Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 11, 1975 Page: 3 of 16
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Ridgeback May See Its Dog Days
SALISBURY, Rhodesia
— The Rhodesian ridgeback,
one of Africa's most distinctive
breeds of dog, is threatened
with losing its identity as Rho-
desia moves to majority rule.
The breed gets its name from
the ridge of hair running the
length of the dog's spine.
But if African nationalists
take over Rhodesia the name of
the country will probably be
changed to Zimbabwe so a
member of the Rhodesian
Ridgeback Club has suggested
it get iii first and rename the
breed African ridgeback.
It is believed to originate
from a Hottentot hunting dog
which was crossed with various
Dutch or German hunting dogs
brought to Southern Africa in
the 1800s.
The breed has also been in-
troduced into several overseas
countries.
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TWENTY-FIFTH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY - Mr. and Mrs.
Jose Maria Alvarez observed their twenty-fifth wedding an-
niversary on Monday, August 25. The couple were married in Rio
Grande City on August 25,1950. Mr. and Mrs. Alvarez were honored
by their children, Jose Maria Jr., Javier, Jaime, Julia, and Jesus,
with a reception at the Alvarez home in Los Garzas on the night of
their anniversary. Present were four of their children, as Jaime is
serving with the U.S. Army in Germany. Also attending were their
two grandchildren, their parents, and a brother of Mr. Alvarez
from Kingsville, his wife and three children. About 500 relatives
and friends were on hand to enjoy the music, food, and celebration.
The couple cut their anniversary cake and toasted each other with
champagne during the gala evening. They are shown as they enjoy
dancing together.
Starr County ioil Conservation
REPORT
By SiJvestre Gonzalez
District Conservationist
The work plan development
phase for Los Olmos Sandia
Creeks Watersheds continues
on schedule, despite recent
rains, which have hindered the
work of engineering crews here
from the San Marcus Water-
shed Planning staff. As of today
the surveying crew has sur-
vayed in detail four of the seven
flood prevention structures
planned in both of the above
watersheds.
The surveying data includes
the location of property
ownership boundary fences,
crucial elevation points within
the detention pools of the
planned structures and physical
location of water wells, ponds,
etc., that lie inside the proposed
water areas.
From the surveying in-
formation our engineers will be
able to design each structure
and develop the landownership
maps covering each proposed
dam so the local sponsoring
organizations, mainJy the Starr
County Commissioner's Court,
can begin acquiring the
necessary land rights.
Soil Conservation Service
employees are increasingly
called upon to serve en-
vironmental education as
school site planners and con-
servationists, and as resource
people -- furnishers of in-
formation about soil and water
resources.
This is the gist of an editorial
by SCA Administrator R.M.
Davis which appeared in the
agency's August issue of Soil
Conservation, the official organ
of the agency.
"SCS's nationwide con-
servation education program is
leading the way in helping
schools plan and use outdoor
classrooms," Davis said.
"Now, outdoor learning areas,
providing such features as
animal and plant identification,
nature trails, and soil and
aquatic studies, are established
in almost every soil and water
conservation district in the
United States. Many are
designed with SCS and district
help.
"The typical citizen today is
confronted with a bewildering
lineup of controversies over the
environment. He receives
conflicting information on
practically every resource
issue, being assured one minute
that all is well and the next told
that doom is imminent. On the
basis of all the divergent
reports the citizen must make
informed decisions about the
future of our resources.
"We are learning that helping
teachers gain an understanding
of conservation is an efficient
way of reaching a large
audience of future leaders and
decisionmakers," Davis said.
Facts relating to the en-
vironment and gained from
years of actual conservation
practice are also passed on by
SCS district conservationists to
women's clubs, service clubs,
and scouts.
"Providing this kind of
assistance is where districts
and SCS can be of increasing
service to all Americans. We
cannot afford to shrink from our
responsibilities in en-
vironmental education. There's
too much at stake," Davis
concluded.
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Van Nest, Lloyd A. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 11, 1975, newspaper, September 11, 1975; Rio Grande City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194524/m1/3/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.