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The Rio Grande Herald-Thursday, September 25,2008, Page 4
Power restored to more than one
million Southeast Texas customers
AUSTIN - On Friday, Sept.
19, Gov. Rick Perry thanked
utility company officials for
their extraordinary efforts at
restoring electricity to customers
in the Hurricane Ike ravaged
communities and promised the
state will do all it can to help get
power back on.
With power restoration as one
of the state's top priority in
relief efforts, Gov. Perry today
talked with representatives of
CenterPoint, American Electric
Power and Entergy, thanking
them for their ongoing work to
restore power. On Tuesday the
governor issued a proclamation
allowing utility companies
access to easement on public
and private property to expedite
the restoration of electricity.
"The resiliency and resolve
embraced by Texans in the
aftermath of this storm has
brought us a long way down the
Author
Continued from Page 1
The STC Starr County
Campus Library Art Gallery is
located at 142 FM 3167 in P.io
Grande City.
For more information cal 956-
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Steady
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Roma will need to play smart
football and eliminating costly
penalties. The Gladiators must
embrace a killer mentality
especially when the offense
works hard to penetrate an
opponents' "red zone". Coming
away with nothing to show for it
is unacceptable. The Gladiator
defense must hunker down and
become stingy if Roma expects
some victories this season.
Game time will be 7:30 pm at
La Joya football stadium this
coming Friday evening. "Be
there, or be square!"
road to recovery in only a few
days," said Gov. Perry.
"Restoring power is a top
priority now that search and
rescue efforts are concluding.
Bringing homes, business,
schools and health care facilities
back to full operation will be a
milestone in our efforts to help
Texans recover from the damage
they sustained."
More than 9,500 personnel
from across the nation are
working with power companies
around the clock to lestore
electricity in areas affected by
Hurricane ike. To date, power
has been restored to more than
one million customers; however
nearly 1.79 million remain
without power.
To help Texans determine
whether power has been restored
to their communities, the Public
Utility Commission (PUC) of
Texas has a web feature that
allows customers to check
power outages by entering their
utility provider and zip code at
http://www. puc. state, tx.us/files/i
ke.cfm.
The governor on Friday also
praised first responders for the
progress they have made in
search and rescue and additional
relief efforts in the four days
since Hurricane Ike made
landfall on the Texas coast.
Nearly all fuel terminals in the
storm-affected region arc
operational. Forty percent of
retail stores have resumed
operations, and 45 percent are
expected to have power by
Modest
Continued from Page 1
They'll be looking to make sure
we are in compliance with grant
guidelines."
Also on Sept. 15, the
commissioners approved the
Roma ISO's temporary usage of
voting machines for their Oct. 7,
2008 rollback tax election. At
that same meeting, the
commissioners .granted approval
for the Rio Grande City CISD to
have temporary usage of voting
machines for their Nov. 4, 2008
.bond election.
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Requirements: applicant must be 18 years and above,
must access to check email 2-3 times in a day and be
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ice Representative
Consolidated Finance has an immediate
opening for a part time employee
in Rio Grande City.
Inside/Ouside Collections.
Experience a plus, but will train.
PHONE: Ellsa Gonzalez (956) 487-6291
E.O.E.
Construction
Advertisement and Invitation for Bids
The County of Starr will receive bids for
Starr County Landfill Project until 4:00
P.M. on Tuesday September 30. 2008 at
Starr County Courthouse Annex, 100 N. FM
3167, Suite 202. Rio Grande City. Texas
78582. Bids will be publicly opened and
read aloud at 4:00 P.M. on Tuesday Septem-
ber 30. 2008 at Starr County Courthouse
Annex. 100 N. FM 3167. Suite #202. Rio
Grande City. Texas 78582.
Bids are invited for the following item and
quantity of work:
To excavate and dispense 88,800 c/y of dirt
at landfill for 1.7 acres to construct cell at
Starr County Landfill.
Thursday.
Search and rescue (SAR)
efforts along the Texas coast are
approaching completion and
demobilizing. To date, more
than 3,540 residents from
coastal areas have been rescued
by air, ground and water and
28,592 structures have been
searched. As of Wednesday
afternoon, 226 shelters were
open throughout the state
housing more than 28,500
evacuees; more than 1,360
truckloads of water and 1,201
truckloads of ice have been
distributed throughout the
storm-affected areas.
On Friday, Gov. Perry
amended his initial emergency
proclamation extending the
hotel/motel tax waiver to be
effective Sept. 8, 2008, through
Oct. 14, 2008. The governor's
proclamation suspends the
collection of the state and local
hotel and motel taxes under the
Texas Tax Code for victims of
Hurricane Ike. For assistance or
additional information, please
visit the Comptroller of Public
Accounts website at:
http://window.state.tx.us/taxinfo
/disasterrelieffaq.htmi or call
1-800-252-5555.
For a comprehensive overview
of the state's activity related to
Hurricane Ike response and
recovery, please visit the
Hurricane Center on the
governor's website at:
http://www.governor.state.tx.us.
At the state's request, federal
transitional housing assistance is
available to Texan evacuees
with inaccessible or
uninhabitable homes. A
constantly updated list of
approved hotels/motels can be
found at:
www.femaevachotels.com. To
register for transitional housing
assistance, visit www.fema.gov
or call toll free at 1 -800-621 -
3362 or 1-800-462-7585.
Texas residents who have been
displaced by Hurricane Ike who
evacuated to another state may
call 1-877-541-7905 to reach the
Texas 2-1-1 network and obtain
information on how and where
to apply for food stamp benefits
or seek additional assistance.
Texas residents displaced by
Hurricane Ike who evacuated to
another area of Texas may call
2-1-1 from any.Texas landline
or Texas cell phone to obtain
information on how and where
to apply for food stamp benefits
or seek additional assistance.
• t is only when we silent the
bla>-<ng sounds of our daily exis-
tence that we can finally hear
the whispers of truth that life
reveals to us, as it stands knock-
ing on the doorsteps of our
hearts.
—K.T. Jong
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GRANDE
HERALD
A Newspaper serving the
people of South Texas
CONTACT INFO.
The Rio Grande Herald
100 South Corpus Ste. C
Rio Grande City, TX.
78582
Phone:
956-487-2819
Fax:
956-488-8252
Editor:
Kenneth Roberts
Advertising Director:
Christian Salinas
Circulation Manager
Martha Coronado
Playing it safe around electricity
The National Theatre for Children's Safety presentations featuring AEP's spokes bug Louie the
Lightning Bug visited General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary. In their live presentations, our students
were provided with information on energy and electricity. However, the main emphasis of this
presentation was to "play it safe around electricity". Pictured above from left to right are: Mr. Bryan
Thomas (As Louie), GRSE Students, Mrs. Laura Barrera (Teacher), and Ms. El in Hawkinson (As .• '
Nikki Neutron). 5.:
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Early history of First United
Methodist Church-RGC traced
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By DR. RICHARD IRIZARRY
The First United Methodist
Church of Rio Grande City
maintains a unique history
among the churches in this
community. While the
congregation began in 1859, it
was not until July 17, 1878 that
the land where this church now
rests was purchased from
Luciana G. Davis for a sum of
$75.00.
By 1879 the church was built
on the same land, but for some
unknown reason it was
destroyed a few years later. The
construction of the present
church was to be completed for
a total sum of $2,800.,
consisting of American currency
and Mexican coins. The First
United Methodist Church
maintains a church bell
inscribed with the date, 1856.
At the Annual Conference of
1882, Rev. Alex Sutherland
reported the completion of a
new and elegant church in Rio
Grande City. It was a grand
church sitting high above the
community on a dusty set of
streets (Canales and
Washington), facing south and
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Editor
KENNETH ROBERTS
Advertising
CHRISTIAN SAUNAS
encouraging families to attend
the United Methodist Church
services. Incidentally, a similar
church was built in Camargo on
the banks of the San Juan River
but was later destroyed by
Hurricane Beulah in 1967.
Historical data informs us that
it was not until 1917 that a
parsonage was built next to the
church to serves the pastors of
the church. Prior to this
achievement, pastors rented
homes in the community of Rio
Grande City. The elevation of
the property forced Rev. Hines
in 1924 to construct a rock wall
in front of the church to keep the
land from eroding and cascading
into the street. As a matter of
fact, just recently Mr. Nate Fultz
constructed a wall on the eastern
edge of the church in order to
mitigate the erosion of the soil
and the loss of plant life.
Members of the church are
planning to complete the project
in the next few months.
Additional facility
improvements are planned
before the Sesquicentennial
Celebration in April of 2009.
In the same year (1924), a
missionary outreach church was
Richards
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built in Garciasville. Shortly
thereafter (1926) a balcony was
added to the church in order to
make more room for the
growing membership under the
ministry of Rev. Pedro Herrera.
The balcony was later removed
but not before many of the
current members of the church
had the opportunity to sit in the
elevated pews of the church.
Please mark your calendars for
the Sesquicentennial Celebration
which will take place on April
24-26 of 2009. Should you have
any questions or comments,
please feel free to contact Rev.
Juan A. Salas and 487-2448 or
298-0306. Our website is:
http://www.gbgm-
umc.org/fumcrgc. We welcome
new members to our warm and
hospitable congregation, as we
hold services in English and
Spanish.
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Roberts, Kenneth. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 25, 2008, newspaper, September 25, 2008; Edinburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth196136/m1/4/?q=%22Business%2C+Economics+and+Finance+-+Communications+-+Newspapers%22: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.