Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 23, 1996 Page: 2 of 8
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BIO GRANDE HERALP-Thursday, May 23, 1996, Page 2
Ms. Maria Linda Salmon of Rio Grande City, Tx. announces the
engagement and forthcoming marriage of her daughter, Melissa Laura
Salmon, to Arnoldo Villarreal of La Victoria, Tx. The bride-elect is
also the daughter of Noel Lazaro Salmon, Jr. The bridegroom-elect is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roberto Villarreal of La Victoria. The
wedding ceremony will take place at Immaculate Conception Church
of Rio Grande City on June 22, 1996 at 4 p.m. The bride-elect
attended the University of Texas-Pan American and the University of
Texas at San Antonio under a double major. She is currently
employed by Embassy Suites Hotel in McAllen. Her fiance graduated
from the University of Texas at Austin School of Pharmacy. He is
currently employed as a registered pharmacist for Owens Health Care
at McAllen Medical Center. The grandparents of the bride-elect are
Maria C. Sanchez and Margil G. Sanchez, deceased, and Noel and
Lilia Salmon. The grandparents of the bridegroom-elect are Aniceto
Villarreal and Osme Villarreal, deceased, and Gilberto and Tonuisa
Martinez, both deceased.
Local TDHS celebrates
Secretaries Week
During Professional Secretaries
Week, Texas Department of Human
Services supervisors and worker
staff honored their unit secretaries,
technicians and clerks.
Unit Secretaries honored were
Eduina G. Guerra, Unit F3; Rosie
Rosas, Unit 56; and Elena Castillo,
Unit 59.
Technicians honored were Noemi
Garza, Unit 56; and Alma Muniz,
Unit 56. Clerks honored were
Yolanda Gutierrez, Unit F3; Cindy
Vera, Unit 56; Laura Gonzalez,
Unit 59; and Victor Flores, Unit
59.
These employees were rccognizcd
throughout the week. TDHS
showed appreciation on Tuesday,
April 26 by presenting orchid
corsagcs and gifts to each
employee. On Wednesday, they
were treated to lunch at Patio Del
Rio Restaurant and later were
treated to cake and punch at the
office. On Thursday, they were
treated to breakfast.
A THDS spokesman said, "This
was only a few ways of showing
our clerical staff how much they are
truly appreciated."
A i^ensp of humor keen enough to show i: man hi* own absurdities
as well an those of other people will keep a man from the commis-
sion of all sins, or nearly all, save those that are north committing.
—Samuel Butler
The Dancing Cowboy
is coming to the
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Saturday, May 25th
w<mr
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with Special Guest
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Doors Open 8 p.m. - Dance 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Tickets on Sale at:
Felix Meat Market. La Joya; Budget Mart, Grulla;
Rio Grande City at:
Erasmo's Liquor Store, Canales 1 & 2; Mi Ranchito Kountry Store
& Roma, South Border Store.
for more information call 487-4273
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Farm bill
briefing set for
May 31
On April 4, 1996, President
Clinton signed into law the new
Farm Bill. The new bill will be
called the Federal Agriculture
Improvement and Reform Act
(FAIR).
FAIR replaces current farm
programs with a system of
declining market transition
payments to participating producers
over the course of seven years. It
also gives farmers more flexibility
to plant crops so that are better to
respond to market forces.
The new law also contains a
number of environmental measures,
including the conservation reserve
program (CRP), wetlands reserve
program and environmental quality
incentives program.
The Cooperative Extension
Program and the Texas Agricultural
Extension Service will sponsor a
series of special briefings to inform
agricultural producers about the
recently enacted 1996 farm bill. A
briefing was previously conducted
on May 10 at the San Isidro Parish
Hall by Mr. Benny Cano, Farm
Service Agency County Director.
Another briefing will be held or.
May 31, 1996 at 11 a.m. at R.Y.
Livestock Sales, Inc.
Omar Montemayor, EA-1890
(Ag), and Enrique Perez, CEA-Ag,
emphasized, "We are very excited
about these programs and look
forward to seeing you. Please feel
free to contact us at (210) 487-2306
or (210) 487-5285 if you have any
questions."
Alberto Pena
deployed off
Liberian coast
Marine Lance Cpl. Alberto Pena,
son of Irene C. Pena of 214 Salinas
St. in Rio Grande City, is
participating in operations off the
west African coast of Liberia while
serving with the 22nd Marine
Expeditionary Unit embarked aboard
the ships of the U.S.S. Guam
Amphibious Ready Group.
Pena is one of 3400 Marines and
sailors who traveled from the
Adriatic Sea near Bosnia to help
evacuate U.S. citizens and other
designated citizens from Monrovia,
Liberia, due to increased looting and
lawlessness.
Pena is working as part of a
five-ship task force that includes 24
helicopters and 1500 Marines.
Pena's group traveled more than
3000 miles from the Adriatic Sea to
Liberia. While in the Adriatic, the
group had been off the coast ready
to support the peace
implementation forces in Bosnia.
Home based in Camp Lejeune,
(See COAST, Page 8)
SORORITY MEETING HELD- Alma Uloria T. Gonzalez, at left, was hostess for a
meeting of Texas Laureate Zeta Theta of Beta Sigma Phi held in May. Presiding was
the vice-president, Nelda Laurel, center. Vangie Anderson, at right, presented the
program entitled "How Film Makers Create their Effects."
Sorority holds special effects
program at May meeting
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Hollywood's best kept trade
secrets were revealed during a
program of Texas Laureate Zeta
Theta of Beta Sigma Phi in May.
Vangie Anderson presented the
program following a business
meeting in the home of the hostess.
Alma Gloria T. Gonzalez, with
Vice-President Nelda Laurel
presiding.
"How Film Makers Create their
Effects" focused on the 1996
Dream Catcher theme. Mrs.
Anderson used examples from well-
known movies to explain how
special effects are created, such as in
"King Kong," which featured and
18 inch high model back-projected
onto a screen behind the real actress
and then filmed from the front.
Front projection, on the other hand,
is used to create the effect of flying,
as in the movie "Superman."
Adding scenery to action is often
done by the use of matte painting,
as in "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
This technique evolved from glass
painting, invented in the 1930's.
Puppetry was one of the secrets
behind the movies "Alien" and
"ET," and miniatures and models
are also very effective.
Safety comes first in creating
explosions, from the blowing-up of
models to the destruction of full-
sized buildings. Since actors and
stunt men are usually involved, it
is crucial that the explosions are
safety carried out. Storms at sea,
weather they involve ancient
galleys hurling balls of fire or
Second World War battleship with
blazing guns, naval scenes are
usually filmed in a studio tank,
revealed the presenter, who also
explained how "bullets and blood"
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THE
RIO GRANDE
HERALD
James V. Mathis
President - Publisher
(1967-1991)
(USPS 466-200)
is published weekly for $15.70 per
year in Starr County and S18.75 per
year out-of-county by Rio Grande
Herald Publishing Co. Inc., Pearl
Austin Mathis, President-Publisher,
Travis A. Mathis and Will N.
Mathis, co-owners; 215 E. Univer-
sity Drive, Edinburg, Texas 78539.
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TER: Send address changes to The
Rio Grande Herald, P.O. Box 452
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Editor
Kenneth Roberts
Advertising And Business
Director
Perla 0. Bazan
Assistant Director-Circulation
Gloria Martinez
were created that are not harmful to
the actors.
Mrs. Anderson stated that behind
almost every spectacular fall from a
horse, plunge form a cliff, hair-
raising car crash or furious fist fight
is agreed of specialists—the
stuntmen. Despite their dangerous
work, many remain obscure and
unsung, although a few achieve
fame and become stars. Great
precautions are taken for all stunts,
especially those involving fire,
considered to be among the most
dangerous of all.
"All the special effects developed
and used by the stage and screen
industries have served to make the
viewer's experience an realistic and
exciting one," concluded the
speaker.
The hostess served a delicious
meal following the meeting and
program.
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SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS---Yvette Izaguirre
(pictured in cap and gown) and Yvette Rivera were the
1996 Roma High School recipients of the Starr County
Fair Association scholarships of $1,000 each. Yvette
Izaguirre, a three year participant in the Starr County
Fair, plans to major in health sciences at Del Mar
College. She hopes to work in radiology or radiology
technology. At the Starr County Fair, she has shown
steers, rabbits, and a hull. She was a band member for
two years and has been a member of the Roma Mariachi
for the past two years. Yvette Rivera, who plans to
attend the University of Texas at Pan American, is a
four year participant «n the Starr County Fair. She
hopes for a career in law. A four year member and
currently the president of Roma High School's Art
Club, her participation in the Starr County Fair has
been in the Art Division.
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Roberts, Kenneth. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 23, 1996, newspaper, May 23, 1996; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth195549/m1/2/: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.