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Hefugtn (Emmto Press
Thursday, July 26,2012
Page 3A
Lupe Mershon turns 88 today
Octogenarian will continue to work part-time
By Kenda Nelson
Editor, County Press
REFUGIO — Lupe
Mershon of Refugio turns
88 today.
A full-time employ-
ee in the laundry room
at Refugio Memorial
Hospital, Mershon will
retire for the second time
during her 31 years - but
not entirely.
Mershon will continue
working at the hospital a
few days a week.
“I want to work part
time,” Mershon says.
The highly motivated
worker is not typical of
most 88 year olds. She
rises each morning at
4:30 a.m. and is the first
person to arrive at work
each morning.
Most mornings she
cooks her lunch and
includes a little extra for
her co-workers.
“She’s a great cook,”
says co-worker Mary Kay
Vega. “Lupe has a lot of
life and is always in a
good mood.”
Vega especially enjoys
Mershon’s fideo and
chicken drummies and
her shrimp and noodles.
Genevieve Cisneros,
Mershon’s supervisor,
says Lupe is very depend-
able.
“She’s a
very hard-
working
lady,”
Cisneros
said. “I hope
I’ll be like
her when
I’m her age.”
Mershon
continues
to drive her
vehicle but
was a little
upset that
TxDOT only
renewed her
license for
two more
years - until
she’s 90.
Every week,
she drives
to Goliad
to visit her
husband
Hank who is in a nursing
home.
Dancing and sing-
ing remain her favorite
pastimes. She and Hank
were regulars on the
dance floor.
“He used to sing to me...
Til be drinking cham-
Kenda Nelson photo
Lupe Mershon, who turns 88 today, Thursday, July 27, will retire for the second time from her job
in the laundry room at Refugio Memorial Hospital. She has completed 31 years of service, but she's
not giving up her job entirely. Mershon still wants to work several days a week.
pagne and feeling no pain
till early morning’ - an old
George Jones song.”
Vega says Lupe’s songs
resonate through the “I liked to dress up
basement laundry room - and wear high heels,”
something they’ve grown Mershon said,
accustomed to during So, Mershon didn’t
their work day. pick up all the skills of
traditional
Mexican
cooking
from her
mother like
making
homemade
tortillas.
But she
did learn to
make tama-
les at her
mother’s
side. Her
co-workers
attest to
that good
fortune.
After
22 years, a
hurricane
destroyed
much of
Sinton so
she turned
to waitress-
ing and
car-hopping
where she
Originally from Taft,
the octogenarian began
her career at 18 as a
beautician in Sinton.
at Freddy’s
“worked for a long time,”
she says. A promotion to
cashier came quickly due
to her work ethic.
“Lupe is definitely
the kind of employee we
like to have,” said Lydia
Schlabach, administra-
tive assistant. “I love her
as an employee and I love
her as a friend.”
After she married her
current husband Hank,
Mershon moved to
Refugio where she took
a job at the hospital on
Sept. 22, 1975. On July
31, 1989 she retired for
the first time.
In April of 1993, she
reclaimed her job at the
hospital where she con-
tinued to work full time
for the next 17 years. And
her working days aren’t
over yet.
Lupe says she owes her
longevity to lots of danc-
ing and singing, being
active and staying happy.
She reared four daugh-
ters and has 11 grandchil-
dren. All her daughters
have successful careers
for which she’s proud.
“I have lived a happy
life,” she said.
CBC’s first Eagle Ford Expo presents options to students
By Christina Rowland
Special to the County Press
Hoping to work in the
art field one day, but
without the starving art-
ist aspect?
Drafting and design
might be a career to
look into that wouldn’t
involve the starving part
of becoming an artist.
It was one of several
degree programs that
were on display at the
first Industry Expo Eagle
Ford Shale at Coastal
Bend College on Thursday
afternoon.
Jack Young, drafting
and design instructor for
course, said the program
is a two-year degree in
which students would
leave with an associates
in applied science. At that
point, the student would
either be able to transfer
into a university to pur-
sue a bachelors degree or
go directly into the work-
force.
He said drafting and
design is a specialty field
of engineering and that
after receiving their asso-
ciates degree, about 60
percent of the students
chose to go directly into
the workforce.
Average pay for a job
in drafting and design is
from $24.33 to $33.51 an
hour.
Every fall semester
Young takes his stu-
dents on a field trip to
visit companies such as
Fluor in Houston, Kiewitt
in Ingleside or M&S
Engineering in Spring
Branch to see drafting
and design employees in
their element, doing their
job. All of the companies
Young visits are compa-
nies where his former stu-
dents are now employed.
He said someone who
likes to draw, build things
and is a stickler for detail
is the kind of person to
which the drafting and
design program might
appeal.
Excel Drivers Services
was also on hand to tell
and
show
people
about
getting
C D L
class A
licenses.
The
compa-
ny now
offers
classes
at all
four
C B C
loca-
tions.
The
company
offers
several
classes
includ-
ing permitting classes,
refresher courses and
novice classes. The nov-
ice class teaches persons
the skills they need to
go down and take their
actual test to get their
CDL class A license.
Instructor Karl Taylor
said there has been an
increased interest in the
classes in the last 16
months and people from
every age demographic
come through the door.
He described the
CDL class A course as
an intense three-week
course. Students spend
10 to 12 hours a day in
class five days a week.
“Within a couple of
days, you will be behind
the wheel,” he said.
During the actual driv-
ing portion of a class,
there is one instructor
and no more than three
students to a truck (the
students not driving wait
in the sleeper portion
of truck until it is their
turn).
“We will not put you
in a situation we don’t
feel like you can handle,”
Taylor said.
The company had its
simulation machine on
site Wednesday for poten-
tial students and any-
one interested to try out.
The simulation machine
allows for a driver be
placed in any situation
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Jack Young (right) Drafting and Design Instructor explains the
two year associate program to a potentially interested person.
The program includes training in mechanical, electrical, archi-
tecture, computer assisted drafting (CAD) and more.
such as rain, high wind,
snow, night driving condi-
tions and more.
“Anything you can run
across in the real world
we can do here,” Taylor
said.
The steering wheel will
even shake and pull to
one side, simulating a
blowout.
CBC President Dr.
Beatriz Espinoza wel-
comed staff, exhibitors
and potential students
to the event. The annu-
al event will showcase
what the college has to
offer as far as educat-
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companies hiring for jobs
in the Eagle Ford Shale
are looking for an edu-
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is dedicated to provided
the essentials to advance
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