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TIGERS HARD AT IT - View from the defensive
backfield above shows Tiger Fullback Mario Garza as he
bursts through the line during Tuesday’s morning
practice session. Below, the Tigers get a hand from
Tigers, primarily in the attitude of “
players and the leadership abilities of
All members in good standing
will be eligible to vote, as well as
nominate other members for a Board
Mercedes Junior High School has
been nominated for recognition by
after they face some serious competi-
tion.”
Freshmen have been added to the
scrimmage schedule, and they’ll
start at 5 p.m., with junior varsity to
Mercedes Little League officials
offer a reminder that the election of
Mercedes Little League’s Board of
Directors for the 1990-1991 season
will take place on September 13, at 7
p.m., in Mercedes City Hall.
Head Coach Leonel Casas, at the close of Monday’s
practice, which he called “really, really good.”
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RECYCLING DROP-OFF OPEN - Mercedes people
wanting to do their part for the environment can deposit
recyclable materials at Mercedes City Shop on North
Ohio. The point is open from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
weekday. Acceptable for recycling are newspapers
(slick inserts removed], aluminum cans, bottles [rinsed,
with labels removed], plastics and tin cans. Andy
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papers for the effort above, assisted by Albert Zavala,
left, while Rey de Leon and Pedro Vela, center, prepare
a container for the goods. Members of the recycling
committee remind residents that “every little bit”
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Nominations must be submitted
to Board Secretary Jose I. Flores or
another officer of the league by
September 5, using the form printed
on Page 5 of this week’s Enterprise
or by obtaining one from officers.
All delinquent accounts must be
cleared by the same date through
Board Treasurer Rudy Salinas.
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"I again congratulate you on the
outstanding instruction you and your
staff are providing the students in
your school,” the governor wrote to
Principal Garcia. “I expect your
example to motivate other schools to
follow in your footsteps.”
Mr. Churchill adds his congratu-
lations to the faculty, staff and
students at the school, saying that
the accomplishment is “truly a high
honor.”
In a letter from the governor,
Principal Salvador Garcia, his
faculty, staff and pupils were con-
gratulated for the honor, which ranks
MJHS among the top 10 percent of
the state’s schools, based on per-
formance indicators of the committee
and the state board of education.
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the team’s seniors, reports Head
Coach Leonel Casas after seven days
of summer practice.
“We had a very good workout
Monday,” the coach says, “just
excellent. We had alot of excitement
and aggressiveness of both sides of
the line, but particularly on offense.”
That’s where the strengths began
to show, specifically in the leadership
of seniors Alvaro Gonzalez, Rene
Ayala and Freddie Bahena. “Those
three were really fired up and it
spread to the rest of the team,” he
says.
Heat posed some problems for
the team on Tuesday, “but they did a
good job despite the weather.”
The apparent weakness remains
lack of depth. “We’ve still missing
some kids,” he says, “so we don’t
have the numbers we want. We
haven’t picked up many on varsity at
all.”
The already thin ranks are further
hurt by the loss of returning starters
David Flores and Craig Perez, both'
to knee injuries. “We don’t know
how long David will be out, but
Craig’s is not quite as bad,” he says.
Season tickets are now on
sale to the general public.
Coaches will take a first look at
their team this Friday at a controlled
scrimmage on Brownsville Porter’s
home field. The teams will get a
chance to run 40 offensive and 40
defensive plays, “and we’ll try to get
a good look at everyone on the
team,” Coach Casas says. “We
should be able to see how we stand
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Taxpayers in the Mercedes school
district will pay taxes at a rate of 95
cents per $100 valuation, a sub-
stantial increase over last year’s rate
of 83 cents, but one that will net the
district the maximum amount of
additional state funds possible.
School board members adopted
the new tax rate at a special meeting
Tuesday, with all present voting in
favor. Absent from the meeting were
Simon O. Calvillo and Hector Garza.
Trustees also set a public hearing
on the increase for 6:30 p.m.,
September 4.
The new rate is based on a
certified appraisal roll totalling
$132,180,252. and an anticipated
collection rate of 92 percent.
“We set a rate one penny higher
than that needed to net the maximum
amount of state funds, in order to
cover any shortfall in collections,"
says Superintendent Monte Church-
ill. “We are, however, going to
pursue delinquent tax accounts
more vigorously than ever before,
and citizens need to understand that.
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Members of the Mercedes
Spanish Seventh Day Adventist
Church will inaugurate a new
Community Service Center with
opening ceremonies and an open
house September 9, reports church
Minister Robert Costa.
The opening ceremony for the
center will begin at 3 p.m. at the
facility, located at Third and South
Colorado.
Along with the ceremony,
September 9 marks the first day of a
series of seminars to be conducted
there for members of both the church
and the community at large, reports
Dr. David Delima, program co-
ordinator.
A series of week-long seminars
will begin that day, with the first
week’s topic to be on nutrition and
healthful cooking. The first seminar
runs through September 14.
Running from September 15-22 is
a session on stress and total health,
while the following week’s activities
will be a five-day "‛Breathe-Free"‛
plan to stop smoking.
Later seminars will cover home
and family life, drug abuse, the
importance of pre- and post-natal
care, and a free English class.
ations in one elderly man.
Responding to the concerns,
Mayor Norma G. Garcia said that
OMI had flown in five experts
Monday to find a final solution to the
problem, and “I’m very happy to
report...it’s been taken care of
today.”
She introduced Jim Thompson
of the OMI firm, who explained the
problem was two-fold. Two pumps
are responsible for moving waste
water from the neighborhood to the
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We must have a much stronger
delinquent tax collection effort.”
The 14.45 percent increase over
last year’s rate was basically man-
dated by Senate Bill 1. the education
funding reform bill. Superintendent
Churchill says. “We didn’t really
have a choice." He says the local tax
rate and that of Edcouch-Elsa schools
will be the lowest in the Rio Grande
Valley. I
The board also voted Tuesday to
accept an offer from George Erchin-
ger to sell his property next to the
school district central office for
$66,000. It will be used to expand the
maintenance and transportation de-
partments, and should be occupied
by January 1.
During a meeting last week, the
board adopted a budget for’ the
coming year that includes $1 million
toward the construction of a new,
eight-room science lab wing at high
school, the conversion of the existing
science wing into regular classrooms
and the construction of a new library,
2.5 times the size of the present one.
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City commissioners Tuesday set a
tax rate just over six cents lower than
last year’s and told a neighborhood
group with sewer complaints that
their problem has already been
solved.
A tax rate of $.7369 was adopted
by commissioners, and that is the
amount the city’s new budget is
based on. The action on the rate was
one of six tax-related items on the
commission’s agenda.
Hearing from Tax Collector
Ismael Luna, Jr., the commission
was told that this year’s effective rate
is $.6631. The effective rate is that
which would raise the same amount
of tax revenue as last year’s, after
consideration of new property values
and the half-cent sales tax meant as a
form of property tax relief.
Since the new rate is more than
three percent higher than the
effective rate, the commission is
required by law to open a series of
public hearings and complete public
notification requirements. The first
public hearing was set by officials for
6:30 p.m.. September 4. A first
notice on the matter appears on Page
7 of this week’s Enterprise.
Tax figures are based on an
appraisal roll accepted by the
commission with a total of
$119,921,444 in appraised value.
Commissioners also certified the
6 1990 anticipated collection rate of 92
percent.
The group of citizens from a
neighborhood around North
Missiouri and the Expressway fron-
tage road addressed the commission
during an item on a monthly report
from Operations Management, Inc.
OMI is the private firm that the city
has hired to oversee operations of the
waste water treatment plant and
water filtration plant.
Spokesmen for the group ex-
plained to commissioners that there
has been a long-standing problem
with sewage overflow from a man-
hole in their neighborhood. The
problem they said, would occasion-
ally arise and be quickly fixed, until
just recently. Starting August 9, the
overflow has occurred “every single
day, morning and night.”
The citizens said the result is not
only an odor that is a terrible
nuisance, but also, “our sinks and
showers back up" with sewage, the
smell permeates clothing, and has
caused severe headaches among
many of the residents and palpit-
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Speakers will include members of
public health agencies and other
experts in the fields to be covered.
Some seminars may be repeated,
and others added, as well. Dr.
Delima says.
More information is available by
calling him at 565-6810 or the
minister at 968-7972.
Lions slate
blood drive
Mercedes Lions Club invites local
people to donate blood at a drive set
for August 27.
Blood will be collected from 9
a.m. to 11 a.m. by United Blood
Services personnel, in the conference
room at city hall.
A screener/phlebotomist will be
on duty, as will a mobile specialist,
with two beds to be used.
Lions encourage employers to
offer incentives to their employees to
donate, with food gift certificates
suggested as one way to provide
incentive.
More information is available
from any Mercedes Lion or from UBS
personnel.
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