Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 20, 1997 Page: 3 of 8
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RIO GRANDE HERALD-Thursday, November 20,1997, Page 3
# RGC schools respond overwhelmingly to help hurricane victims
The Rio Grande City
Cot iolidated Independent School
Disi ict responded in an
"overwhelming" fashion to calls of
help for the victims of Hurricane
Pauline.
£ Nearly 2,000 items of canned
goods and other nonperishable food
stuffs were collected in less than a
week to give to the people ravaged
by the recent killer storm that
pounded the west coast of Mexico.
"I feel very good that we were
able to help the victims of the
hurricane," said RGCCISD
£ Superintendent Ramon Hinojosa.
District administrators asked
students and parents to contribute a
canned good to help hurricane
victims lasi week.
So far, the Rio Grande City
school district has contributed more
than a ton of food stuff to help
Mexicans.
"It was a total community
effort," Hinojosa said, "and it
shows our community can respond
quickly to a crisis."
Maria Louisa Olivarez-Garcia,
who works for the McAllen ISD,
coordinated the relief effort along
with officials from the Mexican
Consulate, Centro Cultural
Mexicano and the Association of
Bi-national Education.
"We're just delighted with the
response," said Olivarez-Garcia,
who is chairperson of the
Educational Committee. "The
response has been overwhelming.
We are very appreciative."
She said Continental Airlines
has already 11 own several tons of
medical items, food and clothing
from the Valley to the Acapulco
area, which was hardest hit by
Pauline.
She said IS Valley school
districts have contributed "several
tons" of food, clothing and other
items to help our southern
neighbors.
In the Rio Grande City area,
students from Roque Guerra,
Ringgold, La Union, Hinojosa and
Grulla elementaries contributed
heavily to the relict effort.
The food items, numbering in
the thousands, weie piled in boxes
in a portable building at Grulla
Elementary School, awaiting
transport to McAllen and then to
Mexico.
"I think it has been a very good
response," Grulla Elementary
Principal Rose Marie Pefia said.
"The students and parents are
behind this and very willing to
help."
Jose Trigo, the school's assistant
principal, said the community
responded quickly to the call for
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Costume contest winners
The North Grammar Elementary School Costume Contest winners for students in grades 1 and 2 are (back, left
to right) Courtney Cruz, Mary Rodriguez, Jose Reyna, Gabriela Teran, Yajaira Fernandez and Cipriano Gonzalez.
In front are Lizette Rodriguez, Adulfonso Garcia Jr., Christina Montalvo and Ernesto Gonzalez Jr. (RGCCISD/
Bush photo)
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They are behind this l(X)
percent. It's tor a good cause,"
Trigo said.
The Mexican consulate office and
the Centro Cultural Mexicano
asked area school districts to
participate in a massive campaign
to bring relief to victims of
Pauline.
Mexican officials said other
organizations or individuals already
donated clothes, bedding and
medications.
The officials made arrangements
with Continental Airlines to
process the goods and deliver them
straight to Acapulco, where
designated persons have been
assigned to distribute the goods to
the people in need.
Olivarez-Garcia said the relief
effort will continue for the people
in the Acapulco area, especially to
help the children.
"We have other things we would
like to do." said Olivarez-Garcia, a
1957 graduate of Rio GrandeCity
High School.
She said her agency would like to
obtain school supplies to help
students get the educational system
back to normal.
For information, please call 716-
6989.
Market hog
validation
on Nov. 25
Local 4-H'ers and FFA members
planning to exhibit market hog
projects at the Starr County Youth
Fair must validate their projects at
County Validation, which is
scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 25 at
tlie Star; County Fairgrounds
between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Animals not validated at that
time will not be eligible to enter
the Starr County Youth Fair, the
Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show
or other major livestock shows.
Anyone seeking further information
should contact County Extension
Agent Enrique Perez at 487-2306.
Helping hands
Grulla Elementary School Assistant Principal Joel Trigo (left) and
Principal Rose Marie Pena (right) are joined by third grader Amy Villarreal
and fifth grader Jessica Garza near the boxes of canned goods donated by
Rio Grande City CISD students to help victims of Hurricane Pauline
Students and staff donated some 2,000 items of food to ehlp their Mexican
neighbors.
Miss RGC pageant
set for December 7th
Crisabel Barrera will be
relinquishing her crown as Miss
Rio Grande City on Sunday, Dec. 7
at the Rio Grande City Pageant
sponsored by the Rio Grande City
Chamber of Commerce.
Crisabel is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jesse Barrera. She is a 17-
year-old junior at Rio Grande City
High School. Crisabel is a busy
teenager with an interesting array of
hobbies which include playing the
piano, reading adventure novels,
baking and trying out new recipes
and dancing to the ever popular
Tejano music.
This year's pageant will not only
include the Miss Rio Grande City
division, but will have three other
divisions. The four divisions are as
follows: MISS RIO GRANDE
CITY, 15 to 20 years old; TEEN
MISS, 12 to 14 years old; JUNIOR
MISS, 8 to 11 years old; PETITE
MISS, 4 to 7 years old. The entry
fee for all divisions is S25.
The complete rules and
regulations will be available at all
Rio Grande City schools principals
offices and at the Chamber of
Commerce office at 602 East Main
Street at the LaBorde House.
For more information, interested
persons can contact Suzanna
Rodriguez at the Chamber of
Commerce at 487-3024.
Entries must be received by
Thursday, Dec. 4 at the Chamber of
Commerce office. The pageant will
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Roberts, Kenneth. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 20, 1997, newspaper, November 20, 1997; Edinburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth195627/m1/3/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.