Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 18, 1993 Page: 5 of 10
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RGC Woman's Club
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RIO (iKANDK HKKALD • Thursday, February 18, 1993, Pag«* 5
The Rio Grande City Woman's
Club held its first meeting of the
year at the home of Mrs. Javier C.
Ramirez on Jan. 21, 1993.
Mrs. Roberto Cruz,
vice-president, called the meeting to
order. Reports were given by club
officers, standing committees and
department chairmen.
A report was given that Dcnise
Margo, a sophomore at Rio Grande
City High School, was selected to
attend the HOBY Foundation
Leadership Seminar. She will be
sponsored by the Rio Grande City
Woman's Club and the Florence J.
Scott Study Club.
Mrs. Felipe Ramon presented the
program "Leadership in the 90's".
She introduced the speakers, Mrs.
Virginia Garcia accompanicd by her
husband Lorenzo Garcia, principal
at Ringgold Intermediate School;
and Mrs. Josie Gucrra, Director of
Elementary Education.
Mrs. Garcia is the teacher in
charge of the HOSTS Program at
Ringgold Intermediate. She
explained ihc program to the
members. HOSTS Program stands
for "Help One Student to Succeed."
It is a program that teaches
Language Arts and provides
individual help by using
community volunteers.
She asked for volunteers to give
one hour or more a day to help
these students. Members
volunteering at this time arc Mrs.
Dorothy Anderson, Mrs. Frances
LaGrange and Mrs. Dorothy
Peterson.
The second part of this program
was presented by Mrs. Josie Guerra,
to
to
at
Director of Elementary Education
She spoke on the changes in our
schools and why we have these
changes.
She also spoke on the many
challenges in our schools, some of
these being social conditions, low
test scores, the spread of addictive
drugs, family conditions, the rise in
child abuse and television.
Other changes include the
site-based decision making process.
Decisions arc now being made at
the campus level and recommended
to the central office and then
forwarded to the board. All these
changes arc only to achieve the
American goal by the year 2000.
The members considered the
program very informative.
On Feb. 4, the Rio Grande City
Woman's Club met at the home of
Mrs. Roberto Cruz.
Mrs. James Shaeffer called the
meeting to order, and reports were
given.
The program for the evening was
"Slay Alive at 55," by Mrs. A.V.
Peterson.
Mrs. Frank Anderson introduced
the speaker, Mario Segura, R.N.
Mr. Segura graduated from Rio
Grande City High School in 1971.
He attended Pan American
University and received an
Associate Degree in Nursing in
1975 and his B.S.N, in 1989.
In 1991 he received his Master's
degree in Nursing in Critical Care
from U.T. Health Service Care in
Houston with honors. He worked in
Houston under Dr. Michael
DeBakey for five years. Mr. Segura
directed open-heart surgery inter-care
units in Saudi Arabia for 1 1/2
years.
He has been at Starr County
Hospital, where he is Director of
Nursing, since 1983. He is a
part-time faculty member at
UT-Pan American and a part-time
nurse consultant at Health Care in
Houston in Diabetes in Starr
County.
He is married to the former
Louise Peel and they have one
daughter and tliree sons.
Mr. Segura spoke to the
members about staying alive at 55.
He explained the many problems
that we can encounter as our bodies
change after age 55. Researchers
have recommended that people stay
active physically, and stay active
and involved with family, friends
and community.
Modern conveniences have done
too much harm with our bodies.
We have used the cars too often to
make errands that can be done with
walking, as well as the use of TV
controls instead of walking to the
television set and changing
channels.
Exercise by walking 20 minutes
a day will help our bodies by
increasing our pulse, keeping our
circulation under control, and
keeping our lungs, kidneys and
brain working correctly.
Other problems that we encounter
after 55 are gaining weight, high
cholesterol and high blood pressure,
and the possibility of getting
diabetes.
Members saw a video tape on
exercises that can be done while
sitting.
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The Rio Grande City High School powerlifters pictured above excelled at the Feb.
6 meet at Lyford. Joe A. Garcia, far left, finished first in the 165-pound class. Alex
Longoria, middle, came in second in the 181-pound class, and Vivian Amador, far
right, finished third in the 132-pound class. (RGCCISD Photo).
RGC powerlifters win first
at Tuloso-Midway meet
The Rio Grande City High
School powerlifting team achieved
an overall first place finish at the
Tuloso-Midway meet in the Corpus
Christi area on Saturday, Feb. 13.
Coach Gary Hargens expressed
the opinion that both '.he team and
individual lifters are making steady
progress, adding that "some of the
kids were able to lift a little bil
more," than in previous weeks.
Hargens stressed, "The next two
weeks at Rio Grande City and
Donna will involve rugged
competition."
Saturday's win at the
Tuloso-Midway meet was Rio's
second first place finish of the year.
Josue Presa finished first in the
123-pound class, and Ffren Morin
came in second in the 123-pound
class. Julio Perez finished second in
the 132-pound class.
Oscar Vela finished third in the
148-pound class. Omar Gucrra and
Osiel Ramos finished fourth and
fifth in the 148-pound class.
Chago Carrion finished first in
the 165-pound class, and Joe A.
Garcia finished fourth in that same
class.
D.J. Flores and Mario Lopez
finished second and third,
respectively, in the 181-pound
class.
Rio also achieved solid results at
the Lyford meet on Feb. 6. Joe
Garcia finished first in the
165-pound class.
Alex Longoria finished second in
the 181-pound class, and Vivian
Amador came in third in the
132-pound class.
Cleo Rodriguez and Aurelio
Galaviz finished fifth and sixth in
the 165-pound class.
In the Girls Division, Rio's
Kathy Garza achieved a sixth place
overall finish.
Hargens noted that Rio Grande
City High School will be hosting a
powerlifting meet this Saturday,
Feb. 20 beginning at 10 a.m. He
declared, "About 10 schools are
expected to participate."
Candidacy
Continued from Page 1
comparable to other border area
schools," Gucrra said. "It is far
more meaningful to say that our
schools are doing just as poorly as
other area schools."
All three candidates indicated that
there has been a strong show of
support for their candidacy from
community residents.
Vera said that die democratic way
is to use the political process to get
sleeted, but that "the education
system itself should not be
politicized."
When pledging his support for
the candidates, a prominent young
business leader described it as
"backing a just cause for better
education, not a political
movement," Guerra commented.
The candidates promised an active
campaign which will bring the
issues and concerns to all the
residents of the school district.
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petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.
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Roberts, Kenneth. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 18, 1993, newspaper, February 18, 1993; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth195380/m1/5/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.