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Volume 101, Number 43
Thursday, October 22, 1987
Published In Hondo, Texas
Our 101st Year
Medina County’s leading Newspaper
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Two Sections, 26 Pages
25 Cents
Schools plan
open house
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THE ROYAL FAMILY... of FiestaFest were crowned Satur- was escorted by Jimmy Hailey and her twin sister, Duchess
day evening. Representing Hondo as FiestaFest Queen for Cindy Boehle, right, was escorted h> Roger Del eon. Little
the coming year is Alice Jane Vosquez. Her escort, Victor Miss Beautiful, Anicia Adriana Mareon, was escorted hy
(iarcia, was crowned king. Princess Connie Boehle, left, Daniel Mendoza. (Photo In Frances P- w tnr*
Hondo schools are planning open
house programs next week with all
three campuses participating.
Parents of high school students
are invited to visit the school
on Monday, Oct. 26, beginning at
7 p.m. in the Activities Center. .
Following a brief presentation,
parents will have the opportunity
to visit with each child's teachers
by going through a mock school
day beginning with first period at
7:15 p.m. A bell will ring every
fifteen minutes so you can change
classes and visit with the high
school staff.
"We hope you plan to attend,"
said Principal Charles Carlson. "I
think you will find this to be time
well spent as you learn more about
our instructional program."
McDowell Jr. High
Open house at Hondo McDowell
Junior High will be held Tuesday,
Oct. 27.
Between 7:30 and 8:30 p.m.
parents are invited to visit class-
rooms and teachers.
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At 8:30 everyone will head for
the gymnasium for a 30-minute
program featuring many of the.
students.
A welcome by Principal Tim
Coyle will be followed by a choral
presentation by 5th through 8th
grade students. A physical educa-
tion program with 5th through 8th
grade students in their new uni-
forms will be next, and the
program will conclude^'-with a
concert by 7th and 8tlv grade hand
students.
Punch and cookies furnished by
the junior high Student Counu.l
will bring the activities to a " lose
Meyer Elementary
Open House at Meyer Ele-
mentary will also he on Tuesday
evening.
p"/.r:rr, u-, the Kindergarten
and f.rvt grad* tvi-nts will heein
at "’pm in i>rh
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visits by parents and friends from “
until 8:30 p m„ according
Principal R. W Nations.
Remember
to turn clocks
back one hour
Sunday morning.
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Workmen’s comp
figures questioned
Program helps special children
An inquiry from local attorney
Clyde Haak regarding large sums
paid by the county for Workmen's
Compensation prompted Commis-
sioners to direct County Attorney
Hunter Schuehle to investigate.
Referring to a report from the
county's Workmen's Compensation
insurance carrier, Haak asked Com-
missioners "to see if these are
actual claims paid out or if they are
reserves." The report showed a
comparison of Workmen's Compen-
sation claims paid by several Texas
counties, with several more popu-
lous counties having paid out
smaller dollar amounts than Medina
County.
Appearing before the court as "a
concerned citizen-taxpayer," Haak
questioned large yearly payment
totals covering claims filed by
injured county employees. He cited
as an example $202,000 paid out in
Ell the weather...}
The Hondo Radar Station has
supplied the following weather
information for this past week:
Dale
High Low Rain
Wed., Oct. 14
85
61
.00
Thu., Oct. 15
86
62
.00
Fri., Oct. 16
89
67
.00
Sat., Oct. 17
90
70
,0O
Sun., Oct. 18
89
72
.00
Mon., Oct. 19
87
69
.00
Tue., Oct. 20
82
63
tr.
Avg. high temp, for the week: 86.8
Avg. low temp, for the week: 66.3
High temp, for 1987: 99, on
Aug. 16 and Aug. 17
Low temp, for 1987: 23, on
Jan. 19 and Jan. 23
Total rain for past week: 0.00 in.
Total rain for Oct.: 0.00 inches
Number of days in 1987 with
measurable rainfall: 72
Total rain for 1987: 36.47 inches
Rain recorded in 1986, thru
Oct. 20: 27.61 inches
Rain recorded in 1985, thru
Oct. 20: 27.95 inches
1985. Large amounts have also
been paid other years, he said.
Courthouse Renovation
Upon recommendation of archi-
tect Jesse Fernandez, Commis-
sioners approved release of a final
draft of $58,931.30 to Merken
Construction Company, noting at
the same time that courthouse
renovation work was not complete.
Merkin was asked to give a
$2,000 surety check pending com-
pletion of the work which includes
downspouts and a water fountain.
Fernandez suggested that the new
air conditioning system in the
courthouse be completely discon-
nected until the courthouse is ready
for occupancy. Such action would
postpone the beginning of the
warranty time, he said, and actually
being in the offices would allow the
occupants to better judge whether
the system is working properly.
A service contract for the new
elevator was discussed but no im-
mediate action was taken since the
expenditure had not been budgeted.
Fernandez also advised the court
that the painters are Finding
evidence of termites in the building.
Detention Facility
Commissioners approved a
change order for the Juvenile Deten-
tion Facility which will bring the
facility closer to completion.
Included in the change order were
frames and heavy screen wire to be
placed on the inside of windows and
doors; a chain link fence ''roof'
which will completely enclose the
recreation area; and having bed-
frames welded together and bolted
to the floor.
A request from facility director
Jeff Parsons to purchase a stove for
the center was temporarily denied.
In other business, the Court:
• Named Elva Trevino absentee
ballot board election judge. Mayme
Schneider, Margaret Schweers,
Martha Santos and Alleen Koch
were named election clerks. The
board is charged with counting
absentee ballots on election day.
By Frances Proctor
Anvil Herald Editor
Students with special educational
needs no longer are as likely to "get
lost in the shuffle" as they once
were. Specialized attention is now
directed to their needs.
The Devine-Hondo I ytle-Medina
Valley Independent School Districts
Special Education Cooperative aims
to help students get extra attention
and specialized training.
Monday evening a group of
teachers and parents met at Meyer
Elementary School in Hondo to get
to know each other and to learn
more about the goals of the Special
Education Cooperative.
Under the direction of Dr. Glenna
Kyker, programs are offered in each
of the campuses in the four school
districts.
Several teachers in the Hondo
program outlined what their
specialized jobs entail and how they
go about helping students who need
their assistance.
Penny Faseler teaches the severly
handicapped children who reside at
Heritage Manor Nursing Home.
"The purpose of the classes I
teach," she said, "is to make life
easier for the children."
Among the very basic activities
she has her students participate in
are things most children learn
easily: moving hands and legs,
brushing teeth and hair, therapy and
range of motion exercises.
Faseler uses auditory (sound),
visual (sight), and tactile (touch)
stimulation techniques.
Speech therapist Jean Saathoff
works with students at all three
Hondo campuses who have speech
or language handicaps.
Saathoffs work focuses on any
problem that causes a speaker to be
maladjusted.
She teaches students whose articu-
lation problems’ cause them to
substitute sounds in words; lan-
guage delayed students who are at
least one year below developmental
levels (leave out words, have a
limited vocabulary): those who
stutter or have fluency problems:
voice cases (referred by a
physician); and students with
speech difficulties such as cleft
palate, hearing disorders, cerebral
palsy, muscle control, and foreign
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FYF-HAND COORDINATION... is the object of this skill
game in the motor development area of the Meyer Elemen-
tary Special Education Department. J. R. Gooding demon-
strated his ability Monday night as a group of parents and
teachers met to learn more about the special programs
offered by the local school districts.
dialect.
Resource teachers Louise Larsen
and Madis Keatli work with on
children at the elementary level.
Students they work with are often
physically, visually, or hearing
handicapped; mentally retarded or
learning disabled.
Larsen said most of their students
are of average intelligence but they
have a discrepancy between what
they are capable of doing and what
they actually perform.
Under her supervision, these
students are given special one-on-
one attention in addition to regular
classroom instructidn. In her
classes students are put at the level
they are functioning.
"They are given a lot of indi-
vidual attention, praise and en-
couragement in an environment
with as few distractions as
possible," said Larsen.
Emotionally disturbed children,
determined by a psychologist, who
are not able to function in a
classroom atmosphere are referred
to her classes.
"These children can't get along
with others," she said. "They
display bizarre or inappropriate
behavior. They may not be
obedient, they may display physical
violence, feelings of sadness or
depression all the time, physical
symptoms or extreme fears. Some
have short attention spans, need
defined limits, and need praise and
rewards.”
Earline Schlortt and Alana
Biediger teach children on the
junior high level who have similar
problems. High school special
education teachers are Duane
Wiemers and Connie Veilleux.
Also working with the Hondo
program are Marcy Rothe and
Camille Sandusky, diagnosticians;
Betty Crowell, early childhood/
severe and profoundly handicapped;
Erik Hass, school psychologist;
and Brenda Vavricek, teacher of the
hearing impaired.
Riva Boubel, a regular education
teacher at McDowell, told the
assembly about the needs of special
education children who attend her
social studies classes throughoutj
the day along with other students.!
She said she has one class this
year with 17 special education
students.
A unique program in the Co-op
is the Vocational Training Center
(VTC) located at Medina Valley!
High School. This program serves!
a different population -- mentally!
retarded adolescents.
Maryellen Fuller teaches function-
al academics to 14 to 21-year-old
students.
In her classes students are taught
to tell time, cook, clean up. work
on an assembly line, and to appear
as normal as possible in social
situations.
From these classes students are
groomed to go to workshops where
they can learn employable skills
such as basic mechanics.
Currently there are no students
from Hondo in the VTC program,
however there is one vacancy that!
Dr. Kyker hopes to fill with aj
Hondo student.
Dr. Kyker further stated. Every
teacher we have is good to great
We are fortunate to have such
quality educators being this far
from the metropolitan area The
administration has dime some very
good recruiting."
Her opinion was supported by
several parents who were present
Kathy West a parent of a
handicapped son at Hondo High
School and a member of the Parent
Advisory Committee, praised the
school for its efforts on behalf of
her son. who participates at several
levels in academic and extra-
curricular programs.
West said that one of the primary
benefits of a "free appropriate
public education (FARE)" is
opportunity for normal social
interactions.
Last summer several parents
sponsored informal sov'ial activ ities
for the handicapped adolescents. A
need exists for a similar program
for young retarded and more
seriously handicapped children,
according to West.
The meeting was a response to
the Parent Committee request that
each district present a session to
train parents of handicapped
students. Medina Valley 1SD will
host the next meeting in January.
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