The Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 26, 1987 Page: 3 of 10
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left to right: fourth runnerup, Juvina Lee Perez; third runnerup, Jul a F. Cano;
Tiny Miss Starr County, Annette Moreno; first runnerup, Rose Marie Rodriguez;
second runnerup, Eunice Perez.
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The Rio Grande City Volunteer
Fire Department responded to a
^ total of 31 calls from Oct 24
™ throughNov.il.
The Fire Department responded
to a total of 24 grass fires, two
house fires, four accidents, nine
burning vehicles, one mobile home
fire, and one structure fire.
The fire calls are broken down as
follows:
OCT. 24- 6:05 p.m , burning
vehicle at El Sauz; unit
. responding- Rescue I, firemen
0 responding- Adan Pena, Carlos
Lara, Jaime Garza; dispatcher-
Greg Montemayor.
OCT. 24- 11:31 p.m., major
accident at Alto Bonito; unit
responding- Rescue I; firemen
responding Martin Galvan, Bias
Garcia; dispatcher- Fire Chief
Adalberto Garza
OCT 24- first alarm at 9:45 p.m.,
second alarm at 10 p.m., third
^ alarm at 10:20 p.m.. house fire at
V-i miles north Highway 649; unit
responding- 2111, 2114, Rescue I;
firemen responding- Eddie Garcia.
Adan Pena, Fire Chief Adalberto
Garza, Bias Garcia; dispatcher-
Martin Galvan; Mutual Aid- Roma
Volunteer Fire Department.
OCT. 26- f'rst alarm at 5:05 p.m .
second alarm at 5:15 p.m., third
alarm at 5:38 p.m., grass fire at La
A Casita; units responding- 2111, 2114,
Rescue I. firemen responding-
First Assistant Chief H R Rios,
Eddie Garcia, Lt Romeo Ortiz, Jr
Bias Garcia, Juan A. Lopez. Fire
Chief Adalberto Garza, Eugenio
Pena, Jr., Second Assistant Chief
Ariel Guerra, Capt Jorge Gua
jardo; dispatchers- Juan A Lopez,
Training Officer Rogelio Re^es
OCT 27- 7 a.m., trash fire at
• alley between Second and Third
Streets: unit responding- Rescue I,
firemen responding Juan A
Lopez; dispatcher- First Assistant
Chief 11 R Rios
OCt 27- first alarm at 8:20 p m .
second alarm at 8 20 p m , burning
vehicle at El Garceno; unit
responding- 2114, Rescue I. fire
men responding- Eddie Garcia,
Jaime Garza, Bias Garcia, Greg
Montemayor, I.t Eugenio Pena HI.
£ Lt Romeo Ortiz, Jr . Eloy Villar
real. dispatcher- Juan A Lopez
OCT 29- 114 a.m., burning
vehicle at Falcon Heights: unit
responding Rescue I. firemen
responding- Juan A Lopez. Lt
Eugenio Pena III. Lt Romeo Ortiz,
Jr Ruben Villarreal. dispatcher
Adan Pena
OCT. 29 10:50 a m grass fire at
East Guerra Street. unit
A responding Rescue I firemen
responding- Eloy Villarreal,
Dolores Gonzalez; dispatcher-
Capt Jorge Guajardo
OCT. 29- 3 p.m,, grass fire at Los
Trevinos: unit responding- 2111.
firemen responding Lt. Romeo
Ortiz. Jr.. Eloy Villarreal, Rene
Guerra. dispatcher- Capt Jorge
Guajardo
OCT 29- 4:45 p.m., grass fire at
a Old Gutierrez Lumber Yard, unit
^ responding- 2111: firemen
responding- Eddie Garc a. Lt
Romeo Ortiz. Jr . dispatcher Bias
Garcia.
OCT 29- 7:45 pm grass fire at
West Third Street, unit responding
2114: firemen responuing- Lt
Eugenio Pena III Artemio
Alvarez, Juan A Lopez,
dispatchers- Training Officer
Rogelio Reyes. Martin Galvan
0 OCT 29- 7:30 p m . grass fire at
Los Garcias: unit responding- 2114;
firemen rssponding Lt Romeo
Ortiz. Jr . Eddie Garcia. First
Assistant Chief H R Rios, Artemio
Alvarez. Juan A Lopez;
dispatchers- Training Officer
Rogelio Reyes. Martin Galvan
OCT 30 10:04 am. minor
accident at El Comal Restaurant,
unit responding Rescue I; firemen
0 responding- Capt Jorge Guajardo.
Artemio Alvarez, Juan A Lopez.
Second Assistant Chief Ariel
Guerra, Ruben Villarreal, Lt
Eugenio Pena 111; dispatcher- Eloy
Villarreal.
OCT. 30- 2:10 p.m., grass fire at
Bannworth Shed, unit responding-
2111; firemen responding Lt.
Eddie Garcia. Eloy Villarreal, Lt.
Romeo Ortiz, Jr ; dispatcher- Capt
Jorge Guajardo.
OCT. 31- 4:54 p.m., burning
vehicle at Los Garcias; unit
responding- Rescue I, firemen
responding- Lt. Eddie Garcia. Lt.
Romeo Ortiz, Jr., Lt. Jose Arnoldo
Alaniz; dispatcher- Martin Galvan.
OCT. 31- 5:50 p.m., grass fire at
Los Garcias; unit responding- 2111;
firemen responding- Jose Arnuldo
Alaniz, Lt. Eddie Garcia, Lt.
Romeo Ortiz, Jr.; dispatcher-
Jaime Eloy Garza
NOV. 1- 6:40 p.m., house fire at
Cenizo Street; units responding
2111, 2114, Rescue I, firemen
responding- Lt. Jose Arnoldo
Alaniz, Lt. Eddie Garcia, Lt.
Romeo Ortiz, Jr., Martin Galvan,
First Assistant Chief H.R. Rios,
Capt. Jorge Guajardo, Lt. Eugenio
Pena III, Training Officer Hogelio
Reyes, Fire Chief Adalberto Garza,
Nate Fultz, Bias Garcia, Greg
Montemayor; dispatcher- Rudy
Gonzalez.
NOV. 2- 7:50 p.m., grass fire at
1601 West Circle; unit responding-
2114, firemen responding- Lt.
Eugenio Pena III, Lt. Eddie
Garcia, Lt. Romeo Ortiz, Jr., Fire
Chief Adalberto Garza, Greg Mon-
temayor; dispatcher Dolores
Gonzalez.
NOV 2- 9:10 p.m., grass fire at
Third Street; unit responding- 2114:
firemen responding- Lt Eddie
Garcia, Lt Eugenio Pena III, Capt
Jorge Guajardo; dispatcher- Lt
Romeo Ortiz, Jr.
NOV 4- 11:40 a.m., grass fire at
Alto Bonito; unit responding- 2114
firemen responding- Capt. Jorge
Guajardo, Second Assistant Chief
Ariel Guerra; dispatcher- Eloy
Villarreal.
NOV 4 4:20 p.m , burning
vehicle at Hospital parking lot;
unit responding- Rescue 1, firemen
responding- Lt Eddie Garcia, Lt
Romeo Ortiz. Jr.. First Assistant
Chief II R Rios; dispatcher- Eloy
Villarreal.
NOV. 5- 1:56 p.m . burning
vehicle at West Point Service
Station; unit responding- 2112;
firemen responding Lt Eddie
Garcia, Lt, Romeo Ortiz, Jr.;
dispatcher- Capt. Jorge Guajardo
NOV. 6- 12:25 p.m., structure fire
at 1605 West Main; unit responding-
2111; firemen responding Juan A.
Lopez, Capt. Jorge Guajardo;
dispatcher- Lt. Romeo Ortiz, Jr.
NOV. 6- first alarm at 11:50 p.m.,
second alarm at 12:01 a.m., major
accident at seven miles east
Highway 83; units responding- 2111.
Rescue I: firemen responding- Lt.
Eddie Garcia, Training Officer
Rogelio Reyes, Lt Jose Arnoldo
Alaniz, Adan Pena, Ruben Villar-
real, Second Assistant Chief Ariel
Guerra, Rey Cerda, Mike Teran,
Lt Eugenio Pena III: dispatcher-
Fire Chief Adalberto Garza
NOV. 7- 2:35 p.m., burning
vehicle at La Santa Cruz; unit
responding- 2111; firemen
responding- First Assistant Chief
H.R. Rios, Fire Chief Adalberto
Garza; dispatcher- Jorge Gua-
jardo
NOV. 8- 12:25 p.m., grass fire at
Charco Blanco Road; unit
responding- 2111. firemen
responding- Lt Eugenio Pena III,
Lt. Jose Arnoldo Alaniz, Juan A
Lopez; dispatcher- Rudy Gonzalez
NOV 10- 4:50 p.m., grass fire at
El Arroyo; unit responding- 2111;
firemen responding- Lt. Eugenio
Pena III, Adan Garcia. dispatcher-
Jaime E. Garza.
NOV. 10- 7:05 p.m., grass fire at
Carrera's Slaughter House; unit
responding- 2111 firemen
responding- Lt. Eddie Garcia, Lt.
Jose Arnoldo Alaniz, Bias Garcia;
dispatcher- Jaime E. Garza.
NOV 11- 11:57 a.m., grass fire at
four miles north FM 755; unit
responding- 2114 firemen
responding Lt. Eddie Garcia, Lt
Eugenio Pena III; dispatcher-
Capt. Jorge Guajardo.
NOV 11- 5:45 p.m.. well fire at
five miles west on Highway 83; unit
responding- 2111; firemen
responding- Lt. Eugenio Pena III,
Lt. Eddie Garcia, Adulfonso
Garcia; dispatcher Martin Galvan.
NOV 11- 8 p.m., burning vehicle
at Midway: unit responding- 2111;
firemen responding- Lt. Eddie
Garcia, Lt Eugenio Pena III, Lt.
Romeo Ortiz Jr.: dispateher-
Adulfonso Garcia.
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Obituary
Julio Madrigal, Jr,
Juiio Madrigal, Jr., 71, of San
Antonio, died Thursday, Nov 12.
A rosary for Madrigal was
recited on Sunday evening, Nov 15
at Sanchez Funeral Home. A
funeral mass was held the follow-
ing morning at Immaculate Con-
ception Church in Rio Grande City
Burial followed in the Rio Grande
City cemetery.
Madrigal is survived by his
daughter, Diana Madrigal of San
Antonio, one son and daughter-in-
law, Dr Julio Fernando and Isidra
Medicare Available
People in the McAllen area
suffering from permanent kidney
failure should know that Medicare
health insurance is available for
those who need a kidney transplant
or regular kidney dialysis, Jose J
Trevino, Social Security manager
in McAllen. said recently.
A person who has permanent
kidney failure can get Medicare if
she or he
1 Worked long enough to be
insured under Social Security, or
2. Already gets Social Seeuri'
benefits, or
3 Is the wife, husband, or child
of someone who has worked
long enough under Social
Security
Medicare coverage generally
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Madiigal of Laredo; brother and
sistjr-in-law. Hector and Maria
Madrigal of Rio Grande City;
sisters, Evarista and Gloria Mad-
rigal, of Rio Grande City; sisters
and brothers-in-law, Victoriana M
and Jesus Gonzalez of Brownsville;
and Elma M and Dr Herminio
Carrizo of Panama City, Panama,
sister-in-law, Mercedes C. Madri-
gal of McAllen; amd grandson.
Julio Fernando Madrigal. Jr . of
Laredo.
begins with the third month after
the month the person starts getting
dialysis treatments
Coverage can also begin in the
first month of a course of dialysis if
the person takes part in an
approver.) self-dialysis training
program and the person expects to
self-dialize after the course
Coverage can also begin the
month the person is admitted to an
approved hospital for a kidney
transplant if the transplant takes
place within 3 months
For more information about
Medicare coverage for people with
permanent kidney failure, contact
the McAllen Social Security office,
located at 320 N Main The
telephone number is 686-3757
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Roberts, Kenneth. The Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 26, 1987, newspaper, November 26, 1987; Edinburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth195108/m1/3/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.