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Mercedes, Texas 78570 Wednesday, August 15, 1984
Page 8 — The Mercedes Enterprise
Garden Editor 'extra' reveals
ways to get patriotic look
KIKA DE LA GARZA,
A RED, WHITE AND
BLUE GARDEN
You can go patriotic in your
garden with a red, white and blue
look.
In the red garden, you will find
many plants. Dwarf varieties for the
edges could include “Prelude Red’’
begonia, compact marigolds such as
“Red Cherry,” or perhaps orna-
mental peppers. Both “Candle-
light” and “Masquerade” peppers
have bright red fruit, which looks
hot, but tastes even hotter.
Geraniums would be natural.
For a very deep, striking red, try
“Hollywood Red” or “Smash Hit
Red.” Petunias can also be
included. One of the most popular
is “Red Cascade.” For a vertical
accent, include “Red Hot Sally,” a
salvia, whose bright red spires
create a strong focal point.
“Red Rocket” snapdragon or
“Pulcino Red” zinnia also create a
strong central focus, and can be
used to cut flowers, as well. If there
Letters
TO THE EDITOR
[Enterprise readers are invited
to express their opinions under
this heading. Letters must be
signed.]
Editor,
The Enterprise;
Your writing range amazes me.
Against the necessary background
of mundane prose rise articles of
wit and creativity covering a gamut
of subjects from local athletic
notables to foreign travel journals.
Your pedantic bent is amusing.
(I see your dictionary is as
well-thumbed as mine, or Mauro’s.)
Though your paper never
plumbs the hearstian depths, yet
am I glad it does not traverse the
xeric wastes of the supercilious
freedom chain. However, I do
deplore its paucity in the range of
subjects and its tendency to be a
village bulletin offensive to none.
For instance, why do you report the
results of a murder trial of local
interest,” and yet not publish the Bluel’ or “True Blue” pansies,
names as well as deeds of other ,
. For the backdrop, try salvia.
~ : Atlam the goals you set Most people know this plant and its
1red spires, but salvia is also
tor yourself, but I encourage you to . . ...
available in blue-violet “Carabiniere
deviate further your eyes from the . .
. _ , . Blue’ or Salvia Farinacea
median of mediocrity, where to Victor:
scale the sophic heights, one must
risk the fall. ---------------------
Sincerely yours,
John Pemelton
[EDITOR’S NOTE: Aw, shucks, ■
John, ya’ll know we’re just plain FROM CITY HALL
folks around here.]
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
The City of Mercedes is now accepting applications for the
position[s] of:
PLANNER
TECHNICIAN
— Work involves duties in Planning/Zoning, processing routine
forms, conducting current and long range projects, and many
other related duties.
— Experienced preferred, salary negotiable.
Deadline for taking applications will be August 30, 1984. Apply to
Personnel Office, City of Mercedes, 400 S. Ohio, Mercedes, Texas
78570. [512] 565-3114, ext. 34.
The City of Mercedes is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 3tc-33
is some shade, coleus can be used
in the bed. The “Wizard” series
has a number of vibrant scarlet and
deep-red varieties. And don’t forget
“Super Elfin” impatiens for a fiery
glow in shaded spots.
The white garden will lend a
light, airy, and carefree feeling
around patios, pools, decks or other
gathering spots. There are a
number of flowers with white colors
to choose from.
Alyssum “New Carpet of Snow”
would make a perfect border plant,
and also set off darker beds well.
Try a glistening blossom called “Ice
Queen,” the most reliable white
geranium. Petunias have some of
the purest and brightest white
colors and should be included in
any white planting. “Crockett’s
Victory White,” “Old Glory
White,” “White Magic” and
“White Cascade” are varieties with
large blooms and heavy flower
production. Vinca is very tolerant of
heat, drying, insects and pollution.
White varieties are the new
“Snow Carpet,” a ground-hugging
type, and “Morning Mist,” with an
upright growth habit and many
flowers above the foliage. For an
interesting focal point, try the
perennial Shasta daisy, “G.
Marconi.” Its white flowers are
held on tall plants, providing the
garden with a permanent center
point. “White Rocket” snapdragons
or white zinnias should also be
planted nearby for color after the
Shasta daisy has finished blooming.
Let’s look next at the blue
garden. Blue creates a cool feeling
and is a welcome sight on a hot
day. A perfect choice for a border is
“Blue Puffs” ageratum. The plants
are very compact and have a soft,
fluffy feeling that gently moves the
eye into the bed. Verbena is also a
good choice. “Amethyst” is a
particularly good verbena which
spreads very nicely.
Some better-known plants, such
as petunias or pansies, or even
salvia, can also be added. “Old
Glory Blue” petunia has a. strong
blue coloring .which looks nice
backed by taller varieties. During
the cooler months, “Universal Light
Report
PUBLIC WORKS
Brush crews are located in
Section One on the north side of
town.
Last week, brush was collected
from the following streets: Wash-
inton, Georgia, Virginia, Missouri,
Texas and Ohio. Collection totalled
43 loads.
Garbage collection is on sched-
ule, though no street sweeping
was performed, as the vehicle was
being repaired, and no easements
were mowed.
Two days each month, three
vehicles and six employees of the
public works department are busy
hauling surplus food commodities
from their Edinburg warehouse to
the Mercedes distribution point.
PUBLIC UTILITIES
Water services were inter-
rupted last week due to water
breaks at 438 North Indiana, 438
North Vermont, 822 South Missouri,
844 Nevada Street and at First
Street and Vermont.
Sewer services were interrupted
due to stops at 11 locations.
General daily maintenance at
both the water filtration plant and
waste water treatment plant is
being performed on schedule.
DE LA GARZA TRIBUTE TO “pending” for quite some time in
LOST FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE. this particular House Committee
Earlier this month, the House of where a resolution of approval by
Representatives lost one of its the Members was needed. In
giants. Word about the death of conjunction with other members of
Rep. Carl Perkins of Kentucky hit
the Congress like a thunderhead
and the pall still lingers over both
Congressional chambers.
Besides being one of the most
admired members of Congress, Mr.
Perkins had established an in-
disputable reputation as the
architect of our modern American
committment to education. And it is
with a sense of real personal loss
that I grieve over the passing of my
friend and long-time colleague.
Carl Perkins’ home was a long
way from South Texas, so let me
tell you a little about his life. Rep.
Perkins was born, reared, and had
lived all his life in the small
northeastern Kentucky town of
Hindman -- population 808!
Hindman was the kind of town that
Mr. Perkins knew and loved the
best.
His home town of Hindman lies
in the Appalachian Mountains on
what is called the Cumberland
Plateau. Whenever Mr. Perkins
returned home for a visit away from
the pace of Washington, you could
find him sitting in a small country
restaurant drinking iced tea and
talking to the farmers and coal
miners who would call to him by
name.
His Congressional District was
entirely rural America -- and I do
believe that after 36 years in the
House of Representatives, every
farmer and miner in his District had
drunk a glass of something with
him! There wasn’t a man, woman
or child in the mountains of
northeastern Kentucky who did not
know who Carl Perkins was -- he
was their friend to the end.
In Congress, Mr. Perkins rose to
the fourth position of seniority and
length of service in the House -- out
of 435 members! He was the
Chairman of the Education and
’Labor Committee in the House, and
he dedicated his life in Congress to
the furtherance of American
education for all.
The young people in America
who never knew Carl Perkins may
also never realize the enormous
contribution he made towards the
availability of education for them.
A grade school child from a poor
family who had a hot lunch in the
middle of the day; a young man or
woman struggling toward college
- and finally winning that scholar-
ship; or a handicapped child who
needed that special teacher -- all of
them owe Carl Perkins a silent
prayer.
And for myself - well, I already
paid Carl Perkins a private tribute
in my heart, and a vow never to
forget his unique legacy and his
personal friendship with me. He
was the kind of man who lent the
highest professional ring to the
words “member of Congress.”
DE LA GARZA ADDRESSED
SUGAR GROUP IN CHICAGO. Late
last month, I travelled to Chicago to
address the International Sweetener
Symposium. This was a premier
event for the U.S. Sugar Industry,
and one in which I was privileged to
have participated.
I was introduced to the assembly
by Jack Nelson, president of the Rio
Grande Valley Sugar Growers. I feel
especially close to the sugar
industry in America -- particularly
our Valley sugar growers. We have
worked together for the best
interests of the American consum-
ers -- not only to assist our
producers -- but truly to see that all
Americans who consume sugar are
not one day subject to a cartel’s
whimsy such as happened with oil
and OPEC.
LOS OLMOS CREEK WATER-
SHED FINALLY APPROVED. Stan-
County has been waiting for what
seems a lifetime to have its Los
Olmos Watershed project approved
by the federal government and
Congress. After nearly 20 years of
planning and review by USDA and
the Office of Management and
Budget, the last official approval
was given by the House Committee
on Public Works and Transportation
on August 3.
This watershed plan has been
15TH DISTRICT, TEXAS
VISITORS FROM HOME this
week included G.G. Garcia,
formerly of Mercedes, now working
in Washington.
Congress who had watershed
projects in the same predicament as
ours -- we managed to pry Los
Olmos loose, emphasizing the need
to get on with the project. Now,
both House and Senate Public
Works Committee have approved
Los Olmos, and since approval
resolutions such as these require no
vote by either Congressional body,
we can proceed to the details of
actual funding by USDA’s Soil
Conservation Service.
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SALUTE TO
E WINNERS
.from last weekend's
First Annual Blue Bar Catfish
Fishing Tournament
TWO TROPHIES went to Don Leff, who
landed the biggest fish, a .2 3/4
pounder, and showed the "best five by
weight," with a stringer totalling 5.5
pounds. He stands at left, showing his
trophies and prize with assistance from,
left to right, Tournament Queen Miss
Carolyn Crenshaw, Rules Enforcement
Officer Horacio Aguirre, Organizer
Roger Adame and his son, Roger, Jr.
SECOND BIGGEST CATCH came off
the pole of Rolando Guajardo. His
catfish weighed in at 2.5 pounds.
* Presenting his trophy and prize is
. x* ST 5 a Tiaha0 ■ t ss 1 5 .
* Tournament Queen Miss Carolyn
Crenshaw.
PRIZE FOR BIGGEST STRINGER,
totalling seven fish, went to Mike
Dominguez. He takes his trophy and
prize from Tournament Queen Carolyn
Crenshaw and Assistant Tournament
Organizer Bobby Joe Adame-
HIS STRINGER WON SECOND - Dan
Eduardo Avila earned a gift certificate
by showing the second place stringer.
His award is presented by Tournament
Organizer R.G. ‘Tiny’ Perez. Third
place went to Hugo Bandy.
And we salute everyone who took part,
those who fished, those who helped, those
who cooked and even those who
just thought it was a good idea!
Special thanks go to...Rudy Cruz, entertainment coordinator...Miss Carolyn Crenshaw,
tournament queen...Arturo Galvan of Mexican Spice Products, for donating spices for our
menudo and gumbo...Robert Fernandez, menudo cook,...fry cooks Dale Huges, Cuni
Cantu and Tony Barbosa...and Roger and Bobby Joe Adame, assistant tournament
organizers.
Mercedes people made it a success!
FIRST ANNUAL BLUE BAR
ZATFISH FISHING
OURNAMEN
COMMITTEE
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The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 33, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 15, 1984, newspaper, August 15, 1984; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1632069/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.