Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 14, 1988 Page: 4 of 40
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Page 4, The Hondo AnvH Herald, Thursday, July 14,1988
Dear Boss,
Dear Boss,
You've probably heard of the out-
standing production Texas" given
each year in Palo Duro Canyon in
the Panhandle of Texas.
But have you heard of "God's
Country,” an outdoor prairie drama
telling stories about the first years
of Crosby County on the South
Plains of Texas between 1872 and
1887?
The settling of Crosby County is
a good example of the development
of the entire area and the stories
about the activities of real people
have many humorous, exciting and
significant moments. Music, dance
and drama bring out the human ele-
ment of history and the outdoor
theater draws the audience into the
natural surroundings where much of
the story occurred.
The scenes depict Crosby County
life during the first 16 years of acti-
vity on the part of the settlers. The
audience senses the tensions in
Quanah Parker's camp as he and his
fellow Commanches, the "Lords of
die Plains," agonize while making
their decisions to lay down their
shields at Ft Sill. Other episodes
include the coming of the Quakers
to Estacado, "Aunt Hank” Smith's
encounter with the U. S. Postal in-
spector, four cowboys "gettin'
ready" for the yearly dance, some
cowboy larcency and a trial.
Boss, this makes the third year
"God's Country" will be presented
to the public and it will show the
first two weekends of August, or on
the 4, 5, 6, 11, 12 and 13th. Tic-
kets are $6 plus 42 cents tax and
may be obtained by writing The
Rio Blanco Heritage Foundation, P.
O. Box 386, Crosbyton, Texas
79322. Or you can call 806-675-
2331.
When I first purchased the news-
paper in Crosbyton in early 1986 it
was the Crosbyton Review. The
first paper on the South Plains was
in Crosby County and published in
1887 as The Crosby County News.
In mid-1986 I made my news-
paper a countywide paper and re-
named it The Crosby County
News, thus re-capturing some of
the ckmnty history. ! 1:1 r
I have attended die first two
years of "God'S Country" and can
guarantee anyone who goes they
will come away saying how much
they liked it
One main factor of this produc-
tion is that it is done by volunteers.
And I mean local volunteers: a local
woman wrote the script, local mu-
sicians wrote the music, the assis-
tant director is a local woman and
all the actors are from the local
area.
It is indeed an outstanding
example of "volunteerism" that
proves beyond a shadow of doubt
what can be done in any commu-
nity when the people make up their
minds to do something together.
If you can, boss, see "God's
Country." You will love it.
Your Roving Reporter
BKL
The Old Philosopher
SPARKS
By Bill Berger
Dear editor,
There are two things under con-
sideration this week.
The first is: How do you measure
the influence-ability of a
Congressman?
A whole bunch of Congressmen
have been given money by Defense
contractors, mostly in $2,000
amounts, and to a man they say
such gifts don't influence them.
If Defense contractors can't figure
what it takes to influence a Con-
gressman, no wonder they have to
bribe government employees to
help them bid on big Defense
contracts.
Some of the gifts have been for
speeches, and others just for having
breakfast with contractors. What's
wrong with eating breakfast with
somebody? "Come on over in the
morning and have breakfast with
us. We’re serving bacon and eggs
and $2,000 in cash."
They eat the breakfast, take the
money, and later in the day vote as
though they'd eaten at home that
morning.
I don't know about those Con-
gressmen, but if somebody gave me
$2,000 for eating breakfast with
him, I'd figure that he'd figure that
I'm going to be influenced. But for
the first time in history, we've got
Congressmen who’ve been eating
breaskfast under false pretenses.
Are the Defense contractors being
fooled? Well, they keep shelling
out the money and those unin-
fluenced Congressmen keep eating
and voting and the contractors keep
smiling.
The second thing under considera-
tion is not just $2,000 breakfasts
but the whole colossal mess in
Washington-the dealing and wheel-
ing between the multi-billion-doliar
Defense Department and Defense
contractors. The scandal is so big
it's probably going to be after the
Presidential election before all the
red-faced facts are made public.
Some people have said that what
Washington needs is a complete
house-cleaning. Take thousands of
brooms and sweep out the whole
mess.
This is probably a good idea, but,
due to the cozy relationship be-
tween contractors, Congressmen
and the Defense Department, before
the sweeping is begun it might be a
good idea to check up on the
honesty of the outfit with the
broom contract
Yours faithfully,
J.A.
It's about time for that big national Democratic convention to
get started, and you’ll be seeing a lot of it live on TV in the next few
days. There is no suspense left, with the presidential candidate
Michael Dukakis selected and now Senator Lloyd Bentsen is the
choice for the vice-presidential race.
My only participation in the national Democratic convention
came in 1968, when I was serving as a state official, and was a Texas
delegate. This was the infamous Chicago siege, when the radicals
tried to invade the convention, trashed the lobby of the huge Chicago
Hilton hotel, and showed the world how to take "free speech and
assembly" to the extreme limit.
Mayor Daley told his Chicago police force to protect the
delegates, and this they did. When it came time to board buses at the
hotel for a ride to the auditorium, the police had to form a shoulder to
shoulder line from the hotel doorway out to the bus, and physically
keep the hippies and various radicals from attacking the delegates.
Those Chicago cops looked like they might have been recruited from
the Bears defense, and it took such big shouldered men to keep the
crowd under control.
Very few of those who were delegates in 1968 are likely to
be in Atlanta. The system has changed, and so has the party. Many
of those who were involved in Democratic party leadership then have
passed away, changed parties, or retired from political activity.
That 1968 convention was sort of like being in the Army.
You wouldn't take anything for the experience of having been there,
as long as you didn't get hurt, but you wouldn't care to do it again.
THEY tffi PUTTING
IN ANOTHER
SHOVING DOOR!
Where to Contact
Your Representatives
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U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen
240 Russell Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
U.S. Senator Phil Gramm
Russell Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Cong. Albert Bustamante
1116 Longworth House Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20515
Washington -- (202) 2254511
San Antonio office - (512) 229-6191
State Senator BUI Sims
P.O. Box 12068
Capitol Station
Austin, TX 78711
(512)463-0125
State Rep. Eldon Edge
Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78769
Letters to the Editor
P. O. Box 400
Hondo, Texas 78861
Former athlete says ‘Thanks’
“TiSedom ofthe press is the staff
of life Jor any! vital democracy.”
cWerjdel cWilll{ie
Dear Editor,
We wish to express our apprecia-
tion to all the people who made the
benefit dance and other fundraisers a
success for Lupe Briseno.
Thank you to "X-Cyte" from
Hondo and "US" from San Antonio
who provided the music for the
dance.
Special thanks to the staffs at
KRME and the Hondo Anvil Herald
for their efforts in publicizing the
benefit and to the many businesses,
individuals, and organizations who
donated their time, money, and
support to this event.
Thanks to all the people who
bought and sold dance and other
tickets, and to the individuals who
donated refreshments to sell at the
dance.
There are not enough words to
express our appreciation to all the
people of Hondo for their gener-
osity. To us this proves that this is
indeed "God's Country."
The donations from the events
have been deposited at local banks
in the Lupe Briseno Fund. The total
amount at the present time is
$5,514.
Winners
Saturday were Joe
Jimenez of San Antonio, $100.,
Goldie McGuffin of Uvalde, $50.,
and Luz Ytuarte of Hondo, $25.
Lupe Briseno
Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Hernandez
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hernandez
Letters Policy
Readers are reminded that the Anvil
Herald solicits letters to the editor and we
urge the reading public to participate in
this public forum.
Letters should be on a single
subject and should be reasonably brief
and to-the-point. Letters must stale a
phone number, have a ret'irn address, and
be signed in order to be published, but
the name of the writer will be withheld if
requested.
The Anvil Herald reserves the right
to edit letters for newspaper style and
good taste. Potentially libelous material
will be edited.
Letters to the editor should be
mailed in care of the editor tc the Anvil
Herald, Bax 400, Hondo JX 78S61.
Applewhite report
Dear Editor,
I thought you might like a first
hand report on the Applewhite meet-
ing held in San Antonio. A few of
us from Medina County were inter-
ested enough to attend. Perhaps be-
cause we care what happens to our
land and to our neighbors.
It was a long but interesting
meeting. COPS, MCA and ESA of
San Antonio were there in mass to
speak against Applewhite. They had
one spokesperson per group and did
a fine job of getting their points
across. The only real noise was
when they exited chanting "No, no,
no!" It was an orderly meeting and
this really was the only outcry
though there was intermittent
clapping at times.
This is the way it was, in spite
of what you hear from the News
Media and the rest Several from
each of these three groups stayed for
the entire meeting. It was inter-
esting to see how they were receiv-
ed by their own council...many
seemed to turn a deaf ear to what
they were saying. Odd isn't it how
quickly people forget when they are
in office how they were elected to
that office!
This was an open hearing on the
Applewhite and everyone that want-
ed to speak had a chance. It was
rather strange to me that the Mayor,
at the very beginning of the meet-
ing stood up on the stage and stated
that the original mitigation area had
been changed and they even had
maps set up showing the new area.
It wasn't but a few minutes later
that the Texas Parks and Wildlife
and the Federal Board reported that
this was an unacceptable area for
them, so they have moved their
sights back to the primary area
BUT would consider another area as
long as it meets their criterion.
In my opinion, we have been
"homswoggled" by some of the
"masters at homswoggling.” It is
impossible for me to believe that
the Mayor and City Water Board
were completely "in the dark" as to
the mitigation area. Perhaps they
hoped to catch us sleeping.
You and I have Dee Hitzfelder to
thank for keeping us awake! Her
speech was short and to the point
and let the council know she did not
appreciate being lied to with regards
to the mitigation area.
To summerize the meeting, it
was informative and despite the fact
that Mayor Cisneros spent a great
deal of the time out of the room
along with other councilmen, a few
council people did give everyone
the courtesy of listening.
Many alternatives were given and
many of them should be looked
into but I personally doubt they
will be. For some reason, the
Mayor and his Chamber of Com-
merce are in a big rush to push this
through. Surely you can figure out
why for yourself.
It was disheartening not to have
Medina County represented belter,
but at least the ones that did go
were ones that really care! Only
time will tell if any good will come
out of this.
Those of you who may believe
that by giving up our Medina River
we shall be rewarded and appeased
and left alone to irrigate as we
please when needed, FORGET IT!
Take your head out of the sand be-
cause our freedoms and rights are
just gradually being taken from us
in one way or another.
If you care, then act like it. In
spite of the way you feel about
Applewhite, I and others firmly be-
lieve that Dee Hitzfelder deserves
our heartfelt thanks for all she has
done to keep us informed and many,
many times at her own expense.
I have stated my feelings, the rest
is up to you.
Sincerely,
Sandra Wamke
LaCoste
TEXAS PRESS
ASSOCIATION
! AWARD WINNER
1988
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