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“A 3D
mammogram does not
hurt like the old-fash-
ones.
“I used to think that
I didn’t want to know,
years. As part of the
agreement, Cheniere
will issue the county
a payment in lieu of
taxes (PILOT) of more
Cheniere agreement
aims to benefit both
company and county
Breast cancer survivor
brings fundraising to Mathis
Paul Gonzales photo
All throughout Mathis, Pink Links will be displayed in October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Local businesses, like All
Cross Texas, will be selling the links as a fundraiser for First Friday to help women who can't afford 3D mammograms in the area
through Radiology Associates.
ing lives, which makes
it essential for every
woman to have a yearly
mammogram.
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with exemptions on
certain taxes - the com-
pany will pay road and will cover trains No. 4
bridge taxes - for 10 and 5.
“The first thing we
have to do is determine
where the proposed
(See San Pat, 10)
School graduate - is a social and
political activist who has spent
significant time in the role of
vice chair of the Nueces County and Republicans. met at a Jimmy Buffett concert
“I hate what is going on in this when they were attending college,
country right now,” she said,
turns me off that we can’t have a
Batey said. “I believe in a grown-up conversation on all sides;
Republicans and Democrats.”
Farenthold is the wife of U.S.
of bickering between Democrats Rep. Blake Farenthold. The two
than $20 million.
Cheniere is currently
constructing a facil-
ity in the county that
will supply Liquefied
Natural Gas (LNG).
Company officials have
secured tax abatements
for previous phases
and
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By Paul Gonzales mammogram and got a
Mathis News editor correct diagnosis,” breast
MATHIS - According cancer survivor Deborah
to the National Breast Buchanan said.
Cancer Foundation,
every two minutes a
woman is diagnosed with ioned
breast cancer, and one
woman will die of breast
cancer every 13 minutes, until I found out and
Early detection has been wished I had found out
seen as the key to sav- earlier.
For those who say, ‘it hope.
“If you catch it early,
it’s 100 percent curable.
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Republican Party. She was asked
what she wanted women to know
about her political beliefs.
“I believe in an efficient govern-
ment,”
limited government. I’m a realist.”
Batey said she has grown weary
TO
” she said. She was asked about the future of
Everyone is so disrespectful. It the GOP.
“The future of our party is the
children,” Farenthold said.
The party is currently
(See Farenthold, 5)
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Women discuss party progression
with San Patricio GOP supporters
By Shane Ersland
Special to the Mathis News
PORTLAND - Three women
with strong GOP ties discussed
party objectives with residents
Tuesday in Portland.
The San Patricio
Republican Women
Brandey Batey, Debbie Farenthold
and Abby Lozano at the group’s
monthly meeting at Northshore
Country Club Tuesday. The women
took turns answering questions
during a panel discussion aimed
to improve the party and highlight
WOmen in politics. Shane Ersland photo
Batey - a Gregory-Portland High Three women with notable GOP ties spoke with residents during a San Patricio County
Republican Women meeting Tuesday at Portland's Northshore Country Club. From left,
Brandey Batey, Debbie Farenthold and Abby Lozano discuss the party's progression.
at bay through screening is committed to its mis-
to in the Coastal Bend, mammograms. sion of “Saving lives by
Thousands of women First Friday works with (See Buchanan, 5)
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By Shane Ersland
Special to the Mathis News
SINTON - County
officials authorized
an agreement with
Cheniere Monday that
aims to provide ben-
efits for both the area
and the company.
Commissioners of the project,
approved an application Monday’s agreement
from Cheniere for tax will cover an expansion
abatements Monday to the project.
at the San Patricio Cheniere will uti-
County Courthouse in pze large tanks known
Sinton. The agreement as trains in which to
will provide Cheniere store LNG, and plans
to build five of them.
Monday’s agreement
For more than two with limited financial Radiology
“For those who say, ‘it hope. decades, First Friday resources have been to provide 3D
is what it is,’ I under- . and its medical partner given the opportunity gram screenings for cli-
stand that to a point, . , 11 y0U CatCh Tt early’ Christus Spohn have to manage their health ents who qualify based
but now I realize I have percent curable. provided free screening an^ keep breast cancer on financial need, and
a mission. I was spared ^D mammography mammograms to women
become evasive by the for a reason. My mission is the technology
time I finally got a 3D is to make people aware finding it;
Paul Gonzales photo
MISD Elementary students gave the Mathis Fire Department a "hats off' thank you for teaching them about safety for Fire Prevention Week on Tuesday morning. Fire Chief Adrian Ramirez and Captain
Leonard Moya were on hand to give the students a tour of a fire truck as well as tips how to prevent fires in their homes.
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Gonzales, Paul. Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 12, 2017, newspaper, October 12, 2017; Mathis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1187151/m1/1/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mathis Public Library.