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Warhorse “D” sticks it to Lions

Jerel Beaty
Staff writer
San Antonio Christian should have prayed for a little more offensive success if they wanted any chance to upend the Horses on their home field. The Lions netted a mere 163 yards for the game in Devine’s 21-10 thumping of SAC.
The Lions managed a touchdown prior to the end of the first half, but that was thanks largely to an interception by their defense that put them in scoring position inside the 25-yard line with around three minutes to go.
SAC converted a field goal in the third quarter, and that was all she wrote in this one scoring-wise for the Warhorse opponent.
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SanchoStats are accumulated by Defensive Coordinator Danny Sanchez. The stats display with accuracy just how good the Warhorse defense was against the Lions, as it has in Devine’s previous three victories as well.
SAC netted 163 yards but also was the victim of several sacks that do not count against either the 72 yard rushing total or 91 passing yards.
The Lions only had…

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Arabian XC looks to district

Jerel Beaty
Staff writer
Hailey Montes led her Arabian Cross Country team to an 11th place finish in Corpus Christi last weekend as she placed 42nd among the 285 runners in the small school division. Devine scored 324 points as they now focus in a little more on their upcoming district competition.
Montes ran her two-mile race in 14:44, beating the next runner by just over a second at the finish line.
Charlee Rangel, Camila Sierra, Claire Atkinson, and Aimee Carr joined Montes in scoring for the team.
Rangel finished 57th with a time of 15:07, Sierra was 71st at 15:25, Atkinson 85th crossing at 15:36, and Carr 100th with a time of 15:56.
Darilynn Garcia (137th, 16:30) and Aaralynn Garcia (167th, 17:17) also competed.
Top 12 team rankings (of 35)
1st La Feria 86, 2nd Tilden 93, 3rd Lytle 120, 4th Poth 124, 5th Lago Vista 195, 6th Sinton 229, 7th Progreso 252, 8th Zapata 270, 9th Weimar 273, 10th Incarnate Word 301, 11th Devine 324, 12th Corpus Christi Tuloso-Midway 364.

Devine XC 4th at Islander

Devine Senior Cross Country Runners:
Charlee Rangel, Donnovan Dixon, and Angelina Garcia.

Donovan Dixon 4th individually

Donovan Dixon and the rest of the Warhorse Cross Country team got a little preview of what is to come if they make it to Regional in Corpus Christi later this month as Dixon placed fourth individually of 206 runners and the team came in fourth as well among 23 in competition at Saturday’s Islander Splash which was rescheduled due to Mother Nature a few weeks ago.
Dixon ran his 5K in 17:27, only four-seconds behind the third place runner and four-seconds ahead of the fifth place finisher at the Islander Splash.
Scoring Devine’s 180 points along with Dixon were Ryan Botello, Brody Lane, Jake Riou, and Zane Fritz.
Botello finished 36th with a time of 19:20, Lane was 55th at 19:56, Riou came in next at 56th and a time of 19:59, and Fritz crossed at 63rd with a time of 20:12.
Shawn Lowe (68th, 20:19),Zac Guerra (72nd, 20:23), and Jesus Cisneros (94th, 21:04) also ran.
Top 10 (of 23)
1st Lytle 33, 2nd Del Rio 123, 3rd Tilden McMullen County 128, 4th Devine 180, 5th San Diego 199, 6th Rockport-Fulton 210, 7th Premont 224, 8th Sinton 278, 9th Alice 298, 10th Robstown 299.

ESD4 monthly meeting

October 9 at 7:00 pm at EMS building

The Medina County Emergency Services District # 4 will hold its regularly scheduled meetings on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7:00 PM on October 9, 2024 at the EMS station, 206 Dixon Dr. Devine, TX 78016.
An agenda has not been posted as of press time Tuesday morning, but would have to be posted by this Friday, October 4 end of the day on their website under ESD/ Agenda tab at medinacountyesd4.org
Jerry Beck has been approved by the Medina County Commissioners to take the vacant seat on the board.
The ESD4 decided to continue the contract with Allegiance at the last board meeting instead of starting their own EMS service at this time after a push back from the community about a proposed tax raise and unanswered questions.

“Graham crackers”

The one thing I really noticed during my trip to Devine, is that rain is needed in that area just as it is here. The only “green” that I saw was irrigated fields, everything else was sere and brown.
This past week has been busy to the max! I was in Devine part of the week, and had bunco, appointments and the usual things. Since I hadn’t seen some of the “greats”, we met at Castroville Regional Park for lunch Friday and had lunch together; salads were the order of the day for the grown-up and bean and cheese tacos for the smaller crowd. We had a wonderful time and the children were able to burn off excess energy running around and using the swings and slides. When I left there, I headed in the general direction of home with a stop off in Pleasanton at the HEB store since I already knew that some of the family would be there for the weekend, in fact, my one daughter and I both got to the house at almost the same time! The other two daughters arrived later in the day, and, yes, we had a wonderfully relaxing weekend. They are all such hard workers and my house is clean, beds changed, laundry done, etc, etc.
The following article is from a newspaper, possible from Chicago, (according to the movies listed on the back and the names of the theatres showing them), that was in a box of “stuff” given to me some time ago. I never had time to go through it and now have finally gotten to do so. There is no date anywhere on/in the article but judging from the condition of the paper, it could be from the ’50 or ‘60s. It struck me as interesting, as I had often wondered where ‘graham crackers’ and graham flour came from. It is being copied exactly as it appeared in that paper, headlines and all!

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Lytle PD makes 2 arrests, searching for robbery suspect

It’s time for your weekly dose of Lytle P.D. activity … Officers responded to 49 calls for service and conducted 58 traffic stops. Of those 58 traffic stops, 28 resulted in citations and 30 were warnings. The “warnings” nudged out the citations by a mere 2 stops.
There were two arrests made last week, both were a result of the same traffic stop. Ofc. L. Diaz (assisted by Ofc. R. Garcia) stopped a vehicle on Main St. for a defective headlight. The driver, a 26-year-old male, had an active warrant out of Bexar Co. for theft. Officers were going to release the vehicle to the passenger, a 27-year-old female, but, when they checked her driver’s license status, she came back wanted out of Bexar Co. as well for a burglary of a building charge. We call that a “double play”, and both were booked into the Atascosa Co. Jail. The vehicle was released to the registered owner.
Three property crimes were reported last week: #1 – A complainant reported that their mini-storage unit (19200 N. Somerset St.) was broken into. They were unsure of what was taken, which is often a common denominator in mini-storage burglaries. #2 – A N. Prairie St. resident reported that an unknown person struck his fence, damage was estimated at $200. #3 – A complaint reported that an iPhone 14 valued at $730 was stolen from the Lytle I.S.D. fieldhouse on 9/26/2024 between 5 and 10:30P.

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Fine Tuning to reach the Sweet Spot

Back in the Early 50’s on until nearly the end of that decade, south Texas had a severe dry period commonly referred to as “The 7 Year Drought”. Rainfall totals remained in the single digits for an entire 12-month period, year after year. Point being most of the folks I grew up knowing as a youngster were “bad broke”, including my family.
Johnnie Sr. would often have folks drop by the house in the evenings to have him work on their cars. This represented another income source for him and a savings to the vehicle owners. I remember him often telling me he was fine tuning that engine to find the “sweet spot” in terms of how it idled and ran.
My Grand Dad would also speak about giving just the right amount of throttle to his old John Deere Model B so that the plow or planter would run most efficiently. They likewise would both talk about getting their rifles set up just right so they could “hit the sweet spot” on the deer we counted on to help supplement our food supply.

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Natalia Council approves ‘24 tax rate

By Catherine Richard
The Natalia City Council approved the Little League’s use of the Natalia Veterans Memorial Sportsplex and the 2024-2025 tax rate and budget on Sept. 23 at the Natalia Council Chambers.
Jaime Gomez, president of the Little League, requested a renewal for the Little League’s one-year contract.
Under the 2023 lease, Little League made multiple upgrades to the sportsplex facilities, repairing broken windows, installing storage systems, and constructing coverings to provide shade for the home side spectators.
The City Council approved the renewal and extended the lease of the sportsplex for another two years.
“I am pleased with the decision last night,” Gomez said.
Along with other repairs and improvements, the Little League’s future projects include making improvements to the bathroom and installing and AED for emergency situations.
There were some disputes over the use of the sportsplex, specifically when it came to the allowance for other sports teams to use the field. Further decisions will have to be made which will determine…

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Lytle council approves 2024-2025 tax rate and budget

Agrees to join Medina water alliance

By Anton Riecher
By unanimous vote the Lytle City Council approved a $4.832 million budget for fiscal year 2024-2025 supported by a property tax rate of $.398363 per $100 valuation, an increase of 13.11 percent.
Mayor Ruben Gonzalez said the tax rate, set during the Sept. 23 regular meeting, remains one of the lowest of the three counties in which the city is located.
“I just want to remind everybody that when you put the numbers together we’re still about three cents lower than any community around here,” Gonzalez said.
City Administrator Zachary Meadows said that closest that any Medina County community comes to the Lytle tax rate is 43 cents per $100 valuation. The next closest in Atascosa, Medina or Bexar counties is still three to four cents higher than Lytle, he said.
The full tax roll for Lytle in all three counties totals $1,168,945, Meadows said.
No comment was heard from taxpayers during the separate public hearings conducted for the tax rate and the budget. The rate amounted to a one cent increase from last year.
The tax rate combines a debt service rate of $.071490 per $100 valuation and a maintenance and operation (M&O) rate of $.326873 per $100 valuation. The tax rate, budget, debt service and M&O rate were…

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World Polio Day isOctober 24, 2024

It wasn’t that long ago when polio was in our local news. The Hondo Anvil Herald reported on polio frequently in the late 40s and throughout the 1950s and I am sure the Devine News as well shared many polio stories. Articles ranged from talking about local polio victims or survivors to March of Dimes campaigns, spraying DDT for flies and insects in local communities and polio insurance ads to buy health coverage. A particular article I came across talked about the “dos and don’ts of polio”. Before polio vaccine was available, information was shared on what you can do to try and avoid it. Like, staying out of swimming pools, staying out of cold water, avoiding overexertion, only play with kids you know and avoid crowds. People were trying anything. This kind of advice was common during “polio season” which happened in the summer months. Polio was terrifying for parents. Polio symptoms could be mild, like fatigue or headache, or severe with paralysis or death. Some local data from 1941-1950 showed polio cases to be very low in Medina County in the years leading up to 1949 with only a few cases per year and one year not any. 1949 was a particularly rough year. Not far from here, one of the largest polio outbreaks in U.S. history started.

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