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RIO (iRANIJK HERALD . I hursday, August 9, 1990, Page 3
OFFICERS INSTALLED- Officers to serve the Florence J. Scott Study Club in
1990-91 were installed in a beautiful ceremony conducted by Mandi Pena, right. The
new officers were admonished to add zest to the club, as she focused her ceremony on
spices, giving each new officer a spice representative of her new office. Installed
were (left to right) l.ucinda Vela, Corresponding Secretary; Nydia Mayeux,
Treasurer; Abbie Vela, Vice-President; and Hitsy Margo, President. Not pictured are
Pam (irout. Recording Secretary; and Mary Rodiiguez, Parliamentarian.
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The three Kio Grande City youths pictured above participated in the 28th
annual Citizenship Seminar of the Texas Farm Bureau in Sai. Anyelo
recently. I roin left to ri^ht are Sara Narro, Andy (Juerra, and Lori Kazan.
Local Students Attend Farm
Bureau Citizenship Seminar
Three students represented Starr
County at the Texas Farm Bureau's
28th annual Citizenship Seminar in
San Angclo from June 11-15.
Attending from Rio Grande City
were Sara Narro, Andy Guerra, and
Lori Ba/an. Sponsored by the Starr
County F arm Bureau, these three
students were among approximately
400 high school junior anil senior
students Irom 160 counties across
the state.
The purpose of the seminar is to
provide the students with a better
understanding of their American
heritage and the capitalistic free
enterprise system, according to
Omar Gar/a, President of the Starr
County Farm Bureau.
Speakers at this year's seminar
Citizen"; Robert H. Rowland of
Oklahoma City, President of
National Education Program,
Enterprise Square, "Free
and their subjects were as follows:
Jack Jackson ol Fort Worth,
president of Jackson Associ ties,
Enterprise".
Other speakers were Steve Pratt
of American Fork, Utah, a
constitutional expert, "Freedom in
the Nineties", Basilio Bachor, a
Polish immigrant now living in
Corpus Christi, "Selling America
Two Great Champions.
Vernie R. Gleason of Waco,
Texas Farm Bureau executive
director, also addressed the students.
'Price of Free Enterprise"; Dr.
Lynne Thibodeax of College
Station, an Extension 4-U
specialist, "Becoming a Winning
• Hispanic Food Staples
Acceptable In Diabetes Diets
San Antonio--If properly
prepared, meals that incorporate
food staples in a typical Mexican
American family's diet can control
diabetes.
In a study on dietary compliance
among Mexican American diabetes,
early findings indicate that such
lixnls are pinto beans, retried beans,
com tortillas and rice oiler excellent
sources ol complex carbohydrates.
These types of foods break down
in the body more slowly than
simple carbohydrates, which arc
absorbed quickly through the
stomach and cause a rapid rise in
blood sugar.
"This study is very important in
terms of helping Mexican American
patients control the disease," says
James I- Dunn, MD, assistant
professor ol medicine/endocrinology
at The University of Texas Health
Science Center in San Antonio.
"Until recent years, there has been
insufficient attention paid to this
particular population's diabetes
problem."
Previous studies by health
science center researchers have
shown that Mexican Americans arc
three times more to develop Type II
diabetes (non-insulin-dependent)
than non-Hispanics.
"At present, most of the diabetes
food manuals arc directed toward a
non-Hispanic population," says
Dunn "However, most Mexican
American patients simply won't
follow a diet that doesn't include
foods more common on their diets.
"If we know that these preferred
foods can be safely substituted on a
calorie lor caloric basis, we believe
the diet will be more acceptable to
the Mexican American patient
Maintaining normal blood sugar
levels and body weight arc two
major factors in controlling
diabetes. Physicians recommended
taht patients follow a low-fat diet
that is high in complex
carbohydrates, such as cereals and
w hole wheal bread.
Diabetics should avoid simple
carbohydrates. These include table
sugar, soft drinks, candy and
pastries. In addition to triggering a
rise in blood sugar levels, such
foods can lead to obesity and fatty
arteries, say doctors.
In the ongoing study, foods arc
analyzed as part of a meal rather
than separately separately, says
Cclia Darland, principal
investigator. Darland is a research
dietitian in the Frederic C Barttcr
Clinical Research Unit at the Audic
L. Murphy Memorial Veterans
Hospital, a health science center
teaching hospital.
"For example, people usually
don't eat rice by itself," she says.
"Kaihcr than have an individual cat
rice alone, then lest the blood sugar
response, we're incorporating the
rice in a meal the way people would
normally eat it Then we test the
response.
"As lar as we know, this is the
lirst time anyone has studied the
actual blood sugar response to
entire meals that are culturally
acceptable to the Mexican American
population."
The way food is prepared also is
important in maintaining an
acceptable diabetic diet, Darland
adds.
"We emphasize reducing the
amount of animal fat used in food
preparation," she sa>s "Ol course,
this goes against traditional
cooking procedures in many homes,
so an educational effort is needed to
make sure families realize just how
important this is."
The study, which is partially
funded by the Diabetes Treatment
Centers of America Foundation,
began in P>XS Researchers hope
to complete the project within the
next year
"Of course, we can't assume that
this research w ill improve patients
diabetes," says Dunn. "However, if
we can improve dietary compliance
and blood sugar control, wc hope to
help prevent such diabetes
complications as blindness and
kidney failure."
Vaccines, Caution Help
In Preventing Rabies
The Texas Department of Health
(TDH) routinely issues public
reminders that pet owners need to
renew their animal's rabies
vaccinations yearly, as the law
requires.
However, health officials stress
that shots for pets are only the
minimum precautions Texans
should take in avoiding exposure to
rabies.
People also should stay away
from stray cats and dogs,
particularly any that are behaving
unnaturally. They also never
should try to handle a wild animal
which appears to have no fear ol
humans.
It is impossible to know whether
a stray animal without a lag has
been vaccinated, and no vaccines
have been developed for most wild
species.
Veterinarians, trappers, hunters
and cave explorers should note the
general health of any animals they
encounter, arid should consider
precautionary immunizations
against rabies every two years.
Bobby I.. Davis, Director ol the
TDH General Station Division,
explained that anyone handling wild
mammals risks exposure to rabies.
In recent years, a wide variety of
animals, including the first
armadillo known to be diagnosed
with the disease, have been reported
to TDH. Also, for a second year, a
serious outbreak of rabies has
persisted among rural dogs and
coyotes along the Mexican border
At least one human death from
rabies has occurred this year in
Texas, resulting from a man being
bitten by a bat
"Bats are second only to wild
U.S. 83 Project Near
Koma Underway
The Starr County U.S. 83
highway rehabilitation project near
Roma is well underway, according
to Federico Pacheco, supervising
resident engineer for the State
Department of .Highways and
Public Transportation in Pharr.
The upgrading of U.S. 83 from
0.1 miles east ol FM 649 at
Garceno to 4.5 miles west is about
35 percent complete. The existing
roadwa) is being widened to a
76-foot rural type facility.
When complete, the road will
consist of four 11 1/2-foot travel
lanes, one 14-foot center turning
lane, and two 8-foot shoulders.
Also, four-foot pedestrian walkways
will be constructed at the Arroyo
Roma Creek structure.
South Texas Utilities Contractors
ol Mercedes, the contracting
Juvenile
Committed
ToTYC
On Monday, Aug. 6 a
13-ycar-old juvenile judicially
confessed to the Starr County
Court-At Law to stealing a motor
vehicle on June 6, 1990.
The juvenile was committed to
serve one year with the Texas
Youth Council, located and situated
at Brownwood. The youth was
immediately turned over to the Starr
County juvenile authorities and
transferred to the Council.
The youth received the maximum
sentence allowed under the juvenile
code. County Attorney Romero
Molina was prosecuting attorney
for the State of Texas in Judge Alex
W. Gabert's court.
Pet. 4 .J.P's
.Monthly Report
Precinct Four Justice of the Peace
Hector "Ivo" Perez has issued the
monthly financial and operations
report for his office for July 1990
A total of S9139.63 was paid
with check number 3015 on
Monday, Aug. 6. The total is
broken down as follows: Fines,
S5165.63; Department ol Public
Safety, S629; Sheriffs Department,
S165; Operator's and Chauffeur s
Fund, S900; Constable Precinct
Four, S240; Game Warden Fees,
S10; A/B/C, 0; Judges and Court
Personnel Training Fund, S160;
Criminal Justice Fund, $810; Law
Enforcement Fund, S240; Crime
Victim's Fund, S820.
A total of S99.87 in Game
Warden Fines was paid on Monday,
Aug. 6 with check number 3016 to
Guillermo Gonzalez
IT'S A FACT!
What a sweet idea' Now you
can convert your favorite home-
prepared beverages and eooked
or baked foods to low calorie,
nutritious diet foods with a new
table top sweetener, Sweet One
Sweet One is great for bak-
ing. because it doesn t lose it>
sweetness at baking tempera
ture>. and i> sodium-free a* well
Sweet One contains Sunette.
which has been safely and eflec
tiveh used in more than 300
different food and beverage prod
ucts around the world since 1983
agency, has 100 working days ti>
complete the work at an estimated
cost ol $742,144.
Motorists arc advised to observe
construction signs, drive the post', i
speed limit, and be aware ol
construction workers and equipment
during construction period.
skunks as the most frequent carriers
ol rabies, Davis said.
Davis said that bats in recent
years have been proven beneficial in
controlling insects and in
pollinating crops. They also arc
innocent of evils attributed to them
through centuries ol folklore. "We
know now how useful bats arc," he
added, but that is no reason for us
to forget that they, like most other
unvaceinalcd animals, can carry
deadly diseases.
'We recently have been concerned
about potential danger m the new
public interest in bats, raccoons and
other non-domestic animals. Some
people lur. begun to adopt these
specie: .is pets, even taking them
into school classrooms," he said.
In our opinion at TDH, no
animal should be allowed on school
property unless it has clean bill of
health, and there is no way a
veterinarian can certify that a wild
animal docs not carry rabies," Davis
added.
Davis said that anyone who is
bitten or attacked by an animal
beli ved to be rabid should notify
In 'il health and animal control
authorinc- Specimens ol the
animal should be tested to
determine whether the animal is
rabid Also, the victim's doctor
ma\ recommend treatment to
prevent onset of rabies.
FOR SALE
88 Beretta GT
89 Topaz 4 dr
86 Cadillac Deville
All cars in great condition
For Information call
Juan A. Ramos
487-5681
shewi
No id Open
Olga's Beauty Shop
1 007 N. Flores
Rio Grande City, JeuQs 78582
487-7667
from: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Open Monday - Saturday
ELECTRICITY...
Today's
Way to
the Future
It's, am.i/ing how much children
can do. And there are some things
only electricity can do for them, like
run the computer that helps them
learn and grow.
You know electricity is clean,
safe and reliable. Perhaps you think
about it when you use your appli-
ances, set the thermostat for your
comfort, or turn on the TV.
Electricity is also the fust choice
to fuel new ideas, new technology.
As our future and that of our chil-
dren unfold, electricity is there for
all of us.
Electricity is today's way to the
future. . .today's wav to learn.
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Roberts, Kenneth. The Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 9, 1990, newspaper, August 9, 1990; Edinburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth195249/m1/3/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.