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PAGE 2 - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10,1994
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THE ODEM-EDROY
TIMES
TEN YEARS AGO - 1984
The county commissioners
voted tojipprove emergency
disaster* transportation from for
the October 19 flood victims for a
period of 30 days. They will be *
shuttled by vans to the Disaster
Assistance Center at the Lazy V
building north of Sinton beginning
Friday.
David Garcia was awarded a
silver bowl in pre-game
ceremonies, a gift from Sports
Illustrated magazine for baseball
achievements as state winning
pitcher in the 1984 baseball
season.
Eva Winsauer, daughter of Jerry
and Cindy Winsauer, celebrated
her third birthday with a
Halloween party at the Winsauer
home. Attending were tiny
rabbits, goblins, ballerinas, ghosts
and Care Bears. Jamie Parker and
Mary Hall painted designs on the
children's hands to their
specifications.
Mark Raska of Odem garnered
the third place trophy in the non-
commercial under $100 division of
the Old Fiddler's Festival parade
Saturday morning.
FORTY YEARS AGO - 1954
Mrs. Winnie Grier accompanied
her daughter, Mrs. J.O. Stein and
her son Philip to Corpus Christi
Friday.
Odem teachers attending the
first meeting of the San Patricio
County school teachers for the
year included H.W. Herndon, Mr.
and Mrs.V.F. Shelton, Mr. and
Mrs. Pat W. Lightfoot, K.J.
Vincent, Sam Powell, Misses Betty
Webster, Burnhart and Mary
Hunsaker, Mrs. Roy Underwood,
Mrs.Floyd Scull, Mrs. D.B.
Mayfield and Mrs. H.W. Lowman.
Mrs. S.P. Stanley is showing,
with justifiable pride, a lovely
luncheon set she received from
her grandson and his wife,T-Sgt.
and Mrs. Joe Berhard who are
making their home near London,
England.
A large number of the nimrods
• from Odem who have leases in the
territory have taken to the woods
and some have brought in bucks
with Deputy Sheriff Leon Mettz
killing the first deer of the season.
Among those hunting in McMullen
County were Hobart Janicke, Bill
Dudley and Donald Bishop. Going
to LaSalle County were George
Hall, E.H. Green Sr. Wilson Baylor,
Jake Compton, Lewis Horn,
Charlie Spiekerman, John Whitley,
William Whitley, Aaron Lawhon
and Edwin Green Jr. Earlier in the
season, Ernest Hughes brought
down an elk on a lease in Colorado.
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STATE OF THE REGION -
By Julie K. Wenger
A budget adopted by the COG
for the aging program during the
coming year tells in numbers a
great deal about the older
population of the region. The
program proposes to serve 11,064
people, of whom 10,771 are elder
and others disabled.
Of that total, 4,754 are living in
rural areas; 9,152 are low income;
and 7,182 are minorities. The
breakdown in minorities is no
Asians, 513 black and 6,644
Hispanic. It is estimated that
406,855 congregate meals and
540,302 home delivered meals
will be served in the twelve county
Coastal Bend area during the
coming year.
Cost of all services per person
averages $457 annually. The
average cost of home delivered
meals is $785 per person
annually and of congregate meals,
$309 annually. The overall budget
totals $5,056,988. By far the
largest amounts are $2,276,520
for home delivered meals;
$1,401,169 for congregate meals;
$687,685 for senior center
operation; and $253,806 for
transportation. Other
expenditures are for
administration, legal assistance,
instruction and training, case
management and ombudsmen.
The City of Corpus Christi
receives $403,258 from federal,
state and local sources for
congregate meals and serves
2,037 people at a cost per person
of $211.22 annually. $478,347 for
home delivered meals for 719
people at cost of $665.29 per
person annually.
Duval County receives
$245,956 from federal, state and
local sources to serve 500 people
at a cost of $491.91 per person
annually for congregate meals and
$120,522 for home delivered
meals to 180 people at a cost of
$669.57 per person annually.
Community Action Corporation
of South Texas in Alice receives
$208,946 from federal, state and
-ocal sources to serve congregate
meals to 412 people at a cost of
$507.15 per person annually; and
$415,894 to serve home delivered
meals to 488 people at a cost of
$852.24 per person annually.
San Patricio County Community
Action Agency receives $173,883
from federal, state and local
sources to serve congregate meals
to 302 people at a cost of $575.77
annually; and $253,892 to serve
home delivered meals to 321
people at a cost of $790.94 per
person annually.
Nueces County Senior
Community Services, serving the
rural areas of Nueces County,
receives $133,259 from federal,
state and local sources to serve
congregate meals to 318 people at
a cost of $419.05 per person
annually; and $250,879 to serve
home delivered meals to 314
people at a cost of $790.98 per
person annually.
Bee Community Action Agency
receives $76,635 from federal,
state and local sources to serve
congregate meals to 240 people at
a cost of $319.31 per person
annually; and $249,830 to serve
250 people home delivered meals
at a cost of $999.32 per person
annually.
Kleberg County Human Services
receives $72,024 from federal,
state and local sources to serve
congregate meals to 380 people at
a cost of $189.54 per person
annually; and $213,100 to serve
273 people home delivered meals
at a cost of $780.59 per person
annually.
Aransas County Council on
Aging receives $60,208 from
federal, state and local resources
to serve congregate meals to 343
people at a cost of $175.53
annually; and $132,868 to serve
home delivered meals to 195
people at a cost of $618.37 per
person annually.
Refugio County receives
$161,188 from federal, state and
local sources to serve home
delivered meals only to 160 people
at a cost of $1,007.43 per person
annually.
San Patricio County Court Records
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Walter Ralph Lodes and Mary
Johnson Arnold.
Matthew Ortiz and Leanne
Alvarez.
Jimmy Salinas Tainez and Diana
Pena.
Kenneth Louis Craft and Dorothy
Salazar Perron.
Joel Mercer Yowell and Linda Ryon
Claburn.
COUNTY COURT-AT-LAW
POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA-Todd
M.Otts (no city of residence
given), 2 days jail, $300 fine plus
court costs.
POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA-
Daniel Alaniz, Taft, 60 days jail
suspended, $400 fine plus court
costs, 12 months community
supervision, submit to
alcohol/drug evaluation.
POSSESSION OF MARI JUANA-Juan
Ortiz, Mission Tx., 9 days jail,
$100 fine plus court costs.
DWI-James Chilton Flanagan, Port
Aransas, 365 days jail suspended,
$500 fine plus court costs, 40
hours community service, 24
months community supervision,
complete DWI Education Program.
DWI-Ronaldo Garza, Ingleside, 180
days jail suspended, 40 hours
community service, 24 months
community supervision, complete
DWI Education Program.
DWI-Bruce Alaniz Davila, Sinton,
365 days jail suspended, $200 fine
plus court costs, 24 months
community supervision, complete
DWI Education Program.
DWI-Robert Lee Patterson,
Ingleside, 365 days jail suspended,
$600 fine plus court costs, 40
hours community service, 24
months community supervision.
DWI-Avaristo S. Garcia Jr. Waco
Tx., 365 days jail suspended, $300
fine plus court costs, DL
suspended 180 days, 40 hours
community service, 12 months
community supervision, complete
DWI Education Program.
DWI-Charles Everette Prichard,
Corpus Christi, 365 days jail
suspended, DL suspended 180
days, 40 hours community
service, 24 months community
supervision, submit to 48 hours
detention in San Patricio County
Jail.
DWI-Tomas Edward Mayorga,
Corpus Christi, 365 days jail
suspended, $500 fine plus court
costs, 40 hours community
service, 12 months community
supervision, complete DWI
Education Program.
DWI-Tommy Ray Goodwyn,
Ingleside, 180 days jail suspended,
$500 fine plus court costs, 40
hours community service, 12
months community supervision,
complete DWI Education Program.
DWI-Jesse Joseph Castaneda, Port
Aransas, 180 days jail suspended,
$500 fine plus court costs, DL
suspended 180 days, 40 hours
community service, 24 months
community supervision, submit to
48 hours detention in the San
Patricio County Jail.
DWI-Frederick Francis Garrison,
Aransas Pass, 365 days jail
suspended, $300 fine plus court
costs, DL suspended 90 days, 60
hours community service, 24
months community supervision.
FLEEING-Frederick Freuds
Garrison, Aransas Pass, $262
court costs.
RESISTING ARREST-Frederick
Francis Garrison, Aransas Pass,
$262 court costs.
DRIVING WHILE LICENSE
SUSPENDED-Frederick Francis
Garrison, Aransas Pass, $262
court costs.
DRIVING WHILE LICENSE
SUSPENDED-Tony Santos, San
Antonio Tx., $400 fine plus court
costs.
THEFT BY CHECK-Judith A. Odom,
Sinton, 180 days jail suspended,
$100 fine plus court costs,
$1,491.15 restitution, 12 months
community supervision.
THEFT BY CHECK-Carla Collins,
Aranjas Pass, 130 days jail
suspended, $50 fine plus court
costs, $498.22 restitution, 6
months community supervision.
THEFT-Dominick Desimone, Dallas
Tx., 66 days jail, $500 fine plus
court costs and attorney fees.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (2 counts)-
Dennis Bjorgaad, Corpus Christi,
365 days jail suspended, $500 fine
plus court costs, 100 hours
community service, 24 months
community supervision.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (2 counts)-
Ginger Bjorgaad, Odem, 365 days
jail suspended, $500 fine plus
court costs, 100 hours community
service, 24 months community
supervision.
FACILITATING ESCAPE- Joe
Anthony Torres, Port Lavaca Tx., 1
day jail, $500 fine plus court
costs.
FLEEING-Alberto Rocha, Sinton, 90
days jail suspended, $100 fine
plus court costs, 20 hours
community service, 24 months
community supervision.
RESISTING-Alberto Rocha, Sinton,
90 days jail suspended, $100 fine
plus court costs, 20 hours
community service, 24 months
community supervision.
DEADLY CONDUCT-Willie Juarez
Aguilar, Skidmore, 2 days jail,
$500 fine plus court costs.
SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
TO MINOR-Rhonda Rae Tomlin,
Taft, $50 fine plus court costs.
FAILURE TO IDENTIFY-Douglas
Leon Mauch, Aransas Pass, 1 day
jail, $100 fine plus court costs.
UNLAWFULLY CARRYING A
WEAPON-Ruben Serrano Jr.
Sinton, 1 day jail, $300 fine plus
court costs.
ASSAULT-Alma Aguirre, Taft, 2
days jail, $100 fine plus court
costs.
DISTRICT COURTS
SUIT FOR DAMAGES AND
PERSONAL INJURIES (Other)-
Israel Encinia vs. Exxon Corp.
D/B/A Exxon Co. U.S.A.
SUIT FOR DAMAGES AND
PERSONAL INJURIES (Other)- S.
Castillo and wife M. L. Castillo vs.
Texas Department of Human
Services and Reuben Trigo.
SUIT FOR DAMAGES AND
PERSONAL INJURIES (Other)- Ann
Lozano vs. Wendy Huerta and Jack
Huerta.
SUIT FOR DAMAGES AND
PERSONAL INJURIES (Other)-
Chris Smith vs. Sporting Goods
Properties Inc. et al.
PROTECTIVE ORDER-Vivian Ochoa
Valent vs. James Lee Valent.
PROTECTIVE ORDER-Nolverto
Alvear vs. Dianna Esquivel.
PROTECTIVE ORDER-Jacquelyn
Elizabeth Gregg vs. Joseph
Anthony Gregg.
DIVORCE-Betty Joe Burton vs.
Lawrence Bruce Burton.
DIVORCE- Maria Elena Rose vs.
William Maurice Rose.
DIVORCE- Mae Riley Vanhoose vs.
Thomas Irvine Vanhoose.
DIVORCE- Michelle Dee Williams
Shetters vs. Joe Everett Shetters.
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Texas Faces Huge
Budget Shortfall
CRPITRL HIGHLIGHTS
By Lyndell Williams
& Ed Sterling
Texas faces a multibillion dollar
budget shortfall in the next
biennium, but state House and
Senate leaders say there are ways
to deal with the projected deficit
without slapping citizens with
new taxes to cover it.
Senate Finance Committee
Chairman John Montford, D-
Lubbock, said, "There's a lot of
wailing and gnashing of the teeth.
There always is but I think this
discipline is important. We simply
must contain our growth and live
within our means."
In a report by The Associated
Press, Montford estimated a $2.7
billion gap between projected
spending growth and new money
available in the 1996-97 biennium
and stipulated that the gap
estimate does not include the cost
of juvenile justice reforms - if
implemented. He said about $4
billion in new revenue will be
available, but the projected need
for spending increases is about
$6.7 billion.
House Appropriations
Committee Chairman Robert
Junell estimated the budget deficit
would be even higher $3.5 billion.
Junell, D-San Angelo, like
Montford, thinks the Legislature
can ratchet down on spending to
avoid a tax increase. "We did it
last session. We'll do it again this
session," he said.
Federally mandated state
spending may force some
programs, such as higher
education, to be cut, Junell added.
House Speaker Pete Laney, D-
Hale Center, while agreeing that
the state can make a budget
without raising taxes, also said,
'There will have to be sacrifices
somewhere."
Counties to Get FEMA Help
Fourteen flood-stricken counties
in Southeast Texas will be eligible
for financial assistance totaling
about $9 million from the Federal
Emergency Management Agency.
FEMA funds will be used to
repair sewer lines, roads and
buildings and will help local
government agencies with
overtime charges for emergency
response crews, said FEMA
director James Lee Witt last week.
The 14 counties are Fayette,
Grimes, Harris, Jackson, Lavaca,
Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery,
San Augustine, San Jacinto,
Trinity, Walker, Waller and
Wharton.
FEMA is still working on damage
estimates in 23 other counties
that Gov. Ann Richards requested
to be eligible for individual
assistance.
FEMA funds are critical so local
taxpayers will not be
overwhelmed, Ed Schaefer,
assistant coordinator for
Public Safety
Report
SAN PATRICIO COUNTY
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
Odem Area Incident Reports
11/3/94, 9:13 p.m. Accident, IH
37 1 mile No. of River Bridge, DPS
advised at 9:15 that no accident
occurred, 15 year old driver of
parked vehicle discovered
unconscious in cab possibly
caused by head injury suffered
earlier while playing football.
Odem EMS transported victim to
Riverside Hospital.
11/4/94, 10:20 p.m. Burglary,
1100 blk. Kline, Caller reported
residence burglarized while
attending football game.
11/5/94, 8:13 a.m. Runaway,
100 blk. 5th St., Caller reported
13 year old juvenile missing
overnight.
11/5/94, 11:16 a.m., Theft, 500
blk. E. Baylor, Caller reported
theft of bicycle from residence.
11/5/94, 10:37 p.m., Reckless
Driving, No. Bound Lane US 77,
Caller reported vehicle traveling
south bound in north bound lane
of US 77 near Odem. Vehicle
stopped by deputies at FM 1944
and US 77.
11/6/94, 1:04 p.m., Accident, IH
37 at mile marker 22 near Edroy
Caller reported one car roll-over,
Odem EMS transported driver to
Riverside Hospital.
11/7/94, 5:01 a.m. Disturbance,
Alameda Street, Family violence.
11/7/94, 10:01 a.m., Theft, 500
blk. E. Baylor, Caller reported
theft of bicycle from residence.
11/8/94, 5:41 a.m., Structure
Fire, 400 blk. E. Willis,
Unoccupied house fire. OVFD
responded.
11/8/94, 6:05 p.m. Fire Call,
Hunter Rd. Control Grass burn
out of control. OVFD responded.
operations for the Texas Division
of Emergency Management, told
the Houston Chronicle.
Flood victims still have until
Nov. 15 to apply for food stamps
under special procedures set up
to address their immediate needs,
according to a report in the
Chronicle.
Inmates Work on Flood Relief
Inmates from at least six state
prison units worked on flood relief
in the recent southeast Texas
floods, doing everything from
searching for drowning victims to
doing laundry for a local hospital
to filling sand bags.
Some 30 to 40 inmates are still
on the job and expected to work
another week in cleaning up
debris in Montgomery County,
according to Glen Castlebury,
director of communications for
the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice.
"As is routine with the prison
system, we offered this help to
local authorities when the rains
started.
"We use volunteer inmates with
good records; we provide heavy
security during the operations and
we never charge the local
authorities or public for the
manpower or equipment."
Castlebury said.
High Turnout Expected
Texans do care who the next
governor will be, according to
projections by Secretary of State
Ron Kirk.
He said 55 percent of registered
voters are expected to make it to
the polls, which would be the
highest voter turnout in a
gubernatorial election since 1974,
when the term of office was
increased to four years.
Spokesmen for Democratic Gov.
Ann Richards and her Republican
opponent George W. Bush both
said a high voter turnout is
positive news.
Last week, it looked like
anybody's win, with Bush and
Richards locked in a statistical
dead heat.
Other Highlights
• State Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-
Houston, said last week he will
sponsor a proposal for "first
class, first-rate" casino gambling
in 1995. he said he wants to give
voters the chance to decide in a
statewide election whether they
favor casino gambling.
• The Texas Automobile Dealers
Association is warning consumers
that a large number of flood-
damaged cars and trucks will soon
enter the used vehicle market
because of the floods in Southeast
Texas."Although such vehicles
may show few signs of vehicle
damage, they may have serious
problems even after they are
cleaned," a spokesman said.
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RUSTY WELLER...........................................Editor
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DIANA ROSALEZ..............Composition Supervisor
CLAUDIA GARCIA.............................Photographer
KATHRYN TURNER.............................Bookkeeper
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