The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 50, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 12, 2001 Page: 3 of 23
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Mercedes, Texas 78570 Wednesday, December 12, 2001
MEMBER
2001
TEXAS PRESS
ASSOCIATION
The Mercedes Enterprise
(USPS 177-100)
Second class postage paid at
Mercedes, Texas 78570. Pub-
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Mercedes, Hidalgo County,
Texas. Office of publication,
230 S. Texas Ave. Subscrip-
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The Mercedes Enterprise -- Page 3
Dear Mercedes,
Letters from F.S. Lentz, Jr.
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Dear Mercedes,
—Two Bits from the Now Damp
Branch of French Creek -
The permanence of Sundays. That
eaten cliffs covered by brush. The Piggotts had driven up to
And then I had to go. Drive Kansas City to see Jim’s dad at
through the maze of glass and Thanksgiving. They stopped for a rest
masonry that the Dallas-Ft. Worth
IN THE VALLEY- One year, $16.50 Two years, $25.00
OUT OF THE VALLEY -One year, $19.50 Two years, $29.50 I
ms man mom • m m mom mon • mon ■■ mom mon mm umma Mai mon mom mom • ms •
is a fragment that kept running metroplex has become, fight the ever-
through my mind as I boarded an present traffic even on a Sunday to
airplane this past Sunday to start the get to the airport.
week early. I resented it, the cutting The airport was as deserted as I
of a Sunday short. I had been at my was. Something about tearing up a
friend Jim Piggott’s house, west of Ft Sunday to start a workweek on made
Worth. It was his fiftieth birthday, and it wrong.
we went up to celebrate it with him.
His place is new for him, but on
It took a long time to figure it out
at the state tourism building just
inside the Texas line near Texarkana.
Janice picked up one of those
magazine-like things the state prints
for free distribution to people who
want to see Texas.
Inside there is a rundown of the
significant towns, of which the state
has decided Mercedes is. In the
but I did. My Sundays past were the paragraphs on Mercedes is listed the
GOD’S FIVE MINUTES
THERE IS A TIME FOR EVERYTHING Ecclestastes 3:1, The Living Bible, Tyndale House
WE CAN ILL-AFFORD NOT TO LISTEN
very old land. The place is one of longest days that ever were. That we tree park that my Dad planted and his
those that the approach drive to says would spend two hours driving up to name is named as the man who did it.
is suburban residential. Then you turn the exotic town of San Juan was I had no idea that it was in there
a corner, go a quarter mile, turn again normal, and it made me very glad that it had
in fifty feet go through his gate. You Some times we would take the been done. Someone did a nice thing
would swear you are in the middle of Military Highway and that added in the doing of that. Janice thought it
the wild cross-timbers ofTexas. another thirty minutes, but my Dad was me that was described. Hardly, I
Only two houses are visible across didn’t wear a watch anyway. All this told her. Would that it was, but she
a valley, and the live oak and scrub for the visiting of my great uncle who took pleasure from knowing my Pop.
and needle grass dominate the place, lived out Stuart Road. At least there I did too, at what he had
It sits on a limestone hill thinly were turtles on the log in his pond, accomplished.
covered in detritus soil, soil made of which we tried very hard to knock off, That had pretty much put him and
decomposed tree matter and plants, with rocks and clods. the old Sundays of knocking around
The limestone is rich in the fossils
that tell you readily that it was once
ocean floor.
The rest of the land he owns is
Iwas thinking of him last Sunday through those long Sundays on the
at Piggott's, not unusual; Pig and mind.
Janice knew him when he was alive.
It was family time; there was a
As was my Dad’s quaint habit, one of sanctity to those Sundays. Pop saw
covered in brush, which he has left many, he would begin a conversation to that, even though the sanctity was
most of alone. It is my kind of place, with someone in Spanish if he not much more than a drive out into
Pig is one of those that I enjoy thought they spoke the language. He the country to see who was growing
being around. We walked and poked did this the first time he met Janice what crop and how it was doing. At
and enjoyed some rare sunshine. We Piggott and when she looked at him least I had gotten to the point of
saw several places where buck white strangely and couldn't respond, he poking around with a son and a friend
tail had rubbed themselves against was puzzled. Pig explained to him that on this last Sunday. Then I left and it
small trees. We saw fish in clear water,
saw buds popping out on trees that
she was Hawaiian, not Hispanic. One didn't feel right. It is now Tuesday
of the few times I ever saw the man
shouldn't be doing that just now, and nonplussed,
I saw my eight year old boy starting But that wasn’t what had me
to enjoy rough, hilly land and water thinking about him.
and still doesn’t and for now, that is
that.
^Que te vaya bien, eh?
Fleet
BLIC NOTICE
ORDINANCE NO. 2001-33
AN ORDINANCE CHANGING THE CLASSIFICATION FOR ZONING PURPOSES OF THE
FOLLOWING TRACT OF LAND: A 127.911 ACRE TRACT OF LAND, OUT OF LOTS 5, 6,11,12,13
AND 14, ALL IN BLOCK 80, CAMPACUAS ADDITION TO THE CAPISALLO DISTRICT, AND A
TOTAL OF 8.061 ACRES OUT OF BLOCK 72, 75 AND 76, MERCEDES ORIGINAL TOWNSITE,
MERCEDES, HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR THE AMENDMENT OF THE
OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF MERCEDES, TEXAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
FOREGOING ZONING CLASSIFICATION CHANGES; PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS AND
REPEAL CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Series Made Possible by
These Business Firms and Individuals
Who Support Our Right to Worship Freely.
WHEREAS, on the 20th day of November, 2001 a public hearing was held for the purpose of hearing any
objections as to why: a 127.911 acre tract of land, out of Lots 5, 6, 11, 12, 13 and 14, all in Block 80,
Campacuas' Addition to the Capisallo District, and a total of 8.061 acres out of Block 72,. 75 and 76,
Mercedes, Hidalgo County, Texas, should be rezoned and classified as follows: from a Class "N" Newly
Annexed Territory District to a Class "LI" Light Industrial District.
WHEREAS, the City Commission at its Regular Meeting of November 20, 2001, having considered the
rezoning of the above described property as listed in the foregoing section, and having heard the pros and
cons as to such rezoning request, is of the opinion that the aforementioned rezoning is in the best interest of
the City of Mercedes, Texas.
The Merce
Enterprise
Iglesia Bautista Agape
508 S. Missouri, Mercedes 565-2248
Pastor Steve Rodriguez
Schedule of Services:
Sunday — Bible Study, 10 a.m., Worship, 11 a.m.
Evening Worship, 6 p.m.
Wednesday -- Clothes ministry, 10 a.m.
Prayer Meeting and Bible Study, 7:30 p.m.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MERCEDES, TEXAS:
Section 1: That: a 127.911 acre tract of land, out of Lots 5, 6, 11, 12, 13 and 14, all in Block 80,
Campacuas Addition to the Capisallo District, and a total of 8.061 acres out of Block 72, 75 and 76,
Mercedes, Hidalgo County, Texas, should be rezoned and classified as follows: from a Class "N" Newly
Annexed Territory District to a Class "LI" Light Industrial District.
Iglesia Bautista Filadelfia
410 Dawson Road, Mercedes Ruben Rios, Pastor
Schedule of services;
Sunday School - 9:20 a.m.
Sunday Worship Services - 10:30 a.m.
Sunday Evening Service — 5 p.m.
Wednesday Prayer Services - 7 p.m.
MARTINEZ GARAGE
565-4022
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PETE & BETO MARTINEZ 7
OWNERS SERVICE
103 S. Missouri Ave.Mercedes 78570
Section 2: That the aforementioned rezoning of the above property be incorporated into the official map of
the City of Mercedes, Texas by the City Planner of said City.
RUDY GARZA
FUNERAL HOMES
Section 3: That if any provision, section, subsection, phrase, paragraph, sentence, clause or portion of this
Ordinance shall for any reason be declared invalid, such invalidity shall not effect the remaining provisions
of this Ordinance or their application of persons or sets of circumstances and to this end, all provisions of
this Ordinance or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
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Mercedes • 514-9006
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Section 4: This Ordinance shall become and be effective in accordance with the City Charter of the City of
Mercedes, Texas and the laws of the State of Texas.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED ON FIRST READING THIS THE 20"h DAY OF
NOVEMBER, 2001.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED ON SECOND READING THIS THE 04th DAY OF
DECEMBER, 2001.
CITY OF MERCEDES
Miguel Castillo, Jr., Mayor
ATTEST:
Arcelia L. Felix
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Juan E. Gonzalez
City Attorney
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The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 50, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 12, 2001, newspaper, December 12, 2001; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1652973/m1/3/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.