Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 106, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 10, 1992 Page: 1 of 20
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HISD taxes to be set
at Sept. 22 meeting
A tax hearing held Thursday by the
Hondo Independent School District
Board of Trustees drew a small con-
tingent of local citizens-just four.
The board is now preparing to in-
crease local school taxes from 300 to
330 per $100 valuation.
That increase is expected to take
place when the board next meets on
Tues., Sept. 22, at 7:30 p.m. in the
Hondo High School Library.
Included with the tax rate of920 set
Tuesday by the Medina County Cen-
tral Education District, HISD taxpay-
ers will be paying out $1.25 per $100
in the 1992-93 school year, if the
measure is adopted on the 22nd.
Because of state mandates, the
increase, which will effectively talr<»
taxes from $1.15 to $1.25 for this
year, is expected to be adopted.
ALso at Thursday's meeting, the
board voted not to make an exception
Orientation
Orientation for parents of third
graders will be held Monday, Sept.
14, at 7 p.m.
Fourth grade parents will have ori-
entation Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 7 p.m.
Orientations will include a "Posi-
tive Action" assembly in the cafeteria
at 7:35. Also, information will be
given to parents concerning the possi-
bility of starting a Parent/Teacher
organization.
in the HISD student dress code. A
request had been made at an earlier
meeting to make an exception in the
school's hair code by the parents of a
boy in kindergarten, whose long hair
length is attributed to religious belief.
The board also voted to officially
adopta managementplan, as required
in Senate Bill 1. The HISD had al-
ready been involved in site base
management, but each campus plan
wasn't necessarily in writing. Now,
each HISD campus has its annual
goals and objectives in writing.
Campus plans may be inspected by
the public in each school office dur-
ing school hours.
Also approved was the substitute
teacher list for 1992-93.
Supt. N.E. Woolls was authorized
to contract with the law firm Walsh,
Judge, Anderson, Underwood, and
Schulze, when and if needed.
D'Hanis ISD
to set tax rate
The D'Hanis ISD Board of Trustees
will meet Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 7:30
p.m. at D'Hanis High School to set a
tax rate for the 1992-93 school year.
Gudas hired as
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airport consultant
Dan Gudas, d/b/a Airport Consult-
ing Service, was hired Tuesday night
by the Hondo City Council as an
assistant airport manager on a two-
day-week basis.
The contract becomes effective
October 1 pending wording changes
in the contract These changes are to
be worked out by City Manager Mike
Rhea, City Attorney Albert Ro-
driguez, Dan Gudas and his attorney.
In his initial letter about the posi-
tion, Gudas said: "As you know,
Airport Consulting Service is a
broad based aviation company with
over 40 years experience in aviation
business. We are well versed in air-
ports of all sizes and have a re-
spected reputation and posses a solid
working background of the other
major facets of the aviation industry.
"We propose to provide to the City
of Hondo, through the city manager,
all the functions of airport operations
and management. These functions
shall include:
Airport planning and develop-
ment, administration, financial man-
agement and planning, leases and
contracts, airport tenant and user re-
lations, coordination with State and
Federal aviation officials, airport
operations and maintenance and
community liaison.
"The above listed functions will
be performed in a manner which
will allow us to focus on several
main concerns: 1) the promotion and
development of new aviation related
industry, 2) the enhancement of the
airport's image (both airside and
landside) and 3) airport administra-
tion.
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The Hondo Radar Station reports the follow-
ing weather information for the pad week:
Date
Wed., Sept. 2
Thu., Sept. 3
Fri., Sept. 4
Sat., Sept. 5
Sun., Sept 6
Mon., Sept. 7
Tue., Sept 8
The contract will be on a one year
basis and will be paid at a rate of
$9,600 per annum. Gudas "will
commit to two days per week on-
site, direct and personal involvement
averaged over the year. This time
allocation is in addition to ACS in-
house efforts in San Antonio and the
expected regular telephone/telefax
communication between Hondo and
ACS."
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Brian Black
Brian Black featured
headliner at MC Fair
The name is familiar to Country/
Western fans, but the singing is a
style of its own. It definitely is Brian
Black, not his famous brother Clint.
Country Spirit Magazine says
abouthim: "Brian can definitely hold
his own when it comes to singing
country "music ahd winning the re-
spect of the people he entertains all
>y himself."
Medina County and area residents
will have the opportunity to judge
Brian for themselves at the 1992
Medina County Fair on Sept. 19-20.
Black, along with his five-piece
band, will provide the music and
entertainment for the free Saturday
night dance at the Fair.
He will play and sing from 7 to 11
p.m. when the Fair activities close
or the first night.
Black's band is comprised of:
Marty Smith on bass guitar, Don
Crider on steel guitar, Wesley Cor-
noron lead guitar, Roy (Weber) Lee
on keyboards, Richard "RJ" Jacob
on drums, Gary Faile as sound engi-
neer and Allen Prince as technician.
Besides acoustic guitar, Brian also
plays harmonica with his band.
Brii^Black is a man on the move
breaking attendance records at rodwf
dances and county fairs since his
professional appearance in 1989.
In January of 1992 the Abilene Re-
porter said of Black, "He doesn't
have a label yet and isn't trying to get
in the back door at RCA....but from
waltzes to breakneck two-steppers,
he already has a wide sampling of
material that should make a strong
debut recording."
Brian Black performed at the
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
kick-off dance in January 1991. Prior
to his appearance, the record was
12,000. He sang before 16,000 rodeo
fans.
City approves
enterprise zone,
tax abatements
The Hondo City Council Tuesday
night approved an area of the city as
an Enterprise Zone and agreed to tax
abatements for designated projects
operating in that area.
Council also appioved an ordi-
nance designating the zone and de-
claring it a reinvestment zone also.
The ordinance states: "the City
Council of the City of Hondo, Texas
desires to create the proper economic
and social environment to induce the
investment of private resources in
productive business enterprises lo-
cated in severely distressed areas of
the city and to provide employment
to residents of such area."
The city can designate no more
than four industries per year as an
Enterprise Zone project, and these
must meet certain criteria.
One of the main requirements is
employing a minimun of 25 percent
of its employees from the zone.
On tax abatements it was stressed
that abatements are given on im-
provements only and certain invest-
ment monies are required before
abatements can be given.
These tax abatements will be as
follows.
$100,000 Investment-plus 10
jobs-Year One-50 percent; Year
Two-40 percent; Year Three-30
percent; Year Four-20 percent; and
Year Five-10 percent.
$250,000 Investment plus lOjobs-
- Ye ar One-100 percent; Year T wo-
80 percent; Year Three-60 percent;
Year Four-40 percent; and Year
Five-20 percent.
$1,000,000 Investment plus 10
jobs-Year One-100 percent; Year
Two-100 percent; Year Three-75
percent; Year Four-50 percent; and
Year Five 25 percent.
Other incentives, most of which
are on the books at the present time,
are also being offered.
A map of the designated Enterprise
Zone is posted on the bulletin board
at City Hall and the public is wel-
come to view it.
Tuesday night’s action completed
the Council’s work on a local basis.
All materials are now in the hands of
Judy Knox of Langford & Associates
in Austin. Ms. Knox will take the
application through the Texas De-
partment of Commerce.
Ms. Knox and her firm have been
hired by the Medina Economic De-
velopment Foundation.
City Councilman Bill Cogburn
said, "this action now gives the City
of Hondo a valuable tool in its efforts
to attract industry."
Assault charges filed
against 15-year-old
Four arrested on indictments
Acting upon Grand Jury indict-
ments handed down last Tuesday, the
Hondo Police Department arrested
four individuals on charges of pos-
session and distribution of cocaine.
Several other indictments have not
yet been served that are related to the
on-going investigations, according to
Police Chief Joe Aynesworth.
Porfirio Benavides, 43, and Dora
Benavides, 33, both of Hondo, were
arrested Thursday. Officers found 29
bags of cocaine and two bags of
marijuana at their residence during
the arrest
Porfirio Benavides remains in
Medina County Jail in lieu of $25,000
surety bond. Dora Benavides was re-
leased on a $25,000 surety bond.
Angel Robles, 35, of Hondo was ar-
rested on cocaine possession and dis-
tribution charges. He has been re-
leased on a $25,000 surety bond.
On Friday, Sept. 4, Jimmy Joe
Sanchez, 25, of Hondo was arrested
and charged with delivery of a con-
trolled substance. He remains in
Medina County Jail in lieu of $25,000
surety bond
"These arrests were all directly
related to indictments that resulted
from undercover narcotics operations
conducted by our officers," said
Chief Aynesworth.
He said that other indictments are
pending, but have not been served.
Other arrests
"The amount of activity we had
over this particular weekend was
awful," Aynesworth said. Officers
answered 95 calls over the period
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A 15-year-old Castroville youth
will be tried under the determinate
sentencing provision of the Family
Code on four counts of aggravated
sexual assault. The Medina County
Grand Jury approved a petition Tues-
day to certify the youth for trial.
Determinate sentencing, according
to County Attorney Maida Modgling,
is a compromise between the juvenile
justice system and the adult system.
Under this provision, if a conviction
is obtained, the judge can sentence the
offender to up to four years in Texas
Youth Council. Shortly before his
18th birthday, he is brought back to
the court and the judge will consider
the evidence and decide whether the
offender can be released or should be
sent to the adult system. He could
serve as long as 40 years.
Modgling, Castroville Police In-
vestigator Dick Bowles and Juvenile
Officer Jeff Parsons presented the
evidence to the Grand Jury,
The youth allegedly sexually
abused several children, ages 8 to 13,
as part of an initiation into his "club."
A second youth, age 14, will be
brought before juvenile court Sept.
17. The investigation determined that
this youth did not have as much
control or charge of the situation.
According to the county attorney,
the reported assaults were thoroughly
investigated after a victim told an
adult who reported it to Castroville
police. The children were apparently
befriended by the older boy in a
church-related setting. All victims
are currently in family counseling
and are being helped, she said.
Public hearing on county tax
fails to attract a single person
High
Low
Rain
96
76
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97
71
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95
69
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95
73
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93
74
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94
74
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94
71
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Total raia for the week: 0.01 inchei
Total raia for September 0.01 iachet
Total rain for 1992:35.92 inchei
Rainy dayi in 1992:75
Avg. high temp, for the week: 95.4°
Avg. low temp, for the week: 72.6°
High temp, for 1992:97s on July 1, Sept. 3
Low temp, for 1992:27° on January 16
Rain in 1991, dint Sept. 8:21.35 in.
Rain in 1990, Utra Sept. 8:21.02 in.
Medina County Commissioners
Court Wednesday held a public
hearing on its proposal to raise the tax
rate and not a single citizen appeared
to express an opinion.
The new tax proposal calls for a
tax rate of .4549 per $100 value for an
increase of 6.5 percent This means a
.0458 (four and one/half cents) on
each $100 taxable valuation.
Commissioners will vote on the
new tax rate on September 21st at 10
a.m.
In other action the Court:
—Approved the issuance of time
warrants in the amount of $27,950
for the payment of remodeling the
Juvenile Detention Center. Pete
Clawson Jr. of Devine was awarded
the contract previously.
—Abram Duque was appointed to
serve as alternate judge atVoting Pre-
cinct 11 on a one time basis .He tem-
porarily replaces Linda Higby.
—Approved the payment of judge
and clerk who will work an extra 17
hours in extended early voting. This
work will be on Saturday, September
24 (12 hours) and Sunday September
25 (five hours) when the early voting
office will be open at the Court-
house.
These employees will not be eli-
gible for overtime since they fall
undera state ruling that says no over-
time if employee works for the same
agency in a different job occasionally
or sporadically.
—Held a pre-bid conference with
fuel and oil vendors to make certain
the bid sheet covers everything it
needs to. Last year some vendors
were confused on certain portions of
the bid sheet
—Gave final approval to a plat for
the Scotty Steen Subdivision four
miles north of Devine.
—Reviewed these personnel ac-
tions: Probation-Hermania Ro-
driguez, transfer.
MANY YEARS OF SERVICE... Nine members of the Hondo Lions Club, including two not pictured, were
presented with multi-year pins at a recent club meeting. Pictured are (front row, from left) Jack Winkler (40
years in Lions Club), Dr. John Jennings (40 years), and Weldon McWhirter (15 years); (back row) Dr. John
Meyer (10), Dr. Thomas Tompkins (20), John Melton (15), and Charles Carlson (15). Not pictured are
James Tschirhart and Dr. John Windrow (both 25 years).
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