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Are Americans already
forgetting Pearl Harbor?
By Bill Berger
Fifty nine years
ago today most of
us hadn’t even
heard of Pearl Har-
bor, unless we
were connected to
the U.S. Navy
After this date of
December 7, 1941,
we not only knew
where it was, it
was burned into
our minds so that we couldn’t forg et
where we were nor what we wei e
doing, when we heard the news.
Those who can remember that da y
of infamy are now a small minoritj /
among our population, but if we car i
impress future generations with one
lesson of history, it is to stay alert and
be prepared for anything.
There are those who hate the
United States, and the suicide attack
on our ship in Yemen proves the
point. There is word now that our
sailors were standing guard with un-
loaded guns, even though the em-
bassy there had been closed because
of terrorist threats.
It would seem that even the Navy
has forgotten Pearl Harbor.
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Congratulations to the Hondo
Owls for a great football season.
They held up our winning traditions
against tough competition.
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Don’t forget to check out Hondo
stores when you start filling your
Christmas gift list. Everything from
new cars to a box of candy can be found
right here with less travel and crowds.
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The passing of retired Congress-
man Henry B. Gonzalez was covered
in great detail by the San Antonio Ex-
press, and although he did not repre-
sent Medina County during his nearly
four decades of service, he was re-
spected by many of our residents.
Before he ran for public office,
nearly 50 years ago, I had a chance
to meet him. His father was the edi-
tor of La Prensa, a Spanish language
publication in San Antonio. The pa-
per was closing down, and I bought
an old addressing machine from
parks
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Medina County Judge
Pet. 4 Comm issioner
David Montgomery
Kelly Car roll
Medina County Courthouse
1100 16th St., Rm. 101
1100 16th St., Rm. 101
Hondo, TX 78861
Hondo, TX 78861
830-665-8015
830-741-6021
Medina Coutn ty Courthouse
County Commissioners
1100 16th Si.
Pet. 1 Commissioner
Hondo Tx 71)861
Royce Hartmann
Switchboar d - 830-741-6000
1100 16th St., Rm. 101
County Clerk
Hondo, TX 78861
Kathy Wilkins-741-6041
830-741-6016
County Extension Office
Pet. 2 Commissioner
Wayne Scholn - 741-6180
Stanley Keller, Jr.
Sandy Kunk>sl -741-6180
1312 Geneva St.
County Attorne y
Castrovi lie, TX 78009
Ralph Bernsen - 741 -6080
830-931-4(00
County Court a t L ,aw
Pet. 3 Commissioner
Judge Watt Mluirah - 741-6061
Enrique Santos
District Attome y
1100 16th St., Rm. 101
Tony Hackebe il -741-6187
Hondo, TX 78861
Hondo office: 3 120 Ave. G
830-363-7295
District Clerk
County Commissioners meet
Eva Soto - 741-6071
1 every Monday at 9 a.m. in the Courthouse.
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them, an improvement over the one
we had in Hondo. I visited with
H enry B. during that time, and he told
m e that while there was a lot of Span-
is h spoken in the area, there were not
very many who could read it. That
ca used La Prensa's demise.
Later I had the privilege of intro-
dui :ing him when he spoke in Hondo
at (juadulupe Hall.
Re( cycled news from 50 years ago
H arold Schweers and Douglas
Bohi nfalk were congratulated on being
name d co-captains for the Hondo Owls.
Coac h Tom Bridges did the honors.
Ma jorettes and cheerleaders were
also i ntroduced at the football ban-
qiuet including Mary Lou Koch,
S hirle y Cavasos, Doris Lindeburg,
Dorot hy Hermes, Mona Eckhart,
Mary Louise Decker, Fanelle
Neunu in, Mavis Griffin, Shirley Lutz
an>d An n Eckhart.
1 vliltc »n Renken had been promoted
to :serg eant at his duty station in
Ros wel I.
Postmaster Harry Filleman was
recomm ending that those mailing
Christm; is cards use first class mail
stamps,' which were 3<t, so that mail
would bo forwarded or returned in
case c>f a< Idress changes.
Mrs. Elobert B. Moore was ex-
pected to arrive by plane soon to be
with her parents, the Bob Kollmans,
while her husband was overseas.
John H enry Graff was expected
home fron 1 California to visit his par-
ents, Mr a nd Mrs. George Graff. He
worked his way from Guadalcanal to
Japan with the Marines, and was
planning to go to Arabia to work for
an oil cornj >any.
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Today’s topic for homeowners is: How to install a tile floor
Any home decorator will tell you
that there is nothing quite like a tile
floor for transforming an ordinary
room into an ordinary room that has
tile on the floor.
But if you’re like most
homeowners, you think that laying
tile is a job for the “pros.” Boy, are
you ever stupid! Because the truth is
that anybody can do it! All it takes is
a little planning, the right materials,
and a Fire Rescue unit.
Consider the true story of a woman
in Linthicum, MD, who decided to tile
her kitchen floor, as reported in an
excellent front-page newspaper article
written by Eric Collins for the Sept
26 issue of the Annapolis, Md., Capi-
tal, and sent in by many alert readers.
According to this article, the woman,
who wanted to be identified only as
“Anne” for reasons that will become
clear, decided to surprise her fiance
by tiling her kitchen floor herself, thus
saving the $700 a so-called “expert”
would have charged for the job.
Step One, of course, was for Anne
to spread powerful glue on the floor,
so the tiles would be bonded firmly
in place. Anne then proceeded to Step
Two, which - as you have probably
already guessed - was to slip and fall
face-first into the glue coat she cre-
ated in Step One, thus bonding her-
self to the floor like a gum wad on a
hot sidewalk.
Fortunately, Anne was not alone.
Dave
Barry
Also in the house, thank goodness,
was one of the most useful compan-
ions a person can ever hope to have:
a small dog. Specifically, it was a
Yorkshire Terrier, a breed originally
developed in England to serve as
makeup applicators. A full-grown
“Yorkie” is about the size of a stan-
dard walnut, although it has more hair
and a smaller brain.
Anne’s dog - named Cleopatra -
saw that her owner was in trouble,
so she immediately ran outside and
summoned a police officer.
Ha ha! No, seriously, Cleopatra did
what all dogs do when their owners
are in trouble: lick the owner’s face,
Dogs believe this is the correct re-
sponse to every emergency. If Lassie
had been a real dog, when little
Timmy was sinking in the quicksand,
Lassie, instead of racing back to the
farmhouse to get help, would have
helpfully licked Timmy on the face
until he disappeared, at which point
Lassie, having done all she could for
him, would have resumed licking
herself.
So, anyway, when Cleopatra de-
cided to help out, she naturally also
became stuck in the glue. But again,
luck was on Anne’s side, because also
at home were her two daughters, ages
9 and 10, who, realizing that the situ-
ation was no joking matter, immedi-
ately, in the words of the Capital ar-
ticle, “began laughing hysterically.”
Eventually, with their help, Anne
got unstuck from the floor and was
able to lay the tile. But she still had
glue all over herself. So, according
to the Capital article, “she called a
glue emergency hotline, but no one
answered.”
1 don’t know about you, but that
sentence disturbs me. I think some-
body should check on the glue-emer-
gency-hotline staff. I picture an of-
fice reeking of glue fumes, with
whacked-out workers permanently
bonded to floors, walls, ceilings, each
other, etc. Come to think of it, this is
also how I picture Congress.
But getting back to Anne: Still try-
ing to solve her personal glue prob-
lem, she called a tile contractor. Dur-
ing this conversation, the glue on her
body hardened, such that (1) her right
foot became stuck to the floor, (2) her
legs became stuck together, (3) her
body became stuck to a chair, and (4)
her hand became stuck to the phone.
“I had to dial 911 with my nose,”
she is quoted as saying.
When the rescue personnel arrived,
they found Anne still stuck. Perhaps
this is a good time in our story to
bring up the fact that she had been
working in, and was still wearing,
only her underwear. Fortunately, the
rescue crews were serious, compe-
tent, highly trained professionals, and
thus, to again quote the Capital ar-
ticle, they “laughed until they cried.”
Once they recovered, the rescue
crews were able to free Anne by fol-
lowing the standard procedure for
this type of situation: licking her face.
No, seriously, they freed her with
solvents, and everything was fine.
Anne got her new floor and saved her-
self $700, which I am sure more than
makes up for suffering enough humili-
ation to last four or five lifetimes.
So the bottom line, homeowners,
is this: Don’t be afraid to tackle that
tile job! Just be sure to have a dog
handy, and always remember the No.
1 rule of tile-installation profession-
als: Wear clean underwear.
Dave Barry is a humor columnist for
the Miami Herald. Write to him c/o
Tropic Magazine, The Miami Herald,
One Herald Plaza. Miami FL 33132.
C 2000 The Miami Herald, Dfatrib-
uted by Tribune Media Services
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If you think you can... You’re right
Henry Ford said, “Whether you
think you can or you think you can’t,
you are right.” I agree because this is
America, and the biggest success lim-
its are those we impose on ourselves.
Each year as I work with business
owners, I see men and women who
are achieving their dreams. Yes, they
are working hard, planning carefully
and willing to make changes. How-
ever, the single most important ingre-
dient in all their successes is that
“they think they can.” /
W. Clement Stone who built the
Combined Insurance empire said,
“Success is achieved by those who
try. If there is nothing to lose by try-
ing and a great deal to gain if suc-
cessful, by all means try.”
Never has any person achieved
anything significant without trying.
The biggest difference between suc-
cess and failure is having the cour-
age to step out and pursue your
dreams.
I have missed golden opportunities
in the past because I lacked self-con-
fidence to step out and do what it took
to exploit the opportunity. I under-
stand the fear of the unknown.
Minding
Your Own
Business
By Don Taylor
There is only one way to overcome
this fear. That way is by trying. Cer-
tainly you may fail. You will not be
the first There is no disgrace in fail-
ure, if you try again. Edmund Vance
Cooke said, “It’s nothing against you
to fall down flat, but to lie there —
that’s disgrace.”
Success steps
Here are some steps you can use
to overcome fear and secure your
success. I believe in you. Do you be-
lieve in yourself?
• Get as much formal education as
you can, as early as you can.
• lfl*reingi aod remem*
ber that every new experience is a
learning opportunity.
• Realize that education and learn-
ing are not substitutes for work. You
may earn what you learn, and you
may earn in proportion to how well
you learn, but you’ll never earn or
learn without working.
• Focus on what you can do, instead
of dwelling on what you cannot.
• Folks may doubt what you say,but
you force them to believe what you
do. Don’t just talk about it, get it done.
• When you do talk, tell the truth.
Integrity is an inner strength. No one
can take it away from you.
• Seek to acquire useful, practical
knowledge. (Hint: You won’t find it
on most television programs.)
• Surround yourself with positive,
enthusiastic friends.
• The very best preparation for a
successful future is to do your very
best today. This is true, whatever
work you are doing. Even if it is re-
petitive, dull or routine, do it with all
your ability.
• Live every day as if there were
no tomorrow. We have no guarantee
except the promise that we will reap
what we sow.
• Strive to be worth njore than your
employer pays you. You will find
there is a great joy and satisfaction
that comes with knowing that you
have exceeded other’s expectations.
•Avoid alcohol, drugs and tobacco.
They will destroy your health and
drain away valuable financial re-
sources.
• Invest some of your early earn-
ings for your future. Save now, en-
joy later.
• Follow God’s commandments.
You’ll never go wrong concerning
yourself more with what God thinks
about you than what others think
about you. , ;
• Don’t expect to get everything.
Instead, decide what is most impor-
tant to you and go after it with all your
heart.
• We do not measure success by '
what we start, but by what we finish.
Remember that President Lincoln,
said, “Always bear in mind that your
own resolution to succeed is more
important than any other one thing.”.
I know you can, now you know
it, too.
... * - 'W 1
(You may write to author Don Ihylor
in care of Minding Your Own Business,
PO Box 67, Amarillo. TX 79105.)
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