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RIO GRANDi: HERALD RIO GRANDE CITY, TEXAS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER IV, 1987 PAGE 7
Food Pantry Report
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Ronaldo Garza, left, a pharmacist from Bay City and the son of Bernardo Garza of
Roma, has received a free trip to Bavaria from Schering Corporation representative
George A. Karanganis for winning Schering's "Very Important Pharmacist"
sweepstakes. He identified Afrin as the top pharmacist-recommended nasal spray
sold over the counter. Garza is the grandson of Vidal Garza of La Rosita.
Local VFW Post
The Food Pantry has put out its
monthly report, covering October
1987.
Monthly donations in the follow
ing amounts were provided by
these churches, Immaculate Con-
ception Church, $50; San Isidro
Church, $50; St. John Methodist
Church, $28; Primera Iglesia
Bautista, $15; Menonite Church, $5;
First United Methodist Women, $5;
First Baptist Church, $20. Ketita
Gomez made a $5 individual
monthly donation.
One time donations were as
follows: Commissioner Precinct 3
(Jose Maria Alvarez), $50; Norma
E. Garza, $20; Ministerial Alliance,
$24.23.
Special donations were made by
the Food Pantry to the following
businesses: Community Action
Council, Starr County Detention
Center, Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment, Father Herrero, Department
of Health Clinic, Laredo State
Center.
A total of 207 families were
served in October.
Clothing donations were from the
following families, and/or individ-
uals: Mrs. Sylvia Perez, Mrs.
Bilingual Ed
Students
Barbara Mills, Mrs Victoria G.
Munoz, Mr and Mrs. Gustavo
Escobar, Mr and Mrs. Hilario
Saenz, Mrs. Emma G Watkins,
and Hermila Cruz.
Donations given for food were
made by the following businesses:
Valley Mart, five bags of flour (25
pounds each); H.E.B , 504 pounds
of beans, 105 pounds of rice, 62
boxes of canned and dry foods, 161
boxes of bread, one box of sweet
bread, three boxes of tortillas, 26
boxes of paper products, eight
boxes of detergents, and five boxes
of pampers for babies.
The volunteer hours put in the
Food Pantry were as follows:
Benilde Barrera, 107 5 hours; Celia
Villarreal, 106.5; Martha R. Pena,
88.5, Gigi Gutierrez, 63; Estella
Laurel, 49; Maria Romero, 46;
Maria Guadalupe Cantu, 30.5;
Eligio Villarreal, 29, Isaias Vidal,
21; Rosita Salinas, 20; Rosalia
Ruiz, 14.5; Ramona Sandoval, 9.5;
Harlinda Benavides, 9.5, Francisca
Martinez, 9.5; Adelaida Oiivarez,
7.5 Juanita Oiivarez, 6; Sylvia
Salinas, 5.5; Jesus V. Salinas, 5.5;
Antonio G. Oiivarez, 4.5; Hortencia
Lopez, 3; Timoteo Gutierrez, 2.5;
Leonor Garza, 2.5; Rebecca
Campos, 2.5; Noemi Fleming, 1;
Angelita Silva, 1.
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Commemorates Veterans Day Make
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The local Veterans of Foreign
Wars Henry Clay Davis Post. No.
8526 held a number of observances
and activities to commemorate
Veterans Day on Wednesday, Nov.
11.
This year, the traditional ritual
performed annually was carried
out at the veterans' plot of the Rio
Grande City cemetery by members
of VFW Post 8526 this year, the
ritual was performed at the grave
of Ernesto and Arcadio Canales
Post Commander Jose Guerrero
placed the symbol of the United
States flag. Senior vice-commander
Ovidio Acevedo placed the wreath,
and junior vice-commander An-
tonio Myrell placed the white
flowers. Officer of the day Noe
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Rio Grande City, Texas
Starting Sunday, Nov. 22
Don Jose Jewelers will be
open on Sundays from
11:00 a.m. till 5:00 p.m.
The rest of the week
Mon-Sat
9:30a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Oiivarez placed the red flowers.
Post chaplain Domingo Gonzalez
asked for divine blessings. Lala
LaBar from the local VFW Ladies
Auxiliary placed the blue flowers.
The U S Army Reserve presented
a 21-gun salute Special thanks and
recognition from post members
was given to R.C. Salinas for
promoting the historical
significance of the sacrifices ren-
dered by Starr County veterans in
service to our nation.
The VFW Post expressed thanks
to the following individuals, in-
stitutions and organizations for
their programs and activities pres-
ented during Veterans Day:
The faculty, staff and students
from Rio Grande High School,
Ringgold Jr. High School, and
Grulla Jr. High School; Gilberto
Trejo, commander of the local
chapter of the Disabled American
Veterans and members; Sgt. 1st
Class Rolando Bocanegra from the
365th P & A Battalion, commander
of the firing party that presented a
21-gun salute to deceased veterans
being honored at Grulla and Rio
Grande City.
The post also thanked Sgt. 1st
Class Jaime Trevino from the
4164th USAR School Commander of
the Color Guard, and the soldiers
from the 961st Supply and Service
Company Detachment I from the
local Army Reserve Unit, and
Dionicio Ramirez, who played taps
during the ceremonies
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Leave Some Brush For Wildlife
B> SILVKSTRE GONZALEZ
District Conservationist
Brush is an important habitat
component for many wildlife
species in Texas.
Total brush removal will harm
more wildlife species than it will
benefit, but excessive brush re-
duces other valuable habitat com-
ponents such as forbs and grasses
Brush also competes for mositure
that would nurture nesting habitat
an winter food Properly designed
brush patterns coupled with proper
grazing by livestock will provide
excellent habitat for many wildlife
species.
Many people buy land with trees
and brush to enjoy the wildlife,
either by hunting or observation.
For these potential buyers, land-
owners can reduce the market
value of their real estate by total
removal of trees and brush.
Other landowners want their
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Liability Problems Hinder
Progress Against
Birth-Related Deaths
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The current liability crisis facing
obstetricians may stop or even
reverse the progress made against
maternal and fetal death rates in
Texas, according to an editorial in
the November issue of Texas
Medicine.
For more than 40 years, com-
mittees at the hospital, county, and
state level have reviewed individu-
al case studies as well as
obstetrical care in general The
results of these reviews have led to
improved quality and availability
of perinatal health care (health
care given at the time of birth) in
Texas and fewer maternal and
fetal deaths
Litigation has affected these
committees in two ways, according
to the editorial in the official
journal of the Texas Medical
Association.
First, physicians are more hesi-
tant to release case studies con-
cerning maternal death because
the confidentiality of these records
has been threatened by court
action For example, in Harris
County only 17 cases were avail-
able for review in 1985 compared to
94 cases from 1981-1983 and 279
cases from 1971-1973.
Second, physicians are less will-
ing to serve on the review
committees because they do not
want to become involved in legal
action. "Present laws do not
sufficiently protect physicians from
legal action when they serve on
hospital or state review commit-
tees," writes Anthony P Lucci,
MD, Houston, chairman of the
TMA Subcommittee on Perinatal
Health
' The present liability crisis
threatens the productivity of these
committees and paradoxically may
cause an increase in mortality if
the committee's objectives are
defeated," he writes
Lucci adds that peer review
committees and programs need to
be strenthened and supported by
legislation
In his editorial, he examines
additonal forces that threaten not
only the maternal and fetal death
rates but the overall quality of
obstetrical care in Texas
Current malpractice laws and the
high number of frivolous lawsuits
supported by the courts is one such
force. "Obstetrics is especially
vulnerable because an unsuccessful
outcome many times unpredicta-
ble, may mean a lawsuit even
though the case has been properly
managed." he writes
Many obstetricians are losing
their insurance coverage because
of association with previous
lawsuits. That, and the heavy
economic burden of escalating
insurance premiums, is causing
many obstetricians to quit
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Presentations
KINGSVILLE- Seven Texas A&I
University bilingual education
graduate students, including two
from Rio Grande City, made
presentations at the recent Texas
Association of Bilingual Education
conference in Corpus Christi
Armandina Villarreal and Lucila
Garza of the Rio Grande City
CISD, along with Sergio Garza of
Zapata, spoke on "Survival Tips
for Teachers of Spanish/English
Learners/English/Bilingual."
They and five other students
represented the Texas A&I chapter
of Bilingual Educators of South
Texas. Dr Maria Morales,
associate professor of Education at
Texas A&L is the sponsor.
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properties to have a clean, mani-
cured appearance. Taller trees are
trimmed, smaller brush is re-
moved, fence rows are > ned,
weed control herbicidt are
applied, and pastures a fre-
quently shredded Ironically, the
wildlife habitat value, which may
have been the reason thesp places
were pruchased, is reduced by
these activities if they're not
properly planned and applied
obstetrics.
Finally, he notes, because
obstetrics is a high-risk serv-
ice."hospitals with obstetrical units
must provide better quality
assurance and risk management
programs."
"Each of these factors needs
attention if we are to stop the
escalating loss of physicians
practicing obstetrics who are un-
willing or unable to face the
growing risk of litigation and
mounting cost of insurance,"
writes Lucci.
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Roberts, Kenneth. The Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 19, 1987, newspaper, November 19, 1987; Edinburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth195107/m1/7/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.