The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 22, 1990 Page: 8 of 20
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Page 8 -- The Mercedes Enterprise
Mercedes, Texas 78570 Wednesday, August 22 , 1900
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MERCEDES STUDENTS COMPLETE COURSE OF
STUDY -- The students above were graduated from
South Texas Vo-Tech in Weslaco recently after
successfully completing individual plan requirements.
Shown are, front row from left to right, Iris Smith, Erica
Ramirez, Vilma Hernandez, Delia Gonzalez and Isabel
(TDH) is notifying all school and
child-care facility administrators that
new, more stringent immunization
rules for all Texas children will
become law effective September 1.
GRADUATES FROM UTPA’S TexPREP - Students
from across the Valley participated in the Texas
Pre-freshman Engineering Program [TexPrep] at The
University of Texas Pan American this summer. The
eight-week program consisted of mathematics, science,
computer science, technical writing and engineering.
Some 14 cities and 18 colleges across the state provide
TexPREP to almost 2,000 students during the summer.
Edinburg had the second largest number of partici-
pants, with more than 200 students beginning the
program in June. Students from Mercedes who
participated in the program are in front, from left to
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Sign-up for the league will take
place September 1 and September 8,
running from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the
Mercedes Knights of Columbus Hall.
Eligible to play are boys in grades
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one through six, divided into three
divisions.
With each division limited to 48
players, sign up is on a first come
basis.
MHS GRADUATE AWARDED FFA SCHOLARSHIP - Julie Castillo,
last year’s Mercedes FFA president, recently attended the state FFA
convention in Lubbock where she was one of eight students across the
state presented the Texas FFA scholarship. The scholarship is awarded
to students pursuing a degree in an agricultural related field. Julie will
study Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M University this fall.
Pictured here with Dan Trevino, MHS agricultural science teacher, Julie
holds the National FFA chapter award presented to the Mercedes FFA
in recognition of its being named superior chapter while under her
leadership. [Mercedes Enterprise Photo.]
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Proceeds from a benefit dance
featuring Los Aguilares will help pay
expenses of the 10-year reunion of
the Mercedes School Class of 1981.
More information is available
from Mr. Trevino at 565-6169.
The dance runs from 8 p.m. to
midnight at the Mercedes Knights of
Columbus Hall.
Tickets will cost $8 per person in
advance and $10 per person at the
door. They can be obtained by calling
Sylvia Salazar at 262-2426, Petra
Reyes, 565-3536, Mario Flores at
565-1451 or at Gonzalez Grocery,
565-5692, (640 Vermont in Merce-
des.)
A $10 fee is required at registra-
tion, and a parent must accompany
the youngster to sign up. A late
registration fee will be charged those
signing up late.
must be administered at least 30
days apart, and proof of the second
dose will not be required until the
child’s 12th birthday.
- Beginning September 1, 1991,
Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)
vaccine will be required for children,
age 18 months through four.
- Beginning September 1, 1991,
all children and students enrolling
for the first time must have received
rubella vaccine at age one or older.
Hodgson added that persons
needing further details about immu-
nization requirements should consult
their family physicians, local health
departments or school officials.
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We salute the spirit of Mercedes athletes and
musicians who are already at work, preparing
fora season of competition.
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Junior High
physicals
scheduled
Junior high athletes are being
reminded by their coaches of ap-
proaching physical examination ses-
sions.
Eighth grade football players and
boys’ tennis team members were to
receive physicals on August 22. All
junior high girl athletes were to get
theirs on August 29, and seventh
grade boys’ football team will have
exams on August 30.
All physicals will be given at 1
p.m. in the high school gymnasium.
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Soto. In center row, same order, are Celeste Gonzalez,
Roque Garces, Lupita Hernandez, Noemi Ortiz and
Nereida Ortega. In back are Domingo Villeia, Oscar
Riojas, Roland Garcia, Gumecindo Velasquez and
Carlos Gonzalez. [Mercedes Enterprise Photo.]
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To the football and volleyball players, the band members, cheerleaders, drill team and
pep squad members who have started to work even before school opens, we say, “We
admire your enthusiasm.”
And once school opens, we know you’ll work just as hard in the classroom, challenging
yourselves to reach great heights in academics, as well as in extracurricular activities.
The preparation that you accomplish before the season and the preparation that school
offers you before you begin adult life can give you a head start on finding success.
And that’s the spirit we bring to banking. We’re fully prepared to help Mercedes folks
find financial success and to offer them the services of a financial institution that makes
banking SIMPLY BETTER!
Local youngsters are reminded of
approaching registration for a new
season of Youth Flag Football in
Mercedes, says League Director
Jesse Trevino, Jr.
more sharply define, and in some
cases change, children’s immu-
ifization requirements. Among the
major amendments are:
- Beginning September 1, 1990,
children and students enrolling in
Texas child-care facilities or school
must have received both mumps and
measles vaccines on or after their
first birthdays.
- Beginning January 1, 1991,
students whose 12th birthdays occur
on or after September 1, 1990 will be
required to have two doses of
measles vaccine, or provide evidence
of measles immunity. The two doses
Health officials are advising
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in the immunization requirements,
including a mandatory second dose
of measles vaccine, are set for 1991.
Wes Hodgson, epidemiology co-
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Armando Villarreal and Juan Ruiz. In middle row, same
order, are Deana Garcia-Spitz, Mitka Chacon, Carla
O. Cavazos, Alma De Leon and Reynaldo de Leon, Jr.
Behind are Gerson Galloso, Ben Soto, III and Michael
Reyes. Other participants from Mercedes not pictured
are: Patricia Canales, program assistant, Robert
Canales, Albert Closner, Jr., Maria Espinoza, Jessica
Fiores, Raymundo Rodriguez, Lisa Villarreal, Feliz
Gayton, Marissa Gonzales, Raymond Harris, Juan
Francisco Lopez and Gabino Pena. [Mercedes Enter-
prise Photo.]
outbreaks which began in 1988
■ underscored the fact that measles
and other vaccine-preventable
diseases can pose tragic health
threats unless all susceptible people
are immunized against them.
Hodgson said, "‘Some parents in
g recent years have failed to have their
children vaccinated. Also, some
a school and day-care operators have
not kept adequate records. The result
is a growing number of insufficiently
immunized children and young
adults at risk of measles infection."
Hodgson said that currently the
law requires all children entering
Texas schools or day-care to show
proof of immunization at certain ages
against polio, tetanus, measles,
rubella (German measles), mumps
and diphtheria. In addition, the law
requires pertussis (whooping cough)
vaccine for all school and day-care
children younger than five.
However, amendments adopted
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collection should be cut into three foot maximum
lengths, and that all leaves and grass must be bagged -
Household garbage should not be put out with brush.
He also adds that a new law will also require the cutting
of discarded tires into two halves, around the diameter
of the tire. [Mercedes Enterprise Photo.]
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the city’s guidelines on size of things collected by brush
crews, it makes the job tough for workers — and is the
major cause of delays in the pick-up schedules, reports
Public Works Director Albert Zavala. The crew above is
struggling to pick up debris that includes household
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The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 22, 1990, newspaper, August 22, 1990; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1403305/m1/8/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.