30,000.
Persons indicted from Ingleside
were Gregory C. Dansfiell and
Donald Richard Smith. Dansfiell
was true billed for Unlawful Posses-
sion of a Controlled Substance
(Penalty Group 1) and bond was set
at $5,000. Smith was indicted on In-
decency with a Child (Sexual Con-
tact). Bail was set at $5,000.
James Ronald Jones III, of
Portland, was true billed by the
Grand Jury on a charge of Forgery
(Passing). Bond on Jones was set at
$5,000.
Also indicted from Portland was
Kenneth L. Taylor. Taylor was true
billed for Indecency with a Child
See GRAND JURY, Page 14
AEROBICS DEMONSTRATION-Members of Aerobics Plus demonstrated how aerobic exercise
can be used to improve heart and lung capacity. The program took place Jan 17 at H.E.B. as part of the
store's observance of January as "Health and Fitness Month." The group did exercise and dance
routines to music, using weights with some numbers. The class is directed by Sharon Matthews.
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