The Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 12, 1989 Page: 3 of 10
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Kimberlie Gillespie and Eddie Gonzalez were recently
chosen by the Rio 4-H club as the club junior sweetheart
and beau.
Rio 4-H Chooses
Sweethearts, Beaus
B\ YOLANDA MORAUO
(lountv Home Economist
The selection of club sweethearts
and beaus was made by the Rio 4-H
club at their most recent regular
meeting.
This is the highest honor given at
the club level The titles are
awarded, due to merit, to thp most
deserving young people >n the club.
This year, the club selected both
junior and senior sweethearts and
beaus.
Amy Gonzalez and Arnold
Gonzalez III are the senior repre-
sentatives Between both of them,
they have some five years of 4-H
club work Amy is the daughter of
Arturo and Yolanda Gonzalez of
Highway 755 in Rio Grande City
Amy lists Livestock and Foods as
her main projects. She has had an
ongoing lamb project for several
years and lists her father as her
greatest supporter He has taught
her the skills of showmanship and
the painstaking working of raising
a show lamb.
Amy's dedication and hard work
in all areas of 4-H have brought her
due rewards Her record book has
been a district winner for several
years Amy serves as ciub delegate
and County Council attendance
officer.
Arnold Gonzalez HI is the son of
Arnoldo and Teresa Gonzalez of
Highway 83 in Rio Grande City
Floods and Home Environment,
along with Leadership and Citizen-
ship, are his main projects
Arnold's record book has been a
state contender for the past two
years in the area of Home
Environment He serves his club as
County Council delegate and is
County Council treasurer.
Junior representatives are
Kimberlie Gillespie and Eddie
Gonzalez. Eddie and Kimberlie
have both represented Starr County
at district events and are looking
forward to a long and prosperous
4-H career
Kimberlie is a sixth grader and
the daughter of Mr and Mrs. Ken
Gillespie of Rio Grande City. Eddie
is the son of Mr and Mrs, Arnoldo
Gonzalez, Jr., of Rio Grande City.
Hector D.I). Perez. Jr., is pictured above with two deer
that he bagged while hunting on Sunday, Jan. 8 at the
Mirasoles Ranch in Starr County, lie shot an eight-point
buck at 125 yards and a four-point buck at 100 yards.
He used a .243 Winchester rifle. He is the son of Hector
"Ivo" Perez of Rio Grande City.
Round Table Holds
Final 1988 Meeting
The Pan American Round Table
of Rio Grande City-Roma recently
held its last meeting of 1988, with
Mrs Harlan McAlpine, Table l)i
rector, presiding
Johnny de Leon, the 18-year-old
son of Mr and Mrs Reymundo
Munoz. was introduced as the
student guest for the evening He
has been an honor student all
through his four years at Roma
High School, and he is the only
senior who will graduate with five
credits in both Mathematics and
Science
Mrs F.C. Gonzalez, Mrs Eladio
Carrera, Mrs Roger Williams, and
Mrs Ignacio Gutierrez, were the
members in charge of the pro-
gram The topic was the country of
El Salvador
The main focus of the program
was on the refugees who are
seeking asylum from government
persecution in El Salvador. Accord
ing to the program, it is difficult
of Eisenhauer Street as originally
planned.
Margo said, "They had allocated
monies for .7 mile. We can say an
equal or not lesser amount." The
commissioners proceeded to pass
ftie resolution, and agreed to send
copies to the Highway Department,
State Sen. Judith Zaffirini and
State Rep. Irma Rangel.
Martinez told the audience,
"Commissioner Alvarez and I have
worked on this project for some
time. We share your concern."
Ruben Saenz said, "We think this is
a step forward for our area and the
entire county."
Starr County Bridge Manager
Ernesto Trevino, giving a review of
1988, told the court, "In comparison
with other years, we're getting
very close to oui 1981 peak. We're
close to twice as high in receipts as
we were in those years...All in all,
the picture at the bridge looks all
right."
Trevino indicated that total re-
ceipts for 1987 amounted to
$758,957. Total expenses of
$760,420.27 left a slight overall
defic.t of $1433.01. Trevino said that
$283,000 in bridge receipts were
transferred into the General Fund
of the county in 1988.
On another matter, Trevino said,
"I believe that changes requested
by GSA (on a building) be made at
GSA's cost. We should not default
by not answering their letter."
Trevino was referring to a Dec.
27 letter from the GSA field
manager complaining about the
heating/cooling problems at the
Roma Border Station lease. Rich-
ard Argiry, the field office manag-
er, warned that the year war-
ranties on the equipment will soon
be up. and said that if proper
correction procedures are not im-
plemented, the county will be held
liable.
Margo responded, "Tenant
agencies have complained of heat-
ing and cooling deficiencies. D & F
Industries said that the equipment
is not at fault, but the way the
equipment is controlled. Mr
Boultinghouse (the architect) will
be addressing these things. It
appears that the switches are not
being turned on and off properly."
Trevino expressed agreement with
that evaluation.
Auditor Jack Hart of the
Davis-Hart-Silva CPA firm of
Mt'Allen presented the yearly audit
of the Gas System He said that
total current assets, as of Sept. 30,
1988, amounted to $254,000, an
increase of roughly $36,000 from
the previous year
Hart said that total assets on that
date were $388,000, a decrease of
$4000 in the past year, with the
decrease being entirely due to
depreciation.
Hart said that total liabilities
were $475,000, a decrease of ap-
proximately $31,000 from Sept. 30,
1987. The operating revenue figure
of $546,000 was an improvement of
roughly $20,000 from the previous
year, and the total expenses of
$282,000 was $2000 under the
previous year.
Hart indicated that the net
revenue surplus of $107,000 for the
year was approximately $32,000
more than the previous year'
surplus A total of $80,000 in Gas
System receipts was transferred to
the General Fund in 1988. com-
pared to $36,000 the previous year.
Javier Margo told the court, "On
that $325,000 project we're working
on with FmHA, I received a bank
note from a company in Illinois. It
appears that they will be buying
the bonds."
Margo added, "We attended a
SLIAG conference on Thursday.
The Texas Department of Human
Resources is allocating these funds
under the Immigration Reform
Act. There is a possibility of the
county receiving such funds."
Margo indicated that the county
should be opening bids for the new-
rural paving project on Friday,
Jan 27 at 10 a.m. Engineer Eloy
Vera said, "We're going out for
96,000 square yards of paving."
Concerning the matter of
purchasing a truck for the dog
for these people to leave their
native country and travel to an
unknown place with a different
language and culture, but some-
times they don't have any other
choice
They live in constant fear
According to the program, the
refugees feel that living in a
country where government officials
fear an overthrow, everyone is a
suspect Gainsville Interfaith Sanc-
tuary and Casa de Projecto
Libertad in Harlingen are two of
the places that offer help to such
refugees
Mrs McAlpine adjourned the
meeting with all members repeat
ing the collect
The Center for Science in the Public
Interest, an organization concerned
with deceptions foisted on the
American population, says a glass of 2
percent milk contains 5 grams of fat.
not even meeting the FDA's own low-
fat guideline It 's best to stick with skim
or 1 percent milk
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pound, Precinct Two Commissioner
Amando Pena said, "Some vehicles
have been confiscated by the
Sheriff's Department. Perhaps they
can be used for animal control."
Precinct One Commissioner Jose
Maria "Chema" Alvarez said,
"The District Attorney has a truck
or two. That should be turned over
(for animal control)." Judge
Martinez responded, "In the past, I
have heard that confiscated
vehicles can only go to law
enforcement."
Commissioner Alaniz requested
permission to go out and advertise
to acquire a new backhoe on a
lease-purchase basis. He said,
"We've had the same backhoe for
the past eight years." Commission-
er Garza moved that Alaniz be
granted permission to advertise for
bids for a backhoe on a lease-
purchase basis.
Alaniz successfully moved that
three members of the Starr County
Housing Authority Board, Julian
Garza, Noel Benavides. and Con
cha Gavilan, be re-appointed to
additional terms.
The commissioners voted to
approve payment of membership
dues to The Board of Tax Pro-
fessional Examiners, The Texas
Association of Assessing Officers,
and The Tax Assessor-Collector
Association of Texas.
The commissioners also voted to
reappoint all current members of
the Starr County Historical Com-
mission for the 1989-90 term.
Judge Martinez noted that a
church building on Flores Street is
being offered for sale at a price of
$25,000. He suggested, "We could
move DPS and Head Start into this
building."
Alaniz said, "I would be willing
to put $10,000 out of my budget if
each other commissioner would
contribute $5000. This is for all the
county " Pena expressed opposition
to the idea, saying that "there's a
lot of space in the Sheriff's
Department downstairs."
Alaniz replied, "I don't think we
can fix those offices downstairs for
$25,000. This acquiring the build-
ing) would f' ee up San Juan Plaza
I would rather have DPS over
there in that building."'
When a motion was offered, Pena
said, "I object to $5000 coming out
of my budget." But Alvarez and
Garza said they would be willing to
contribute $5000 apiece. The motion
was thus amended to authorize
Alaniz to purchase the building,
with Alvarez and Garza pledging to
contribute $5000 each
The commissioners voted to go
on record for the county to take
whatever action is needed to keep
the county road near Los Laureles
open Pena said, "Three or four
days after Mr. Silva (then the
County Attorney) and his deputy
went out there, the woman put a
gate up there. We can declare this
woman in contempt of court (if the
situation persists) ."
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