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RIO GRANDE HERALD-Thursday, March, 27 1997, Page 2
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INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION---Judge Sally Jessy
Raphael selected Gladys Garza of Rio Grande City as an
attendant to the 1997 Valentine Queen of Beta Sigma
Phi International from over 1,200 contestants. Gladys,
an active member of Texas B«;ta Zeta Omicron, was
honored on the cover of "The Torch" of Beta Sigma Phi,
an international publication.
Troop 93 Scouts
welcome new
members
Boy Scout Troop 93 of Rio
Grande City recently welcomed
eight boys as new members.
The new members of Troop 93
are Antonio Olivarez IV, Daniel E.
Lopez, Kasey P. AJcin, Julio A.
Longoria, Roel Omar Longoria,
Cruz Solis, Jason F. Roberts and
Jose M. Villarreal II. Troop 93 also
has one new Assistant Scoutmaster,
Mrs. Rosa A. Roberts, and one
Committeewoman, Mrs. Leticia
Solis. The new members are from
the Flying Eagle Patrol.
At the campout held over the
weekend at the Penitas Baptist
Church in Penitas, members of the
Scorpion Patrol elected Fidel Garcia
as Patrol Leader and Homero Lopez
as Assistant Patrol Leader. Other
members of the patrol are Basilio
D. Villarreal, Miguel A. Lopez,
Jesus Albert Garcia, Billy Joe
Garcia, Iram Flores, Allen Aguilar
and Jacob A. Wiley.
Scout J. Garcia is Senior Patrol
Leader and Scout David Ibarra is
Assistant Senior Patrol Leader.
Scout Raudel Rodriguez serves as
Scout Guide.
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IBC RECEPTION PAYS TRIBUTE TO VOLUNTEERS, YOUTH -The second annual
reception hosted during the Starr County Fair by the International Bank of
Commerce was a big success. The purpose of the event is to honor those who have
helped make the fair a success through their contributions of time and/or money.
Also recognized were the 1997 Parade Marshalls Mr. and Mrs. Omar Garza, the 1997
Starr County Fair Queen Gabriela Garza, and the 1997 Starr County Fair Association
Scholarship recipients, Pedro Laurel IV and Sandra I). Pena of San Isidro High
School; Tracy Anderson and Lizette Flores of Rio Grande City High School; and
Emily Garcia and Edgar Ramon of Roma High School. Shown are, front 1-r, Pedro
Laurel IV, Emily Garcia, Gabriela Garza, Lizette Flores, and Tracy Anderson; back I-
r, Omar Garza, Ruben Chapa of IBC, Roy Cantu of IBC, and James Peterson,
president of the Starr County Fair Association. Chapa and Cantu also serve on the
Board of Directors of the Fair, as does Garza. The event was well-attended, and
those present enjoyed a dinner of carne asada with all the trimmings.
Sorority gives international Fair Association awards six
recognition to Gladys Garza scholarships of $1000 each
Gladys Garza of Rio Grande
City was chosen as an attendant to
the 1997 Valentine Queen of Beta
Sigma Phi International. Selected
from over 1,200 contestants,
Gladys is the first Hispanic sorority
sister to be honored on the cover of
"The Torch" of Beta Sigma Phi, an
international publication. Judge for
the 1997 Valentine contest was
Sally Jessy Raphael.
Gladys, 26, a wife, a mother,
and a very active member of Texas
Beta Zeta Omicron, has been a
sorority sister for four years. She
states that she doesn't know what
she'd do without the good friends
she's made in the sorority. "I owe a
big thanks to my aunt-in-law
Selenia Garza and sorority
sister/best friend Sophia Garza, who
introduced me to Beta Sigma Phi,
as well as to all of my sorority
sisters of Texas Beta Zeta
Omicron."
Currently, Gladys is serving on
both the telephone and yardstick
committees. Texas Beta Zeta
Omicron donates hundreds of dollars
to the Breast Cancer Research Fund
each year, assists at their annual
blood drive, and provides
scholarships to local graduating
seniors. The chapter is no stranger
to rushing excellence, having
rushed six new members this
year.
Gladys considers the cultural
development and social activities of
Texas Beta Zeta Omicron to be a
big benefit to her as a member.
She adds, "I look forward to many
more years of membership in Beta
Sigma Phi.
Gladys is known by her sorority
sisters as being very easy-going,
friendly, enthusiastic, creative, and
pleasant. She is a true people-
person, for whom relationships are
all-important. Friends consider her
to be a good listener and fair-
minded, so that other people like
being around her.
At home, Gladys likes spending
time with Hector, her husband of
six years, and their sons, Hector
Rolando, 3, and Dante Daniel, 1.
She's presently a junior at the
University of Texas Pan American,
studying for her degree in Spanish
Education. She enjoys substitute
teaching for the local schools, and
she loves to spend time with
friends. Her hobbies include
collecting bird houses, antiques, and
handmade dolls.
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Benedictine Sisters
plan April 5 retreat
All interested persons are invited
to a day of retreat on April 5
focused on the "Mercy of God", and
sponsored by the Benedictine
Sisters of the Good Shepherd in El
Sauz.
The devotion to Divine Mercy
began in 1931, when a young
Polish nun, Sr. Faustina Kowalska,
saw a vision of Jesus with rays of
mercy streaming from the area of
His Heart. In a series of revelations,
He taught her that His mercy is
unlimited and available even to the
greatest sinners.
By 1938, "Devotion to the
Divine Mercy" has spread
throughout eastern Europe. In
1953, an international center for the
"Divine Mercy" was opened in
Massachusetts.
The Sunday after Easter in 1993,
(Mercy Sunday), Pope John Paul II
solemnly beatified, (the last step
before sainthood), Sister Faustina
in Rome.
This day of retreat in El Sauz
will provide opportunities to
worship and praise our God of
Mercy, experience God's Mercy
through the Sacrament of
Reconciliation, receive teachings on
the Mercy of God, view a video on
"A Time of Mercy" and participate
in the Sacrament of the Eucharist.
This retreat will be held in Our
Lady of Guadalupe Mission Church
in El Sauz. Arrival time is 8:30
a.m. and closure time is 7 p.m.
Interested persons should call
486-2680 or 487-5344 or 487-4278
for more information and for
registration.
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No Fried
Fridays
Try a freshly made Tuna Sub instead of
something deep fried and greasy.
regular 6" sub for only
$499
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Whales are born tail first.
When giving birth, mother whales
are often helped by other whales.
The Starr County Fair
Association has announced its 1997
scholarship recipients.
The six honorees, who will
graduate from Starr County high
schools in May, have each been
awarded $1000 scholarships from
the Starr County Fair Association,
announced James Peterson,
president, who stated, "We are very
proud to present these scholarships
annually. Helping the youth of
Starr County is the primary goal of
the Fair Association."
Recipients of the 1997 Stan-
County Fair Association
scholarships are Lizette Flores and
Tracy L. Anderson of Rio Grande
City High School, Edgar Ramon
and Emily Garcia of Roma High
School, and Sandra D. Pena and
Pedro Laurel IV of San Isidro High
School.
Lizette, who participated in the
fair every year since 1987, plans to
attend the University of Texas-Pan
American and major in Biology.
She plans to pursue a career in
medicine and would like to become
a pediatrician. She states, "I like
working and helping children." She
considers her most significant
activities in the Starr County Fair
to be beef, sheep, and rabbits.
Lizette has been very active in
community service through 4-H and
earned a trip to National 4-H
Congress in Florida. She is serving
as president of her 4-H Club and is
a past president of the Starr County
4-H Council.
Tracy, who plans to attend the
University of Texas at Austin and
major in elementary education, has
been a participant in the fair every
year since 1989. Her choice of
education as a career began with her
participation in the BES'IT Class.
She states, "I have had the privilege
to work with young students and
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Tracy is president of the Starr
County 4-H Council and a past
president of Starr Grande 4-H Club.
Her most significant activities
related to the fair were rabbits,
baking, market hogs, poultry, and
arts and crafts.
Edgar, a seven-year participant in
the Starr County Fair, plans to
attend the University of Texas at
Austin to prepare for a career in
law, a field in which he has shown
a tremendous amount of interest
ever since he was a little boy. He
states, "I want a career that will
help me live in comfort and that
will give me enough income to
help out my parents. They have
done so much for me."
Edgar's major projects in the fair
include market hogs, goats, and
rabbits. This award-winning band
student at Roma High School is
also active in athletics and has
received Who's Who and
All-American Scholar honors.
Emily, who plans to attend Texas
A&M University-Corpus Christi
and become a registered nurse, is a
four-year participant in the Stan-
County Fair. She hopes to become
a nurse because, "I love to help and
work with people.
This active co-head cheerleader at
Roma High is also serving her
second term as president of Roma
FFA. She stays busy showing
steers at the Starr County Fair and
at prospect shows all over the
Valley, having won Grand
Champion at the County Fair twice
and at the Rio Grande Valley
Livestock Show last year. Emily
enjoys participating in pageants and
t has excelled in this area as well.
Sandra Pena plans to attend Texas
A&M University in College
Station. She hopes to be an
j international business corporate
. lawyer "because of the summer
programs I have attended, such as
i the Business Administration
Enrichment Program at Texas
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A&M, Texas Girls State, and the
National Young Leaders
Conference."
A fair participant her first three
high school years, Sandra had
projects in the baking, clothing,
and educational poster divisions.
Currently president of the Future
Homemakers of America at Sari > )
Isidro, she has been a class officer
and is active in Student Council,
holding office at the district level.
Pedro, who has been involved
with the fair since 1989, will be
attending Texas A&M
University-Kingsville to obtain a
degree in Agriculture Education in
preparation for a career as a County
Agent or Animal Science
instructor.
Pedro states, "My interest and
devotion is to assist youth and
provide an educational environment
to the community." He considers
his most significant projects in the
fair to be heifers, steers, bulls, meat
goats, rabbits, baking, and arts and
crafts. He has served as president of
the San Isidro 4-H Club, I)
vice-president of the Starr County
4-H Council, and reporter for his
FFA Chapter.
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seeks mentors
The Help One Student To
Succeed Program at Grulla Middle ))
School needs mentors to tutor
students.
The HOSTS Center at GMS
currently services about 60 students
who get help in language arts skills
via an individualized lesson plan
generated according to the students'
educational needs.
HOSTS provides materials
needed to enhancc the students'
strong points and to help them
overcome their weaknesses in a>
language arts. "
It is not difficult for a
community member to help one
student to succeed in HOSTS.
Mentors are asked to volunteer one
hour a week on either Tuesday,
Wednesday or Thursday to spend
with a HOSTS student.
For information, please call Ms.
Tomasita Cruz at 210-487-8579.
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Roberts, Kenneth. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 27, 1997, newspaper, March 27, 1997; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth195593/m1/2/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.