The Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 12, 1985 Page: 4 of 10
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Efficient Irrigation Saves
Soil And Water
RIO GRANDE HERALD RIO GRANDE CITY. TEXAS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12,1985 PAGE 4
Bv S1LVESTRE GONZALEZ
District Conservationist
Irrigated acres have the potential
for serious erosion problems, says
Wilson Scaling, Chief os USDA's
Soil Conservation Service. As much
as 70 tons of sediment yield per
acre has been measured on some
furrow irrigated fields, which is 20
times above acceptable soil erosion
leveles for those soils.
Fortunately, the potential exists
on irrigated lands for soil and
water savings, says Scaling, SCS is
helping irrigators, especially in
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water-shor^ or highly erosive
areas, to evaluate the efficiency of
their irrigation systems and is
recommending ways to improve
them.
Any irrigation system should be
part of a complete conservation
plan. District Conservationist
Silvestre Gonzalez said. Improved
irrigtation practi'-es conserve and
protect water as well as soil. And
soil erosion is being recognized
more and more as a problem not
only on the farm, but beyond the
farm gate too.
More than 65 million acres of the
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Nation's cropland is irrigated -
almost three-fourths with furrow,
or flood, irrigation and the rest
with sprinkler systems.
Applying too much water-or
applying it the wrong way,
especially on sloping fields, erodes
soil and carries sediment,
nutrients, and pesticides into
streams, rivers, and lakes.
Overirrigation can also cause
water to percolate beyond the root
zone into ground water and carry
pollutants to underground supplies.
In some states, SCS field
employees are using mobile field
water conservation laboratories to
help irrigators conserve water.
SCS and other USDA, Federal,
State, and local agencies are
cooperating to help farmers devel-
op irrigation systems that are
compatible with local soils, slopes,
crops, water supplies, and climatic.
For help in assuring that your
irrigation system is operating most
efficiently, contact the local office
of the USDA's Soil Conservation
Service.
Foundation Elects Officers,
Discusses Projects
The Starr County Industrial
Foundation held its election of
officers, and also discussed the
status of Western Yarns and other
business and industrial prospects
at their meeting Thursday at the
Fort Ringgold Motor Inn.
President Sam Vale, and Vice-
President Arnoldo Guerra were
re-elected to their posts by ac-
clamation. Holly Guerrero was
re-elected as secretary, and Noel
Benavides were chosen as treasur-
er, also by acclamation. Benavides
takes over from Milton Menking,
who is stepping down as treasurer.
Bruno Trevino, representing La
Grulla, moved and Roma Mayor
Jose Carlos Saenz seconded, that
these officers be elected by ac-
clamation.
Vale said, "I think we will have
another good year. Hopefully, we'll
have a plant location this year."
Vale and Executive Director
Local Pizza Hut
Manager Honored
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Efrain Escamilla, the manager of Pizza Hut in Rio
Grande City, has been named as Manager of the Year
for all 110 franchise restaurants owned by Pizza
Management, Inc.
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Efrain Escamilla, the manager
of the Rio Grande City Pizza Hut,
has been chosen as Manager of the
Year out of 110 Pizza Hut fran-
chises owned by Pizza Manage-
ment, Inc.
Escamilla has won an all-
expense paid trip to Hawaii. He
said that Pizza Hut belongs to Art
Torres of Pizza Hut Management
Inc., which Escamilla said "is the
largest franchise." Some PMI
franchises are in Texas. Chicago,
California, and Puerto Rico, with
the area headquarters in Del Rio.
Escamilla said, "I'd like to thank
my crew and the people of Rio
Grande City for helping me attain
these honors."
Escamilla said, "I've been
employed with Pizza Hut since
1976, beginning in Hondo," his
hometown. He previously managed
Pizza Huts in Lockhart, Seguin.
Cuero, and Beeville. He became
manager of the local Pizza Hut in
October 1984
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Rene Montalvo both noted with
regret that the Office of Communi-
ty Services of the Department of
Health and Human Services had
turned down the application for a
$770,000 grant. The OCS has a
special fund of $17 million for
economic development grants, $3
million for areas along the border.
Montalvo said that out of 217
applicants, Starr County finished
98th on the list. Thirty six cities
nationwide are to be granted funds,
with only three of them- San
Antonio, Houston, and Cleveland-
being in Texas. Starr County's
application was reviewed by four
persons, none of them being from
Texas.
Under the arrangement hoped for
by the Foundation, $700,000 would
have been allocated directly by
OCS to Western Yarns so that
manufacturer can meet its operat-
ing costs, mainly by transporting
its equipment from California to
Starr County. Also, the remaining
$70,000 would have been utilized by
the Foundation for marketing.
Montalvo said, "We had an
overall score of 75 out of 100."
Each applicant was rated on five
areas: organizational experience,
significant and beneficial impact,
project implementation and
evaluation, public and private
partnership, and budget
appropriateness and reason-
ableness."
Montalvo lamented that the
Foundation had found out about the
grant at such a late date, adding.
"We finished that application a
couple of hours before we put it in
the mail. We didn't know about this
until one week before the deadline.
We did a good job on the
application considering the time
element."
He said one reviewer had com-
plained there was not enough
sufficient detail about where the
capital would go. while another had
said the budget request was "too
high considering the request."
Vale said, "This would lia^ve
really sweetened the deal for
Western Yarns, and been good for
the Foundation." Montalvo said,
"If we have ample time, we can
get some applications going and
get funded." He expressed satisfac-
tion that both Senators Bentsen and
Gramm personally made calls in
support of the Foundation.
On another grant possibility.
Vale said that "there might be a
genuine expansion." with Western
Yarns, with none of its California
plants having to be shut down
This, he said, would increase the
possibility of an EDA grant being
channeled here, since EDA cannot
provide grants where a relocation
is involved.
He said the maximum EDA
grant would be $1 million. Vale
said that Western Yarns officials
have told him that they are
feverishly preparing for the move
to Starr County.
He added, as did Montalvo, that
the best situation would be for the
Foundation to own the building and
lease it. Rents, he said, might be
around $400,000 the first year, and
rise to $900,000 by the twelfth year
of the plant's operation.
Vale, when asked by Mayor
Saenz, said the 20 percent mat
ching funds would likely come from
a bank loan. Montalvo said the
process of constructing the plant
building "could be a combination of
a lot of things. "
Montalvo said, "Five developers
are seriously interested in this
project." He said four of them are
from Houston and the other one
from Mexico City. Vale said, "At
least two are very, very serious
about building the building."
Montalvo said that two new
prospects now figure as a possibili-
ty in the Starr County economic
picture. One of them is a plastics
manufacturer that would employ
100 persons by producing plastic-
containers for the food industry.
Another is a waste recycling
processor that would recycle waste
products to provide energy. This
firm would employ 15 to 20 persons
A footwear manufacturer, he said,
is interested in the twin-plant
program.
About other prospects, Montalvo
said. "We're still working with the
automotive lift manufacturer "
Vale said he, and company of-
ficials, had talked with the gov-
ernor of Cuidad Victoria, and this
official gave his "personal en
dorsement" to extending power
lines to a possible heavy equipment
manufacturer.
The chairman of the board of
that firm, Vale said, has made two
visits. The management of the firm
has been looking at the residential
neighborhoods of Rio Grande City
Two hundred persons would be
employed in Camargo, while the
managerial staff of 20 would live in
Rio.
In other business, the Foundation
discussed the possibility of working
with the Better Business Bureau
Vale said, "They will have their
own staff and people We have no
financial liabilities at this point
Montalvo said, "What they want is
a list of businesses."
Discussion was generally favor
able to this possibility. Arnold
Guerra said, "If we want to be part
of the mainstream of business in
South Texas, we need to
participate.
Montalvo said he thought he
shouldn't go on the Valley Chamber
of Commerce's upcoming tour in
New York and New Jersey He
said, "We paid $400 to participate,
so we'll get a list of contacts made
in New York and New Jersey "
Most Foundation members
agreed with Montalvo Vale said,
"I would like to congratulate you
for making a conservative business
decisions "
The Foundation voted to expand
its Executive and Finance Com
mittees from three to five Ricardo
Gutierrez will be the new chairman
of the Executive Committee. Also
on that committee are Roy Cantu,
Sam Vale, Arnold Guerra, and Joel
Guerrero.
Noel Benavides will be the
chairman of the Finance Commit
tee. Others on that committee are
Amando Pena, Jr., Vale, Arnold
Guerra, and Reynaldo Alaniz.
David Lopez Earns
Record Book Honors
Four South Texas 4 H ers, in-
cluding David Lopez of Starr
County, were among 70 youngsters
from throughout Texas earning
awards in state 4-H record book
judging at Texas A&M University.
Two qualified for trips to Na-
tional 4-H Congress in Chicago
Nov 29-Dec. 6. Another will receive
a sponsored trip to the National 4-H
Conference in Washington, D.C. in
April, and a fourth will be the guest
at a Commodity Marketing Sym-
posium in Chicago.
Lopez won his honors with an
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Roberts, Kenneth. The Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 12, 1985, newspaper, September 12, 1985; Edinburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194993/m1/4/: accessed June 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.