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Thursday, October 10,1996
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Court Records
County Of San Patricio
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Roberto Tagle Jr. and Martina
Celestina Coronado.
Francisco J. Hernandez and
Helen Garcia.
Eric David Belvin and
Stephanie Ann Guerrero.
Enrico Ramon DeLaPaz and
Melissa Kathlene Risinger.
COUNTY COURT-AT-LAW
FAILURE TO IDENTIFY-
Joimarie Sepeda, Sinton, 180 days
jail suspended, $300 fine plus
court costs, 6 months
community supervision.
UNLAWFULLY CARRYING A
WEAPON, EVADING AND
DEADLY CONDUCT- Alfredo
Longoria, Mathis, 100 days jail,
$100 fine plus court costs.
CRIMINAL TRESPASS-
Sandra Ann Morales, Mathis, 240
hours detention in San Patricio
County Jail, $234 court costs and
$100 attorney fees.
THEFT BY CHECK- James C.
Carrillo, Corpus Christi, 180
days jail suspended, $100 fine
plus court costs and $72
restitution, 6 months community
supervision.
DRIVING WHILE
INTOXICATED - Guadalupe
Acosta, Taft, 24 days jail $289
court costs. (Sentence to run
concurrent with commitment on
Felony Charges of Deadly
Conduct).
THEFT BY CHECK- Steve
Hicks, Rockport, $199 Court
costs.
DRIVING WHILE LICENSES
SUSPENDED- Manuel Flores
Lopez, Rockport, 60 days jail,
$500 fine plus court costs.
POSSESSION OF _
MARIJUANA- Dalys E. Morhaim,
McAllen, Tx., 2 days jail, $199
court costs.
DRIVING WHILE
INTOXICATED- Javier M.
Deleon, Rockport, 180 days jail
suspended, $500 fine plus court
costs, 12 months community
service, complete DWI Education
Program, complete 24 hours
community service.
EVADING- Anton Dixon,
suspended, $500 fine plus court
costs,
DRIVING WHILE
INTOXICATED- Daniel Wade
Westbrook, Aransas Pass, 180
days jail suspended, $500 fine
plus court costs, 12 months
community supervision.
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF-
Tracey L. Castleberry, Aransas
Puss, 180 days jail suspended,
$200 fine plus court costs, 6
months community supervision.
DRIVING WHILE LICENSE
SUSPENDED- Gerardo
Hernandez, Benavides, Texas,
180 days jail suspended, $500
fine plus court costs, 6 months
community supervision,
complete 24 hours community
service.
THEFT BY CHECK- Clemente
B. Gonzales, Robstown, 18 days
jail, $200 fine plus court costs.
DRIVING WHILE LICENSE
SUSPENDED - Anton Dixon,
Aransas Pass, 180 days jail
suspended, $100 fine plus court
costs.
DRIVING WHILE
INTOXICATED- Mary De Los
Santos, Corpus Christi, 180 days
jail suspended, $500 fine plus
court costs, 12 months
Looking Backward
From The Files Of The Odem-Edroy Times
TEN YEARS AG5 - 1986
Pepsico Corporation with
headquarters in New York
announced that James Mayo
formerly of Odem has been
promoted to president of Frito-
Lay Canada.
Lewis Tewes of Odem and
his brother, Fred and wife
Maynette of Corpus Christi
attended the Carl Zuehl family
reunion in Zuehl.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Bain
feted their son Matt and
daughter Tonya Bain Romero
with a birthday dinner in
Corpus Christi.
Brooks Mclver celebrated
his birthday October 7 with
his wife, Julie and daughters,
Sara and Annie.
Eric Beauford took 8th
place in the Whataburger
classis cross country meeting
in Corpus Christi garnering
the place with a time of 14.47.
TWENTY YEARS AGO -
1976
Nominees for Homecoming
Queen are Cheryl Causey,
Cheryl Lily, Tammy Hanshaw,
Joan Atkinson, Jo Lyn Barber,
Bertha Martinez and Diana
Garza, Pam Rothlisberger,
Sherry Grant, Esperanza
Pezina and Ninfa Garza. Those
chosen as finalists are Jo Lynn,
Esperanza and Bertha.
A regular meeting of the
Odem Public Library Board met
with Mrs. J. E. Fox presiding in
the absence of Mrs. H. H.
Brown. Others attending were
Mrs. H. B.Sipes, Miss Aida
Mansilla, Mrs. R. C. Reed,
Mrs. Donald Halepeska and
Mrs. Della Mae Baylor.
The Odem Owls rallied for
a 14-12 district win against
George West Friday night and
will not move to play Mathis in
the Owl Stadium next week
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Governor Bush Sends Troopers To
Border To Bolster Anti-Drug Traffic
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Gov. George W. Bush ordered
the Department of Public Safety to
dispatch 100 more troopers and
narcotics agents to an 80 mile
long sector of the border with
Mexico.
In August, the DPS beefed up
its numbers around Eagle Pass to
stop the flow of illegal drugs.
Ranchers in that region have
complained that armed drug
smugglers are invading their
property. The smugglers are
bringing in at will huge caches of
heroin, marijuana and other drugs
from Colombia and Mexico.
State officials say the
magnitude of the problem
warrants immediate federal
assistance, but the federal
government has not met requests
for more agents and air
surveillance
Public Safety Commission
Chairman James B. Francis Jr. of
Dallas told the Dallas Morning News
that foot-dragging by President
Clinton's drug czar, former Gen.
Barry McCaffrey and other federal
officials, has slowed the
interdiction effort.
"All we have gotten is one
excuse after another when we
asked them for help. What you get
is a bunch of lip service and no
action," Francis said.
McCaffrey said it will be two
years before enough U. S. Border
Patrol agents will be available.
Texas will be assigned 100 of the
1,000 agents who are being
trained, while California will be
assigned the other 900 agents
Francis criticized the
apparent inequity. "We've got 700
miles of border and (California
has) 100 miles. It's completely
irrational rationing manpower
according to need," he said.
Traffic Death Toll Leaps
Traffic deaths have increased
17 percent across Texas and 30
percent on rural interstate
highways since the state began
raising speed limits last
December.
In an analysis of accident
reports from Dec. 8 to June 30,
the Austin American-Statesman
reported last week that at the
present rate, about 3,600 people
Capital Highlights & Sidelights
by Lyndell Williams & Ed Sterling
will die in traffic accidents in
Texas this year - the highest total
since 1985. The traffic death toll
during the period was 1,936,
compared with 1,655 traffic
deaths between Dec. 8, 1994 and
June 30, 1995.
It's worse than I even
thought it would be," said Bob
Draper of the National Traffic
Safety Institute."But it's not
totally unexpected. You now have
people driving not just 70 but 80,
85 even 90 mph. At those speeds,
when an accident happens, people
die."
Dev Tulsiani, an engineer for
the Texas Department of
Transportation, said his agency
hasn't yet pinned the blame for
double-digit increases in traffic
deaths on the higher speed limits.
The fact that more drivers are on
the road might figure into the
equation.
Bush Approval
Ratings High
Sixty-eight percent of those
surveyed in the latest Texas poll
said they approve of Gov. Bush's
performance nearing the midpoint
of his term in office.
"I'm honored that people like
my job, but I take nothing for
granted," Bush said, adding
however, that he bases his
decisions on philosophy rather
than the polls.
According to the poll, 72
percent of whites, 63 percent of
Hispanics and 51 percent of
African-Americans approve of
Bush's job performance.
Also, 54 percent of those
surveyed - 64 percent of
Republicans, 52 percent of
Independents and 47 percent of
Democrats - say Gov. Bush should
run for president some day.
The survey of 1,001 Texans
was conducted Sept. 3-13 for
Harte-Hanks Communications by
the Office of Survey Research of
the University of Texas.
Bush Submits
Welfare Plan
Meanwhile, last week, Gov.
Bush sent to U. S. regulators a
plan implementing federally
mandated changes to the welfare
system, while incorporating
reforms passed during the 1995
Texas Legislature.
Although states have until
July 1997 to submit such plans,
Bush submitted Texas' plan
months ahead of the deadline to
retain an additional $72 million in
federal funds for the Texas For
Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families" known as the Aid to
Families with Dependent Children
program before the new federal
welfare overhaul.
Bush made the decision to
send the plan to Washington after
Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock and House
Speaker Pete Laney said they were
satisfied with it.
The state was budgeted to get
$414 million AFDC funds in the
current budget, the Dallas
Morning News reported. Bush's
action means the state will
receive a $486 million lump sum
payment - $72 million more than
it would have otherwise received,
The Houston Chronicle reported.
Federal regulators have 30
days to review Texas 97-page plan
to see if it meets requirements.
_Bomer Drops-
Unnecessary Rules
Texas' insurance rule book
will be 42,000 words lighter and
the regulatory burden on the
state's $40 billion insurance
industry will be reduced without
harming consumers, as a result of
an order signed last week by Texas
Insurance Commissioner Elton
Bomer.
Bomer ordered the repeal of
116 insurance regulations
identified as unnecessary in a
review that began last spring by
the Texas Department of
Insurance.
JTottings
by Johnnie Sue Littletoi)
Another week has gone by ana
we're a little closer to Christmas.
Sure we have Halloween and
Thanksgiving to do first, but
Christmas is on the minds of
retailers, seems like extra early
this year.
This year for Thanksgiving
vacation I am going to board an
airplane for the first time. If I live
through the boarding and sitting
still until takeoff, I just might
enjoy it. I don't know if I'll white-,
knuckle it, or if I'll have a
wonderful time winging my way.
If I can just keep my mind
riveted on the goal: seeing the two
beautiful, precious faces of my
grandsons, ages 6 and 2, I'll do
great.
Let me tell you this great
entreprenuer story, told to me by
my son last night.
A few years ago when they
lived in Miami, they had to put the
older boy in daycare while they
worked. The drive to and from
work for both of them was about *
one hour each way. Then they
heard of a Cuban restaurant that
cooked meals for people and they
started ordering their meals for
the evening.
For $30 per week, they
enjoyed delicious and hearty fare
that they only had to stop by and
pick up every evening. They
thought it extravagant and felt
sort of guilty. I found it
fascinating.
Now they live in Pembroke
Pines in Broward County and one
child in first grade and one will be
in daycare. They have found
several restaurants who offer tins
serviced but better yet, there are
several Nicaraguan and Cuban
women who have banded together
to establish "cantinas." They mail
out "menus" from their homes,
the customers check off their
meal choices (much like those <
hospital cards), then every
evening at 6 p.m. it is delivered
hot and ready to eat, right to their
front door. The price is $45 per
week and there's enough to serve
the four of them.
I think I was born too soon.
What a wonderful idea for a busy 1
college town like Austin or Bryan
or commuting cities like Houston
and Dallas.
I should explain that my son's
in-laws, who are from Ecuador,
live with them and provide all the
meals and child care anyone could
want. They've been lucky.
But Mr. and Mrs. Valdez have
decided to return to Guayaquil to
visit their other children and
grandchildren for three or four
months, so this family of four
who go different directions each
morning will have to cope alone.
I don't know who will take it
the hardest, the mom and dad or
the little one who has never been >
left anywhere and will be dropped
of at daycare for the first time
without warning.
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Littleton, Johnnie Sue. The Odem-Edroy Times (Odem, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 10, 1996, newspaper, October 10, 1996; Sinton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1055613/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Odem Public Library.