Celebrating 126 Years of Serving the communities of Devine, Natalia, Lytle, Bigfoot, and Moore in Medina, Frio, and Atascosa Counties
Keep up with what’s going on in Devine, Natalia, Lytle, Bigfoot and Moore areas in Medina, Frio, and Atascosa Counties.
Submitted by Chris Schuchart, incoming Medina County Republican repair:
On Saturday, June 15, Bob Oberlander and Chris Schuchart (Medina County outgoing Republican Chair and incoming Republican Chair) were informed by Jen Hall, Executive Director of the Republican Party of Texas (RPT) that Brandon Herrera, candidate for US Congress in district 23, had filed a petition for recount.
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Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico courtesy of iStock-copyright David Ramos cmuk-1397631432
Everyone is welcome to go visit the missionary image of Our Lady Guadalupe at St. John Bosco Catholic Church in Natalia. She will be on display through July 7.
This digital replica, is the exact size and color of the original miraculous image that Our Lady left on Saint Juan Diego’s tilma in 1531. It is certified by Cardinal Norberto Carrera, Archbishop of Mexico.
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Totaling over 1,100 acres, 750+ new homes coming
This past June 10, Medina County Commissioners voted unanimously to approve a plat establishing the first 14 lots of the 520-acre Sandhurst subdivision on Interstate 35. Precinct 4 Commissioner Danny Lawler, representing the precinct where the new subdivision is located, made the motion to approve the plat.
“They’ve done the water study, feasibility study and drainage study,” Lawler said. However, he noted that some roads in the project are not currently up to county specification. The final plats have not been approved, but the county expects approximately 130 lots in this subdivision.
The Sandhurst will be located near the weigh station just south of the old Morales Feedlot on the southbound side of the interstate. Some of the Sandhurtst lots are in Devine’s school district, while some is in Frio County, Lawler noted later.
Milian Simic, representing the developer NAFTA Freeway JV, said the roads would…
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WHEELCHAIR NEEDED– Call Devine News if you’d like to help
Three residences were hit by burglars this June with an odd assortment of items taken. Suspect(s) got away with a refrigerator, and sadly, even a wheelchair was stolen in the crimes which occurred the first weekend of June.
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Proven in last election, 508-507, Johnson defeats Duffy by one vote
One vote counts proof…A one vote difference actually determined an election for the Medina County Precinct 3 Constable Election as Jonathan Johnson won with 508 votes to 507 for incumbent Stephen Duffy.
Election night totals still stand, even after a hand recount.
“A hand recount of the ballots for the Medina County Precinct 3 Constable Run-Off race was conducted by the Medina County Republican Party Recount Team, and the Elections Administrator for Medina County…
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explains new “circuit breaker” tax rule
By Anton Riecher
Medina Central Appraisal District Chief Appraiser Johnette Dixon addressed the commissioners’ court June 10 to further clarify changes in the minimum acreage requirement for agricultural exemptions under the latest MCAD guideline.
“We are not removing anyone’s ag exemption as long as they are currently using it, continue to use it and have between 10 and 20 acres,” Dixon told the commissioners.
A press release issued by MCAD in mid-May stated that local agricultural operations…
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Ninth Annual Golf Tournament
June 29, Golfers/hole sponsors needed
Thea Marie Keskinen-Burke is one of the most amazing six-year-olds we have ever met. She loves God, her family and everyone she meets. Her faith shines through every day. Thea suffers from Generalized Idiopathetic Epilepsy. She had her first seizure at the age of two. Thea has both Tonic-Colonic (Grand Mal loss of consciousness) and violent muscle spasms and absent seizures (brief sudden lapses in attention). She must be watched 24/7.
Opening day at the library 1965. From left: Attorney Melvin Corley, Attorney Joe E. Briscoe (Library Board Chairman), High School Instructor Lucille Day, Librarian Margo Symington, Board Member Willie Mae Driscoll, Mayor Sid Malone, Library Assistant Nettie Petri, and Board Member Jack Tilley.
The struggle, cooperation and amazing volunteerism that brought the first public library to Devine
By Sherry Symington
March 23, 2001
“One small boy stood in the fireplace to look up the chimney, another peered under the desk. A little pixie of a girl popped in, her head swathed in black ruffled lace covering large rollers. Suddenly a baseball flew through the open door and several rows of books clattered to the floor.”
–Margo Symington, Librarian, May 27, 1965
The description above, written by the new librarian in her journal, was a typical evening in the first days of the Devine Public Library. Opened in a modest 1-room building next to the Little League field, Devine’s first library had more potential than polish in those early days. However, without the dedication of a handful of people to jump start the project, and the support and hard work of many of Devine’s citizens, this library may never have happened. Now, 36 years later, Devine boasts one of the largest, most modern, and most well stocked libraries for a town of its size.
Bookless in Devine
Before 1965, you couldn’t get books to read in Devine unless you bought a paperback at the grocery store or had access to the high school library. “This town needs a public library!” declared Ida Sample, English teacher at Devine Public High School. The year was 1955 and Attorney Joe E. Briscoe was listening. Together…
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The first Devine Public Library was housed in a 1-room former Boy Scout building next to the Little League field. The new sign on the building and freshly planted trees in 1965 hinted at the treasure of books inside.
Gov. Greg Abbott inaugurated the base, which will be able to house at least 1,800 troops when construction is finished. Credit Kaylee Greenlee Beal for The Texas Tribune
By Alejandro Serrano
Courtesy of The Texas Tribune
MAY 31, 2024–EAGLE PASS — Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday welcomed the first group of Texas National Guard troops to move into a new 80-acre base being built here as part of the state’s $11 billion border initiative.
The base, located on the southern edge of the city, has a dining hall with chef-served meals, dorms that will give each soldier a room and a pavilion where troops can have picnics or put up a basketball hoop. Three hundred troops — who have been living in hotels and other temporary lodging in the region and commuting up to an hour to the border — moved in Friday morning, marching single file with their backpacks and rifles into the food hall.
Officials estimate the base will help the state save $11.5 million a month in…
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