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MICROPUBL UR Jung Tuesday Afternoon, August 25, 1992 Serving NEW BRAUNFELS and COMAL Home of Charlotte Polkinghorne Vol. 140, No. 200 Daily 50 cents, Sunday 75 cents Archives officially at home understanding the work that the Sophienburg does on the archives, I think council came to agree that what we did tonight it best for the entire He said he believes the City Hall is an "excellent" location for the archives. "I have always felt that way and have been really interested in seeing them stay in that Brandt said. The measure passed 5-1, with Council Member Paul Fraser voting against it, By LARRY ROWE Staff Writer The City of New Braunfels and the Sophienburg.

Memorial Association struck an accord Monday night giving the historical group a lowered price on the old City Hall building for the housing of the Sophienburg Archives. As part of the deal, the association will give the city the first opportunity to buy some of its property for the expansion of the city's Dittlinger Memorial Library, should they ever agree to sell the property. "We are thrilled to death that we have this thing settled and we can get on with our business preservation and conservation of the historic artifacts of the City of New Braunfels," said Clyde Blackman, Sophienburg director. The association must now pull together $200,000 for the purchase of the City Hall property, which it has used for free to house the archives for two years. The archives and the city signed a two-year contract in 1990 whereby the association would get the first chance to buy the building, appraised at $270,000.

The association would pay half, and grants would cover the rest, but the grants could not be raised. The city had a second appraisal made, and it returned at $216,000, leading to the 'association's offer of $200,000 for the property. In addition, the city had agreed in negotiations with the association that it would pay them $25,000 for their 59 years of service to the community. Meanwhile, the city was eyeing a lot on Academy Street next to the Dittlinger Memorial Library with a desire to use it for future library expansion. The lot is owned by the memorial association and a house there is used to store Sophienburg Museum artifacts not on dislay.

The museum is located two lots away. As part of the City Hall purchase, the association agreed that should it ever look favorably upon an outside offer to buy the property, it will first offer the lot to the city at the same price. Mayor Clinton Brandt said he was pleased with the deal. "I think the council initially had some questions about the price that the Sophienburg was offering for the old City Hall," Brandt said. "But.

I think after Index 1 Section, 10 Pages BUSINESS. CLASSIFIED COMICS. DEAR ABBY. FORUM RECORDS OPINIONS STOCKS. TOWN TALK, WATER WATCH WEATHER A 'HUMMEL' PLEA FOR VOLUNTEERS 18 Crist Talcott, executive director of the Hummel Huseth.

Museum looking for a few By. STEPHANIE FERGUSON. Managing Editor olunteer. opportunities at the Hummel Museum are endless. When the museum opens its doors to the public later in October it will take close to 100 volunteers to give tours, take tickets, man the gift shop, read to children about Sister Hummel, perform office duties, and the list goes on and on.

Sieglinde Smith, special projects colorful originals of Sister Hummel's artwork. (Photo by John good men men and women. About 40 people have already been recruited, she said. "Some of them will be tour guides, some of them will be selling and taking tickets. They will be checking in photographic equipment because there will be no cameras allowed.

"There will be people doing office work. We're going to need a lot of volunteers to do phone work," she said, adding there will also be jobs Auditor recommends tighter controls on Comal County's computer system By LARRY ROWE Staff Writer An outside auditor is recommending that Comal County tighten control of computer information on court cases and warrants, saying the information can be altered without authorization. "The county's financial records are in great shape," said Keith Moore, a certified public accountant who also audits the City of New Braunfels and New Braunfels Utilities. "There aren't any real major alarms," he said. "The biggest problem that was discovered was some lack of internal control and documentation in the court case management system." This software controls warrants, the payment for warrants and receipts for those payments, and jail records, he said.

"We're talking about the ability to trace information through the Stammtisch director, said." "anybody that can walk and talk" can be a volunteer. "The more the better," said Smith, who has been working behind the scenes for months to see that the museum opens. According to Volunteer Coordinator Barbara Manthey, volunteers can be mothers, working men and women and retired people. "Volunteering at a museum is not like we used to think of as just a woman's job," she said. "We want system," Moore said.

"In other words, information can be changed, and that's fine, as long as you can trace those changes." Currently, the alterations cannot be traced, he said. The Comal County Commissioners Court reinstituted an Audit Oversight Committee last week that will address. Moore's recommendations. The committee includes commissioners J.L. "Jumbo" Evans and Neil Craigmile, and Tax Gloria Clennan.

Some other findings and recommendations made by Moore include the following: Finding: The number of bank accounts maintained by the county and its officers exceed the number necessary for efficient operations. Recommendation: Unnecessary accounts should be closed and the function of depositing to the banks should be shifted to the treasurer Best wishes Landa Park areas 4 and 5. The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung sends take a covered dish. For more birthday wishes today to Jack Cavarubias, 625-6330. Raymond Hook Watson, Stanley Thirsk, Loulsa C.

Martinez, Ignacio Flores Rita R. Girl Scout registration Castilleja, Tommy Whitaker and Kimberly New Braunfels Girl Scouts Darnell, will be 9 a.m.-2 p.m, Saturday, Belated birthday wishes go to Kerry Noble, Girl Scout House on the comer Jessica Farias, Trina Labarbera and Jason Wahl. Fredericksburg. Registration Anniversary wishes today go to Clifford and kindergarten age through Sheila Schuetz, able to register at this time McDonald at 625-4024. German American Society The German American Society will have its Violin lessons annual picnic at 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 1 at The Strings Project of Finding: Not all offices and related entities had been audited by the county auditor during 1991, including certain offices with significant cash collections. Also, no audit of amounts reported collected to the county auditor and amounts actually deposited with the county treasurer by fee officers was conducted. Recommendation: Written procedures should be adopted which identify areas at greatest risk for misstatements of cash, revenues and expenditures. Also, regular random audits of all county offices and related entities should continue.

Finding: In the county auditor's office, monthly outside office reports turned in with funds to the county treasurer were not audited on a timely basis. The year- close out process to get financial statements to the outside auditor also was not See AUDIT, Page 2 where possible. Members arp asked to information, call Registration Day Aug. 29 at the of Howard and is open to girls of adulthood. Those not should call Karen the Mid- Texas Symphony Society will host a meeting of Drugprospective violin students at 7 p.m.

The Knights Wednesday, Sept. 2 in the Board Room of the Drug Abuse New Braunfels Education Center. Call Susan program will Deschner at 964-2348 for more information with music by about violin lessons in the area. 11 p.m. Friday, Friends for Rivers sodas will be Friends for Rivers invites the public to an by Mr.

Gatti's, educational forum at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27 at the Victoria Bank and Trust North Building, 1000 N. Walnut. Ken Krarner, state director of Republican the Sierra Club, will speak on regional Opening management of water resources, including an Republican update on the status of the Comal Springs p.m.

Monday, endangered species lawsuit. For Home Delivery Call 625-9144 Task force looks at river chaos By LARRY ROWE Staff Writer The discussion of law and order on the Guadalupe River continued at Monday's New Braunfels City Council meeting, with talk of crowd control at the Gruene Road crossing. The council nominated two citizens representing the Gruene area for a broad citizens task force put together by the Water Oriented Recreation District to come up with solutions to litter, safety and law enforcement problems on the river. Chris Bowers, a Gruene Road resident nominated along with entrepreneur Mary Jane Nalley, told the council that some of the solutions proposed for loitering problems on the Gruene Road crossing, such as building a larger bridge, may be overreactions. He said the city should "manage what we've got" rather than build new structures.

"I talked with some of the officers down there, just trying to get a feel for what the situation really is," Bowers said. "I have no doubt that there isn't a lot of problems up the river from that point, but I got a feeling that some of this seems to be a little bit blown out of proportion." Council Member Paul Fraser said the council should consider asking the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to reduce flows from Canyon Dam during the entire summer, to avoid a repeat of the current situation, in which August is bringing an influx of tubers kept away by dangerous flows earlier in the season. Fraser, who proposed a citizens "task group" on the problem at the last meeting, said efforts should now be focused through the WORD committee, and elected officials should not See RIVER, Page 2 and women available in the media room and library. This Thursday, two volunteer information sessions will be held at 9:30 a.m.

and again at 7 p.m. at the museum, 199 Main Plaza. Please enter at the side door located just off the north parking lot. If the door is locked, ring the door bell. Everyone interested in becoming a volunteer.

should attend. For more information call the museum at 625-5636. Hurricane Andrew threatens Texas coast GALVESTON, Texas (AP) Texas familiar Gulf with Coast hurricane residents threats Local agency began plywood covering and stocking windows up with on preparing for just groceries in case and Hurricane emergency Andrew supplies, evacuations takes a turn towards the Lone Star State. By STEPHANIE FERGUSON Early today, Andrew was Managing salter moving to the west northwest The Comal County chapter across the Gulf of Mexico from of the American Red Cross in the Bahamas and the Florida preparing for the worst of peninsula, where it left at least 13 Hurricane Andrew as it began dead. A hurricane warning was in alerting disaster teams force from Pascagoula, to Monday, Port Arthur, Texas and a watch "We're ready, said Shirley was in effect from south of Port Offermann, director of the Arthur to High Island, local chapter.

We have our At 4 a.m. CDT, Andrew's disaster teame on alert in the center was about 270 miles event It hits the Corpus southeast of New Orleans, moving (Christi) area." west-northwest at 17 mph. Maxi- RED, Page 1 See HURRICANE, Page 2 AM teen dance, of Columbus 4183 and the local Resistance Education (DARE) sponsor a drug-free teen dance diso jockey Mike Taylor from 7- Aug. 28 at the KC Hall. Free provided by HEB and free pizza.

Cover charge is $3. headquarters ceremonies for the Comal County Headquarters are scheduled for 5 Aug. 31 at the law offices of STAMMTISCH, Page 2.