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EVENT: Incorporation Ceremony
COMMITTEE TO INCORPORATE VON ORMY P.O. BOX 377, VON ORMY, TEXAS, 78073 www.vonormytexas.com | 210-857-6848
Press Release RE: City of Von Ormy Established by Voters.
Event. Residents gathered for a victory celebration at Sacred Heart Catholic Church and toasted to the new city with locally made wine and champagne. Residents then processed to the church's bell tower and rang the bell for nearly one hour. The church's bell dates to the 1840's and is perhaps the oldest continuously used community symbol in Von Ormy. It is still rung as it was in the old days by manually pulling on ropes. The last time residents rang the bell for an hour was at the end of World War II, a local historian noted to the crowd. Everyone present took turns ringing the bell, young and old. The bell is named "San Ignacio"; it was a Mexican tradition in the 19th century to symbolically baptize church bells and give them names. The name "San Ignacio" is cast into the bell, and it is rung before every mass. Every Von Ormian since the 1840's has heard "San Ignacio" ring and in this night it rang proudly to usher in a new era in the community's history. The Committee to Incorporate Von Ormy is proud to announce that it has accomplished its goal in creating the city of Von Ormy with a near 90 percent consensus. CIVO would like to humbly thank everyone involved with the incorporation effort, especially our great CIVO members, volunteers, and everyone who contributed to the campaign in any way. It was truly a community effort and the results demonstrate this clearly. The next step in the incorporation process is for Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff to sign an order of incorporation and enter the city of Von Ormy into the official record of Bexar County Commissioner's Court. This is tentatively set to occur on Friday, May 30th, 2008. An election to elect a Mayor, 5 at-large Alderman, and a Marshall will be held in the November General Election Committee to Incorporate Von Ormy (CIVO) is a Texas non-profit association formed in the summer of 2006 by residents of Von Ormy, Texas to incorporate Von Ormy into a municipality. The CIVO website can be found at http://www.vonormytexas.com
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Latest News on Incorporation
5/10/08 - Express-News Article "Von Ormy: Rural area becomes newest town" See it here.
5/8/08 - Southside Reporter Guest Commentary by Art Martinez de Vara See it here.
5/8/08 - Southside Reporter Article on Von Ormy Election See it here.
5/7/08 - San Antonio Current Article on Von Ormy ElectionSee it here.
4/30/08 - Express-News publsihed an article on the Von Ormy Election. See it here.
4/18/08 - VOPAC mailed all registered voters a flyer with eletion information
4/9/08 - Volunteers put up 150 yard signs and 30 LARGE yard signs around Von Ormy
3/15/08 - CIVO hosted a town meeting at Jarret VFD Fire Station on Sat. March 15th.
3/13/08 - CIVO hosted a town meeting at Sacred Heart Church on Wed. March 12th. Over 35 voters attended.
3/12/08 - The Von Ormy Trail Ride was very successful. We raised $1250.00. Thanks to everyone who participated!
2/21/08 - County Judge Nelson Wolff signed an Order of Election today! Our incorporation election will be May 10th!! Read the order of election here.
2/20/08 - Our application was submitted and Bexar County election department has selected Sacred Heart Church as our early voting and election day polling site. Click here to view our application for an election.
2/18/08 - We have completed our application for incorporation and will submit it Tuesday, Feb. 19th with County Judge Nelson Wolff. Once the application is approved and the election is ordered, CIVO will organize a series of town meetings to address questions and get out the vote.
2/1/08 - The City of San Antonio has granted us permission to form the City of Von Ormy. They passed a resolution on January 31, 2008. Our next step will be to file an application with Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff requesting that he order an election on incorporation of Von Ormy. CIVO has been working hard to get this application complete and we expect to file it on Monday, February 18, 2008. We have hired Baker Surveying, Inc. to perform our survey, which you can view here: Survey | Survey Description.