News Bulletin (Castroville, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 2003 Page: 8 of 14
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Page 8 News Bulletin Thursday, February 20, 2003
MVISD receives safety award Castroville Council continues work
drainage and street improvements
on
Michelle Mondo
Staff Writer
The West
Educational
{Association
Medina
Texas
Insurance
presented
Valley
Superintendent
ISD
Willard
Murrey with a plaque to
recognize the district for
its success in implement-
ing workplace safety pro-
grams to prevent employ-
ee injuries.
- The awards were pre-
sented at the annual
appreciation luncheon in
Austin on Jan. 27, the
TEIA said in
release.
Phyllis
Michelle Mondo is estimated to cost the city cent of its capacity, a new
Staff Writer $510,400, Green said. one should be in the plan-
CASTROVILLE -- The The second and third ning stages, Yates said. He
original option for the drain- options divide the drainage said currently, the city’s
age project on Naples Street area into two parts using facility has not reached 75
is still the most cost Houston Street as the divide percent capacity but the
effective, Castroville City and run water north and council does not want to
Engineer Dawn Green south. The costs for these be caught by surprise if it
explained to the city coun- options are estimated to be does.
cil. at least $100,000 more than Council briefly discussed
The engineer met with the first alternative. street repairs and the pre-
the council at a workshop on Options four and five are liminary map Yates and
Monday, Feb. 17, to discuss similar to the original con- Councilman Jerald
alternatives for the Naples cept, according to the report Foxworthy drew up show-
Street project and to give from Green, but include ing what work needs to be
a press , . information on the status of a concrete lined ditch or completed on which streets.
( Pictu d ght, 1 the wastewater facility. box culverts in the existing Yates said more detailed
Wurzbach Billy Hibbs Sr., CAS chairman of the board, Dr. Willard Mayor Robert Hancock roadside ditches. Neither of reports will be done in the
works for the district as Murray, Medina Valley ISD superintendent, and Barry said after the workshop the those options cost less than future.
an assistant to Paul Jones, CAS CEO/president. (Courtesy photo) council wanted to stay edu- the first alternative. Yates said the drainage
Holzhaus, the assistant trict to audit the safety of ing schools, the district cated on the issues facing City Administrator Jack projects and street improve-
superintendent for busi- all the schools. received the Silver Award the city. No decisions were Yates said any decisions on ments are all aspects of the
ness and finance. “They come out and because of implementing made but he said everyone the Naples Street drainage Capital Improvement Plan
1 Wurzbach said the review things like class- programs TEIA said added now has a better under- project would be discussed he is working on now.
school participates in the room structure or vocation- up to a savings to the dis- standing of what needs done in a city council meeting. Prior to the discussion
program that sends an al set-up,” Wurzbach said, trict of $104,673. in the future and what the After drainage, the on drainage and streets, the
inspector through the dis- - Out of 423 participat- best options are. council learned about council met with depart-
For Naples, Green pre- options for building a new ment heads in a special exec-
Callanna Dov Caro cchodi onen han igA sented five alternatives to wastewater treatment facil- utive session to discuss their
uanegos Day care pencauiep the original drainage plan of ity and if it needs to con- “job duties and responsibili-
The Gallegos Day Care final permit from the Texas about the facility’s location, running a 60-inch line down sider a timeline. ties,” according to the agen-
Center on 11804 Schnapps Department of Regulatory Gallegos opened in 2002. Naples to Highway 90 south Under state law, once da. No action was taken on
Drive in La Coste will host and Protective Services. Lowen said people who of Medina River. That option the facility reaches 75 per- closed session discussion,
an Open House Friday, Feb. Melinda Gallegos owns knew of their struggles with
21 to celebrate the official the day care with her daugh- the city pass by and inquire lots of goodies to choose from
opening of the facility, ter, Doris Lowen. For more about the facility. =======
The center, which cares than 26 years, Gallegos oper- She said the Open House
for children from 6 weeks old ated a day care from her will allow residents to see
to after schoolers, opened in home but in 1999 she decided the interior of the two-story .
August of2002 but last month to open the larger day care. building.
after passing three inspec- After about three years For more information, call
tions the center received the of negotiations with the city 985-9292.
Nashville Star contest attracts local
Michelle Mondo
I Staff Writer
At the age of 37, Terry
Leafty has been performing
country music for more than
20 years and has entered
'his share of talent shows.
So, when he heard about
an opportunity to compete
on a national level and pos-
sibly get a record deal out
of it, he decided to get
involved.
Leafty searched the
Internet, national
magazines and newspapers
and learned about Nashville
Star, one of the latest real-
fity TV show offerings from
the USA Network.
, The show’s premise is
to offer country music fans
their own version of
BUY THIS: La Coste Garden Club members had a fund-raiser on Sunday, Feb. 16 in
La Coste to raise money for the organization. Garden Club members Bertha Benedetti
and Pam Youngman, standing on the left, sell desserts to Marta Salazar and Colleen
Wilton. (Photo by Jeff Wilton)
MEC offers nine scholarships
American Idol, which has
contestants competing for a
pop music record deal. The
winner of Nashville Star
gets a deal with Sony music
and works on the project
I under the tutelage of Clint
Black. LEAFTY eligible Medina EC mem- cooperatives to use
Leafty, a resident of the also gave him positive feed- a record contract. bers and their dependents, escheated funds for schol-
I Valley View subdivisions back, he said. “I had a record deal but Applications are available ar ships programs in the scholarship available to
south of Castroville, entered The third judge, Tracy I turned it down,” Leafty at each district office and rural areas. record graduates as welf
the area contests in San Gerson, simply said Leafty said. “Once you sign it’s an schools throughout Medina Members and their as adults.”
Antonio and made it to was not the type of person IOU. They put about a mil- EC’s 17-county service dependents that are served All applications must
regional competition in they were looking for. lion dollars into some art- area. by Medina EC, and are in be received by 5 p.m. in the
Houston but was not chosen In the end, Leafty said ists and you don’t get out of For the last two years good standing are eligible Medina Electric
as a finalist to travel to not being one of the 10 final- it until you pay that back.” Medina Electric Coop., Inc. to apply. Cooperative General
Nashville ists living in a house in Leafty said his love for has helped numerous stu- Applicants must plan Office in Hondo on Feb. 28.
While disappointed, Nashville and being taped country music keeps him dents achieve their educa- to attend a recognized Tens They are available from
Leafty did not go into the 24-7 is probably a bonus. going back to playing in the tional goals,” said Medina institution of higher edu- high school guidance ooun-
audition with rose colored "I think it would have clubs and recording tracks EC General Manager cation. selors by contacting the
glasses. been a disaster,” Leafty said, on his own dime, which he Larry Clefinger. High school seniors, nearest Medina EC dis-
* “I do not like contests ” "I do things my own way.” plans to get back to this "It has been very home school, GED students trict office or visiting the
Leafty said “A good enter- Even if he had won summer in Austin. He said rewarding to hear some of and adults pursuing an Website at
tainer can enter and lose and was offered the con- he hopes to have a single or the success stories of our undergraduate degree are www.medinamorg.
and a bad entertainer can tract, Leafty did not want two to release by the sum- .
enter and win.” to sign because of the rights mer. Back seat driver
He said he was one of Sony received. The contract In the meantime, Leafty
the oldest to compete in insisted on 100 percent own- has taken some time off
Houston, with the majority ership of the music pro- from his job as an aircraft
of singers aged from 19-25. duced. mechanic for Boeing in San
Leafty looked at his experi- On Nashville Star’s Web Antonio to work as an extra
ence as a bonus but said he site> it says original songs on the set of Disney’s movie
probably was not the image from any of the finalists, production of the Alamo,
the show was looking for. aired over television, become Leafty plays a soldier in
1 “The top five are all full property of Sony. Leafty Sam Houston’s army (played
under 25” he said. said it was a deal he was by Dennis Quaid) and gets
I Plus,’ Leafty wondered not ready to make. paid $50 a day for his
if his choice of cover song at I didnt really care weeks of training and act-
the Houston contest influ- about winning (the con- ing. Filming is scheduled to
fenced the decision. Through tract), he said. I just want- begin in April, he said,
the city rounds, Leafty said ed to go to Nashville.” Whether singing his
he chose a more modern Leafty said the free favorite country tunes, an
country song, “But For the national exposure would be original or spending time
Grace of God” by Keith his idea of winning. with his wife and daughter,
Urban, but switched to a Throughout Leaftys Leafty said he would not
Merle Haggard selection in career he has been his own change a thing about his
’Houston. marketing director, publi- course in life.
He did admit to being cist and manager. “I’ve been playing since
surprised when he did not Not that he has not done I was 16 and I still dont
move on to the finals con- well by himself. have a record deal, Leafty
sidering the rave reviews Leafty has worked with said. “But I believe you need
he got from two of the bands and gathered follow- to be thankful for what you
three judges on the panel, ings in Los Angeles, North have 'and that everything
Charlie Robison and Robert Carolina and in Nashville that happens is meant to
Oermann. The producers where he had the option of for some reason.”
For the fourth year scholarship recipients.”
encouraged to apply. "We
Medina
Electric
Cooperative will offer nine
$2,500 scholarships to
eligible Medina EC mem-
Texas State Law (HB wanted to help as many
3202), enacted in-1997, people as possible to meet
allows non-profit electric their educational goals,”
Oefinger said. “That’s why
we decided to make the
STAND AND DELIVER: Dallas and Vanessa Foster, along with their dog, Priceless,
deliver some catalogs for Internet services throughout La Coste on Wednesday, Feb.
12. (Photo by Jeff Wilton)
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