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HONDO ANVIL HE
/olume 100 Number 29
August 14, 1986
IS Cents
Three Sections, 32 Pages
100 Years
1886 - 1986
HONDO
Hondo’s Laura Reed
named runner-up
City grants four percent rate hike
for garbage collection contractor
By Hour Johnson
After satisfying themselves th.it
loo.il complaints about garbage
pickup ser\ ice tiad been addressed
during the past four months Hondo
Cit\ Council members voted Tues
day night to grant a four percent
rate increase to Browning Ferris
Industries BFI1
The same rate hike request had
tiecn denied the company during the
Council s April 24 meeting This
time the vote was 4 1 in favor, with
Arturo Barrientes dissenting
' We've held our rate for 16
months said BFI marketing rep
resentative Bea Hanley, who told
the Council that the last increase
had come in February 1985 She
addeu that Hondo citizens are
paying less for their garbage
service than do many people in
BFI s 50 other customer cities
around the state
As presented four months ago, the
(four-percent increase would raise
garbage rates charged to the City
by some 17-47 cents per month in the
residential and commercial cate
gories
According to City Manager Mike
Rhea, the City in turn bills Hondo'«
BFI customers its ow n, higher rate
The difference is used to pay for
operations at the City s sanitary
landfill, and for brush pickup Ten
percent of BFI's rates, about $1,500
(>er month, is also rebated to the
City, to offset costs of having the
City do the company 's local billing
and collecting
Hondo first contracted with BFI
in January 1984 Before that, the
City handled garbage pickup on its
own, a system which City officials
say was much more costly than the
present arrangement with private
enterprise.
I haven't had any complaints,''
said Mayor A D Patterson of the
past four month period, adding that
perhaps BFI's followups on service
questions have helped
"The nature of the t siness is
that you re going to get some calls,'
said Hanley, who told the Council
that the company makes about
20.000 stops in Hondo each month
Rhea said that complaints about
garbage service turned in at City
Hall since last April have numbered
“maybe a half a dozen
The next step, as budget making
time for 1986 87 approaches, will be
for the City to decide if it will pass
on the four-percent increase to
Hondo s BFI customers, and if so,
how much
“We've absorbed one," said
Rhea, referring to the February
1985 increase “There's a point
where you have to stop doing that “
Most likely, both residential and
commercial customers will see the
increase on their bills.
Liability Insurance
Hondo has a new liability insur
ance carrier, with greatly expanded
coverage for about the same price
The change came as a necessity,
See "CITY CCTt’NCU..' Page 2
BUTTING HEADS... Hondo Owl offensive
and defensive units square off against one
another Monday afternoon during the first
day of workouts for Texas high schools.
Hondo, with 127 players reporting to its
*
three teams, will be going through two-a-
day s until their first scrimmage on Thursday,
August 21, when Pleasanton visits Barry
Field. (Photo by .Jeff Berger) *
\
THE' HAY LEFT HONDO... by the train carload as the Texas
lay Drive began last Saturday. A delegation of enthusiastic
Marines from Lackland Air Force Base, along with local
/olunteers including the National Guard, moved thousands of
ionated hales that w ill go toward easing the plight of famers
ind ranchers in drought-plagued Georgia, South Carolina,
and Alabama. The largest local contributor in the effort was
farmer Call Lazzell. with 8,000 bales. The event was attended
by many local onlookers and well-wishers, and featured a
visit by State Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower.
(Photo by Doug Johnson)
Again
Bomb hoax empties Courthouse
H> l>o«g Johnvos
Employees in the Medina County
Courthouse received an unexpected
morning off Tuesday the-result of
the second called in bomb threat
hoax se-T here during the past 12
months
According to County Sheriff Alvin
Santleben the call was received at
9 32 a m A secretary in County
Attorney Hunter Schuehle's second-
floor office answered the telephone
and heard a woman's voice say that
a bomb had been placed in the
Counts Attorney s office No time
deadline was specified for when the
alleged bomb was to go off
Immediately notified was the
BOMB SNIFFING IS THIRSTY WORK... especially on a hot
day. Lackland Air Force Base's trained German shepherd
takes a break from searching the Medina County Courthouse
Tuesday for a much-deserved water break. An anonymous
phone caller Tuesday morning warned County officials of a
possible bomb placed in the building, which necessitated eva-
cuation of nil employees and half a day’s lost work time. No
bomb w as foU nd. how ever, and t he Courthouse w as reopened
Tuesday afternoon. (Photo by Doug Johnson)
County Sheriffs Department
which in turn called the Federal
Bureau of Investigations (FBI).
We walked through the building
which is proper procedure. Santle-
ben said, referring to a cursory
search made by him and County
office department heads to see if
anything anywhere looked amiss
Nothing turned up so Santleben
ordered the building evacuated and
(old employees to check back after
lunchtime A three man team from
Lackland Air Force Base in San
Antonio was called to bring out a
dog trained in sniffing out explo
sives w hich set up a reply of events
from Sept 24. 1985 On that day.
Courthouse operations shut down
for an entire day (also a Tuesday
when a male caller said a bomb
woxild go off in the building at 10
a m The team found no bomb
Nothing was found this time
either, in a search of the entire
building that lasted from shortly
before noon to just after 1 p m at
that time, Santleben declared tlie
Courthouse open again and allowed
some 30 County employees to go
back to work
The bomb threat placed County
officials in an awkward position.
Santleben said
"I don't think we re going to find
anything, but we can't take any
chances, he said shortly before the
lackland team arrived
As the Lackland men approached
the building, one of them remarked.
Y all are beginning to make a
habit of this "
Staff Sgt. Robert Dennis too, who
ied the team, had made the trip to
Hondo before, for the bomb search
in September last year Sgt Robert
Fields (who handled the dog) and
AC Richard Thomas had not
For County employees, Tuesday s
bomb threat represented* half day
of lost effort For citizens who came
to conduct business in any of the
Courthouse offices, it meant a
surprising and unwelcome delay
Many of them had come from out of
town
One man. who was standing
among the crowd waiting for the
building to be re-opened after 1
p m . said he was from Idaho Falls.
Idaho and just happened to be in
Hondo Tuesday to take care of
something involving land he owned
in Medina County
At the time, he did not know if the
Courthouse would re-open that day
Hondo Junior Miss, I*ura Reed,
was selected as first runner up in
the 1986 Texas Junior Miss program
in New Braunfels Saturday, Aug 9
As first runner-up she could wear
the state title if the current holder is
unable to continue her position or if
she advances to America's Junior
Miss.
“It was wonderful," said Laura of
her experiences at the week-long
Texas scholarship pageant in New
Braunfels. It was definitely not a
beauty pageant.
She will receive $37,790 in cash
and college scholarships, including
a scholarship worth $300 per
semester from Texas Lutheran
College, as well as savings bonds
from a New Braunfels bank
In preliminary events, Laura was
selected the creative and perform
ing arts winner on Thursday and on
Friday she was the youth fitness
winner.
Laura, a senior at Hondo High
School, is the daughter of Dr and
Mrs Robert Reed of Quihi
Kayse Kendall of Garland was
selected as the 1987 Texas Junior
Miss
She will receive scholarships
totaling $154,370, of which $3,750 are
cash scholarships Miss Kendall
also will receive a medallion, a
diamond and- ruby ring, a plaque
and flowers.
Miss Kendall also w as selected as
the Spirit of Junior Miss, an honor
selected by the participants. For
this, sMb will receive a $500 cash
scholarship, a necklace and a
balloon bouquet
Miss Kendall, the daughter of
John and Marcia Kendall of Gar-
land. is a student at Garland High
School She has been involved in the
Academic Decathlon, choir Latin
Club and Drama Club. She has been
selected to the school's honor roil
and has received a Latin Club
excellence award
Miss Kendall will follow in the
footsteps of 1986 Texas Junior Miss
Margo Whitt of San Antonio as the
Texas representative to the Ameri-
ca's Junior Miss program next
year Miss Whitt participated in the
national program in June where she
won $5,000 in scholarship money.
The 1985 Texas Junior Miss,
Valerie Lowrance of Seguin, went
on to be selected the 1985 America's
Junior Miss
State Chairperson Billy Dees said
Miss Kendall is “a super girl. We’re
very pleased She’s a good candi-
date (for the national contest).”
Several other girls won awards
during Saturday night’s program.
Devine s Junior Miss Shari Cowan
received a scholarship for $750 per
semester from Incarnate Word
College
Second runner-up Jenny Gibbons
of Seguin will receive $36,190 in cash
and college scholarships. The third
runner-up. Hill Country Junior Miss
nancy Rector from Kerrville, will
receive $33,340 in cash and college
scholarships The fourth runner-up.
Permian Basin Junior Miss Lori
Bloodworth of Odessa, will receive
$32,940 in cash and college scholar-
See LAI KA REED.” Cage 2
Renovation estimate
bid invitations soon
By Doug Johnson
The cost estimate came down this
week on the Medina County Court-
house renovation project
County Commissioners are now
looking at an outlay of around
$630,000 to give the 93-year-old
building its first complete internal
overhaul of the past four decades
They decided Monday that the
projected cost is close enough to
their intended $500,000 cap to go
ahead with soliciting construction
bids
We \re sampling you
This edition of the Hondo Anvil
Herald is being sent to boxholders
throughout Medina County as a
special sample Included in the
issue is a special Back-to-School
section (lilt'd with values
The Anvil Herald covers news of
county interest on a weekly basis
and would like to have you as a
subscriber If you would like to try
us, please send in the coupon on
page 5 with $2 00 for a special
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In addition to excellent news
coverage, each edition contains
many advertising values to help
you be a better shopper We look
forward to adding you to our list of
subscribers
Last w eek. Commissioners looked
at a 45 page itemized estimate
which was presented by project
architect Jesse Fernandez. TTiey
were both disappointed and horri-
fied to see a big $794,623 on the
bottom line. That figure was nearly
$300.00 too much.
Fernandez explained Monday
that the total was brought down by
having electrical and structural
experts review the whole estimate,
line by line Some previous errors
made in processing information by
computer were discovered and
some other items were revised
downward without having to cut
any thing at this time.
“This now reflects the cost
estimate of $650,000 to $660,000 you
were given in February," Fernan-
dez said
The current estimate, of $632,125.
breaks down to $44.51 per square
foot. “if we w ere to accept the plans
as they are he said You can t do a
house for that amount any more.
Fernandez added that some items
in the project can be bid as
deductibles, and then cut out as
needed if the total offered construe
See-ClJMMISSIOKERS.” Page 3
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