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HONDO ANVIL
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Volume 100 Number 40
October 2, 1986
25 Cents
Two Sections, 26 Pages
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HONDO
TEXCEL
rates
Hondo
‘excellent
Hondo is receiving excellent
ratings from administrators of the
lev as Cities for Economic
I eadership (TEXCF.L) program.
()n luesdjs of this week,
i t \( I 1 representative Leeta
Murphy visited here for a tour of
i!i. town and a luncheon with the
local ITXCEL development team
that was hosted by Community
Hank at (Jeronimo's.
W e discussed Hondo and where
its going, said Diane Schiffers,
Hondo Chamber of Commerce
manager Topics included assessing
die sity and determining what we
need to work on
Hondo was selected last March to
participate in the program, which is
sp.msored bs the Texas Economic
I V. el. ipment Commission
Apparently, Hondo made a good
impression on its visitor, especially
the sleanliness of the town and
rev ent eft. >rts to attract the proposed
W al Mart distribution center.
As tor Hondos efforts in other
areas Sc hitlers added, "she said
weie was ahead of communities
our si.-e and ahead of some larger
I. WHS
1 ight 1.«. al pci.pie selected for the
fcseiopmeni team that met with
Murphy represent a wide range of
business and civic mieresLs:
Tom Rothe. Community Bank,
Bonnie Moos. Chamber of
CommeicC Board of Directors and
II ndo Realty, Tom Ozgo, Hondo
Industnal THrselopment Commutee
and 1 dwaid D Jones A Co.;
Mamicc \s ebsier. engineer with the
Hondo Radar Sunon and chairman
/t the Hondo Industrial
Vs el. pnn. ni Committee; Tony
i laidi ii. nd.. Mayor Pro-iem and
i'l.sl Bt ker.ige. Mike Rhea,
H,.nd.< Cits Manager, Diane
Sc hitters IT ndo chamber manager;
and Johnns \ ilia. Hondo City
( vyruilm.ui and Jack Winkler
Mat. <rs
It-us reflects well on the attitude
tihe wh ie community. Schiffers
s,ii,i , t Murphy s positive
assessment . t Hondos participation
m the 11 \i I 1 program 1 think
• ut goal is to have a healthy
Cc . ui. ms m IF ndo "
+ -
$3.8 million budget
approved for County
OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE
NEW-. Any trains passing through Hondo
on Tuesday would have had to make a flying
leap over workmen who were replacing the
crossing at Avenue K downtovsn. Suffice to
say, the trains took the day off. According
to City Manager Mike Rhea, the Southern
Pacific Railroad seems intent on replacing
the tracks and asphalt at several crossings,
namely Avenue E, Avenue K, where
equipment has been piled, and possibly
others. Reason for the periodic maintenance
is to smooth out the bone-jarring bumps for
motor vehicles. (Photo by Doug Johnson)
By Doug Johnson
Medina County is all set for
fiscal year 1986-87, following
adoption this week of a $3.8
million budget
Attached to the document
approved Monday by County
Commissioners is an ad valorem
property tax rate of 29 cents per
$100, down a penny from last year.
The new budget takes effect on
Oct. 1, and extends until Sept. 30,
1987.
According to the text of a cover
letter included with the budget, the
County anticipates total receipts of
$3,197,386 during the next year.
Total expenditures at the same time
are expected to be $3,805,663.
Surpluses and carryovers from last
y ear will make up the difference.
Of the total, 52 percent of the
receipts will be gained through the
29-cent County tax rate, states the
letter. "The remainder of the
receipts will come from other local
sources, fund carryovers and various
federal and state payments."
Last year, the County tax rate
was 30 cents, and for several years
before that it had been 50 cents. A
countywide reappraisal, conducted
in 1985, sent tax rates plummeting
m order to offset significantly raised
valuations.
This year, the rate came down a
bit more, but for a different reason,
says County Judge Jerome Decker.
Too much money inadvertantly
had been put into the County's Jail
Bond fund, to retire the debt for
renovations and additions made
several years ago to the County
Jail. "And we were building an
See. COUNTY. Page 2
h the money available?...
Courthouse project sparks arguments
By Doug Johnson
As it has been planned and
presented during the past year, the
renovation project for the Medina
County Courthouse is now
apparently ui limbo. It may also be
on the brink of extinction
County Commissioners have
taken no action on the matter
since last week, when they opened
two bids and noted that the pnees
($696,000 and $791,000) had
considerably exceeded their
$500,000 presupposed spending
cap. But this week, what they did
not do may signal a fundamental
change in approach on how the
County will go about fixing up the
93 year-old structure
Motion dies
A motion entered Monday by
Pet. 4 Commissioner Henrv
Bnscoe called for the Court "to
reaffirm its intent to renovate this
building as outlined in our
architectural plans’* Bnscoe also
urged that the Counts specifically
identify the means for funding the
project, and that u resolve that
were giung lo press on with it."
T think that we need to consider
what weve done so tar. and what
needs to be d>»ne. said Briscoe.
No vole was taken, however,
because Brisciies motion did not
receive the necessary second from
any of the other three
Commissioners
The Courts no decision decision
elicited an angrv reaction from
Bnsciv. who accused the other
Comrfu.ssioners of Ii*>( dragging.
"In ms opinion, there's all kinds
of avenues available to this Court
to pav tor renovation of this
building. Briscoe said All we
need to do is bite the bullet and get
to it.
Brtsoe added that the Counts
seems ru>t to have anv trouble
Vdvertising campaign initiated
for attracting Wal-Mart’s eye
By Doug Johnson
!!.”.e m the newspaper business
have (veil saying it all along: if
v >u have something to offer,
ad.citoe it
1 he H'oii Jo Chamber of
Commerce has put that principle
into pi.ictke tegardtng this town's
push to have a Wal-Mart
dotitbuiion center located here.
\ ,, rjmg to Chamber manager
Diane Schillers, the Friday, Sept,
f) edition ol the Benton County
Daily Democrat in Bentonville,
\tkansas t\Sal Mart's corporate
liead.|tiattctsi earned the following
lull page ad on page 5):
LJ1 the weather...!
Tlie Hondo Radar Station has
-applied the following weather
information for this past week
"Wal-Mart
We like straight talk
We have:
- A superior airport
-- Southern Pacific Railroad Main
Line
- U S Highway 90 - plus
-- Nearby Interstate Highway 10-
35-37
- And available land
We will do
WHATEVER
it takes to get the
Wal Mart Distribution Center in
HONDO, TEXAS
LETS TALK!
Call Hondo Chamber of
Commerce
Mike Rhea at
512-426-3378 or
Diane Schiffers at
512-426-3037"
High
l.ow
Rain
W ed. Sept. 24
93
71
.00
Hut . Sept 2^
94
75
.00
In, Sept 2t>
93
76
00
Sat . Sept 2"1 |
9.3
75
.00
Sun . Sept. 28
93
76
.17
Mon . Sept 29\
93
75
.00
I ue . Sept 30
89
74
.00
,\\g high temp for the week
: 79.7
But why Bentonville, Arkansas?
It is hoped that Sam Walton,
billionaire owner and mogul of the
Wal-Mart chain, would see it and
perhaps be impressed
The cost ot the ad, Schillers said,
was S530 and was set up oser the
phone the da\ after the rally held
Sept, lb at Hunter Schuehles ranch
southeast of D Hants. 'Die idea for
the ad came from John Melton
But that s not die end of it.
"We're working on another ad,"
Schiffers said This one, also
targeted tor the Bentonville
newspaper, will contain the names
of individual businesses that wish
to see the distribution center come
to Hondo
No word has been heard about
Wal-Mart's reaction to Hondo s bold
advertising stroke, but Schiffers
relay a message tmm the Daily
Democrat staffer who tiH>k the
first ad that it had people there
buzzing, and that Mr Walton
himself did see it
Stay tuned, folks
spending large sums ot money on
equipment and machinery for the
precincts (36 pieces of more than
SI,000 each during the past four
years, he said).
"We’ve got all kinds of good
1985 road and bridge equipment,
but were willing to settle for an
1893 Courthouse." Bnscoe said.
Arguments
Further discussion included
several heated verbal exchanges
between Bnscoe and Pet 1
Commissioner David Montgomery,
and centered around the question:
does the County really have the
money to spend for the whole
renovation project'1
"1 think at this time, this is a bad
time to spend this much money,'
Montgomery said He added that
feedback from his constituency
indicates that the public is opposed
to spending the money right now.
during what is generally regarded as
depressed economic times in this
area.
’ They re opposed to the full-scale
thing," he said, "in my opinion, it's*
■ the project) not absolutely
necessary
Montgomery denied that he was
campaigning against the
Courthouse renovation project, and
later said that he interpolated
Briscoe's accusations of fixit-
dragging" as being a personal
attack, and felt he was criticized
merely for holding a different
opinion.
I didn t strong-arm anybody,"
Montgomery said, pointing out
that either Pet. 3 Commissioner
Henry Santos or PcL 2
Commissioner David FitzSimon
could have seconded Briscoe's
motion, but that they chose for
themselves not to do so.
"1 voted against it (the project)
before," he added, "and I will vote
against it again."
"This is something I'm not going
to give up on,” said Briscoe.
Project on hold
The bids which were examined
last week will be good for 45 days.
After that, any decision to move
ahead with the presently proposed
project would require re-solicitation
of bids.
Commissioners also heard
Monday from project architect Jesse
Fernandez, who said that a check of
references on low-bidder Meridn
Construction Co. of San Antonio
showed that the firm has a good
reputation. Merkin has recently
handled construction and renovation
work, Fernandez said, in San
Antonio at Highlands High School,
Trinity Baptist Church, Hollywood
Park and Randolph Air Force Base.
See, COURTHOUSE, Page 2
MEC members elect
three new directors
Medina Electric Cooperative
members elected three directors at
their 48th annual membership
meeting Saturday, Sept. 27, in
Dtlley.
Re-elected to a third term in
District 2 was James Biediger of
Uvalde, who amassed 798 votes to
defeat Jama Brown and Lawrence
Wilde, both of Uvalde, with 371
and 244 votes respectively. In a
write-in campaign, Bobby Wisdom
of Dilley garnered 12 votes.
Biediger presently serves as MEC
board president.
Gail Boehme of Castroville
received 804 votes to defeat Devine
resident Paul Marbachs 565 votes
for the District 1 director's position.
Dr. M. W. Sharp of Castroville did
not run for a third three-year term.
In District 3, G. B. "Buck"
Hamilton of Bruni unseated
incumbent board member James
Walker of Laredo by a narrow
margin of 700 to 651.
This year marked the first for the
cooperative to allow its members to
vote by mail. In previous years, the
election for directors took place at
the annual membership meeting.
Ballots were counted Sept. 26 by a
tellers committee which was ap-
pointed by the board and made up of
cooperative members, and results
See CO OP, Page 2
Local Farm Bureau
to host convention
A\g low temp for the week: 74.6
High temp for 1986: 106, on
on Aug 19
I ow letup for 1986: 26, on
Jan 20 and Feb 11
I al lain for Sept.: 2.21 inches
l otal ram for 1986: 19.21 inches
Ram in vear I98S, thru
Sept !()• 20 19 inches
The annual convention of the Me-
dina County Farm Bureau will be
held Tuesday, Oct. 7 at the Medina
County Fair Building at the Hondo
City Park* according to Larry
Huesser, county president
A barbecue dinner, free to all Me-
dina County Farm Bureau members
and their immediate families, will
precede the meeting'at 6 p.m: Guest
dinner tickets will be available at
the door for $3 each The meeting
will begin at 7:30 p m
Our guest speaker tor the evening
will be Dean Klcikner, president of
the American Farm Bureau.
The main purpose of this annual
meeting is to adopt policies for the
coming year. Also, new officers and
See TARSI BUREAU, Page 2
FOOTBALL ZANIES... The Hondo JV just plain fun, no matter how you slice It
football team staged a thrilling, fourth- From left, they are Diane Alvaret, Nori
quarter comeback to beat Jourdanton at Barry Reyes and Anna Reyes. (Photo by Doug
Field last Thursday (see sports), but for Johnson)
these fans, any game involving the Owls is
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