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Thursday, July 19, 2012 

Infrastructure tops short council agenda – In a meeting that lasted about 10 minutes Tuesday evening, Uvalde City Council unanimously approved placement of infrastructure to service the airport on Garner Field Road and a future Hampton Inn hotel, which will be built on East Main Street. During discussion regarding the airport it was noted that when construction began on SkyWay Group’s self-service fuel station it was determined that a location different from the one approved at a May 10 City Council meeting would be best. With construction already under way, the matter was presented Monday to the Airport Advisory Board. On Tuesday, Joe Cardenas, assistant city manager, told council the advisory board unanimously approved the relocation.  

Sporadic rainfall continues – Rainfall has been abundant in recent weeks in surrounding areas, and this weekend, Uvalde and Leakey received the majority of precipitation. A low pressure system centered in the Hill Country produced the storms that quenched the soil. According to the National Weather Service, flow boundaries were sent out due to the collapsing storms, providing for new storms to arise. Dave Sowell of Quail Springs RV Park reported “a lovely rain” totaling 3.1 inches Thursday, Friday and Saturday. “We’re ready for more.” The area north of Leakey was in the center of weekend rainfall as well, receiving 3.5 inches, said Brad Hart. In Leakey proper, JoAnn Fisher, measured a total of 2.3 inches Saturday and Sunday night. “It was luck,” said Fisher. Residents in Concan emptied 1.5 inches out of their rain gauges, also seeing a 6 to 8 inch rise in the Frio River, said Jerry Bates at Happy Hollow.

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Accident claims agent’s life – Uvalde Station Border Patrol agent James Dominguez died Thursday morning after being struck by a pickup while picking up debris on Highway 90 near Cline, about 18 miles west of Uvalde. The accident is still under investigation by Department of Public Safety Trooper Eloy Garza, but the agency said the 41-year-old agent was assisting stranded motorists just before 6 a.m. when the accident occurred. Trooper Eliseo Ceja in the Laredo DPS office said Dominguez crossed from the west shoulder of Highway 90 West to the east side of the roadway in order to clear debris that flattened at least one tire on the victims’ vehicle. 

Wild Wednesday hails down damage in city – Local insurance agencies were kept busy Thursday answering phone calls from area residents with requests for damage assessments following Wednesday’s freak hail storm, which hurled golf-ball size chunks of ice from the skies and dropped up to 0.5 of an inch of rain. The storm was definitely out of the ordinary, National Weather Service staff said, noting that golf ball-size hail in South Texas is not a common occurrence in the heat of the summer. 

Residents open homes to glider teams – For the next several weeks, Uvalde will serve as a temporary home to 130 of the best glider pilots from more than 20 countries around the world as they take part in the 2012 World Gliding Championships. Uvalde locals will be supplying actual homes for many of these competitors. Kay Brieden took part in the bulk of planning for this, contacting homeowners in order to coordinate housing arrangements. The guests will be mostly self-sufficient, but hosts will be responsible for tidying their rooms. Carolyn Bevis volunteered her home nine months ago and began preparation for the German team’s arrival. 

50 years ago

Thursday, July 20, 1972

SWTJC students to view instructor on TV in fall – A student at Southwest Texas Junior College this fall may watch his instructor lecture on closed-circuit-television; or he may watch and listen to a synchronized slide show; or he may even listen to a taped lecture and start it, back it up and stop it anytime he wishes. The reason behind all this is that the Instructional Media Center at SWTJC has expanded their facilitates in an effort to keep up with the changing role that today’s junior colleges are required to fill. SWTIC is primarily attempting to provide a wide range of young college student types with a wider, more individualized, range of instructional facilities.

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