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By Kathy Olivarez T he proposed rezoning of 0.25 acres in Mead- ow Creek Country Club & Lake Reserve Phase I from AO-I to R-2 brought residents out in force to pro- test the change at the April 11 Mission City Council meeting Mission Planning Direc- tor Danny Tijerina told the council the item was ap- proved by the Planning and Zoning Commission when they considered it. His rec- ommendation was denied since there was so much op- position to the change. Tijerina told the council some of the discussion had been about increased traf- fic driving at high speeds through the area, an overflow of parking since there were four proposed residences on the site and devaluation of homes nearby. The site is at the north- east corner of River Bend and Oasis Drive. When the plat was developed in 1987 the area in question was not platted for development and was considered to be part of the green space of the golf course and subdivision. A footnote on the plat specifies that the unplatted areas were to be left undeveloped for flood control in the subdivi- sion. In 2007, the city council denied rezoning of the same parcel, along with 11 other unplatted areas at Meadow Creek. Developer Ismena Garcia recently purchased the site with the idea of having it re- zoned from AO-I (agricultur- al interim) to R-2, which is for duplexes and four-plex- es. The lot measures 156 by 70 feet. Garcia plans to construct two duplexes on the site. At the council meeting she said she plans to build two bedroom/two bath units with one-car garages. She has developed similar prop- erties in the city, and owns 24 units on Oasis Drive nearby. Once again, residents were out in force to object to the change. Elaine L. Clinton, a Meadow Creek resident, spoke on behalf of a number of Winter Texans and other residents who live within the 200 feet required for notifi- cation of the zoning change. She protested the action after most of the Winter Texan residents were already gone. Clinton said the change to R-2 was forbidden by the Home Owners Association covenants, which states only a single-family residence could be built on the site if it was no longer considered a green area. The current homeowners do not want to see duplexes or apartments allowed in the subdivision where they chose to locate their homes. Mayor Beto Salinas asked why the people were in such an uproar. He looked at the map and noted there are townhouses and condos lo- cated on the streets adjacent to the site. He said he did not see why people opposed the duplexes. His comment drew boo’s from the audience. Audience members ex- plained that people who live in those condos or townhous- es own them. The condos are not rental property and the owners take care of their property. Those protesting the R-2 zoning expressed concern that the renters al- ready in the vicinity were creating problems such are speeding and using the golf course property improper- ly without authority. More rental units, they fear, would only exacerbate those prob- lems. Another resident asked why Home Owner’s Associ- ation had covenants if they did not have to be followed. After discussion Salinas suggested the matter be re- manded to the P&Z for fur- ther consideration. Clinton questioned why it needed to go back. She said Ned Sheats of the P&Z had his own agenda and did not want to hear their objections. He kept the P&Z from con- sidering their objections. Councilman Dr. Armando O’Cana agreed with Clinton, saying he would vote against remanding the item to the P&Z and said instead the council should have voted to deny the action. Speaking further with a group of residents from Meadow Creek, the Prog- ress Times was shown a note on the plat created in 1987 that specified any unplatted land was part of the drain- age system to keep the area from flooding. It should not be developed into residential areas. It specified that only single-family residences could be built on the site if developed. Clinton said nothing has changed since 2007 when residents protested the de- velopment of the unplatted areas. The Progress Times asked Salinas why he was allowing the green area to be devel- oped. He replied, the county had put in a $250,000 drain- age flume to remove flood- waters many years ago. The area no longer floods and the amount of green area set aside is no longer needed. Tijerina also explained it is not the city’s responsibil- ity to enforce the covenants of the Home Owner’s Asso- ciation (HOA). By Lea Victoria Juarez I n order to reduce the amount of speed-induced accidents on the freeway in Palmview, the police de- partment created the Crash Investigation Traffic En- forcement Unit. The department received complaints of speeding cars and decided to conduct a two-week study, which in- volved a speed trailer that logged passersby speed lim- it. Police Chief Chris Barrera said they clocked speeds as high as 85 miles per hour in a 65-speed limit zone. As a result, a three-person CITE team will patrol the main roads in effort to reduce the amount of rushing traffic. The concentrated locations are the interstate, FM 495, Business 83, La Homa Road and Abram Road. “The individuals that have complained to us, we’ll show them that by going out there and enforcing speed, it will reduce the amount of ac- cidents there,” Barrera said. “I think seeing the presence of law enforcement will sat- isfy our citizens.” From December 2015 until April, 145 accidents oc- curred on the main roads and 370 citations were issued, the chief said. Speed could be a contributing factor to some of these accidents, as well as drivers under the influence. “What it’s showing me is that the individuals that are speeding are running late to work or they’re see- UVAL launches city-wide butterfly project State Bar honors city attorney Lobos keep title hopes alive Chamber names new president INSIDE Jaime Tijerina was elected to membership in the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation for his outstanding pro- fessional achievements A high-tension game between cross-town ri- vals Palmview and La Joya resulted in a verbal exchange and a first- round loss The CEO began work with the Mission Cham- ber on Monday and brings 10 years of exec- utive experience to the position. See story page 5 See story page 6 See story page 12 Palmview police create crash unit If you need to go to the Meadow Creek residents in uproar over proposed zoning See PALMVIEW 12 Cesar Gonzalez and Yolanda Colin, sculptors of the Queen Butterfly, pose in front of their creation with Douglas Clark and Maxilou Link, as the new sculpture is installed in front of Mission city hall Tuesday morning. Progress Times photo CITE Unit 2016 Dodge Chargers Photo by Lea Victoria Juarez By Jim Brunson W hile the City of Hidalgo is home of the Killer Bee, Mission is home of the but- terfly. Maxilou Link, president of the Upper Valley Art League, and UVAL have launched a community-wide project to beautify the city with butterfly sculptures. While previous sculptures created by the Upper Valley Art League were of leaders from the community – for- mer Congressman Eligio “Kika” de la Garza and May- or Norberto “Beto” Salinas – this time the subjects for the artists are beautiful but- terflies in honor of Mission being home to the National Butterfly Center and hun- dreds of species of butter- flies. Tuesday morning, a sculp- ture of the Queen butterfly with its giant steel orange wings glistening in the sun- light was installed in front of Mission City Hall. City em- ployees installed the sculp- ture under the supervision of the Valley’s own famed sculptor Douglas Clark, and the artists who created the sculpture, Cesar Gonzalez and Yolanda Colin, both of Reynosa. The base of the sculp- ture is made of fiberglass, creating intricate details of the bark of a tree branch, a Queen caterpillar, and even a Queen’s green chrysalis dan- gling underneath the branch. Clark noted that the chrysalis is suspended by a steel cable and the antennas of the cat- erpillar are made of a flexi- ble wire to prevent breaking when curious children exam- ine the sculpture up close. Maxilou has a talent for engaging others in these ar- tistic endeavors, allowing them to be part of something enduring and beautiful. A few years ago, mem- bers of the Art League were invited to participate in the sculpting of Kika’s statue, and those who helped now take pride in knowing they helped create something of importance and beauty that is enduring. Today, Maxilou is inviting various organizations to take part as she envisions many more butterfly sculptures See BUTTERFLY 10 Friday, April 15, 2016 www.ptrgv.com | 50 Cents INDEX Entertainment | pg. 3 Lifestyle | pg. 2 Opinion | pg. 4 Sports | pg. 6 Obituaries | pg. 9 Classifieds | pg. 11

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By Kathy Olivarez

The proposed rezoning of 0.25 acres in Mead-ow Creek Country

Club & Lake Reserve Phase I from AO-I to R-2 brought residents out in force to pro-test the change at the April 11 Mission City Council meeting

Mission Planning Direc-tor Danny Tijerina told the council the item was ap-proved by the Planning and Zoning Commission when they considered it. His rec-ommendation was denied since there was so much op-position to the change.

Tijerina told the council some of the discussion had been about increased traf-fic driving at high speeds through the area, an overflow of parking since there were four proposed residences on the site and devaluation of homes nearby.

The site is at the north-east corner of River Bend and Oasis Drive. When the plat was developed in 1987 the area in question was not platted for development and was considered to be part of the green space of the golf course and subdivision. A footnote on the plat specifies that the unplatted areas were to be left undeveloped for flood control in the subdivi-sion.

In 2007, the city council

denied rezoning of the same parcel, along with 11 other unplatted areas at Meadow Creek.

Developer Ismena Garcia recently purchased the site with the idea of having it re-zoned from AO-I (agricultur-al interim) to R-2, which is for duplexes and four-plex-es. The lot measures 156 by 70 feet. Garcia plans to construct two duplexes on the site.

At the council meeting she said she plans to build two bedroom/two bath units with one-car garages. She has developed similar prop-erties in the city, and owns 24 units on Oasis Drive nearby.

Once again, residents were out in force to object to the change.

Elaine L. Clinton, a Meadow Creek resident, spoke on behalf of a number of Winter Texans and other residents who live within the 200 feet required for notifi-cation of the zoning change. She protested the action after most of the Winter Texan residents were already gone. Clinton said the change to R-2 was forbidden by the Home Owners Association covenants, which states only a single-family residence could be built on the site if it was no longer considered a green area. The current homeowners do not want to see duplexes or apartments

allowed in the subdivision where they chose to locate their homes.

Mayor Beto Salinas asked why the people were in such an uproar. He looked at the map and noted there are townhouses and condos lo-cated on the streets adjacent to the site. He said he did not see why people opposed the duplexes. His comment drew boo’s from the audience.

Audience members ex-plained that people who live in those condos or townhous-es own them. The condos are not rental property and the owners take care of their property. Those protesting the R-2 zoning expressed concern that the renters al-ready in the vicinity were creating problems such are speeding and using the golf course property improper-ly without authority. More rental units, they fear, would only exacerbate those prob-lems.

Another resident asked why Home Owner’s Associ-ation had covenants if they did not have to be followed.

After discussion Salinas suggested the matter be re-manded to the P&Z for fur-ther consideration.

Clinton questioned why it needed to go back. She said Ned Sheats of the P&Z had his own agenda and did not want to hear their objections. He kept the P&Z from con-

sidering their objections.Councilman Dr. Armando

O’Cana agreed with Clinton, saying he would vote against remanding the item to the P&Z and said instead the council should have voted to deny the action.

Speaking further with a group of residents from Meadow Creek, the Prog-ress Times was shown a note on the plat created in 1987 that specified any unplatted land was part of the drain-age system to keep the area from flooding. It should not be developed into residential areas. It specified that only single-family residences could be built on the site if developed.

Clinton said nothing has changed since 2007 when residents protested the de-velopment of the unplatted areas.

The Progress Times asked Salinas why he was allowing the green area to be devel-oped. He replied, the county had put in a $250,000 drain-age flume to remove flood-waters many years ago. The area no longer floods and the amount of green area set aside is no longer needed.

Tijerina also explained it is not the city’s responsibil-ity to enforce the covenants of the Home Owner’s Asso-ciation (HOA).

By Lea Victoria Juarez

In order to reduce the amount of speed-induced accidents on the freeway

in Palmview, the police de-partment created the Crash Investigation Traffic En-forcement Unit.

The department received complaints of speeding cars and decided to conduct a two-week study, which in-volved a speed trailer that logged passersby speed lim-it. Police Chief Chris Barrera said they clocked speeds as high as 85 miles per hour in a 65-speed limit zone.

As a result, a three-person CITE team will patrol the main roads in effort to reduce the amount of rushing traffic. The concentrated locations are the interstate, FM 495,

Business 83, La Homa Road and Abram Road.

“The individuals that have complained to us, we’ll show them that by going out there and enforcing speed, it will reduce the amount of ac-cidents there,” Barrera said. “I think seeing the presence of law enforcement will sat-isfy our citizens.”

From December 2015 until April, 145 accidents oc-curred on the main roads and 370 citations were issued, the chief said. Speed could be a contributing factor to some of these accidents, as well as drivers under the influence.

“What it’s showing me is that the individuals that are speeding are running late to work or they’re see-

UVAL launches city-wide butterfly project

State Bar honors city attorney

Lobos keep title hopes alive

Chamber names new president

INSIDE

Jaime Tijerina was elected to membership in the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation for his outstanding pro-fessional achievements

A high-tension game between cross-town ri-vals Palmview and La Joya resulted in a verbal exchange and a first-round loss

The CEO began work with the Mission Cham-ber on Monday and brings 10 years of exec-utive experience to the position.

See story page 5 See story page 6 See story page 12

Palmview police create crash unit

If you need to go to the

Meadow Creek residents in uproar over proposed zoning

See PALMVIEW 12

Cesar Gonzalez and Yolanda Colin, sculptors of the Queen Butterfly, pose in front of their creation with Douglas Clark and Maxilou Link, as the new sculpture is installed in front of Mission city hall Tuesday morning.

Progress Times photo

CITE Unit 2016 Dodge Chargers Photo by Lea Victoria Juarez

By Jim Brunson

While the City of Hidalgo is home of the Killer Bee,

Mission is home of the but-terfly.

Maxilou Link, president of the Upper Valley Art League, and UVAL have launched a community-wide project to beautify the city with butterfly sculptures.

While previous sculptures created by the Upper Valley Art League were of leaders from the community – for-mer Congressman Eligio “Kika” de la Garza and May-or Norberto “Beto” Salinas – this time the subjects for the artists are beautiful but-terflies in honor of Mission being home to the National Butterfly Center and hun-dreds of species of butter-flies.

Tuesday morning, a sculp-ture of the Queen butterfly with its giant steel orange wings glistening in the sun-light was installed in front of Mission City Hall. City em-ployees installed the sculp-ture under the supervision of the Valley’s own famed sculptor Douglas Clark, and

the artists who created the sculpture, Cesar Gonzalez and Yolanda Colin, both of Reynosa.

The base of the sculp-ture is made of fiberglass, creating intricate details of the bark of a tree branch, a Queen caterpillar, and even a Queen’s green chrysalis dan-gling underneath the branch. Clark noted that the chrysalis is suspended by a steel cable and the antennas of the cat-erpillar are made of a flexi-ble wire to prevent breaking when curious children exam-ine the sculpture up close.

Maxilou has a talent for engaging others in these ar-tistic endeavors, allowing them to be part of something enduring and beautiful.

A few years ago, mem-bers of the Art League were invited to participate in the sculpting of Kika’s statue, and those who helped now take pride in knowing they helped create something of importance and beauty that is enduring.

Today, Maxilou is inviting various organizations to take part as she envisions many more butterfly sculptures

See BUTTERFLY 10

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INDEX Entertainment | pg. 3Lifestyle | pg. 2 Opinion | pg. 4 Sports | pg. 6 Obituaries | pg. 9 Classifieds | pg. 11

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Business owners and bosses can treat hard-working administrative staff at the first Administrative Professionals Day Luncheon sponsored by the Education Foundation of Mission C.I.S.D. Organizing the event are Hiram Burgete and Minnie Rodgers (seated) and Ricardo Garza and Randy Perez (standing). Not pictured are Gustavo Martinez and Lori Lopez. Planned for Wednesday, April 27, at the Mission Community Center, arrive early at 11 a.m. to browse through the sponsor booths and to take advantage of various services being offered before the noon meal and magic show begin. Seating begins at 11:30 a.m. The 2016 Administrative Professional award winner will be announced, and door prizes will be given during the luncheon. Tickets are $25 per person. Tables for 10 can be reserved for $250. Reservations need to be made by April 17. For more information, contact Hiram Burguete at 323-5520 or Gus Martinez or Ana Gallardo at 323-5505.

Administrative Professionals Luncheon

April 15 – The next Edinburg World Birding Center Friday night program topic is Spring Migrations to learn about the varieties of birds migrating through the area this time of year. The program is free. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. It begins at 6 p.m. Space is limited; call 381-9922 to reserve a spot. The EWBC is located at 714 Raul Longoria Rd.

April 15 – Today is the deadline to sign-up for the Greater Mission Chamber of Commerce All “Fore” The Kids Golf Tournament. The tournament starts at 7:30 a.m. at the Club at Cimarron, 1200 S. Shary Rd. in Mission on Saturday, April 29. Funds will provide over 2,000 backpacks for the Mission CISD Back-to-School Bash. There will be hole-in-one, individual and team prizes. Entry fees are $500 for one, three-player team; individual player fee is $175. For more information, to become a sponsor, or to register, call 585-2727 or visit allforethekids.com.

April 16 – Join the Edinburg World Birding Center staff at 9:30 a.m. on a tour to explore and identify the Spring flowers in bloom and learn how to have them in a home garden. The program is included in the regular admission. Space is limited; call 381-9922 to reserve a spot. The EWBC is located at 714 Raul Longoria Rd.

April 16 – The UTRGV College of Education will host a Children’s Play Day at the Gladys Porter Zoo, 500 Ringgold St. in Brownsville in honor of the National Association for the Education of Young Children’s (NAEYC) Week of the Young Child. It runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Pre-service teachers will set up 25 different play stations around the Zoo with educational games from around the world. This event is included in the general admission or Zoo membership. For more info, call Dr. Diana H. Cortez-Castro at 465-8031.

April 16 – The Gladys Porter Zoo Saturday Safari, “Zoo Babies,” begins at 10 a.m. See some of the newest zoo animal residents and learn how they are cared for by their moms or zoo staff. It begins at 10 a.m. Cost is $15 per child—ages 4 and up—or adult. Pre-registration is required by calling 548-9453. The zoo is located at 500 E. Ringgold, Brownsville.

April 16 – The Rio Grande Valley Chapter, Texas Master Naturalist, presents an Introduction to Nature Photography workshop at the South Padre Island Birding Center, 6801 Padre Blvd. It is open to any level of photographer. Fee is $50. For details and registration, go to rgvctmn.org, An advanced workshop will be held Saturday, May 21. Instructor is Greg Storms a wildlife photographer and photographic consultant and guide at La Jarra Nature, Birding and Heritage Center. Registration is required; space is limited. Payment can be made by check or online with PayPal. For additional information, see rgvctmn.org or contact Heidi Linnemann at 797-2872 or [email protected].

April 17 – The Museum of South Texas History will host a multi-speaker presentation highlighting the graduate research of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s (UTRGV) program in Agroecology and Resilient Food Systems at 2 p.m. in the Courtyard Gallery. The program covers sustainable agriculture, community-supported agriculture, urban forestry and sustainable food systems followed by a Q&A session. The program is included in the regular museum admission. MOSTHistory is located on the courtyard square in Edinburg. Call 383-6911 for more info.

(To see the complete Coming Attractions calendar, go to ptrgv.)

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EDINBURG – Bert Og-den Fiesta dealership is hosting the First

Annual High School Mari-achi Band Competition and Cook-Off from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 30, at Fiesta Chevrolet, 4002 N. Exp. 281, Edinburg. All pro-ceeds benefit the Food Bank RGV. The mariachi band competition is open to local 32-5A, 32-4A and 32-3A high schools and will start

at 9 a.m.. Dahlia Guerra, UTRGV, will assist with judging. The cook-off will feature pan de campo, carne guisada and cabrito competitions with trophies for the top three in each event. Team registration is $150. More information or to RSVP, contact Philip Farias at [email protected] or 904-4513, or go to bertog-den.com/cookoff.htm.

Mariachi competition, cook-off benefits Food Bank RGV

The public is invited to a dedication ceremony at the Veterans War

Memorial of Texas in McAllen on Monday, April 18, at 10 a.m. N e w features have been added, and two WWI walls and a statue of George Washington will be dedicated. These projects were made possible by funding through

the sponsorship of the Rio Grande Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution located in McAllen and the Texas Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The Veterans War Memorial is on Galveston, located just northeast of the McAllen Convention Center at Ware Road and Expressway 83.

War Memorial to be dedicated April 18

Take a tour of the Rancho Lomitas outside of Rio Grande City and learn about the historical uses and properties of native plants with ranch owner and ethnobotanist Benito Treviño. Treviño will discuss how knowledge of local plants and their practical uses have helped people survive in the Rio Grande Valley for hundreds of years. Sponsored by the Edinburg World Birding Center (EWBC), participants head out from the EWBC, 714 Raul Longoria Rd., at 7:30 a.m. and arrive back at 3:30 p.m. Participants are encouraged to bring a sack lunch or money for lunch. Seating is limited; call 383-6911 at least two days before the trip to reserve a spot. Cost is $20 for members and $25 for nonmembers.

Native plants and survival in the Valley

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ComingAttractionsComingAttractions

April 15-17, 21-24• The Pharr Community Theater presents Ray Bradbury’s

“The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit” at the Pharr Community Theater, 213 W. Newcombe. Show times are 7:30 p.m. on Thursdays through Saturdays and Sundays at 3 p.m. Seating is limited to 50 persons per show and tickets will be sold at the theater starting one hour before curtain upon availability or can be purchased in advance by calling 600-9463. The theater is wheelchair accessible.

April 16• The next Mission Historical Museum lecture on the

story of early Mission will be held at 11 a.m. with Amancio Chapa Jr. sharing his family’s journey from Italy to Mis-sion. It covers the legacy and lineage of Juan Baltista Chapa dating back to mid-16th century in Albisola, Italy and the family’s journey travels from the northern regions of Spain through Mexico to South Texas. The museum is located at 900 Doherty in Mission. Call 580-8646 for information.

• Texas Southmost College is commemorating its 90th anniversary on Saturday, April 16, from 4 to 9 p.m., at TSC’s main campus at 80 Fort Brown in Brownsville. The community event, free and open to the public, will feature live music, entertainment, food, games and fireworks.

April 22-27• Tickets are now on sale for the Harlingen Performing

Arts Theater performances of “The Dixie Swim Club.” The dramatic comedy portrays a group of Southern women whose friendships began on the college swim team. They get together each August over a period of 33 years to catch up and meddle in each other’s lives. For ticket in-formation, call 412-7529.

April 23-24• The RGV Dog Expo 2016 will be held at the McAllen

Convention Center, 700 Convention Center Blvd. in McAl-len. The Olate Dogs, past winners of America’s Got Talent, will headline the event with shows on both days. Part of the proceeds benefits the Palm Valley Animal Center and the Laurie P. Andrews PAWS Center. It runs 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. General admission is $10. For more information, call 543-7114 or go to rgvdogexpo.com.(To see the complete Coming Attractions calendar, go to ptrgv.com)

Take a tour of the Ran-cho Lomitas outside of Rio Grande City

and learn about the histor-ical uses and properties of native plants with ranch owner and ethnobotanist Benito Treviño. Treviño will discuss how knowledge of local plants and their practi-cal uses have helped people survive in the Rio Grande Valley for hundreds of years. Sponsored by the Edin-burg World Birding Center (EWBC), participants head out from the EWBC, 714 Raul Longoria Rd., at 7:30 a.m. and arrive back at 3:30 p.m. Participants are encour-aged to bring a sack lunch or money for lunch. Seat-ing is limited; call 383-6911

MHM hosts Amalia Ortiz for ‘Poetry Night’

at least two days before the trip to reserve a spot. Cost is $20 for members and $25 for nonmembers.

EDINBURG – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s

Opera Theatre will pres-ent “The Magic Flute,” a two-act opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and libret-tist Emanuel Schikaneder. It will be staged this week-end, April 15 to 17, at the Library Auditorium on the Edinburg Campus. The opera, a popular Sing-spiel characterized by both singing and spoken dia-logue, will be performed in English, with full orchestra and sets. The Magic Flute” is a fa-vorite with both opera afi-cionados and first-time audience members, as the Queen of the Night charges

young prince Tamino with rescuing her daughter, Pam-ina, from an evil sorcerer named Sarastro. As in the best operatic tradition, all is not as it seems. It is produced by David Sadlier, Ph.D. in music and UTRGV assistant profes-sor of voice. He is founder of The Cornish American Song Institute, a three-week program of study for sing-ers, pianists and composers, based in Falmouth, England. General admission is $10 for the public and $5 for UTRGV students, faculty and staff with a UTRGV ID. For more information, con-tact Sadlier at 665-2860.

Opera Theatre presents Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’

EDINBURG – The Museum of South Texas History pres-ents the Vanguard Academy Art Exhibit, a short-term ex-hibition that will be available for viewing through Sunday, May 1, in the MOSTHistory classroom meeting room. MOSTHistory reached out to art teacher Travis Trapp and his colleagues, Traci Lowe and Becky Regalado, with the Vanguard Academy in Pharr and discussed an ed-ucational way for students to learn history by using art. More than 60 elementary, middle and high school stu-dents at Vanguard Academy were given an assignment to copy or interpret six photo-graphs from MOSTHistory’s Margaret McAllen Memorial

Archives by using watercol-ors, graphite or crayons. Now available for viewing are artistic copies or inter-pretive work of the follow-ing photographs: Echo Hotel in Edinburg (circa 1959), Teatro Reforma in northeast-ern Mexico (circa 1950s), portraits of John Closner and Mara Mildred Wad-sworth, and two different an-gles of the Hidalgo County Courthouse (circa 1910 and 1920s). The exhibit is included in the regular museum admis-sion fee. For more informa-tion about exhibit times, call 383-6911. The museum is located on the courthouse square in Edinburg.

Students interpret historic photographs for exhibit

Season tickets on sale for VSO 2016-17 season

McALLEN – Season subscriptions are up for renewal now

open for new patrons for the upcoming 65th season of the Valley Symphony Orchestra and Chorale. The new symphony sea-son commences in Septem-ber 2016 and culminates in April 2017. The six major works concerts included in the season subscription will take place in two new per-forming arts venues. The first two concerts are scheduled to be performed in the Academic Perform-ing Arts Complex on the

UTRGV Campus in Edin-burg. The remaining con-certs are to be scheduled in either the newly-construct-ed McAllen Performing Arts Center (MPAC) or the Academic Performing Arts Complex (APAC). The season subscription package includes the six VSOC major works concerts featuring the full orches-tra with appearances by the symphony chorale on two of the concerts. Included in the package are the always popular holiday concert, “A Touch of Frost,” and the always energetic and en-

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Supreme Court rules in ‘one person, one vote’ case

AUSTIN — On a unan-imous vote of 8-0, the U.S. Supreme Court

on April 4 affirmed that states may continue to draw legislative districts based on total population.

In the Texas case, Even-wel v. Abbott, the question presented to the high court on appeal from the U.S. Dis-trict Court for the Western District of Texas was wheth-er the one-person, one-vote principle of the Fourteenth Amendment creates a “ju-dicially enforceable right ensuring that the districting process does not deny voters an equal vote.”

Court documents explain the basis of the case this way: “In 2013, the Texas Legislature enacted a state Senate map creating districts that, while roughly equal in terms of total population, grossly malapportioned vot-ers. Appellants, who live in Senate districts significantly overpopulated with voters, brought a one-person, one vote challenge, which the three-judge district court below dismissed for failure to state a claim. The district court held that appellants’ constitutional challenge is a judicially unreviewable po-litical question.”

Justice Ruth Bader Gins-burg, who wrote the court’s main opinion, stated that “nonvoters have an import-ant stake in many policy debates — children, their parents, even their grand-parents, for example, have a stake in a strong public edu-cation system — and in re-ceiving constituent services, such as help navigating pub-lic-benefits bureaucracies. By ensuring that each rep-resentative is subject to re-quests and suggestions from

the same number of con-stituents, total-population apportionment promotes equitable and effective rep-resentation.”

However, while the court affirmed that to draw dis-tricts based on total popu-lation remains constitution-al, it did not suggest that to draw legislative districts based on the total number of registered voters would be unconstitutional.

Revenue report comes inTexas Comptroller Glenn

Hegar on April 4 announced state sales tax revenue in March totaled $2.17 billion, up 2.1 percent compared to March 2015.

“The modest growth in sales tax collections for March was in line with ex-pectations and comes after five consecutive months of declining sales tax reve-nues,” Hegar said. “Stronger growth in receipts from the retail trade, restaurant and construction sectors was offset by continued weak-ness in net collections from oil and gas-related sectors.”

Total sales tax revenue for the three months end-ing in March 2016 is down 3.2 percent compared to the same period a year ago. Sales tax revenue is the largest source of state fund-ing for the state budget, ac-counting for 56 percent of all tax collections.

Business growth notedSecretary of State Car-

los Cascos on April 7 an-nounced a 9.9 percent in-crease in the number of new, for-profit Texas businesses in March compared to the same month last year.

The secretary of state’s office processes new busi-ness filings. Some 16,511 certificates were filed in

March, a required step in creating new Texas for-prof-it corporations, professional corporations, professional associations, limited liabil-ity companies and limited partnerships. That was al-most 1,500 more entities created than in March 2015. The March 2016 numbers also reflect a 7.7 percent in-crease from February 2016 filings of for-profit business formation totals.

“Our office not only saw growth in new businesses created in March, but we also see a continued trend of increased business forma-tions,” Cascos said.

Furthermore, as the end of March was also the end of the first quarter of calendar year 2016, Cascos noted that during the period his office accepted a total of 46,117 certificates, a 10.5 percent increase compared to the first quarter of 2015.

‘Don’t Mess’ turns 30.The Texas Department of

Transportation launched its “Don’t Mess With Texas” anti-litter campaign in 1986 with a Cotton Bowl tele-vision spot featuring “The Eyes of Texas” played by legendary Texas blues gui-tarist Stevie Ray Vaughan.

According to an April 6 TxDOT news release post-ed in advance of an April 9 statewide litter cleanup, nearly half a billion piec-es of visible litter still pile up along state-maintained highways in Texas each year. Seventy percent of this litter is small trash such as napkins, cigarette butts and fast food wrappers. In 2015, litter cleanup efforts cost $32 million. Violators can face fines starting at $500.

With a nod to that aus-picious beginning three de-

cades ago, Texas Transpor-tation Commissioner Jeff Austin III reminded citizens the campaign “is more than an iconic slogan, it’s an ap-

peal to our Texas pride to keep our great state beau-tiful and litter-free. It also serves as a reminder that each of us has a responsibil-

ity to put trash where it be-longs and not toss it along-side our roadways.”

Comfort House discussion uncomfortableMcAllen City Commission Monday, April 11, 2016

By Davis Rankin,

FUTURO McAllen

McAllen city com-missioners were in an uncomfortable

position at their meeting Monday when asked to give money to an organization now headed by one of their own. The organization is McAllen’s Comfort House and “their own” is District 6 Commissioner is Veronica Vela Whitacre.

Whitacre became the new administrator of the 10-bed hospice for the ter-minally ill last December after the previous Comfort House head was indicted. Monica Melissa Patterson of Harlingen, 48, was charged with murdering a near-100-year-old man for his money. She has been indicted and is awaiting trial.

City commissioners in-cluded Comfort House in this fiscal year’s budget but, as City Manager Roy Rodriguez explained at the meeting, about the time they adopted the city bud-get, they were informed of “an ongoing investigation” which was the police inves-tigation of Patterson and so commissioners put a hold on Comfort House funding.

The item on the table was to pay Comfort House $40,866, which is what is left of the city original com-mitment of $48,800, taking the money out of the Gener-al Fund.

The city’s money orig-inally came out of what it refers to as the CDBG budget. CDBG stands for Community Development Block Grant Program in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

A local board every year recommends to the commis-sion a list of projects and organizations to fund with McAllen’s CDBG grant and Comfort House was one of them.

The city manager’s re-quest brought an objection from District 5 Commis-sioner John Ingram, who did not want to see General Fund money used for Com-fort House.

Rodriguez had explained that, if they tried to re-start their grant to Comfort House using CDBG money, they would have to run it by HUD and that “HUD has very stringent guidelines about funding any organiza-tion that employs an elect-ed official.” Trying to get HUD to approve would be lengthy and he didn’t think they would approve.

“Why not go through the process,” asked Ingram, “in-stead of spending money we didn’t budget?” Rodriguez answered that it takes time to do that.

“They’re depending on those funds,” offered Dis-trict 1 Commissioner Rich-ard Cortez.

“They (Comfort House) chose to hire a city commis-sioner and that’s their prob-lem,” replied Ingram.

In the end, District 2 Commissioner Trey Pebley bought the city some time with a motion (that passed)

to table the funding request “to have a little more inves-tigation be done by staff to see what opportunities are there for us, maybe try to get a firmer time line and bring it back next meeting,” which is set for April 25.

Rodriguez told com-missioners he would not recommend funding Com-fort House with CDBG money for next fiscal year, if the commission choses to give it any money. In fact, the CDBG advisory board, which makes fund-ing recommendations to the commission for approval, has already started receiv-ing requests for fiscal year 2016-2017. City staffers are already working on next year’s budget and budget hearings should be held in August. McAllen’s fis-cal year runs 9/30/2015--10/1/2016.

For future considerationMayor Jim Darling told

commissioners he would like them to consider estab-lishing an “office of econom-ic development for commer-cial purposes” although he offered no specifics. Such an office would help the city avoid dealing with such de-velopment “piecemeal” and help the city stay competi-tive in this “important part of our tax base.” Look for a Workshop item soon!

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New chamber president namedBy Jim Brunson

The Greater Mission Chamber of Com-merce selected Josh

Stockel as the new president/CEO. He replaces George Myers, who left the chamber March 11 to work for Plains Capital Bank.

Stockel says he enjoys working with teams and their leaders, bringing them to-gether to accomplish a com-mon goal.

With more than ten years of executive experience in operations and administra-tion, his career has spanned the private, public and non-profit worlds.

He began his career with the City of McAllen as the

Superintendent of Aquatics in the Parks and Recreation Department. After his time there, he helped launch and

grow Logos Community Church from a small group to a multisite church in three cities across the RGV. Josh is also the former owner of PJ Pies, a full cafe with an award winning business plan and has been featured in blogs, newspapers and magazines, including Texas Monthly.

Stockel joined the Greater Mission Chamber of Com-merce as the president and CEO April 11. The Greater Mission Chamber of Com-merce works closely with the City of Mission and Mis-sion Economic Development Corporation to foster and de-velop successful businesses.

Josh Stockel

City Council Elections ApproachBy Jim Brunson

Two Mission City Coun-cilmen are up for re-election this year: Place

2 Councilman Ruben Plata and Place 4 Councilman Dr. Armando O’Caña. Election Day is May 7 and early vot-ing begins April 25.

I interviewed Mission City Councilmen Dr. Armando O’caña and Ruben Plata this week, and have invited their opponents for interviews as well.

Both Dr. O’caña and Mr. Plata were very gracious, as they always are. I have al-ways found both of these men to be polite, respectful and committed to their responsi-bilities as council members.

When I asked Plata about his goals for the city, his num-ber one focus was quality of life for families. He pointed out that no matter how much we accomplish, there is al-ways more we can do, and he hopes to have the opportunity to continue to help guide the city in providing more oppor-tunities for families to spend time together.

“Spending time with fam-ily is a great investment,” he said. This is much more than a slogan for him, it’s some-thing he has put into practice in his own family, as is evi-denced by the way he and his wife Teresa have raised his two daughters who are now

both attending UT-San Anto-nio. One plans to be a phys-ical therapist, and the other wants to be a pediatrician.

To enhance the quality of life for families, Mr. Pla-ta would like to see the city provide more activities for families, family-friendly bike trails, a pet’s park and other improvements to our parks system.

He said the city should lead the way and set the ex-ample for businesses and res-idents in beautifying the city to make it a more enjoyable place to live. He is a propo-nent of more landscaping and irrigation/sprinkler systems in our city parks.

He recognizes that a city’s downtown is the heart of the city and he believes we need to keep the momentum go-ing. The Conway Streetscape Project has greatly enhanced the appearance of downtown, but there is much more to do to make it a thriving area again.

The city and MEDC have a façade improvement grant program in place to help small businesses give the old downtown buildings a facelift. But, he said the city also needs to invest in La Placita Park and make it more attractive, and find ways to at-tract more businesses down-town, providing a diversity of businesses. Recently, the city condemned some of the old

buildings that have become a hazard and are beyond repair. This, he says is a step in the right direction.

Mr. Plata has also begun advocating for more staff development and leadership training for city staff and managers. Raising the bar on your standards is not a criticism of what you have done in the past, he said. It’s just the way we get better at what we do. He was pleased that the city recently held a team-building seminar, en-couraging employees and departments to work together more productively.

He also supports pay rais-es for city staff, especially for the hourly employees who barely earn enough to get by.

Dr. Armando O’caña Dr. O’caña is a self-de-

scribed visionary. During this election campaign the vision he is sharing is comprehen-sive in scope, addressing a whole range of needs for the city to provide better services to her citizens.

He was the councilman and the force behind form-ing the city’s Juvenile Justice Advisory Board. This board brings together the police chief, the municipal judge, school superintendents or their representatives, citi-zen representatives and one city council representative to help formulate policy, imple-ment programs and identify

community resources to help combat delinquency.

He is a proponent of building a new events center for the city, replacing the old Mission Community Center, which was outdated and out-grown many years ago. He believes the city can pay for much, if not all, of the cost of constructing the new build-ing by selling off parcels of the 29-acre site the city has purchased on Shary Rd. to hotels, restaurants and other businesses that would com-plement such a development.

He wants the city to build a new swimming pool on the west side to replace the Northside Pool, which the city has shared with Mission High School for many years, but is now in need of major repairs.

He supports expanding the

Boys and Girls Club facilities at Bannworth Park to make that a “full-service” Boys and Girls Club with more classes and activities offered for the youth. Preliminary plans for expansion include adding several classrooms that could be used for expanded services and classes for the youth.

Of course, he favors con-tinued road construction and drainage projects to keep up with city growth.

Drawing on his prior ex-perience as the city’s fire chief for many years, he pro-poses building a public safety training center for both police and fire department training purposes.

He said the primary reason he is running for reelection is that he is a public servant at heart. He decided ten years ago to serve the community

in a different capacity than the one he had served in for 30 years, as fire chief.

The second reason, he said, is that the city has a lot of unfinished projects, such as expansion of the Anzaldu-as Bridge, construction of a second bridge at Madero, and building a rail bridge. He also sees the need for a new police/fire station in the South Inspiration Road area.

He would like to see the city expand the downtown streetscape project to include Business 83, from Conway to Mayberry and beyond.

Dr. O’Caña also shared the same family values as Mr. Plata, stating, “What we want is for people to come to raise their families in Mission – with courtesy, with respect, and duty to serve.”

We the people...By: Jim Brunson

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By Luciano Guerra

With just one week to go to the start of the Valley high

school baseball season, the La Joya Coyotes were without a head coach. Their former coach, Reu-ben Farias, was promoted to the position of head football coach and athlet-ic coordinator at La Joya High, leaving his former team sans a head coach.

While the Coyotes’ coaching situation was an unusual one, it wouldn’t be the first time that a team has lost its head coach un-expectedly and a replace-

ment had to be found post haste. However, in situa-tions such as this, it is usu-ally an assistant coach that is promoted to the head coaching position, often-times on an interim basis, until a full time coach can be named.

In the Coyotes’ case, however, it was La Joya ISD’s assistant athletic director, Alex Guajardo, who was given the reigns to the team and was asked to continue the successful winning ways of his pre-decessor.

While some may have shied away from such a daunting challenge, Gua-

jardo accepted it willingly.“This is my ninth year

as an employee of La Joya ISD,” explained Guajar-do. “Before I was the as-sistant athletic director for La Joya ISD, I was the head baseball coach at Juarez-Lincoln High School. Prior to that I was an assistant for Coach Farias here at La Joya High School for two years and before that I was a for-mer player under Coach Farias.”

As for what it was like to take over the Coyotes’ baseball program with only one week to prepare, Guajardo said, “There was

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Baseball StandingsNote: Teams above dotted line represent the current teams in position to make playoffs.DISTICT 30-6A Overall District McAllen High 14-6 7-2 La Joya High 15-7 6-3 Palmview 12-9-1 5-3 Mission High 7-10 4-4 ------------------------------------------------McAllen Rowe 5-10 4-5 McAllen Memorial 10-10 4-5 Juarez-Lincoln 1-14 0-8 DISTICT 31-5A Overall District Veterans Memorial 18-3-1 7-0 Valley View 12-7-2 6-1 Edinburg Vela 12-4-1 6-2 Roma 6-13 3-5 Rio Grande City 9-11 3-5 --------------------------------------------------Sharyland High 9-12 2-6 Sharyland Pioneer 6-13 0-8

Softball StandingsNote: Teams above dotted line represent the cur-rent teams in position to make playoffs.DISTICT 30-6A Overall District McAllen Memorial 17-6 8-1 McAllen Rowe 13-8 7-2 McAllen High 13-9 5-3 Mission High 16-7 5-4 ------------------------------------------------La Joya High 19-6 4-5 Palmview 7-14 1-6 Juarez-Lincoln 0-13 0-8 DISTICT 31-5A* Overall District Sharyland Pioneer 17-8 8-0 Edinburg Vela 19-5 7-1 Rio Grande City 12-10 5-3 Veterans Memorial 7-13 4-3 ------------------------------------------------Sharyland High 4-17 2-6 Roma 5-16 1-7 Valley View 4-8 0-6 *Through 4/8/16

Lobos keep title hopes aliveBy Luciano Guerra

To say that the Palm-view Lobos and the La Joya Coyotes

baseball teams have a love/hate relationship would be a half-truth. There is definite animosity between the cross-town rivals, which was on full display at the La Joya Baseball Complex when they faced off against each other Tuesday night, but if there is any love between them, they kept it very well hidden as several hitters were hit by pitches and the umps were delegated to peace-keeping duty on more than one occa-sion Tuesday night. After the game, the Lobos’ players and coaches had to be escorted

out of the ballpark and onto their bus by security person-nel just to be on the safe side.

The fact that the Coyotes handed the Lobos a come-from-behind, 13-12 first round defeat may have had something to do with the ac-rimony-on-display Tuesday, but with the Lobos jumping out to an early 6-0 lead with three runs in the first inning and three in the second, the Coyotes seemed to take their frustration over being shown-up in front of their home crowd out on the Lo-bos; especially their hitters.

Thankfully there were no bench-clearing brawls, nor were there any direct altercations between any of

Coyotes in the hunt under new baseball coach

Alex Guajardo, who assumed the position of the Coyotes’ head baseball coach just one week prior to the start of their season, discusses the ground rules with the umpires and Lobos’

head coach Ricky Garcia prior to the start of Palmview’s 10-2 win over La Joya Tuesday night. Progress Times photo by Luciano Guerra

Palmview’s Ismael Martinez is out at first base on a close play after executing a successful sacrifice bunt during the first inning of the Lobos’ 10-2 Tuesday night win over the La Joya Coyotes.

Progress Times photo by Luciano Guerra

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a lot of excitement know-ing that we needed to get going because the season was practically upon us. I’m very thankful that the coaching staff and the players welcomed me and were so willing to work with me to get the season off on the right foot.”

Thus far this season the Coyotes have posted a 6-3 District 30-6A record and are currently in second place, one game behind the 7-2 McAllen High Bulldogs and half a game ahead of the 5-3 Palmview Lobos. With only three games to go in the regu-lar season, it would take a total collapse for the Coyotes not to be among the district’s four playoff teams.

While making the play-offs is one of the goals the Coyotes have on their baseball bucket list, earn-ing the district champion-ship and getting past the first round of the playoffs are their ultimate goals. Last year they lost to Ea-gles Pass in the bi-district round.

If the Coyotes are go-ing to accomplish either or both of these goals, they will need their veteran players and their pitching ace to come through in the clutch.

“We have a few se-niors, like Anibal Leal, Arnoldo Pena and Este-ban Prado, that are key to our success and that have been on the varsity since they were freshmen or sophomores,” Guajardo said. “Our pitching staff

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VMHS runner accepts athletic scholarship

Veterans Memorial High School (VMHS) student athlete, Jose R. De Ochoa signed his letter of intent last week, accepting a scholarship from St. Gregory’s University in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He will be a part of the university’s cross country program. Pictured on the front row from left

to right are: Ricardo De Ochoa, father; Jose R. De Ochoa; and Erika Flores, mother. On the back row from left to right are: Angelina Garcia, principal; Rosabel De Ochoa, grandmother;

Aimee De Ochoa, aunt; Rosalva De Ochoa, sister; David Gilpin, athletic coordinator/head football coach; and David Longoria, track coach.

La Joya’s Luis Rincon is safe at home during the fourth inning of the Lobos’ 10-2 Tuesday night win over the La Joya Coyotes. Progress Times photo by Luciano Guerra

has been pretty much by committee but Anibal has been doing a heck of a job for us. I think he’s either 6-0 or 7-0 on the season.”

“We’re still in the run-ning for the district title,” added Guajardo. “There’s still a lot of baseball left and in our district any-body can beat anybody on any given night.”

Immediately after their disappointing 10-2 Tues-day night loss to the Palm-view Lobos, Guajardo gathered his team together and shared the following sentiments, “There are three facets of baseball; pitching, defense and hit-ting. Tonight we didn’t pitch very well, we didn’t play very good defense and we didn’t hit. It’s very tough to win a game like that. We’ve got to put this

game behind us and get ready for our next oppo-nent which is the Mission Eagles Friday night.”

After the Eagles, the Coyotes will be closing out their regular season with a home game against Nikki Rowe and a road game against Juarez-Lin-coln. Winning two of those three games will all but clinch the Coyotes a playoff spot.

the players. However, there was plenty of yelling and finger-pointing going on be-tween the two dugouts; some among the coaches. When all was said and done, however, the Lobos held on to their early lead as they avenged their first round loss by a score of 10-2.

Palmview junior right-hander Leonel Perez dis-cussed the importance of Tuesday night’s win shortly after walking off the mound with his complete game vic-

tory.“It’s a really big win for

us,” Perez said. “We’re com-ing off a loss to Mission so we wanted to bounce back against the Coyotes and emerge stronger than ever. Our goal right now is to keep on winning and as long as we keep playing like we played tonight, we will be able to accomplish that goal.”

As the only head coach the Lobos have ever had, Manuel “Ricky” Garcia has led his team to the playoffs six times in eight years. With several of those post-sea-

son appearances including district championships and runs deep into the playoffs, Palmview players and their fans have grown accustomed to not only making the play-offs but entering them as one of the district’s top seeds. Had the Lobos lost to the Coyotes Tuesday night, they would’ve been looking at the real possibility of being the district’s third or fourth seed or even missing out on the playoffs altogether. Now, however, the Lobos have a realistic shot at repeating as

district champs.“We have a lot of baseball

to play yet, but there are a lot of great teams in our dis-trict,” Garcia said. “It’s go-ing to be tough but we have four more games to play and we have to play them tough. From here on out we have to play everybody like it was a playoff game.”

With the Lobos’ first-round loss to La Joya still fresh in his memory, Garcia

expressed what the main difference was between that game and Tuesday night’s rematch.

“Tonight we eliminated the errors that cost us that first-round game,” explained Garcia. “That helped us to play better. What it comes down to is that if we elimi-nate errors, we’re going to win games.”

The games remaining on Palmview’s district sched-ule include a game at home

against Nikki Rowe to-night followed by a game at Juarez-Lincoln, another home game against McAllen Memorial and their district finale at McAllen High. With the 7-2 Bulldogs currently holding on to a one game lead over the Coyotes and a one-and-a-half game lead over the Lobos, the district title could very well be on the line when the Lobos and the Bulldogs meet up.

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Polling sites set for runoff

The number of poll sta-tions in Hidalgo Coun-ty increased from 45

to 55 locations for the May 24 runoff election. The com-missioner’s court approved a request made by Democratic Party Chairman Ricardo Go-dinez on April 8.

“Fair election means there should be as many polls as possible to provide access to the community,” Judge Ra-mon Garcia said. “Fairness to voters and to the candi-dates in the election is very important.”

Although it is custom-ary to reduce the number of polls for runoffs, according to Elections Administrator Yvonne Ramon, the increase was made due to the required manpower and training.

During the primary elec-tion on March 1, there were 75 polling sites.Workers encouraged to ap-ply for runoff election posi-tions

Commissioners Court voted to increase wages for the May 24 runoff election workers to encourage more applicants to help fill posi-tions at the poll locations.

The move by the court ensures that Election Day workers will be paid at the same rate as those working during early voting, which is run by Hidalgo County. The Republican and Dem-ocratic Parties run Election Day. Those workers are paid $8 an hour by the State of Texas. Tuesday’s vote sup-plements what the state pro-vides to increase the hourly rate for clerks and alternates to $10.10 and judges to $12.

Commissioners Court also approved the poll loca-tions presented by the elec-tions department. A complete list of poll locations is avail-able on the elections depart-ment website.

Those interested in work-ing the May 24 election can contact the Democratic and Republican parties directly or call the Hidalgo Coun-ty Elections Department at (956) 318-2570.Courthouse architect firm selection delayed

Commissioners Court de-layed a decision on ranking and selecting the architec-tural firm for the new court-house project, stating that there is still some legwork to be done before moving for-ward.

The court discussed mov-ing forward with courthouse decisions, roadway infra-structure around the area, along with a number of other factors.

“We’re trying to preserve the amount of money we ap-propriate to this brick and mortar project of $115 mil-lion,” said Precinct 4 Com-missioner Joseph Palacios. “If we don’t do our due dil-igence to tap into all these available funds, then we’re not going to be able to do our job that we need to for the taxpayers.”

Palacios added that there is still a lot of work to do in upcoming months to work out the logistics. The two

architectural firms vying for the job are HDR and HOK. They each presented their proposals to Commissioners Court on March 31.

Celebrating volunteer week in South Texas

Commissioners Court recognized the innovation of United Way for creating an easy way for volunteers and non-profits to connect on-line. Volunteer South Texas, a free Internet platform, was recognized with a proclama-tion in honor of Volunteer Week at Tuesday’s meeting.

Volunteer South Texas, which was launched by the United Way of South Texas, allows non-profits, civic or-ganizations and government to post events, projects and other areas in which volun-teers are needed. People in-terested in volunteering their time can browse through the listings to pick and choose areas of interest and can sign up to volunteer online.

The website launched last fall with almost 100 non-profits and government organizations posting a need for volunteers, said United Way board member and Vol-unteer Program Coordinator Jeanette Ahlenius.

“It’s so easy to connect, you can do it from your smart phone. You don’t have to call or wait in line,” Ahle-nius said. “We are thrilled to be able to offer this service.”

Salvation Army represen-tative Maggie Peña joined Ahlenius at Commissioners Court. Peña spoke about the increase in volunteers at the Salvation Army since joining the site.Walk-N-Rolla encourages healthier lifestyle

Hidalgo County Metro-politan Planning Organiza-tion is encouraging people to consider an alternate mode of transportation when going about their daily lives.

A proclamation, led by the HCMPO, was made in

support of the 6th Annual Walk-N-Rolla at the City of Edinburg courtyard. The event will include bike rides, a rodeo for kids, a 5k run, community walk and a “Mutt Strut.”

“Alternate transportation supports the economy and can improve the quality of life of our neighborhoods, cities and county,” said An-drew Canon, the HCMPO transportation director.

Making investments in walking, bicycling and pub-lic infrastructure can connect people to their jobs, shopping and living while creating a clean environment, the trans-portation director added.

Studies have shown that walking or bicycling 30 to 60 minutes a day can result in weight loss and greatly reduces the risk of devel-oping heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes, said Debra Franco, president and co-founder of the South Tex-as Juvenile Diabetes Associ-ation, who joined Canon in accepting the proclamation

“Our families and the Rio Grande Valley needs an out-let for these things; making ways for sidewalks and bicy-cle trails, and other opportu-nities within the community so that we can get out and get active and reduce the rates of diabetes and obesity in our area,” Franco said.

The 6th Annual Walk-N-Rolla event will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, April 23, 2016 at the Edin-burg City Hall courtyard. There will also be informa-tional booths and exhibits.

The next regular meeting of Commissioners Court will be April 19. Drainage district will meet at 9 a.m. and Com-missioners Court at 9:30 a.m. in the Commissioners Courtroom located on the first floor of the Courthouse Annex at 100 E. Cano in Ed-inburg.

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In their Monday, April 11 meeting, the Mission City Council approved a

series of routine matters, as well as a request for a vari-ance by KEM Texas LTD to install a new billboard at 408 W. Griffin Parkway. The 40-foot doubled sided billboard will be located on a 2.45-acre tract of land out of lot 25-5, West Addition to Sharyland.

In 2014, the request was denied because Griffin Park-way was not identified as a secondary arterial corri-dor, because the proposed square footage exceeds the 242 maximum permitted and because it was within 10,000 feet of another Mission Business ground pole sign, according to City Planner Daniel Tijerina. KEM stated in its application there are no other signs between Conway Avenue and Holland Road.

City Manager Martin Garza and Public Works Di-

rector Roberto Salinas, P.E. were appointed to the Hi-dalgo County Metropolitan Planning Organization along with Mayor Norberto Sali-nas.

A resolution authorizing issuance of bonds on behalf of Natgasoline LLC was ap-proved for Mission Econom-ic Development Corporation.

Under fire department matters, authorization to pur-chase Water Rescue Equip-ment from Safeware, Inc. in the amount of $49,272 via the US Communities Con-tract was approved. The cost is to be paid by the 2015 Homeland Security Grant.

Under police department matters, the council ap-proved a resolution support-ing submission of a grant application to the Office of the Governor for the 2017 Border Security Program. If received, the grant will be for $267,402; the money will be

used to deter border crime.The council authorized

the police department to accept the 2015 Click It or Ticket Grant in the amount of $5,000.

A request for temporary closure of state right-of-way for the Do or Die Duathlon sponsored by Bike Masters was tabled.

The April 25 meeting of the Mission City Council will be held at Speer Memo-rial Library due to early vot-ing taking place in council chambers.

After executive session the city attorney was given permission to negotiate with First National Insurance re-garding the Performance Board for Mission Park im-provements related to the Bannworth Pool. There was also discussion about the re-design of the project regard-ing the indoor pool.

Mission council grants billboard variance on Griffin Pkwy.

CommissionersCourt Report

By Kathy Olivarez

In a meeting held Wednes-day, April 12, at Midkiff Elementary, Mission

Consolidated Independent School District School Board took action on a number of construction projects and approved staffing reassign-ments with accompanying pay increases.

Contractors submitting bids for construction of side-walks to the tracks on ele-mentary school campuses were ranked in accordance with the district’s bid proce-dure. Funding for the pro-posed sidewalks will come from the 2008 construction bond funds. The contractors were ranked to lowest to highest with NM Contracting having the lowest bid, fol-lowed by Jax Construction, G & G, Pietra Contruction, Artillery, Gandela Org., and Bougambilia Construction. Administrators will enter into negotiations with firms according to their ranking until the contract thought to be in the best interest of the district is agreed upon.

A project to construct ad-ditional tennis courts at Vet-erans Memorial High School received only two bids. Only Teni-Trak and G&G submit-ted bids on the project that the district estimated would cost $344,400. Administra-tion will meet with the bid-ders to determine which firm can do the best job for the district.

Veterans Memorial cur-rently has only four tennis courts, and administrators said they need more courts and a spectator seating area where matches can be ob-served so VMHS can host district and regional tennis meets.

The project includes two new courts, resurfacing of old courts, lighting for the courts, engineering costs, and other costs including bleacher seating.

Superintendent Ricardo Lopez said there will be a

special meeting held next week to discuss in detail plans for the New Central Office building, which is to be built where the admin-istration parking lot is now located. Estimated cost is $9.5 million for the two-sto-ry building with increased office space to accommo-date the number of people who work at central office. The current building will be torn down after construction of the new facility as it was deemed too costly to reno-vate. That area will be used for parking.

Major discussion cen-tered around an item on the consent agenda to extend the district’s contract for legal services with Eichelbaum, Wardell Hansen, Powell and Mehl, P.C., the attorneys who take care of MCISD le-gal matters.

Board member Veroni-ca Mendoza said the board should wait before locking in the firm at a rate of $185,000 a year. The current contract ends June 30, 2019. She questioned by there were no local attorneys used to do district business.

Board member Roy Vela disagreed, saying the firm had everything the district needs, including specialists in educational requirements, labor costs and construction matters. There have been no problems with any of those areas since the firm took over the district’s legal business.

Board member Patty O’Caña-Olivarez agreed with Vela and pointed out legal costs are rising quick-ly. By locking in the firm’s rate of $185,000, the district might be saving as much as $40,000 a year in the future when they try to renegotiate.

After discussion the mo-tion to approve the proposed contract died for lack of a second and will be consid-ered further at a later date.

In other action the board approved reclassification of several employment posi-tions. The position for as-

sistant superintendent for finance and operations was changed to assistant superin-tendent for finance. The pay grade remains the same.

The executive director for maintenance/facilities/construction will become as-sistant superintendent for op-erations. The pay grade will rise from a nine to a 10, an increase from $464.06 a day to $572.57 a day.

The coordinator for ad-vanced academic services/UIL will change to director for advanced academic ser-vices/UIL. The pay grade will go from a four to a sev-en, which is an increase from $385.28 per day to $447.21 a day.

The coordinator for main-tenance will change to direc-tor for maintenance/facili-ties/construction and the pay grade will rise from a six to a seven a salary increase from $385.28 to $447.21 a day.

The secretary to executive director for maintenance/fa-cilities/construction position will change to a secretary to assistant superintendent for operations. The pay grade on the clerical support scale will rise from seven to an eight creating a pay raise from $22.29 per hour to $25.42 per hour.

The secretary to coordi-nator of advanced academic services/UIL will become secretary to assistant super-intendent for operations and will rise from pay grade five to pay grade six, a salary in-crease from $19.27 per hour to $20.64 per hour.

MCISD spokesperson Craig Verley stated these would not be new hirings. The people were already in the jobs and it would simply be an upgrade in position ef-fective immediately.

Additional positions ap-proved were personnel spe-cialist/investigator, at a pay grade five; bookkeeper, fi-nance; at a clerical support (CS) pay grade of seven; buy-er purchasing at a pay grade

MCISD makes employee reassignments

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Juanita AlonzoMISSION – Juanita

Alonzo, 78, passed away on Tuesday, April 5, 2016, at Amara Hospice in Edinburg.

Mrs. Alonzo was born Sept. 19, 1937, in Mexico to the late Fidel and Esperanza Fuente Mendez.

Survivors include her chil-dren, Juan Alonzo, Ricarda Alonzo, Elpidio Alonzo Jr., Sylvia Knight, Juanita Glo-ria Alonzo, Pedro Alonzo, Rosalinda Alonzo, Elizabeth Alonzo, Alfredo Alonzo, Jo-sefina Alonzo, Jesus Alonzo, Martin Alonzo and Anita Alonzo; siblings, Lupe Men-dez, Agustina Padilla, Alvi-no Mendez, Antonio Puente and Francisco Mendez; and 35 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Elpidio Avila Alonzo, and children, Jose-fina Alonzo, Alfredo Alonzo and Enrique Alonzo.

A funeral mass was held on April 8 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Mission. Burial followed at Catholic Cemetery in Mis-sion.

Susana CantuMISSION – Susana

Cantu, 54, passed away on Thursday, April 7, 2016, at Mission Regional Medical Center.

Ms. Cantu was born Au-gust 11, 1961, in Mission to Justo and Maria (Martinez) Cantu.

Survivors include her mother and siblingsm Ismael Cantu, Selma Cantu, Sonia Hernandez, Sarita Hooks, Sulema Farias, Sandra Gar-cia and Samuel Cantu.

She was preceded in death by her father.

A funeral mass was held on April 11 at Our Lady of

Guadalupe Catholic Church in Mission. Burial followed at Valley Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Mission.

Serving as pallbearers were Jonathan Isirdo, Reu-ben Omar Farias, Daniel Martinez, Ismael Cantu Jr. and Guillermo Martinez.

Dora Garza CavazosMISSION – Dora Gar-

za Cavazos, 86, of Mission, passed away.

Mrs. Cavazos was born in Havana on Dec. 16, 1929, to Gabriela and Juan Garza.

Survivors include her children, Ruben Cavazos, Jose Roberto Cavazos Jr., Belinda Adame, Reynaldo Cavazos, Thelma Fitzgerald, Norma Lydia Cavazos, Pa-tricia Ramirez and Cynthia Cavazos-Gonzalez; siblings, Juan Garza Jr., Armando Garza, Oscar Garza, Magine Garza and Belen Garza; and 18 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Jose Roberto Cavazos; par-ents; and brothers, Armando Garza and Enrique Garza.

A funeral mass was held on April 9 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Mission. Burial followed at Valley Memorial Gardens in McAllen.

Elias GonzalezMcALLEN – Elias Gon-

zalez, 87, passed away on Sunday, April 10, 2016, at Briarcliff Nursing and Reha-bilitation in McAllen.

Mr. Gonzalez was born on April 17, 1928, in Kings-ville, to Vicente and Consue-lo Gonzalez.

Survivors include his wife, Leonila Gonzalez; children, Juan A. Gonzalez, Estella Cantu, Hermelin-da Cantu and Hilda Garza; sister, Maria Gonzalez; and

13 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; son, Elias Gonzalez, Jr.; and siblings, Juan, Macedonio and Arturo.

A funeral mass was held on April 14 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Mission. Burial followed at Valley Memorial Gardens in McAllen. Ryan Benjamin Gonzalez

MISSION – Ryan Ben-jamin Gonzalez, 26, passed away on Friday, April 1, 2016.

Born in Dallas to Oscar O. Gonzalez Jr. and Peggy Echols Gonzalez on April 26, 1989, he lived in Mission in the Sharyland area most of his life.

Survivors include his par-ents; siblings, Oscar O. Gon-zalez III and Kristina Renee Gonzalez of Mission; grand-mother, Cathy Echols of Mission; and paternal grand-parents, Oscar O. and Elsa Gonzalez of Hebbronville.

He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Bill Echols.

A funeral service was held on April 7 at Ric Brown Family Funeral Home in Mission. Burial followed at Valley Memorial Gardens.

In his memory, the family asked friends to “pay it for-ward” by donating blood at United Blood Services.

Robert HinkelMISSION – Robert Hin-

kel, 88, of Mission, passed away at the Comfort House in McAllen on Sunday, April 10, 2016.

Mr. Hinkel was born to Aloysius and Dorothy Hin-kel on April 5, 1928, in Me-dina, Ohio.

He married his wife, Ruth, and shortly after went on to serve for the U.S. Army for two years. He was a fire-man for Ohio Police and Fire for over 21 years. After re-

tirement in 1981, he became a Winter Texan and later made Mission his permanent home.

After the death of his wife in 2010, he married Rose-mary Wolf on February 11, 2011. He was active in com-munity life in Mission and served as a volunteer with the South Texas Food Shelf handing out food at First United Methodist Church in Mission.

Survivors include his wife; sister, Eleanor Nan-drasy of Ohio; children, Tom Hinkel of Pennsylvania, Marcia Cramer of Alaska, Tim Hinkel of Ohio, Roberta Hinkel-Belair of Connecticut and Barbara Health of Ohio; and 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

A viewing and rosa-ry were held on April 13 at Ric Brown Family Funeral Home in Mission.

The family requested do-nations to be made to Com-fort House, 617 Dallas Ave., McAllen, TX 78501.

Dora M. RosalesMISSION – Dora M. Ro-

sales, 88, passed away on April 10, 2016 in Memorial City Health and Rehabilita-tion in Houston.

Born on Dec. 2, 1927, Mrs. Rosales was raised in Mission and graduated from Mission High School. She raised five children with her husband of 41 years Ramon Rosales.

She and her sisters operat-ed a beauty salon in Mission, was a public health admin-istrator for Hidalgo County, and later became an adminis-trative assistant for the Cath-olic Diocese of Galveston. She retired at the age of 79 after serving as a bookkeeper for the Immigration Counsel-ing Center in Harris County and for her son’s law office in Mission.

She was preceded in death

by her parents, Braulio and Refugia Martinez; husband, Ramon Rosales; and son, Luis Jaime Rosales.

Survivors include her children, Laura Rosales, Ra-mon Rosales Jr., Rene Ro-sales and Daniel Rosales; sisters, Concepcion Solis and Maria Elena Watkins; and eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

A funeral mass will be held on Friday, April 15, at 2 p.m. at Our Lady of Gua-dalupe Catholic Church in Mission. Burial follows at Valley Memorial Gardens Cemetery in McAllen.

Luisa Oralia PerezPEÑITAS – Luisa Oralia

Perez, 85, passed away on Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at her home in Peñitas.

Mrs. Perez was born in Reynosa Diaz, Tamps., Mex-ico on Jan. 20, 1931, to Jose Santos De La Garza and Vic-toria Elizondo.

Survivors include her husband, Jose Leonel Perez; daughters, Minerva Garza and Rosa Maria Perez; broth-ers, Juan De La Garza and Manuel De La Garza; and two grandchildren.

A funeral mass will be held on Friday, April 15, at 9 a.m. at St. Anthony’s Catho-lic Church in Peñitas. Burial follows at Granjeno Ceme-tery.

Noe AguilarMISSION – Noe Aguilar,

69, passed away on Saturday, April 9, 2016.

Eduardo CasasMISSION – Eduardo

Casas, 80, passed away on Thursday, April 7, 2016.

Leonel DuarteMISSION – Leonel Duar-

te, 93, passed away on Sun-

day, April 10, 2016.Griselda Flores

LA JOYA – Griselda Flores, 74, passed away on Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at her home in La Joya. A fu-neral mass was held on April 8 at Our Lady Queen of An-gels Catholic Church in La Joya. Burial followed at La Joya City Cemetery.

Barbara A. FosbrinkMISSION – Barbara A.

Fosbrink, 84, passed away on Sunday, April 10, 2016.

Roberto GarciaMISSION – A funeral

service for Roberto Garcia was held on Monday, April 11, 2016, at Rivera Funeral Home in Mission. Burial followed at Catholic Ceme-tery in Mission.

Patricia HimesMISSION – Patricia

Himes, 46, passed away on Monday, April 4, 2016. A memorial service was held on April 8 at Virgil Wilson Mortuary in Mission.

Ana Maria OchoaMISSION – A funeral

mass for Ana Maria Ochoa was held on Saturday, April 9, 2016, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Mission. Cremation fol-lowed at Val Verde Memorial Gardens in Donna.

Ethel Walsh PateMISSION – A graveside

service for Ethel Walsh Pate was held on Wednesday, April 13, 2016, at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Mission.

Rosa RodriguezSULLIVAN CITY – A

funeral mass for Rosa Ro-driguez was held on Friday, April 8, 2016, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Sullivan City. Burial fol-lowed at Sullivan City Cem-etery.

obituaries

Notices

REASSIGNMENTS from pg 8

BREAD OF LIFE CHURCH2820 N. Conway Ave. • 581-1411

CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD

2322 N. McColl. - McAllen682-2092

CHURCH OFJESUS CHRIST OF

LATTER-DAY SAINTS5609 S 29th St. - McAllen

682-4881

CHURCH OFJESUS CHRIST OF

LATTER-DAY SAINTS2Mile & Bryan Rd Mission.

CHURCH OFJESUS CHRIST OF

LATTER-DAY SAINTSMissonaries • 580-2570

CHRISTIAN SCIENCECHURCH

911 N. Main - McAllen 686-4241

CONWAY AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH

2215 N. Conway • 585-2413

EL FARO BIBLE CHURCH15 miles W. of Mission on Exp. 83

Sullivan City, TX • 585-5617

EL MESIAS UNITEDMETHODIST

209 E. 6th • 585-2334

FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH3 miles N. Shary Rd. • 581-1465

FAITH FELLOWSHIP BIBLE CHURCH

1 mile N. Exp. 83 on Tom Gill Rd. 519-6311

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH1302 Doherty • 585-1442

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH12th and Miller - Mission

585-7281

FIRST PRESBYTERIANCHURCH

1102 Ash St. • 585-4829for worship schedule.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH1101 Doherty • 585-1665

FREEDOM LIFE CHURCH2214 W. Griffin Pkwy. • 519-7000

Mission

GRACIA DIVINA MINISTRY11809 N. Shary Rd. • 584-3112

GREAT OAKS COMMUNITY CHURCH2722 N. Conway • 451-5500

Mission

HERITAGE BAPTISTMCALLEN

2549 Lindbergh Ave.McAllen • 451-6358

IGLESIA ADVENTISTA DEL SEPTIMO DIA

1725 W. Griffin Parkway 581-9008

IGLESIA BAUTISTA BETANIA851 S. Breyfogle Rd. • 585-5688

IGLESIA BAUTISTACRISTO EL REY

1600 E. Bus. 83 - Mission

IGLESIA BAUTISTACOLONIAL

3713 N. La Homa Rd. • 585-5332

IGLESIA BAUTISTA DEL VALLE

217 W. Mile 3 Rd. • 424-1602Palmhurst

IGLESIA DEL PUEBLO7500 West Expressway 83

581-1900

IGLESIA DEL DIVINOREDENTOR

1020 North Los Ebanos Rd585-5898

IGLESIA PENTECOSTESNUEVA VIDA A/G211 W. Mile 3 Road

Palmhurst • 956-342-9711Rev. Candelario Banda

LA RESPUESTA CHURCH405 W. 12th Street • 585-0787

MISSION CHURCH OF THENAZARENE

1 mi. E. 495 • 585-6683

NEW HOPE AT THE BORDER905 N. Conway • 369-3603

NORTH MISSION CHURCH OF CHRIST

1410 E. Mile 3 Rd. • 585-0146Palmhurst

NORTH PALMVIEW APOSTOLIC CHURCH

7612 W. 6 Mile Ln.

ONLY THRU JESUS1511 E. Mile 2 Rd.

Mission • 918-760-1625

OUR LADY QUEEN OF ANGELS

One-half mile South Leo AvenueLa Joya • 585-5223

OUR LADY OF FATIMA CHURCH

6634 El Camino Real • Granjeno

OUR LADY OF LOURDESCHURCH

2.5 miles S. Conway (FM 1016)Mission

OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CATHOLIC CHURCH620 Dunlap • 585-2623

OUR LADY OF THE HOLYROSARY CHURCH

923 Matamoros St. • 581-2193

PALM VALLEY CHURCH1720 E. Griffin Pkwy.

585-3203

PEÑITAS BAPTIST CHURCH 1/3 Mile S. of Exp.83 on FM 1427

583-6236

PRIMERA BAPTIST CHURCHCorner of 6th & Oblate

585-4711

PRIMERA IGLESIADEL VALLE

APOSTOLIC ASSEMBLY210 N. St. Marie. • 585-8651

PROMISE LAND CHURCH2300 E. Palm Circle (Corner of 495)

Mission, TX 78572 • 624-9307

RIVER OF LIFE C HURCH901 S. Shary Rd.

(Located in the Holiday InnExpress Conference Room)

451-4838

SAN CRISTOBALMAGALLANES &

COMPANIONS PARISH3805 Plantation Grove Blvd., Ste. 5

Mission • 580-4551

SAN MARTIN DE PORRES5 mi. N. Conway, 1/2 Mile WestAlton • 585-8001 & 585-8002

SPIRIT OF PEACEEV. LUTHERAN CHUCH

3104 Los MilagrosMission • 581-1822

ST. JOHN OF THE FIELDSCATHOLIC CHURCH

1052 Washington Ave. • 585-2325

ST. PAUL'S CATHOLICCHURCH

1119 Francisco • 585-2701

ST. PETER & ST. PAULEPISCOPAL CHURCH

2310 N. Stewart Rd.585-5005

SHINING LIGHT BAPTISTCHURCH

6 1/8 N. Doffing Rd. (FM 492)580-4078

TEMPLO BIBLICO5 Mile/Conway

581-4981or 585-3831

TEMPLO EVANGELICO, M.B.CHURCH

La Joya

TRINITY LUTHERANCHURCH

3905 W. 3 Mile Line • 585-3261VALLEY FELLOWSHIP

1708 E. Griffin ParkwayMission • 424-7200

MISSION AUTO ELECTRIC, INC. DBA

P O W E RE Q U I P M E N T

Commercial Lawn Equipment “Since 1954”915 West Bus. 83 • Mission, tX 78572 • (956) 581-7433

KING, GUERRA, DAVIS & GARCIAATTORNEYS AT LAW

301 E. Tom Landry • Mission • 585-1622

MAE

ChurCh DireCtory

IMPLEMENT COMPANY, INC.MISSION585-1618

DAVID H. GUERRA DARRELL DAVIS

OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE PARISHFOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

“Good Shepherd Sunday”

MISSION

PADRES OBLATOSMISSIONARY CATECHIST OF THE POOR: SR. LUPITA

DAUGHTERS OF MARY MOTHER OF MERCY: SR. ELIZABETH, SR. BIBIANA & SR. MADONNA

† DEACON AYALA & DEACON CASTAÑEDA

THE GOOD SHEPHERD LEADS US AWAY FROM EVIL AND TOWARD GOODNESS; TOWARDS WHAT IS LIFE GIVING PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, AND SPIRITUALLY. HE GUIDES US WITH HIS VOICE, THROUGH AND IN THE FAMILY OF THE HOME AND THE FAMILY OF THE

CHURCH. LET’S FOLLOW HIM!

“Texas Friendly” spoken at all masses (and confessions)Saturday (English) ........................................... 4:00 P.M.Saturday (Spanish) .......................................... 7:00 P.M.Sunday (Spanish) ........................................... 7:30 A.M.Sunday (English)............................................. 9:00 A.M.Sunday (English)........................................... 10:30 A.M.Sunday (Tex-Mex) Mariachi Mass ......... (Noon)12:30 P.M. Sunday (Tex-Mex)............................................ 5:30 P.M.Monday - Wednesday & Friday (Tex-Mex) ....... 6:55 A.M.Thursday (Tex-Mex) ......................................... 7:00 P.M.

CONFESSIONSThursday ....................................................... 6:00 P.M.Saturday ......................................................... 3:00 P.M.

620 DUNLAP, MISSION, TX • 585-2623ONE BLOCK WEST OF CONWAY ON MAGNA DRIVE (6TH ST.)

THE FATHERS: †FR. JIM, FR. PHILION & FR. ROY

(†MAGNA, †SENTINEL, †MAGNO, †AUGIE,

†DIDYMUS, †CHUNKLY, GIRLY, CANTINA,

VALENTINE, NEWLY & BENDITO & CHARLOTTE)

grade of (CS) seven; and secretary to director for maintenance/facilities and construction at a pay grade of CS-06.

All new positions are for 226 days per year.

Under the consent agen-da items the board sent a letter to the Texas Education

Agency stating the addi-tion of a new IDEA school would have a major adverse financial impact on the dis-trict in that IDEA intends to increase their student popu-lation from 45,000 to 55,000 students statewide and is building a new school with the MCISD.

Similar letters were sent to the state regarding the proposed new Trinity Char-ter School in McAllen and the Excellence in Leadership Academy located on W. Ex-pressway in Mission. No fig-ures as to the actual finance impact were given.

Victims identified inPalmview murder suicide

Sheriff’s deputies dis-covered the bodies of a deceased adult male

and female with apparent gunshot wounds at a home in rural Palmview on April 9. Deputies believe the inci-dent to be a murder suicide,

according to a press release from the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office.

The deceased were iden-tified as married couple Glenna Jean Wood, 80, and 81-year-old Gerald Wood.

At approximately 9:52

a.m. sheriff’s officers re-sponded to a home on the 800 block of Bentsen Palm Drive for a report of a man down. The investigation is ongoing and investigators are still waiting for autopsy results.

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City seeks community input through

Parks & Rec survey

The City of Mission is in the process of updating the Parks,

Recreation and Open Space Master Plan and would like community input. The city’s master plan provides city staff and leaders guidance as they make decisions re-garding how to develop Mission’s parks and rec-reation areas over the next 10 years.

To gather input from the community, the city has a survey form online designed to help the city staff better understand what is most important to the citizens of Mis-sion. According to the city website, “Your an-swers are very import-ant, and will help guide the city in future park acquisitions and devel-opment.”

The online survey can be found on the City of Mission website at http://missiontexas.us/

parks-recreat ion-and-open-space-survey/. The deadline for complet-ing the survey online is April 30.

Mission Parks & Rec-reation Department Di-rector Brad Bentsen said, “We have an opportunity to do something vital, af-fecting the quality of life that our citizens deserve. Mission Parks and Rec-reation Department, and Parks Board, along with assistance from our team of consultants have start-ed developing a compre-hensive master plan that will provide guidance and policy direction for our department and a vi-sion for our city’s future.

“We need your help to develop a compre-hensive and communi-ty-driven 10-year plan (2016-2026), which we would like to refer to as a health check-up of our Parks and Recreation System.”

Mission woman arrested for meth smuggling

U.S. Customs and Bor-der Protection, Office of Field Operations

(OFO) at the Hidalgo In-ternational Bridge seized $382,000 worth of alleged methamphetamine and ar-rested a Mission, Texas woman in connection with

the failed drug smuggling attempt.

“Methamphetamine ap-pears to be the narcotics smuggler’s drug of choice these days and it is up to our CBP frontline officers to thwart those illicit smug-gling attempts and keep these dangerous substances from crossing our borders,” said Efrain Solis Jr., port director for Hidalgo/Pharr/Anzalduas Port of Entry.

The seizure occurred on April 8, at the Hidal-go-Reynosa International Bridge after CBP officers encountered a 23-year-old female United States citizen

driving a brown 2001 Olds-mobile Silhouette minivan arriving from Mexico. After referring the woman and the vehicle for further inspec-tion, and with the use of a canine enforcement team, officers discovered seven packages of alleged meth-amphetamine weighing ap-proximately 19 lbs concealed within the gas tank.

CBP OFO seized the nar-cotics, the minivan and ar-rested the woman who was then released to the custody of Homeland Security In-vestigations (HSI) agents for further investigation.

Area bank deposits up from a year agoBank deposits in Mission showed a substantial increase

for March, reflecting Valley-wide growth in the financial institutions.

The figures complied by the Valley Chamber of Com-merce for March show an increase for $51.8 million in de-posits, and for the year to date an increase of $604.1 million.

Sharyland ISD sets school transfer policyThe present hardship transfer policy set by Sharyland ISD

was changed to read as follows: a hardship transfer is a trans-fer made after May 1. The district will allow hardship trans-fers for children of employees who are hired after May 1.

Two sophomores invited to governor’s school Two Mission High School students were among 100

from the state that were invited to attend the Texas Gover-nor’s School at the University of Texas at Austin.

Padron qualifies for regional tournament For the second year in a row, Mission’s Abraham Padron

lost out for the district singles championship. With the set scores tied at one-all, his opponent Bobby May of Harlin-gen held a 5-4 lead in games in the deciding set. Both qual-ified for the regional meet.

The survey includes questions such as the following:-- How satisfied are you with the quality of Parks and Rec-reation in Mission?-- Explain what you like or dislike about the City of Mis-sion Park System.-- How important is it for the city to provide the following types of facilities over the next 5 to 10 years?

> Linear parks and trail corridors > Nature preserves, undeveloped > Large community parks > Small community parks > Athletic facilities > Swimming facilities > Recreation center > Trails to link city

-- From the following facilities, which are the most im-portant to construct in Mission?

> Youth Softball/Baseball Fields > Amphitheater > Nature Centers > Picnic Areas > Youth Soccer/Football Fields > Skatepark > Adult Softball/Baseball Fields > Disc Golf >Indoor Recreation Center > Trails > In-Line Hockey Rink > Playgrounds > Pavilions for Group Activities > Dog Park > Basketball Courts > Tennis Courts > Leisure Pool > Splash Park > Improvements at La Placita > New Parks > Add Lights at Current Parks > Motorized Trails > Upgrade Maintenance at Parks

-- In the area in which you live, what one recreation facil-ity would you like to see constructed?

BUTTERFLY from pg 1

Maxilou Link, president of the Upper Valley Art League, displays one of the smaller butterfly sculptures that will be placed in various locations around Mission.

For more information, call UVAL at 956-583-2787. Progress Times photo

dotting the landscape all across Mission. Ten small-er butterfly sculptures have already been created, with many more to come. She has invited organizations to paint these ten butterflies, with one butterfly assigned to each entity, including Sharyland High School, Sharyland Pioneer High School, Speer Memorial Library, Mission Histori-cal Museum, Mission Fire Department, Rotary Club of Mission, UTRGV Art Unanimous, Med High in Mercedes, Hidalgo Water-color Society, and the Up-per Valley Art League.

The initial ten butterfly sculptures as well at the Queen butterfly in front of city hall were sponsored by

the City of Mission and the city will designate the lo-cations where they will be installed.

To broaden the invita-tion for community partic-ipation, UVAL is inviting local businesses and orga-nizations to sponsor a but-terfly, which can be located in front of their business or at a location of their choos-ing, such as at a city park or a school. The cost of each sculpture is $500 unpaint-ed, or $1,000 painted.

Maxilou said she would like to see people use their imagination and creativity when painting the butter-flies. She invites people to use abstract paintings to re-flect the nature of the spon-soring business or organi-

zation. A business sponsor may wish to invite a local school art class to paint a butterfly, allowing the stu-dents to join in this com-munity-wide project.

The first business spon-sor to sign up for a butter-fly is Oleander Acres RV Park, who has requested the Monarch butterfly to complement the butterfly gardens the park has plant-ed. The butterfly species sculpted also include the Two-Bar Flasher, Swallow-tail, the Zebra and several others.

To sign up to sponsor a butterfly sculpture, call UVAL at 956-583-2787 or Maxilou Link at 956-655-3153.

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THE STATE OF TEXAS

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: “You have been sued. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do (does) not file a written answer with the clerk who issued to this citation by 10:00 A.M. on the Monday next after the expiration of forty-two (42) days after the date of issuance of this citation and Petition, a default Judgement may be taken against you.”

TO: JAMES McCLURE, DEFENDANT(S)

GREETINGS:

You are hereby commanded to appear by filing a written answer to the Plaintiff’s Orginal Petition at or before 10:00 o’clock A.M. of the Monday next after the expiration of forty-two (42) days after the date of issuance of this citation the same being the on this the 30th day of March, 2016 before the Honorable Rose G. Reyna, 206th Distirct Court of Hidalgo County, Texas at the Courthouse of said county in Edinburg, Texas. Said PLAINTIFFS ORIGINAL PETITION FOR DECLARATORY JUDGMENT filed in said court on the on this the 1st day of February, 2016 in this case numbered C-0477-16-D on the docket of said court and styled:

JAMES KAY, JESSIE KAY VS. PAUL H. MCCLURE, TRUSTEE OF THE PAUL H. MCCLURE REVOCABLE LIVING, TRUST DATED MARCH 13, 1995, THE PAUL H. MCCLURE REVOCABLE, LIVING TRUST DATED

MARCH 13, 1995, THE STROBRIDGE LIVING TRUST, DATED FEBRUARY 12, 1992, LIONEL W. STROBRIDGE,

TRUSTEE OF THE STROBRIDGE LIVING TRUST, DATED FEBRUARY 12, 1992, ARLENE H. STROBRIDGE,

TRUSTEE OF THE STROBRIDGE, LINONEL W. & ARLENE STROBRIDGE LIVING TRUST ARLENE

STROBRIDGE, TRUSTEE OF THE STROBRIDGE, LINONEL W. & ARLENE STROBRIDGE LIVING TRUST

ROBERT HOWARD CRAIG DONALD R. MALLICOAT AND JOE ANN MALLICOAT.

Said petition was filed in said court by: ATTY. DARRELL DAVIS, 301 E. TOM LANDRY ST., MISSION, TX 78572. (956) 585-0628.

A brief nature of the suit is as follows: PLAINTIFF(S) PRAY FOR DAMAGES IN AN AMOUNT TO BE PROVEN AT TRIAL, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ACTUAL DAMAGES, DIRECT AND CONSEQUEINTIAL DAMAGES, ATTORNEY FEES AND TAXABLE COURT COSTS.

The officer executing this writ shall promptly serve the same according to requirements of law, and the mandates thereof, and make due return as the law directs.

ISSUED AND GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL of said Court at Edinburg, Texas this on this the 30th day of March, 2016.

FOR THE CITY OF GRANJENO’S GENERAL CITY ELECTIONMAY 7, 2016

(Para la Eleccion General para la Cuidad de Granjeno)(7 de Mayo del 2016)

To the Registered Voters residing within the boundaries of the City of Granjeno in the County of Hidalgo, Texas (Para los votantes registrados que residen dentro de los límites de la Cuidad de

Granjeno dentro el condado de Hidalgo, Texas):

Early Voting by personal appearance will be conducted at the polling place listed on this notice. (La votación adelantada en persona, se llevara a cabo en la casilla de esta noticia.)

EARLY VOTING POLL LOCATION (casilla para el voto adelantado)

Granjeno City Hall6603 South FM 494

Granjeno, TX

MAY 7, 2016 (7 de Mayo del 2016)ELECTION DAY POLLING LOCATION 7:00 am - 7:00 pm

(dia de elección las casillas electorales abren de 7:00 am – 7:00 pm)

Precincts / Precinctos Poll Location / Casilla Electoral Address / Dirección12 Granjeno City Hall 6603 South FM 494

Granjeno, TX

Applications for ballot by mail shall be mailed to Yvonne Ramón, Elections Administrator, P.O. Box 659, Edinburg, Texas 78540 or 101 S. 10th Ave., Edinburg, Texas 78539. Applications for ballots by mail MUST be received, not simply postmarked, no later than 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 26, 2016.

(La aplicación para votar en ausencia por correo será enviada a Yvonne Ramón, Administradora de Elecciones, al P.O .Box 659, Edinburg, Texas 78540 o 101 S. 10th Ave., Edinburg, Texas 78539. Aplicaciones para votar en ausencia por correo deben recibirse, no simplemente sellada por

el correo en la oficina, no mas tardado que las 7:00 p.m. el Martes, 26 de Abril del 2016.)

Days/Dias Dates/Fechas Hours/HorasMonday/lunes April 25, 2016 7:00 am – 7:00 pm

Tuesday/martes April 26, 2016 8:00 am – 6:00 pmWednesday/miercoles April 27, 2016 8:00 am – 6:00 pm

Thursday/jueves April 28, 2016 8:00 am – 6:00 pmFriday/viernes April 29, 2016 8:00 am – 6:00 pm

Saturday/sabado April 30, 2016 8:00 am – 5:00 pmSunday/domingo May 1, 2016 CLOSED

Monday/lunes May 2, 2016 8:00 am – 6:00 pmTuesday/martes May 3, 2016 7:00 am – 5:00 pm

Yvonne RamónElections Administrator

The Mission City Council will hold a Regular Meeting on April 25, 2016 at 4:30 p.m. at the Mission Speer Memorial Library Meeting Room, 801 East 12th Street, Mission, Texas in order to consider the following:

Rezoning: Lots 5 & 6, Block 112, Mission Original Townsite Subdivision, from C-2 (Neighborhood Commercial) to C-3 (General Business); and Rezoning: Lot 1, Gomez Estates Subdivision, from C-2 (Neighborhood Commercial) to C-3 (General Business)

If a zoning is amended during the public hearing, it shall be pursuant to the City of Mission’s Amendatory Zone Policy Statement. Anyone interested is invited to attend. Anna Carrillo, City Secretary

PUBLIC NOTICEThe Mission Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a Regular Meeting on April 27, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. at the City Hall Community Room, 1201 East 8th Street, Mission, Texas in order to consider the following:

Rezoning: Lots 5, Alex Cavazos Subdivision, from AO-I (Agricultural Open Interim) to C-3 (General Business); Rezoning: Lots 1, 2, and a portion of 3, 4, and 5, of Block 1, Del Monte Orchards Company Subdivision, from AO-I (Agricultural Open Interim) to C-3 (General Business); and Rezoning: A 6.658 acre tract of land out of Lot 16-2, West Addition to Sharyland Subdivision, from AO-I (Agricultural Open Interim) to R-3 (Multi-Family Residential)

If a zoning is amended during the public hearing, it shall be pursuant to the City of Mission’s Amendatory Zone Policy Statement. Anyone interested is invited to attend. Anna Carrillo, City Secretary

PUBLIC NOTICE

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSION, TEXAS GRANTING A REZONING OF A 0.85 ACRE TRACT OUT OF LOT 29-4, WEST ADDITION TO SHARYLAND SUBDIVISION, FROM AO-I (AGRICULTURAL OPEN INTERIM)

TO C-3 (GENERAL BUSINESS) READ, CONSIDERED AND PASSED, THIS THE 11TH DAY OF APRIL, 2016.

Norberto Salinas, MayorAttest: Anna Carrillo, City Secretary

ORDINANCE NO. 4337

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSION, TEXAS GRANTING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO PLACE A MOBILE HOME “TEMPORARY” TO CARE FOR HEALTH STRICKEN FAMILY MEMBER, 700 S. F.M. 1016 (AKA 700 S. CONWAY), A 6.50 ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF LOT 16-6, WEST ADDITION TO SHARYLAND

SUBDIVISIONREAD, CONSIDERED AND PASSED, THIS THE 11TH DAY OF APRIL, 2016.

Norberto Salinas, MayorAttest: Anna Carrillo, City Secretary

ORDINANCE NO. 4338

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSION, TEXAS GRANTING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE SALE & ON-SITE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES – NUEVO LEON EXPRESS TAQUERIAS, 2215 W. MILE 3 ROAD, BEING A 4.79 ACRE TRACT OF LAND BEING THE WEST 4.79 ACRES OF THE EAST 5.63 ACRES OF LOT 24, NEW

CALEDONIA, UNIT NO. 1READ, CONSIDERED AND PASSED, THIS THE 11TH DAY OF APRIL, 2016.

Norberto Salinas, MayorAttest: Anna Carrillo, City Secretary

ORDINANCE NO. 4339

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSION, TEXAS GRANTING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO KEEP A PORTABLE BUILDING FOR OFFICE USE, 1117 S. SHARY ROAD, LOT 1, MCMANUS

SUBDIVISIONREAD, CONSIDERED AND PASSED, THIS THE 11TH DAY OF APRIL, 2016.

Norberto Salinas, MayorAttest: Anna Carrillo, City Secretary

ORDINANCE NO. 4340

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSION, TEXAS GRANTING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A DRIVE-THRU SERVICE WINDOW - TORTILLERIA CARMELITA, 600 N. SHARY ROAD, STE. F, BEING LOT 1, ESDRAS VEGA

SUBDIVISIONREAD, CONSIDERED AND PASSED, THIS THE 11TH DAY OF APRIL, 2016.

Norberto Salinas, MayorAttest: Anna Carrillo, City Secretary

ORDINANCE NO. 4341

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSION, TEXAS GRANTING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A HOME OCCUPATION – LICENSED CHILD DAY CARE, 4204 SAN ROMAN, LOT 26, PASEO LINDO PH.

2 SUBDIVISIONREAD, CONSIDERED AND PASSED, THIS THE 11TH DAY OF APRIL, 2016.

Norberto Salinas, MayorAttest: Anna Carrillo, City Secretary

ORDINANCE NO. 4342

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LOTS FOR SALE at Monte Cristo R.V. Community, single and double deeded lots, available start-ing at $9,000, city sewer, water and electricity, full con-crete, 512-423-7929.

Lots For Sale

UPDATED MO-BILE HOME, 55+ park, own lots, 2br/2b, covered car-port, screen porch/hurricane shutters,

Mobile Homes WINTER GREEN ESTATES R.V. pod for park mod-el, 50AMP, approx. 35X65, corner lot,

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S E E K I N G WORKAMPERS FOR several MH & RV Resorts in the RGV for 2016-17 season, please email resumes to [email protected].

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$18,000, lot K-13, 734-718-3398.BEST BUY IN town! Park mod-el, great condition, 12X33, shed, only $9,700, must sell, 816-456-2516. 10X25 GLASSED IN porch, new skirt-ing, PVC plumbing inc. sinks and fau-cets, central air, new TV, fully furnished, $11,500 OBO, 414-731-0437, after April 1, call 414-352-7836. 12X33 EXTEND-ED CARPORT, 1994, shed, w & dry-er, newer roof, heat pump, a/c, Casa del Valle, nice, $14,000, 641-860-1563.

1997 CANTER-BURY PARK mod-el, excellent condi-tion, lot owned, full covered patio 11X33, furnished, shed, w/d, a must see, $43,000, W & I Resort Mis-

sion, 605-359-3424. I PAY CASH for your travel trailers, park models, fifth wheels and cars. I’ll make you a good deal. Call Jerry Garcia at 956-929-3824.

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PALMVIEWfrom pg 1

Jaime E. Tijerina, of Mission, was elect-ed to membership in

the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation. Fellows of the Foundation are selected for their out-standing professional achievements and their demonstrated commit-ment to the improvement of the justice system throughout the state of Texas. Election is a mark of distinction and recog-nition of contributions to the legal profession.

Selection as a Fellow of the Texas Bar Founda-tion is restricted to mem-bers of the State Bar of Texas. Each year, one-third of one percent of State Bar members are invited to become Fel-lows. Once nominees

are selected, they must be elected by the Texas Bar Foundation Board of Trustees. Membership has grown from an initial 255 Charter Fellows in 1965 to more than 8,500 Fellows throughout Tex-as today.

Tijerina is a city at-torney with the City of Mission. He is the former judge of the 92nd State District Court in Hidalgo County and served for 12 years as the county attor-ney of Kenedy County. He is in the US Army Reserves, and serves as Lieutenant Colonel, Judge Advocate Corps with service in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

By Lea Victoria Juarez

The Mission Economic Development Corpo-ration announced the

addition of Teclo Garcia to the Mission EDC team.

Garcia will serve as the director of strategic partner-ships and program develop-ment, which means he will be in charge of building re-lationships to help strength-en Mission EDC’s existing programs such as Ruby Red Ventures and Code the Town. In addition, he is responsible for finding and applying for grants.

The strategic partnership and program development director was hired to support the EDC’s objectives that were established by the board four years ago. The areas of focus are entrepreneurship, STEM education, infrastruc-ture, business retention, re-cruitment and quality of life. Mission EDC’s programs such as Enginuity, Etsy Craft

Entrepreneurship and vari-ous downtown projects have been rolling out in an effort to meet the board’s goals for the city of Mission.

Garcia previously worked for eight years for the City of McAllen as the director of government and public affairs, managing the city’s legislative and public infor-mation efforts.

“With an EDC, we’re lim-ited with on the kind of part-ners can go after,” MEDC’s CEO Alex Meade said. “He comes from a government relations background and we definitely wanted to leverage the experience that he has the relationships that he has.”

Prior to McAllen, he worked at The Arizona Re-public in Phoenix, where he spent 2003-2008 as a senior editor in charge of reporting teams and helped the news-paper’s parent company de-velop content for Hispanic audiences.

Garcia also led The

Brownsville Herald as editor in chief from 2001-2003 and

helped the newspaper win the prestigious sweepstakes award from the Associated Press for its reporting.

Garcia has a bachelor’s

of arts degree in mass com-munication from Texas State

University-San Marcos and is a six-year veteran of the United States Air Force. He served overseas during Des-ert Shield and Desert Storm.

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EDC hires partnership, development director

ing maybe there really isn’t that much enforcement on our freeways and that’s something that we want to change,” Barrera said.

The department pur-chased two black 2016 Dodge Chargers for the unit, which cost about $80,000 from the asset forfeiture fund. An existing motorcy-cle will also be included in the patrol unit. The three of-ficers were reassigned to the team.

CITE began their patrol April 12 and will continue for the foreseeable future. Barrera said hopefully the department can conduct a study in six months to see if the speed and accident num-bers drop.

Palmview neighborhoods will continue to be regular-ly patrolled. Barrera said

rushing traffic issue is not a problem in these areas.

Speeding is a Class C misdemeanor, with a maxi-mum fine of $500.

“We want to remind the people to drive safe and drive slow,” the chief said. “It’s not only someone else’s life that you’re saving, it’s your own.”

City attorney honored

Teclo Garcia

Forum helps business owners with government contracts

MERCEDES – The Rio South Texas Regional Pro-

curement Technical As-sistance Center (RSTR PTAC) at UTRGV, in conjunction with Texas Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. and U.S. Rep. Henry Cuel-lar, will cohost the Sec-ond Annual South Texas Business Opportunity Fo-rum on Tuesday, April 19.

The event will be held at the Frances R. Cooper Event Center, 1000 N. Texas Ave. in Mercedes.

The forum is open to the business community and is free of charge.

Other hosts include Region One Education Service Center, the U.S. Small Business Admin-

istration and Mercedes Economic Development Corporation. Among the 40 agencies that will present and have repre-sentatives available for discussion are the Gen-eral Services Administra-tion, Texas Commission on Environmental Quali-ty, Texas Parks and Wild-life, Texas Procurement and Support Services and UTRGV.

Attendees are encour-aged to arrive between 8 and 8:30 a.m. to sign in. Opening remarks will begin at 8:30 a.m. Three 45-minute tracks of breakout sessions will run concurrently, starting at 9:15 a.m.

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