The Odem-Edroy Times (Odem, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 24, 1994 Page: 3 of 8
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(Dittin-iEiiroti Stales
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1994
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School
Menu
February 28- March 4
Monday, February 28
Breakfast: Orange juice, cereal,
muffin, toast, milk.
' Lunch: Pizza w/meat, corn, toss-
ed salad, fruit, milk (lowfat).
Tuesday, March 1
Breakfast: Orange juice, cin-
namon roll, cereal, toast, milk.
Lunch: Hamburger on bun, salad
& pickles, potato rounds, mixed fruit
salad, milk (lowfat).
Wednesday, March 2
Breakfast: Orange juice,
breakfast taco, toast, cereal, milk.
Lunch: Baked chicken, whipped
potatoes, green beans, whole wheat
roll, fruit, milk (lowfat).
Thursday, March 3
Breakfast: Orange juice, peanut
butter toast, cereal, milk.
Lunch: Chef salad (turkey &
ham), apple, roll, milk (lowfat).
Friday, March 4
Breakfast: Orange juice, pan-
cakes, smokies, cereal, milk.
Lunch: Vegetable soup, cheese
sandwich, orange, milk (lowfat).
ADELIA MARTINEZ WILL BE IN CHARGE of the Odem High School
Library during the evening hours of operation which will begin next
Wednesday, March 2nd. School officials have announced that the OHS
Library will be open from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. every Monday and
Wednesday night. Students from the high school and junior high school
are invited to take advantage of the additional hours for class work
and/or research.
Point Of Light Center
In Danger Of Closing
The Point of Light Children’s Ad-
vocacy Center in Taft is in need of
help, according to its co-founder,
Taft police officer, Rudy Delgado.
The nonprofit center, which open-
ed in 1991, the first in South Texas, is
designed to reduce the number of
times a child who has been abused is
asked to repeat his or her story to in-
vestigators, teachers, doctors,
police officers, detectives and grand
jury members by taping the first in-
terview.
The center serves residents of San
Patricio and Aransas counties. In
the homelike center, children do not
see uniformed officers or the video
cameras taping them. Prior to the
Point of Light Center being
established, when a child was
assaulted or abused, they were
taken to a police department to
detail the crime, which caused them
to be intimidated by the adult sur-
roundings, Delgado explained.
“Imagine that you are six or seven
years old and there are police of-
ficers all around you. People are
walking around, phones are ringing
and there’s lots of noise,’’ Delgado
said. “All of this is going on and in-
vestigators are trying to interview a
small child.”
“Now, law enforcement officers
gather information from the tape or
from behind the one-way mirror at
the Point of Light house.” he said.
The center, was started with a
grant from the Children’s Justice
Act Fund, administered by the
Texas Department of Human Ser-
vices. These funds are running out
and with everyday operating costs of
approximately $400 a month, the
situation looks bleak. “We are living
on the rest of the original start-up
grant money. We have enough for
about three or four months, that's
all." Delgado said.
“We may have to shut the doors if
we can’t get any money-from dona-
tions or grants.” he said. A contribu-
tion fund has been established at The
First National Bank of Taft, atten-
tion Point of Light. P. 0. Box 478.
Taft. Texas 78390-0478. for am one
wishing to make donations.
Tennis
Anyone?
Odem High School’s tennis season
gets underway this weekend with the
Owls’ varsity, junior varsity and
freshmen all in action.
Odem’s freshmen play in the
Calallen Tournament this Friday.
Varsity and JV teams see action
Saturday in the Aransas Pass Tour-
nament.
Coach Yolanda Hinojosa’s netters
then take a week off from competi-
tion before beginning their dual
season.
The Owls are scheduled to play at
West Oso on March 8 and at Mathis
on March 10.
Odem’s varsity and JV then in-
vade the Bishop Tournament on
March 11 before Spring Break.
Three more duals are sandwiched
around the Robstown Tournament,
set for March 25. Odem hosts In-
gleside on March 24 and March 28
and has a dual at West Oso on March
29.
The District 30AAA Tournament is
scheduled April 8-9 at Aransas Pass.
Mathis Moves To Fifth On List
STATE OF THE REGION
Unofficial figures show state scor-
ing of Community Development
Block Grant projects was unusually
close to that of the Regional Review
Committee in the Coastal Bend.
The figures have been compiled by
the Texas Department of Housing
and Community Affairs, but will not
be official until its board has acted
upon staff recommendation.
Brooks County retains its top posi-
tion to receive a grant, being award-
ed 340 points in the state score, less
than three points different from that
of its regional score.
The state moved Benavides up
from seventh to second place. In
either place it is in line for the
amount for which it applied.
Falfurrias was in third place both
at region and state. Kleberg County
moved down from second to fourth.
The position of Mathis was little
changed, going from sixth to fifth,
and Alice was the mirror image of
that, going from fifth tn <?ixth
San Diego moved from eighth to
seventh, and Three Rivers dropped
from fourth to eighth.
Those eight local governments are
in line to receive maximum grants
of $300,000. Five of them applied for
the maximum and the other three
for only slightly less.
The total of the eight grants would
be $2,381,105. This leaves $73,358 in
the regional allotment.
The next applicant in line was
Orange Grove. However, TCDP has
a minimum grant requirement of
$75,000.
Since the surplus is more than a
thousand dollars below the
minimum, the staff recommenda-
tion to the board at the state level is
to place that amount in a marginal
pool competition rather than give a
reduced grant to Orange Grove. This
leaves Orange Grove out of the win-
ners’ circle as it was in both state
and regional scoring.
State scoring brought both In-
gleside and Taft up from the level of
regional scores, Ingleside from 12th
to 10th place and Taft from 16th to
11th. The better scoring position
does not have significance since it
doesn’t put either one in the money.
Jim Wells remained at the bottom
of the list of 22 applicants and
Driscoll next to the ground floor.
Ruth Cedillo, director of the Texas
Community Development Program,
calls these preliminary funding
recommendations. She said
members of the TCDP staff will visit
the sites recommended to verify in-
formation and provide technical
assistance with contract processing
and requirements.
After the site visits, each applica-
tion will receive a final review and a
recommendation will be made to the
review committee. The date for
their meeting has not been set.
□ LOCAL
OUTSIDE the DISTRICT
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Johnson
Andrews
Chapline
West
$ Contributions from Lawyers
Vote JOMN WEST—156th District Court
No Contributions, No Obligations!
Paid Political AcWohn West Campaign, P. O. Box 536, Beeville TX78l02^Jimmy Jackson Treasurer
Drainage District
Approves Equip.
Acquisition
The Board of Directors of the San
Patricio County Drainage District
successfully solved a heavy equip-
ment problem last week. After
several years of escalating repair
and maintenance costs, they were
able to substantially reduce the
spiral by negotiating some lease-
purchase contracts on a new crawler
tractor (bulldozer) and a new track
hoe (an oversize back hoe on
tracks). The new equipment will
replace vintage machines, repair
costs for which, were approaching
the original purchase prices.
The successful bidder on the
bulldozer was the Holt Company
with a bid of $72,798.00 including the
trade-in. Monthly payments on a 36
month lease will be $1,266.18. Award-
ed the bid on the track hoe was J.C.
Brown Company with a bid of
$86,475.00 including the trade-in.
Monthly payments on a 60 month
lease will be $1,663.78.
Drainage District Manager Steve
Elliott explained that financially,
the lease-purchase approach was
the only feasible way for the district
to obtain the implements needed to
continue its mission within the coun-
ty. In the case of the bulldozer, the
vendor has agreed to a buy-back at
the end of the lease of $56,539.00. In
the case of the 5 year lease on the
track hoe, the district will own the
equipment outright at the end of the
lease, or elect to allow the vendor to
buy it back for $41,868.00.
In other business, the Board of
Directors:
• Authorized the purchase of an
estimated $60,000 worth of materials
to effect drainage improvements
on Greenwood Drive in Aransas
Pass. Funds for the project are
budgeted and on deposit.
• Approved an engineering study
of drainage problems affecting FM
881 (State Hwy. 188) and adjacent
property near the Aransas and San
Patricio County Lines.
• Approved utilization of District
equipment to improve drainage in
the City of Lakeside approximately
a mile northwest of Mathis.
• Approved amendments to the
1993 budget and payment of bills.
Encore Members
See 'Tatterhood
Sufcawifce Te The Timet!
Thirty-five members of the En-
core Club, Odem Junior High’s
Drama Club, attended an evening
performance of “Tatterhood” last
week at Del Mar College’s Richard-
son Auditorium.
The play was performed by the
Emmy Gifford Childrens’s Theatre
of Nebraska, one of the oldest and
largest children’s theaters in the
United States.
The story is about two sisters,
Dewdrop, a quiet and charming girl,
and Tatterhood, a wild and
rebellious girl who rides around on a
goat.
Students attending the perfor-
mance were Shannon Craft, Bryan
Keys, Katie Tolbirt, Sandra Everitt,
Lucy Ibarra, Delainey Rodriguez,
Ebony Turner, Linda white, Nelly
Garcia, Braden Lindeman, Frances
Early Voting
Ends Feb. 26
Saturday, February 26th marks
the last date for Early Voting at
branch offices in San Patricio Coun-
ty.
Accepting Early votes, between 9
a.m. and 4 p.m. are branch offices
located at the County Annex
Building at 900 Austin Street in
Portland; K-Mart at 1400 Wildcat
Drive in Portland; County Tax Of-
fice at 913 S. Commercial Street in
Aransas Pass; Larry’s IGA on
Highway 35 in Aransas Pass; County
Annex Building, 619 N. Frio Street in
Mathis and the HEB Store at 601 E.
San Patricio in Mathis.
Also open on Saturday and Sunday
for Early Voting will be the County
Clerk’s Office in the San Patricio
County Court House in Sinton. On
Saturday, February 26th, Early
Voting will be available from 8 a.m.
until 5 p.m. On Sunday, February
27th, Early Voting will be available
from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m.
Early Voting will continue to be
available at the County Clerk’s Of-
fice, Room 110, in the Court House in
Sinton from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through
Friday, March 4th.
If you have questions about any
aspect of Early Voting, you may call
the County Clerk’s Office at (512)
364-6290.
Molina, Jessica Goode, Sabrina
Goode, Trini Perez, Jennifer Smith,
Joey Bjorgaard, Aaron Clay, Phillip
Featherling, Grank Garcia, Jaime
Garcia, Brian Gonzales, Paul Lara,
Ceiben Smith, Christy Walker,
Dawn Evans, Lisa Flores, Gilbert
Gonzales, Sammy Hernandez,
Justin Kurz, Zachary Rippstein,
Issy Rodriguez, Andrea Gonzales,
Marta Lopez, Chris Parsons, Star
Rogers and Cole Story.
Headstart Menu
THURSDAY, February 24
BREAKFAST: Milk, pancakes
w/syrup, apple juice (c)
LUNCH: Meat sauce w/spaghetti,
buttered peas, tossed salad, bread,
milk.
SNACK: Purple plums (a),
graham crackers.
FRIDAY, February 25
BREAKFAST: Milk, Rice cereal,
orange juice (c).
LUNCH: Beef stew, stew
vegetables, celery & carrot sticks
(a), cornbread, milk.
SNACK: Pineapple chunks,
vanilla wafers.
MONDAY, February 28
BREAKFAST: Milk, Corn Flakes,
pineapple juice (c).
LUNCH: Smothered steak, but-
tered noodles, peas & carrots, bread,
milk.
SNACK: Sugar cookies, milk.
TUESDAY, March 1
BREAKFAST: Milk, taquito,
orange juice (c).
LUNCH: Chicken-vegetable soup,
grill cheese sandwich, apricot
halves (a), milk.
SNACK: Bread pudding, milk.
WEDNESDAY, March 2
BREAKFAST: Milk, oatmeal, ap-
ple juice (c).
LUNCH: Chili & beans, lettuce &
tomato salad w/dressing, pineapple
chunks, crackers, milk.
SNACK: Peanut butter &
crackers, milk.
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