Seguin Gazette Enterprise (Newspaper) - April 10, 1996, Seguin, Texas lour ni nonius Vol 141 u r PASO IX 903 weather Sunny today highs near 90 south winds near 10 mph Fair tonight becoming most ly cloudy after midnight lows in the mid 60s around Parents with school age children not residing in the Seguin Independent School District and who wish their children to attend the Seguin schools during the 199697 school year must file an application for transfer This application for transfer must be made prior to May 1 The board approved tuition rate for nonresident students is set at According to state law stu dents who were transferred for the 199596 school year must file a transfer applica tion again as transfer applications are approved each year for a oneyear peri od Applications for transfer must be made by either the parent or legal guardian in person at the Human Resources Office 1221 E Kingsbury Seguin Party The Libertarian Party of Comal County will meet Thursday April 11 at 7 at the Guadalupe Valley Tele phone Building 100 FM 3159 just north of Hwy 46 in west ern Comal County Meetings are open to the public and everyone interested in grass roots creation of government is welcome to attend and participate Information on the Liber tarian Party of Comal County can be obtained by calling 2109803338 MU Forum The Castil la Chapter will host its regular monthly meeting Thursday April 11 at 7 at Monos For more informa tion call Jose Garcia at 4014323 breakfast The McQueeney Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9213 will host a pancake breakfast Saturday April 13 from 710 Buttermilk pancakes sausage coffee and milk will be served at the Post at 275 Gallagher Road in McQueeney Eat all you want for for adults and for children under 12 Cash Flim fcfc The winning Cash Five numbers drawn Tuesday were 69152730 inside Stock Market Dear Crossword Incumbent sheriff sets party JL w By ERIC P JENSEN Staff Writer In a close race Tuesday incumbent Melvin Harborth won the Republican nomination for Guadalupe County Sher iff in a runoff with challenger Tom Tannehill Harborth will face Democratic date Juan Johnny Garcia in the November general election Harborth received 1327 votes or percent to votes or percent in the complete but unofficial count Of the countys registered voters only cast their ballots in the lican primary and 416 in the Democratic primary The results were there but not that many people Harborth said of Tuesdays results My opponent worked very hard He really got out there and put some time and effort to get elected This was a pretty tough the sheriff added never had mis many opponents I appreciate the people who worked for me Tannehill said he was disappointed that I lost but I must congratulate the sher iff on his win I see it as a building Tannehill said This has been a learning process for me It was challenging and a wonderful experience Im thankful to all my sup porters and volunteers who helped mtr Like Harborth Tannehill noted the low voter turnout saying if mow had voted it might have been a different con In other races Guadalupe County vot ers gave Democrat John Bryant 245 votes and Victor Morales 171 Votes in the race for Senate although Morales captured the Democratic nomination in statewide voting and will face Republican Phil Gramm in November County voters followed state voters in the Criminal Court of Appeals Judge races giving Charles Holcomb 213 votes percent and Gary Taylor 156 votes percent in the Place 2 Democratic race In the Republican Criminal Court Of Appeals races county voters followed Ira mm trend giving Place 1 candidates Holland votes percent W James Daniel Boones 942 In the Place 2 race Paul county votes percent while Pat Barber gained 968 vote Womack was also the winner statewide In the Place 3 race Guadalupe Count ty Voters gave Cheryl votes percent and Tom Price votes although Price in statewide voting 58 percent to 42 per cent Hospital construction Staff photo by Stove Boehm The vertical structure of the Guadalupe Valley Hospitals million Transitional Care Unit went up this week The TCU will have 15 new beds and should be completed in October McGoldrick Construction Company of San Antonio is performing the construct work on the southwest side of the hospital When completed the TCU will provide skilled care for patients no longer requiring hospitalization in an acute setting Trustees finalize Carters contract Superintendent signs on for three years Laughlin loses Morales will face Gramm AUSTIN AP Democrat Greg Laughlin became the first congressman to be ousted this year losing in a runoff to former Libertarian pres candidate Ron Paul In another upset Cinderella candidate Victor Morales cap tured the Democratic nomination in Texas Senate runoff and will face Republican Phil Gramm in November A high school government teacher who began his campaign with in savings Morales narrowly defeated Rep John Bryant of Dallas a House veteran The grandson of Mexican immigrants the Morales said he is eager to face Gramm whose opposition to affirmative action prompted him to enter the race Id like to make a challenge to Mr Gramm Mr Gramm beat me on the issues beat me on your he said Tuesday The 14th District runoff between Laughlin a incumbent and Paul a former Republican congressman who ran for president in 1988 on the Lib ticket and then returned to the GOP fold focused on their conservative credentials Paul 60 proclaimed himself the true conservative in the race citing Laughlins former political identity as a Democrat One of the most conservative Democrats in the House Laughlin was among five congressmen who switched to the Republican par ty after the 1994 GOP landslide Laughlins defeat is sure to embarrass party leaders who had rewarded him with a seat on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee after his party switch last summer and who worked hard to ensure his victory He was endorsed by a host of Republican officials ranging from House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former President Bush to Sens Gramm and Kay Bailey Hutchison and House Majority Leader Dick Armey Pauls endorse ments included those of former Texas Rangers pitching ace Nolan Ryan who chaired his campaign conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly and economist Milton Friedman Paul defeated Laughlin by a margin of 54 percent to 46 per cent With 100 percent of precincts reporting Paul had votes and Laughlin had votes Paul will face lawyer Charles Lefty Morris in November in the largely rural district In the Senate race Morales had votes or 51 percent and Bryant had or 49 percent with 100 percent of precincts reporting He and Bryant were the top two in a four way race in the initial primary Morales previous political experience was limited to a stint on the city council in the Dallas suburb of Crandall He took a leave of absence from his high school teaching job in nearby Mesquite to run for the Senate and logged miles on his 1992 pickup during the campaign By TERESA L THOMPSON Staff Writer The Seguin Independent School District approved a super intendent employment agreement with incoming super intendent Dee Carter Tuesday night The trustees and Carter agreed upon a contract with a term of three years and one month effec tive from June to June 30 1999 with an annual salary of Carter former Assistant super intendent of curriculum and instruction for the Seguin ISD said she is looking forward to returning to the district I am delighted tonight to have the contract ratified by the she said Ive been spending some days in the dis talking with staff going up the learning curve and catching up with all of the good things that have been happening in the last three years there are so many of those So Im just prepar ing myself mentally and learning as much as I can to get ready to jump in on June In other action the board vot ed not to apply through the states LoneSTAR program sponsored by the State Energy Conservation Office in order to retrofit HVAC systems at Jefferson and Ball Ele mentary Schools The proposal was prepared by trustee Paul Soto who explained that STAR stands for Save Taxes And The program would provide an engineering site sur vey at a cost of to the district payable Soto said out of the current energy conservation budget At the completion of the survey which would provide drawings and specifications the district could decide whether or not to apply for the loan Soto noted the airconditioning sys tems at Jefferson and Ball are old and lack energy efficiency Trustee DeLois Garrett stated however that the district is already too much in debt to pur sue the plan Interim Superintendent Ronald Heine meyer agreed that because of the districts existing indebtedness he did not think it would be ien to the budget The motion was defeated in a split decision with trustees Louis Q Reyes HI Albert Menn and Soto voting to approve the sur vey and Stella Rico Nancy Ewald president Pat Irvine and Garrett voting against the motion This does not mean that the program at a later just that they will not do it at this tune In other business the board approved the lighting retrofit at Patlan and Koennecke Elementary Schools The low bid for the pro ject in the amount of came from Advanced Lighting Ser vices Inc of Seguin The retrofit is being done because state require ments have changed since the schools were built in 1986 Ewald noted Heinemeyer added mat the retrofit will reduce energy used at the schools while producing the same amount of light Other items of interest at the meeting were The March 28 auction held jointly by the Seguin ISD Marion ISD City of Seguin and Guadalupe County grossed the Seguin ISD The net profit after deducting expenses such as advertising and the auc commission was These net proceeds the district said will be credited to each contributing campus department Trustees approved a res to refinance existing agreements with Municipal Services Group an underwriting firm lite firm loaned money to the district to purchase several school buses in the past The schedule of payi ments will not be shortened but refinancing at the rate of per cent in place of the former rates ranging between percent to percent will result in an overall net savings of over a fouryear period Youth held in sexual assault of child A boy has been charged with sexual assault of a child a as the result of his alleged assault on a local 6 yearold girl according to authorities at the Guadalupe County Sheriffs Office and the Guadalupe County Juvenile Detention Center Harry Marek chief juvenile probation officer said the boy a ward of the state of California where his mother resides is being held at the Lockhart juvenile detention facility According to sheriffs office chief investigator Larry Maraw ietz the victim told her mother what had happened and the mother then contacted the sher office The suspect has reportedly made a written state ment confessing to the assault Marek explained that within the next 10 days the boy will be given a psychological evaluation and will appear at another deten tion hearing The victim is in San Antonio undergoing tests to determine whether she has been infected with any sexually transmitted diseases Authorities confirmed the boy is a relative of the victim but could not provide any further details at this time City Cleanup Day scheduled Saturday The City of Seguin has scheduled a city wide Cleanup Day for Saturday April 13 between the hours of 9 and 2 Garbage containers will be positioned at the following locations high school parking lot on Cedar Street east side of stadium North Guadalupe Street half a block north of the rail road tracks west side and the southside parking lot of the County Coliseum Citizens are encouraged to bring their unwanted items to the locations listed above City crews and volunteers will be available to assist in unloading The City of Seguin and can not accept unopened paint cans liquid chemicals or pesticides white refriger ators with freon construction debris or brush All motor oil and oil filters can be taken to the used oil collection site at on King Street near Court A limit per person is required and charges disposal for filters Residents can take old vehicle batteries to Snap Auto on Kingsbury HiLo or Auto Zone on Court Street Used tires can be recycled and should be tak en to only the southside parking lot of the County Coliseum If you have any questions concerning the citys Cleanup Day call Susan Kent at 4012416
