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The Rio Grande Herald-Thursday, April 24, 2008, Page 2
Pastor says parents wrong to
condone children's alcohol use
There is a new battle ground
is the fight against teenage
alcoholism and alcohol related
accidents to minors. This
battleground is very disturbing
because it is in the one place that
a child or youth should be the
most protected. This battlefield
is in their own home.
1 just read an article by the
American Medical Association
who partnered with The Robert
Wood Foundation and
documented the following key
findings:
* Nearly one in four teens,
aged 13-18, and one in three
girls, aged 16-18, say their own
parents have supplied them with
alcohol, and teens who have
obtained alcohol reported that,
in the past six months, parents
were the suppliers three times on
average.
* While 71 percent of parents
with children, aged 12-20,
disagreed with the statement that
teen drinking was okay if a
parent were present, 76 percent
think it is likely that teenagers
get alcohol from someone's
parent—and they knew about it.
* One out of four parents of
children, aged 12-20 (25
percent), say they have allowed
their teens to drink with their
supervision in the past six
months. Approximately one in
12 (8 percent) indicated they
have allowed their teen's friends
to also drink under their
supervision in the past six
months.
* While only eight percent of
parents of children aged 12-20
indicated that they allowed their
teen and his/her friends to drink
with supervision in the past six
months, 21 percent of teens
attended a party where the
alcohol was provided by
someone else's parents. And 27
percent of teens attended a party
where youth were drinking with
parents present. This
discrepancy suggests parents are
unaware that other parents are
allowing their own children to
drink.
I was stunned b\ the results
of this research! 1 know that
alcohol is a major problem in
our community and that many of
our teenagers are being drafted
into this war by peer pressure,
the example set for them by the
adults close to them and the
advertising the are exposed to;
but I never thought that the
numbers of parents who are
supplying alcohol to their
underage children, and the
underage children of others, was
so high!
Parents, what are we doing?
What lessons are we teaching
our teenagers?
Do we want our kids to learn
that it is ok to break the law if
we do it at home and with our
parents permission?
Perhaps our teaching is that it
is ok to party hard and drink
mass quantities of alcohol. Do
we forget that our kids do not
have the wisdom to say one is
enough? Do we think our
children have the experience
with alcohol to know when to
say enough? Shame on us.
We obviously want our kids
to think of our homes as a place
of partying and revelry instead
of a place of safety, security and
nurturing. Our homes are
becoming bars.
Parents never lose sight of
the reality that you are
responsible to raise your
children to be wise and
responsible adults.
Parents never forget that your
children are precious gifts of life
from God and you are
responsible to Him for their
education, faith and overall well
being.
Parents never forget that it is
ILLEGAL for you to give
ANYONE UNDF.R 21 alcohoL
even if they are your kids and
they are in your home.
Parents never forget that you
will be held legally and morally
responsible if a teen obtains
alcohol from you or at your
house and later has an accident
and is injured, or worse.
Parents, 1 agree with you that
we should expect our school
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district, city and county
government and the extra-
curricular organizations our
teens are involved with to work
together to proved safe and
sober alternatives to alcohol on
prom night, graduation and
spring break, but 1 also know
that we must never yield our
parenting responsibility to
others.
Proverbs 22:6 "Teach your
children to choose the right path,
and when they are older, they
will remain upon it." NLT
Being a good parent is never
easy but it is the most important
job every parent will ever
perform.
Remember that God loves
you.. and so do 1.
Immunization
clinic planned
April 26 in Roma
The Texas Department of
State Health Services will he
conducting an immunization
clinic for all children and adults
on Saturday, April 26 al the
Roma Community Center in
Roma.
The clinic will take place from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 26.
The Roma Community Center is
located at 502 Sixth Street in
Roma.
Services will not be denied
due to inability to pay. Medicaid
will be accepted or there is a
possible administrative fee of
$5.00 per person or Si0.00 per
family.
For more information,
interested persons should
contact the Department of State
Health Services at (956) 487-
5556.
Alto Bonito students awarded new shoes
Alto Bonito Elementary received brand new tennis shoes from a project b\ Colonias Unidas. Mrs.
Blanca Juarez together with Mrs. Emiliana Guerra were able to attain these shoes at no cost to the
school dist"ict. The shoes were given to students in different schools as an incentive for good grades,
attendance and other achievements. Students were selected randomK b\ the campus staff. The much
deserving students were very excited to receive the shoes. Pictured with the students are Alto Bonito
Principal Mrs. Adeline Cantu and Mrs. Emiliana Guerra. (RGCC1SD Photo).
STC set to recognize Starr
graduates in May 2 ceremony
The largest crabs in the world,
which stand three feet high and
often weigh as much as 30
pounds, live off the coast of
Japan.
South Texas College is set to
recognize the college's spring
2008 Starr County Campus
graduates on Friday, May 2,
2008 at its Ninth Annual Starr
Count) Campus Recognition
Celebration. The celebration
begins at 7:30 p.m. and will take
place at STC's Starr County
Campus Amphitheatre located at
142 FM 3167 in Rio Grande
City. Admission is free and open
to the public.
To help honor graduates,
Texas House Representative
Juan M. Escobar will be the
keynote speaker. A native of
Starr County, Escobar was born
and raised in Escobares, TX. He
is a direct descendant of Jose
Maria Escobar, who founded the
Escobares settlement in 1753.
He holds the District 43 seat in
the Texas House of
Representatives, a seat that
encompasses Kleberg, Kenedy,
Jim Hogg. Brooks. Willacy
counties and the northern part of
Cameron County including
South Padre Island. Among his
accomplishments during office,
Escobar helped pass Senate Bill
25. which created the Kenedy
County Groundwater
Conservation District, and
amended a bill to continue the
existence of the State Office of
Administrative Hearings and to
require that office to provide
translators or interpreters when
needed.
Additionally, Kareena Garza,
a graduate of STC's Dual
Enrollment Medical Science
Academy, will be the student
speaker for the event. She is a
Rio Grande City native who
attends Rio Grande City Hk>h
School. Garza will receive an
associate's degree in biology
from South Texas College. After
graduation she will transfer to
The University of Texas-Pan
America, where she has applied
for the Physician's Assistant
Program. Garza is co-captain of
her high school cheerleading
squad, as well as a student
council member. As a member
of HOSA she is heavilv active in
community ser\ ice.
"We are so excited to
celebrate this achievement for
hundreds of Starr County
students that have reached a real
milestone in their academic
careers and in life," said Ruben
Saenz, site coordinator for
STC's Starr County Campus.
"Starr County lias long been one
of the most impoverished
counties in the state, but our
residents are making great J
strides to change that status
They see STC as an opportunity
for hope: an opportunity for a
better future. Our Starr Count)
students endure a lot of
hardships, hut the) always seem
lo prevail. I am \er_\ proud ot
each and every one and look
forward to celebrating their
achievements with the entire
Starr Count) community."
For more information about
the event contact Erica
ViIlarreal at 956-488-5808.
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Roberts, Kenneth. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 2008, newspaper, April 24, 2008; Edinburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth196114/m1/2/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.