The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 25, 1998 Page: 5 of 24
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Mercedes, Texas 78570 Wednesday, February 25, 1998
The Mercedes Enterprise -- Page 5
• TIGER BEAT
By Arturo Gonzales
Two of the three MHS CX teams bate teamis the Texas Forensic Asso-
qualified to compete at the State UIL ciation State Tournament, to begin this
Academic meet, after their perfor- Thursday in Dallas,
mance at the District 32-4A Cross- •••
Examination Debate, which took place Seventy-eight members of the
Saturday, February 21 at Mercedes Mighty Tiger Band competed recently
High School. at the regional Solos & Ensembles
To advance are the first place team Contest in Donna.
> composed of Christina Vasquez and , .
Aaron Garza, and second place finish- The bandsmen claime an a
ers Alexander VanBerg and Carlos rable total of 89 medals at the contest.
Lopez Twenty-two of those competing quall-
Claiming fourth place at the tour- W 10 compete at the 1998 Texas
nament were Bobby de la Rosa and Pat State Solos S Ensembles Contest, to
Garcia. take pl ace in late May at University of
, The .state meet takes place at the ■ Texas at Austin.
University of Texas at Austin in March. Those qualifying toadvance to the
The next competition for the de- state contest include Sarah Pemelton
AT HEALTH FAIR—Some 300 people
turned out February 2 for the Mercedes
Health Fair. The fair featured some 20
exhibitors, who offered health
screenings and tests ranging from
cholesterol and blood pressure
checks to diabetes, vision and hearing
screenings. Photos at left show
personnel from The Eye Care Center,
including owner Dr. Lora Martinez in
white coat, as they give vision tests,
while at right, Rey R. Casares of the
American Red Cross supervises a
blood screening. Mercedes public
school nurses hosted the event, and
they include, in photo below, in front,
from left, Magaly de Leon, nurses’
aid; Nora Garza, LVN; and Rosie
Castillo, LVN. In back are, in same
order, Debra Caldwell, RN; Belinda
Burkholder, RN; Elisa Herrera, RN;
Shirley Vogel, LVN; Sonia Leavitt, RN; |
and Josie McVey, supervisor.
(Enterprise Photos.)
on a flute solo, Carlos Garza on a
trumpet solo, Jessica Mitchell on a B
flat Clarinet solo, and Arturo Gonzales
on a soprano saxophone solo.
Also, a flute trio composed of
Pemelton, Elena Mendoza and Rose
Flores; and a second flute trio of
Adelaida Renteria, Erica Escalon and
Missy Gonzalez.
Others advancing are a clarinet trio
of Mireya Cano, Anna Hernandez and
Sandra Ramos; and Danny Avila,
Joshua Golter, Arturo Gonzales and
Yvette Hoover Garza qualified as a
saxophone quartet,
A trombone quartet of Rich
Chavez, Jessica Lopez, Juan Olivarez
and Cris Vela, as well as a trumpet
quartet comprised of Celeste Arevalo,
le h
5K walk/run
is Saturday
in La Feria
Saturday’s the day for the Second
Annual 5K Run and 1 Mile Walk in
I conjunction with La Fiesta De La Feria,
starting at the La Feria Sports Com-
plex.
The event will help fund the Adrian
Dominguez Memorial Scholarship,
sponsored by the Los Diez Education
Foundation.
Fees have been set at $ 10 for indi-
viduals pre-registering and $12 for
those registering the day of the race.
Race day registration will run from
6:45 to 7:45 a.m. with the race starting
at 8 a.m. sharp.
T-shirts will be given to the first
150 registered entrants. Trophies will
be awarded to the first place overall
male and female runner. The top three
female/male 5K runners in all age cat-
egories and the top three female/male
1 mile walkers in all age categories
will be awarded medals.
Adrian Dominguez was 17 years
old and a senior at La Feria High
School when he died from complica-
tions related to Spina Bifida. He was
confined to a wheelchair, but was well
known around La Feria because his
parents took him everywhere. Adrian
is the son of Manuel and Olga G.
Dominguez of La Feria.
The scholarship that honors his
memory will be awarded to a La Feria
High School senior.
For more registration information,
- individuals are encouraged to call Tavo
Rubio at 797-3001 or Jaime Casas at
797-1068, after 6 p.m.
Carlos Garza, Rick Lerma and
Dagoberto Zavala qualified, as well.
Congrats to all.
Members of the band are currently
selling items fromQSP brochures. The
sales will continue until Tuesday,
March 3.
Members of the Mercedes Chapter
of the Business Professionals of
America are making final preparations
to compete at the state level of compe-
tition from March 5 through 7 in Hous-
ton.
Two parliamentary procedure
teams and various individual competi-
tors are honing their abilities in hope
of continuing a long tradition of suc-
cess that state competitors from MHS
have established.
Good Luck!
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The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 25, 1998, newspaper, February 25, 1998; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1632199/m1/5/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.