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T
RIO GRANDE
"The Largest Paid
Circulation Going
In Starr County"
VOL XXXV
NO. 30
MAY 12, 1977
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New Officers Installed At
TCTA-TSTA Banquet
The annual TCTA-TSTA
Banquet was held at the Rio
Grande City High School
Cafeteria on Friday, May
6th. The crowd attending
were treated to a delicious
Chicken Ribs dinner.
The speaker for the
evening, Mr. Neil Duvall,
gave brief comments on the
problems of law en-
forcement. Mr. J. D.
Villarreal Jr., District I
President of TSTA. served
Committees Hold
Monthly Meeting
The Advisory Committees,
districtwide and student, of
the ESAA and Title VII
Programs met for their
monthly meeting on Wed-
nesday, April 27, 1977 at tine
Title VII Office of the Rio
Grande City CISD, Fort
Ringgold.
Discussed were the status
of the programs, evaluation
results, curriculum units
developed, inservice
training, and so forth. Copies
of test results and
curriculum units developed
by student-aides were
distributed to parents
present. In addition to this
Mr. Luis Jaime Trevino,
Grulla Resource Teacher
under ESAA, gave a film
presentation on the in-
dividualized and small group
instruction at Grulla
Schools. Parents were in-
vited to visit the classrooms
at any time.
Other items discussed
were the inservice
workshops held at I^aredo
and Austin held on Bilingual-
Bicultural Education. Mr.
Ricardo Recio and Mr.
Alberto Barrera both
presented an up-to-date
report on their respective
programs. Mr. Rene J.
Gonzalez, ESAA Chair-
person, thanked the public
and invited them to continue
participating in the advisory
committee meetings. The
meeting adjourned and
refreshments were served.
as installing officer for the
officers of 1977-78.
Installed were President,
Enrique Gonzalez; First
Vice-President, Miss
Rosalinda Rivera; Second
Vice-President, Ricardo
Resendez; Treasurer, Miss
Rosalinda Garza; and
Secretary, Rene Rolando
Lopez.
Bocid members present
were Mr. & Mrs. Jesus Solis,
Mr. & Mrs. Bias Chapa, Mr.
& Mrs. A. E. Garcia, and
Efrain Garcia. Ruben Saenz
coordinated the presentation
of experience pins to 14
recipients.
On behalf of the executive
committee, we would like to
thank all the faculty
representatives, all the
members that attended, the
cafeteria personnel, and all
personnel that contributed in
making this banquet a great
success. The chairperson,
Miss Rosalinda Rivera is to
be commended, as well as
Miss Rosalinda Garza; and
Mrs. Minnie Villarreal for
the presentation of the
programs. Mrs. Elma
Doyno, Mrs. Mandy Pena,
and Jose Herrera presented
their numbers.
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TSTA OFFICERS INSTALLED-Enrique Gonzalez, left, was installed as President
of the Rio Grande City TSTA at the annual banquet held at the Rio Grande City High
School Cafeteria on Friday, May 6. Neil Duvall, center, Assistant Attorney General of
Texas, delivered the keynote address; and J.D. Villarreal, Jr., right, District I
President of TSTA, served as Installing Officer. Also installed to serve for 1977-78
were Miss Rosalinda Rivera, First Vice-President; Ricardo Resendez, Second Vice-
President; Miss Rosalinda Garza, Treasurer; and Rene Rolando Lopez, Secretary.
Starr County 4-H'ers
Win District Honors
Texas Nursing Home Week
Being Observed
Residents of nursing
homes all across Texas are
being honored with a special
"wej-k" proHpimed bv
Govern'". Dolf^i Briscoe and
helped along by Kentucky's
famous Colonel Harland
Sanders as Honorary Host.
The observance, which
runs throughout the week
following Mother's Day is
sponsored by Texas Nursing
Home Association with the
dual objectives of paying
tribute to resident patients
cared for in their member
homes plus giving the
general public a good look at
various aspects of total care
provided in Texas' modern
licensed nursing homes.
"Colonel Sanders is a
distinguished Senior
American who symbolizes
our theme that the later
years in life can be the
prefer years," said
Douglas G. Pendergras.
president of TNHA. "He has
been most generous with his
time and influence and we
are happy to have him as our
Host," Pendergras con-
tinued. "On behalf of
Governor Briscoe, we made
him an Honorary Texan
during a recent visit to
Louisville. With such
splendid cooperation from
the Governor, the Colonel,
and from hundreds of
mayors, clergymen,
volunteers, and the news
media in Texas, we will meet
our objectives this year
more successfully than ever
before."
"Texas leads the nation in
the field of long-term care,"
Pendergras, "we in the
profession are proud of th-
at fact and we want
Texans to share our pride."
During Nursing Home
Week there are Open
Houses, displays of arts and
crafts, talent shows, and a
wide variety of activities
which the public would find
interesting.
Eighty-nine 4-H'ers from
eleven South Texas Counties
qualified for State Roundup
by virtue of top finishes in
District i2 competition at
Pan American University.
Starr County came in third
with 17 qualifiers in the
senior division.
In the junior division Starr
County tied for first with
Cameron County. One
hundred and one juniors
competed in junior
categories.
Starr County Adult
Leaders have every reason
to be proud of their 4-Hers.
They did an excellent
showing at District Roun-
dup.
Representing Starr County
were:
Family Life Educational
Activity: Seniors, Veronica
Gonzalez, Irene Cuellar,
Edna Cortez, and Ivan
Pena; Juniors: Missy
Ramirez; Family Resource
Management, Sonia Saenz,
Junior Division, first; Foods
& Nutrition "Let's Speak
Out," Dillia Montalvo,
Junior Division; Home
Environment, Armandina
Barrera, Senior Division,
first.
Horticulture Preparation
& Use, Veronica Barrera
and Jose Hinojosa. Junior
Division, first; Landscape
Horticulture, John Butcher
and Carlos Gonzalez, Junior
Division, first; Pork
Demonstration, Yvonne
Ix)pez and Eddie Barrera,
Junior Division, first; Public
Speaking - Boys, Willie
Rodriguez, Senior Division;
Clothing Velma Montalvo,
senior, first; Margot
Requenez, Junior; Public
Speaking Girls, Christine
Butcher, Senior Division,
first; Marissa Rodriguez,
Junior Division.
Share-the-fun - Seniors:
Cindy Hinojosa, Cookie
Cortez, Araceli Vela, Araceli
Andrade, Abel Rodriguez,
Teresa Lopez, Marivel
Canales, Flavio Villarreal,
and Jerry de la Garza;
Share-the-fun Juniors: Luis
Jaime Gonzalez, Rene
Gonzalez, George Gonzalez,
Rosa Maria de la Garza,
Mary Guerra, Ester Guz-
man, Billy Guerra, Margot
Chapa, and Lupita de la
Garza.
Starr County took a total of
15 teams to district of these
seven qualified as 1st place
winners.
Tornado Season At Hand
Bands Present
Spring Concert
On Thursday, May 12, 1977
the Rio Grande City Bands
will present their Annual
Spring Concert at 7:30 p.m.
in the Multipurpose Center,
Fort Ringgold. Admission
will be $1 00 for adults and 50
tfor children and students.
Performing will be the
Beginner's Band (6th
Grade), the Ringgod Junior
High School Band, the High
School Choir, and the Rio
Grande City High School
Rattler Band. Band direc-
tors for these organizatons
are Mr. Ricardo Garcia, Mr.
Jose D. Compean, Mr.
Carlos Ruis and Mr. Alfredo
Cortinas.
The evening performances
will consist of musical
selections from classical and
popular tunes and will show
the wide variety of musical
ability of the students. A
special invitation is ex-
tended to parents to come
see their children perform
and to see some of the -
awards which have been
received by the bands and
students.
Special recognition will be
given the Board of Trustees
and the School Administrat-
ion for their continued sup-
port of the Band program,
Band Boosters, band
directors and students thank
all of the citizens of the Rio
Grande City area that
supported the Mananitas
Serenades on Mother's Day.
Everyone is invited and
urged to attend the next
Band booster meeting which
will be held on Tuesday, May
17, 1977 at 8:00 p.m. in the
Band Hall, Fort Ringgold.
Hot, humid, windy
weather can be a dangerous
signal for Texas during the
spring months.
Why"
Because these weather
conditions breed tornadoes,
and Texas is the most tor-
nado-prone state in the
nation, says the Texas
Agricultural Extension
Service.
Texas has an average of
103 tornadoes a year, with
most of them occurring in
April and May when there
are violent winds, severe
thunderstorms, and masses
of cool and warm air
colliding with each other.
Eight out of 10 tornadoes
occur between noon and
midnight, with more than 20
per cent in the two-hour span
from 4 to 6 p.m.
Tornadoes, which take an
average annual toll of 184
human lives in the U.S.
usually travel southwest to
northeast and stay on the -
ground about 10 minutes.
Their forward speed is about
30 miles per hour, but wind
speeds in the funnel of a
tornado can get up to 300
miles per hour.
The National Weather
Service issues, "tornado -
watch" when atmospheric
conditions are favorable for
the development of tor-
nadoes. A 'tornado war-
ning" is issued when a
tornado has actually been
sighted or detected by radar.
If you hear of a tornado
watch, stay tuned to a radio
or television for weather
reports, take cover in a
basement, cellar or civil
defense shelter and keep a
battery-powered radio
handy in case power lines
are down.
The safest refuge is a
tornado shelter, un-
derground excavation or
reinforced concrete struc-
ture.
If you don't have a
basement, stay in the central
part of the lowest level of the
house or get in a closet or -
bathroom or under heavy
furniture. Open a few win-
dows but stay away from
them.
If you're in an office or
factory, stay in an inside
hallway on the lowest floor
or go to a designated shelter.
Get out of mobile homes or
old, poorly built buildings
and stay away from any
structures with free-span
roofs such as gyms or
auditoriums.
If you're caught in open
country when a tornado hits
head for a nearby building
or lie flat in a ravine or ditch.
Don't stay in a car unless
you can drive awav from the
tornado at right angles to its
path.
If you sight a tornado,
report it at once, but don't tie
up the phone with un-
necessary calls.
When cleaning up debris
from a tornado, wear gloves
and thick soled shoes and
watch for downed electrical
wires and broken gas pipes.
Don't light matches or
smoke in or near a building
that has been hit by a tor-
nado until you're sure there
are no gas leaks.
Kika Working
On
Funds For
Drug Traffic Fight
Club Honors
David Garza
David D. Garza was
named Rotary Student of the
Month by the Rotary Club of
Edinburg during the club's
weekly luncheon on April 28.
David is a senior at Pan
American University in
Edinburg and a Student
Senator for the S
Humanities for the last two
years.
The award David received
reads as follows: "In
recognition of outstanding
student accomplishments in
school and community ac-
tivities Dedication to the
ideals and principles of
Public School and Com-
munity participation, as
exemplified by yourself,
shall not go unnoticed by the
Edinburg Rnt^ry mem-
bersh'" >ui
nonor De accepted by you as
a token of appreciation of
your efforts."
David is the son of Mr and
Mrs Pila A. Garza and Uie
grandson of Soleadad H.
Tijerina all of Rio Grande
City.
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SECRETARY HONORED-Yolanda Garcia,
secretary at Roque Guerra Jr. Elementary, was
honored with a Surprise Merienda during National
Secretary Week The Koque Guerra Jr staff and
Principal Ninfa Escobar expressed their appreciation
to her and presented her with a corsage and a gift
Everybody then enjoyed cookies, punch, and a cake
decorated especially for the occasion
WASHINGTON DC - Rep.
Kika de la Garza reported
today that the House of
Representatives Select
Committee on Narcotics
Abuse and Control is moving
ahead with three in-
vestigations leading to
future hearings as Valley
leaders seek surveillance
systems to control traffic
and enforcement on the US-
Mexico border
Recently the Select
Committee visited Brown-
sville as the last stop on a
2,000 mile tour of the US-
Mexico border The research
focused on the effectiveness
of the US interdiction effort
there. The South Texas
Congressman said the report
on the trip will be out soon.
Focusing on border
problems Rep de la Garza,
along with representatives
from three Valley cities, met
in his office this week with
federal officials to discuss
radar surveillance as
related to air traffic control
and enforcement in the
School Board
Meet
The Rio Grande City
Consolidated Independent
School District Bcsird of
Trustees heard Eduardo
Pena speaking as a con-
cerned citizen on behalf of
migrant students.
Speaking in Spanish Pena
told the school board that
migrants were not told the
school board that migrants
were not receiving the
benefits that they should.
That when the migrants ask
for the benefits they are
given the runaround and told
that there are no funds
available.
Pena told the board that he
did not want to run the school
district, that was the board's
job but he only wanted to
point out these discrepan-
cies.
Pena also pointed out that
migrants were not given the
opportunity work and
enhance their education.
"Migrants are in a cycle,"
Pena said, "A migrant goes
up north to work and meets a
yourg lady or man and they
get married."
What becomes of them?"
asked Pena, "They become
migrants in order to live,"
Pena answered his own
question.
School Board President
Javier Margo told Pena that
this will be taken under advi-
sement by the board after
consulting their attorney
Glenn Ramey.
Members of the Com-
prehensive Education Plan
Steering committee
presented the board with
what they recommended
should be student goals as
they go through school.
The committee recom-
mended that student goals
should be Intellectual
discipline, economic and
occupation competence,
citizenship and political
understanding and com-
petence, physical and env-
iornmental health and
ecological balance, ap-
preciation of culture
language and life style
diversity, competence in
personal and social relations
and use of leisure time.
The school board went on
to accept the recom-
mendations of the steering
committee. Members of the
committee present were
Efrain Garcia, Rene
Rolando Lopez and Diane
Schafer.
The school board went on
to approve $450 to be used to
improve the acoustics of the
auditorium. Improvements
include new microphones
and speakers.
A committee was ap-
pointed to look into
specifications of a book-
mobile and then proposed for
bids.
Tax Assessor and
Collector, Beto Barrera;
asked the school board for an
audit of his office. The board
action the Girl's scouts
received permission to use
the grounds at Roque Guerra
Elementary for a summer
Camp. The school board also
leased the land at the airport
for a melon shed during the
melon season. The little
league association and the
Elderly Citizen Program
were given permission to use
school bused for certain
events providing they hire a
school bus driver to drive.
Members of the board
ESAA
Title VII
Meeting
The Advisory Committees
of the Title VII and ESAA
Programs of the Rio Grande
City CISD will hold their
regular monthly meeting on
Wednesday. May 18, 1977, 7
p.m., at the Bilingual
Program Office.
All members of the
districtwide and student
advisory committees are
urged to attend. Refresh-
ments will be served.
present were Arnoldo F.
Gonzalez, Javier D. Margo,
Jesus A. Solis, Charles La
Grange, Bias Chapa and -
Abel Gonzalez.
Also present were * E.
Garcia, Jorge Guerrj and
Glenn Ramey.
Boxing
Club
Formed
A Rio Grande City Boxing
Club has recently been
formed by Anthony C'alisi,
former Golden Gloves
boxing champion from New-
York.
According to C'alisi, who
serves as Instructor, about
sixty junior high and sixty
high school students are
already enrolled in the
program, which is open to
anyone interested in trying
out.
The first tournament, an
inter-club tournament, will
be held by the end of June,
and other meets have been
discussed w'th the Boys Club
of McAllen and the Boxing
Club of Miguel Aleman.
Calisi states that there are
many talented young
athletes involved and sees
success ahead for the club.
Future goals include en-
tering the most talented in
the Golden Gloves com-
petition next January.
The local organizer is
grateful to the Rio Grande
City Rotary Club and R.C'
Salinas for their cooperation
and to the Rio Grande City
Jaycees, who have donated
over $700.00 for equipment.
Energy Saving
Seminar Set
Homeowners will have an
opportunity May 17 to learn
proven ways of saving
energy.
An Energy Conservation
Seminar will be held at 7:30
p.m. in the Hoblitzelle
Auditorium located at the
Research and Extension
Center at Weslaco. This
event is sponsored by the
Texas Agricultural Ex-
tension Service.
Mores Attends Course
Georgia Tech's Economic
Development Laboratory
recently sponsored a short
course entitled "Basic In-
dustrial Development". The
course w as conducted by the
Department of Continuing
Education.
This course provided an
introduction to the theory
and fundamentals of com-
prehensive industrial
development. The formal
instruction revolved arounc
five major topics: Concepts
of Development, Regional
Economic Development,
Factors, Organization and
leadership, Techniques of
Industrial Development.
Attending the short course
from Starr County was
Rolando Flores, Director of
the Starr County Industrial
Foundation in Rio Grande
City.
The seminar is free and is
open to anyone interested in
learning how to save on
home fuel bills and what to
look for when buying a new
home.
Topics will include:
Current Energy
Situation and Future Outlook
- Reducing Energy Waste
in the Home
- What to Look For When
Buying a Home to Save
Money on Fuel Bills
Speakerswill include noted
authorities in the field and
will include:
Bruce W. Miller. Director
of Agricultural Development
and Manager of Consumer
Services - Residential for
Central Power and Light
Company.
Jane Berry. Housing and
Home Furnishings
Specialist. Texas
Agricultural Extension
Service.
Dr Bill Stewart,
Engineer. Texas A&M
University.
Valley area.
While the meeting reached
no conclusions, Rep. de la
Garza said there was
comprehensive discussion
with representatives of the
Customs Service, Coast
Guard, Federal Aviation
Administration, Tran-
sportation Department,
State Department, Air
Force, Drug Enforcement
Administration, and the
Immigration and
Naturalization Service.
The three subjects to be
covered in future Select
Committee hearings are the
abuse of barbituates and
amphetamines and their
diversion from legal sources
to the black market; and the
involvement of organized
crime in the importation and
distribution of narcotics.
Rep. de la Garza explained
this will include the means
for smuggling, financing of
the traffic, and the laun-
dering of illegal profits
VAIXEY FEDERATION OFFICF.RS-Officers were installed to serve the Rio
Grande Valley Federation of Women's Clubs for 1977-79 during the Spring Convention
held in Rio Grande City on Tuesday, April 26 Installed by Carol Fessler of McAllen,
left, the new officers are, i-r, Mrs. E.H Krumdieck of McAllen, President; Mrs Alex
Hinojosa of Rio Grande City, First Vice-President; Mrs. J C Seward of McAllen,
Second Vice-Presdient; Mrs. M.R. Norlander of La Feria, Third Vice-President, and
Mrs. Roy Strong of Elsa, Secretary-Treasurer Each received a long-stemmed flower
as a token of her office.
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Solis, Tony. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 12, 1977, newspaper, May 12, 1977; Rio Grande City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194610/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.