The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 26, 1998 Page: 3 of 18
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Mercedes, Texas 78570 Wednesday, August 26, 1998
The Mercedes Enterprise — Page 3
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1998
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GOD’S FIVE MINUTES
THERE IS A TIME FOR EVERYTHING Eccles’ astes 3:1, The Living Bible, Tyndale House
FACE THE SON AND THE SHADOWS FALL BEHIND
--— 2
LAHT INTO THE WORLD
Dear Mercedes...
Letters from F.S. Lentz, Jr. p
Dear Mercedes, some of the things called great, are
An Affair... great, if they are at all. Some, such as
(Diaz interrupted) Camille Pisarro, make their greatness
In March I spent the better part of readily understood. Most don’t. Not to
a week in Santiago, Chile. The com- me. I grew up with a kid named Darius
pany had sent me there to work the Herold who could draw reality when
airshow, a military one, called FIDAE. we were six years old. We drew stick
The hotel where we were put up was figures, he drew real people, and the
a nice one, maybe better than nice. Art- shadows that went with them. He still
work was hung on the lobby walls and in does the kind of art I understand best,
all the corridors. Certainly it was there So, in the hotel room I paid little
for decor, to warm up the shiny stone attention, at first, to the two prints
floors, and muchof it was the usual hotel hung there. We spent minimal time in
“duty” artwork. Big pictures of land- the room, awake. The rest was shower,
scapes and imagined antiquity. change clothes, and go.
There was the “duty” celestial light. One of the prints, though, caught
but every now and then, some of the my attention. It was simple, quiet, and
paintings were not just commercial hotel drawn and colored so well that it was
artwork. A few patches of sky were almost photographic. It was an arch,
exactly right, that shade of color and crumbling, at the end of a masonry wall,
light that you recognize inside as the real The plaster had fallen off in a patch or
thing. Some artist got it down beauti- two showing the brick beneath and a
fully. third of the arch had lost its plaster en-
I am not much moved by paint art. tirely It was set back on a sidewalk, as if
I am still trying to understand why viewed from the street in front.
Further back, seen through the ren
nant of the arch was a deserted gardei
in which there was a tree in bloon
yellow, like a huisache.
A path beaten into rich brown di
went by the tree, and on over a ris
disappearing into weeds and grass an
flowers. The tree was set against th
most amazing blue light that filled th
rest of the arch. Sky, and sky painte
up to the top of the arch. Real. Th
shade of blue that is a clean mornin
sky around ten o’clock. The paintin
drew you to it and set you walking of
that street and through the arch.
I looked to see who did it. A bunch
of pencilled vertical lines and one or
two curlicues, number such of so many,
it said, with the usual pencilled slashed
line.
I could not decipher who the artist
was and forgot about it. Or so I
thought...
cQue te vaya bien, eh?
Fleet
This Series Made Possible by 37
These Business Firms and Individuals
Who Support Our Right to Worship Freely.
RESIDENT MARKS 100th BIRTHDAY—Ascension great-grandchildren and three great-great
Martinez spent a recent weekend celebrating his grandchildren. One of his parties took place at
100th birthday with friends and family members, Sun-Glo Fellowship Center, which he attends. On
many of whom came from out of town to be hand for that were, from left, his son-in-law and
present. The honoree, seated above, was born daughter, Francisco and Julia Redondo, his
August 15,1898 in Doctor Arroyo, Nuevo Leon, granddaughter Gloria Laird, daughters Celia
He came to Mercedes in 1910 and has lived here Rodriguez and Tomasa Cano, and great-
most of his life. He attributes his longevity to granddaughter Kristina Salazar. Granddaughter
“clean living and the grace of Jesus." He has Rosalinda Cano is to his left, and great-
raised four daughters, Celia Rodriguez of Lindsey, granddaughters Vanessa Zermeno and Brenda Lee
Ohio, Julia Redondo of Riverside, California, Alicia Salazar are in front, left and right, respectively.
Barron of Dallas and Tomasa Cano of Mercedes, (We’re re-running this photo due to poor
and a son, the late Frank Martinez. The honoree reproduction in last week’s paper). (Enterprise
has some 16 grandchildren, at least two dozen Photo.)
Skew Time Studies, luc."
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With deep appreciation...
On behalf of those associated with the MHS Bengal Yearbook, we would
like to thank the following advertisers for their participation in last year’s
issue.
It would not have been possible to have published such a large edition,
complete with full color photo sections and special features, without their
generosity.
Alegro Flower & Gift Shop
Amado’s Boot Company
Best Muffler Shop
Borden
Borderland Hardware of Mercedes
Bill Bunton Auto Supply & Machine
Cheto’s Vehicle Inspection Station
Circle G Farm and Ranch Supply
Camargo’s of Mercedes
Church’s Chicken
City of Mercedes
Cosmopolitan Stylers
De la Rosa Pharmacy
Dominguez Cafe
El Fenix Cafe
Elsy’s Jewelry
Emilio’s Grocery
Ernesto Flores, Jr.-Attorney at Law
The Eye Care Center
First National Bank-La Feria
Floral and Balloon Decor
H&H Foods
Homer’s Produce
Thank you to:
Lullaby’s Day Care Center
Martinez Garage
Mercedes National Bank
Mike’s Pest Control
McAfee Agency
Mercedes Family Dentistry
The Mercedes Enterprise
Mid-Valley Pharmacy
NAPA Auto Parts
Northside Laundry
Party Events
The Print Shop
Rio-Tex Deli
Salas Engine Rebuilders
Silver Glass Co.
Soothing Heart Health Care, Inc.
South Texas Utility Contractors
State Farm
Insurance - Mario B. Dominguez
Ten-Ten Grocery
Texas Trophies
TRG Hall Decor
Valley Oak Tree Learning Center
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The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 26, 1998, newspaper, August 26, 1998; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1632225/m1/3/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.