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Mercedes, Texas 78570 Wednesday, October 8, 2008
The Merced
Enterprise
The Second Front Page
Columns, Features, LETTERS
PUBLISHER -- Robert Hinds with his columnist Duke Martell in the Enterprise office after
discussing a column From My Prespective for the paper. Photo taken early 2008.
Dear Editor, Dear Editor, and viewing your Monument.
It would be nice if each year It has been one year since the I have personally passed by and
during Mercedes’ Birthday, if Mercedes Veterans War Memo- have seen people adjust the ten-
the city would celebrate with a rial Monument has been in ex- sion of the ropes of one or two
block party. Lets use the down- istence. During this year, all the ofthe flags, and we gladly want
town area as the party area and flags were constantly maintained citizens to help us in caring for
lets celebrate.
to be sure that your heroes were
The Mercedes Enterprise honored with respect. Flags
could also take pictures of all that could not be repaired were
the antique places, things with changed. We did have two in-
a little history of Mercedes on cidents; somebody accidentally
a weekly basis, Like a crash backed up and hit one of the flag
course on Mercedes history. poles. Immediately citizens were
their Monument.
I attended Mr. Saenz funeral
at the Veterans Cemetery in Mis-
sion. We arrived early and I had a
chance to talk to office personnel
and asked him where there were
other Veterans Memorials in the
Remembering the stores that calling us of the incident and it Valley. He immediately told
made Mercedes a booming area was repaired within a reasonable me about (ret) Col. Plummer’s
in the 1950’s and 60’s. I can amount of time. The other was War Memorial in McAllen and
remember Anthony’s, La Mer- when we thought we had a flag then started mentioning other
cantile, Verduzcos, Leal Electric . missing and it turned out the late memorials and even the new one
Sales, Hanshaws, the theaters Joe Saenz from the American Le- that will be built in Harlingen
and so many others. gion took the flag down because next year or so. Tomy surprise,
Growing up I can remember one of the swivels had broken off. Mercedes was the third one he
the racial divide on the North and And we thank him for giving us mentioned.
South side of Mercedes and real- a hand. The Committee and I wish
ize its historical importance.
During this first anniversary to thank the citizens for keeping
I treat people without judg- of your monument, it has en- a watchful eye on your Memo-
ing them. My mom often tells dured high winds; sever rains, rial and for your continued
me she doesn’t know who’s and even a hurricane. Your contributions. One of our main
character I have because it’s not memorial will be here for a long goals was public awareness and
her’s or my dad’s.
time to come and we hope that
My answer, nope my char- we never have to add any new
acter comes from my custom- names.
ers that I take care of at El During this year, we have
Fenix. noticed a constant number of
/ Dalia de la 0 Carr citizens and visitors that pass
Mercedes through Mercedes stopping by
support for our Veterans, their
families and patriotism for our
Country.
There is only one America.
WE STAND TALL
&
WE STAND PROUD
THE PRAIRIE YAQUI...
BY: G.G. GARCIA
One ofmy critics suggested ! economic expertise. The list is long.
was ignorant of economics 101. Newt Gingrich, the former Neither presidential candidate
She picked the wrong subject. Speaker of the House, had the has an answer. The timing is poor.
I aced that one. If she had said
International Law, I would have
best explanation. He is against We are about to wrap up a very
the bail-out. He talked about the
agreed with her. I did miserably foreign exchange, a weak dollar
on that. I could not shake the and the trade deficit, the cost
feeling that we were studying of foreign oil, the emergence
important election, and the truth
may, God forbid, turn offvoters.
You know that the stock market
is psychological. It is too easy to
From My Perspective...
BY DUKE MARTELL
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then,
The DUKE is in the House
Before anything, I would
first like to say that it’s been a
long while since I last wrote a
column for The Lord and all my
loyal readers, second it’s been a
We soon got settled in, then ate a cal Monday morning discussing
little, drank a little and eventually my column, and some biblical
called it a full day. verses, which I had quoted; over-
We had been in Michigan all just enjoying the freedom of
several days, when we were told expression, guaranteed us by the
to go to Grand Rapids; one of constitution.
long time since I sat at my desk, the big shots from Duda & Sons
where I put the finishing touches
to my stories.
Since my absence many
things have changed, but I guess
that the saddest part of returning
wanted to meet with us.
And as I sat there, chatting
with Roberto, cracking jokes,
It was there in Grand Rap- doing my celebrity impressions,
ids, on that cool morning that I
received the unexpected phone
call from South Texas. After I
was the thought of going to the got the tragic news, I was sort of
newspaper office to see the emp-
ty chair; the chair where once a
stunned. The Duda fieldman was
I knew very well that it was a
only a dream; I guess my mind "
refused to acknowledge the
truth. I could see the office just
as it was; a clutter of papers on
giving us directions to a specific his desk, the radio playing, and
very dear friend would always sit field location but I could only see
and literally interweave himself his lips moving. As tears slowly
into his computer, which in turn blurred my vision, I bowed my
poured out the pages of what head and sort of strayed from
eventually became the newspa- the pickup; my compadre Pablo
per; the local paper, which we walked over to me and asked me,
all have come to know .. . The “Did you understand the direc-
Mercedes Enterprise, historic tions?” I couldn’t even respond;
pride.
then he noticed the tears, so he
In order for me to continue asked me, “What’s wrong?” I
writing for this newspaper, I couldn’t find the words, so he
sincerely believe that it is only told the fieldman to give us a few
fitting and proper that I dedicate
this column to a great humani-
tarian known to many as Robert
Hinds. I considered him a true
minutes alone.
Roberto sitting at his chair.
I had started to tell him that I •
had dreamed of his passing when
I heard a loud knocking at the
door; it was Pablo, my compa-
dre; and I was not in Texas and
it was time to get up.
Halfasleep, I reached for my
glasses, and as I looked out my
window into the pitch dark hours
of the morning, I knew that I
had been dreaming; the reality
was that Robert Hinds had now
We walked towards the rear departed... the long black train
of the truck and I told Pablo the
shocking news . . . “Roberto
friend, my compadrito, not just Hinds ha fallesido” My compa-
my editor. I know if he were
here, he wouldn’t want me to
make a fuss, but I have to be-
cause I don’t think he really knew
just how much respect and true
admiration I had for him ... but
now, I know he does.
In the following weeks to
had made an unscheduled stop
in the city of Mercedes, Texas
on July 12,2008.
dre Pablo sadly replied, “Enpaz My loyal readers, it is truly
descanse, nuestro gran amigo, a great honor for me to have •
Roberto”. known this wonderful human
Pablo had met Robert one being, whom I sincerely con-
night at the newspaper office sidered a true friend. It is a
and that same week we did a pleasure to have been associated
story revolving around the photo with him and his award winning
that Robert took that night; it
come, I will share with you some was Pablo, Texas Dan and yours
good times that my compadrito truly. And after that story I did
newspaper. ©
This kind and loving man who
knew no greed, who always gave
Roberto and I shared. several more articles involving freely without expecting anything
The Empty Chair el compadre Pablo. Because of in return has now received his
It was around four in the that treasured appreciation of invitation to dine at the golden
morning, when the music of friendship we had with Roberto, table of our Lord, Jesus Christ
the alarm awoke me and within Pablo and I did some drinking ... Matthew chapter 25 verses
45 minutes I was already on and reminiscing that night and 34- 40 in The Good Book,
the road; our destination was we also did a toast to his memory. . Although many people never
Benton Harbor, Michigan, and Raising his glass, my compadre knew it, Robert Hinds and I
GOD only knew what was in Pablo said, “Que viva Roberto shared several common interests,
store for us. Hinds, uno de los 800 -- que among those was our passion for
On that July morning even viva su memoria en su famosa the locomotive, poetry, and The
before the majestic sun could imprenta”. than I replied “De Holy Bible.
peak an eye out, we were already general a general se aprecia la
leaving Kleeberg County, and be- amistad, y con un brindis se
fore the day was over, we would agradece ”.
travel over 1100 miles., I don’t recall what time we
Sometime after 3 p.m. the called it a night cause we not
next day, we arrived and finally only mourned his passing, but
stretched our legs on Michigan
soil. My compadre Pablo Mar-
tinez was expecting us with open
arms and b-b-q ribs on the grille.
As we shook hands, he gave me
an ice cold brew, and I exclaimed,
“Now that’s a Texas handshake!”
in our own distinctive way, we
lived the recollection of a great
humanitarian.
My loyal readers, Johnny Del
Rio once wrote, “some men will
live a lifetime, yet never really •
live ... yet some who live only
a short time, will live forever”.
Robert Hinds will live forever;
the force is with him now. Rest
in peace Roberto and thanks for
everything, especially for believ- O
That night, if only in a dream, ing in me .... I owe you one.
I was back home again, just as if
nothing had happened. I was sit-
ting in his office, as usual, a typi-
GOD Bless,
Un Servidor del Senor
DUKE MARTELL
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Superintendent’s Corner
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Superintendent
Mercedes Public Schools
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fender benders on a somewhat
larger scale. These were ships on
the high seas colliding. Instead
of individuals, the litigants were
nations before the international
Court of Law at La Hague.
But Xochitl manages to coax
me to write about the current
financial and economic mess in
the nation.
First of all, before anyone
starts pointing fingers at the cur-
of China as a player who now panic the nation, thereby adding
owns sizeable portions of our fuel to the fire. Just the announce-
bond markets; a federal budget in ment that the government was
the red and national debt that is going to guarantee the bail-outs
something like 9.6 trillion dollars sent the world markets up. You
which cost 230 billion dollars in know this is no longer just the
interest alone last year.
We are continuing to out-
source jobs to foreign countries.
Unemployment has to be a factor
in the housing debacle. If people
are out of work, mortgages are
rent resident in the White House, not being paid. And the genera-
US ofA.
In my own unsophisticated
way, I suspect a sinister pig, the
Arab world and the Chinese.
Who benefits from a destabilized
economy in the U.S.? Look
around you. Fuerenos own land,
Continued from last week:
“A Zero Based Budget deci-
sion unit is an operating division
for which decision packages are
to be developed and analyzed.”
It can also be described as a cost
or a budget center.
In our terms it is a compre-
hensive needs assessment. “In
ZBB these programs are referred
to as decision packages and each
decision package usually will
have three or more alternative
ways of achieving the decision
package’s objectives.”
Each decision package alter-
native must contain goals and/or
objectives, activities, resources
and their dollar costs. Also, the
decision package should contain
a description of how it contrib-
utes to the mission and goals of
out the activities as planned following be included in the
5. Evaluation of objective overall design and implementa-
achievement during and at the tion of decision packages.
end ofthe program of activities ZBB, when properly imple-
Procedures for monitor- mentedprovides efficient arid ef-
ing and reporting the objective fective ways to use our available •
achievement to managers of the resources to achieve our defined
organization mission, goals and objectives.
The budget is prepared fol- Kudos goes outto our Mighty
lowing the acceptance and ap- Tiger Football Team, Band,
proval of the decision packages. Cheerleaders, students, and all
Once the organization’s budget the coaches, sponsors and the @
has been approved managers of awesome Tiger Fans who trav-
the decision units will place in eled to Mission last Saturday
operation all approved decision to play against Veteran High
packages during the next fiscal School. It was a game well
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played and sportsmanship was
“The last major process of evident throughout the game.
ZBB is monitoring and evalua- I hope that this can be the
tion. Adjustments may be neces- same description after this Fri-
sary during the year in order to day’s game with Edcouch Elsa
achieve the decision package as well as the remainder of the
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this mess goes back to the ‘40s, tion behind me, the baby-boom- companies, and major corpora-
right after World War II. Space ers, tens of millions of them are tions. Does this remind you of
limitations prohibit me from now close to retirement. They anything? Read Mexican history,
tracing the long list of economic will not be paying taxes, but they How did Napoleon III get his
downturns since those days.
will add to the drain on Social puppet, the Archduke of Austria,
the organization. This should be objectives.” Also, there is a games and contests for the rest
found in the Campus/District need to know whether or not the of 2008-2009.
Improvement Plan. campus/district did accomplish I was so proud of everyone
Each decision package con- what it set out to achieve and because it proved that we can
tent should include: what level of achievement was win and be nice about it at the
Suffice it to say that with Insecurity system and Medicare Maximilian and the Empress
technological advances, instead expenditures. Carlota narices de pelota to run
of a national crisis, we have an We have heard the word an empire in defiance of the
international problem, at the “greed” from one of the presi- Monroe Doctrine in Mexico?
scale of a global tsunami. I ad- dential aspirants, John McCain. Foreign debt and the inability to
mit, Xochitl, it is far too complex It goes down to the local level, pay it back.
1, Measurable performance obtained.
same time. I also want to con-
for me, maybe not for you. But your friendly banker and mine.
Obama is right. Iraq should
I have not heard any solutions In their hurry to close a deal and pay their own way. But he does
that make sense. Instead of make a commission, on interim not go far enough. Amtrack, the
complaining about the content financing, they pass on bad debt airlines, the savings and loan,
of your weekly newspaper, you to mortgage bankers like Bear banks, financial institutions...
could write to your legislators Sterns, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Continued on page 7
with your solutions from your and so many other big names. See Garcia
objectives for all students Finally, ZBB addresses and gratulate the Mission Veterans a
2. Appropriate activities supports comprehensive plan- Team and Mission CISD for W
as means for achieving these ning, shared decision-making, keeping the game and the at-
performance objectives the development and application tendants safe. It was handled
3. Resource allocation of strategies and allocation of in the way U.I.L. has designed
and sources that are essential for resources as a way of achieving it to be. I hope that will become
conducting the activities to meet established goals and objectives, our legacy and we will shed the
the performance objectives The monitoring and evaluation “Bad Boy” image that has been ©
4. Methods for carrying process of ZBB requires that the projected by the media.
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