VOL. I, NO. 6
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2017
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UTRGV Kind of, Sort of Asks For Its Money The President of UTRGV spoke to McAllen city commissioners Monday night about the important role the new medical school plays in the city and explaining UTRGV President that the school has Dr. Guy Bailey money for buildings and equipment, but needs cash for start up expenses. Guy Bailey never explicitly mentioned the city’s pledge of up to $2 million a year for the school that has gone mostly unpaid. “Tonight, we didn’t expect any action,” explained Bailey to reporters afterward. “All we were doing is provide them with an update. Then, what happens next is up to the commission.” He had come to address the commission at the invitation of Mayor Jim Darling, he told reporters. Bailey spent about 15 minutes going over the role the medical school plays in McAllen, and the contributions it makes to city life, including the building of a new “state-of-theart” research facility on East Dove Avenue, east of Doctors Hospital at Renaissance and in the city of McAllen. While they have money from the University of Texas System for the building and for equipment, capital spending, they lack money for start-up expenses. Bailey called the research facility the “single most important facility” they will construct and that “you can’t operate a 1st class medical facility without one.”
you can’t operate a 1st class medical facility without one.
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Above, volunteers from the City of Edinburg receive donations from Valley residents for Harvey relief. Below, staff at Health Care Unlimited fill medical and personal hygeine care packages for delivery to Coastal Bend residents.
The Valley Responds When Tragedy Strikes in Houston, Coastal Bend Even before Harvey left the Houston area, Valleyites started working on relief efforts to help out the Corpus Christi, Rockport, Houston and Galveston areas hard hit by Hurricane Harvey. County agencies, cities, school districts, churches, nonprofits, car dealerships, newspapers, television and radio stations, and a host of other businesses and individuals have jumped into action in the last 10 days and seem determined to keep donating. Convoys of people towing boats and supplies started leaving South Texas even as the Hurricane was still pouring rain over Houston. Their intention was to join the search and rescue effort to get people to safety. Kayaks, canoes, fishing boats, airboats, and even larger boats were all towed from McAllen, Harlingen, Brownsville and every city in between to Houston. In just about every city from Roma to Raymondville to Brownsville, people collected water, canned goods,
nonperishable foods, diapers, wipes, personal hygiene products, clothes, cleaning supplies, tools and money for relief efforts. The Red Cross, the Salvation Army and countless other service groups raised funds dedicated to Houston and Corpus Christi relief. Cities, counties, utility companies and other private businesses donated their trucks, heavy equipment and staff to spend days away from work and home volunteering their time and
efforts in rescue and clean up. Students, teachers, staff and parents at almost every school collected food and other items. “I am very proud that we have the capability to assist a community in need of our equipment, support and experience in emergency response,” said City of McAllen Mayor Jim Darling. “As our response teams from McAllen and Hidalgo County come
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