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RIO GRANDE HERALD . Thursday, July 12,1990, Page 2
Local Customs Explorers
Attend National Conference
Fourteen members of ihe U.S.
Customs Law Enforcement
Explorer Post 2307, will join more
than 3,000 Law Enforcement
Explorers, adult leaders, and staff
from throughout the nation at the
seventh biennial National Law
Enforcement Explorer Conference,
July 16-21, 1990, on the campus of
the University of Colorado,
Boulder, Colo.
Law Enforcement Explorers arc
young men and women, ages 14
through 20, who arc interested in
law enforcement careers and who,
under the auspices of Boy Scouts of
America, arc learning more about
law enforcement professions by
participating in programs conducted
by sponsoring federal, state and
local law enforcement
organizations. Nationwide, there
arc more than 42,000 Law
Enforcement Explorers in more
than 2,000 Explorer posts or units.
Sponsoring organizations will
hold a carccr fair exposition,
starting noon Monday and running
all day Tuesday and Wednesday,
July 16 through 18. Law
enforcement professionals will be
able to discuss career with
individual Explorers at the lair.
The conference features
competitions sponsored by the
nation's top law enforcement
organizations, which will be held
from Tuesday, July 17, through
Thursday, July 19, to provide
realistic and practical experiences to
prepare Explorers for the types ol
situations they would have to lace
in a law enforcement career.
Team event schedules include
Arrest and Search Techniques,
Bomb Threat Response, Crime
Prevention, Crime Scene Search,
Domestic Crisis Intervention,
Shoot/Don't Shoot, Hostage
Negotiation, Victim Witness
Interview, Traffic Accident
Investigation, and Traffic Slop.
Individual competitions will
inci ude Police Physical
Performance Testing, .117 Caliber
Air Pistol Competition, .38
Caliber Pistol Competition, Law
Enforcement Sample Written
Examination, and Law Enforcement
Drill Competition.
A wide range of seminars arc also
scheduled to give participants
information on a host of "survival"
topics.
Seminar topics will include
Crime Against Children, Narcotics
and Dangerous Drugs, Protect
Yourself: Self-Defense Techniques,
Psychological Profiling,
Destructive Cults, Weapon
Identification/Safety, Organized
Crimes: Nontraditional Groups,
Trauma, and Psychological Stress,
Verbal Judc, President and VIP
Protection, Observational
Techniques, Explorer Leadership
Development, Security for
High-Risk Offenders, and
Techniques of Surveillance.
In addition to the law
enforcement training, Explorers get
together at an opening picnic and
have nightly "Sock Hops with the
Cops," Copskeller entertainment
featuring Explorers and nightly
dances. "Star Night" will feature
top entertainment.
To round out; the exciting week
on Friday morning, July 20. there
(See CUSTOMS, Page 12)
SPRING &
SUMMER SALE
GRACIE'S
3 Day Sale: July 12, 13, 14
30 % ,o 50 % o„
All regular priced merchandise: Silver jewelry,
fashion jewelry, watches, purses, wallets, ladies
apparel, (except new arrivals: painted sets &
T-shirts.)
1 Month Lay-Aways
Mary Kay Products
25 % off
487-2580
LI Patio del Rio Mall
Rio Grande City
SPECIALS
Fajitas
$2.10 ib.
Short Ribs
$l.75tb.
Mollejas
750 ib.
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KRAMER S KWIK STOP
MEAT MARKET
TORTILLERIA
2 dozens of tortillas 50c
T-Bone Steak
1 Gallon Milk
$2.57
Gasoline
Prices
Reg. Unleaded...91.9
Unleaded Plus...95.9
1111 N Kloivs St.(Corner of 755 & Eisenhower) 487-2417 Hio Gi-.imlo ( it\
SECURITY FINANCE
Your Friend When You Need Cash
487-3925 or 487-3926
OPEN Mon. - Fri. 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
$ LOANS
$100-S330
SMost Applications Processed Same Day
Phone Applications Welcome
PRESTAMOS DINERO
EL PATIO DEL RIO MALL
402 E. Main Suite A Rio Grande City
Apply By Mail
& Return Form
Name__
Address"
Phone#
Employed by
Amount
Requested
I have credit at
1.
2.
Signature
The 4-H'ers pictured above participated in a County Government seminar Monday
at the County Courthouse. I'lie Citizenship Project group. pictured above from lel'l
to right, was comprised of Debra Wagner, A/eneth Mores, Karen Ramos. Shannon
Colvin, Justina Wagner, 1 racy Anderson, Li/etle Mores, Gin Peterson and Hector
Mores. Not pictured is Crissx Corona.
Starr County 4-H'ers Hold
County Government Seminar
A group of Slarr County 4-Hcrs
active in the Citizenship Project
group participated in a County
Government Seminar on Monday,
July 9, ai the Slarr County
Courthouse.
The group of ten met in the Slarr
County Extension Office lor a
discussion of Texas County
Organization led by Guy Peterson,
Citizenship Junior Leader.
The 4-H'ers learned how many
counties arc in the state of Texas
and that the main functions of
county government include
administering county finance,
assessing and collecting taxes, and
maintaining law and order.
Prior to attending ihc regular
monthly meeting of the Starr
County Commissioners' Court, the
youth learned which county
officials are members of the court,
who presides at the commissioners
court meetings, that these meetings
arc public meetings, and which
county officials arc elected, which
are appointed, and what the length
of their terms ;ire.
The 4-Hers were proud to meet
Starr County Judge Joe Martinez
and Starr County Commissioners
Chema Alvarez, Amando Pcna, Key
Alaniz, and Eloy Garza. They were
recognized and welcomed to the
meeting by Judge Martinez, who
introduced the Commissioners and
explained the functions ol the court
They heard the report by the
County Auditor, as well as seeing
the Tax Assessor-Collector, the
Sheriff, the County Clerk, the
County Treasurer, the County
Attorney, and other officials act in
their capacities.
Items on the agenda which
particularly interested the 4-Hers
were discussion ol the historical
bridge in the International crossing
in Roma, a new Director lor the
Public Library in Rio Grande City
and the need lor stop signs and
street signs on some corners.
Following the Commissioners
Court meeting, the group went on a
tour of the Starr County
Courthouse, where they saw the
Tax Assessor-Collector's Office, the
County Clerk s Office where records
are kept, and the District
Courtroom, where a case was being
tried.
They were greeted by the bail.II
and given an explanation ol the trial
processes there. Riding in Starr w
County's only elevator was also a
highlight of the morning. Tlicy
then walked up the boulevard to
view the Slarr County Jail facility.
The participants were given an
oral "quiz" on what they had learned
during the seminar, and each
received a prize for what they had %
learned about County Government.
Booklets were distributed which
were made up ol information in the
"4-11 County Government Guide"
distributed by the Texas
Agricultural Extension Service.
The information included "Texas
County Organization," the
Vacancy Chart. "Number ol a
County Ofl icials in Texas," Areas
in Which County Government is
Involved, and "Count) Services."
The information was compiled by
the V.G. Young Institute of
County Government, Texas
Association of Counties, and the
County Judges and Commissioners
Association of Texas.
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Efforts Underway To
Implement Neighborhood Watch
The Sheriffs Department is
launching efforts to implement the
Neighborhood Watch crime
prevention program at two housing
projects in Kio Grande Cit>. and is
encouraging citizens to start the
program in their neighborhoods
Deputy Mike Mascorro said, "We
at the Sheriffs Department plan to
organize a Neighborhood Watch for
both housing projects. This is to
organize citizens to assist the police
by reporting any kind ol suspicious
activities. The deputies cannot be
everywhere at once."
Mascorro indicated, "There is a
committee organizing at both
housing projects (on Nixon Street
and in Los Garcias) to implement
the Neighborhood Watch He noted
that a meeting was scheduled lor 5
p.m. Monday at the courthouse to
discuss the use of the program by
citizens at the neighborhood level.
Mascorro said, "We would like
each neighborhood in the
community to start a Neighborhood
Watch program."
Mascorro indicated that
Ncighborluxid Watch usually starts
with a captain and a block captain,
and spreads out from there
He commented, "Hopefully,
when people see how' well it works
at the housing projects, it will
encourage them to implement the
program in their neighborhood "
Mascorro predicted that tins
(program) will cut down on
burglaries and other suspicious
activities''
He added, We're trying to lessen
the opportunities for burglaries and
other crimes to take place This is a
project of the Crime Prevention
Lmt, whuh I head
Mascorro said that Operation
Identification, or identification ol
valuables through engraving, is
another way to deter burglaries and
thefts
Mascorro urges anyone seeking
further information about Operation
Identification to contact him at
487-5572.
The Sheriff's Department
indicated. Neighborhood Watch is
a sell-help community crime
prevention program with the main
objective being to reduce crime, and
the opportunity lor crime.
"More than 6.8 million
residential burglaries arc committed
annually one every five seconds.
With a continuation ol this increase
in the 1980's and I990's, closer
cooperation between the police and
the citizens they serve has become a
must. Because local governments
will most likely be unable to pay
the increased costs for needed
additional police services, the
Neighborhood Watch Program can
play an important role in the future
of our communities.
"Ncighborhixxl Watch was created
to enlist citizen involvement in
discouraging and preventing
residential crime. Neighborhood
Watch Programs are not designed
lor police protection, rather the
program consists ol volunteers
supplementing police activities by
providing extra eyes, ears and
caring. Neighborhood Watch is
people looking out lor people and
is considered a major deterrent
against crime.
"When people know each other
personally, they are more aware of
Rio Natives Named To A&M
Distinguished Students List
Texas A&M University has
named its honor students lor the
spring semester ol 1990,
recognizing some 3000 students,
including three Irom Starr County,
lor outstanding academic
performances.
The Dean's Honor Roll
recognizes students who have
maintained at least a 3.75 grade
|M)int ratio (GPR) out ol a possible
4.0 during the most recent grading
period while being registered lor 15
or more semester credit hours A
total ol 10 30 students were
each other's habits and routines.
This awareness in turn makes them
knowledgeable ol peculiarities and
unusual events, such as strange cars
or persons in the neighborhood
When neighbors know one another
it is a factor in their willingness to
get involved in reporting crime if
they think one is taking place.
"Ncighborhixxl Watch operates to
educate participants in the
principles ol deterrence, delay and
detection. The program depends on
a communication network organized
with three levels ol participants the
residents, block captains, and
co-captains, and a local law
cnl or cement re pre sen tali ve.
Reduction in burglary is likely
because it is a well publicized
program ol Crime Prevention and
target hardening along with citizen
concern lor the safety and security
ol one's own a ml one's neighbor's
property.
In a recent study conducted by
the .Sacramento County Shcrill
interviews were held with 25
convicted burglars serving lime at
Folsom State Prison. Twenty three
sard that when they saw a
Neighborhood Watch sticker in the
window ol a potential victims
home, they took their business
elsewhere."
recognized from a total enrollment
ol more than 40,000
A second designation,
"Distinguished Student, recognizes a
students who earned a V25 to 3,74 ~
GPR while registered lor 15 credit
hours.
Araceli Belinda Lopez and Lori
Lyn Peterson, both ol Rio Grande
C11>, weie named to the
Distinguished Students List
Lopez, whose residence is 8U1
North (iar/a Street in Rio Grande
Cits is a Psychology major A
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Roberts, Kenneth. The Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 12, 1990, newspaper, July 12, 1990; Edinburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth195245/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.