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The Rio Grande Herald-Thursday, December 13, 2007, Page 2
Deer present unique
challenges to area drivers
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October through December is
the high season for car crashes
with deer. Each year, car
collisions with deer account for
more than 150 human and nearly
one and a half million deer
fatalities. Experts attribute it to
the combination of deer mating
and migration habits and
shortened daylight hours.
"More drivers are on the road
at dawn and dusk, the very time
of day when deer are most
active," cautioned Ray Palermo,
director of public relations for
Response Insurance, a national
car insurer based in Meriden,
Connecticut. "A car striking a
200-pound adult deer can not
only result in the death of the
deer, but also incur an average
of two thousand dollars in
damage to the vehicle."
Palermo suggested a few basic
cautions for drivers.
(1) Scan a wide swath of the
roadside. Slow down when
approaching a deer standing
near the side of a road and be
prepared. If startled, the deer can
bolt onto the road and into your
path. If necessary, honk your
horn and Hash your lights to try
to scare it away.
(2) Be alert for more deer than
you may see at that moment.
Where there is one deer, there
are often more nearby.
(3) In many instances, it is best
not to swerve around the deer
since the deer may move in the
same direction. You may also
inadvertently hit another
vehicle, or go off onto a
dangerous shoulder. Unless
certain of those road factors, it is
often best to simply brake and
continue in your lane of traffic.
(4) Be particularly careful at
STC offers would-be teachers
alternative certification
dawn and dusk and when
driving either over a hill or
around a curve, where visibility
is limited. Use your high beams
to give you a greater sense of
visibility and allow you to se«;
the deer's eyes sooner.
(5) Deer whistles or ultrasonic
deer avoidance systems attached
to vehicles have never been
proven to work by independent
studies and may give drivers a
false sense of security.
(6) Take deer crossing signs
seriously, particularly those
installed specifically for this
time of year. Be particularly
cautious in wooded and
agricultural areas where there is
little difference between the
road and the woods.
More driver safety information
is available on
w ww. Response .com/safetv.
RGCPD gets
grant for traffic
enforcement
Interested in becoming a
teacher, but need to get
certified? South Texas College
has a solution. Its Continuing
and Professional Education
Department is now offering an
alternative teacher certification
program called STC-ATCP,
which has been approved by the
State Board for Educator
Certification.
"The Valley is suffering from
a teacher shortage and we are
doing our part to address this
issue with STC-ATCP," said Dr.
Shirley A. Reed, president of
STC. *
Courses are offered during
weekday evenings. Students are
able to specialize in more than
20 areas of education from K-
12th grades. Each student
completes eight to 10 weeks of
classroom instruction and then
begins a paid internship with a
local school district in their area
of specialization while
continuing the rest of their
classroom instruction. STC
works with local school districts
to place students in these
internships and helps place
students post-certification.
In order to qualify for
program acceptance, applicants
must have earned a bachelor's
degree at an accredited college,
have earned a minimum GPA of
2.5 during their bachelor's
studies and complete the formal
STC-ATCP application process.
Qualified applicants will be
admitted on a first-come, first-
serve basis
For additional information
about the program contact
STC's Continuing and
Professional Education
Department at 872-3585 or 872-
3584.
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Alto Bonito Student Council Thanksgiving baskets
Alto Bonito Elementary donated over 1000 types of food products to make Thanksgiving baskets for
needy families in our area. Ana Saenz donated 10 turkeys in which the school was able to make
baskets that included the turkey and all the fixings. Picuted are Mrs. Cantu and (I to r) Kimberly
Moreno, Jocelyn Gonzalez, Domenique Benavidez, Natalie Gonzalez, Mrs. Adeline Cantu, Principal,
Carmen Guerra, Kendra Gonzalez, & Jose Luis DeLa Rosa.
STC third fastest growing
community college in nation
The Rio Grande City Police
Department has received a Step
Wave Traffic Enforcement
Program Grant in the amount of
$21,776 from the Texas
Department of Transportation.
This grant is to target speeders
in areas of Rio Grande City.
This program will place more
police officers on the streets of
Rio Grande City beginning on
Nov. 19, 2007.
Officers will be enforcing
speed zones in an attempt to
reduce accidents and save lives
by increasing patrols in certain
areas of the city. Officers will be
aggressively citing violators for
these offenses and any other
moving violations.
Skillet meals are quick and
healthy, making them a tasty
mealtime solution for today's
busy families.
A new report by national
education journal Community
College Week ranks South
Texas College as the third
fastest growing community
college in the nation. Colleges
were grouped by average
enrollment with STC competing
against colleges with enrollment
of more than 10,000 students.
STC outpaced colleges from
major metropolitan areas across
the country including Houston,
Los Angeles, Columbus and
Austin. More information about
the report can be found at
www.ccweek.com.
"With our increasing
enrollment, we are proving that
we are focused on providing
access to higher education to all
students of any age, with a
particular emphasis on creating
a seamless transition from the
K.-12 environment to college,"
said Dr. Shirley A. Reed. STC
president. "We listen to the
community and develop
innovative new instructional
programs that ensure we
continue serving as the catalyst
for regional economic prosperity
and social mobility."
STC fall 2007 enrollment
peaked with more than 20,386
students attending classes at the
college. This is an increase of
10.4 percent from fall 2006 to
fall 2007.
"This is confirmation of what
we have known for a long time,"
said Keith Patridge, president
and CEO of the McAllen
Economic Development
Corporation. "There is a great
demand for educational
opportunities in our community
and STC has found the key to
meeting that demand. The future
of our community rest squarely
on our ability to provide our
employers with a workforce that
possess the skills they demand.
Working closely with our
business community, STC has
identified those skills and
successfully created a delivery
system to teach them to be a
large part of our community."
The college's Dual
Enrollment Program, which
allows high school students
across Hidalgo and Starr
counties to earn college credit,
grew more than 19 percent from
fall 2006 to fall 2007. Offering
one of the largest dual
enrollment programs in the
T*!i> Grande City CISD Parental Involvement
Clothing Distribution
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Date: December 13, 2007 1
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Place: District Parent Center/Old Ringgold Elementary
Cafeteria
Free- One wool blanket per family.
Ropa Gratis
Usada
Fecha: 13 de deciembre del 2007
Hora: 9: a.m. hasta 12:00 p.m.
Lugar: Centro de Padres/Cafeteria anterior de la escuela
elemental de Ringgold
Gratis- Una cohija porfamilia.
entire state of Texas, STC and
its school district partners are
giving 5,719 students the chance
to get a jumpstart on their
college educations.
"Our goal is to make the
Valley a place where college is
not just a choice, it is an ij
expectation and this ranking is a
testament to that vision," said
William Serrata, STC vice
president for student services
and development. "We are doing
everything within o u r ^
capabilities to bring students
opportunities to enroll and
succeed. STC prides itself on
being aggressive in developing
new programs and initiatives
and this ranking is a tribute to
our work on behalf of the
community."
Enrollment also increased in
the college's Nursing and Allied
Health Division and Distance
Education Program. The NAH
Division saw a 19 percent
enrollment increase from fall
2006 to fall 2007. The college's
Distance Learning Program saw
an increase of 20 percent froni|
fall 2006 to fall 2007, which'
signals the increasing popularity
of Web-based courses.
For additional information
about South Texas College call
8 72-8311 or visit
www.southtexascollege.edu. {
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several key areas of life than
their non-boating counterparts,
according to a survey conducted
by Discover Boating and Russell
Research. Boaters rated better in
physical fitness and overall
health, leadership abilities, the
performance of their children in
school and even their love lives.
For those in the market for a
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list of popular boating destina-
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shows across the country.
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Roberts, Kenneth. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 13, 2007, newspaper, December 13, 2007; Edinburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth196095/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.