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VOL. XXXVI
No. 13
Thursday January 7,1982
FIFTFFN TFNTS
TEC Office Due To Close
FIRST BABY OF '82- Little Horatio Tijerina, Jr. became
Starr County's first baby of 1982 at 4:40 a.m. Jan. 3. The 8 lb.
boy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Horacio Tijerina of Rio Grande
City and was born at the Starr County Memorial Hospital.
Recent budget cuts by the Reagan ad-
ministration have forced the Texas em-
ployment commission to shut down at least
59 offices, including proposed closing of
TEC branches in Rio Grande City, in
Edinburg, Raymondville and Elsa.
Ernie Tullis, TEC Administrator in Austin
Tuesday said more staff cutbacks were
anticipated for the remaining TEC offices,
adding more offices could be closed later
this winter.
Employment commission workers are
being laid>off from the state agency because
of cuts in federal funding. Tullis said 400 to
650 TEC employees will be losing their jobs,
a reduction that comes on top of 400 TEC
workers who were cut Dec. 31.
The TEC office in McAllen, which also
serves Mission, was not included in the list
of offices target for shutdown Tullis said,
but like other offices that won't be closed,
McAllen will have to provide services with a
smaller staff.
Tullis said, The Reagan administration
has cut 150 million from employment ser-
vices, which means a 13 percent reduction in
funding for the state employment com-
mission. Critics of the reduction fear that
the Job Services Division of TEC will be
adversly affected during a period of
growing demand for the services.
Jim Pearson, staff organizer with the
Texas Employees Union in Austin said the
reduction and closing will hurt lower income
Texans.
"The area of TEC that will be affected the
most is the one that located and finds people
jobs," Pearson said. "Private referral
agencies for the most part function for
middle and upper income workers other
working people will be totally left out in the
cold."
The loss of the TEC office in Rio Grande
Benito Saenz
Saenz
Seeks
Demo Post
Benito Saenz, 37, who served as County
Democratic Chairman from 1976 to 1980, has
announced intentions to run for the same
post in 1982. Saenz, who resides in La Grulla,
is principal at Memorial Elementary School
in Ii3 Joya. During his tenure as
Democratic Chairman, Saenz served in
numerous posts for the Democratic party on
county, state and national levels. He has
represented Starr County and the 21st
Senatorial District at many meeting and has
attended every state convention since : 1976.
He attended Jimmy Carter's inauguration
in Jan. 1978. "We are faced with a great
challenge in 1982," said Saenz, "We must
defeat a Republican governor who cares
little about teachers, who does little to help
the poor.
Inside Today's Herald
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Around Tow ii I*. .5 San Isidro News ' • '
Form & Hnncli Outdoors I®. 12
"There is nothing makes a man suspect more than to know little."
Francis Bacon
Fort
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General Telephone has begun a $187,000
service improvement project in the Rio
Grande City exchange, according to Bob
Majors, Weslaco Division manager.
Feeder cable will be placed in the western
section of Rio Grande City. Cable will be
installed along West Highway 83 to Starr
County Hospital.
This project will provide additional
facilities for future residential and com-
mericial in the area, Major said.
Completion of the project is scheduled for
March.
School Hoard I'osl/tones
The Board of Trustees of the RGCCISD
has postponed the regular meeting of Jan. 5
to 5 p.m. on Jan. 12 at the Multi-purpose
Center on the Ringgold Campus.
Sheriff ,s I'ossc Meet* Today
The Starr County Sheriff's Posse will
meet at 7 p.m. Jan. 7 at the County Com-
missioners' Courtroom of the Starr County
Courthouse.
The agenda includes election of officers
for 1982, plans for the Rodeo Arena, 1982
fund-raising projects, awarding of trophy
buckles for young rodeo participants,
collection of 1982 dues, and a Fajita
Cookout. New members are welcome.
('.lass of 7>7 Thins Kennioii
The Class of 1957 will hold a meeting at 3
p.m. Jan. 10 to finalize plans for a class
reunion.
The meeting will be held at the Robert E.
Lee Room of the Fort Ringgold Motor Inn.
All interested class members are asked to
attend and help out with plans for the 25th
anniversary of graduation.
Persons are asked to call Yolanda I<eal at
487-5666 for additional information.
Alien Veterans Have
Certain Privileges
CONTEST WINNER— Ricardo Lopez left, of Rio Grande City walked away with
top honors in the Second Annual Big Buck Contest sponsored by Danny Lopez of the
.Fort Ringgold Trading Past. Ricardo earned the prize of a rifle and scope by
downing a 14 point buch that weighed in at 152 lbs. and boasted a 24 inch rack spread
Second place was won by Fidencio Salinas of La Grulla who entered a 145 lb. buck
with a 24 inch, 12 point rack. The rifle and scope awarded to the winner were donated
by Lauro L. Lopez of Triple L. Furniture Store.
According to Homero Salmon, Veterans
Service Officer for Starr County, certain
aliens who have served in the Armed Forces
of the United States of America are entitled
to some preferences when applying for
citizenship. Aliens are persoas who are
residing in the United States but are citizens
of another country.
Aliens with service in the Armed F orces
of the United States during a period of war,
who have either been lawfully admitted to
tills country for permanent residence or
who, not having been so admitted, were
inducted, enlisted, or re-enlisted or ex-
tended an enlistment while in the U.S. or
any of its possessions, may be naturalized
as a citizen without having to comply with
some of the general requirements.
Any person in any of these categories who
City could have an economic impact on the
city since it generates a large annual
payroll.
In addition, the closing, works a hardship
on persons in all of Starr County who will
now have to travel the long distance to
McAllen TEC provides. Businesses and
agricultural interests that used the em-
plyment service for a labor supply will also
affected.
Law Agencies Busy
Starr County I .aw enforcement agencies
cohtinued to have a busy time over the past
week, with 26 persons arrested on a variety
of charges ranging from DWI to possession
of marijuana and assault. The Starr County
Sherriff's Department led statistics with 16
arrests from Dec. 30, 1981 to Jan. 4, 1982.
Thirteen of these arrests were for public
intoxication, one for possession of
marijuana and two arrests for assault
causing bodily injury.
The Texas Dept. of Public Safety netted
nine arrests. Five persons were charged
with DWI and one for public intoxication.
There were three arrests for possession of
marijuana.
The Roma Police Dept. had a somewhat
lighter docket, with only one arrest during
this period . 4 The lone arrest came New
Year's Day on an assault charge.
The Starr County Sheriff's Dept. has seen
heavy activity over the past month, ac-
cording to Chief Deputy Temo Gomez. Last
week's arrester,totaled 28, with public in-
toxication, and DWI leading the list of
charges.
Com m u ii i ty R o u n du p
('.ontractors In riled To Hid
Javier Margo, Starr County Federal
Programs Coordinator announced that bids
are being taken to rehabilitate five houses in
Rio Grande City through the Community
Development Block Grant Program.
Contractors are invited to pick up
specifications and documents at San Juan
Plaza Service Center, 600 N. Garza St. in Rio
Grande City. Documents are available
from 8-12 a.m. and 1-5 p.m. Deadline for
bids is 5 p.m. Jan. 21.
ilnminiim Trices l)ro[>
According to Pear Distributing Co. of Rio
Grande City, the price of aluminum has
been decreasing for several months. Alcoa
and Keyser Aluminum companies have
announced that the price being paid for
aluminum cans for recycling has gone down
from 25 cents per pound to 20 cent per pound
for crushed cans and 18 cents per pound for
uncrushed cans, beginning Jan. 11.
Cans may be recycled at Pearl
Distributing Co. at 1000 E. Hwy. 83 in Rio
Grande City.
McKnight Brings
Campaign To
RGC Jan. 11
State Senator Peyton McKnight,
Democratic candidate for governor of
Texas brings his campaign to Starr County
on Monday, Jan. 11.
McKnight will meet with local Democrats
at a public coffee at the Brass Bull
Steakhouse at 9 a.m. on Monday.
Senator McKnight is the first candidate in
the governor's race to campaign^] Starr
County since the race began.
Some Counties Set Bingo
Elections For Jan. 16
State Comptroller Bob Bullock has said Cities holding Jan. 16 elections include
that voters in at least 12 Texas counties and White Settlement, Schertz, Selma. Gregory
five cities will decideJan. 16 whether profit and Reno.
groups can leagally operate bingo games m
their communities.
"This is going to end the confusion about
bingo in Texas. From now on, bingo is going
to be approved by the voters and licensed by
the state or it's going to be illegal," Bullock
said.
Cities, counties and justice precincts that
approve bingo can also levy a 2 percent
gross receipts tax on the games. The
Comptroller's office will handle licensing of
the games, collect the tax and return it to
the communities where the games are held.
Where voters approve bingo, non-profit
groups must get licenses from the Comp-
troller's Bingo Regulation Division and
can't legally operate games until 10 days
after the local option election, according to
Division Director George Garland.
"We are urging non-profit groups in these
counties and cities to apply in advance for
their licenses by contacting us right away,"
Garland said.
Organizations should contact the division
by writing to 111 E. 17th, Austin , Texas
78774 or calling 1-800-252-5555.
According to the new bingo law, cities,
counties and justice precincts that don't
to approve bingo in January must wait until
the next constitutional election date of April
3.
To call a bingo election, a local governing
must receive a petition with the signatures
of 10> percent of the number of voters who
cast ballots in the last governor's election.
The Comptroller's first enforcement
priority following the January voting will be
to protect those groups who have obtained
licenses.
SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE FELES-
Ruben L. Solis, 55, of La Grulla filed Jan. 5
for School Board Trustee, Position 3 Solis is
a lifetime area resident who was born and
educated in La Grulla. He is a farmer and
works for the Green Giant Co. He has
served as a City Councilman in La Grulla.
He is married to Gloria G. Solis and the
couple has eight children. Solis said.
"Taxpayers, I need your vote and I will see
that your tax money is properly spent. I will
serve in this position to the best of my
ability." Solis also said that he was very
interested and concerned about education,
since he and his wife have put five of their
children through both high school and
college.
is interested in United States citizenship
should be advised to contact the nearest
office of the U.S. Immigration and
Naturalization Service.
Anyone who pursues this matter with the
Naturalization Service ould have a
discharge or other proof of military service
at the time of contact.
In some instances, the U.S. laws per-
taining to naturalization are rather con-
fusing and complicated for those not
familiar with them. The Federal law
pertaining to the persons mentioned above
was a means of rewarding persons who
honorably served the United States during a
period of war and who might wish to become
U.S. citizenship, should take advantage to
these provisions which simplify the
procedures of becoming a qualified citizen
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RGC MAN RETIRES FROM NAVY-Chief Ramon R Garcia. USN, Is retiring from
the United States Navy after 20 years of Service. The Rio Grande City native in the
son of the late Ramon Garcia and Mrs. Benita L. Garcia of Rio Grande City. He ia
serving his last year of service in Beeville and will leave the service in March Garcia
entered the Navy in 1962. He is married to the former Suzanne Martinez. Other
relatives in Rio Grande City include three brothers, Osvaldo Garcia. Juan J Garcia,
Eloy Garcia and one sister, Florinda G. Fuerites.
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