Kerrville Times (Newspaper) - October 18, 1991, Kerrville, Texas Fiesta Texas scouting area for talent Page Vol 83 No 163 FRIDAY October 18 1991 Tom Wells Schreiner Col lege Lady Mountaineers have made seven straight trips to the N AlA playoffs But now they want something more Preview on Page 25 In brief Rotary Club Fish Fry Saturday KERRVILLE The public is invited to the 7th annual Rotary Club Fish Fry this Sa turday from to at the Hill Country Youth Ex Center on Texas 27 Cost per person is and pro will go toward funding the clubs various community youth projects CROP Walk for Hunger Sunday KERRVILLE The annual CROP Walk for Hunger will take place beginning at 2 Sunday at First Christian Church on Junction Highway Money raised from the walk through community pledges will go toward relieving world hunger Ingram fall festival set Saturday INGRAM Ingram Elementary will hold its fall festival Saturday from 5 to 8 tun at the elementary school The prize drawing and an of silent auction high bidders will take place at 8 in the cafeteria Food and drinks will be available Sadie Hawkins dance Saturday KERRVILLE The annual Sadie Hawkins supper dance will be held Saturday beginning at 6 at the VFW on Thompson Drive Supper be at 6 with the dance Marling at Music will be provided by Rajah of Fre Tickets are avail able at So Fast Printing or at the door INDEX Ann BIBLE VERSE It is good for me that I have been afflicted that 1 might learn thy sta Mild Weather Pago 2A Thursdays high 64 Overnight low 62 Kerrville Texas 20 Pages 25 Cents Peace conference slated Soviets jointly announce Mideast conference JERUSALEM AP The United States and Soviet Union today announced a Middle East peace conference would open Oct 30 in Madrid The road to peace will not be Secretary of State James A Baker said in the dramatic an of the first comprehensive peace ef fort in the Mideast since 1973 Old suspicions will not disappear Baker said Baker made the announcement with Soviet Foreign Minister Boris Pankin at his side The two superpowers have pushed for the peace conference since the Gulf War ended in February Baker said the invitations are being delivered in the name of President Bush and Soviet President Mikhail S Gorbachev The announcement followed the restoration of full diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Israel after a lapse and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak approval of terms for the talks to be held in the Spanish capital He did not guarantee that all the parties would at tend But Baker said I am hopeful we will re a positive Baker said that hope was based on his conviction that every party we dealt with really wants a peace The conference will be held in three phases There will be a formal opening Baker said to be followed within four days by bilateral negotiations among the parties Two weeks later Baker said there will be regional talks That is the phase Syria so far is boycotting It will with such issues as arms buildups in the Middle Hast and water scarcities JAMES BAKER summitt Killeen mourns cafeteria deaths Times Photo By Ken Schmidt TIVY STUDENTS kicked off homecoming celebrations Thursday the traditional bonfire and pep rally Tivy cheerleaders Emily Schulz and Joleen Franklin go airborne as lead the crowd in cheers See related photo wy Dietert Claim back in county budget KILLEEN AP Residents mourned the deaths of 22 people killed in a cafeteria by a suicidal gunman who police say may have been in a violent rage against women Investigators today pieced together clues about why George Hennard drove his pickup truck through a Cafeteria window then opened fire on customers dur ing lunch hour Wednesday killing 22 people and wounding 23 before turning one of his two semi automatic pistols on himself He has an evident problem with women for some reason not all wo Police Chief Giaco said Thursday Were trying to look into that to see if it can lead us to where we need to neighbors in nearby Helton described him as an angry man who bothered women on his street with bizarre letters and ob scene gestures Did you and your sister find new flames yet Hennard wrote in June to a neighbors two daughters Do you think the three of us could get together someday Please give me the satisfaction of someday laughing in the face of all those mostly white treacherous female vipers from two towns who tried to destroy me and my Witnesses said when Hennard be gan methodically shooting horrified customers he shouted Look at what done to me Another witness said he yelled about Bell County where Killeen is located Susan who es caped from the cafeteria unhurt said she heard Hennard saying Tell me was it worth it Wail til those f ing women in see this Some survivors of the attack which occurred the day after Hen nard turned 35 escaped by breaking through a window Another hid in a freezer and one employee spent the night in a commercial dishwasher at the restaurant New clues about past also began to emerge Hennard was treated for two weeks in 1989 in a Houston hospital for drug abuse The Dallas Times Herald reported that earlier in 1989 he was kicked out of the Merchant Marines At the home in his father said he did not know what caused his son to go on a rampage By MARGARET Times Staff Writer KERRVILLE Dietert Claim will gel the funding it expected after Kerr County Commissioners amended their budget Tues day to include 1 for the senior citizens center When the Kerr County budget was approved last month Dietert Claim was not included among the line items In previous years the county previously provided annually jo help pay the Claims electric bills This year however the court sought the advice of its county attor ney who told them that funding to nonprofit organizations needed to be for purposes thai Tit within the scope of the countys responsibilities Assistant county attorney Stan Reid explained that the county does not have the authority by the state le or the constitution u make block grants to individual groups and organizations without ensuring that money will be used for public purposes Dietert Claim representatives re quested reconsideration during the countys budget hearing Sept 16 and special meeting Sept 24 Tuesday Claim program director Glenn Wehmeyer approached the court and said We stated as a mat ter of public record that services to our senior participants are available across the board We do not deny anyone the opportunity to partici pate based on their inability to pay nor conversely do we deny oppor based on the ability to Wehmeyer also pointed out the local government code which allows a commissioners court to establish or recreational facilities and programs An attorney generals opinion says the county also may provide a recreational facility for the use of the public as long as the facil ity is open to the public Another local government code cited by Wehmeyer authorizes the county to contract with a private nonprofit organization to provide recreational facilities specifically for the It is our contention that given Continued on Page 2A Flyin opens Saturday By MICHAEL BOWLIN Times Staff Writer KERRVILLE Visitors to the annual Southwest Regional Flyin will not only be thrilled by an exciting air show on Saturday and Sunday they can learn the in ner workings of many aircraft through a series of educational forums flyin is the third largest in the country It is spon sored by the 38 chapters of the Ex Aircraft Association and begins today at Louis Schreiner Field on Texas 27 Discussions will be held on such aircraft as the Pulsar and and Avid Flyer Other forums include The Worlds Ugliest Ramble with Tony Bingelis The Old Days of Flying with Ray Hagy and a forum on use of ethanol fuels in aviation by Har mon Trophy winner Dr Max Schauck of Baylor University Timei Photo By Ken Schmidt THE EAA FLYIN STARTS SATURDAY machines of all kinds will be on display Dr Schauck will also display an experimental homebuilt Vel ocity airplane in which he and his wife Grazia made the first trans atlantic flight in a aircraft from Waco to Paris France on fuel There also will be safety semi nars Mooney Aircraft plant tours and static displays of aircraft and aircraft components Aircraft fans are invited to at tend air shows that start at 1 Continued on Page 2A Firing of parks worker goes before committee By GREG Times Staff Writer i to Kendra announced before king include from left Duncan Mann Eric Al Chris Danse Queen nominees from left are Angie Ha Kamme Stephanie Silver Franklin KERRVILLE A city advisory committee will listen to tape recorded testimony Thursday in a former parks department employee who tost his job for al James Hayes was fired in August as city athletic supervisor for al violating city policy which prohibits fighting However Hayes has testified before the city Person nel Advisory Committee that he de fended himself against aggressive actions from John Bennight says Hayes assaulted him with a stick after he stopped a verbal argument between Hayes and his son Hayes id the youth were reportedly fight about use of a softball field Hayes was charged with meanor assault but has yet to be tried A trial date has been set for Dec 11 in Kerr County Court at Law Dannie a city summer em ployee who witnessed the confronta tion between Hayes and Bennight recorded a statement Tuesday of what he saw happen at the Lytie Street softball field two months ago City Manager Glenn Brown said the tape will be played for the personnel advisory lee They will probably be meeting next week but there is nothing defi nite yet Hayes confirmed Wednesday morning that did make a statement with Stan Goldberg pre Continued on Page 2A
