Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 2007 Page: 2 of 6
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The Rio Grande Herald-Thursday, July 5, 2007, Page 2
Rep. Guillen announces Lone
Star dates, new services
AUSTIN- State
Representative Ryan Guillen, D-
Starr County, announced this
week that Texas Air and Army
National Guard Medics will
partner with the United States
Air Force School of Aerospace
Medicine to provide a new
aspect to Operation Lone Star
(OLS) in Starr County July 26
through Aug. 3.
Operation Lone Star is a Joint
Force medical mission to serve
several Rio Grande Valley
cities. All OLS operations are
under the approval and guidance
of Region 11, Texas
Department of State Health
Services (DSHS) as directed by
the Texas Adjutant General, Lt.
Gen. Charles Rodriguez.
"This annual exercise
provides much-needed medical
care to anyone who comes to the
clinics that are set up in Stan-
County. lt helps hundreds of
families and provides valuable
training for our military and
state health professionals.
Because of this training, they
will be prepared for possible
future emergencies in any part
of the state, or the nation," Rep.
Guillen said.
Nancy Keene, DSHS nurse
assigned to Rio Grande City
Texas, coordinated with
regional, city and county
representatives to help launch
the pilot training project. An
advance team of Air National
Guard and Air Force preventive
medicine specialists worked
closely with local health
authorities earlier this month to
target projects that bring lasting
value to the Greater Rio Grande
City area Health Authorities'
efforts to control disease and
improve community health for
the citizens.
"The data gathered in this one
week training project has the
potential to aid local health
authorities' long term support to
their communities. The shared
training opportunity for local
health departments, Air Force
and Army preventive medicine
professionals during OLS is
unique." said Texas Air National
Guard Col. Connie McNabb.
commander of the 149th
Medical Group in San Antonio.
In addition to medical
immunizations, health
screenings and dental care
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routinely offered at all OLS
sites, the Rio Grande City
preventive medicine team will
look at a number of areas. They
will evaluate insect populations
that possibly carry disease and
provide recommendations for
authorities and citizens to reduce
the potential for children and
adults to be infected. Other
members of the team will work
with local agencies and offer
suggestions to improve an area
with drainage problems that
currently predisposes residents
to health problems.
"The preventive medicine
team will have physicians
specializing in public health,
environmental engineers, public
health officers, medical
entomologists and highly skilled
technicians in these areas. The
opportunity for all three Texas
Guard and Active Duty
organizations to partner with
local authorities on this
community support effort is
unique and may become a
training and community support
platform for Operation Lone
Star missions in the future," said
McNabb.
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South Texas Cattlemen's
Roundup planned July 13
Many 4-H clubs from Starr
County, along with the
Cooperative Extension Program,
Texas Cooperative Extension,
Farmers, Ranchers, and the San
Isidro FFA Chapter have come
together to raise funds for the
Driscoll Children's Hospital.
In 2006 over $30,000 dollars
were raised through the South
Texas Cattleman's Round Up to
purchase a new ambulance to
transport children to and from
the Driscoll Children's Hospital
This year's event will take place
at the R.Y. Livestock Sales
located three (3) miles north on
Farm Road 755 outside Rio
Grande City, Texas on July 13,
2007 at 11:00 a.m.
Anyone interested in donating
an auction item or willing to
pledge monetary support may
contact Cynthia Guerra Salinas
at (956) 688-1239, Nelda B.
Garza at ngarzal81@rgv.rr.com
and Isabel "Tiny" Hernandez at
(956) 735-2444.
Private applicator license
training set for July 11
Rio Grande City, Tx - A
Private Applicator License
Training has been scheduled for
Wednesday, July 11. 2007 at the
Stafr County Fairgrounds in Rio
Grande City.
The training is scheduled
to begin at 8:00 a.m. The Texas
Department of Agriculture will
administer the require test
immediately following the
training. There will be a $20.00
registration fee to offset training
materials expenses.
"In Texas, the law
requires people to be licensed as
either a commercial, or private
applicator in order to use or
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RGC seniors honored with Recognition Banquet
Rio Grande City High School seniors were honored recently at a banquet at the K.C. Hall in Rio
Grande City. During this time students received their caps, gowns, graduation stoles, distinguished
achievement and Texas Scholars cords in preparation for the commencement ceremony. I he students
were also recognized for their achievements during their four years at RGC High School. I he banquet
was sponsored by RGC High School administration and the Guidance Department headed by Mrs.
Roxanne Garza. All of the students had the opportunity to take pictures and enjoy time with their
classmates. (RGCCISD photo).
Food Bank RGV announces boost
in Texans Feeding Texans Program
supervise the use of restricted-
use and state-limited use
pesticides. A pesticide
application is very complex. In
fact, it requires more knowledge
about safety and proper use than
ever before. To make sure that
all applicators learn safety
precautions the government
requires them to undergo
training and testing," said Omar
Montemayor, County Extension
Agent with Texas Cooperative
Extension in Starr County.
For more information contact
the Starr County Extension
Office at (956) 487-2306.
'When Valley families suffer
from hunger they tend to
concentrate on the quantity of
affordable foods with lower
nutritional value rather than
quality of foods.
According to Food Bank of
the Rio Grande Valley Executive
Director Terri Drefke, an
expanded initiative by the Texas
Department of Agriculture will
help hungry people have access
in addition to fruits and
vegetables, to other nutritious
products such as rice, peanut
butter, beef and venison.
"We took this message to the
Texas lawmakers," Drefke said.
"With the help of Texas
Agricultural Commissioner
Todd Staples, they listened."
In February, Drefke and other
members of the Texas Food
Bank network from around the
state convened in Austin to
lobby the 80th Texas
Legislature for an increase in the
Texans Feeding Texans
program. Formerly known as
the Surplus Agricultural Product
Grant Program -- it helps offset
the cost of harvesting, gleaning
and transporting Texas-grown
products to the state's food
banks.
Since its beginning during the
77th Texas Legislature in 2001,
the program has helped
distribute more than 20 million
pounds of Texas products to 18
member food banks, one food
rescue organization and their
combined 3600 agencies. The
total grant program has increased
from $500,000 to $2 million on
a biennial basis.
"Texas growers and ranchers
have been helping hungry
families across the state and the
food banks that serve them,"
Drefke added. "It was a natural
partnership.''
The Texas Food Bank
Network, which solicited
donations from Texas growers
and ranchers, has received grants
from TDA's program. America's
Second Harvest, the parent
organization of the Texas Food
Bank Network, provided a match
of three (3) cents per pound to
extend the grant.
In 2006. America's Second
Harvest evaluated the needs of
Texas food banks and found
more food banks were resorting
to food purchases to supplement
donations and rising
transportation costs were
limiting access to fresh produce
and perishable commodities.
In addition. Drefke said in
total protein, dairy and produce
are raie commodities when it
comes to Food Bank donations ■■
These are items that might
otherwise be purchased when the
Food Bank RGV budget
permits.
"This will help us stretch our
Food Bank RGV funding even
further," Drefke said. "It also
helps area growers and ranchers
put healthier, nutritious food or^
the tables of the poor who often
resort to high carbohydrate, high
calorie intakes to (ill them up
instead of healthy alternatives
that tend to cost more. We hope
it will help in the long-term
with health issues associated
with poverty and poor diet."
Guillen urges groups to
apply for housing grants
AUSTIN - Representative
Ryan Guillen, D-Starr County,
urged this week that local
community and faith-based
organizations apply for $1
million that USDA Rural
Development has available for
counseling and technical
assistance grants to help rural
residents obtain adequate
housing and to reduce
delinquent payments.
Rep. Guillen noted that with
the many house- recently
damaged by flooding, there is a
serious need for help for those
whose homes were damaged.
Agriculture Deputy Secretary
Chuck Conner said this week
that, "These grants will help
organizations reach out to rural
residents in need of safe,
affordable housing."
Rural Development helped
nearly 43,000 families become
homeowners in 2006. Programs
like this one help rural residents
remain in their homes, Guillen
noted.
Halt of the money will
targeted to five states with high
levels of rural poverty and
substandard housing and states
that were severely impacted by
major natural disasters. These
states are California, Kansas^
Louisiana. Mississippi ancr
Texas. No more than one grant
per state will be awarded. Non-
profit and community
organizations are eligible for
grants up to $100,000.
The deadline for submitting
pre-applications is July 20.
2007. Applications and
complete program instructions
are available at the local USDA
Rural Development office in Rio
Grande City.
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Roberts, Kenneth. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 2007, newspaper, July 5, 2007; Edinburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth196072/m1/2/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.