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VOL. XXXV
No. 5
October 18,1979
nfTlEK CC9ITS
Starr County Arrests,
Marriages Reported
Nine suspects charged
with driving while in-
toxicated and hunting out of
season recently posted bond,
law enforcement officials
note.
Jose Jesus Llamas, Felix
Saucedo Marchan, Isaac
Solis Siller, and Fidencio J.
Gonzalez posted $500 surety
bonds for allegedly driving
while intoxicated.
The I)WI suspects, all
Starr county residents, were
arrested by DPS officer
Gene Falcon Oct. 7.
Judge Bias Chapa will
hear the cases at a later
date.
Five men were also
charged with hunting wild
deer out of season in the El
Sauz region.
Each of the suspects
pleaded not guilty, and
placed under a $2000 bond.
The men, Demetiro
Beltran, Adrian Alvarez,
Pedro Ramirez, Raul
Beltran, and Tomas
Rodriguez, were charged
with killing four wild deer.
The charges were filed by
Chris Huff and Tomas
Rodriguez, and the case was
assigned to Justice of the
Peace Arnoldo Gonzalez.
Marriages performed
during September included:
-Mario A. Alaniz and
Ninfa Rodriguez; William R.
Faulhaber and Margarita T.
Rodriguez; Juan Felipe
Hinojosa and Juana Estella
Guzman; David Sanchez
I.una and San Juanita
Perez; Jaime Monn and
Nelda Vasquez; Antonio
Ponce III and Maria Andrea
Zamora; Santos Rosa, Jr.
ar.d San Juanita Olivarez;
and Carlos Tamiez and
Ramona Ramirez.
WHERAS, Sunday October 21, 197!), has been
designated by the National Board of the Order as
"National Catholic Daughters of the Americas
Day;" and
WHERAS, the official theme of this year's
observance is "Mary Immaculate, Heart of the
Home" through which Catholic daughters seek to
strengthen and preserve the solidarity of the
family; and
WHERAS, the Holy Family is tlie true model of
creative living whose example all families should
imitate; and
WHERAS, the recent White House Commission
on the Family has been appointed to which the
Catholic Daughters give witness and en-
couragement, urging application of Catholic
values in its deliverations, and
WHEREAS the strong bonds of family are not
predicated by race, creed or color, but are basic 10
all peoples on both national and world levels;
NOW. THEREFORE, I, Bias Chapa, County
Judge, do hereby proclaim Sunday, October 21,
1!)71> as "Catholic Daughters of the Americas Day
in Starr County, Texas.
Bias Chapa, County Judge
Starr County, Texas
Bias Chapa
Roma Tax
Rebate Up
State Comptroller Bob
Bullock Monday said Texas
cities shared $22.2 million in
rebates from the one percent
local option sales tax for
October.
Roma-l/os Saenz received
a net payment of $3,306.28.
up from $2,437.73 for the
same period last year, or a
24 percent im rease.
This year's payments to
date are $51,391.01 as
compared to $41,204.37 last
year through October.
Bullock said this month's
allocations push 1979
payments to date to more
than $304.6 million, com-
pared to $329.9 million paid
to Texas cities during the
same 10 month period
through October of last year.
Dallas check for the Oc-
tober period will be $2 7
million, raising that city's
payments this year to a total
of $43 2 million, up 11 percent
over last year's rebate.
Houston will receive $4.7
million this month, bring its
yearly total to $76.4 million,
a 10 per cent increase over
payments last year through
October
Fort Worth will receive an
$877,251 allocation for this
period for total payments in
1979 of $14.5 million, a six-
percent increase.
San Antonio will get $1.3
million for the allocation
period. San Antonio has
received $20.3 million this
year compared to $19 million
during the same period.
The city sales tax, w hich is
collected by merchants and
businesses along with the
state's four percent sales
tax. is rebated monthly by
the comptroller's office.
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Zarate Is Candidate
For Board President
The Annual Meeting of the
South Texas Health Systems
Agency Board of Directors
will be held October 20, 1979
at 1:15 p.m. at the
Sheraton Marina Motel in
Corpus Christi, Texas. The
keynote speakers will be
State Senator Carlos Truan
and Dan McNery, General
Counsel, of the Texas Health
Facilities Commission
The public is invited to
attend the meeting.
Reservations for the noon
luncheon may be made by
calling 512-595-5545. The cost
of the luncheon will be $8.63
per person.
Another highlight of the
annual meeting will be the
election of Board officers.
The Board Nominating
Committee has named the
following candidates for
President, Francisco
Zarate, Rio Grande City;
Vice-President, Aln.a
Meinrath, Corpus Christi;
and Secretary-Treasurer,
Judge Sam Seale. Edria.
The South Texas Health
Systems Agency is the
health planning agency for
twenty-six South Texas
counties
M 3 r
j to •
federal law the agency is
responsible for defining the
health needs of the region
and developing a plan for the
effective utilization of health
systems to meet these needs.
SENIOR CITIZENS TRAVEL IN NEW BUS- The participants
from the Nutrition Program of eleven centers have made several field
trips to the Valley, including to the Porter Zoo in Brownsville. Mrs.
Ixirene Pena, site manager of the Rio Grande Center, was in charge of
taking the senior citizens to Padre Island last week. They made the
trip in a large passenger bus that was obtained by a raffle of a calf
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donated by Eloy Garza of La Casita. The lucky winner of the raffle
was Enrique Casas of Rio Grande City. Project Director Jose Maria
Alvarez, Jr. and his staff are grateful to the people of Starr, Jim Hogg,
and Zapata counties who helped in selling and buying the raffle tickets
to obtain the bus that has made all the senior citizens very happy.
Roma Student Council
Plans Open House
Young Adult Conservation Corps
Project Approved For Starr County
Omar Harvey, Executive
Director, Texas Department
of Community Affairs, has
announced the awarding of a
$27,373.00 contract to the
County of Starr to operate a
1980 Young Adult Con-
vervation Corps (YA' C)
project. «
The YACC project will
provide conservation
oriented employment for
young men and women, ages
16 through 23, for a
maximum of twelve months.
These young people will
work, earn and learn
together by doing projects
which will further the
development and con-
servation o! the natural
resources.
The contract will be
funded through the Texas
Department of Community
Affairs, Children and Youth
Services Division, from
October 1. 1979 through
September 30, 1980.
st
The Young Adult Con-
ization Corps program is
designed to diminish the
backlog of work on public
work projects in such fields
as: tree nursery operations,
planting, pruning, thinning
and other silvicultural
measures; wildlife habitat
improvement and preser-
vation. range management
i m pro vemen ts; recrea ti on
development, rehabilitation
YCCIP Elects Vouth Advisory Council
and mainter. nee; fish
habitat and culture
measures; forest insect and
disease prevention and
control; road and trail
maintenance and im-
provements; general
sanitation, cleanup and
maintenance and im-
provements. erosion control
and flood damage: drought
damage measures; and
other natural disaster
damage measures.
The Roma High School
Student Council held its first
Open House and Evening
General meeting on October
16, 1979 at the High School
Cafeteria at 7:00 p.m.
The officers were sworn
into office by the principal,
Jose R Garcia and
President Jerry de la Garza
conducted the meeting and
reviewed the forthcoming
projects
Also in the program was
the viewing of the Score
project which was filmed by
the New York National
Association of March of
Dimes. In addition, the three
award-winning scrapbooks
were on display. as were the
plaques which had been
awarded to the Student
Council.
The student body, faculty.
members of the Roma Board
of Education, administration
and members of the com-
murity were invited to af-
ter Refreshments were
served.
Hospital Trustees Meet
Trustees of the Starr
County Hospital District w ill
hold a special meeting today
at 7 p.m. in the conference
room of the Starr County
Memorial Hospital.
Included in the agenda
are.
medical
conference
-Review of the
staff and joint
meeting:
--Nurse Anesthetist
recruiting efforts;
-Prainting of the Hospital
and purchase of telecopier
machine
The Youth Community
Conservation and In.
provement Project (YC'CII
Youth Advisory Council held
a reorganizational meeting
on October 10, 1979.
The Youth Advisory
Council is composed of two
representatives from each of
the seven respective crews
in operation, they include
Rio Grande City (2), Roma,
Grulla, Zapata, Jim Hogg
and Duval Counties.
The actual composition of
this advisory council is made
up of 66.7, of actual YCCIP
participants and 33.3 of
persons appointed by the
Community Action Council
Director and
Counsellors,
Action Council
Members,
health
dertaken throughout the
course of the program year
Elected to serve in their
years Youth Advisory
Council are: Fedel Garcia
President i, Nanette Flores
i Vice-President i, Maria
Francisca Benavidez
i secretary ; other members
at large include Haydce C.
Gonzalez, Ramiro Guerra,
Hermelinda Munoz, Jusus
Villon Issac Solis and
Patricia Salazar from
Zapata.
(7Unking May Result
'Giggle Stick* Toys Recalled
WASHINGTON, D.C.-
Executive
includes
Community
Board
c 1 e r g y m a n
providers, etc.
Thv main function of the
Youth Advisory Council is to
make recomendations to the
txiard of Directors and Staff
on planning, im-
plementation, adjustments,
and evaluation of the ac-
tivities which are un-
CBSToys, a division of CBS,
Inc.. of New York City, is
voluntarily recalling four
million units of a toy which
may pose a choking hazard
to children, the U.S. Con-
sumer Product Safety-
Commission today an-
nounced.
The toy. called the Gabriel
Giggle Stick", consists of a
hollow, yellow plastic tube
which. when shaken,
produces noises by means of
a metal reed fastened inside
an interior plastic cylinder
Young children can
remove the red end-caps of
the toy, exposing the interior
plastic cylinder which
houses the small reed inside.
Some reeds have fallen out
of those "Giggle Sticks"
designed with open-end
caps
Since March, 1979. three
children have choked on the
reeds, according to CBS
Toys No injuries have
resulted.
The "Giggle Sticks" have
been manufactured since
December, 1978. and sold in
variety stores nationwide for
less than $2. The toys are
advertised as suitable for
children ages 3 and older
Parents should return the
toys to their retailers for a
refund or a new "Giggle
Stick'' which has been
redesigned to eliminate the
safety hazard.
Consumers also can
receive a refund or a new
"Giggle Stick" by mailing
their used ones to: Gabriel
Industries, Longmeadow
Road, P.O. Box 980,
Hagerstown, Maryland,
21740.
In retail stores, consumers
.can identify a redesigned
"Giggle Stick" by looking
for the words, "New, Im-
proved'' on the red card-
board flag wrapped around
the toy.
Anyone requiring ad-
ditional information about
this recall, may contact
CPSC s toll-free Hotline at
the following numbers: in
the continental U.S., dial 800/
638-8328; in Maryland, 800/
492-8363; and in Alaska,
Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the
Virgin Islands, 800/638-8333
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CAMPAIGN KICKOFF- Pictured, standing, during the 197! Salvation Army
campaign kickoff are Jose D. Villarreal and Mrs. Dalinda Olivarez as they busily ( all
out 1979 prospect cards for selection by the 43 Team Captain-Worker volunteers
Villarreal is RGC's Salvation Army Chairman and Mrs. Olivarez is the l!<;-i prospect
cards for selection by the 43 Team Captain Worker volunteers Villarreal is RGC'S
Salvation Army Chairman and Mrs Olivarez is the 1979 campaign chain- an The
campaign kickoff was held recently at the Brass Bull, with a tasty Mexican -upper
served, after which all volunteers went to work and selected their don >r • ards
Special guests attending this enthusiastic kickorf were Dr and Mrs \ 1 Tony"
Garcia, superintendent of schools: Mrs. Montemayor and her cheerleaders and Rio
Grande City's three boys who attended the Army s Summer Camp Hoblitzelle during
the third week of July. Mrs. Olivarez reports that all phases of the current fund drive
are in full swing and doing well. She is grateful to all who have helped and feels
confident the local goal of $2,000.00 w ill be reached.
Sonya Saenz, Raul niiiojosa
Named Gold Star Girl, Boy
to
The annual 4-H Gold Star
banquet will be held
Saturday November 3 at the
Ramada Inn. Starr County
honorees are Sonya Saenz,
Gold Star Girl from San
Isidro 4-H and Raul Hinojosa
III, of Starr Grande 4-H.
Dr Dwayne Suter, Collect
Station, Associate Dean for
instruction of the Texas
A&M University College of
Agriculture, will be the
principal speaker at the
banquet.
Honored guest will be Gold
Star winners from the eleven
counties comprising Texas
Agricultural Extension
Service District 12. The
district encompasses an
area reaching from Live Oak
and McMullen Counties on
the north to the Rio Grande
River from Webb County to
its mouth.
The emcee will be Todd
Cash, Willacy County,
chairman of the District 4-H
Council.
The Gold Star pin is the
highest 4-H award provided
by the Extension Service at
the county level. One boy
and one girl from each
county are chosen annually
to receive this honor with
selection based on personal
development, leadership,
achievement in 4-11 ac-
tivities and contribution to
the overall county program
The noon lucheon is being
hosted for the 28th straight
year by Central Power and
Light Company in
cooperation with the Texas
Agricultural Extension
Service.
Sony Saenz, who has been
an active 4-H member for
the past six years of the San
Isidro 4-H club, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Bias M. Saenz of Santa
Elena.
Sonya has been real busy-
working on projects from
fashion revue and money-
management to foods and
nutrition Her hard work in
the area of foods and
nutrition really paid off this
year in more ways than one.
In March her baking entry
was selected Grand
Champion in the Youth Fair
and then she was a State
Food Show Winner in June
Both of these were cash
awards or scholarships that
have her well on her way to
college.
This past year Sonya
served on the county council
and was a delegate to the
district council. But she feels
that the most rewarding
experience was serving as a
junior leader and president
of her 4-H club Through her
leadership and guidance, the
club increased in mem-
bership and received more
honors than ever before.
Raul, who is the son of Mr.
and Mrs Raul Hinojosa, Jr
of Rio Grande City, has been
active in 4-H club work for
five years. His main projects
are beef, lamb, agriculture
and method demonstration
Raul has won many honors
in 4-H His two most noted
ones were grand champion
steer at the Youth Fair and
second at state roundup with
his method demonstration.
Raul's leadership ex-
periences have grown
through 4-H. He has served
his club as treasurer and
Vice-president His active
role in county council won
him a scholarship to 4-H
summer camp.
Raul also takes time for
FFA, student council, band
and is an active member of
the Catholic church and its
youth organization. He is
also President of his Junior
Class at Rio Grande City
High School
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Hmil Hinojona III
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Silva, Marcelo. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 18, 1979, newspaper, October 18, 1979; Rio Grande City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194736/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.