August 16-Caller reported a lost wallet, and someone was using it at a gas station on Oak Hill Drive.
August 16-Caller reported a Mustang driving erradically on Hondo Avenue.
August 17-Suspects reportedly stole a white Volkswagen from Adams Avenue on August 17. Caller reported seeing three unknown suspects in the vehicle as it drove it away. It was found by SAPD who had the wrecked vehicle towed. If you have any info please reach out to Devine PD.
August 22-A juvenile was found in possession of a vape at Devine High School.
August 18-A vehicle being pushed into the parkinglot lost control and struck a water pipe and a trashcan.
Aug 18- Caller reported driver in White Mustang flipping off another driver. Officer made contact with the driver.
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EMS tax hike proposal draws concerned citizens to contentious meeting
MCESD4 District provides EMS service to Devine and Natalia and the surrounding area. It has been planning to switch over on October 1 from hiring a third party amublance service to starting their own EMS business with the thought the taxpayers would get more service. Apprarently not all board members were on the same page, as Board Members Juan Zamora and George Moralez tabled the actions when he learned that Allegiance was already providing TWO 24 HR Ambulances. He was under the impression the ESD was only getting 1.5 ambulances, and the new business would bring that up to 2 ambulances. He questioned why that was misrepresented to the him and Moralez the two newest board members.
As of press time Tuesday, August 27 a new public hearing was happening to see what the board plans to do with tax rate and if Allegiance will be asked to keep providing the service instead of it stopping on Sept 30 since as the board has already cancelled their service as of that date.
By Anton Riecher
With anger and frustration boiling over during an August 20 public hearing, the Medina County Emergency Services District No. 4 Board of Commissioners voted to postpone action on a proposed 57 percent tax rate increase to support its transition to operating its own ambulances rather than contracting with an outside provider. The new tax rate would cause a 73% increase in the actual tax bill of the average homestead will pay.
Former Devine mayor and county commissioner Jerry Beck and Natalia ISD board president Eric Smith among a room full of others were very concerned in the often heated opposition to both the tax increase and the revamp of ambulance service.
“We didn’t know you were going to raise our taxes until it came out in the newspaper the other day,” Beck said. “We wanted to ask, number one, why, but it’s already been decided. You’ve already fired the contract company. You’ve already hired new people.”
Video coverage of the ESD4 public hearing is posted on the Devine News YouTube channel.
Friction was also apparent between board president Anthony Martin and board treasurer Juan Zamora over the issue of whether…
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Cruz control!
Devine Arabian setter Kyndie Cruz was honored for having reached 1,000 career assists. Quick on her feet, she sets up one kill after another for her team.
First auto in Devine-1905- created quite a “stir”
This was the first reported automobile to have been driven through Devine, and it surely created quite a “stir”!
By Nancy Saathoff
Just imagine the excitement, curiosity, and maybe a little fear that this Packard Touring Car might have brought to the dusty streets of Devine in 1905.
Can you imagine the curious looks when seeing an automobile for the very first time? On July 3rd, 1905, perhaps the first automobile that ever ran on the streets of Devine was viewed by a number of citizens who had never seen an automobile before! This early Packard Touring Car must have been a wild spectacle, not just for them, but probably for the horses too! Those were still horse and buggy days in Devine at that time and even though the horses were accustomed to the trains, this was something different! The trains stayed on their own tracks, but for the horses, this vehicle roamed on “their” streets!
Editor R. Peterson and E.B. Baker, a prominent cotton buyer, drove their auto all the way from Paris, Texas with their sights set on heading to Mexico City! Paris was in Lamar, County, in northeast Texas on the Red River, so that was quite a trip planned for them. They were out…
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Last holiday of summer
Last holiday of summer
My weekend was pretty quiet. My sister ad I spent part of Friday in Cuero, checking out a little boutique that we had gift certificates to. It was nice and had plenty of sizes for everyone. Looking at their stock, I came to the conclusion that cute little dresses were back in style. They are perfect for the 20 to 30 age brackets, but not for this granny! The hem lines are mostly just above the knees, and they are floaty and perfect for this time of the year.
This coming Monday is Labor Day. This is the only holiday that has always been on Monday, so therefore it has not fallen to the changes that some of our other holidays have. It is still celebrated on the first Monday of September, just as it has been for many years.
The Knights of Labor in New York City first celebrated Labor Day in 1882 and 1884. Labor Day is now a legal holiday throughout the United States and Canada. It is just about midway between July 4th and Thanksgiving, which is why the first Monday of September, was chosen as this holiday.
Labor Day has always signaled the official end of summer fun. In the past, school always began the Tuesday following Labor Day. This no longer holds true in most school districts, with some having begun classes a couple of weeks ago, with teachers having to go in for workshops and such a week earlier. Many families plan their last get-together of the summer, their last trip to the lake or coast, or their last camp out for Labor Day weekend.
Things & Stuff
On Friday, we got rain…sprinkled for about 45 seconds but, it sounded good and smelled good…hit the concrete driveway and evaporated. Evidently, there is a few more praying for rain but, not enough.
I went to the EMS meeting on the 20th, along with about 18 or 15 others and was witness to an unorganized, sham of a meeting that had several folks wondering if it was even legal. I’m gonna leave this alone because the newspaper was there and will expound on it in depth. According to one of the posted notices on the window of the meeting room was the phrase “the people of MCESD #4 have spoken”. I don’t think that this is an accurate statement.
Also went to the Commissioners Court meeting on Monday and attempted to address my concerns with the increase in the Tax Rate using my own math calculations. Using numbers from Tax Central (told Melissa Lutz that I wouldn’t use her name) I came up with a $79,055 net gain for Medina County using the new rate of 0.4511 per $100 valuation instead of the current rate of $.4356. My thoughts were leave it the same. Don’t know if they will or not but, I went and spoke up.
Weekly Crime report, and upcoming Lytle events…Mark your calendars for the Homecoming Night Parade Sept 21st
Throughout Lytle P.D. last week … Officers handled 48 calls for service and conducted 48 traffic stops. Of those 48 stops, 29 resulted in citations and 19 were warnings.
We did not have any property crimes reported last week! No thefts, no burglaries, and no criminal mischief.
Officers made five arrests last week. #1– Officers responded to the Pecan Grove Apts. (14900 Main St.) for a report of a disturbance. A 19-year-old male was arrested for Assault Causing Bodily Injury (family member). #2 – A report of suspicious activity near the intersection of Wisdom Rd. and Norvell St., resulted in the arrest of a 30-year-old male who provided false identifying information to the officer. #3 – A traffic stop on Main St. resulted in the arrest of a 37-year-old male for an active felony narcotics warrant out of Bexar Co. #4 – Bexar Co. S.O. met one of our officers and turned over a 22-year-old male who had an active warrant out of our department (he fled on foot a couple of months back.) #5 – A traffic stop on Main St. resulted in the arrest of a 21-year-old male for possession of marijuana and unlawfully carrying a weapon. All the arrestees were booked into the Atascosa Co. Jail in Jourdanton.
Local group hopes to address elevated bacteria concentrations in the Lower Medina River and Medio Creek
Stakeholder input is critical. The goal is to address elevated bacteria concentrations in the Lower Medina River and Medio Creek. The meeting will be held in Castoville. Photo by Tina Hendon.
Medina River watershed protection meeting
set for Sept. 9 in Castroville…
By Leslie Lee
The Texas Water Resources Institute, TWRI, will host a stakeholder meeting for the Medina River Below Medina Diversion Lake Watershed Protection Plan on Sept. 9 in Castroville.
The quality of the Medina River below the Medina Diversion Lake will be discussed during a watershed protection plan meeting on Sept. 9 in Castroville. (Tina Hendon/Texas Water Resources Institute)
The public meeting will be from 1-4 p.m. at the Braden Keller Community Center, 1410 Amelia St.
The meeting is the fourth in a series with watershed stakeholders to develop strategies needed to address water quality impairments in the watershed.
“The watershed protection plan is being developed to address elevated bacteria concentrations in the Lower Medina River and Medio Creek,” said Tina Hendon, TWRI program specialist. “There are also nutrient concerns present in the watershed. Both the impairment and concerns can begin to be addressed…
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$1000 Pull Tab Bingo and Family Day Coming Up at Devine VFW Post 3966
$1000 Pull Tab Bingo and Family Day Coming Up at Devine VFW Post 3966
Devine VFW Post 3966 charity bingo is open to the public. Proceeds from bingo fund our Post’s charitable giving to our community. We hold bingo every Thursday and doors open at 4:30 pm. We start selling pull tabs and bingo games at 5:30 pm. The first Thursday of every month we will have a $1000 Pull Tab. Pull tabs will be played when each game of pull tabs sells out. We start regular bingo at 7:00pm and usually finish just before 10:00 pm. Food, snacks and drinks are available. Our Post and Bingo Hall are located at 211 W. College Ave., Devine, TX, across from the Devine US Post Office.
Devine VFW Post 3966 charity bingo will no longer have computer bingo after this month. Thursday, August 29th will be the last night we have computers to play bingo. The reason for discontinuing the computers is two-fold. Rent on the computers is expensive and was not justified with only one use per week. The other reason is that Post members felt that the computers gave an advantage to people who used them and thus were unfair. Grab your daubers and come out for a night of fun and help us build our regular crowd so that we can increase the game payouts. If attendance is over 110 players, the jackpots for regular Bingo will be raised $100 (to $300 and $600).
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