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The A/lathis News
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THURSDAY, JULY 3,1986
-KIKA DE LA GARZA, 15TH DISTRICT, TEXAS-
NEWSLETTER
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% \ “TO SUPPORT AND
THE CONSTITUTION”.
% •; Some people will be center stage
as the Rio Grande Valley takes part
' ih a national citizenship ceremony
* July 3 as part of our traditional In-
;4^V dependence Day observances.
U.S. District Court Judges
Filemon Vela and Ricardo Hinojosa
4 will administer the oath of citizen-
/^•f. ’ship to the 400 in a morning
ceremony at the Iwo Jima Memorial
located within the Harlingen Marine
..•’ Military Academy grounds. This
- will be a prelude to a nationally
televised swearing-in ceremony to
. ^"be held on Ellis Island, New York,
, where the Chief Justice of the U.S.
4%.. Supreme Court will administer the
oath to thousands of people from
coast to coast in an evening broad-
As we hold our ceremony in Harl-
ingen, we are mindful of its
v significance because this is done on
^^{.'the very day we rededicate the
.,4' -f ^Statue of Liberty. There could be no
/refiner tandem event than 400 people
'v | taking the oath of citizenship in the
Valley along with our restoration of
. Lady Liberty.
>^#;'This Congressman has been asked
A»(jto help officiate at the Harlingen Iwo
...4^. Jima event, and it is my honor to do
so. And to the 400, I acknowledge
each and every one of you for the ef-, an(j children Kerri, Kristi and Kim-
■ ~'r'; fort you have made to attain this mi of Kenedy,
goal. You should not have worked so
hard, to become citizens, studying
our Constitution and laws, if you had
4 not so dearly wished to become a
V, part of this great nation. Many con-
• gratulations to you all.
DEFEND by way of more federal money for
grackle control, we at least have the
USDA listening and thinking about
ways to aid our citrus producers.
The birds peck and ruin the fruit in
their love of it. but they are a pest
that we must control and I trust the
USDA will continue to cooperate
with our growers on this important
effort._
SOUTH TEXAS 4-H MEMBERS
VISIT WASHINGTON.
Three young ladies came to
Washington recently for a national 4-
H Club program and a series of
study sessions and meetings at the
national 4-H Club headquarters. And
they also paid a visit to our Congres-
sional office.
Becky Meyring and Tammy
Palmer of Pleasanton, along with
Teresa Thomas of Premont, met
with this Congressman over in the
U.S. Capitol and I took them out onto
the steps of the Capitol for a grand
photograph on a clear blue day!
VISITORS FROM HOME-Mr. Den-
nis A. Longoria of Laredo, Mr. and
Mrs. George Burns (now of Houston
but formerly of Harlingen) with
grandchildren Kandis and Kevin
Catlett of La Feria; Mr. and Mrs.
Arturo Saldana of McAllen; Mrs.
Lee Wise and Berny Wise of
McAllen; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mauch
Viewpoint..
Once Luxury Items Are Now 'Needs'
During the many years we lived in
town, we rarely had need for many
groceries at one time. When we1
needed an item, it was just a block or
so to the store, so we just made a trip
to wherever it was being sold, got it
and back home we went.
Of course, Roomie kept a well
stocked pantry but she rarely ever
set aside a day on which she made a
special visit to town to buy several
things at once.
Many times, when the dinner was
all but on the table, one of the girls
would inform me that we needed a
loaf of bread, carton of milk or stick
of butter. No problem, the car was
parked a few yards from where I
sat, so just hop in the car, back into
the street, and in five minutes be
back in the kitchen with the needed
item.
There were a few exceptions to
this speedy service. If in the course
of errands I chanced to meet so-
meone I hadn’t seen in a few days, I
would feel compelled to wait up a
minute or so to either tell or be told
the latest. The girls understood this,
and were, I must say, very forgiving
when such delays occurred.
For the past twenty years, we
have lived several miles from the
convenience of supermarket shopp-
WHERE ARE THE PEANUT
REGULATIONS?
- Along with other members of Con-
gress, I have been hammering away
at USDA trying to discover why the
department has yet to issue final
regulations governing the allocation
of peanut allotments to our pro-
ducers. I have told the USDA this is
most injurious to South Texas
./peanut farmers. And I don’t like it
■ one bit.
a In a press statement issued June
4^19, the USDA admitted there were no
"regulations but nowhere in the press
release did the USDA so much as
apologize for this bureaucratic
bungling! But an olive branch, of
sorts, was offered to producers and I
suspect it was designed to keep
. '.tempers down.
The USDA has offered the follow-
Vihg: A farm poundage quota for the
1986 crop will be allowed full credit
even if the quota is not fully met.
Credit will be allowed for 1985 crop
peanuts if the quota is transferred to
a farm by sale, or permanent owner,
by the 1986 crop year.
Additional time will be allowed for
producers to sell or to transact other
quota transfer agreements for the
1986 crop. And to avoid hardship,
USDA will not reduce initial farm
poundage quotas on farms if the
quota loss would result from lease
and production on another farm by a
different operator during the 1983-85
farm years.
-—- This is better than nothing, but the
lack of completed peanut program
. regulations is no way to run a
Y railroad.
USDA PONDERING GRACKLES.
A few weeks ago I wrote to the
head of USDA’s Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service and
brought to the Administrator’s at-
., tention a serious pest problem which
;/ .plagues our Valley citrus growers:
the grackle bird.
; This year is much worse than
usual and the USDA has pledged at
4 least to lend a caring ear to the
',growers’ concerns. The department
sent one of its Texas officials down
’td McAllen for meetings with
7* representatives of the growers and
Although there is nothing concrete
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Letter to Editor: Jim Mathis
Mathis News
Mathis, Texas
Lake Corpus Christi (Mathis)
nearly filled from the recent rains.
Now the lake is dropping every day
and will continue to drop until the
next rains. Whenever that will be. I
know the “speakers” for Corpus
Christi say they have more water
than they have ever had, and that is
true. But we are concerned how the
water will be released to satisfy the
demands of Corpus Christi and the
other users they sell water to. As of
this time, the policy of Corpus
Christi is to release the water from
Lake Corpus Christi (Mathis) before
releasing water from Choke Canyon
reservoir during a drought. How low
will Lake Corpus Christi (Mathis)
have to be before any help from
Choke Canyon?
Corpus Christi is also proceeding
with the plan to install pumps to
pump 100 million gallons of water a
day from the Nueces River at the
Simmons Site into Choke Canyon.
Mayor Jones of Corpus Christi
stated at a public meeting of the
Council of Governments in May 1986,
that he would come up with a plan-
policy on regulating the Lake Corpus
Christi (Mathis) water level that
would include the RECREATION
and ECONOMICS on Lake Corpus
Christi (Mathis).
At this same meeting, Mayor
Jones agreed to hold public hearings
on his plan in all communities that
purchase water from Corpus Christi
and also public hearings in CITIES
AND COMMUNITIES LOCATED
AT OR NEAR LAKE CORPUS
CHRISTI (MATHIS).
Mayor Jones agreed to hold these
public meetings beofre he presented
the plan to the City Council of Corpus
Christi for action.
I was informed by a TV channel 6
newsperson that a plan would be
presented to the City Council of Cor-
pus Christi in July 1986. I do not
know the text of this plan.
I do know this; the Council of
Governments approved a motion at
the meeting in May 1986, that Corpus
Court Records
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Jy Domingo Liserio - Marta Juarez
0 Benjamin M. Martinez - Maria
Magdelena Martinez
1 Ramon Zapata, Jr. - Annette
: Molina
’ Kurt R. Westerman - Gina M.
Hood
Charles Rodney Evans - Billie
June Reagan
William C. Thomas - Anthe Lee C.
/ Dauzat
yy Darrell Paul Young - Rita Laray
Lanier
> Rubqn Flores - Angela Elaine
• Clark
^George Requenez - Elma Valdez
; Cano
Jay Dee Shedd - Carrie Lee Mur-
l.
. Miguel Manuel Salinas - Deanna
Uee Boren
DISTRICT COURT
Darlene Sue Kmecik Borger -vs-
. L&rry Lewis Borger - divorce.
Lisbeth Rose Hackney -vs- Louis
George Hackney - divorce.
Becky Standlea -vs- Glenn Randall
Standlea - divorce.
Christi (Mathis) and to hold the
public meetings.
I have not been informed of any
public hearings on this matter.
Be alert and ready to move on a
short notice, as we will have only a
short time to prepare for any
meeting.
DON’T GET CAUGHT WITH
YOUR “LAKE” DOWN.
Sincerely
Elmer Singleton
President
Dear Editor:
As we celebrate the 210th anniver-
sary of the birth of our great nation,
it is easy to recall those whose
names are recorded in the annuals
of history. However, there are many
unsung heroes deserving our
recognition and thanks who have
namelessly contributed to the
strength of the United States of
America.
From the days of the first perma-
nent settlement in Jamestown,
through the American Revolution,
the War of 1812, the American Civil
War, both World Wars and most
recently, Vietnam, men have borne
arms to fight the common foe when
occasion demanded.
During peace and during war,
committed men have maintained
the military strength so vital to the
strength of the nation. Today we are
blessed with peace and are fortunate
to celebrate more than 13 years of
draft-free existence. However, we
must be prepared to bolster the all
volunteer armed forces in the event
of a national emergency.
Since Selective Service registra-
tion was reinstituted in 1980, more
than 16 million men have added their
names to the list of those eligible to
serve their country in a time of need.
As we take time to celebrate this
national day of pride and rejoice in
the unveiling of the refurbished
Statue of Liberty, let us also take the
time to celebrate the commitment of
the 18-year-old men who take five
minutes of their time to register with
Selective Service and thereby con-
tinue our efforts to keep America the
“land of the free and home of the
brave.”
Sincerely
Wilfred L. Ebel
Selective Service System
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ing. Roomie has met this change
head-on and keeps a list of things we
need. This includes refills at the
pharmacy, doodads at the variety,
maybe a trip to the hardware store
and, of course, check the car’s
needs, go to the bank, probably, and
by all means, circle by the NEWS of-
fice. I try to keep a few weeks’ copy
on the editor’s desk so neither of us
will have to worry about deadlines.
Even so, many times, we get home
and unload three sacks of groceries
that I remember having written a
fifty dollar check for and have
Roomie say that we still didn’t get
very much that we could eat.
It is then that I get a sinking sensa-
tion in the pit of my tummy.
Now, we do this about once per
week, but when I was growing up,
we made about four trips or less per
year to town to buy groceries. Dad
bought flour and meal by the fifty
pound sacks; sugar by the twenty-
five pound sack, and that was about
it.
For Instance
At home, we had the remains of
two or three hogs Cured out and
hanging in the smokehouse. That
was our meat. We had a flock of
chickens and four or five milk cows
in the pasture, so when you have
milk, butter, meat, poultry and
eggs, what else do you need?
Well, I’ll tell you what else we
need. We might have needed this
merchandise then, but we didn’t
know it. We need a 32 ounce box of
detergent for the automatic washer.
We also have to have something that
is widely acclaimed on TV that one
puts into his automatic dryer to
destroy the possibility of static elec-
tricity so that our socks won’t stick
together or to anything else and
make everything smell invitingly
clean.
We also need hand soap, face soap,
shampoo for the hair, mixtures that
are made for cleaning the floor, for
cleaning the oven, for cleaning our
dishes, for cleaning our teeth, for
cleaning the bathroom (there are at
least three different solutions for
this room).
We also desperately need and
must have a special formula for
cleaning things that are m^^of
glass. Then there is the fumit^B It
needs and must have special Treat-
ment with certain polishes, oils,
waxes and fillers. These must be ap-
plied with certain kinds of cloth,
sponges or brushes.
For general use, we must have
paper towels for the kitchen. We
must have other paper products for
our noses and perhaps a more
general or special application. Then
to put the finishing edge on
everything, we have deodorizers for
use after we cook fish or cabbage or
it has been a rainy week and the
house smells “musty,” whatever
that is.
Throw in a few bucks for the cat or
other pet food and it becomes
understandable why three sacks of
groceries(???) can and do cc
odd bucks and still nothing to <
In our three or four trips to"
back during the days when, we tried
to make sure that we got everything
we needed. True, we did not know
about luxurious paper towels. Cast-
off clothing, bed sheets, flour and
feed sacks served the same purpose
that we use paper towels for now.
Of course, we drank coffee. Dad
bought it in three pound buckets. Of
course, we needed bathroom tissue,
but the mail order catalogue was not
consigned to the trash man in those
days. We had more practical use for
it “out back.”
In those days, when we ran out of
something, we did without until the
next trip to town.
Personally speaking, I’m not year-
ning for those “good old dawrikl
spoil easily. I like paper towels
What a way to go!
Nightmare Continues To Grow
- by pdl -
IT IS the week of the gigantic
Liberty bash in New York City.
The Statue of Liberty has had a
$31-million face lift, and some $233
million has been raised so far for the
overall restoration of Liberty and
Ellis Islands.
Ellis Island was the door through
which some 15 to 20 million im-
migrants passed on their way to a
bountiful America. They sought
their fortune, or a better way of life,
or a respite from oppression.
THEY CAME to America legally.
They met the standards. They
waited out the long periods until
their time turned up on the quota
list.
This is a nation that largely was
built by immigrants. Most of our
forefathers came from a foreign
land, many coming to the plains of
Texas through Indianola. They all
came legally, in pride, to stand tall
in building a budding new nation.
Today, there are still those who
await their turn to come into this
country of promise. They, too, go
about it in a legal way.
CURRENTLY, THERE are some
600,000 immigrants who enter the
United States legally each year. This
is twice the number of persons as
are accepted by all the other coun-
tries of the world combined.
But, while there are those who
move along legal channels to come
to make their new home, there are
the other untold millions who take
the shortcut in the black of night, in
the way of criminals who sneak
across the border into this country in
hopes of not being found out.
THESE PEOPLE, regardless of
how unfortunate their cir-
cumstances, are illegal infiltrators.
They come here in violation of ex-
isting immigration laws.
They come here in utter disrespect
for law and order.
They infringe on the rights of those
Tammy Renae Tijerina -vs-
Robert Tijerina - divorce.
Security State Bank of Portland
-vs- W. C. Triplett, M.D. - suit on
note.
Karyn S. Benware -vs- Stephen J.
Benware - divorce.
Romana Torres Valdez -vs- Jim-
my Ray Castro - suit for damages
and personal injuries, auto.
Brad Burke Tennis Courts, Inc.,
DBA Coastal Plains Sales and Ser-
vice, Inc., -vs- Oak Ridge Health and
Racquet Club, Et A1 - suit on con-
tract.
Albert Trevino -vs- Yamaha Motor
Corporation, U.S.A. - suit for
damages and personal injuries,
auto.
Rosalva R. Hinojosa -vs- Alfredo
Hinojosa-divorce.
The Attorney General Of Texas ex
rel State California and Susan Janet
Neal -vs- Leonard Earl Neal -
reciprocal child support.
The Attorney General of Texas ex
rel State Ohio and Dale Marie Ford
-vs- Kenneth W. Ford - reciprocal
child support.
who patiently wait their turn to enter
the country legally.
Yet, the members of the U.S. Con-
gress, badgered by those who do not
wish to see a renewed emphasis
placed on stopping the flow of these
illeglal, undesirable people into
America, fail to take the action
necessary to stop the movement.
THE MASSIVE illegal tide can not
be tolerated. Yet, the “fearless”
members of the Congress are unsure
of moving a comprehensive, effec-
tive immigration bill which would
not only stop the illegal flow, but
which should not grant any amnesty
to anyone who entered the country il-
legally.
The bill should demand criminal
charges against those who harbor or
who employ such illegal entrants.
All illegals, without fanfare,
should be returned to their own
countries.
AND WITH the continuing
unemployment problem which the
country faces, there should be no
foreign worker program. The labor
pool in this country is completely
adequate to fulfill any needs that ex-
ist.
It is a spacious country, there is
much to be done.
The odds that an immigration bill
will be passed, of course, are slim.
And any bill that finally makes its
way through the two august bodies
of the Congress will do little, if
anything to solve the problem.
INTERESTING POINTS:
Ninety-one per cent of Americans
polled want illegal immigration
stopped completely.
It is estimated that there are some
500,000 illegal Salvadorans in the
United States, an eighth of that coun-
try’s population of 4 million.
Sixty percent of the illegals enter-
ing the country are Mexicans.
Illegal aliens from 53 countries
have been apprehended just along
the border south of San Diego, Calif.
A RECENT survey showed that 73
per cent of the babies born at the
University of Southern California
Hospital were the children of illegal
aliens.
In fiscal year 1983 (latest figures
available), Los Angeles County
estimated it spent $99.5 million in
unreimbursed medical services to il-
legal aliens, an amount greater than
the entire Los Angeles County deficit
for that year.
Getting into the United States
might be a dream for those
await an opportunity to sne£
this coutry. But it is a continf
growing nightmare for every
American citizen. One that some
day soon will turn into a
catastrophe.
member 1986
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