Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 2, 1978 Page: 1 of 8
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Starr County Youth Fair Is Underway
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VOL XXXV
NO. 20
MARCH 2,1978
FIFTEEN CENTS
Youth Fair Parade
Set For Sat urday
£ The annual Starr County
Youth Fair Parade is
scheduled to begin at 10:00
a.m. this Saturday morning,
according to Mrs. James
Peterson, parade chairman.
This year's parade will
^ follow a different route, as
"she also announced.
Parade Headquarters will
be inside Fort Ringgold, with
the parade to begin at the
Fort, proceed West on
Second Street to Britton
Avenue and back East on
^jfMain Street back into Fort
Ringgold
Bands, floats, cars,
marching groups, and
commercial entries are still
encouraged to sign up for the
parade. Entry may be made
in advance by contacting
Mrs. Peterson at 487-2151 or
by reporting to Parade
Headquarters inside Fort
Ringgold on Saturday
morning for an entry
number.
A fee of $2.00 per entry
except for marching groups
will be charged on Saturday
morning. Cash prizes of
$100.00, $60.00, and $40.00 will
be presented to the first,
second, and third place
School Board
The Rio Grande City-
Consolidated Independent
School District Board of
Trustees met Tuesday at
11:30 for a Special Meeting
_ vhich had been scheduled
for 11 a.m.
After a brief discussion
among the members
relating to personnel con-
tracts and the election order,
the Trustees went intc
executive session at 11:37
Fa.m.
The Herald reporter left at
12 noon to cover the Rio
Grande City Chamber of
Commerce meeting. The
Trustees were still in
executive session.
^ George Guerra, sub-
sequently and later in the
day, informed the Herald
that the Trustees had ap-
proved contracts for the
Superintendent; Assistant
Business Manager; Ad-
^ministrative Assistant to the
Superintendent; all Prin-
cipals.
All Coordinators and
Directors; Assistant
Principals; Band Director;
Tax- Assessor-Collector;
Food Services Director;
^School Attorney; Athletic
Director and P. E. Coor-
dinators.
The trustees also approved
a contract with Alan
Tanaguchi, Architect, for
recycling of buildings at the
♦fort Ringgold Campus.
In other school board
related activity, Guerra said
Abel Gonzalez Jr. has filed
for re-election to his post,
and Francisco G. Zarate has
filed for the position being
vacated by Bias Chapa.
winners in the float
category, with the theme
being "Starr County
Resources for Progress."
Clubs and schools are
encouraged to enter a float
in the competition. The float
should bear the name of the
organization or school and
the theme of the float on the
side and-or rear aprons of
the float.
Trophies will be awarded
for top Junior High and High
School bands.
Organizations and schools
may also enter a car for
their sweetheart or
representative to ride on or
in. The participants in this
week's Starr County Youth
Fair Queen's Contest will all
be riding on cars in the
parade.
Serving on this year's
parade committee are Alma
de la Garza, David
LaGrange, Nancy
LaGrange, Alfredo Cortinas,
Diana Peterson, and
Roberto Garza, director.
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Daisy Bazan Vo Compete
In ('over Gi rl ( Contest
A new Cover Girl for the
Rio Grande Valley Livestock
GKhow will be chosen from 37
candidates on Saturday,
March 11. The Cover Girl
Show will begin at 7 p.m. at
the livestock show coliseum
at Mercedes.
The contest precedes the
livestock show itself, which
is scheduled for March 15-19
at the Mercedes
showgrounds.
Mrs. James Dollery,
chairman of the Cover Girl
committee, said 16 of the
A.{irls will represent 4-H
Clubs, 17 are sponsored by
Future Fanners of America
(FFA) chapters, and four
will represent Future
Homemakers of America
i FHA) chapters. All are high
school juniors.
The winner will succeed
Miss Toni Leigh Voelkel of
Donna, who was sponsored
by the Donna 4-H Gub last
year. She has served as the
show's goodwill ambassador
since the '977 show, has
participated in several
parades, and her picture
decorates the cover of the
official 1978 show catalog
At tbe Cover Girl Show on
March 11, all of the girls will
wear original western
costumes, and will be seen in
front of a western-style
backdrop.
Representing the Rio
Grande City FFA Chapter is
Daisy Bazan. Daisy is the 17
year old daughter of Mr and
Mrs. Eligio Bazan. This 5'4"
miss weighs 114 pounds and
has green eyes and light
brown hair. Daisy has been
active in FFA, 4-H and FHA
club work. She presently
serves on the student
congress and is the co-
chairman of the Parent,
Teachers, Student orgar*-
ization Her hobbies
are horseback riding,
basketball, tennis and
cooking.
QUEEN'S CONTEST WINNERS-Top winners in the
third annual Starr County Youth Fair Queen's Contest
held Sunday night at the Rio Gi—t''""ty HI1' '"J- '
Auditorium were left to right, r.na A"ita Garza of
Santa Elena, first runner-up; N' iris* ia i .ydia Garza,
Queen; and Karen Gonzalez, second runner-up. The
contest, sponsored by the Floren t; J. Scott Study Club,
had forty-one contestants. Marisela Lydia, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Francisco Garza of Rio Grande City, was
sponsored by the U.I.L. Speech and Drama Class;
Irma Anita, daughter of Mr. and Mr Ro olfo S, Garza
of Santa Elena, was sponsored t the San Isidro FF A
Karen, daughter of Mr. and Mr:, Ricardo Gonzalez,
was sponsored by the Rio Grande City High School
Student Council.
A year ago Feb. 1, a
hastily put together force of
33 Texas Department of
Public Safety agents arrived
in the Valley to wage war
against dope dealers. The
effects of that war on Starr
County drug traffic may be
measured by the number of
local individuals arrested
since then.
In 1977 61 individuals were
arrested in Starr County and
charged with narcotics
felony violations. Six others
were charged with felony
violations such as alien
smuggling, possession of
stolen vehicles, and other
felony offenses as a result of
the Task Force efforts,
according to Don Lee, in-
vestigator with the
OrcTariiTr'1 0*
the At orney General s
Office.
Nine individuals were
arrested and charge:! with
misdemeanor narcotics
violations and seven others
were arrested and charged
with other misdemeanor
offenses such as earn rie a
pistol and Driving While
Into skated (DWI).
All o*' these are Task Force
Fair Schedule Of Events
THURSDAY, MARCH 2nd
8:00 a.m. - Clothing contest judging
3:00 p.m. - Style Show and presentation of awards
8i00 p.m. - Western Dance K.C. Hall Country Roland $4.00
FRIDAY, flARCH 3rd
3:00 - 6:00 p.m. - Admittance of Exhibits
6:00 - 7:00 p.m. - Weighing & Sifting of Animals
7:00 p.m. - Closing of fairgrounds
8:00 p.m. - K.C. Hall $3.00 per person. Dance Los Artistas
SATURDAY, ilARCH 4th
7:00 - 8:00 a.m. - Admittance of Food exhibits
8:00 a.m. - Judging of exhibits other than livestock
(not open to public)
Judging of Parade Floats
9:30 a.m. - Parade
OFFICIAL OPENING
10:00 -5:00 p.m. Science Fair
10:30 a.m. - Judging of Livestock Entries
12:00 - Beef Bar-B-Que
3:00 - Parade of Champions
4:00 -Auction of Top Food Entries & Fat lamb
6:00 - Fairgrounds Close
SUNDAY, MARCH 5th
2:00 p.m. - Rodeo
Sponsored by: Starr County 4-H Adult Leaders
La Sagunada Ranch, 9 miles North on Fit Rd. 755
and 1 mile North Highway 83
Stock By: Vela Rodeos, Edlnburg
Every Day this Week
Carnival
Sponsored by : Rio Grande City Young Farmers
Hwy 83 from Pizza Hut
arrests alone in Starr County
during 1977.
In 1978 up to Tuesday,
seven individuals have been
arrested in Starr County and
charged with felony nar-
cotics violations. Two
defendants have been
charged with other felony
offenses and four defendants
have received misdemeanor
narcotics charges.
Of the 96 individuals
arrested by the Task Force
of Tuesday, 22 felony cases
are still pending. The rest of
the cases have been disposed
of in different manners,
according to Lee. Some
individuals have plead
guilty. Others have had the
charges against them
dismissed.
* e? cr^iained that
sometimes, as when a
husband and wife are
arrested together, the
charges might be dropped en
one of them. The rest of the
cases have been found not
guilty by Starr County
juries.
"There is a total lack of
cooperation from Starr
County juries," Lee com-
mented.
These individuals reflect
only the arrests made in
Starr County. I>ee said that
"the number of persons
arrested in Jim Hogg County
parallel those arrested in
Starr County." He added
that many of these in-
dividuals were passing
through that county on their
way from Starr County.
I>ee said that a large
number of those arrested in
Jim Hogg County are
residents of Starr County.
After only ten months of
operation, the Task Force
agents has arrested 490
suspected dope dealers,
recovered 87 stolen vehicles,
confiscated 70,000 pounds of
marijuana, three pounds of
cocaine and two and one-half
pounds of heroin.
According to these
statistics, Starr County dope
dealers might be around 25
per cent or more of the total
number of dope dealers from
Brownsville to Del Rio, the
area coverd by the Task
Force.
The Force had $1,075,000 to
use in its war against the
dope dealers.
The latest arrests in the
drug business include three
Rio Grande City men,
Valeriano de la Garza, 30,
Hector Garcia-Garcia, 27,
and Jaime Eloy Sanchez, 23.
They were arraigned Friday
in Dallas and charged with
conspiracy to distribute
drugs in a suspected multi-
millior. dollar marijuana
smuggling operation.
I>ee said that those arrests
were made independent
from his office. These in-
dividuals, and any others
who may have been
similarly arrested outside of
Starr County do not figure in
the above statistics.
De La Garza, Garcia and
Sanchez were among seven
persons arrested near D; lias
last Thursday night in a raid
which saw he confiscation of
5/tCC pounds of marijuana
Warrants for the arrests
were signed by US
Magistrate Baily Rankin of
Dallas County.
The Drug Enforcement
Administration, along with
County and state law en-
forcement officials con-
ducted the raid on Tamez1
Wrecking Shop in Red Oak, a
Dallas suburb.
When agents arrived, they
confiscated 2,500 pounds of
marijuana being held ir, a
storage shed. The remaining
illegal weed was found in a
2M> ton truck adjacent to the
building.
The bust was the largest
single marijuana haul in the
history of Dallas County.
Four other persons were
also arrested.
Rene Ruben Salmon, 25, of
Rt. 1, Box 131 C., Rio
Grande City, was in the
Cameron County jail at
presstime following his
arrest for possession of
approximately 3,647 pounds
of marijuana.
Salmon was arrested
Thursday, Fet 23 near
Penitas by Drug En-
forcement (D.E.A.) and U.S.
Customs officers. He was
taken before U.S. Magistrate
Cruz Tijerina in McAUen and
charged with possession
with intent to distribute the
illegal weed.
Tijerina set bond at
$100,000.
Local Arrests
Six individuals were
charged with Driving While
Intoxicated (DWI) last
weekend by Texas Depart-
ment of Public -Safety
troopers.
All were taken before
Justice of the Peace Arturo
Clarke and placed on bond.
They are pending action at
the Starr County Judge
Mario E. Ramirez court.
Three McAllen men, Billy
Carter Jr.. Bill M. Davis and
Ivan G. Melendez, all 20,
pleaded guilty before Judge
Clarke and paid fines on
charges of criminal
trespass. The arrests were
made by Starr County
Sheriff Deputy Jorge L.
Gonzalez.
Robert W Sidebottom, 26,
of Anchorage, Alaska, was
charged with possession of
marijuana, less than two
ounces, DWI, and posses; on
of a controlled substance
(pills), according to Clarke,
who set bond at $5,000. DPS
trooper David McEathron
and M F. Espinoza made
the arrest which is also
pending County Court ruling.
Eneri R. Munoz, 20, of
Starr County, was charged
with possession of a motor
vehicle with vehicle iden-
tification number
obliterated. DPS troopers
made the arrest. Clarke said
Munoz is out on $1,000 bond
pending Judge Ramirez'
court determination.
Daniel C. Corwin, 19 of
Cambridge, Illinois, was
charged with unlawfully
carrying weapon, brass
knuckles; unlawfully
carrying a weapon, a han-
dgun; and possession of
marijuana less than two
ounces. Making the arrest
were DPS officers. Clarke
said Corwin is out on $5,000
bond pending County Court
ruling.
Carl Wayne Maxwell, 18,
of Lebanon, Indiana, was
charged with possession of a
gun; carrying a weapon, a
club; and possession of
marijuana less than two
ounces. DPS troopers made
the arrest and the case is
also pending a County Court
decision. Maxwell is out on
$5,000 bond. Judge iClarke
said.
Starr County Fashions
(hi Display
The Multipurpose Center
will be the scene for the
Clothing Contest of the Starr
County Youth Fair. Con-
testants from throughout the
County will be matching
their sewing skills for a
panel of over 40 judges
Thursday, March 2, is
designated as the date for
the all-day event Activities
are due to start at 7:00 a.m
as contestants bring in their
garments prepared for the
first phase of judging
construction
This activity is the climax
of a great number of hours
dedicated to mastering the
skill of sewing A great
number of things play into
this particular project for
example knowledge of fiber
content, fabric performance
and care requirements are
major factors in selecting
the best project.
The second phase of the
judging starts at 12:30 p.m
- modeling For this
youngsters show what they
have learned in sewing
ensembles to express their
fashion personalities These
youngsters experiment with
silhouettes, fabrics, colors,
and accessories and receive
encouragement to practice
the skills of the professional
model. Youngsters work on a
perfect posture, the T-foot
position, a gbding walk.
graceful gestures, and the
lasting smile that always
goes with a winner Boys and
girls learn to be creative and
fashionable.
The grand finale or the
fashion show will be held
immediately after the phase
2 judging At this time the
Grand and Reserve
(."hampion will be selected
This year for the first time
the Grand Champion will
receive a special prize - ;.
sewing machine. This
special presentation was
made possible by a joint
donation of Champion
Distributors and lx>s Canelos
Ranch - Cesar and Gustavo
Perez, Jr and associates
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Silva, Marcelo. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 2, 1978, newspaper, March 2, 1978; Rio Grande City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194651/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.