Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 2002 Page: 2 of 6
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The Rio Grande Herald-Thursday, December 26,2002, Page 2
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Grieving families find comfort
in remembering over holidays
The holidays are a cheerful time
for most people, but for others they
are a painful reminder of a lost
loved one. Families who are
struggling with grief can find
comfort in honoring that person's
memory.
"Try to set aside a specific time
to remember the person you lost,"
said Dr. John Burruss, an assistant
professor of psychiatry and
behavioral sciences at Baylor
College of Medicine in Houston.
Feelings of grief are especially
intense for people who had a
family member murdered or killed
in a traumatic accident. They may
be more reluctant to talk about their
loss, for fear of dredging up
memories. But ignoring that your
father, son, mother or child is not
at your holiday gathering does more
harm than good.
"Don't leave the loss unspoken.
That is an injustice to the memory
of the person who has been lost and
it sets up the situation of the
proverbial elephant in the room,"
Burruss said. "Everyone knows it is
there. Everyone can feel it. Their
loss is a palpable presence."
On the other hand, making grief a
continual theme of the holidays
also is not healthy.
"You don't want to make the
holidays a constant memorial to the
lost person," Burruss said. "Some
types of memorial discussions are
appropriate. However, they may
take over the event."
No one grieves the same way,
Burruss adds. Some people openly
share their sadness, while others
keep it to themselves and try to
return to the routine of their lives.
Both can be normal ways to grieve.
However, persistent grief can
become serious depression, which
should be treated by a mental health
professional.
Warning signs of depression
include:
* Dramatic change in behavior,
such as ciiange of appetite or sleep.
* Loss of energy, fatigue and loss
of interest and pleasure in activities
formerly enjoyed.
* Feelings of worthlessness and
persistent feelings of hopelessness
and guilt.
* Inability to concentrate or
think, indecisiveness.
* Physical symptoms, such as
headaches or stomachaches.
* Recurring thoughts of death or
suicide, wishing to die. or
attempting suicide. (Please seek
help immediately for this
symptom).
Help is available for people with
depression from mental health
professionals, employee assistance
programs, hospices and churches.
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lie's the
for the
reason
season!
May you and your family Iwwe a
wonderful Christmas and a
prosperous new year!
From:
LAW OFFICE OF BALDEMAR. GARZA
Balde, Minerva, Yolanda,
Mary Ann, and Wendy
Herald schedules
early printing
for Jan. 2
edition
The Rio Grande Herald will have
a shortened printing schedule for the
Jan. 2 edition of the paper.
The printing of the Jan. 2 edition
will take place on Tuesday
morning, Dec. 31, a change from
the typical Wednesday printing
schedule due to the New Year's Day
holiday.
All persons wishing to place
advertisements and/or news articles
in the Jan. 2 edition of The Herald
must submit their material by 12
noon on Monday, Jan. 30 or make
needed arrangements far in advance.
Anyone seeking additional
information should contact The Rio
Grande Herald office at (956) 487-
2819.
SCAN offers
reminder on
youths, tobacco
products
The Starr County Intervention
Program (S.C.I.P.) of SCAN, Inc.
reminds all Starr County merchants
that it is against the law to sell
tobacco products of any kind to
any person under the age of 18.
The Intervention Program
strongly urges everyone to work
together to keep our children drug-
free!!
Anyone needing more
information is encouraged to
contact the S.C.I.P. Program at
956-716-1795 or 956-849-0202.
Guerra, Laurel to marry Saturday
Juan Carlos Guerra of Fronton and Iris Yanira Laurel ol Rio Grande City
will exchange marriage vows on Saturday, Dec. 27 at 4 p.m. at
Immaculate Conception Church in Rio Grande Cit> I he bride-elect is
currently in the physicians assistant program at ihe UT Health Science
Center in San Antonio. The prospective groom is now in dental school at
the UT Health Science Center in San Antonio.
Guerra, Laurel
to wed Dec. 27
Mr. and Mrs. Alfredo Laurel, Jr.
of Rio Grande City announce the
upcoming marriage of their
daughter. Iris Yanira, to Juan
Carlos Guerra, son of Mr. and Mrs
Roberto Guerra of Fronton.
The couple will wed at 4 p.m. on
Dec. 27 at Immaculate Conception
Church in Rio Grande City.
The bride-elect graduated from
Rio Grande City High School in
USPS has guide to
answer mailing questions
89 Starr students named to Who's
Who Among High School Students
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(See MAILING, Page 5)
A total of 89 students from Starr
County are included in the 36th
Annual Edition of Who's Who
Among American High
School Students, 2001-2002.
Who's Who, published by
Educational Communications, Inc.,
Austin, Texas, is the largest
recognition program and
publication in the nation honoring
high achieving high school
students. Students are nominated by
high school principals and guidance
counselors, national youth groups,
churches and educational
organizations based upon students'
academic achievement and
involvement in extracurricular
activities. Traditionally, 99 percent
of Who's Who students have a
grade point average of 'B' or better
and 97 percent are college bound.
The 36th Annual Edition of
Who's W h o Among
American High School
Students, 2001-2002.
published in 18 regional volumes,
features over 850,000 students or
just 6 perccnt of the nation's 15
million high school students. They
represent approximately 20,000 of
the 24,000 public, private and
parochial high schools in the
country.
Who's Who students also
compete for $200,000 in
scholarship awards and participate
in the publication's Annual Survey
of High Achievers, an annual
opinion poll of teen attitudes The
book is distributed on a
complimentary basis to up to
15,000 high schools, colleges,
universities and public libraries
throughout the country. To learn
more about Who's Who Among
A m e r i c a n High School
Students, visit
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Happy !*<>to<*ays
We wish you Merry Christmas only
once a year, but the opportu-
nity to know and serve you is
something we give thanks for
every day.
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1997 and attended UT-San Antonio.
She is presently in the physicians
assistant program at the UT Health
Science Center in San Antonio.
The prospective groom graduated
from Roma High School in 1997.
He graduated Irom LISA in 2000
with a degree in Biology. He is
presently in dental school at the UT
Health Science Center in San
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Rio Grande City students selected
include Arlinda Alani/. Leticia A
Alvarez. Bonny Amador, Adriana
Barrera. Ayssa Bazan, Belinda
Cantu, Leslie Cantu. Melissa A.
Caniu. Betsy R Chapa, Jennifer I
Clarke. Marlene Coronel. Edgar M
Cruz. Elda M Das i la. 1 aura Y.
DcLuRosa. I'riscilla Diaz. Jessica .1
Flores, Victor A. Garcia. Alyssa
Garza, Anyssa Garza, Clarissa I
Garza, Daniela Garza. Roel Garza,
Claudette Glover. Vanessa M
Guerra, Marissa Y. Hernandez.
Anthony Lewis, Jesus Lopez, Jr.
Eduardo Lopez, Joey Lopez, Linda
Lopez, I'riscilla A Maldonado.
Cristina Isela Martinez, Margarita
Molina. Jessica M Munoz, Nallcly
Olivarez. Vanessa R. Olivarez.
Cassandra Perez. Lorccn Perez.
Luccro E. Ramos, Daniella Rios.
Denys Rodriguez. Caridad V.
Rubalcava, Claudia (i. Rubalcava.
Linda N. Ruiz. Amanda K.
Sanchez. Ernest Scale, Claudia
Solis. Mayra Solis. Lizette Vega.
Viviana Verastegui, John G.
Villarreal. Victor Hugo Villarreal.
Jacob Wiley.
Roma students selected include
Jose Alanis. Miguel A Alaniz.
Arnuda Barrera. Maria I Barrera,
Anna Cadena. Joanna Canales.
Victoria I Canales. San Juanila
Fiscal, Alma Garcia. Cynthia
Garcia, Synthia Garcia, Joana
Garza, Oscar Garza. Ana Lee
Gonzalez, Daniela Gonzalez, Jo
Ann Gonzalez, Maria Gonzalez,
Yadira Hernandez. Melissa
Hinojosa, Gabriella Lopez. Rosa N.
Martinez, Mike Mascorro, Daisy
Munoz, Yancy Carolina Orellana,
Darlene Pena, Even E. Pena. Yvette
Pena, Heraldo I. Perez, Joe Perez.
Sara A Perez, Oscar L. Ramirez.
Norma M. Romo. Vanessa Rosa.
Fabian E. Salinas, Lizeth
Villarreal, John Zoerner.
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about 21 percent oxygen. Sev-
enty-seven percent is nitrogen.
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Roberts, Kenneth. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 2002, newspaper, December 26, 2002; Edinburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth196196/m1/2/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.