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Page2, The Pharr Press, June 17,1982
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Welcome to Twin Palms
Plaza merchants
Welcome to the merchants at
Twin Palms Plaza on celebrating
their grand opening. The
development is attractive, from
the building design to the variety
of quality stores and services of-
fered to the public.
Twin Palms is a vote of con-
fidence in Pharr by the mer-
chants there and by the
developers of the shopping mall.
Its shops and services expand
the variety of stores in Pharr
and provide Pharr and area
shoppers with a wider selection
of merchandise to choose from.
Twin Palms is in an idea
location. Not only Pharr, San
Juan and Alamo shoppers will be
attracted to it, but because of its
location to the Expressway and
281 junction, shoppers from
Edinburg will also find Twin
Palms conveniently located.
With Twin Palms, downtown
Pharr, El Centro Mall, and
the other recently developed
shopping areas in Pharr, the
bother of going all the way to
McAllen to shop will become a
thing of the past. Pharr is
developing rapidly as a retail
center, and with the charactor
and friendliness that
distinguishes Pharr from larger,
more impersonalized shopping
cities.
Bievenidos sean los comercian-
tes de la Plaza Twin Palms,
ahora que van ha tener su
inaguracion. Este centro de
compras es muy atractivo, lo
t mismo se puede decir del
I edificio, de las tiendas y ser-
♦ vicios que se dan al publico.
Este centro significa un voto de
t confianza para Pharr, los
comerciantes y los que hicieron
el trabajo de construccion.
Estas tiendas servicios expan-
den lo que Pharr ya tiene, a la
vez ofrecen una seleccion mas
variada de mercancia. Este cen-
tro esta ubicado en un lugar
ideal, no solo para los com-
pradores de Pharr, sino para los
de San Juan y Alamo, el hecho de
estar en el cruce de las
carreteras 83 y 281 atraera
compradores de Edinburg y de-
los visitantes de otras ciudades
que estan al norte y aun de otros
estados, ya que la mayoria llega
por la carretera 281. Con esta
plaza nueva, el Centro Mall, las
tiendas de la calle Cage y otras
tiendas nuevas de Pharr, ya no
tendremos la necesidad de ir a
McAllen. Pharr se esta
desarrollando rapido como un
centro comercial, lo que mas la
caracteriza es su jovialidad y
gentileza en comparacion a
otros centros mas grandes.
Pharr water plant expansion
recommended
Pharr city commissioners were
told by city engineer Larry
Smith and City Manager Reyes
Vela there is an urgent need to
expand Pharr’s treated water
facilities. Smith recommended a
4-million gallon expansion based
on the present consumption, the
water consuming developments
now underway, and future
population trends of Pharr.
Eleyond a doubt Pharr needs to
expand its water-treatment
facilities, and needs to expand
the facilities quickly. At peak
periods for several years, Pharr
has pumped out more water to
consumers than the plant can
produce. Storage and wells
made up the difference. It is up
to the commission only to decide
how large an expansion is
needed and how the expansion
will be funded.
Several financing alternatives
were explained to the com-
mission, both of which would
raise water rates up to 9 per-
cent over the regular rate hike
for inflation over the next two
years. The former city ad-
ministration raised the water
rates last year in order to
prepare for the expansion,
although at the time, a two to
three million gallon expansion
was eyed. The disconcerting
thing about the expansion and
about many public service hikes,
is that long-time residents of
Pharr will in part, be paying for
an expansion made necessary
due to commercial and residen-
tial developments now taking
place. The long-time residents
have already paid for the water
treatment facilities they need
and use and must now assume
part of the cost of newer
residents.
It would be more just to bring
about in Pharr some type of fee
for all new residential, commer-
cial and industrial developments
which would be earmarked for
expansion of city utilities made
necessary by these new
developments entry into the
Pharr city service system.
Es urgente expander
facilidades de agua
Los comisionados de Pharr
fueron informados por el
ingeniero de la ciudad, Sr. Smith
y el gerente de la ciudad, Sr.
Reyes Vela que hay una
necesidad urgente de expander
las facilidades del agua potable.
El senor Smith recomendo que
la expansion sea de unos 4
millones de galones, basado en
el presente consumo y lo que se
planea consumir en el futuro.
Sin lugar a dudas, Pharr
necesita de esta expansion y
tiene que ser mu.y pronto. En los
ultimos anos la planta de agua
ha proveido mas agua de lo que
jta de acuerdo con su capacidad.
Los depositos y pozos de agua
fue lo que alivio este problema.
La comision debe dicidir la ex-
tension que se debe hacer y
como debe ser financeada. La
comision fue informada de
varias alternativas de finan-
ciamiento, esto podria aumentar
ej pago del agua en un 9 por
ciento, basado en la inflacion de
dos anos. La administracion an-
terior aumento el precio del
agua en preparacion para la
expansion que en ese entonces
se calculaba en 2 o 3 millones de
galones. Lo desconcertante de
toda esta expansion y otros
aumentos de los servicios
publicos es que los que han
residido en Pharr por mucho
tiempo ya pagaron por la expan-
sion de estos servicios, sin em-
bargo debido al crecimiento de
la poblacion, estos tendran que
pagar mas, aunque lo justo seria
que los nuevos comercios y
residencias paguen los gastos
que ellos estan causando. Seria
bueno que se implantaran cier-
tas tarifas a los comercios, in-
dustrias y residencias nuevas,
esto ayudaria a sufragar los
gastos que la ciudad tiene que
hacer para proveer servicios
esenciales a una comunidad en
crecimiento.
Seen ‘ROUND THE TOWN
Lloyd Glover
Editor Emeritus
Maui and Haleakala
Bienvenidos alos comerciantes
de Twin Palms Plaza
(Fifth in a Series about the
Hawaiian Islands)
Maui, the third island we
visited, proved to be one of the
most interesting and beautiful of
all. If you ever go to the Islands,
we would suggest that you in-
clude Maui in your itinerary. It
is a jewel in the Hawaiian chain.
Maui in the long eons ago was
two islands. If you look on an
enlarged map, you can tell
where the break was. To this
day, the neck to the northwest is
called West Maui and the rest of'
the island is called East Maui.
Maui has the most awe in-
spiring volcano of any of the
Islands, Haleakala, with the
suihmit at a respectable 10,025
feet. It is said to be the largest
dormant volcano in the world.
This volcano has not erupted
since 1790, while the one on
Hawaii is an active volcano-in
fact, it erupted the first day wer
were there.
Our airport was Kahului on the
northwestern shore of East
Maui. Our hotel was 32 miles
away at Lahaina on the west
coast. You could not ask for a
better hotel. All rooms were out-
side with a balcony on each. You
either had a view of the ocean or
a view of the mountains. The en-
trance was only a few himdred
feet from a beautiful sancy
beach, and at this hotel, the
waves were small, compared tg *
those at Waikiki Beach.
Maui is famous for its beaches.
On the west side, you can drive
all the way from the south-
western corner to the north end
within sight of the ocean all the
way, and you are never out of
sight of the beautiful beaches,
with a public park about every
ten. miles. There were people
either bathing or sunning or
fishing just about every mile.
Lahaina is an historic area and
still retains much of its old
charm.
The Pioneer Inn was construc-
ted and is still a picturesque
spot. The old Lahaina court-
house is here facing the small
boat harbor, which by the way
had 100’s of boats of all sizes.
Here is the largest banyan tree
in all the islands, having been
planted in 1872. Facing the
bayan which has a limb spread
of 172 feet is The Wharf, which
hs something like 55 stores and
six restaurants.
Our hotel, the Maui Surf, was
next door to the famous
Whaler’s Village. We spent
more than two hours visiting
many of the shops, and buying
some items here and there. This
Village and two levels and was
on the ocean, as were all the
hotels in this area which was
called Kaanapali Beach.
Lahaina was the center of the
whaling activity in the Pacific
during the 19th century.
Whaler’s village has a museum
with 66 whale exhibits.
Also here is the famous
Lahaina Harbor, which the TJ.S.
fleet has used as anchorage sin-
ce before WWII. No capital
ships were seen while we were
there. The little isle of Lanai can
ber seen across the bay. It looks
very close but it is probably 25
or more miles away.
We attended the premier din-
ner show on the island at our
hotel, called “Here Is Hawaii”.
A T CHARLES NELSON
As I S66 it Editor
School is out and many high
school graduates must be
thinking about going to college.
Some graduates know they’ll
be going to college, what career
they’ll be taking and even what
classes they’ll take.
Other graduates aren’t exactly
certain if they want to enter
college and if they do, what
career they’ll choose.
I’m asked from time to time
how I choose the career of jour-
nalist.
I not able to give a very good
answer to that. I’m not sure
myself.
I think I ended up in journalism
school through the process of
elimination.
After a brief fling with college
basketball, I realized I would
have to choose a career other
than basketball.
Although it seemed to most that
I was foggy-headed at that time,
I could see clear enough to know
if one were to spend the money
for a college education, one
should come out with a career of
somotvpe.
I (ntered college because
even one seemed to think it was
the I'ling to, adults for the op-
por. unities it afforded, and
pro; >1(3 of college age for the
so d ll interaction it provided.
So upon entering the third year
of schooling at the University of
Kansas I was faced with
choosing a “school” and
thoioforea career.
Th ire was the school of
eng noer with its computers and
slido rules- definitely something
I u anted to stay away from.
Th»3re was the school of
oduoation which seemed to
closely related to something I
vas all too glad to leave just
evrral years before.
There were the schools of
science- biology and chemistry;
here were the art schools, the
pharmacy school and the
schools of law and medicine. I
didn’t know how I was going to
pay for the first four years, little
loan the extra four that law and
medicine required.
There wasn’t a school of
agriculture or wildlife biology,
those were at the state school.
For some reason at that time I
had decided I didn’t want to go
to the state school, so those two
careers were left out.
I finally was more or less left
with the school of journalism. I
had an uncle who had taught
there before and he had taken
me through the school a year or
so before.
The school of journalism was in
an old, limestone and ivy
covered building and seemed to
be a mixture of history and the
It was a clean show all the way,
with singing, dancing, comedy,
with scenery and stage effects
that were superior. Show people
on the mainland could take some
pointers from this fine show as
they do not use the four letter
words or obscene jokes.
On our first full day on Maui,
we decided to go to the volcano
Haleakala. (Mentioned at the
beginning of this article.) Our
rented cars on all the islands
were Japanese-two Toyotas and
two Datsun. None had air-
conditioning. Several times, we
longed for an air-conditioned
car.
The 65 mile trip to the top of
the mountain was about as
thrilling as the magnificent view
into the crater. For the first 35
miles, we passed thru thousands
of acres of sugar cane fields,
and when we passed the ocean
area to go inland back to our
airport city of Kahului, the
sugar cane was on both sides, in
all stages of growth. We passed
one sugar cane mill which was
in operation. After you pass the
airport, you turn on Haleakala
Hwy. and you follow it all the
way to the summit, a memorable
drive. After you leave the level
Valley, you climb continuously
up, with continuous curves and
switchbacks. After you enter the
National Park gate, you think
you must be close to the top but
you are far from it. It is a good
hour’s drive to reach the top.
We won’t try to describe the
view from this 10,000 foot level.
We haven’t seen enough
volcanoes to know how to
describe them. We stayed there
more than an hour, climbed to
the highest peak that we could
adjoining the visitor center, an
d took many pictures. One of the
thrills from this view was seeing
th snow capped mountain of
Mauna Kea on the island of
Hawaii to the south which we
had driven past two days before.
They all say that the greatest
beauty of this volcanic area is at
sunrise. Well, we didnt’t get
there anywhere near sunrise.
We were there about 10:30. This
volcano has been dormant since
1790. The crater, easily visible,
is 7.5 miles across, 2.5 miles
wide, and the entire crater area
contains 19 square miles. On
some days, clouds drift thru ob-
scuring the entire area. We
had a clear view.
One of the thrills on this drive
to the summit was the many
beautiful jacaranda trees in full
bloom along the lower slopes
before we entered the park.
Some of these trees had limbs
extending completely across the
road. We saw more jacaranda
trees here inf ull bloom then
anywhere else.
Next week-some more
highlights of our travels on
Maui.
Here for a visit last week were
long time Pharr residents Mr. an
d Mrs. Merle Kelley, now of Cor-
sicana. He was a member of a
well known South Texas pioneer
family. Merle was assessor-
collector of the PSJA school
district for many years, and
during part of that time, he was
the construction foreman for
school buildings and additions.
During these years, the school
was built these buildings from
funds on hand, saving many
thousands of dollars in interest
payments. He was active in civic
affairs, being president of the
Kiwanis Club. She was a teacher
in PSJA schools for many years.
After leaving PSJA he was tax
assessor-collector for the San
Benito school district until his
retirement.
Learn about life
present, in a relaxing setting. So
I entered.
Upon graduating from the
university, I was fortunate to
have the opportunity to enter'
Peace Corps. In so doing, I lear-
ned many of the other important
things in life that the university
classes can’t teach.
If I hadn’t spent three years in
a different setting after
graduating from college, I don’t
think I would be able to handle
the work I’m doing now. The ivy
halls have their limitations in
the learning process and I can
definitely see the importance of
working outside the scholastic
setting and one’s career setting
for several years.
I am even more convinced
today, it is almost unbelievable
Theft prevention tips
The Postal Inspection Service
is attempting to prevent theft of
mail from all sources by infor-
ming and educating as many
elements of society as possible.
The United States Postal Ser-
vice is a principal victim but the
ultimate victim is a business or
individual who depends on mail
for their livelihood and existen-
ce.
The loss of a social security or
retirement check addressed to
an elderly or retired person can
have devasting emotional and
financial significance.
Mail is most volunerable at the
point of delivery. An extra effort
should be made by mail
recipients to know their
carrier’s schedule and make
every effort to be at home to
personally accept delivery of
valuable mail. Retirement an
d social security checks are
delivered on a fixed schedule
which is known by the ad-
dressee and criminals as well.
Have a neighbor retrieve your
mail if you cannot be available
and do the same for your neigh-
bor. Also, deposit your mail for
collection at a post office or
collection box. If this is incon-
venient, place letters on your
house letterbox for collection
shortly before your carrier
arrives. Your personal mail can
be used most effectively to
defraud your bank, consequen-
tly creating a very inconvenient
situation.
Make every effort to protect
your incoming as well as
outgoing mail by using these
common sense suggestions.
Crime prevention can be a
community effort. Everyone
receives mail almost on a daily
basis. This provides common
grounds for neighbors to become
better acquainted and watch out
for each others mail and
mailbox.
to think that a high school
graduate can know what career
he or she wants to enter. Upon
what does the graduate base his
or her decision?
I’m still not convinced I’m in
the career I want, after seven
years of being out of the univer-
sity.
Those high school graduates
this year who feel uncertain
what career you want, or what
you want out of a degree, don’t
feel badly.
A lot of us have to learn a lot of
other things about life before we
can decide what career we
want.
And a lot of us can’t learn
those things inside the ivy-
covered walls.
The Pharr Press
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