The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 52, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 19, 1992 Page: 10 of 20
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ARANSAS PASS Pf OGRESS Wadnaaday, Fab. 19. 1992
Warm weather brings out the snakes
The snakes are crawling. And
to prove it, Jay Moore of Ingleside
brought in three rattlesnakes this
week to Bob Herndon, Aransas
Pass’ snake man.
Herndon’s hobby and business
is snakes. He mounts them for
display and he shows them at fes-
tivals and snake hunts. His wife,
Nan, operates the rattlesnake
concession at the San Patricio
Rattlesnake Races each year.
Monday, Moore brought two
snakes to Herndon, both of them
males, one 5 ft. 3 inches and the
other 5 ft. 7 inches in length Both
caught on the Welder Ranch near
Du Pont. He had earlier brought
in a snake from the Humble prop-
erty at Ingleside.
Moore is Herndon’s biggest
supplier of rattlesnakes. Last year
was a “dry year” according to
Moore and he brought in five or
six of them. This year he expects
to bring in about 20.
The snakes have been out ab-
out two weeks, according to
Moore. “Once it starts to get
warm, 1 start hunting them.” lie
has been hunting snakes since
about 1968. Moore does hunt
other creatures, but “more
snakes than anything else.”
The snake brought in Monday
will yield six to seven pounds of
meat says Mrs. Herndon, “good
meat”shesays. She estimates she
will need about 500 pounds of
snake meat for the San Patricio
races, or about 100 snakes. The
races are scheduled March 21-22.
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*hrj >s a supplier to Bob Herndon, Aronsas.Pass snake man. He
caught this one and another one Monday.
appointed municipal judge
Mark Roach
Aransas Pass city council Mon-
day night named .March Roach as
new municipal court judge, re-
placing Jim Spencer who res-
igned to work as bailiff of the new
county court at law.
The council approved the
appointment with a 11700 a month
salary, subject to review in three
Dr. James Mobley, San Patricio
County physician, has received a
bulletin from the State Health De-
partment advising him of a rise in
the rate of firearm injuries and
suggested steps that can be taken
to protect children.
Dr. Mobley said that compute-
rized records have shown that for
the first time the number of peo-
ple killed by guns in Texas ex-
ceeds the number of motor vehi-
cle deaths. Automobile accident
deaths in one year dropped by 5
percent, to3,309. Firearm deaths
Emergency,
Dial 911®
months and a #100 a month raise
at that time/if Roach’s perform-
ance is satisfactory.
In other business Monday night
the city council took the following
action: ------------------ ■
• Heard a presentation from
chamber of commerce Executive
Director Kay Wolf on the cham-
rose by 12 percent to 3,443.
Of the firearms deaths, 408
were of children younger than 15.
About 300 other children sus-
tained non-fatal gun shot
wounds. Dr. Mobley said the sta-
tistics indicate most of the in-
juries occur in homes where sim-
ple precautions were not used.
Five suggestions were made for
preventing firearms injuries to
children. They are: never keep a
loaded gun in the home, keep
guns and ammunition locked in
separate places, always treat a
Firearm as though it were loaded
and ready to fire, never allow chil-
dren access to guns, and make
sure these precautions are car-
ried out wherever children might
visit.
bers 1992 budget, including ex-
penditures of hotel/motel taxes.
• Accepted seal coating work
by Hannes Construction Com-
pany.
• Accepted a recommenda-
tion from City Manager Rick Ewa-
niszyk not to pass on a once cent
increase in water costs to city
residents. The San Patricio Muni-
cipal Water District increased the
city’s water cost from 88 cents to
89 cents per thousand gallons.
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tion was taken Monday in desig-
nating areas for Phase III.
The council has asked city staff
and engineers for recommenda-
tions on streets to be involved;
what kind of work is to be done,
strip paving is being considered
as a way of stretching the dollars;
and how much work can be done
for the dollars.
The city manager said it would
take over 30 days to develop the
presentation and bring it back to
the council and that in the mean-
time the city’s financial advisor
would begin working on the cer-
tificates of obligation.
City Manager Rick Ewaniszyk
said that #4 million in certificates
of obligation will mean a 14 cent
increase in the tax rate.
Deaths by firearms exceed
deaths from auto accidents
On March 10th, 1992 cast your vote 4 a Qualified, Dedicated, Dependable
and Certified Constable in our precinct.
ELECT
JAMES F. (JIM)
SPENCER
4 Your
^Xonstable —
Precinct 6
4 Year Degree in Criminal Justice from C.C.S.U.
4 Years as Municipal Judge.
Current Certification as Peace Officer in State of Texas.
21 Years U.S. Army - CW/2 Rot.
Con*'ulcr ike Qualification* anti VOTE Place 4 on your ballot.
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Grant ok'd for Prep-Tech
Committees are being put in
place to start planning and de-
velopment of a Prep-Tech prog-
ram in the North Bay Area. •
The Coastal Bend Consortium
received a #425,000 federal grant
to get the program in motion. Del
Mar College provides administra-
tive services, with Dr. Lee Sloan
as director. The plan is to develop
a high school curriculum that
would enable students to apply
academic studies to life and jobs.
Those on a university path will
be in a college preparitory mode.
Those on a technincal path will
study and work their last two
years in high school and two years
in college to obtain a new associ-
ate degree with advanced skills.
Mike McGowan, who is coordi-
nator for the Aransas Pass School
system, said the committees will
work through the spring and sum-
mer on curriculum, coordinating
business and industries and with
colleges and universities, deter-
mining how the program could be
most effective.
The grant will cover 18 months
of planning and development,
with another grant expected to
implement the programs. A tech-
nical center in the North Bay is in
future plans but not a part of this
grant.
The working committees and
their chairmen are Dave Lyons of
Ingleside High School and Bob
Chapman of Corpus Christi Inde-
pendent School District, co-
chairman of curriculum; Sonny
Park of the Area Business Council
in Aransas Pass, public relations;
Russell Rahn of Hitox, a Corpus
Christi industry, resource com-
mittee; Anita Hinojosa of CCISD,
staff development; Baldomera
Garcia of the Quality Workforce
Planning Association, eva-
luation; Dee Kurtz of Tuloso Mid-
way, career guidance and
counseling.
M. S. Degaish, central office
administrator for Portland/Greg-
ory Schools, said they will be
looking at expanding their prog-
ram, one already attended by two
Ingleside students. They ex-
tended their school day this year
to add a seventh period.
Degaish said they ate teaching
two two-hour blocks of drafting
and considering a third. Drafting
is one of the three areas that the
Quality Workforce Committee
found to be moat urgently needed
in the region. The other two are
electronics and medical fields.
Five st hool districts in the re-
gion are expected to be the first to
move int > the program, Aransas
Pass, Ingleside, Gregory-
Portland, Corpus Christi. and
Tuloso-M dway.
The institutions of higher
learning working with the Con-
sortium are Del Mar College, Bee
County College, Corpus Christi
State University, and Texas A&I
University.
Service center sees need
for prescription dollars
“What can we do for children?”
was the question women of the
Methodist Church asked at a
Tuesday morning meeting. Their
speaker was Molly Buckley of the
Christian Service Center.
Buckley responded, “Give
money for prescriptions.” She
told them there has been so much
sickness that at times there isn’t
enough money for a full prescrip-
tion. She explained that dona-
tions have been increasing and
more men and women are volun-
teering, but at the same time, in
the long weeks of wet weather,
needs have multiplied.
Last year, the amount spent for
prescription drugs was
#2,609.63, with 168 people re-
ceiving the medicines.
The Christian Service Center
recently received a new FEMA
grant. This money is deposited
with a county committee in Sin-
ton, and the center can obtain
supplies at the Food Bank in Cor-
pus Christi and draw on the grant
money to pay for it. Until this
grant, the center had not had any
FEMA money since last
September.
The 1991 annual report has
just been completed and shows
that food was provided at a cost of
#35,249.98.
Seven volunteers work at the
center daily, some for three hours
on one day, some daily. Volun-
teer hours given in 1991 totalled
24,993 at the center.
The number of churches con-
tributing food, clothing and
financial assistance has in-
creased. There are now 18 chur-
ches participating, in Aransas
Pass and Ingleside and through
the Association of Churches in
Portland;
Prescription money is the top
priority need. Also high on the list
are materials such as lumber and
paint, to repair the wheelchair
ramp and porch and to make re-
pairs inside the building, and a
lawnmower.
Buckley explained that labor is
available to them to do the work if
they had materials. The labor
comes from two sources, com-
munity service workers under
court order and residents of the
Sinton Restitution Center.
The annual report shows that
in all, 5,083 people were served
last year. Of these, 163 were pro-
vided with transportation, gaso-
line bought at a cost of #163, Utili-
ties were paid for 38 people at a
cost of #1,847.60. The need to
restore utilities which have been
cut off has also increased this
time of year, when houses are
cold and damp and residents ill.
The center operates a shelter
for the homeless. There were
3,885 nights of service costing
#10,590. At the shelter, 10,352
meals were served at a cost of
#31,065. Showers were provided
for 3,703. The total of volunteer
hours given at the shelter was
11,676. , __
Trimming trees around power lines
can be a shortcut to tragedy.
You know the power line
is there. And, you know
you need to he careful.
But, it's so easy to get
distracted. Don’t.
If vthi must trim trees
near power lines, keep
your priorities straight.
Safety first; then the
job. Better yet, call an
expert. Whatever the
cost, it’s worth it.
One brush with a power
line could he a shortcut
to tragedy.
Central Power end Light Company
Pintle on the line tot yxxi
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