The Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1987 Page: 1 of 10
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THE RIO GRANDE HERALD
Serving Starr County For Five Decades
H.E.B.
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Published in Rio Grande City, Texas, Every Thursday By The Rio Grande Publishing Co.
NO. 41 THURSDAY, AUGUST 6,1987
FIFTEEN CENTS
Patrolmen Explaining About
New Immigration Form
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The Fort Ringgold Golf Course, with the green of the ninth hole pictured above, is
already beginning to show the effects of the blistering August heat. But owner Pete
Diaz, Jr., has indicated that the course will remain open for another two weeks or so,
in hopes that arrangements can be made for the sale or lease of the course.
By KENNETH ROBERTS
Two U.S. Border Patrolmen have
been actively visiting local busi-
ness establishments in recent
weeks to explain the employer
sanctions provisions of the new
immigration law, with a heavy
focus on the newly-required 1-9
form.
Agent David Guerra said, "We
(myself and Matthew Schultz) are
the ones assigned to the Starr
County area to explain the new
immigration law, and the 1-9 form
•hat has to be filled out for any
employee effectively employed
after Nov. 6, 1986. This is to verify
that they're not hiring illegal
aliens."
Guerra noted, "We're going to all
the businesses, from the little
snowcone stand to General Motors.
It (the law) includes domestic help.
We've been giving presentations to
local organizations sue! as Rotary.
We made a presentation on the
radio three weeks ago."
On Friday, both Guerra and
Board Okays Accreditation
Response To TEA
At their special meeting Wednes-
day night, the Rio Grande City
CISD board of trustees approved
the district's response to the TEA's
accreditation monitoring visit
earlier this year, with the bulk of
corrective actions being indicated
for the area of curriculum.
In early January of 1987, a TEA
team made a monitoring visit over
a week's period lo RGCCISD
schools. As a resUi' cf the visit, the
TEA, in late March, lowered the
district's accreditation rating to
"Accreditation, Advised," the sec-
ond of five steps down the
accreditation ladder.
Superintendent Dr. A.E. Garcia
said, "This (the response) is
something we have to have board
approval ori. Efrain's office is
responsible for preparing this re
port "
Curriculum Superintendent
Efrain Garcia indicated, "There
are seven corrective actions that
the board must address. Four of
them are of major importance,
because they require additional
money and personnel."
Those four corrective actions, he
said, are: (1) The in-service for the
bilingual program; (2) reducing
the student-teacher ratio, and in-
creasing the number of
classrooms; (3) three additional
counselors for the guidance pro-
gram; and (4) development of
curriculum documents.
Garcia stated, "Nilda Garcia of
TEA said that corrective actions
had to be implemented. She said
that corrective concerns needed to
be addressed, or there is a high
probability of it becoming correc-
tive action."
Garcia then led the trustees
through the voluminous document
responding to TEA, listing 43
corrective actions or corrective
action He indicated that the
district has already corrected or is
in the process of taking almost all
of the needed actions.
Among those actions are: (1)
development of a districtwide plan
for curriculum and instruction; (2)
informing teachers of the plan
through in-service; (3) a dis-
trictwide philosophy and mission;
(4) instructing teachers on the use
of the curriculum manual (will
take place on the campus level);
(5) acquiring supplementary mate-
rials for the reading program; (6)
preparing ESL documents for cur-
riculum; (7) development of a
;\yo-year .plan for curriculum doc-
uments for the bilingual program.
(8) Prepare curriculum for
Special Education program; (9)
curriculum documents for Com-
pensatory Education program; (10)
implement all the components of
the bilingual program (with help of
a consultant); (11) instruct teach-
ers on bilingual education; (12)
implement campus schedules for
bilingual education; (13) develop
plan to implement bilingual pro-
gram according to state timetables
and standards; (14) provide more
services to Chapter 1 and Migrant
students.
(15) Recruitment of more teach-
ers; (16) create special awareness
programs for special education
teachers about their campuses;
(17) all Special Education students
are to receive six-hour instruc-
tional program (per day); (18)
make teachers aware of grade-
level planning programs; (19)
implement reading programs for
various levels of language profi-
ciency; (20) build writing instruc-
tion upon reading experiences; (21)
each principal institutes time off
for reading during classroom day.
(22) Monitor student progress on
a daily basis; (23) plan for
assertive discipline and positive
reinforcement; (24) plans for phys-
ical education facilities over a
timeline of three years (mainly
covered playing areas, with details
to be worked out as time goes by);
(25) in-service for maintenance,
security, transportation, and
custodial personnel; (26) develop
three-year plan for material and
equipment acquisition; (27)
three-year plan for acquiring
manipulatives (such as workbooks,
globes and building blocks) to aid
students in learning match,
science, and social studies.
(28) Three-year plan to acquire
audio-visual equipment; (29)
three-year plan to develop library
media policies (such as hiring
certified librarians, staff develop-
ment for library aides, and
eliminating outdated books); (30)
teacher aides wo(uld take three
hours of college work for continu-
ance of employment (a P A.U.
faculty members would come to
Rio for evening classes); (31)
develop plan for parental in-
volvement at the district and
campus level.
Of that step, Efrain Garcia said,
"This is being taken care of by the
principals, through staff and
committees."
(32) Develop long range staff
develoment plans for teachers and
administrators (consultants will be
brought in to help train teachers to
increase effectiveness in classroom
teaching) ; (33) three,year' plar; 7.'
acquire fine"&rts materials; (34)
three-year plan to acquire math
manipuiatives; (35) institution of
(See RESPONSE, Page 6|
Lawmen Using Dogs For
Tracking, Detecting Drugs
The Sheriff's Department is
about ready to start using tracking
and sniffer dogs on a frequent basis
to aid in the search for lost persons
and also to help detect narcotics.
Sheriff Gene Falcon said Mon
day, "Tracking dogs are primarily
used to look for lost children or
elderly adults that have wandered
off These dogs would be used to
track any kind of suspect that is on
the loose and evading arrest The
dogs will be used for house
searches."
The Sheriff's Department will be
utilizing the services of two Black
Labrador retrievers and a German
shepherd.
One Black Lab is a search and
rescus dog nicknamed "Deputy,"
that will be used for both land ana
water search and rescue opera-
tions. A department officer noted,
"We have not had to use him yet."
Another Black lab is a sniffer dog
named "Lady." The officer noted,
"We've used her several times in
Starr County. She's done real well
on the searches. "
Falcon noted that "Rambo", the
German Shepherd, "is more of a
control-type dog. That dog is owned
by the dog handler, Deputy
'Adrian) Cortez. It (the dog) would
be used for a crowd out of control.
This dog can be used when you
have an armed man barricaded
inside a house." A deputy noted,
"At this time, we haven't used the
German Shepherd on patrols."
Falcon said, "The sniffing dog
will be used to cut down the time
needed for vehicle searches. Hope-
fully, we can work together with
the school districts, to sniff out
drugs at the school.''
A deputy sheriff said, "All these
dogs were trained within the
department in Starr County. These
dogs are being trained without a
penny from the county. All our
work has been volunteer effort. It's
been a team effort throughout the
department."
The sheriff commented, "These
dogs were donated to us by
different people...We're looking
forward to this program getting
underway."
Shultz discussed provisions of the
new law at the regular weekly
luncheon of the Rio Grande City
Rotary Club.
Guerra told The Rio Grande
Herald on Thursday, "We've co-
vered all of Starr County in five
weeks. We've almost finished Rio
Grande City. After that, we'll
concentrate on the ranch and farm
areas. We've been going to all the
businesses "
Guerra insisted, "The only way
this law will be successful is
through the full cooperation of all
the business people. The main
purpose is not to sanction or punish
people, but create jobs for people
in the U.S. who do want to work."
On Friday, Guerra told the local
Rotarians, "Part of this law
requires employees to fill out the
1-9 form The only way this law will
work is with the cooperation of the
business community. The law
applies to all employers."
The patrolman noted that the 1-9
form has two parts, with the
employee filling out the first part.
He added, "If you want to be sure
that the resident alien card is legal,
we'll check it out through the
computer. It is the law; the
Immigration and Naturalization
Service is very serious about
enforcing it."
In the employer sector of the 1-9
form, the employer must examine
one of five possible documents
from List A to determine identity
and employment eligibility.
These are listed as follows: (1)
United States passport; (2) Certifi-
cate of U.S. citizenship; (3) Certifi-
cate of Naturalization; (4) Unex-
pired foreign passport with at-
tached employment authorization;
and (5) Alien registration card with
photograph.
FSailinfc )'hat, the employer win
examine one document from List B
AND one from List C and check the
appropriate boxes.
The documents from List B are;
(1) a state-issued driver's license
or a state-issued I D. card with a
photograph, or information, in-
cluding name, sex, date of birth,
height, weight, and color of eyes.
The documents from List C are:
(1) original Social Security number
card (other than a card stating it is
not valid for employment); (2) a
birth certificate issued by state,
county, or municipal authority
bearing a seal or other certifica-
tion; and (3) unexpired INS em-
ployment authorization, specify
form.
Shultz told the Rotarians, "If
they (employees) are working for
one day, or on an intermittent
basis, you don't have to fill it (the
1-9 form) out. If you hire someone
on a permanent basis, it has to be
filled out by the end of the third
day by the employer. The
employee has 21 days to present
documents."
According to the INS's
"Handbook for Employers", an
employer must complete the 1-9
form for persons hired after May
31, 1987- for these persons you
must vcomplete a Form 1-9 within
three business days of the date of
the hire. (If you employ the person
for less than three days, you must
complete the Form 1-9 before the
end of the employee's first working
day.
"For persons hired between Nov
7, 1986 and May 31, 1987 for these
employees, you must complete
Form 1-9 before Sept. 1, 1987. If you
employ people for domestic work in
your private home on a regular
(such as weekly) basis, these
requirements also apply to you
According to the handbook, "you
do not need to complete Form 1-9
for: persons hired before Nov 7,
1986, persons hired after Nov. 6,
1986, who left your employment
before June 1, 1987; persons you
employ for domestic work in a
private home on an intermittent or
sporadic basis; persons who pro-
vide labor to you who are employed
by a contractor providing contract
services (e.g., employee leasing)
and persons who are independent
contractors. Persons who are
self-employed do not need to
complete Form 1-9 "
Schultz said, "You, as an
employer, can designate an
authority (to oversee the filling out
of these forms). But ultimately, the
responsibility will fall on you. "
Schultz added, "Don't get illness
or leaves of absence confused with
quitting. If a person resigns, and is
rehired, the form will have to be
filled out again."
Guerra indicated to The Herald
that "the citation period was
extended to December 1988, unless
there has been contact personally
by either the employee labor
relations personnel of the Border
Patrol, or the INS. The first
citation will be a citation, and then
comes a warning."
Guerra added, "If there's contin-
uous or blatant violation of the law ,
w 'l] re' ommertti to the admii.fc.
(See FORM Page 4)
Football,
Other Athletes
To Report
All Rio Grande City High School
football players are expected to
report to the athletic fieldhouse
anytime from 8 a m to 5 p.m from
Wednesday, Aug. 5 to Friday, Aug
7.
Rio High volleyball players
should report to the Rio High gym
at 8 a.m. on Monday, Aug 10, as
should athletes competing in
cross-country-
Athletic Director Ramiro
Villegas notes that the practice bus
will run at 6:30 a m and 4:30 p.m
for each day set aside for the
football, volleyball, and cross
country athlete to report
Villegas noted that Color Night
for the Rio Grande City football
team is Thursday, Aug. 20 The
Rattlers- varsity, junior varsity
sophomore and freshmyn teams-
will scrimmage San Benito at home
on Friday, Aug. 21, while Rio will
scrimmage Pharr-San Juan-Alamc
at home on Thursday, Aug. 27
Hearing Held About
San Isidro Valuations
1987 Rio High Varsity
Football Schedule
DATE
OPPONENT
SITE
TIME
Sept.
04
Donna
Away
7:30
p • m .
11
Ilanna
Home
7:30
p.m.
18
Pace
Away
7:30
p.m.
25
Edinburg *
Home
8:00
p.m.
Oct.
02
Memorial *
Home
8:00
p.m.
09
Nixon *
Away
8:00
p.m.
16
United *
Home
8:00
p.m.
24
Martin *
Away
8:00
p.m.
30
Mission *
Home
8:00
p.m.
Nov. 06
* Denotes
McAllen *
District Games
Away
8; 00
p.m.
The Starr County Appraisal
Board of Review held hearings
throughout the day Monday to
consider protests from San Isidro
residents concerning the calcula-
tion of new and higher valuations
in the ongoing countywide reap-
praisal
A total of six protests were heard
by the nine-member board on
Monday Of that today, two were
accepted and the remainder de-
nied Similar hearings will be held
in the next two months for the
Roma and Rio Grande City school
districts.
As the hearings began Monday
morning, Appraiser Supervisor
Jaime Trevino noted, "This was a
house by house reappraisal We
had to reclassify the house to the
appropriate classification "
As discussion wound on, Review
Board member Rene Montalvo
asked, "How much would a 2000
square-foot brick veneer home sell
for in McAllen, compared to
here?" Chief Appraiser Ricardo
Diaz replied, "I would say it would
be cheaper here by 10 to 15
percent "
Diaz added, "Basically, we go by
a commercial cost schedule put out
by Marshall and Swift, modified to
local conditions."
Concerning residential apprais-
als, Diaz noted that in 1986,
residential appraisals in Starr
County were approximately 65
percent of the state average He
added, "Now (with the reapprais-
al ), it's up to 85 to 90 percent '
Trevino and Diaz noted that the
state average for residential ap-
praisals is 92 percent of market
value." Diaz added that commer-
cial appraisals, in 1986, were 57
percent of the state average, while
vacant lots were at 37 percent"
On Tuesday, the Chief Appraiser
told The Rio Grande Herald. "The
state conducts a ratio study; the
state sends an on-site reviewer
some time from September through
January who inspects all
categories of properties "
Diaz continued, "The higher the
level of appraisal, the higher the
state funding of schools The lower
the level of appraisal, the lower the
state funding and the higher the
local level of assignment or levy
(taxes)."
The appraiser added, "We go
look at the market, find sales of
commercial properties, and devel-
op cost schedules on a square-foot
basis. We apply the schedules to
the remaining proptities that have
not sold to determine approximate
market value "
Diaz stressed, "Market value is
not taxable value Agricultural
land is taxed according to produc
tion or capitalized income Market
value looks to sales as recently as
possible, over no more than l'/z
years if possible It's hard to
establish market value when there
are few comparable sales."
As the hearings Monday wound
on, rancher Roberto S Margo
protested the fact that native
pasture increased in market value
from $350 in 1986 to $450 in 1987,
while brush pasture rose from $450
to $500
Margo said. "We had inflated
prices in the early 1980 s. we have
hit rock bottom on everything now
If you're not going to drop them, at
least leave them the same Three
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