News Bulletin (Castroville, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1997 Page: 5 of 12
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ist Clara Rote Keller (r) a hand during the St Louto Adult Choir’s Valentine
Dinner and Variety Show Feb. 14 held to raise money for the choir’s trip.to
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Hostesses were Beverly Keller and
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The business meeting open ad
with approval of the minutes. Under
civic projects, a schedule for mem-
bers to assist in work on the squares
was circulated. Mary Margaret
Burges reported on tours. She had
also prepared a package of informa-
tion, pictures, and the PCH book to
send to a writer preparing a book on
Castroville. Castro Garden Club
members were filled is os the l '
"Garden of Roots” project by the
city, and the Alsatian students and
professors arriving on Feb. 17 to
work on the project.
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Castroville. The dub prats ate a
plant or arrangement to each new
LaCoste has been using over six mil- Davis said the vast majority of the water
ltom gallons of drinking water each year la used by sprinklen that are designed to
to keep the newer pleat maintained, but suppress foam and "
city worker Johnny Davis said he has a stent flow. These s
Tina Marte Lopez
Roger and Mary Lopezofla ‘
Coste wish to announce the
arrival of their daughtet, Tina
Marie, bore Feb. 3, 1997 a
Northeast Baptist Hospital id
Sm Antonio. She weighed 4
lbs. 7 ozs and measured 181/4
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Department , , incarceration
records and the dockets of the
Sha to welcomed by sister;
Lisa and tandra Lopez; materj '
nal grandparents, Jacob and
Mary Bernal of Rio Mediae;
and paternal grandparents Pete
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The records review is just
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ity study requested, by county
commissioners in January, he
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J: Careful study and plenty of
research are needed to deter-
mine the best way to ease jail
congestion in Medins County, 1
said consultants looking for
answers to the potentially
. expensive question.
"We’re still gathering data
and talking to people. It’s really
too soon for any conjecture,"
Wayne Gondeck of DRG
Architects said. "Before we
come out with any numbers, we
} have to do our homework."
Gondeck has spent the past
few weeks reviewing Sheriff’s
prisoner care in 1996, accord- County commissioners will
ing to the county auditor's 1996 make the final decision after
budget analysts usage report. reviewing Gondeck's reoom-
Costs so far in 1997 . have mendation, he said.
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The needs, asnessmeni rec- Judicial Distrier Mickey 14
ommended building a jaH Pennington within the next two and "aS,211/4 inchee rang. j
which coula'be ..a. (
house 96 prisoners. Proposals for renovation of 02 . - . ’
Overflow prisoners ate the existing jail and for Iba moMrpgiand 2" "
housed in the Atascosa County construction of a new jail, anti- -mdeno. atrovlild. • •
Jail. mated to cost as much as $3 ■ 2 EE
Medina County spent million, are being drawn up in F Sbsdsai j
$161,022 for out-of-county the meantime. Am2g228mm28m282
Castroville businem An ad far toe
dub to be inserted in the new
Visitor Guide to be printed by toe
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Garden. Lights have been installed
by the city: sign far the garden has
preparation of potpourri. She had Upcoming programs to be held article on respect for our flag,
various samples of suitable dried • by Moye Center were announced; ‘ Next meeting of the dub will
materials on hand that could be used Wellness Fair, March 1; Alamo be held at the community room on
in different mixtures. "Pops” Concert Band, April 5; and : March 13 at 7 p.m.
After the program, refresh-
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plan to amre tool water. a day, he said.
"If we install an electric pomp and the “A lot of plants are built with non-
right system, we could wash everything at potable water systems like this, and many
the sewer plant down with treated water others are going to ft,” he said.
that U still very dean, but notcorified for Davis proponed too non-potable water
human consumption," he mM. system at Tuesday night’s City Council
Davis said the city has used 3,311,747 meeting and asked that the city engineer
gallons of potable water m plant malate- took into the idea and detormine the costs
nonce since be began keeping track on gad feasibility of the pica.
Aug. 1,1996. At this rate, he said the city Devin also asked for the city engineer
will um 6,146,422 galloM in one year, to examine the city’s ground water stor-
“If we were to sell that amount of age tank because it is beginning to rust
drinking water to a customer, we would inside.
make $6,146.42r he said. “It makes mum "ft was last coated in 1988, so it is
Chamber of Commerce was
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County Court at Law and the ■ Coffee cups sit on a table in a Medina County jail cell where the "ounes" movemmReFarroct
District Court, determining how inmates Play dominoes to pass the timecei , the jail gad eee how probation
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treating there anyway." y to be re-coated,” be said. - announce the arrival of their
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Jail consultants round up incarceration data the Methodist Hospital in San
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LaCoste plans to save water
many people have passed is handled,” Gondeck said. BYOB
through the jail doors. as well. < , Average daily population in The former chief Planner
Jail Commission projections The Medina County Jail was the jail, according to a May 14, for the Texas Commission on
of statewide incarceration rates built in 1948 and expanded to 1996 Texas Commission on Jail Jail Siandards hopes to meet
and predictions for Medina its present 26-bed capacity in Standards needs assessment, with County Court At Law --^7“—'
County will be taken into effect 1982 was 34.9 in 1996. Judge Watt Murrah and 38th . Totalby Air Conditioned
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Castro Garden Club makes sweet scents
The Castro Garden Club met not been received. Sacrediess of the Earth, May 3. The
on Feb. 13, 1997 at the community A lengthy discussion was held dub discussed participation in the '■
room of the library. Carole Romano on lighting around the library build- Earth Day program,
gave an interesting program on how ing. The club approved funds to Before the meeting adjourned,
to use dried flowers and leaves, assist the city in installing addition- upcoming club programs were
orris root, and scented oils in the al lighting. reviewed. Dorothy Suchs read an
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Barnes, Thomas. News Bulletin (Castroville, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1997, newspaper, February 20, 1997; Castroville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1599974/m1/5/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=0: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Castroville Public Library.