The Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 1985 Page: 1 of 10
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THE RIO 6RANDE HERALD
Serving Starr County For Five Decades
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VOL. XXXIX
Published in Rio Grande City, Texas, Every Thursday, By The Rio Grande Publishing Co.
No. 30, Thursday May 30,1985
FIFTEEN CENTS
Rio High Graduates
Awarded Scholarships
Over 250 Rio Grande City High
graduates reached their greatest
milestone when they were awarded
) their diplomas in graduation
exercises in Rattler Stadium
Thursday evening.
The graduates, their families,
and district and school ad-
ministrators watched the northern
skies with concern as a thun-
derstorm lit up the sky with
spectacular lightning strikes But,
the inclement weather was held at
bay as the commencement
lexercises were carried out
smoothly.
Dolores Gomez gave the invoca-
tion and Serapio Benavidez, the
master of ceremonies, led in the
recitation of the Pledge of
Allegiance Salutatorian Raul R.
Alvarez then spoke on the subject
of pride He said, "The schools in
the RGCC1SD have just the right
amount of pride The pride of the
community has spilled over into
I the schools...The citizens of Rio
Grande City are the finest in the
entire Valley ."
Valedictorian Veronica Sanchez
said, "We are responsible to be
examples to our community," by
upholding high moral standards
and "striving for goals beyond our
potential This is the beginning of
something better. The family has
been the stabilizing influence of our
lives I'd say we've finally hit the
| jackpot
Tht highlight of the evening was
the awarding of 73 scholarships to
deserving graduates The scholar-
ships awarded, the students
awarded the scholarship, the
criteria, and the person awarding
the scholarships are listed below.
ALPHA CHI EPSILON— An-
nabel Guerra. Awarded to an
outstanding senior girl interested in
attending a post-secondary school.
Awarded by Veronica Garcia.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF
UNIVERSITY WOMEN- Jo Nell
Sanchez. Awarded to an outstand-
ing senior girl interested in atten
ding a post-secondary school.
Awarded by Mrs. Roger Williams.
BAND BOOSTERS— Danny
Carrera, Hector Saenz, Laura
Garza Awarded to an outstanding
Band member attending a post-
secondary school. Awarded by
Alfredo Cortinas.
BRAULIA G. GARCIA
SCHOLARSHIP- Raul Alvarez.
Awarded to the salutatorian or
second highest ranking student of
the senior class. Awarded by Mrs
Felipe Ramon.
CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS OF
RIO GRANDE CITY- Jo Nell
Sanchez and Velma Nydia
Ramirez Awarded to the son or
daughter of a member Awarded
by Mrs. Fidela Resendez
COMMUNITY ACTION
COUNCIL OF SOUTH TEXAS
HEADSTART PARENTS POLICY
COUNCIL SCHOLARSHIP— Ma
del Carmen Martinez. Awarded to
a deserving senior member atten-
ding a post-secondary school.
Awarded by Julieta T. Garcia.
COSMETOLOGY- Belinda
Landin. Awarded to an outstanding
senior of the Cosmetology class
Awarded by Jose Herrera.
FLORENCE J. SCOTT STUDY
CLUB— Monica Gonzalez.
Awarded to the third ranking
student of the senior class
Awarded by Margarita Garza.
FRANCISCO GOMEZ MEMORI-
AL SCHOLARSHIP- Serapio
Benavidez and William Warren.
Awarded to a senior athlete
pursuing a career in Physical
Education or Business Administra-
tion. Awarded by John Guerra and
Jose Adan Garcia.
JAYCEES- Ma. Joelda
Alvarado, Amada Garcia, Jaime
Solis, and Sofia Reyes. Awarded to
a senior student pursuing a voca-
tional or technical career. Awarded
by Alfredo Vela
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS-
PILAR A. GARZA MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP- Maria R. Garza.
Awarded to the son or daughter of
an active member of the Knights of
Columbus Awarded by Richard
Gutierrez.
LIONS CLUB- Joelda Alvarado
Awarded to a senior pursuing a
vocational or technical career.
Awarded by Rene Smith
MAGNOLIA LODGE 6167—
Velma Ramu ez. Awarded to the
highest ranking son or daughter of
a member Awarded by Mrs.
Emma Ramirez
MANUEL M ESCOBAR ME-
MORIAL SCHOLARSHIP—
Narciso Garcia. Awarded to a
senior pursuing a career in
Agriculture. Awarded by Mrs.
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GRADUATION CEREMONY BEGINS- Rio Grande City High seniors are pictured
above marching southward along the Rattler Stadium track in preparation for
commencement exercises to begin Thursday evening.
Roma High Holds
Commencement Exercise
One hundred and sixty three
seniors at Roma High School had
12 years of study and effort
rewarded when thev received their
Orainage Problems Upset
La Rosita Residents
\U KKWF.TII ROBERTS
Tempers of La Rosita residents
have flared in the past couple of
weeks as flood waters, on two
occasions, have seeped into
numerous homes
The residents in t.'io area say that
poor drainage is the cause of the
flooding problems, and are insist-
ing that the County ind Texas
Highway Department take action
to remedy the ;ituatior.
The latest crisis toik place early
Friday morning as very heavy
thunderstorms dropped close to
four men ls in le-.s than two hours
The ground was already soaked
from six to eight inch rains on May
15.
Mrs Juan Rosa said several
apartments owned by she and her
husband were flooded Friday
morning for the second time in nine
iiays She said that water reached
a level of over a foot deep She
expressed fear that especially the
apartments and also their J&B
Country Store, which also sustained
floodwaters, will be ruined She
said that 1' 2 inches pushed into the
store or, May 16.
Mrs. Emma Ramon said that six
inches of water poured into her
house on early Friday morning An
inch or two of water was still
standing in most of the house at
mid-morning
Mrs Ralph Garcia said that
water came into she and her
husband's Cake Shoppe on the
north side of U.S. 83 She said that
about two inches of water came in
on May 15.
Elias Cantu, the Maintenance
Foreman for the local office ol the
Texas Highway Department said
that the extremely heavy rains and
the topography contributed most to
the flooding He said, "All the
drains were transporting water like
they should have. It was the
amount of water and the time in
which it fell The whole place was
flooded, side roads were under
water."
Cantu added, "We had one of our
maintenance engineers check
things out We're doing our bes! to
keep the residents and motorists
safe." Cantu said that burgeoning
development of the area in recent
years probably rapidly increased
the runoff. Both he and area
residents noted the hills on the
north side of U S 83, and the old
U.S. 83, which sandwiches many
houses between the old and new
highways.
Tom Lent, the owner of the La
Loma Rio trailer park, complained
that "they didn't put in large
enough pipes for water to drain on
the north side of 83 " He said that
one pipe was 16 inches wide, while
the other was only 12. He noted
that heavy brush had accumulated
in the ditch on the north side Lent
added, "When you have a situation
like this, you cut down the flow of
water by 50 percent "
Lent insisted, "Drainage pro-
blems should have been worked out
when the highway was built They
just don't keep up on cleaning the
drainage ways When you put in
the ditches, they should be main-
tained " He complained strongly
about the absence of a ditch on the
Precinct One Commissioner
"Chema" Alvarez and County
Judge Bias Chapa visited the area
late Friday morning. Alvarez said
the first step will be obtaining
"some right of way from the
private owners. The county has to
acquire the right of ways. We have
a big problem throughout the
precinct."
Alvarez added, "On Monday, I
will have a man working with Mr.
(OA.) Garza, (right of way of-
ficer! I'll furnish Garza a man to
be paid out of Precinct One. Right
of ways take a lot of time to
acquire Once we acquire the right
of ways, we can work with the
state "
Alvarez said, "After acquiring
the right of ways, we have a money
problem. Just for Precinct One
alone, we need about $5 million to
correct all these problems with
drainage The first thing we would
do is start cleaning up, but then
you would need pipes, and concrete
slabs. There's no way I could do it
out of my own budget.
Alvarez said that clearing the
brush by itself, to allow water to
reach the river, will not be enough,
as land near river is already
sinking.
The commissioner said that
drainage problems in the Rio
Grande City area are acute,
especially near the housing project,
and Water and Bluebonnet streets.
He added, "We not only have the
problem of getting the water out of
Rio Grande City, we have to find a
way of getting the water out of the
fields (of nearby farms)."
Alvarez said. "In a couple of
weeks, we should have some
information about right-of-way
from people working out in the
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Summer Track
diplomas in graduation exercises
Friday night at the High School
Gymnasium.
The commencement exercises
were carried out under the theme
"Through the Years " After the
processional, the national anthem
was sung by Roma High choir
members, and honor student Juan
A Garcia led the recitation of the
Pledge of Allegiance Father Roy
Snipes, O.M.I , gave the invocation
Superintendent Eleuterio Garza
gave the welcome, and Roma High
Principal Humberto Vasquez in-
troduced the Class of 1985
After senior class president
Maricela Escobar extended
greetings, salutatorian Alma Alaniz
spoke on the theme "Together We
Were Strong " She said. "We have
come so far and done so much as a
group. We have done great things
in the past Let's purpose to do
great things ir the future "
After Alicia Mur *u« sang '.he
class song, valedictorian Alvaro
Abrego spoke on the theme
"Through The Years " He said,
"The cornerstone of our expecta-
tions lies in the knowledge we've
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Alvarez Surrenders,
Released On Bond
Margarito Juan Alvarez, the
focus of an intensive search after
the seizure near Garceno of over
1200 pounds ot mari juana a month
ago, turned himself in to the
Sheriff's Department on Thursday,
but was promptly released after his
$5000 bond was paid
Alvarez, accompanied by his
attorney, Margil Sanchez. Jr
turned himself in at around noon on
Thursday. Justice of the Peace
Arnoldo Gonzalez set his bond at
$5000 cash upon the recommenda-
tion of the District Attorney's
office He was released shortly
afterward when the bond was
posted.
Sheriff Gene Falcon said that
state authorities are continuing
their in-, estimation into the case.
At about 3 p.m on April 22,
personnel from the Sheriff's De-
partment. the DPS Narcotics
Division, the Dn.g Enforcement
Administration, .r i U.S. Customs
raided a small ranch owned by-
Alvarez 5'j miles north of Garceno
■iff of U.S. 83 arid found 1209
pounds of marijuana valu&l at over
$800,000 in a barn. A warrant for
the arrest of Alvarez, 34, was
promptly issued.
Man Confesses To
Grulla Homicide
A 24-year-old La Grulla man
remains in the Starr County Jail
after confessing that he shot and
killed a 21-year-old man in La
Grulla late Sunday evening
Sheriff Gene Falcon said that
Joel Flores, who was arrested at
his home in La Grulla at 1:28 u rn
Monday, signed a confession that
he killed Marco Antonio Sandoval,
21, of Sullivan City The shooting
took place at 11 45 p.m. Sunday at
Cantu's Garage in La Grulla.
Falcon said that Flores indicated
that Sandoval wa: not his intended
target, that the hooting was a
case of mistaken identity
A .22 caliber rifle is believed to
have been used in the crime
Falcon said there were three
eyewitnesses Co the shooting, and
that Flores aid Sandoval were
apparently arguing.
Sandoval was struck in the back
by several shots and was pro-
nounced dead at the scene by
Justice of the Peace Hector Perez"
Flores was arraigned Monday, and
is still jailed in lieu ol $100,000
bond.
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shooting found at Horts'
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Registration Nears Board Okays Supplements
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I.A ROSITA FLOODING— Mrs. Emma Ramon of La Rosita is pointing to the six in
ch peak water level that occurred inside h^r home due to flooding Friday morning.
Mrs. Ramon and many other I .a Rosita residents say that poor drainage has caused
flooding problems twice in the last two weeks.
Registration (or a summer track
program for boys and girls in Rio
Grande City will take place Friday
through Wednesday at the Rio
Grande City High School Athletic
Fieldhouse
Registration will take place from
9 a m to noon at the Fieldhouse
Boys and girls ages 7-18 are
eligible to participate Applicants,
in order to register, need to bring
birth certificates
Anyone needing further informa
tion is urged to call the Athletic
Fieldhouse and ask for Athletic
Director Ramiro Villegas
At a special meeting early
Monday morning, the Rio Grande
City CISD board of trustees okayed
teacher supplements based on
amount, rather than percentage.
Under the plan, teachers with
less experience will be paid a $3000
supplement by the district above
the state minimum Teachers with
more experience will be paid a
$3200 supplement Superintendent
Dr A E Garcia said. ' For some
teachers it will be a biggr:
percentage increase than for
others It's going to be on an
individual basis "
In the past district teachers
were paid >uppt ments b .sod on a
percentage, which was most re
cently li> percent Garcia added.
"All teachers will also receive at
least $114 per mon h more next
year than this year under the state
mandates of House Bill 72 "
The superintendent said. We're
competitive with most disi icts in
his art a it's attractive for teach-
ers. even more so when fringe
benefits are considered '
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Roberts, Kenneth. The Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 1985, newspaper, May 30, 1985; Edinburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194978/m1/1/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.