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The Merc
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Mercedes, Texas 78570 Wednesday, October 14,1998
Volume 86
Number 41
Price 50c
Improvements near
for thoroughfares,
railroad crossings
REPRESENTING THE SENIOR CLASS — Mercedes High School
Senior Class officers and Student Council representatives serving
during the 1998-99 school year are shown here. Officers are
above, in front from left, President Cindy Cano, Sergeant at
Arms/Parliamentarian Joe Alex Adame and Secretary Isabel
Guzman. In back, in same order, are Treasurer Brenda Gonzalez
and Vice President Jesus Martinez. Pictured below are the
Senior Class Representatives Arianna Martinez, Steve Garcia,
Claudia Garcia and Adelaida Renteria. Not pictured is Steven
Ciosner. (Enterprise Photos.)
Improvement projects planned or worthit.”
already underway promise to change Other street improvements on the
the face of Mercedes, say city offi- drawing board include: Expansion of
cials. Business 83 from FM 1015 all the way
Last week, The Enterprise carried through town to the Cameron County
a summary of the improvement sched- line, some two fiscal years from start-
ule, and here, we’ll offer more details ing; re-construction of FM 491 both
about specific projects. north and south of town; the expan-
What’s probably first on everyone’s sion of Texas at the Expressway to
mind is repair of city streets. In some four lane; county work to continue to
good news about the Texas Avenue expand Mile Two West both south and
project, work resumed Wednesday after north (to just past the South Texas ISD
a hiatus of about a month. facilities); and improvements to a num-
“Work should go pretty quickly ber of in-town streets, including the
now,” says City Manager Ernesto exit ramp relocation at Expressway
Silva. “There were some delays caused and Missouri, First from Texas to Vir-
by having to move utility lines, and of ginia, Third, Fourth, Sixth and Tenth;
course, the recent rains slowed things all of Hidalgo and Kansas; and rail-
down. But the contractor is well within road crossings at Ohio, Virginia and
the time allotted by his contract. Dawson (which is dependent on the
“In addition, the downtown beau- railroad contractor’s schedule),
tification project is getting started, and “We have been working long and
people will soon see a big change for hard on this,” the city manager says,
the better,” he continues. “Already, “and we’re working as fast as wecan—
we’ve had people calling to say how it all can’t be done at once.
nice the new lights look at night” “But we’re slowly realizing some of
But he stresses that residents need to the goals we’re set. Sometime soon, we’ll
be patient while the work continues, be able to look back and see that a
“This won’t be without growing pains,” positive change has been made in the
he says. “There will be some inconve- community.
nience. We just ask people to bear with (We’ll examine more details about ‘
us, and we think they’ll soon see it was city projects in next week’s edition.)
OFFICERS FOR WEST PTO — West Elementary School’s PTO
will be led this year by the recently elected officers posing
above. They are Danny Salinas, president; Gina Martinez, center,
vice president; and Laura Quiroga, secretary/treasurer.
(Enterprise Photo.)
Sharyland boasts
tough defensive unit
Football Tigers are still looking to Mireles hit the extra point.
put together that complete game, but Players of the week named by
this week’s contest with Sharyland coaches were Joey Lopez and Mark
promises to be another toughie. Rincon, both cited for their defensive
“We played well in spots (against play.
■ Los Fresnos, last Friday), but the bot- « . »♦
.. . . „ Sharyland will bnng a good team
| tom line on it was turnovers,” says to town this Frid «They h 17
I Head Coach Leonel Casas. “We had town y; have ,
• 1 _ returning starters from last year s
■ four and you can t do that and expect, .
•. r team, the coach says of the 2-1 Rat-
I to win against a good team. 1 ’ . /
tiers. They line up in a power offense,
1 Wecouldn t make the plays when but run a lot of options from there.
J we had to, he adds, though his Tigers They’ve got a good runningback, and
■ did force the powerful Falcons into their quarterback both runs and throws
overtime, well.
IFinal score was 14-7, with the lone He says the opponents' defense
Tiger tally coming at the end of a 72- “may be the best we've seen this year,
yard drive. Isaac Rincon ran the ball in They're very aggressive, very quick.**
I from four yards out, while David
“We’re still looking for that com-
plete ballgame,” the coach concludes.
“We need to play well and not make
mistakes.”
Gametime Friday at Tiger Stadium
is 7:30 p.m. Freshman Tigers (now at
6-0) and junior varsity (3-2-1) play on
Guess the Marvel, win cash
It’s that time, one eagerly awaited by the vast majority of football fans
in Mercedes, or at least a couple.
We’re ready to let you guess the identity of that mysterious prognos-
ticator, the football-game forecasting “Masked Marvel” — who also
happens to have a share of the lead in the race for the best percentage of
our five Tiger fans.
You know the routine: We’ll give you clues for a couple of weeks,
then you submit your guess, written on the portion of the paper where the
forecasters appear. We’ll take your guesses until noon on October 26.
Write your guess, along with your name, address- and phone number
on the cut-out forecast section, then bring it to the office, 230 South
Texas, or mail it to P.O. Box 657. If there is more than one right answer,
the winning entry will be drawn at random.
Why bother, you ask? We’ve been giving away $25 to the winner for
nearly two decades now. Beats a kick in the head.
Here’s your first clues: The Marvel is highly visible on Saturday
afternoons; the rest of the week, he or she is behind the wheel. The Marvel
played only one sport in high school, but was among the best ever at it.
Ladies want to finish
season on high note
Little League
meets Tuesday
to re-organize
Mercedes Little League support- Thursday, at Sharyland, with ninth
ers are reminded of a meeting to orga- graders starting at 5 p.m.
nize the league for the coming year
and elect officers, says spokesman
Mario Palacios.
Meeting time is 6 p.m., Tuesday,
October 20 at the Mercedes Boys and
Girls Club.
Flag football results posted
Just three matches remain in the
volleyball season, and Lady Tigers
see them each as winnable.
“We’re looking at letting our
younger players get more playing time,
and giving them the opportunity to get
some experience,” says Head Coach
Diana Cuadra.
The team hosts the PSJA Bears on
Saturday (freshmen, JV and varsity
play at 2 p.m, 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.,
respectively) then make their last road
trip on Tuesday, travelling to Roma
for games at 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Final game of the season is the
following Saturday, when Brownsville
Lopez visits for “Parents’ Night.”
On Tuesday, Azaneth Galan scored
six points to lead her team in a 15-0,
15-8 loss to Sharyland. Last Saturday,
the team fell to a “strong serving” Los
Fresnos team, 15-1, 15-3.
“We think these last three games
are winnable,” the coach says. “If we
play as competitively as we can, we’ll
do fine.”
Garza is SBA award winner
David Noe Garza, President and 14 counties of South Texas.
CEO of Gulf Aviation, Inc., of Mr. Garza, originally from
Harlingen, formerly of Mercedes, has Mercedes, graduated from high school
tenance. Mr. Garza established Garza
Aircraft Service in 1979. The firm
later became Gulf Aviation.
Results from the second Saturday Alegria and Paul Valdez. Michael
of double-header play in the Mercedes Garza scored the lone touchdown for
Youth Flag Football League have been McAfee Agency.
posted by League Director Jesse Michael Garza scored two touch-
Trevino, Jr. downs to help McAfee Agency record
In Division I, Rene Ramos and a 14-0 victory over Jesse Contreras,
Todd Jones scored a touchdown apiece Attorney.
to lead Juan’s Welding and Auto Ser-
vice to a 14-7. victory over De La Rosa
Pharmacy. Jacob Noriega scored a
touchdown for De La Rosa Pharmacy.
De La Rosa Pharmacy then re-
corded a 21-0 victory over Juan’s
Welding and Auto Service on the
strength of three touchdowns by Jacob
Noriega.
In Division II, after the Jesse
Contreras, Attorney team and the
Mercedes Lions Club played to a 7-7
tie in regulation play, Matthew Garcia
scored the winning touchdown in over-
time (having also scored one touch-
down in regulation play) to lead
Contreras to a 13-7 victory. Scoring
once for the Mercedes Lions Club was
David Perez.
In a battle of unbeaten teams,
Emilio’s Grocery recorded a 28-6 vic-
tory over McAfee Agency on two
touchdown rums by Amado Chapa and
single touchdown runs by Frank
Emilio’s Grocery remained
undefeated as Amado Chapa and
Joshua Garcia scored a touchdown
apiece for a 14-0 victory over The
Mercedes Lions Club.
In Division III, Carlos Pimentel
scored three touchdowns to lead
Ernesto Flores, Jr. Attorney to a 21-7
victory over The Mercedes Enterprise.
Michael Palacios scored the touch-
down for the Enterprise.
Sammy Torres scored three touch-
downs, Rolando Trevino and Marco
Guzman scored a touchdown apiece to
lead Mike’s Pest Control to a 33-7
victory over the Knights of Colu mbus.
Scoring for the Knights was Abel
Gonzalez.
ning touchdown, (having also scored
one touchdown in regulation play),
along with Wallace Jones who also
scored a touchdown to help lead
Ernesto Flores Jr. Attorney to a 20-13
victory. Roy Echavarria scored two
touchdowns for the Knights.
Mike’s Pest Control remained
undefeated with a 27-12 victory over
The Mercedes Enterprise. Sammy
Torres scored two touchdowns, Trae
Pena and Roman Trevino scored one
touchdown apiece for the winners
while Fernie Torres scored a touch-
down for The Enterprise.
League standings show: In Divi-
sion I, Juan’s Welding and Auto Ser-
vice and De La Rosa Pharmacy each
have two wins and two losses.
In Division II, Emilio’s Grocery is
undefeated with a perfect 4-0 record,
McAfee Agency is 3-1, Jesse
Contreras, Attorney 1-3, and Mercedes
Lions Club has four losses.
Ernesto Flores Jr. Attorney then
battled to a 13-13 tie in regulation play
with the Knights of Columbus. In over-
time, Carlos Pimentel scored the win-
In Division III, Mike’s Pest Con-
trol is undefeated at 4-0, Ernesto Flores
Jr, Attorney is 3-1, Mercedes Enter-
prise is 1-3 and Knights of Columbus
is 1-4.
been recognized as District Minority
Small Business Person of the Year by
the U.S. Small Business Administra-
tion (SBA).
The award recognizes the indi-
vidual in the district who best exem-
plifies successful entrepreneurship.
The U.S. Small Business Administra-
tion district is composed of the lower
Halloween
house set
for Ebony
Youngsters of all ages are invited
to get spooked at the Mercedes Hous-
ing Authority’s First Annual Hallow-
een Haunted House, says Horacio
Pequeno, HA Drug Elimination Pro-
gram Coordinator.
The Haunted House will be set up
at the Ebony Homes Development, at
Washington Avenue and Tenth Street.
You’ll have three days to get scared,
as the House will be open from 5:30
p.m. to 8:30 p.m., October 27, 28 and
29.
A donation of $1 will be charged,
with all proceeds to go toward the
Youth Center.
in 1972 and attended TSTI in Waco,
where he was graduated in 1974 with
an Associate Degree in Aircraft Main-
DAVID NOE GARZA
...earns SBA honor
From its beginning as an aircraft
maintenance facility. Gulf has grown
to become a full service aircraft facil-
ity. The firm started with one em-
ployee and today has grown to 25
employees.
The company specializes in air-
craft services to both private and cor-
porate aircraft and provides mainte-
nance and fuel to all Harlingen air-
lines. Along with these services Gulf:
provides flying lessons and rents its
1 aircraft to pilots in the Lower Rio
Grande Valley.
Mr. Garza is a member of several:
civic committees, is chairman of Texas
State Technical College Aviation
Maintenance Advisory Committee,
Texas State Technical College Busi-
ness Skills Advisory Committee, Ex-
ecutive Board Member of the Cameron
County Extension Program Council,
La Feria Lions Club, Member of La
t Feria I.S.D. District Planning Board,
La Feria 4-H Leader, Members of the
Harlingen Hispanic and Harlingen
Chamber of Commerce, Member of
Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church
and also an assistant Superintendent
to the Rio Grande Livestock Show, a
non-profit organization promoting
youth and agricultural education.
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