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Vol. 80, No. 53, Thursday, November 23,1989
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THANKSGIVING FOOD BASKETS- Rio Grande City High School students
contributed enough canned and boxed foods and money to buy turkeys to till a dozen
Thanksgiving Food Baskets for the needy as part of a project sponsored by the
Student Council and the National Honor Society. Pictured gathering in all the
proceeds and preparing them for distribution are, left to right, seated to standing,
Juan Caro, Jennifer Hinojosa, Leticia Salinas, Marta G. Gonzalez, Dora Salinas,
Recio Rivera, Student Council Sponsor C.S. Alvarado, Victor Villarreal, Gerald
Castillo, Cynthia F.scobar, Klsa Villarreal, Pedro Moreno, NHS Sponsor Ms. I).
Diaz, Pole Corona, Mike Garcia, Rene Rios, Joe Marque/., Edward Castillo, and
Principal Roel R. Smith.
Rattlers Win Bountiful
All-District Honors
The Rio Grande City Rattlers,
£ who surprised the "armchaii
experts" with a 7-3 record in 1989,
were well represented on the 31-5A
All-District teams that were released
earlier this week.
T he Rattler offensive line, which
opened holes lor the most lethal
offensive attack in District 3P-5A,
was particularly well represented as
three players rcccivcd at least
0 Honorable Mention recognition
On offense, senior wingback
Bernie An/aldua and senior
offensive guard Javier Cuellar
received first team honors.
Anzaldua, who led the district in
scoring and ranked ninth in the state
in that category, was the district's
most lethal threat in both running
0 and pass receiving He was also a
dangerous kick returner whose
90-yard touchdown return was
decisive in the Rattlers season
opening win over Laredo United.
An/aldua scored seven
touchdowns in the season finale
against La Joya alter having scored
three touchdowns the previous week
against Donna. Among his longest
plays were a 75-yard scoring
reception against Weslaco and a
75-yard touchdown run against La
Joya.
Senior offensive guard Javier
Cuellar also received lirst team
All-District honors. Senior
offensive tackle Robert Gar/a was
named second team All-District,
while junior center Hiram Saenz
received Honorable Mention
recognition.
On defense, senior linebacker
Richard Ouellcuc, who registered
203 total tackles for the season,
was named first team All District.
On offense, junior tailback Javier
Garcia, who was the district rushing
leader before his ankle injury in the
seventh game against McAllcn
High, joined offensive tackle
Robert Gar/a on the second team.
Garcia was also an explosive
threat rushing and receiving the
football, as he broke a 63-yard
touchdown run and made touchdown
receptions of 58 and 34 yards. He
wound up with over 600 yards
rushing despite missing virtually
all of the season's last four games.
On defense, senior defensive buck
Frankie Villanueva and junior down
lineman Zenaido Magallancs were
named second team All-District.
Villanueva registered 3
interceptions, while Magallancs
achieved a total of 82 tacklcs and 4
quarterback sacks.
On offense, junior center Hiram
Saenz, senior quarterback R.J.
Ramirez and junior fullback Basilio
Acevedo received Honorable
Mention All-District recognition.
Ramirez passed for more than
1000 yards, scored 7 touchdowns
himself, and repeatedly tormented
enemy defenses on running plays.
Acevedo provided another lethal
running threat, as he broke
touchdown runs of 75, 62, and 36
yards.
Javier Garcia also rcccivcd
Honorable Mention honors for his
punting.
Rio Linebacker Ouellette
Has Banner Season
Rio Grande City High School
senior linebacker Richard Ouellette
has just concluded a tremendous
football season that ranked him
among the lop tacklers and
defensive players in South Texas
and the entire state
Rio Grande City defensive
coordinator Julio Ayala praised
Ouellette by saying, "H, is without
a doubt one of the finest players
ever to come out of Rio Grande
City."
For the season, Ouellette totaled
203 tacklcs, of which 113 were
solo tackles and 90 were assisted
tackles. He also achieved two pass
interceptions, three lumblc
recoveries and seven tackles ol
opposition running backs behind
the line of scrimmage
Ayala said that Oucllciic's total
of tacklcs should rank among the
highest in the entire state Ayala
contended that Ouellette, named
first-team All-District, should have
been rccogni/ed as the district's
most valuable defensive player, and
said that a lack ol publicity in the
Valle\ media was the mam thing
that prevented hint Irom receiving
this honor.
Head Coach Jorge Luis Pena said
ol Ouellette. Our success on
defense was mainly credited to the
way Richard played In my opinion,
he's by lar the best linebackcr in
this district.''
Pena added, "He is strong
academically; you know that he
will be consistent and steady. He
knows how to play w ith pain. He
definitely was the backbone of our
defense."
Coach Ayala stressed, "There was
no doubt that he was the heart of
the defense because he was the most
consistent tackier and was a great
pass defender Frequently, we used
him as our fourth defensive
halfback when we laced teams with
four wide receivers and only one
running back."
Ayala said that Ouellette has
strong academic credentials, noting
that he is a straight A student in his
classes at Rio Grande City High
Sch(x)l.
Ayala said, "He was the
quarterback of the defense in
making all the necessary
adjustments...He is a very
impressive and quiet leader who
imposed leadership through
example."
The defensive coordinator
commented, "What was impressive
about the young man was that he
had the power to stop the plays up
the middle and the speed to catch
halfbacks on wide sweeps."
Ouellette, who turned 17 in
March, is 5 feet, 11 inches tall and
weighs 185 pounds. He has 4.7
speed in the 40-yard dash,
Ayala praised Oucllciic's ability
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Richards Campaigns In RGC;
Warns About Drug Dangers
By KENNETH ROBERTS
State Treasurer Ann Richards
brought her campaign for the
Democratic gubernatorial
nomination to Rio Grande City
Tuesday afternoon, and took time to
warn high school students about the
dangers of drug and alcohol
addiction.
Richards first stopped by the
Multi-Purpose Center to visit with
Rio Grande City C1SD officials and
talk with supporters of her
campaign. She then spoke to
approximately 100 students at Rio
Grande City High School.
She then spent time in an
informal dialogue with local
supporters and educators at the
LaBorde House, with the focus of
the exchange being mainly on
educational issues. Richards said
that she was mainly present to
listen, not to talk.
Richards contended that a stronger
educational system in Texas should
make significant inroads in the
crime rate. About school financing,
she said, "You are going to get a
break on funds. They don't have a
choice any more."
Richards, who was elected State
Treasurer in 1982, told The Rio
Grande Herald, "The campaign
looks great; all the polls show me
leading."
Richards told The Herald that "the
Texas economy is on the way back.
We have to sell Texas across the
nation and across the world. We
have to build economic markets in
Mexico and Central America. We
have to pay more attention to the
backbone of Texas, which is small
business. We can help by providing
expertise."
Richards stressed, "We need to
sell Texas in the Pacific Rim
region and in Europe."
At Rio Grande City High
School, Richards was introduced by
RGCC1SD Business Manager
Romeo Lopez, who noted, "Ann
Richards, who is now a national
figure, is here to talk to you about
the dangers of drugs."
Richards commented wryly, "1
don't have to worry about Rattlers
being loose here."
She told the students, "When you
come into a high school, you never
forget what it was like when you
were in high school. I can
remember the uncertainties of that
age."
Richards stressed, "The time I
grew up was a simple time. We
didn't worry about the dangers of
nuclear war, the ozone layer, and
disposal of toxic wastes. We didn't
have to worry about drugs and the
horrors they inflct on you and your
families. There were not headlines
about drug lords then."
Richards said, "Addiction is also
a problem in the smaller towns. We
(the United States) have 5 percent
of the world's population and
consume 60 percent of the illegal
drugs. Alcohol causes more illness
and death than all illicit drugs
combined."
Richards commented, "The choice
you have to make is whether you're
going to (use drugs) or not." She
discussed a 15-year-old girl in
Austin who died recently of
alcoholism. This young girl had
drunk 15 glasses of tequila in the
evening that she expired.
Richards contended. "The
predisposition to that disease
(alcoholism) is inherited. You have
to lake a close look at your family
history. For a person susceptible to
addiction, a drug is a drug, whether
•it is legal or not."
The candidate said, "We know
that anything can trigger that
disease in us." Noting that she is a
recovered alcoholic, she indicated,
"What I did in that beer joint years
ago that didn't chcck ID s was what
everyone else was doing."
She stressed, "There is a
difference between that first beer and
the realization that you need it. If
you think you have a problem, ask
for help. If you think your parents
have a problem, ask for help. As
long as you deny what could be a
serious problem, it is a killer."
Edinburg
attorney
murdered
page 4
In her case, said Richards, "Over
the years, n look more and more
alcohol to have ihe same effects.
What happened in someone else's
life could happen to you. Thirty
five years later, 1 ended up in a
hospital for alcoholics. It had a
tremendous effect on my children,
my family and certainly on me."
Richards told the s'^dents, "Your
body and mind arc important
mechanisms. Over the long run,
you are setting yourselves up for a
major fall if you use drugs. Eighty
percent of the people in the Texas
Department of Corrections arc there
for crimes committed under the
influence of alcohol or drugs."
Richards suggested, "Learn to
enjoy now. Realize that ihis is
life."
Richaids concluded, "1 came here
to talk to you because it helps me."
Richards was clcctcd State
Treasurer in 1982 after serving as a
Travis County Commissioner for
six years. Her keynote speech at the
1988 Democratic Naronal
Convention catapulted her into
national prominence.
Commissioners Focus On
Elevator At Meeting
Richard Ouellette
to play with pain, noting thai "this
year, he played three games with an
injured shoulder He played ihe
season finale against La Joya wuh a
pulled muscle in his upper leg. He
has never missed a practice in four
years, even when he was hurt.
Ayala stressed, Obviously, he
plays well in spite of injury, which
is the sign of a quality player.
Ouellette had six games during
the I9S9 season in which he made
20 or more tackles. His season high
was 24 tackles against Donna on
Nov. 3.
Ayala noted that Ouellette
"moved from an outside linebacker
(See OUELLETTE, Page 5)
At their continued regular
meeting Friday, the County
Commissioners focused on the
operational problems of the
courthouse elevator.
Gilbert A Rasmussen of
Montgomery Elevator Company in
Corpus Chris 11 told the
commissioners, You've developed
a rust hole in the cylinder; the part
that goes down into the ground."
Rasmussen stressed, "This is a
not a unique situation to you.
There's no way to visually check it
when it's in the ground. The ideal
thing is to get the cylinder out of
the ground It might be possible to
slip a metal liner inside. Corrosion
continues to attack the outside."
Rasmussen indicated. If we're
not able to rcslecve it, we may need
to rcdrill the hole. In the worst
case, the initial startup would be
SI7,000, if nothing goes wrong and
it takes no additional time to drill
the holes. The cost of hanging the
cylinder would be S800."
In response to a question,
Rasmussen said, "I don't think the
county is prepared to spend the
money needed, up to S80.000, for a
geared elevator"
Precinct One Commissioner Jose
Maria ' Chema" Alvarez suggested,
"Let's let them go ahead and chcck."
A motion was passed authorizing
the County Judge to advertise for
bids if necessary at a later time lor
repair of the elevator. For now,
Montgomery Elevator Company
will be coming down to investigate
the problem and its scope.
Rasmussen, Yourc looking at
least at a month (for firm answers
to be forthcoming).
A resolution favoring the
establishment of a cattle port of
entry in Starr County was
approved, at the suggestion of
Precinct Four Commissioner
Reynaldo "Moreno" Alaniz. The
site of the port of entry will be
worked out in the future.
Commissioner Alvarez rcccivcd
authorization to purchase a vehicle
from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage
Commission for S2500. Alvarez
said, "This car will be lor the
Constable of Precinct One. The
funds will come out of the Precinct
One budget."
Concerning the Housing
Authority insurance, Alvarez said,
"The personnel don't have insurance
and don't qualify anywhere They
asked me to sec if they could join
up with the county."
Judge J.M. Martinez, Jr., asked,
"Who's going to withhold from
their check?" County Attorney
Romero Molina indicated, "It (the
Housing Authority) is a separate
entity; they can have
self-insurance."
(See ELEVATOR, Page 4)
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Laura Reyna, pictured above with her young son
Pedro Alberto, was the lucky winner of the annual
Broyhill Showcase shopping spree sweepstakes given
away by F.delstein's Better Furniture in Rio Grande
City. Mrs. Keyna received $500 oi Broyhill furniture,
and chose a Broyhill bunk bed with a n.oyhill chest. To
her right is Ramiro Guerra, manager of the KdeUtein
store in Rio Grande City.
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Roberts, Kenneth. The Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 23, 1989, newspaper, November 23, 1989; Edinburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth195212/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.