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Page 2, The Hondo Anvil Herald. Thursday, September 9.1982
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Summer recorded as third driest
Ifr'tld' Otitic
Dear Pam.
The Directors of the Hon-
do Chamber of Commerce
wish to thank you Pam. The
Anvil Herald and Terry
Teague for the outstanding
coverage of the Junior Miss
Scholarship program
We appreciate and thank
all the businesses who sup-
ported the event by giving
either scholarships, contri-
butions. and-or certificates
We also thank the com-
mittee composed of Riva
Boubel. Ann Reese, Steve
Kosub. Harley Eckhart,
Kevin Bader. Clyde Mod-
gling. Joel Owens, and Linda
and Bill Butler for the many
hours of work and personal
attention given to the girls.
The Chamber is proud to
sponsor a program focusing
on thq good qualities and
talents of the youth of
Hondo
Sincerely,
Rosie Aelvoet
President of the
Chamber of Commerce
As of Thursday. Septem-
ber 2, the City of Castroville
had a completely new police
force when a new chief of
police and two patrolmen
were swom-in.
The new police depart-
ment consists of Chief Hayes
Douglas "Doug" Hargis, 34.
a seven-year veteran of the
San Antonio Police Depart-
ment; patrolmen, Jose
Obregon, former Dilley po-
lice chief, and Lewis
Anthony Street, 28, ah Air
Police office with the U S.
Air Force in San Antonio
The three were chosen
from a field of 19 applicants,
only two or three of which
were from Medina County,
according to Castroville Ma-
yor Charles Green Green
said he was pleased with the
quality of the men who had
submitted applications, most
of whom were from San
Antonio.
On Wednesday evening
the City Council hired the
three new police officers
after the entire police de-
partment had resigned on
August 24 when, in order to
cut back on budget ex-
penses, the City Council
decided not to hire a replace-
ment for an officer who had
submitted his resignation.
The police department per-
sonnel maintained that a
four-man police department
was a necessity and that
budget cuts should be made
elsewhere
After the resignations
were tendered and accepted,
members of the City Council
appeared before the Medina
County Commissioners
Court to request a Sheriff’s
deputy be assigned to the
Castroville area The Com-
missioners approved the re-
quest and, during the in-
terim period when Castro-
ville had no police force,
assigned a deputy to patrol
the city.
More about...
Sparks
Judged events include livestock, crops, hom;
arts, a corn shucking contest and fiddlers contest.
And...if you aren't getting fed at home you'll
find enough food and drink at the Medina County
Fair to fill you for two weeks!
THE CAF AIR SHO
. will be staged at the Hondo Airbase the
Sunday following the Fair. Advance tickets for
the event are $5 and can be purchased locally at
the Hondo Chamber of Commerce.
No one In Medina County has any reason to say
"there's nothing to do around here" during the
last two weekends in September!
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PROPERTY TAXES—
GOOD INTENTIONS AREN’T ENOUGH
I want to talk this week
about taxes and good intentions
As I travel around Texas. I
notice that what's known as
the Peveto Bill is the subject of
much talk and controversy
This bill, named after state
representative Wayne Peveto.
is a tax reform law legislation
of the best intention
The law was designed to
end confusion and unfairness
in the way property taxes were
assessed Pr-operty was often
on different tax rolls at dif-
ferent values Older prop."..-,
went years, sometimes dc.
ades. without being revalued
or updated New construction
and newly sold property was
on the rolls at more correct
values and so people who
owned it paid a higher share of
taxes Some property was sim-
ply left off the rolls entirely
The system was confusing and
inequitable
In an attempt to corrept.
these problems, the Peveto Bill
created property tax appraisal
boards for each Texas county
These boards were charged
with the responsibility of set-
Despite near-record lack
of rainfall in the San Antonio
area this summer, water
well levels throughout the
Edwards Underground Wa-
ter District showed only
slight declines at the end of
August, the EUWD office in
San Antonio has announced.
The levels continued a
three-month decline, Tom
Fox, EUWD general man-
ager, pointed out, but the
August drop was only two to
three feet in most index
wells. This summer has been
ting all property at its full
value—as residential or com-
mercial property or as land
used for agricultural-purposes
Taxes could then be levied on
this accurately assessed prop-
erty according to the needs of
the taxing entities.
It sounded good, but it
hasn't worked The biggest
problem is that the people on
the appraisal boards are ap-
pointed. not elected They are
not accountable to the tax-
payers So now we have a
new. faceless bureaucracy to
deal with. It amounts to taxa-
tion without representation.
My opponent has been on
both sides of this issue, first
supporting the bill in the legos
lature—then doing an about-
face and calling it bad legisla-
tion after it was passed
The Peveto Bill, though
well-intentioned, has created
problems which must be dealt
with in the next legislature and
as your next Lt Governor. I
will do just that It you have
any thoughts on this subject,
please write me at 1213 W
34th. Austin. 78703
George W Strakc. Jr
Paid Political Advcrtisc-nicni Tevan- lor Slrakc 12! * W 44ih
Street Austin Texas 1X765 H.ixarJ l-ricdman Treasurer
the third driest on record.
Spring flow in New Braun-
fels and San Marcos drop-
ped. Comal Springs were
down 46 cubic feet per
second to a flow of 204 cfs,
well below the average flow
of 299 cfs. San Marcos
Springs at the end of the
month had dropped 9.5 cfs to
a flow of 117.5 cfs, compared
to the average of 168 cfs.
Following are the water
well levels at the end of
August, shown in altitude
above mean sea level, with
Castroville has new policemen
Mesquite trees
Nobody has written a
memorable poem on the
mesquite. Yet the mesquite
has entered into the social,
economic, and aesthetic life
of the land. It has made
history and has been painted
by artists.
In the chronicles of Me-
dina County, the mesquite's
thorns stick, roots burn into
bright coals, trunks make
fence posts and corrals, and
leaves glisten.
Mesquite trees are rela-
tively small, scraggly, miss-
hapen and seem to be every-
where. The branches of the
mesquite are a favorite for
heating and cooking The
wood is especially sought for
barbecuing meat and cooks
claim no other wood gives
their meat such a fine flavor
In yesteryear, the mes-
quite was used extensively
by early explorers and by
the Indians.
The boiled root of t,he
mesquite made a medicine
for stomach pains and aches
The roots also served as an
effective dressing for minor
wounds The mesquite
leaves were used for poul-
tices and early settlers
boiied them with clothing to
make the clothes white and
clean Hat wearers also dis-
covered that placing mes-
quite leaves in the crowns of
their hats kept the head cool
during hot, summer days >
The Indians were the first
to pulverize the mesquite
bean in their Metates
(grinders) and made an ex-
cellent flour When it was
mixed with sweetened wa-
ter, the Indians had a type of
atole (gruel) The flour,
when thinned with plenty of
water, made a refreshing
drink In addition, the flour
made a palatable bread
Indians called the uncooked
dough Mezquitamal.
Finally, mesquite trees
can be highly accurate when
it comes to weather forecast-
ing After the buds appear,
there is never any frost, and
a particularly heavy crop of
beans means a fierce winter
is imminent
To live beneath this
lovely, yet distinctive, often
pernacious tree and to know
nothing of its significance is
to be cheated out of a part of
life It is but one of a
thousand factors peculiar to
Medina County and to the
land's beautifully wild in-
heritance
I SOCIETY and MSI
Young Homemakers
Hondo Chapter of Young
Homemakers of Texas will
have their membership
party Tuesday, Sept 14 at 7
at Rose Scholtz’s home
Members and interested
guests will meet at the
Homemaking Dept of the
Hondo High School and will
carpool at 6:30.
New officers and com-
mittees elected tor 1982-83
are: president, Diane Gor-
don; vice president, Cindy
Stein; secretary, Cheryl
Muennink; treasurer, Nancy
Beck; and reporter, Judy
Gilliam.
Telephone committee in-
cludes: Cindy Stein, Vicky
Sturm. Laurie Scott and
Phyllis McGuffin
YHT Week will be ob-
served Sept 19-25 as fol-
lows :
Mondav Mayor proclaims
YHT week
Tuesday "Coffee Break
time on KRME
Wednesday assist Fill A
with officers installation
Thursday and Friday -
furnish cookies for teachers
at school
Saturday sponsor 4th
grade Camp Fire group
Sunday recognition by
local churches of YHT
For more information,
please call Diane Gordon,
426-1909 or Cindy Stein,
426-2914
Hondo Anvil Herald
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Puoiished at '601 Ave K, Hondo, Med na County, Texas
Entered at the Post OHtce, Hondo, Texas as Second Class Mail
Published every Thursday in Hondo, Texas, by Associated Texas
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Bill Berger, Publisher
Pam Nester Helvey, Managing Editor
Tony Mendoza, Production Superintendent
Sue Lee, Business Manager
Frances Reitzer Proctor, Office Manager
Bea Koch, Classified Advertising Manager
Billie Ann Burrell, Advertising Compositor
Rose Dominguez, News Compositor
Nora Sanchez, Commercial Printer
Terry Teague, Sports Editor
Kim Adlong, Asst, Adv Compositor
DEADLINES : Advertising Copy 5 p m. Monday
Editorial Copy 2 p.m Tuesday
The Castroville Anvil, Est 1884
The Hondo Herald, Est 1891
Consolidated Oct 17, 1903
The LaCos»e Ledger, Est 1915
Consoi'dated June V 1951
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CHANGE OF ADDRESS FORM
Name _
Former Address .
City, State, Zip _
{he alltime record highs in
parentheses:
Castroville: 685.0 feet,
down 2.8 feet (737.8); Hon-
do: 717.3 feet, down 2.3 feet
(773.8).
Reminisce
September?, 1972
Screwworms were a ma-
jor item on the minds of
ranchers in Medina County,
with a total of 1274 cases
having been reported in the
county. Approximately 50
cases were reported per
week, that number was esti-
mated to be only 10 percent
of the cases that actually
occurrred in the county at
that time. The Mission
Screwworm plant was oper-
ating at full capacity (200
million flies per week) and
the Mexico plant was not
scheduled to begin produc-
ing sterile flies until the fall
of 1973
State Representative
John Poerner attended the
Sept 4 meeting of the Hondo
Chamber of Commerce to
discuss an interim report on
US highway 90 by the Texas
Highway Department which
suggested “that four-lane
arteries be constructed be-
tween towns and modifica-
tions be made on existing
roadways inside present city
limits " No definite time-
table was established for the
work
Septembers, 1967 - 15 years ago
The Hondo Post Office
made plans to observe Pos
tal Services Day on Septem-
ber 19 by encouraging postal
patrons to obtain Zip codes
for all addresses for which
they did not know zip codes
to years ago
Citizens of Medina County
paid their respects to long-
time Judge Ralph Noonan
who died Sept. 3 at the age
of 91. He had served the
people of the county as
county attorney, District At-
torney and County Judge
during his 50 year career.
Jack Finger of DTI an is
authored a glowing account
on the professional baseball
career of his cousin Tommy
Finger
* - -
The Soil Conservation
Service began pushing a new
minimum-tillage conserva-
tion practice designed to
reduce water and air pollu-
tion
The school year did not
begin as usual in 1972 for St
John School Rather than
dead. Catholic-sponsored
education In Hondo had been
"re-channeled to encompass
the needs of young people
and adults, of all denomina-
tions. for the good of the
town "
by Elmer Bader to sue inches
reported by Robert Mumme
The county-wide report was
compiled by Dr O B Taylor
of the Taylor Chapman re-
porting service
Super Save Superette
celebrated its third anmver
sary Owners. Jerome
Decker and Glenn McWilli
ams. planned for a storew ide
sale to observe the event
Good, soaking general
rams covered all Medina
County over the previous
weekend with rainfall vary
ing-from one inch reported
September 6. 1467
W S Porter. Universal
Bundle executive, was
named Hondo's "politest per
son" of the month Mrs
Everett B Vincent, of the
Hondo Business and Profes
sional Women's Club, which
sponsored the monthly
award, presented hinrwith a
posie
A 50 Stetson was won by
John McAnelly, vocational
agriculture teacher at Hondo
High School, when he at
tended the state vocational
teachers meeting in Hous-
ton
West End Baptist Church
celebrated their 72nd anni
versay on Sunday, Aug 25.
with a dinner served on the
church grounds Three
hundred and fifty dollars
was raised for the new
church building fund
new addrm_
City. State, Zip.
Babies
August 30 - Juanita Ester
Rodriguez. M&M Rudolfo
Rodriguez. Hondo. 6 lbs
12' i ozs
September I Tisha
Marie Aguinaga, Ms Diane
TODAY’S THOUGHTS
There Is no road too long to the man who
advances deliberately and without due haste;
there are no honors too distant to the man who
prepares himsell for them with patience.
Jean de la Bruyara
It Is dangerous to abandon one's self to the
luxury of grief; If deprives one of courage, and
even of the wish for recovery.
Henri F. Amiel
There Is no man so good, who, were he to
submit all his thoughts and actions to law,
would nof deserve hanglnq ten limes In his
life.
Montaigne
Man Is nof the creature of circum stances.
Circumstances are the creatures ol men.
Disraeli
Thank You for Allowing Us
To Share These
"Thoughts" with You
102 Gallo Professional Bldg.
QUALITY
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ANSWERS
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from City Hall
By Dr. Dave Palmer
Hondo City Manager
Hondo High School set a
new high record of enroll-
ment neeording to Supt
J'"(1 Barry Opening enroll
ment at HHS was 363 In
1957 the total had been 234
and in 1966 the number was
>4", Meyer Elementary had
553 enrolled and Ijcy School
had 474. with overall enroll
ment totaling 139(1 The pre
mous all time high was 1379
111 1964
25 years ago
Hondo's fighting Aggies
took the Little League charm
pionship penant from the
Green Hornets Friday, Aug
30. after playing four games
in a week long playoff battle
The Aggies team-consisted
of Alfred Henderson, Roy
Perez. Ricky Batot. Clyde
Parsons. Carlos Rodriguez,
Pete l lbrich. Jesse Torres.
Isidro Martinez. Clyde Ease
ler. Jimmie Highsmith.
Larry Neuman. John Doug
las Gravell, Donnie Batot,
Johnny Barrientes, Mark
Miller. Ricky Kilmer and
Gary Clements. Coaches
were Rav Highsmith, John
Gravell and SII <Possy)
Parsons Manager was
Donnie Neuman, who said
parents of the boys had
given him much cooperation
and assistance during the
summer
Aguinaga. D'Hanis, 6 lbs. 5
ozs
September 2 - Thomas
Lowell Proctor, M&M Ryan
Lowell Proctor. Hondo, 8
lbs 5 ozs.
With the shortage of rain during this past
summer, more and more citizens are asking
questions about the supply of water in Hondo to
meet the present needs and-or to provide for
enough water for quality growth for our
community in the future. Some of these questions
and answers follow:
What is the source of supply of water for the
City?
Hondo has three wells that supply the city,
pumping at the rate of 1,100 gallons per minute
(GM> at each well. While the average daily
demand on the dty water system is 1.425 million
gallons per day, during some hot August days,
the peak daily demand for water reached 3.8
million gallons per day. The maximum rated
treating capacity of the dty water system is 4.25
millions gallons per day.
The water comes from the Edwards Aquifer, a
water bearing layer of porous limestone that
permits the movement and storage of large
quantities of water and is characterized by
relatively rapid replenishment or recharge
What are the storage requirements and capa-
rities for storage of water in Hondo?
The Texas Department of Health and the
Texas State Board of Insurance set requirements
for public water supply systems to be state
"approved" and to ensure that a dty secures a
"protected" rating for fire insurance purposes
Total storage (both ground and elevated) must be
equal to the average daily consumption or 185
gallons per capita, whichever is less The elevated
storage must be equivalent to 50 percent of the
average daily consumption or 55 gallons per
capita, whichever is less
Curren y Hondo has two 250,000 gallon
elevated tanks, one on airport property at
Avenue V and the other on 20th Street at Avenue
J for a total of 500,000 gallon elevated storage
tanks There is also a 500,000 gallon ground
storage tank located on airport property at
Spartz Street For an existing population, the
city's storage and capacity is about 200.000
gallons short of required storage capacity For an
expected population of 10,000 by the turn of the
century, the city would need an additional 850,000
ft.illon storage capacity
What is the status of the water distribution
ssstem and Tire hydrants for the dty?
». i
The State Board of Insurance sets require-
ments for fire flows at 1500 gallons per minute
iGPM) in light mercantile (commercial > and
congested residential areas and 750 gallons per
minute in scattered residential areas with a
minimum of 500 GPM in any case Every fire
hydrant should be capable of supplying the
largest fire department pumper that will be
conneded to it
Water mains should be large enough to supply
the fire flows required, no less than eight inches
in merchantile (commercial) areas and no less
than six inches in scattered residential areas
A Iso no six inch dead-end mains should be more
than 1800 feet long and no six inch looped mains
should be more than 3500 feet long (Note that a
"loop" is that between one two-way feed and
another independent two-way feed )
The State Board of Insurance also requires that
fire hydrant locations must meet the following
conditions (1) No strudure should be further
away than 500 feet in a dired line from a fire
hydrant (2 > Hydrant spacing along water mains
should not exceed 600 feet in single family
residential areas and 300 feet in merchantile,
industrial, and heavily congested residential
areas
Besides additional storage. Hondo needs to
install more large diameter mains (8” and 12"
maims > in the inner dty area for adequate
pressure to provide volume for home use and fire
protection and large 12” mains to provide a
looped system to ensure adequate volume and
pressure to be maintained in all areas of Hondo
A Iso since fire hydrant sparing downtown is only
marginal, and in residential areas is too great,
more fire hydrants need to be installed A recent
inventory by Fire Chief John Sturm revealed that
of the dty’s 179 fire hydrants inspected, some 20
need replacing. Since the cost of a new fire
hydrant is nearly $500, it will be some time before
the City is able to replace all of these hydrants.
You are welcome to contad the Water
Department Superintendant, Elmer Faseler, for
more information at 426-2125.
The needs of the dty for more storage for
water, fire hydrant work, and water main
construdion will be discussed at the next City
Coundl meeting on Tuesday, Sept 14, at 7:30
p.m. in the coundl chambers at City Hall.
CONTRIBUTIONS
MADE TO THE HONDO LIBRARY
BUILDING FUND
DURING JULY AND AUGUST
(Contributions of $25.00 or over)
COORS of Del Rio, Inc. $50.00
Medina Valley State Bank, Castroville 25.00
M&M Ramon R. Garda 25.00
Bum is K. Lawrence 25.00
Junior Service League 800.00
M& M John E. Boon 30.00
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