The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 33, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 13, 1980 Page: 7 of 24
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Mercedes, Texas 78570 Wednesday, August 13, 1980
Mercedes native is subject of story
Mercedes native Janie Aya-
la Cavazos was highlighted
recently in the Milwaukee
Journal's weekly feature “Best
qQk on the Block." The story
featured Mrs. Cavazos’ pre-
paration of Mexican American
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kin empanadas.
Mrs. Cavazos said she “had
quite a time putting her
instinctive measure of ingre-
dients into formal recipe form,
since "I don’t use recipes when
1 cook."
The story told how Mrs.
Cavazos learned to cook “just
by watching my mom do it,
mostly,” in her hometown of
Mercedes. “When you’re lit-
tle,” the story read, “your
mother passes you little balls of
dough - we call them ‘testales’
in Spanish -- to play with. You
learn to know at an early age
what the consistency should
be.”
Mrs. Cavazos, the story
reported, is “one of those
cooks who grabs handfuls of
ingredients and can’t be both-
ered with measuring cups and
spoons. There are lots of clues
to indicate this cook brings all
five senses to cooking...She’s
not afraid to dig her hands into
what she prepares. “For many
foods, particularly doughs, no
stirring implements work as
well as the hands.”
“1 would much rather show
people how to do it than to give
them a recipe,” the cook
continued. “I guess I could eat
a store-bought tortilla, where
my husband won’t.”
“Perhaps because she grew
up thinking cooking was fun,
[she’d] never call meal pre-
paration a drudgery. “People
love to come and eat and I love
to cook,” she said.
“In my family, we use a
piece of tortilla like some
people use spoons,” the Jour-
nal article continued. “Don’t
look for spoons, knives and
forks around here. We always
eat with our fingers.”
Mrs. Cavazos, a 1969 grad-
uate of Mercedes High School,
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Alejos Ayala of Mercedes.
Coal comes to South Texas
CPL turns to new fuel sources
to generate electricity
Central Power and Light
Company is now operating its
first coal-fired power plant.
Coleto Creek Power Station.
Coal and nuclear plants will
provide an increasingly large
share of the electricity used by
CPL customers in the years
ahead—-more than 40% by the
late 1980s. We must use these
two fuels if we are to continue re-
liable service to South Texas.
We have no option. The Public
Utility Commission of Texas has
Coleto Creek Power Station, located
between Goliad and Victoria
announced that it will not
approve the construction of any
new gas-fired plants for making
electricity. And. the federal
Power Plant and Industrial Fuel
Use Act of 1978 prohibits even
existing power plants from using
natural gas as a primary energy
source after January 1,1990.
Although Coleto Creek is
CPL’s first coal-fired plant, it
won’t be the last. In fact, a second
coal unit for Coleto Creek is
already on the drawing boards.
And, South Texas Project, the
nuclear plant in which CPL is a
participant, is scheduled to
begin supplying power in the
mid-1980s.
Future energy sources
In cooperation with research
agencies and other utilities, CPL
is studying three new possible
energy sources for long-range
use: gasification of solid or heavy
fuels, nuclear fusion and geo-
South Texan Nuclear Project, located
between Palacios and Bay City
thermal wells. We hope that
these or other technologies
someday will prove econom-
ically feasible.
Meanwhile, CPL must depend
on new coal and nuclear plants
to assure an adequate supply of
electricity for its customers.
CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
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The Mercedes Enterprise — Page 7
PUBLIC NOTICE
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“BEST COOK ON THE BLOCK” selected by the Milwaukee
Journal was Mrs. Janie Ayala Cavazos, shown above
preparing tortillas. The Mercedes native provided the
Journal’s readers with recipes for the preparation of “sweets,
as well as hearty Mexican American basics.” [Milwaukee
Journal Photo.]
ALA meeting is August 18
Members of the Mercedes
Unit of the American Legion
Auxiliary will meet August 18
to hear reports from Bluebon-
net Girls State citizens, reports
group President Mrs. Victor
Brown.
The meeting will also fea-
ture a salad supper. Members
are reminded to bring a salad
and food for their guests.
Mothers of the Girls State
delegates are also invited to
attend.
Members planning to at-
tend need to contact Mrs.
Maurine Swain before the
meeting. The meeting begins
at 7 p.m. at the home of Mrs.
Wendell Schwarz.
INVITATION FOR BIDS
The City of Mercedes,
Texas, proposes to lease the
North 140 ft. 4 In. by 35 ft. 6 in.
and 16 ft. by 50 ft. on the
Southwest corner thereof of
that certain building located on
Block 77, Original Townsite of
Mercedes, Hidalgo County,
Texas, together with parking
facilities North of said building,
the street address of said
premises being 1550 West First
Street, Mercedes, Hidalgo
County, Texas.
The following are the mini-
mum requirements for said
lease, to-wlt:
1. Primary term of three [3]
year lease agreement with
option of Lessee to lease for an
additional two [2] year period
after the expiration of the
primary term of three [3] years;
notice of the exercise of said
option to be delivered to the
City Manager of the City of
Mercedes, Texas, not less than
sixty [60] days prior to the
expiration of the three [3] year
primary term.
2. In case the lessee is a
corporation, there shall be a
personal guarantee by the
majority stockholder, or some
other person acceptable to the
City Commission of the City of
Mercedes, Texas, of said cor-
poration, guaranteeing the full
performance of all of the
covenants and conditions in the
lease.
3. At the time of the
execution of the lease, Lessee
shall deposit with the City of
Mercedes, Texas, the first
month’s rent and the additional
sum of two [2] month’s rent to
be held in escrow by the City of
Mercedes, Texas, without in-
terest, same to be applied to
any damage to property or any
breach of any of the covenants
and conditions of the lease at
the expiration of its term,
otherwise to be credited to the
last two months of the monthly
rental in accordance with the
terms of the contract.
4. All rental provided for
under the terms of the lease
shall be payable monthly on or
before the first day of each
calendar month.
5. Lessee shall agree that it
will employ in the leased
facilities twenty [20] or more
employees during each calen-
dar month during each calen-
dar year of the lease agree-
ment.
6. The City of Mercedes,
Texas, shall have the right to
reject any and all bids submit-
ted; or, it may accept any bid
submitted to the exclusion of
all other bids.
7. All contracts of lease by
and between any party or
parties as Lessees and the City
of Mercedes, Texas, as Lessor,
are subject to the approval of
the City Commission of the City
of Mercedes, Texas, otherwise
to be in no power or effect.
8. All bids submitted here-
onder shall be submitted on or
before the 27th day of August,
1980, to the Office of the City
Manager of the City of Merce-
des, Texas.
LINDA GULLEY,
CITY MANAGER OF THE
CITY OF MERCEDES, TEXAS
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NOTICE OF APPLICA-
TION FOR A WINE ONLY
PACKAGE STORE PERMIT.
MUNOZ ENTERPRISE, INC.
has made application for a
Wine Only Package Store
permit to be located at 600 W.
10th St., Mercedes, Hidalgo
County, Texas and operated
under the trade name of
ALTO FOOD CENTER. Corp-
orate officers being: Dora L.
Munoz, President; Edward
Rene Munoz, Vice President;
Jose Luis Munoz, Secretary.
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