Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 12, 2004 Page: 4 of 6
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The Rio Grande Herald-Thursday, August 12, 2004, Page 4.
Gov. Perry says job creation initiative
showing great results after one year
BY GOV. RICK PERRY
Just a lew years ago, as other
states were implementing new,
aggressive strategies to foster
economic development, Texas was
esting on its laurels. We had the
ttitude that jobs will come our way
because of our business climate,
while other states aggressively
courted new employers and started
attracting projects with the right
mixture of incentives. We were
lighting with one hand tied because
we had a shortage of effective tools
to bring jobs and employers to the
state.
And while no one seemed to
notice this short/'all during the tech
boom of the 1990's, it became
readily apparent during the tougli
economic times that soon followed.
Thai why last year I worked
with Lt. Governor David Dewhurst
ant' House Speaker Tom Craddick
to create the Texas Enterprise
Fund, a job creation initiative that
h bringing thousands of new jobs
to communities across the state.
With the one-year anniversary
of this fund approaching, 1 want
Texans to know it has been a
stunning success leading to the
creation of 15.000 jobs and
investments totaling more than $6
billion by employers relocating to,
or expanding in, our state. And all
of this was made possible because
we were wise enough to invest
$295 million in this job creation
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of the river about 10 miles west of
Rio Grande City and 10 miles east
of Rio Grande City."
Gonzalez concluded,
"Investigation is continuing into
this matter."' Anyone with
information about the shooting is
urged to contact RGC
Crimestoppers at 488-TIPS or the
RGC Police Department at 487-
S892 All information will be kepi
confidential.
fund that has begun distributing
nearly $172 million in grants.
A 3,500 percent return on the
state's investment sounds pretty
good in my book. And we still
have $123 million available to
continue to attract employers and
create jobs.
The Texas Enterprise Fund is
having an impact all across the
state, from our largest metropolitan
areas to smaller and mid-sized
towns as well.
In Austin and New Braunfels,
Home Depot is ci eating over 800
new jobs for Texas families and
investing more than $800 million in
our economy. In Houston and
Corpus Christi, Citgo Petroleum
has announced a new investment of
$828 million and a commitment to
hire 820 new employees. In the
Dallas area, Texas Instruments and
Vought Aircraft combined willl
create 4,000 new jobs while
pumping more than $3.5 billion
into the state's economy. Grants
Pena graduates Air
Force basic training
Air Force Airman Greg A. Pena
las graduated from basic military
training at Lackland Air Force
Base, San Antonio, Texas.
During the six weeks of
training, the airman studied the Air
Force mission, organization, and
military customs and courtesies;
performed drill and ceremony
marches, and received physical
training, rifle marksmanship, field
training exercises, and special
training in human relations.
In addition, airmen who
complete basic training earn credits
toward an associate degree through
the Community College of the Air
Force.
He is the son of Carmina Pena
of Glen Reilly Drive, Fayetteville,
North Carolina, and Gregorio Pena
of Rio Grande City. Pena is a 1995
graduate of Seventy-First High
School in Fayetteville.
from the Enterprise Fund have also
helped seal deals in smaller cities
like Ennis, Buda and Brownwood.
The Texas Enterprise Fund
plays a key role in our job creation
successes, but there are other
factors cited by employers as
reasons that contribute to their
decision to relocate or expand.
Low taxes, a skilled workforce,
good schools, a reasonable
regulatory climate and historic
lawsuit abuse reform all send a
message to the world that Texas is
wide open for business and job
creation.
Texas has experienced nine
straight months of job gains, with
112,C0n new net jobs since
September. Last year, Texas
landed nine of the top 20 business
investments and six of the top 15
job creation projects nationwide.
And while the number of job
creation announcements declined in
all other states in 2003, Texas'
nearly doubled.
In Texas, we have made
economic development a top
priority because we recognize that
creating jobs means more people
have the opportunity to work hard,
provide for their families and live
the American dream. And we also
understand that economic growth is
about more than paychecks. An
expanding job climate has the
additional benefit of providing
more resources for education,
health care, transportation, clean air
initiatives and other important
priorities.
As for the detractors who loudly
complained about the Fund's
creation, we haven't heard too
much from them lately. Of course,
success has a way of silencing the
critics.
"Time will tell whether the fund
was a wise investment and whether
the governor uses it wisely," wrote
one opinion columnist in 2003.
Indeed, the past year proves that
the Texas Enterprise Fund was a
smart investment that will benefit
all Texans for years to come.
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Federation Day Program
The Woman's Club of Rio Grande City and their guests, members of the Florence J. Scott Study Club, members
of TFWC/GFWC, enjoyed a Federat ion Day Program at a recent meeting held at El Patio. S Texas District
President (2002-04) Jean Keele was special guest for the program and dinner meeting. President Florence Ann
Garcia presided during the business meeting. Also recognized were Rio Grande Valley Fci -at: ri President Ines
Carrera. South Texas District Second Vice-President Frances Garza, and Study Club President Olga Gonzalez.
Pictured with Mrs. Keele, seated center, with Mrs. Carrera, at left, and Mrs. Garcia, at right, are members of the
Woman's Club of Rio Grande City.
CACST holds local event to kick
off World Breastfeeding Month
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by Anastasia Rodr
Public Information
Officer, CACST
August is World Breastfeeding
Month
Mothers and children gathered
Tuesday morning, August 3rd, to
kick off World Breastfeeding
Month at a celebration sponsored
by the Community Action Council
of South Texas WIC clinic and
coordinated by WIC dietitian. Ana
Gonzalez.
"[Breastfeeding is] certainly one
of the reasons my boys are very
healthy, never had ear infections,"
said Mayor Baidemar Garza in his
opening remarks and testimonial
just before he signed a
proclamation designating August as
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"Breastfeeding Awareness Month"
in Rio Grande City, which he
presented to Dr. Guerrero on behalf
of the Chamber of Commerce.
Mayor Garza reflected that while
he was not breastfed as a baby,
both of his children and his wife
were. Perhaps it is a coincidence
that the Mayor is always the first in
his family to catch a cold, but
scientific studies have provided
evidence of tremendous health
advantages for breastfed childrrn.
Dr. Guerrero spoke about the
benefits of breastfeeding for the
baby and the mother.
Breastfeeding reduces the risk of
developing breast, uterine, and
ovarian cancer. Women who
breastfeed are four times less likely
to develop osteoperosis. Children
who are breastfed tend to have
higher IQs, acquire fewer ear and
respiratory infections, and are less
likely to become obese. Ruth
Smith, La Leche League leader,
was the featured guest speaker at
the awareness event with WIC
Clerk Marisela Villarreal standing
in as a translator. She made a
strong impression on everyone
present, stressing the fact that a
baby can get all the nutrition he or
she needs from a mother's
breastmilk. Breastfeeding satisfies
a baby's appetite and cuts the
tremendous costs on formula
Meanwhile at the kids' table
with Mary Rodriguez, children
decorated hats, played baby
mammal bingo, and socialized
while learning about mammals who
breastfed their offspring. After the
guest speaker, prizes donated from
many local businesses were given
to everyone present These
included gift certificates and prizes
from Whataburger, Texas Cafe
Denny's, Bealls, McDonald's,
Maya Wrap, Elvia's Beauty Salon.
Avon, Dairy Queen, Subway, HEB.
Wal-Mart, and LFD. Helping with
food and facilities were Riverview
Family Center, Bema Ice, and the
RGC High School. Whether or not
they won a door prize, everyone
who came left with a better
understanding of the benefits of
breastfeeding, and this successful
event was equally enjoyable- for
women, men, children, and
mothers-to-be.
For more information about
breastfeeding, contact Ana
Gonzalez at 487-2585 e:U.2230.
Holidays can be more dolight
ful with budget-stretching dec'
rating ideas.
Zone One stalk destruction
deadline scheduled Sept. 1
The Texas Department of
Agriculture reminds cotton growers
in Pest Management Zone 1 that
Sept. 1 is the cotton stalk
destruction deadline.
The Sept. I deadline applies to
cotton fields in Brooks, Cameron,
Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr, Willacy
and Zapata counties and the
southern part of Kenedy County,
encompassing the area below an
east west line through Katherine
and Armstrong.
After the deadline, cotton stalks
must not be allowed to develop
squares, blooms or bolls and must
remain without fruiting structures
until planting next spring.
Stalk destruction deadlines are
established at the request of a zone's
Cotton Producer Advisory
Committee to combat
overwintering populations of boll
weevils, pink boll worms and other
pests.
For additional information,
growers can contact the TDA
Valley Office at (956) 787-8866
Oracion al
Espiritu Santo
Espiritu Santo tu que me
aclaras todo, Que ilunimas
todos los caminos para que
yo alcance mi ideal, tu que
me das el don divino de per-
donar y olvidar el mal que
me hacen y en todos los in-
stantes de la vida estas con-
migo, yo quiero en este
corto dialogo agradecerte
por todo y confirmar una
vez mas que nunca quiero
separarrme de ti por mayor
que sea la ilusion material.
Deseo estar contigo y todos
mis seres queridos en la gra-
cia perpetua. Gracias por tu
misericordia para conmigo y
con los mios. La persona
debera rezar esta oracion
tres dias seguidos sin decir
el pedido. Dentro de tres
dias sera alcanzada la gracia
por mas dificil que sea.
Agradece gracia alcanzada.
A.G.L
Prayer to
St. Jude
Most holy apostle. St
Jude, faithful servant and
friend of Jesus, the Church
honors and invokes you
universally, as the patron
of hopeless cases, of things
almost despaired of. Come
to my assistance in this
great need that I may need
that I may receive in con-
solation and help of heaven
in all my necessities, tribu -
lations and sufferings and
that I may praise God with
you and all the elect for-
ever. I promise, Oh
blessed St Jude to be ever
mindful of this great favor,
to always honor you as my
special and powerful pa-
tron, and to gratefully en
courage devotion to you
Amen.
AC,I,.
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Roberts, Kenneth. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 12, 2004, newspaper, August 12, 2004; Edinburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth196281/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.