Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 13, 1986 Page: 1 of 26
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HONDO ANVIL
Volume 100 Number 46
November 13, 1986
25 Cents
Two Sections, 26 Pages
100 Years
HONDO
HONDO’S FOOTBALL SW FFTHEART... Southside game by varsity team captains
for 19X6 is senior cheerleader and band Beau Nan De Walle (33) and Sonny Porter
member laiura Reed. She was selected for (69». (Photo by Doug Johnson)
the honor during last Friday night's Hondo-
Honclo V*. IVurxall Friday...
Owls take to the playoffs
By JefT Berger
There just *imu any wav ihe
Hondo Owls wets going to he
denied a berth m the W*6 football
plavotts
f irst off. Hondo s been to the
playoffs now tor a record M times
iand maybe 35). Plus, the Owls
missed postseason action in 1985
for the first time stive 1979. and
thev haven t missed out on the play
offs for two straight sears viree
i960 aiKl t>l
Tickets available non
’Tickets for the Pearsall Hondo
bi district matt.hup aie currently on
sale at the HIS1) office at 2t>08
Avenue H
All season tiAet holders have
until this afternoon : Thursday i at 4
pm to puk up their play> ft
tic ket>
Any unclaimed seats .is of that
Sales tax revenues still up in Medina County
By Doug Johnson
So. with a District 27-AAA
runner-up spot Unitbed, the Owls
will enter bi district plav this Friday'
night ssith the Pearsall Mavericks
Ihe game will he played at Barry
f ield this Friday at 8 pm The
rebroadcast of the game.may he
heard Saturdas morning at S 05 on
KRMF. 1460 AM
Pearsall, the District 28-AAA
champion, comes into the match,
its "Vd with Hondo, with a 6 4
season record, hut that includes a 5
time will go on sale to the general
public.
Ticket prices are S4 for adults and
S2 for students, with all gate
admissions $4
It shiHild he crowded this Friday
night at Barry Field, as all of
Pearsalls tickets have been sold
Plans moving ahead
for Courthouse project
By Doug Johnson
Although much of Texas seems
to be suffering from a general
economic malaise, in Medina
County at least people are still
buying things
According to information released
last Friday bs State Comptroller
Bob Bulled s office, sales tax
revenues here for the November
rebate pavment biought back
$73,153 77 tei the five incorporated
cities Dividing the loot in varying
U] the weather ..1
The Hondo Radar Station has
supplied the following weather
information for this past week
Hilih
low
Ram
Wed. Nov 5
6 7
49
.00
Thu., Nov. OS
63
4'
.21
Fn., Nov. 7
65
sS
11
Sa(.. Nov 8
■ 76
56
.02
Sun., Nov 9
-V7
60
.00
Mon., Nov 10
77
57
.06
Tue.. Nov 11
69
43
44
Avg. high temp, for the week: 70.6 *
Avg. low temp, for the week: 52.4
High temp, for 1986: 106, on
Aug. 19
Low temp, for 1986: 26, on
Jan. 20 and Feb. 11
Total rain for Nov.: 1.18 inches
Total rain for 1986: 31.24 inches
Rain for year 1985, thru
Nov. 11: 29.23 inches
amounts were Hondo, Devine.
Castroville. Natalia and L a Coste.
Checks sent out for the month
represent taxes collected on sales
made in September and reported to
the Comptroller's office by Oct- 20
Hie amounts sent back are
determined on a pro-rated basis for
each town or city which levies its
own one-cent tax on top of the
state s 4 125-cent sales tax.
November's figure for Medina
County was down 2.35 percent
from $74,917.40 received for the
five cities during the same month
last year. For all of 1986 so far,
however, a total of $553,942.89
received back is still 7.67 percent
ahead of $514,495.33 over this
much of 1985.
Hondo at the top
Hondo, as usual because of its
status as the largest local town,
headed the list for Medina County
cities, all of which are still ahead
on sales taxes for the year
The November rebate check to
the City of (Hondo was tor
$32,831.47. Thiit was down 2.2
percent from $33,569.50 received in
November a year ago, but year
1986 as a whole looks better. A
total of $259,614.57 is up 6.91
percent from $242,824.64 through
11 months of 1985.
Figured from the county’s total,
Hondo by itself accounted for 44.9
percent of all the sales tax rebates
to Medina County cities for Nov-
0 district mark. So obviously, Pear-
sall is a team that has gotten better
as the season's pnvgressed
Pearsall's giX a solid club on
both oftense and defense," said
Hondo coach Butch Porter "They
have good personnel in the back
field, and they have a big line
We expect a very phvsical ball
game Friday
livery team starts with an
offense, and every offense starts
with a quarterback
For Pearsall. Daniel Cantu, a
175-pound senior, is a gixxl man
for coach Jerald kletfs \N ing-Y.
He can run and throw the ball
equally well, said Pixter
Behind him. in the backfield, are
two more gk*xi ones, in fullback
Matt Davis and halfback Fly
Gonzales
At the wide receiver spots are a
couple of quick 165-pound juniors
Bryant Cleveland is at the spin end
post, and Adam Adame is the
BI DM Kk'l Pug, ■:
ember. It also has produced 46.9
percent of all sales tax activity in
the county for this year so far
Dev ine
'The second-largest town in the
county, I\‘vine took its customary
second place in the sale tax
department tor November.
Devines rebate was $28."97.52.
down a slight 0 29 percent from
$28,880.91 in November 1985
But year totals there are still up.
with $194,649.23 through II
months of 1986 exceeding
$185,252.46 at the same point last
year by 5.07 percent.
When added together, the statis-
tics show that Hondo and Devine
accounted for 84.2 (szreent of all the
Medina County sales tax rebates for
this month, and 82 percent of all
the sales tax pay ments here for (he
year.
Castroville
Ihe town of Castroville remains
the one w ith the fastest yearly sales
tax growth rate in the county, but
November 1986 was a little off.
A rebate check for this month
totaled $6,917.49, a figure down
10.2 percent from $7,703.49
received in November one year ago.
For the year, though, Castroville
has amassed $72,008.54 in sales
tax payments, up a healthy 16.38
percent from $61,872.42 through
this much of 1985
The "are we going to doing it or
not?" question has been floating
around ever since Medina County
Commissioners gasped in dismay at
the price, but a newly-trimmed
County Courthouse renovation pro-
ject seems to be "on" once again.
Meeting Monday afternoon this
week in regular session. Com-
missioners heard an updated
proposal from architect Jesse
Fernandez which would slash nearly
$200,000 from a $696,000
construction bid submitted on Sept
22 by Merkin Construction Co. of
San Antonio. Merkins was the
lower of two bids received.
After negotiating with the
prospective contractor, Fernandez's
estimate this time is for $500,170.
That price is just a hair above the
$500,000 spending cap that
Commissioners placed on the
project (and in the architect's
contract) last year when plans
began
Cuts, cuts and more cuts
"This the best 1 think we can
come up with," said Fernandez.
Most of the items removed from
the original project plans affect
elimination or quality of finishes
and aesthetic touches, but dose tabs
will have to be kept to make sure
the price comes in where predicted.
If it were to be accepted, wed
have to rework the plans and
ii*.mze everything,” Fernandez said.
Because the architect s contract and
fees (about $35,000) have already
been paid for, the extra work on
plans will not cost the County any
more.
Although they made no voted
decision. Commissioners by verbal
consensus instructed Fernandez to
continue working with Merkin. The
contractor has agreed to extend a 45-
day limit on his bid, which would
have run out list Sunday (Nov. 9).
"I don't see any sense in delaying
again," said Pet. 4 Commissioner
Henry Briscoe, adding that, T don't
know what else to cut out"
What comes out
In reworking the renovation
plans, practically all of the modem
tzing features required by newer fire
and handicapped access axles will
have to remain unchanged.
The 93-year-old Courthouse build-
ing will still need such safety items
Natalia and La Coste
Taking a look at the month-to-
montli battle for fourth place in
Medina County's sales tax sweep
stakes, Nataha came out the winner
this month.
That town s rebate for November
was $2,475.72. And with a 6.82-
percent growth from $2,317 72 for
the same month list year, Natalia
was the only municipality to show
a gain over November 1985 Year
totals there for 198o are
$14,197.56, up 14.73 percent.
For La Coste, November tins
year represented a payment of
$2,131.57, and a 12.85-percent
dropoff from the same month list
year.
Totals for 1986 there now stand
at $13,472.99, up 10.r>9 percent
from the $12,171.48 reported
through 11 months of 1985.
Southwest Texas
The sales tax gains in Medina
County were not reflected every-
w here in this area. Rather, there
were mixed ups and downs, both for
November and for the year.
Following is a summary of some
area towns which border Medina
County, with amounts of rebate
checks received for tins month and
totals for 1986, and percentage
comparisons with list year:
(Atascosa Co.) -- Pleasanton:
$61,581.62 for Nov., $468,358.52
Sec SALTS I AXES, Page 2
as a new- exterior Fire escape, an en-
closure for the third-floor stair well,
emergency lighting, exit signage,
new electrical wiring and smoke
detectors
For handicapped access, there will
have to be constructed or provided
additional wheelchair ramps at
entrances, curb cuts, designated
parking areas, drinking fountains
and. most expensively, an elevator.
In just fixing up the building to
help it ward off the effects of
decades of aging, the Courthouse
will need new plumbing systems,
bathroom fixtures (example: no
more trough urinals in the men s
restrooms), and insulation for
energy efficiency.
Another high-price item will be
central air-conditioning and heating,
to replace outmoded window AC
units, and hazardous gas space
heaters.
The Counhouse also has some
structural problems - the need to
strengthen floors where heavy
record books are kept and
eliminating seepage of water under
In case you're wondering if there
will be a vote recount for the Pet. 3
Justice of the Peace race^ between
Republican winner George Ernst
and Democrat loser Irma L Torrez,
the answer is no.
According to County Clerk Anna
Van De Walle, the Texas state
election codes do not allow for a
vote recount in this case because
the margin of victory was too large.
If the difference .between the
number of votes is more than 10
percent. Van De Walle said, the
losing candidate is not eligible to
request a recount.
Ernst, the incumbent, won the
local election by a 1,205-1,033
tally. The margin. 1~2 votes,
represented 16.65 percent of
Torrezs total, comfortably above
the 10-percent level.
All the votes in Medina County's
portion of last Tuesday’s (Nov.)
general election, including those of
the JP 3 race, were canvassed on
Monday this week by County
Commissioners. They noted no
changes in the totals.
Torrez led her race with Ernst for
most of the way during counting of
votes the night of the election,
based on the order in which the
voting precincts turned in their
results.
Trailing by 200 votes (969-769)
with one box left to count. Ernst
rallied with a 436-64 advantage in
Noting Precinct No. 3 (SNV
Hondo) to gain his final winning
margin. Torrez has reportedly
the foundation, which has caused
some settling and cracking
Because the project affects a hist-
orically significant building, all
architectural plans have to be
approved by the Texas State
Historical Commission.
A total of $58,000 in reductions
could be made right away, because
they were included in Merkin's bid
only as deductive alternates.
Deletion of some finishes on
walls (ceramic tile, wood wains-
cotting, wall paneling) could save
$21,000 with effect mainly to
appearance. Fernandez said.
Another $37,000 in savings
could come from not replacing the
District Courtroom balcony, which
was originally removed in the
1950s.
Other items outlined in Fernan-
dez's deletion plan included:
- Moving one wheelchair ramp
from the front entrance to the west
entrance (savings of $12,500);
- Leaving out interior office
See RENOVATION, Page 2
questioned the length of time taken
in counting the last box, which
went unreperted until just after 1
a.m. the next day (Wed., Nov. 5).
A San Antonio Express-News
story which was published last
Friday stated that Medina County
"election officials said the counting
of the Voting Pet. No. 3 box was
not completed until 1:10 a.m.
Wednesday because of a
misunderstanding about the
counting process by election
judges," and that "the judges
thought the county clerk's office
tallied the straight-party voting at
the courthouse after the boxes were
brought in."
Van De Walle said that the story
"made it seem like their precinct
(No. 3) had a problem in tallying
the straight party ticket. That was
not the case." (See letter to the
editor, page 4)
•The Express-News story also
stated that Torrez asked for a
recount in her May 3 Democratic
primary victory over William R
"Gizmo" Freeman. When his
original losing margin of 56 votes
was dropped in canvassing to 16
votes because of a vote reporting
error. Freeman requested a recount,
which subsequently reduced Torrez's
margin to just 11 votes.
Ihe 50-vote discrepancy at the
time prompted Torrez to make
allegations against N an De ^Valle
for election results tampering, of
which the County Clerk was later
cleared.
D'HANIS' FOOTBALL SWEETHEART... for 1986 is
Adelita Rermea, w ho was crowned Satin day night at
halftime of the Cowboys' game with Center Point. Bermea
is escorted by D'llanLs varsity captains Sam Lovett (72) and
Stacy Ixipez (33). (Photo by Sharon Reagan)
No recount scheduled
for JP 3 election race
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