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The Rio Grande Herald-Thursday, July 12, 2007, Page 2
GTN selects studio anchors
for 2007-2008 school year
The Gladiator Television
Network proudly announces the
studio news anchors for the
2007-2008 academic year.
i Senior anchor, Victoria A.
Salinas, 17, daughter of Roberto
A. and Dora G. Salinas, will be
returning for another year in
front of the camera. She is an
active journalist for GTN.
student council PRIDE officer.
•Drama Club officer, and the
Senior Class of 2008 class
President.
Victoria will be accompanied
this year by senior, Priscila Y.
Garza, 17, daughter of Apolinar
and Silvia Garza. Priscila, an
energetic reporter for GTN
realizes a goal she had set since
her freshmen year of becoming a
news anchor. She is also active
as a varsity cheerleader, student
council, and is class Secretary
for the Class of 2008.
Three new faces will be
added to Ch. 17; Junior Mallely
A. Soto, junior Jesus (Jesse)
Cantu, and sophomore Artemio
(Artie) B. Perez, Jr. All three
were video journalists this past
year and through an audition
process were selected to
represent GTN as anchors.
Mallely (16), daughter of
Rub6n and Irma Soto, is a
diligent journalist and a member
of the mighty Gladiator
Marching Band; Jesse (16), son
of Jesus and Margarita Cantu, a
go-getting correspondent will be
the Gladiator Sports Anchor and
is also a member of the high
school Drama Club; and Artie
(16), son of Artemio B. Perez,
Sr. and Marie Alvarez, a hard-
working journalist is also a
member of the high School
Drama Club.
n
Rep. Guillen announces Lone
Star dates, new services
AUSTIN- State
Representative Ryan Guillen, D-
Starr County, announced this
week that Texas Air and Army
National Guard Medics will
partner with the United States
Air Force School of Aerospace
Medicine to provide a new
aspect to Operation Lone Star
(OLS) in Starr County July 26
through Aug. 3.
Operation Lone Star is a Joint
Force medical mission to serve
several Rio Grande Valley
cities. All OLS operations are
under the approval and guidance
of Region 11, Texas
Department of State Health
Services (DSHS) as directed by
the Texas Adjutant General, Lt.
Gen. Charles Rodriguez.
"This annual exercise
provides much-needed medical
care to anyone who comes to the
clinics that are set up in Starr
County. It helps hundreds of
families and provides valuable
training for our military and
state health professionals.
Because of this training, they
will be prepared for possible
future emergencies in any part
of the state, or the nation," Rep.
Guillen said.
Nancy Keene. DSHS nurse
assigned to Rio Grande City
Texas, coordinated with
regional, city and county-
representatives to help launch
the pilot training project. An
advance team of Air National
Guard and Air Force preventive
medicine specialists worked
closely with local health
; authorities earlier this month to
■ target projects that bring lasting
• value to the Greater Rio Grande
City area Health Authorities'
^ efforts to control disease and
.-'improve community health for
the citizens.
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GRANDE
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people of South Texas
CONTACT INFO.
The Rio Grande Herald
100 South Corpus Ste C
Rio Grande City, TX
78582
Phone:
956-487-2819
Fax:
956-488-8252
Editor:
Kenneth Roberts
Advertising Director:
Christian Salinas
Account Executive :
Circulation Manager
Martha Coronado
"The data gathered in this one
week training project has the
potential to aid local health
authorities' long term support to
their communities. The shared
training opportunity for local
health departments. Air Force
and Army preventive medicine
professionals during OLS is
unique." said Texas Air National
Guard Col. Connie McNabb,
commander of the 149th
Medical Group in San Antonio.
In addition to medical
immunizations, health
screenings and dental care
routinely offered at all OLS
sites, the Rio Grande City
preventive medicine team will
look at a number of areas. They
will evaluate insect populations
that possibly carry disease and
provide recommendations lor
authorities and citizens to reduce
the potential for children and
adults to be infected. Other
members of the team will work
with local agencies and offer
suggestions to improve an area
with drainage problems that
currently predisposes residents
to health problems.
"The preventive medicine
team will have physicians
specializing in public health,
environmental engineers, public
health officers, medical
entomologists and highly skilled
technicians in these areas. The
opportunity for all three Texas
Guard and Active Duty
organizations to partner with
local authorities on this
community support effort is
unique and may become a
training and community support
platform for Operation Lone
Star missions in the future." said
McNabb.
STC floral design course
turning out masterpieces
"It was a great opportunity
for the students to enjoy the
craft, as well as a good
investment for students." said
STC training manager Dolores
S. Gomez. "For some it turned
out to be a good way to start a
business in floral design and for
others it provided personal
enrichment. Either way, the
students all came out winners"
Floral design classes will
now be offered year-round at the
campus. Students have the
opportunity to take Floral
Design for Beginners and
Advance Floral Design. The
beginners course involves two
classes per week for eight
weeks. Students learn to make
ribbon bows, corsages,
bouquets, centerpieces, wreaths,
floral arrangements with
artificial fruit. wedding
arrangements, floral wreaths and
baskets for all occasion. The
final class focuses on wedding
bouquets.
"We encourage everyone to
join us and learn the beautiful
craft of floral design." added
Gomez. "Any one can register
for these classes, you don't need
any prerequisites."
The next beginners class
starts on July 16 and the
advance class starts on July 17.
The fee for each class is SI44
and includes materials. To
register call Araceli Garza or
Dolores Gomez of STC's
Continuing and Professional
Education Division at 488-6972
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Ouellette family attends FBC celebration
Roland Ouellette, pastor of First Baptist Church of Rio Grande City from October 1980 to February
2000, attended the 75th anniversary celebration of the church from Feb 2-4, 2007. Ouellette is now
pastor of East Sherman Baptist Church in Sherman, Texas. In the back row, 1-r, are Richard Ouellette,
Myrna Ouellette, Roland Ouellette, Gail Ouellette, Bethany Ouellette and Curt Ouellette. Gail
Ouellette is the wife of Pastor Ouellette and their two sons are Richard Ouellette and Curt Ouellette.
Myrna Ouellette is the wife of Richard Ouellette and Bethany Ouellette is the wife of Curt Ouellette. In
the bottom row, l-r, are Sydney Ouellette, Sierra Ouellette and Skyler Ouellette, the daughters of
Richard and Myrna Ouellette; and Peyton and Asthon Ouellette, the children of Curt and Bethany
Ouellette.
Pastor says God can
bring renewal to any life
Pastor Bob Alderman
First Baptist Church
The beach is a great place to
visit. I was blessed to be able to
spend a few days on South
Padre Island, enjoying the sun.
the sand and the water.
One of the neat things you
find at the beach is sea shells.
They are everywhere and come
in all different colors and
varieties. I collected several
different shells and really enjoy
looking at them.
Shells can tell you a story
about their days if you look
close enough. Some are very
large and thick indicating a long
life while others are small and
thin telling us that ihe critter
inside died far to young. Shells
may be smooth or marked with
damage from their long sea
travels.
I really only have one
problem with sea shells they
show us where life used to be
not where it is now. Regardless
of what kind of shell they are.
they used to be housing for
some animal that is now gone.
Sea shells are what is left
after life is gone. They are the
remains of life past that is
washed up and discarded on our
beaches. Yuck.
I hope I haven't ruined your
view of sea shells; 1 still kept
mine and enjoy them.
How is your life today? Are
vou full of life or are you a mere
shell of the person you used to
be?
I have experienced that-
"empty shell" feeling more than
once in my life. You know what
I am talking about; the empty,
lifeless and very hard yet, at the
same time, very fragile feeling.
Your life can be renewed and
reinvigorated. I have found that
there is hope for those trapped in
a shell We can come out of our
shell and really experience life
again.
We have this new life not by
living inside ourselves, our
careers or our problems, we
have this life by living in Jesus
Christ.
I John 5:11-12 "And this is
what God has testified He has
given us eternal life, and this lite
is in his Son. So whoever has
God's Son has life; whoever
does not have his Son does not
have life." NET
Need more "body" in the
shell of your life? Turn to Jesus.
He is THE LIFE you are
searching for. John 14:6 "Jesus
told him. "I am the way. the
truth, and the life. No one can
come to the Father except
through me " NET
I am always encouraged
when I am reminded that Jesus
came so we could have a full
and abundant life: both in the
here and now and in eternitx
In John 10:9-10 Jesus sa\s.
"I am the door. If anyone enters
by Me, he will be saved, and
will go in and out and find
pasture. The thief does not come
except to steal, and to kill, and
to destroy. I have come that the\
may have life, and that they ma>
have it more abundantly "
NKJV
I hope you enjoy the life you
have been given; the life Jesus
provided for you Make the
most out of the gift of life and
time you have been given.
Remember that God lo\e
you.. .and so do I
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Local quarter horse finishes
second in Firecracker Derhv •
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My First Passion, a three-
year-old gray stallion owned by
Jose Cantu of Rio Grande City,
captured second place in the
$92,800 Firecracker Derby G2 at
Delta Downs in Vinton,
Louisiana.
My First Passion, ridden
by Gilbert B. Orti/ and trained
by Heath Taylor, covered the
400-yard race in a time of
20:019. The top finishers for
this race, by order of finish,
were (Join bye, My First
Passion. Mr. Clarks Perry,
Mr. Okey Doll and
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