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Vol. 81, No. 42, Thursday October 28,1993
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Historic RGC city
elections Tuesday
Offensive Line Clears Way
Rattler offensive lineman Salvador Hernandez (61) is pictured above helping to create running room for one of
the fleet Rattler backs in Friday night's game at home against the McAllen High Bulldogs. The Rattlers scored a
touchdown midway through the fourth quarter to achieve a 14-7 victory over the Bulldogs and remain tied for first
plar- ' i District 31-5A. (RGCCISD Photo)
First annual Truck Show
raises funds for Youth Fair
Voters of Rio Grande City will
vote Tuesday to elect a mayor and
five aldermen for the new city
government that will be instituted
and installed in the next few
months.
If none of the eight candidates for
mayor receives an outright majority
of votes in Tuesday's election, a
runoff between the top two
votegetters will be held within 30
days.
The top five votegetters among
the 19 candidates for alderman will
be elected Tuesday to the five
alderman positions.
The candidates for mayor are
Arnulfo C. Herrera, Ricardo
Gutierrez, Noe R. Sanchez, Derric
Leo Trevino, Bruno M. Trevino,
Basilio Villarreal, Cesar G. Leal
and Domingo Arredondo.
The 19 candidates for alderman
are Pedro (Pete) Ybarra, Gilberto
(Billy) Sepulveda, David D. Porras,
Reynaldo (Rey) Saenz, Lauro L.
Lopez, Timothy Richard Mithofer,
Joel Guerrero, Jr., Mary Frances
Ramirez, Jesus A. (Chuy) Solis,
Lydia T. Garza, J. Ruben Salmon,
Sr., Rene (Rebe) Garza, Rene J.
Gonzalez, Arturo M. Garza, Ricardo
Garza, Sr., Balde Garza, Rafael
"Ralph" Trevino, Jr., Beatrice
Brossig Ramirez and Manuel
"Meme" Canales.
Early voting for the city elections
began on Oct. 13 and will continue
until 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29. Early
voting took place at the County
Courthouse on Saturday, Oct. 23
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Voting Tuesday will take place
strictly at Roque Guerra Elementary
School in Rio Grande City.
County Clerk Omar Garza
indicated that more than 750
persons had cast absentee ballots as
of Friday. He commented, "The
first three days were real fast, and
the last few days it's been averaging
40 to 60 per day."
Court intensely debates
Grievance Committee actions
The first annual Starr
County Truck Show, held this
past Saturday and Sunday at
the Fairgrounds in Rio
Grande City, has been
evaluated as a solid success
by its organizers.
The Truck Show atuacted
33 entries, many from the
Valley and throughout South
Texas, and was held for the
purpose of raising funds to
benefit the Starr County
Youth Fair.
Luis Mora, Jr., received the
award for the Best Overall
Truck of the show.
Mora was awarded $300 in
cash and a very large trophy.
Mario DeLeon, a leading
organizer of the Truck Show,
commented, "I was very
happy with the turnout...I
think everybody that took part
enjoyed it and had fun. The
music was
excellent...Hopefully, next
year's show will be bigger
and better."
DeLeon gave special
recognition to the leading
sponsors of the Truck Show:
Haunschild Distributing
Company, H-E-B Food
Store, Coca-Cola and Valley
Trucks and Vans of McAllen.
DeLeon thanked the
following bands for
performing at the show, and
noted that many of these
bands performed for free: Los
Artistas, Loya, Los Ramirez,
Boy Lozano, La Mirada, Cali
Carranza y Los Formales and
Cha-Cha Jimenez.
The following exhibitors at
the Truck Show were
awarded trophies: MINIS:
First Place- Dori Fontaine;
Second Place- Tim Parker;
and Third Place- Joe Silva.
4x4 TRUCKS: First Place-
Elmer Martinez; Second
Place- Victor Garza; Third
Place- Francisco Gonzalez.
UTILITY: First Place- Joe
Chavez; Second Place-
Alejandro Trevino; Third
Place- Jaime Oliva.
FULL SIZE REGULAR
CAB: First Place- Juan A.
Vigil; Second Place- Martin
Gonzalez; Third Place- Mark
Ramirez.
FULL SIZE EXTENDED
CAB: First Place- Luis Mora,
Jr ; Second Place- Chris Pena;
Third Place- Ruben Arcarte.
EARLY MODELS: First
Place- Gabriel Garcia; Second
Place- Ruben Arcarte; Third
Place- Orlando Cruz.
BEST INTERIOR- Joe
Chavez; BEST DISPLAY-
Dori Fontaine; BEST PAINT
JOB- Gabriel Garcia; BEST
ENGINE- Ruben Arcarte.
At their special meeting Monday
morning, the County
Commissioners spent much time
debating how to respond to a recent
Grievance Committee mandate to
award pay raises to six countywide
elected officials.
The three commissioners present
expressed staunch opposition to the
Grievance Committee action,
contending that the legality of the
mandate was in question due to
possible violations of the Open
Meetings Act. The commissioners
also contended that the mandate
unfairly slighted county employees.
Corpus Christi attorney
donates $30,000 to Fair
The six county officials that
petitioned the Grievance Committee
were Sheriff Gene Falcon, District
Clerk Juan Erasmo Saenz, County
Clerk Omar Garza, County
Treasurer Jaime M. Ramirez, Tax
Assessor-Collector Maria Ofelia
Saenz and County Attorney
Romero Molina.
One of the officials present for
the meeting. District Clerk Juan
Erasmo Saenz, insisted that the
increase, amounting to $24,000
annually for all six officials, is
quite fair considering the workloads
of the six officials and their offices.
Saenz stated that he had not
received a raise for eight years.
Saenz further added that he and the
other officials had requested raises
for employees of their offices, but
that the decision on that issue has
been up to the commissioners
The discussion Monday began
with Precinct Three Commissioner
Eloy Garza heatedly insisting,
"This grievance is not legal,
according to what I have been told
by an attorney." He contended that
the Grievance Committee violated
the Open Meetings Act by not
publicly posting notice of their
meeting in advance.
County Judge J.M. Martinez, Jr.,
said, "It's not for us to interpret the
legality. We can approve or reject
li.e a^uon." Garza contended, ' V e
need to hear what the District
Attorney says." Martinez responded,
(See GRIEVANCE, Page 10)
Dan Alfaro, an attorney in
Corpus Christi, presented a
530,000 donation to the Starr
County Fair Association at a spe-
cial ceremony at the Derby
Restaurant in McAllen on
Wednesday.
Dr. Roberto S. Margo, president
of the association, accepted the
check in behalf of the youth of
Starr County.
"This contribution will be used
for payment on the principal of the
note owed on the buildings at the
Starr County Fairgrounds. This
was a donation we did not expect,
but that we surely do appreciate,"
staled Margo in an interview with
television reporters from Channel 4
and Channel 5.
Margo stated that the fair, which
is always held the first weekend in
March, is in its twenty-ninth year
of existence, with the most recent
ten of these being organized by the
Fair Association, which was re-
sponsible for the buildings, includ-
ing an exhibit hall, show barns, a
show arena,
and offices.
entertainment stage,
He added, "This generous dona-
tion will definitely help. It is all
for the youth of Starr County. It
provides an opportunity for them to
show their talents and to excel in
competitive events, including live-
stock and other projects, such as
science, art, crafts, farm shop, and
industrial arts."
Alfaro, who was raised in
Weslaco and resides in Corpus
Christi, cited two reasons for the
gift. "First, the Youth Fair is a
wonderful organization that is help-
ing a lot of young people to do a
lot of good things. It is a wonder-
ful community project. Second,
the people and the county govern-
ment leaders of Starr County, espe-
cially Eloy Garza, helped me get
started in private practice when I
left the U. S. Attorney's Office in
Laredo. My office (the law offices
of Alfaro and Vance Owen) likes to
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STARK COUNIY HAIR RECEIVES DONATION---Dan Alfaro, an attorney in
Corpus Christi, seated sixth from left, is pictured with representatives of the Starr
County Fair Association, Starr County schools, and Starr County government and
businesses. Alfaro donated $30,000 to the Starr County Fair.
donate ten percent to worthy causes.
I feel it's the right thing to do.
Others, I'm sure, can also afford to
give, and I'm happy for them. We
all owe it to the youth."
When asked by television re-
porters, "Why Starr County?",
Alfaro replied, "Starr County is a
great place to live and has great
people. I feel that it has also been
badmouthed, but there arc good peo-
ple there, honest people there.
They deserve credit and praise. 1
feel more at home there than I do in
Corpus Christi."
Alfaro closed by staling, "I thank
you for the opportunity to be your
friend. I would also like to thank
Eloy and his family for helping me
and my family when I hitchhiked
from Laredo to Corpus Christi with
minus five hindred dollars to my
name. Without his help, we
wouldn't be here."
Dr. Margo thanked Alfaro and
Garza, who also offered his thanks
to Alfaro for his generosity toward
the people of Starr County. He
added that other contributions
Alfaro has made have made many
improvements possible in Starr
County.
RGC Band
prepares for
Pigskin Jubilee
The Rio Grande City High
School marching band will
participate in the fifty-first annual
Pigskin Jubilee set for this
Saturday, October 30, at McAllen
Stadium.
The event will begin at 5:00
p.m., and Rio's performance will be
at 6:45. They will participate in
the finale at approximately 10:00.
The nineteen 5-A bands scheduled
to perform this Saturday will each
play its school's fight song as they
parade before the stands on the
track, then join on the field for
ratings, as a change from the
traditional finale.
Military-TDH clinics
termed success
The joint clinics held this past
weekend in a joint effort of the
U.S. Army, National Guard, and
Texas Health Department were
termed an outstanding success in
every way by those organizing the
clinics.
More than 20 low-cost clinics
were held throughout the county
from Friday through Sunday to
vaccinate pets against the deadly
rabies virus. Free health clinics,
focusing to a great extent on
immunization of children, were held
during the three days at two central
sites and at a number of smaller
sites in surrounding communities.
Buck Scheib, an information
specialist for the Texas Department
of Health, commented Tuesday
morning, "Over the three days, we
saw about 3800 patients and gave
approximately 7000
immunizations."
Schieb indicated, "A lot of the
older people needed immunizations,
especially for tetanus and flu. It was
a lot easier for them to get to the
clinics on Saturday and Sunday.
These clinics were especially
helpful to them (the elderly)."
Schieb emphasized, "It was good
training for the Army in using
medical and laboratory equipment in
the field. It was good for the Health
Department. We have the vaccines,
but we normally don't have the
manpower to get the shots to all
these people. The Army worked
together with us to enable all these
people to be served."
On Saturday afternoon, Scheib
indicated, "The clinics have gone
pretty well. It's been picking up
today quite a bit. Things were fairly
slow on Friday."
Scheib stated Saturday that
figures show that 671 patients
(See CLINICS, Page 5)
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Luis Mora, Jr., is pictured above being presented the
award for having the Best Truck in Show at the first
annual Starr County Truck Show held this past weekend
at the Starr County Fairgrounds. Mora was awarded a
cash prize of $300. Mora also won the first place
trophy for the Rest Full-Size Extended Cab.
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