Celebrating 126 Years of Serving the communities of Devine, Natalia, Lytle, Bigfoot, and Moore in Medina, Frio, and Atascosa Counties
Lizbeth De Los Santos, Denise Contreras, and Liah Romero
Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Not only did seniors Liah Romero, Denise Contreras, and Lizbeth De Los Santos make the grade on the court for the 30-8 Arabian basketball team this past season, but they also made the grade where it really counts which is their classrooms at Devine High School.
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Warhorse #1 Luke Friesenhahn fields 3rd out for the Warhorses to hold Wildcats 1-1 in the 5th inning.
Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
District 29-4A has not been a bed of roses thus far for Head Coach Heath Poppe and his Warhorse baseball team as they dropped their first two league games prior to their March 19 tilt against Pleasanton.
Devine lost back-to-back leads against Uvalde at home and versus Carrizo Springs at Wildcat Field to drop to 0-2.
Against the Coyotes Devine led 3-2 going into the top of the 7th before the roof fell in and Uvalde escaped with the 7-3 victory. In Carrizo Springs, the Horses were up by the slimmest of margins at 2-1 going into the bottom of the 6th inning before the Wildcats tied it at 2 apiece.
Devine and Carrizo Springs worked extra innings, with each team getting a….
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By Anton Riecher
By a vote of 4-1 the Lytle City Council approved an amendment to local zoning ordinances March 6 establishing a separate designation for mobile home parks previously classified as “secondary businesses” under municipal regulations.
Molly Solis, serving as city attorney during a special session of the council, stressed that the change would not affect the Harris MH Park project underway north of the Interstate 35 access road which is effectively grandfathered under state law.
“You can’t change the game in the middle of the game,” Solis said.
District 5 Alderman Charles Cate was alone is voting against the amendment.
“I do not believe we have provided proper notice to everybody involved in…
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by Butch Cook, Mayor
City of Devine
MARCH 19, 2024
I’d like to focus this week on opening the lines of communication at city hall as I promised. Our Devine City Administrator David Jordan and his staff have recently added some additional communication resources, put in place for the City of Devine to keep citizens up-to-date as much as possible.
We now have added several more layers of communication which will be very useful in emergency situations as well as informational.
As many of you know, Lewis helped start the chapter of the South Texas Officials Association 57 years ago with a membership of around 15 officials. Because of his leadership and vision, today the membership is close to 400.
What a blessing to announce the 7th recipient of this award. Ron Tatsch not only is a good friend and a good ref, but is also a good person. He is very active in our chapter and has called many regional and state basketball games. He has also conducted many basketball clinics for our chapter. Anything he is involved in is always done right. This honor is very well-deserved.
Lewis Stroud had officiated basketball for 57 years and during those 57 years, he has called 3 state tournaments and 9 regional tournaments.
Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
There is a STATE CHAMPION in Natalia, Texas and her name is Araceley Segovia! Segovia won the Class 3A 198lb division in Frisco March 14th as she totaled an even one-thousand pounds over the three lifts to claim the championship.
Ashley Aguirre did not do too shabby herself as she placed 8th overall…in the STATE! Aguirre totaled 830lbs in the 181lb division.
Segovia, who was also the Class 3A Region V Champion, squatted 425lbs, benched 195lbs, and deadlifted 380lbs at State.
Aguirre squatted…
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Mya Villarreal and Briana Paredes competed at State.
Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Lady Pirates Mya Villareal and Brianna Paredes competed at the State Powerlifting Meet in Frisco March 14 and even though they did not come home with a championship plaque, each represented Lytle ISD to their highest standards.
Villareal placed 7th overall in the 97lb division, where there were 18 total participants. She lifted 590 pounds overall with 220lb in squat, 120 on the bench, and 250 in deadlift.
Paredes tallied 745lbs in…
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Intermediates -Wearable Category On left is the 1st place team from Medina Valley: Castroville Sewing Sisters with their skirt Delanei Rhea, Maci Haby, Charlie Grace Keller and Brooklyn Kunkel. 2nd place team: Devine Super Sewing Sisters Rebekah Boehme, Reese Navarro, and Claira Gulley. 3rd place team: Devine Dazzling Dinos Kenzie Ray, Quinn Coleman, Maya McElwee, and Reese Schueling
By Madeline Stuebing- 4H Project Leader
4-H Duds to Dazzle County Contest
Devine had five teams participate in the county contest over spring break, our largest group yet!
Teams consist of 3-4 members. They are given a textile item to create a new product from a given category (wearable, accessory, or non-wearable). Teams must use the resources
available to market, price, construct, and care for the newly developed product within a 60-minute time frame, while also developing a marketing speech. Fashion sustainability was a new component added to the contest. Members researched facts about textile production, fast fashion and considered the impact it has…
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Juniors- Accessory Category…On left is the 3rd place team: Devine Needle Ninjas- Ashlyn Stricker, Evie McElwee,Abigail Gutierrez, and Emma Littlefield; the 1st Place team: Devine Crafty Cactuses- Lily Danna, Emma Roberson, and Lacey Stuebing; and the 2nd Place team: Devine Sewing Sisters- Baylee Boehme, Olivia Wilcox, and Khloe Wilson.
By Anton Riecher
Medina County commissioners unanimously approved the intermediate step in a three-phase program to qualify for a potential $10 million in state funding to renovate the county courthouse in Hondo.
“We are getting ready to submit our plan to the Texas Historical Commission,” County Judge Keith Lutz told the commissioners during their regular meeting Monday.
Gabriela Fierro with McKinstry Company, LLC, experts on maintaining government buildings, presented details on the timetable to meet the May 13 deadline to apply for the Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program.
“We had a really successful meeting last week in Austin at the THC,” Fierro said. “This was the time for us to go through the first stage of draft plans with…
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By Victoria Arredondo
Staff Writer
On March 18, the Natalia City Council held their regular meeting. The council passed a motion to accept the interlocal agreement between the City of Natalia and Medina County Emergency Services District No. 4 regarding construction and operation of a 24-hour EMS station.
“I think this is going to be something that’s very much needed,” council member Ruby Vera said. “Some of you may or may not have been on council back when EMS and ESD was established, one of the things we insisted on — but didn’t have a place to put the ambulance — was to have an ambulance here in Natalia on a 24-hour basis, and this is going to…
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