PAGE 2 EL UVALDE TIMES Alex Sepulveda Commissioners Joins El Uvalde Times ■ Alex Sepulveda, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alejandro Sepulveda, 130 Highland Circle, Crystal City, has recently joined the staff of El Uvalde Times. Alex is a 1977 graduate of Crystal Ctiy High School and attended Texas State Technical Institute at Harlingen last year. He is presently enrolled as a freshman at Southwest Texas Junior College and is majoring in theatre. ■ ■ John Meyer be necessary to secure all of eleven easements included for the proposed project. One landowner has vowed she will never give the easement to her property because she does not want to have her oak trees destroyed.) Commissioner Use presented the argument that what good would it do if the county were to clean out the riverbed if the city would not do its part, to which Judge Barley stated the water would then be “dumped in the city”, advised, Chavez, a expressed cern for the county’s delay in the project, that he had just been talking, that he had already talked to the city and that they were going to do their share of the cleaning. request for clean up of the river bed could pass at another meeting if three members agree to it. Another “hot item” on the agenda was the Civil Suit filed by the Uvalde County against Sheriff Kenneth Kelley and his bonding company (Western Surety Co.) which was scheduled to be hear in District Court on Tuesday, Sept. 12. case was filed in 1974 shortage $54,000 vered in report. seen stinking politics but I’ve never seen anything like Commissioners Foley and Torres voted with Use to carry the motion, to which Judge Darley commented that he knew the three wanted the case of was an The originally after a some discoaudit Later he Mrs. Jane citizen who great con- Use of the With the vote of Foley and Use against it, Judge Barley’s motion that the county proceed with the clean-up operation did not pass. Commissioner Torres voted with the judge, and Commissioner Faye Dismukes, who usually votes with the judge was absent. Commissioner Sabinal made missioners Court ask the < district court to postpone the trial of Sheriff Kelley until after the first of the year, and that the request be presented to the district court on Tuesday (Sept. 12) in person by all the commissioners voting for it. He also moved that the attorney retained by the court to presecute the case be instructed to take no further action in the case until the courts instructs him to do so. It is possible that the Judge Darley became infuriated with the motion stating: “I’ve Meyer Joins Bill Ryan Insurance John Meyer, a native of San Antonio recently joined Bill Bryan Insurance Agency as Agent/Pjartneri Meyers' graduated from SMU in 1972 with a BBA degree. While at SMU he played football as a starting guard for three years. Since 1972 Meyers has worked for The Hartford Insurance Co. as a Special Agent. This job encompassed calling on Hartford agents and helping them write all lines of insurance. Although his experience was in the wyting qf commercial business insurance, he is knowledgable in personal insurance also. Meyers and his wife Adella and daughter Melissa, 216 years reside at 723 N. High. They are members of the Methodist Church. Mrs Meyers is teaching school at Robb Elementary. January 1st so that Jerry White can be the County Judge and can help them get the case dismissed. Darley stated he did not want any part of that, said he could see no reason to delay Case any further that the public entitled to know facts about shortages, on to detail how Sheriff Kelley had made his clerk take the blame for all the missing money, after Kelley promised her she would never go to the The Chapoy, and c. He the and was the the He went describe in penitenciary. clerk, was convicted did spend time in the penitenciary. Sheriff Stella tried and penitenciary. Sheriff Kelley has given a deposition but I— never been tried. The third heated ment that came to developing a fist fight came about when Tax Collector Angermiller appeared before the request they approve her employment of Brownie K. Jones in her office, missioner charged that Angermiller was not hiring Mexican-Ameri-cans in her office and had not advertized for applications. Mrs. Angermiller answered that she already had * two t -Mexican Americans working in her office and that the only Mexican-American that had applied had a record. Torres stated that he was talking about another applicant, Alfredo Santos who had a business degree has argu-close into Assessor- Helen court to Com- Torres Mrs. Cont’d on pg 6 SEPTEMBER 17,1978 li 8 La Virgen y La Bandera Mexicana El Padre David G. Zumaya contempla los dos símbolos de la Mexicanidad: La imagen de Santa María de Guadalupe que presidio'los comienzos de la Independencia y la Bandera Tricolor que culmino' la guerra de Independencia, con el escudo^sfmbolo del pueblo Mexica en su peregrinar, buscando la señal: “El Aguila en un Nopal”. City Council Meeting port of that organization’s programs. Commissioner Gilbert Torres will address the council and request that part of the Civic Center leased to the'j Uvalde Youth Center be made available to other organizations. sider the bids opened at the August 23 meeting for premix, playground equipment and firehose. and provide a copy to the Comptroller’s Office. The council will also fill ten vacancies in five city related z Mr. Happy Schawc will appear before the Council in regard to his problem in getting property on S. Getty rezoned for offices. The council will con- Also to be discussed is the Ló Vaca settle- — tymrrds.—-.HvtTHrr ment plan and the consideration of an ordinance retaining the 1% city sales tax on residential electricity and gas. The council voted to retain the tax at the last meeting, but is required to adopt an ordinance to that effect by May 1, 1979 Airport Advisory Committee, two to the Housing Authority, two to the Plumbing Appeals and Advisory Board, two to the Building Appeals and Advisory Board and two to the Electrical Appeals and Advisory Board. SPECIALIZING IN ALL OCCASIONS 709 S. Park Cartas ••• Cartas Cartas... Cartas TloiéStudio PHOT OvG R A P H I R S • PORTRAITS • COPIES MADE • RESTORATION Septiembre 9, 1978 SENIOR PORTRAIB to 5 pm Editora: 329 S. Evans 278-4605 Esperamos que este artículo le llame la atención a la organización LULAC, ya que ellos otorgan una buena parte de los fondo que reciben para beca; de colegiatura parr graduantes de higJ school en nuestr comunidad hispana. graduar de high school califican mucho más bajo en pruebas escolares que los alumnos de Inglaterra, Japón y Alemania Occidental. Ademas, Me Govern dijo que las agencias responsables no están haciendo nada para prevenir lo que puede llegar a ser un ‘desastre y una desgracia nacional.” September 12, 1978 Sra. Olga Rodriguez Estimada Sra. Mi opinión tocante al nombre del parque mexicano y la de todos mis hijos que son 6, es de votar por el Memorial de Los Veteranos que perdieron sus vidas en todas las guerras pasadas. los los de un de Reye» FtoiM Sk6|> Flores Naturales Arreglos Para Iglesia Y Salon Estamos Para Servirle LLAMENOS! Invitaciones de Matrimonio “La Mejor Selección en Uvalde” También imprimos Tarjetas de Shotver. Cumpleaños, y Quinceaneras Robert’s Printing Robert R. Gonzales 536 Crystal City Hwy. 278-3291 “En una declaración el pasado viernes, el Senador Demócrata George McGovern dijo que la illiteracia en los alumnos que aproximan graduación de high school en los Estados Unidos esta' aumentando con una rapidez álarmante y que los estudiantes que se aproximan a Atentamente, Juan M. Sanchez Yo como mis hijos opinamos votar por ese nombre para nuestro parque porque cuando yo anduve trabajando con todos mis hijos vi en varios pueblos parques con ese nombre y en el parqueruna placa con todos nombres de todos soldados caídos cada pueblo. Yo , porque perdí hijo en la guerra Korea el 53 y otro que estuvo en la guerra de Vietnam. Ahora ya salió, gracias a Dios y está trabajando en Ft. Worth. El es mecánico de aeroplanos y por esa razon ojala que muchas personas como yo voten por ese nombre. 426 W. Oak - 278-4290 MOLDING * ALL TYPES MATTING 4 Mi nombre es, U. Hernández, W. 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