The Odem-Edroy Times (Odem, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 14, 1999 Page: 3 of 10
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Thursday, October 14, 1999
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Jesse and his wife, Monica grew up in Sinton and now make their home in Portland.
Jesse has five years experience in sales having worked for Lacks Furniture and a dealership in Corpus Christi.
Nathan and Blaire Taggart invite all their friends and customers to drop by and meet Jesse.
In the tradition of our company, he will offer you the best velticle available at the most reasonable price.
TAGGART
MOTORS
Taggart Motor Co.
643-6900
1609 Hwy. 181 • Portland, TX
Look What’s Coming to
Odem
Breakfast
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A Dairy Queen
112 S. Park Avenue
368-9011
Come enjoy our scrumptious new breakfast menu
featuring Taquitos, Pancakes, Biscuits and Breakfast Plates
served with eggs, sausage, bacon, hash browns and biscuits.
DQ will also feature homemade mouth watering tortillas.
Come on by and check it out
SERVING BREAKFAST
6:30 A.M. until 10:30 A.M.
Odem Dairy Queen
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BEST THESPIANS...
Aaron Clay (left) and Zachary Rippstein were recently chosen as
best thespians during the International Thespian Society Awards
Banquet. (Photo by Jennifer Johnson-Dust):
Local Families Needed To
Host Exchange Students
Local families are needed to host
international exchange students for
.-the spring semester of the 1999-
2000 school year, through the
Share! High School Exchange
Student Program. Students will
arrive in late December 1999, or
early January 2000, and will stay
with their host family until the end
of the school year.
The students are between the
ages of 15 and 18 and are eager to
live with a family and learn about
America. They are in need of caring
Health Dept.
Ready For
Flu Vaccines
families to provide a bed and meals,
as well as friendship, understanding
and a genuine desire to share the
American way of life with a young-
ster from overseas.
The Share! High School
Exchange Program, a non-profit
educational foundation, is spon-
sored by Educational Resource
Development Trust (ERDT).
Families are able to review stu-
dent applications and select the stu-
dent they feel will best match their
own interests. For more informa-
tion, call Carole Edwards at (361)
851-1494 or the ERDT Southwest
Regional Office at 1-800-414-3738.
Angel Balderas Sr.
No Need to Shift Out of Automatic in the Year 2000
The San Patricio County Health
department had not received its
order of the Flu Vaccines as of
Monday, October 111, however, this
does not present a problems since it
is still early to receive the vaccine.
It is recommended that the Flu
Vaccine be administered in late
October or mid November. Flu pneu-
monia shots will be administered at
the San Patricio Health Department
clinics, located in Sinton, Mathis
and Ingleside, as well as other loca-
tions.
Announcements of shot dates
and locations for receiving shots
will be announced upon arrival of
the vaccines.
Flu and pneumococcal shots are
See Vaccines, Page 9
More Americans are enjoying the
convenience, safety, and cost-savings of
direct deposit and automatic payment
programs at their bank or savings
institution. We’re referring to the
electronic deposit of your salary, Social
Security payment, and other money
directly into your bank account, as well as
pre-arranged deductions from your account
for recurring payments such as your
mortgage or utility bills.
Automated banking services are
convenient and offer consumers peace of
mind. But some consumers may be
wondering whether their automatic deposits
and payments will still be made promptly
and accurately when the new century
begins. FDIC Consumer News wants you
to know what’s being done to protect your
payments, and what you can do to help
protect yourself.
• Federal and state government agencies
are committed to ensuring that
institutions on the sending or receiving
end of your money are taking steps to
prevent most Y2K glitches and
minimize the rest
Every month, a bureau of the U.S. Treasury
Department known as the Financial
Management Service (FMS) issues
payments to Americans on behalf of
federal government agencies. “Tens of
millions of Americans depend on FMS
systems to meet lifeline needs every
month,” Assistant FMS Commissioner
Constance Craig told Congress recently.
Craig said the FMS “is devoting all possible
resources to ensure that the day-to-day serv-
ices we provide to the American people on
behalf of other federal agencies will not be
disrupted on January 1,2000 or thereafter.”
At the end of May 1999, the FMS systems
that issue 96 percent of its total payments-
approximately $830 million payments each
year - were Y2K-ready. The remaining
FMS systems are expected to be all set in
late summer of 1999.
Many consumers also want to know
whether the Social Security Administration
is Y2K-ready. Their questions were
answered by President Clinton in
December 1998 when he said that a panel
of independent experts concluded the
Social Security system “is now 100 percent
compliant with our standards and safe-
guards for the Year 2000.” He added that
“the system works, it is secure.”
• The government is monitoring financial
institutions’ progress at meeting federal
Y2K standards.
The FDIC and other federal and state
banking regulators are conducting on-site
examinations of banks and savings
institutions to ensure that financial
institutions’ computer systems will function
properly in 2000. By June 30, 1999, FD1C-
insured institutions should have tested and,
if necessary, replaced any computer
programs used to handle electronic
payments to and from the U.S. Treasury
Department, the Social Security
Administration, and other outside parties.
“Financial institutions know it’s in
everyone’s best interests to make sure the
services they provide to consumers are no
different in the Year 2000 than they
are today,” says Michael Benardo, a Y2K
Examination Specialist with the FDIC in
Washington.
Federal regulators report that nearly all
FDIC-insured institutions are making
steady progress in their Y2K preparations.
The few institutions lagging behind
schedule will be required by regulators to
fix any remaining problems.
• Banks and other parties are preparing
contingency plans so that they can
continue to do business even if some
computers temporarily shut down.
Financial institutions deal with computer
malfunctions all the time, including those
caused by the occasional power failure,
fire, flood, or other serious emergency, and
rarely is customer service significantly
disrupted. In fact, with the Y2K situation,
banking institutions have been able to plan
for potential problems years ahead of time.
Banking institutions are expected to have
contingency plans in place to deal with
temporary Y2K-related service problems,
including maintaining back-up records of
transactions so they can recover them in
the unlikely event there are Y2K-related
disruptions.
Final Thoughts
Most experts agree that direct
deposit and other automatic payment
programs are better, safer, and more
convenient than writing and sending
paper checks. We expect that this will
continue to be true into the next
century, especially given the aggressive
steps being taken by the government
and the financial services industry to
protect all your payments. So, if you’ll be
sending or receiving payments auto-
matically in the coming year, we
suggest that you keep enjoying the
free time you gain by using modem
technology over pens, paper and postage.
FIRST STATE
Bank of Odem
Member F.D.I.C.
LOBBY:
Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Friday: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
LENDEFI
DRIVE-THRU:
Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
P.O. Box 726 • 361/368-2651
Odem, Texas
Angel Balderas Sr. passed away
September 27, 1999. He was born in
Galveston on October 15, 1915, and
moved to Aurora, Illinois, in 1952.
He served his country in World
War II and was a member of the
South Aurora Church of God.
He was preceded in death by his
father, Elijio;, his mother, Maria; an
infant son, Elijio and three brothers,
Serapio, Cecilio and Bernabe.
He is survived by his wife,
Geronima; two sisters, Juana
Perales and Consuelo Dominguez
both of Odem; two sons, Angel
(Mary) Balderas and Jesus (Raquel)
Balderas; eight daughters, Emma
(Antonio) Reyes and Eva Espinosa
all of Pharr; Frances Aquinaga,
Mary (Francisco) Velarde, Oralia
(Mario) Balderas, Alicia (Gilbert)
Flores and Janie (Ricardo) Martinez
all of Aurora, Yolanda (Pedra)
Salazar of Weslaco; 36 grandchil-
dren, 50 great-grandchildren; a
beloved sister-in-law and brother-in-
law and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held
September 30, 1999, at Dieterle
Memorial Home in Aurora, Illinois,
with Reverend Ed Toler officiating.
Interment followed at Springlake
Cemetery.
Carolina Perales Ramirez
Carolina Perales Ramirez, 85, of
McKinney passed away October 3,
1999, at North McKinney Nursing
and Rehabilitation Center.
She was born September 26,
1914, in San Patricio to Emilio and
Pilar Rocha Perales and married
Faustino Ramirez on September 13,
1932, in Brownsville. She was a
homemaker and member of the
Assembly of God faith. She was an
active member of the Hardy County
Spanish Mission in Zolfo Springs,
Florida. She taught her family to put
their faith in God.
She is survived by her sons,
Ernesto Ramirez of Toledo, Ohio,
Antonio Ramirez of Brownsville,
Jose Luis Ramirez of Sarasota,
Florida; daughters, Elisa Benavidez
of Zolfo Springs, Florida, Adelfina
Quintanilla of Brownsville, Clara
Rodriguez of McKinney, Elena
Gomez and Evelia Perez both of
Bowling Green, Florida, Eva Flores
of Zolfo Springs, Florida, Aurora
Krodel of Cincinatti, Ohio; sister
Manuella Solis of Odem; 37 grand-
children; 49 great-grandchildren;
and one great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her
husband Faustino Ramirez in 1968;
son, Roberto Ramirez; daughter
Juanita Ramirez; brother Jose
Perales in 1997; and sister Maria
Blanco in 1995.
Services for Mrs. Ramirez were
held September 6, 1999, at the
Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral
Home Chapel with Margarito
Ramirez and Arnolfo Alvarado offi-
ciating. Interment followed at
Ridgeview Memorial Park.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION THESPIAN...
International Thespian Society sponsor Robert Franco (left) pre-
sented Kristina Braddock with a special recognition plaque dur-
ing the recent ITS Awards Banquet. (Photo by Jennifer johnson-Dust).
Library News
by Kay Janak
Area Activities
Craft vendors are wanted for the
5th Annual Christmas Street
Holiday Arts and Crafts Bazaar,
sponsored by the All Officers'
Spouses’ Club of the Coastal Bend.
The event is scheduled to 1 be
held November 13 and 14 at the
recreation center, Naval Air Station-
Christmas Street Holiday
Corpus Christi and is open to the
public.
For information, call Robin at
(361) 937-8740 or Jodi at (361) 851-
6726 before November 1.
STORYTIME: Bugs will be the
topic on Wednesday, October 20 at
the Della Mae Baylor Public Library
in Odem from 3:30 p.m. to 4:20
p.m. Boys and girls, come see what
Mr. Kippy has planned for you.
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
Easy Origami by Nakano-A book
on Chinese paper folding.
Solo Girl by Andrea David
Pinkney-Although she is good at
math, Cass wishes that she could
jump rope as well as the group she
watches in her neighborhood.
The Kids Guide to the
Millennium by Jane Drake-Packed
with ideas ranging from challeng-
ing and caring to weird and wacky
with a time line running through
the book that highlights the most
important inventions, events and
people of Earth's first 2000 years.
BOOKS FOR ADULTS
Family Honor by Robert B.
Parker-Sunny Randall, hired by a
wealthy family to locate their teen-
age daughter, is tested by the par-
ents' preconceived notion of what a
detective should be. With the help of
underworld contacts, she tracks
down the runaway, rescues her and
finds herself the custodian of a diffi-
cult teenager. She also finds herself
in the midst of a shooting war.
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