Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 25, 1997 Page: 2 of 28
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Prayer Garden dedication
set at New Fountain
New Fountain United Method-
ist Church will celebrate dedica-
tion of its Prayer Garden Sunday,
Oct 5, following the 10:40 a.m.
worship service. Tickets are being
sold for the barbecue dinner.
Contact the church or any
member for tickets.
Yancey VFD plans event
Yancey Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment is planning a Fall Festival
and Street Dance on Saturday, Oct.
4. The event will be held on
Church Street from 3 p.m. to
midnight. Music will be by the
Tony Koch Band.
Regular Meetings
Museum Board
Medina County Museum Board
of Directors will have a called
meeting Monday, Sept. 29,6 p.m.,
at the museum.
North Hondo 4H
North Hondo 4H will meet
Wednesday, Oct. 1,6 p.m. at the
First United Methodist Church.
Leaders are requesting that at least
one parent attend with their child.
AARP Chapter
Hondo AARP Chapter #2543
will meet on Oct. 2, at 10 a.m., in
the Hondo Senior Community
Center. Visitors always welcome.
OES Initiation
Hondo Chapter, Order of the
Eastern Star, will confer initiation
degrees on two candidates,
Thursday, Sept. 25, at 7:30 p.m. in
the Masonic Lodge on Ave. Q.
Worthy Matron Dorothy
Angermiller cordially invites all
members to attend.
Fun and games
Hondo Chapter, Order of the
Eastern Star will resume "Family
Night," Sept. 27, at 6 p.m. in the
Masonic Lodge on Ave. Q. Bring
finger food and your favorite
game. All Masons, Eastern Stars,
their families and friends are
cordially invited to attend.
Medina Lake water level
Spillway level: 1072 ft.
Current level (9-23-97): 1069.38
Last reptd. level: 1070.68ft. (9-3)
Setting it straight
Last week’s article regarding the
Texas Tomorrow Fund had the
wrong phone number. The correct
number is 1-800445-GRAD. We
apologize for any inconvenience.
County talks
about need
for road work
Charles Stork, a spokesman the
residents of the Creekwood Subdi-
vision, asked commissioners »o con-
sider allocating funds to do rand re-
pair work in the subdivision
Stork presented the commission-
ers with a petition with approxi-
mately 100 names requesting Com-
missioner Royoe Hartmann to do
some much needed road repair in the
subdivision.
He told the court that no work had
been done on the roads in the twelve
years that he had lived there. While
he stated he appreciated the work
Commissioner Hartmann had done
so far but they are still in need of
major repair.
"The previous commissioner
came out there and was all wind,”
Stork said. “He promised us every-
thing and gave us nothing.”
“We are working on the roads to
fix them as good as we can with
what we have,” Commissioner
Hartmann said. “But a lot of the
roads weren’t put in right to begin
with.”
Stork asked what the residents
could do to help the county get the
necessary work completed.
Commissioners responded by
saying they could make donations
to precinct 1 which would be used
to do some repair.
The court also said the homeown-
ers could petition and set their own
tax rate to raise funds which would
be used to do the needed road work.
“I have already spent more money
in that subdivision than was col-
lected, but nothing has been done
out there in the last ten years,”
Hartmann said.
ARRESTSS Officers round up suspected drug dealers
Social Security
needs rep payees
While most of the more than 44
million persons receving monthly
Social Security benefits can manage
their money, a small number of indi-
viduals, whether because of an ill-
ness, an emotional problem or men-
tal problem, can not. In such cases,.
Social Security appoints a represen-
tative payee to receive the benefits
to use on the beneficiaries behalf.
Usually a friend or relative can
handle that' individual's monthly
benefits to make sure the money is
being spent in his or her best inter-
est. But it may also be a group or or-
ganization, such as a church or se-
nior citizens organization. If you’re
qualified and willing to serve as a rep
payee, contact your local Social Se-
curity office or call 1 -800-772-1213..
Hermann Sons
Steak House
Lunch ® $5 50
Specials
Served 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Week of Sept. 30 thru Oct. 4
Tuesday
Alvin's Pepper Steak
Choice of potato,
Salad bar or soup
Wednesday
Baked Chicken
Rice pilaf, veggie,
salad bar or soup
Thursday
Smothered Steak
Mashed potatoes,
veggie,
salad bar or soup
Friday
Catfish or Shrimp
Choice o£potato.
Salad bar or soup
Saturday
Chicken Fried Steak
Choice ot potato,
S^lad bar or soup
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Scott mid law enforcement officers
started early Friday morning execut-
ing search warrants and arrests on
individuals. “Two teams of officers
ran the search warrants on the two
residences in Hondo because recent
purchases of narcotics had been
made at the locations,” Scott said.
The homes that wue searched were
located in the ljJOO block of 22nd
SL and the comer of 14th Sl and
Ave. W. Drugs were recovered at the
home on 22nd street.
Officers secured the residences
and used drug dogs to conduct
searches. As a result of the round
up the task force seized vehicles,
weapons, cash, jewelry, and co-
caine.
After the searches were complete
several teams of two and three of-
ficers were sent out to round up the
suspects who had been indicted.
All of the indictments that were
handed down were a result of de-
livery of narcotics to undercover
agents or undercover informants.
“Most of the individuals who
were arrested have prior convictions
on felony charges,” Pruitt said. Of-
ficers do not expect any other indict-
ments to be handed down concern-
ing this investigation, however the
task force does have other under-
cover operations that are ongoing.
Sheriff Scott said Ralph Moreno
had been arrested before for the
same charges. He was paroled from
prison on similar charges and placed
on probation when he was arrested
a second time on drug charges.
Moreno was sentenced to 120 days
in the penitentiary for shock treat-
ment, which is geared to provide
repeat offenders with the opportu-
nity to find out what it is like being
in prison, in hopes that the experi-
ence will deter them from commit-
ting crimes. Moreno was currently
on probation when he was arrested
on Friday.
Raul Ytuarte is a teacher’s aide at
the Hondo High School. He was in-
dicted for a second degree felony.
Superintendent Newell “Bud”
Woolls said Ytuarte is currently on
administrative leave until he gets the
matter resolved. “He hasn’t been at
school since Thursday,” Woolls
stated. “There had been no reason
to suspect any kind of illegal activ-
ity that was taking place at the
schools.” Ytuarte had been going to
college to get his teaching degree in
special education.
“None of the undercover opera-
tions concerning Raul Ytuarte were
conducted at the school,” Pruitt said.
Alfredo Ytuarte was indicted on
four counts of delivery of a con-
trolled substance, cocaine, which is
a second degree felony and punish-
able by 2 - 20 years in prison
According to the sheriff’s office
most of the suspects arrested on Fri-
day were out on bail Saturday morn-
ing. Bonds set ranged from $7,500
td $30,000.
Mark Reasor was arrested by San
Antonio officers who had also been
investigating him. Officers believe
Reasor was a major supplier of drugs
to Medina County. He is currently
in custody in San Antonio on fed-
eral charges in addition to the first
degree felony in Medina County.
The charges filed against the sus-
pects is determined by the quantity
that is sold to undercover agents.
Although most of the drugs that
were sold was cocaine some mari-
juana was distributed by the sus-
pects.
The whole operation was made
possible because of cooperation
from law enforcement officials
throughout the county. “On behalf
of the task force, I would like to
compliment all the agencies who
helped the task force with the round
up and thank them for their assis-
tance and professionalism,” Pruitt
said.
Officers from the Hondo, Castro-
ville and Devine police departments,
DPS and San Antonio narcotics task .
force assisted the local agency with
the operation.
“We have to depend on local law *
enforcement to help us when we ;
have a round up of this size," Pruitt j
said. “We have always gotten really •
great support from all of the agen-
cies that we deal with.”
“Everything went down real
smooth,” Scott said. “We had to call
in another jailer to process all the
people that were arrested. The jail-
ers, Hector Hernandez and Tony
Martinez, did a great job process-
ing all of the prisoners.”
The Allied Area Narcotics Task
Force, which performs drug en-
forcement in Medina, Uvalde, Real
and Edwards counties, is adminis-
tered by the governor’s office on
criminal justice.
Castroville Council changes tax rate, park hours
By William Hoover
Anvil Herald Staff
The City of Castroville tax rate is
set to increase by 55.04 percent.
“That may sound astronomical,”
said City Administrator Marcy
Mora, “but, in fact, it’s only seven
cents more than last year’s rate of
13.15 cents.”
This year’s tax rate is 20 cents per
$100 valuation.
A public hearing was held regard-
ing this year’s property tax increase
during the Tuesday night, Sept. 23,
council meeting.
Only one citizen commented at the
open hearing and he said he trusted
city officials to spend the money
wisely. With no one else wishing to
comment, the city accepted the tax
rate increase. Mayor Green assured
all in attendance that city money
would be spent on worthwhile capi-
tal improvement projects like reno-
vating poliqe facilities, city ware-
houses, and city hall.
Regional Park has new hours
Council accepted a new ordinance
which changes the hours of opera-
tion of Castroville Regional Park
New park hours will be 5:00 a.m. to
Happy Birthday!
SeChelle Lynn DeLeon
September 23, 1997
1 Year Old
10:00 p.m. during the summer (April
1 through Sept. 30) and 6:00 a.m. to
9:00 p.m. during the winter (Oct. 1
through March 31). The ordinance
also provides for a penalty fine for
people violating park hours. The
fines will vary from $50 to $500.
The council accepted an amend-
ment to an existing ordinance which
prohibits commercial vehicles, over
26,000 pounds, from parking over-
night on Houston Square.
The city also considered a resolu-
tion for the allocation of votes for
the election of Medina County Ap-
praisal District Board of Directors.
The ci|y of Castroville has 35
votes it can cast for appraisal district
candidates. The number of votes a
government has is determined by its
tax base. Accordingly, school dis-
tricts within Medina County have
more Appraisal District votes than
does any, city in the county.
All theories in Medina County
combined have only 400 Appraisal
District votes. Medina County has
1000 Appraisal District votes and
Medina Valley High School has the
next highest amount of votes with
1300. The city of Castroville is con-
templating giving its votes to Me-
dina Coiinty.
If all cities were to give the county
their votes, local governments would
have 1400 votes and could exercise
some influence over the appraisal
board, instead of just the local school
districts. Castroville plans to coor-
dinate with other cities in the county
to determine the best method of vote
allocation.
The city accepted the low bid
from Zinsmeyer, Inc. to build a new
utility vehicle shed. Zinsmeyer, Inc.
bid $21,200 for the job while Archi-
tectural Habitat of San Antonio bid
$39,760. Even the low bid is $ 1,200
over what had been budgeted for the
project. The remaining money will
be diverted from other projects
which have excess funds.
St. Louis Catholic School was
granted permission to close Madrid
Street from Angelo to Naples streets
and to close Amelia Street from
Madrid to Petersburg streets for a
Halloween street party. The street
closure and the party will be from
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Saturday,
October 25. The street closure will
not block any driveways.
The city decided not to accept the
Medina County 911 District budget
for 1998 until they have something
with which to compare the proposed
budget. The city has no record of last
year’s budget and will wait until they *
have more information to make their
final decision.
First Baptist Church was given
permission to allow the evangelical
team of Bill and Vicki Murphy to
park the bus on church property from
Oct. 26 to 29. The church is letting
the evangelists live in their bus on
church property so they can receive
electricity for their bus. Because of
the limited time, council had no
qualms approving the request.
The city and Castroville Public Li-
brary will cosponsor a blood drive
on Oct. 31 from 2:00 p.riT: to 4:00
p.m. and there is some good news
for City of Castroville employees.
The Halloween blood drive will give
city employees the opportunity to
donate a pint of blood in exchange
for four hours off from work.
“We can’t force employees to give
blood but four hours of comp time
is a good incentive,” said the city ad-
ministrator. The time off won’t be
granted immediately but can be used 3j
when the employee arranges the time -
off with the city.
Love from your Mommy,
Michelle Lyn Botello
Grandparents, Adolpho
& Oralia iotello
Schizoid Johnny to perform locally
PiCturE it.
Reprints of photos
from past issues available.
3x5-$3 5x7-$5 8x10- $8
Hondo Anvil Herald
1601 Ave K, Hondo
Schizoid Johnny Steinhardt will
perform Thursday through Saturday
at K&D Bam on FM 2676, east of
Hwy. 173.
Taking on dozens of personalities
during each performance, the name
Schizoid Johnny encompasses all the
different characters this musician
does on stage in a super high-energy
fashion.
Steinhardt has been a musician
since he was 14. For the last 16 years,
he has entertained audiences in prac-
tically every nook and cranny of the
United States, Canada, Germany,
Egypt, Greenland, Japan, Okinawa
and Korea. (He irritated Communist
guards by performing Jimi Hendrix's
"Star Spangled Banner" on both the
East German border ad the DMZ at
Panmunjon, North Korea.)
He has a unique-hyper virtuoso
one man show incorporating leading
edge music theory with rock and roll,
pop and folk, adding a variety of
styles from 40s through 70s.
He holds a degree in music from
the University of Wisconsin and
plays electric, acoustic, slide, talk-
box and bass guitars; banjo, key-
boards, harmonica, trombone, truim
pet and bugles, and a full dr^m set
on stage - not all at the same time^
however. He is backed by a barrage
of computer sequences he records1
himself. ,
Audience participation is a part of
the Las Vegas-style show.
Steinhardt said it takes four and a
half hours to set up his show, with
lights and equipment.
He will perform Thursday, 8-12j
and Friday and Saturday, 9-1, a(
K&D Bam. There is no cover charge
Sept 27- MEC Annual Membership Meeting
Fair Hall 8 am
Sept 30- HACC Qtrly. Luncheon Hermann Sons
12 noon (call for reservations)
Oct 4- lota Upsilon Rummage Sale - Hondo
Airbase 9-1 p.m.
Oct 4- Ducks Unlimited Couples Banquet - KC Hall
Tickets 426-4382
To placo your ovont on this calender, call the
Hondo Chamber of Commerce at 830426-3037
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