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Jamie Treviño

PROGRESS TIMES REPORTER

The La Joya Independent School District has brought in an anti-bullying and safety-reporting app to facilitate an environment where students feel safe to report something they see is wrong. Jamie Treviño has the story.

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City of Peñitas Press Conference

Because of the flooding throughout Hidalgo County in June this year, the drainage district hopes to begin countywide projects that require funding immediately.

The City of Mission held a workshop on Monday to listen to a presentation by Hidalgo County Drainage District No. 1 about the proposed issuance of bonds for drainage improvements as reflected in Proposition A. “I know there’s been issues and talk about the rain we have been receiving in the last couple of months,” Martin Garza, Mission City Manager, said. “I know that our city staff have been working very closely with Hidalgo County District No. 1.”

Garza mentioned that an

advisory board has been put together by the drainage district, which includes Mayor Armando O’caña and council member Jessica Ortega-Ochoa.

Proposition A would cover a $190 million drainage bond, which would eventually result in a $0.03 (three cent) property tax increase per $100. The Hidalgo County Drainage District No. 1 hopes to positively impact areas that are in critical need of improvement.

The drainage bond would cover a total of 37 projects, 12 of which would directly impact Precinct 3 and the City of Mission. The mayor, city manager and city council present at the workshop appeared to be in favor of the bond being passed.

Commissioner of Precinct 3,

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Hidalgo County Floodplain Manager Raul Sesin presenting proposed drainage improvements from Proposition A, which is up for a bond election in November, to the Mission mayor, city manager and city council at a workshop on Monday. Progress Times photo by Jamie Treviño.

Annual citizens awards to be presented tonight

City officials at the grand rededication ceremony for Leo Peña “La Placita” Park Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. Progress Times photo by Jose De Leon III The City of Peñitas has recently entered into an interlocal agreement with Hidalgo County Precinct 3 for a road improvement on Tom Gill Rd. that will take 60 days to complete. Details inside.

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SPORTS Eagles vs.

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Mission holds rededication ceremony for Leo Peña Park Jose De Leon III

PROGRESS TIMES REPORTER

After being closed to the general public since the beginning of the year, the Leo Peña “La Placita” Park is open to the public-and has a new look.

On Thursday morning, city officials were at the park for a rededication ceremony in honor of the re-opening of the park.

Last January, the Mission City Council approved a $1.4 million project to renovate the park.

The renovations were to make the park ADA compliant and move the amphitheater to the west side of the park.

“We finished within the timeframe we wanted and under budget,” City Manager Martin Garza said. “As a city manager, that’s great news.”

By Art Del Barrio, Jr.

The Mission High School Eagles are celebrating their homecoming game tonight as they face off against the McAllen Memorial Mustangs in our Game of the Week. Bryan Ramos has more details.

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INDEX Entertainment...... pg. 2 Sports....................... pg. 6 Lifestyle................... pg. 8 Obituaries............pg. 11 Classifieds..............pg.12

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Mission says goodbye to Salomon “Sol” Marroquin - the gentleman public servant

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The park renovations served as phase two of the city’s Streetscape Project that started a few years ago to brighten up the downtown Mission area, according to Garza.

For the grand opening of the park, the city held their annual National Night Out later that evening, an annual celebration

The Mission community recently said goodbye to a man that represented decency and goodness. A man who was determined to break barriers and did so with grace and honor.

Sol Marroquin was born on January 23, 1931, in San Antonio, Texas and lived in Seguin until his family moved to Mission in 1939. He graduated from Mission High School in 1950. Shortly after graduation, Marroquin volunteered to serve his country and joined the US Air Force, serving in active duty from 1950 through 1954.

Sol served in Korea from 1951-53, where he was charged with coordinating show tours for the troops with the USO. “He coordinated shows for the military,” said Melinda (Marroquin) Fotinos Sol’s daughter. “I remember him telling a story about Bob Hope performing for the troops.”

Sol was always conscious of his heritage, during his tenure, the USO booked tours to entertain the Hispanic population serving in Korea as well.

After an honorable discharge from the Air Force, Sol returned to Mission, and quickly moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue his lifelong dream of acting.

Sol was fortunate to have a large extended family and was

Sol Marroquin able to stay with relatives in Los Angeles while he attended Dan O’Herlihy’s Hollywood School of Drama and graduated in 1958.

He concurrently attended the California Vocational School of Nursing and received his LVN. With his LVN he became a private duty nurse so he could set his own hours to allow him to audition during the day.

One day in Hollywood, Security Pictures was searching for bilingual actors to work overseas in Spain, Marroquin jumped at the chance. And as fate seemed to always be on his side, he had relatives in Spain with which he stayed.

From 1962-1963 he worked in Madrid, as an Assistant to the Producer of the Samuel Bronson Studios. One of his fondest memories in that role was he

was a driver and translator for Clint Eastwood.

While in Madrid, he organized a group of American actors to perform stage plays and melodramas at the Castellana Hilton Hotel.

Sol returned to Los Angeles for a short time before relocating to Garland, Texas where he established a little theatre group in Dallas called Ye Ol’ Troupe.

In 1966, Sol Marroquin returned to Mission, to care for his father. Shortly thereafter, he met the love of his life and married Blanca Vasquez of McAllen on July 22, 1967. They were married 51 years until the time of his death.

“Sol always kept me laughing. He had a wonderful sense of humor even when he became ill. He always put others before him,” said Blanca Marroquin. “ I’d hear him praying out loud to himself and he’d always ask for prayers for others before he asked for anything for himself.”

Marroquin continued his love for the theatre and founded the Valley International Players in McAllen, TX, which was active from the mid 1960’s to the mid 1980’s.

With the Vietnam conflict in full force, Marroquin joined the Air Force Reserves, and served 18 years and was ranked Master Sergeant at the time of his discharge. He began his career in

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Brad Bentsen

Maxilou Link

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PROGRESS TIMES REPORTER

Two longtime Mission residents will be recognized for their contributions to the city tonight.

As part of the 2018 Annual Banquet & Chamber Choice Awards, hosted by the Greater Mission Chamber of Commerce and the Progress Times, Brad Bentsen and Maxilou Link will be honored as Mr. Mission and First Lady of Mission, respectively.

Both of them were nominated for the awards after readers were invited to submit nominations for individuals who have devoted their time and effort to help others and to make Mission a better place to live.

“It’s quite humbling, I always thought awards like this was for people more deserving, I just do what I do,” Bentsen said of the recognition. “I’ve always helped and done what I’ve needed to do all my life, something my dad and grandfather instilled to me. I thought I was too young to receive something like this.”

Bentsen, 65, has served as the city’s Parks and Recreation director since April 2015. Before working for the city, Bentsen worked at McAllen’s Parks and Recreation department as parks superintendent and horticulture manager for 10 years.

He also had a landscaping business and managed five restaurants before settling down in his hometown of Mission where he had nearly three decades of volunteer work through the Mission Lions Club, the Boy Scouts of America and at First United Methodist Church and The Family Church in McAllen.

“I thought it’d be good to come back home, I’d done so much volunteer work through Lions Club and Boy Scouts and wanted to continue to give back to the community I grew up in,”

Bentsen said on his decision to become the city’s Parks & Rec director. “When I was hired, I was asked to bring the parks up to standards. We created a game plan with [City Manager] Martin Garza with input from city council on what they wanted to do and what they expected.”

Bentsen said his department, which also oversees the city’s aquatics, cemeteries and other outdoor facilities, brings him joy.

“It’s been fun, has it been challenging? Yes but everything we do is for the betterment of the citizens,” he said.

For Maxilou Link, president and director of the Upper Valley Art League, the recognition as First Lady of Mission was a delight.

“It was an awesome surprise,” Link, 93, said of the recognition. “When I first found out about the award, I didn’t feel like I deserved it and thought I remembered how I’ve worked really hard for the city and thought, ‘maybe I do deserve this.’ It’s been a lot of passion and hard work to promote the Valley. Words fail me. I’m so appreciative and grateful.”

The Upper Valley Art League is a non-profit organization based in Mission that houses and hosts artworks from local painters to cultivate the artistic growth of the community, according to the website. The league exhibits local and guest artists and offers classes and workshops.

Link has served as president for the League for a total of 16 non-consecutive years.

As a native of Bucyrus, Ohio, Link was a Winter Texas before finally deciding to permanently stay in the city of Mission in 1991, after spending her winters here for the previous three years.

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Coming Attractions

Ali Naqvi, a UTRGV legacy alumnus from Mission, has worked on movies and TV shows both behind and in front of the camera. (Courtesy photo)

Mission native’s film career led him to ‘Westworld’

By Maria Elena Hernandez

EDINBURG – Ali Naqvi is a name you might not recognize. Not yet, anyway.

Naqvi, from Mission and UTRGV legacy alumnus of UTPA, has worked on movies and TV shows most are probably familiar with – and he’s been in front of the camera a few times, too

During the last season of “Westworld” – a science fiction Western series produced

by HBO – one of the actors and his stand-in weren’t available.

“They were like, ‘Who’s the same color as that guy?’

And so they put me in his costume. They shaved my face. They put a scraggly beard on me,” Naqvi said.

He was told to walk into the scene and just say the lines.

“I walk out, and it’s me and (actor) Ed Harris and Ingrid (Bolsø Berdal),” he said.

For another scene, he rode an elephant.

“Oh my God, that was

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Screening announced for Valerio Longoria documentary SAN BENITO – The San Benito Cultural Heritage Museum, in association with the Texas Conjunto Music Hall of Fame & Museum, presents a special screening of “For a Quarter a Song,” a documentary on Valerio Longoria, an accordion player and prominent early figure in South Texas conjunto music.

Guest speaker will be Dr. Manuel Medrano, producer of the documentary and history professor at the University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley.

It will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 9, at 6:30 p.m. at the San Benito Community Building Auditorium, 210 E. Heywood, San Benito. The public is invited Conjunto translates to ensemble and is a style of dance music where the accordion leads a small band that includes a bajo sexto,

Dr. Manuel Medrano

a tololoche, and the drums.

Longoria was a contributing pioneer after the creators of the genre, like Narciso Martinez and Santiago Jimenez.

The documentary covers Longoria’s lengthy career, from his early beginnings at age 7 in 1931, until his death in 2000.

Dr. Medrano, a UTRGV professor emeritus, specializes in Mexican American history and culture. He is a

former member of the Humanities Texas Board and served as Visiting Scholar for the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, New Jersey. He has authored three published historical/cultural poetry books, an authorized biography, and has also co-authored two books and 25 published articles about Valley people and events.

Since 1993, Dr. Medrano has produced and directed, in conjunction with the University of Texas - Brownsville/Texas Southmost College and University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley Media Services, 30 Los del Valle oral history profiles of people and events in the Rio Grande Valley.

For information contact Rey Avila at 956-245-1666.

Admission is free to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

October 6 • Colombian reggaeton singer J Balvin will be live in concert at 7 p.m. at Bert Ogden Arena, 4900 S. I-69 in Edinburg. Tickets are available at bertogdenarena.com and at the H-E-B Park box office. Call 956-562-7362 for information.

October 7 • Kenneth Saxon will present a program of piano music, Bolivia and Beyond, that mines the emotional impact of works by combining and contrasting music of different styles and genres, from Poland to Bolivia and beyond, including western classical and traditional music-inspired works. It will be held at 3 p.m. at the TSC Performing Arts Center in Brownsville. Admission is free. Season memberships are available, and all Patron of the Arts events are included in the memberships. For tickets or memberships, go to patron.utrgv.edu. For special accommodations, call 956-665-3881. For questions, call 956-882-7025.

• The UTRGV Symphonic Band with the Student Ensemble Series performs at 7 p.m. at the UTRGV Performing Arts Complex in Edinburg. General admission is $5. Season memberships are available, and all Patron of the Arts events are included in the memberships. For tickets or memberships, go to patron.utrgv.edu. For special accommodations, call 956-665-3881. For questions, call 956-882-7025.

October 12 & 26 • Lucero & the Giants, a UTRGV Theatre for Young Audiences play, and will be per-

formed at 7 p.m. at the UTRGV Performing Arts Complex on the Edinburg campus on Oct. 12 and again at the TSC Performing Arts Center in Brownsville on Oct. 26.

Written and directed by Eric Wiley, the comic play features over 20 performers and includes giant, Mexican-styled, 11-foot tall puppets, called mojigangas. Admission is $5 per person. The box office opens one hour prior to each performance. All performances are subject to change. For information or special accommodations, call 956-665-3581 or visit UTRGV.edu/theatre.

October 13 • The South Texas Music Festival showcases an evening concert under the stars with some of the best regional music in South Texas, food and arts vendors, cold beverages, and activities for audiences of all ages. Doors open at 3 p.m. on the San Benito Fairgrounds, 551 Cesar Gonzalez Parkway. Admission is $5 at the gate, and free for children age 10 and under. For more information, contact Luis Contreras at 956-361-3804, Ext. 418.

October 14 • The McAllen Society for the Performing Arts 2018-19 program McAllen Live! presents seven-time Grammy winner, Buddy Guy: Live in Concert at the McAllen Performing Arts Center. For general information, pricing and special membership features, go to LiveinMcAllenClub.com. For questions, contact the ticket hotline at 888200-4035, Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Fall exhibits feature Kaffe Fassett, “Lights,” and Millefiori!

LA GRANGE – Anyone making a trip to Dallas for the State Fair of Texas in October might want to stop by the Texas Quilt Museum in La Grange and take in the colorful artistry of three new exhibits going on display this fall, including one by a legendary artist and quilting innovator. The exhibits are running through Dec. 23.

Museum curator Dr. Sandra Sider describes the trio as “a magnificent array of quilted art bursting with originality, color, and luminosity.”

Kaffe Fassett’s love of color imbues his designs in knitwear, needlepoint, and patchwork, can be seen in the exhibit Bold By Design: Kaffe Fassett Quilts. It will feature 23 of his works from his prolific library of patchwork and quilting publications.

Born in San Francisco, Fassett settled in London during the 1960s, where he pursued painting as a studio artist. Inspired by the colors of Shetland woolen yarns, he learned to knit, and his multihued creations were soon sought after by fashion designers and celebrities alike.

Famous worldwide as a textile and quilt artist as well as a teacher of design and color theory, Fassett has published more than 30 books, sharing his craft with quilters around the globe.

“I am very happy with the curator’s bold choices of quilts that make up Bold

By Design,” Fassett notes.

“And I am delighted to see my quilts at the Texas Quilt Museum in La Grange, a charming Texas town.”

Fassett will also give a lecture titled “Glorious Colors” at the Museum on Tuesday, Oct. 30, from 6 to 8 p.m. Admission is $25, and tickets are limited. The talk is designed to inspire and motivate quilters to see their creative world through the harmonies of brilliant colors. The presentation highlights work from his latest projects, including his patchwork quilt, fabric, needlepoint, mosaic, painting, and knitting designs.

The presentation will be followed by a question and answer session and a signing for Fassett’s new book, Quilts in America. Tickets include a discount on the book will be available for purchase on the museum’s website.

Next, Selections from Light Show by the Contemporary Quilt Art Association demonstrates that the quality of reflected light from textile sources can provide a special type of luster, with the finishing process of the fabrics imparting a subtle sheen. Quilting stitches often enhance the nuances of light seen in textile art, and the 12 works in this exhibit are no exception.

Founded in 1986 for quilt makers in the State of Washington, the Contemporary Quilt Art Association is

the oldest art quilt organization in the United States.

As a group, CQA members are diverse in their design styles, choices of media, and working techniques. The only constant is that CQA members continue to expand the definition of the art quilt, especially as new materials and techniques are developed. And finally, traditional quilters have long utilized hexagons in their creations.

Finally, quilters have long utilized hexagons in their creations, and the Dazzling Millefiori Quilts exhibition features the patterns created by the shape.

Museum registrar Vicki Mangum, commented, “There has been a resurgence of interest in this single-shape style. The Texas Quilt Museum is featuring a unique selection of colorful hexagon-based quilts in this exhibit.”

All of the 14 works on display are based on designs from Katja Marek’s project book, The New Hexagon: 52 Blocks to English Paper Piece, with the artists hailing from California, Missouri, Nevada and Texas.

The Texas Quilt Museum is located at 140 W. Colorado St. in La Grange. It is open Thursdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 4 p.m. Visit TexasQuiltMuseum.org.

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October 5, 2018 from pg. 1 CITIZENS AWARDS “We loved the city, the atmosphere and the friendliness it blessed us with,” Link said. “It had everything, we could dance, golf, go to parties, go to Mexico, it’s all here! If you can’t find enough to do here it’s your own fault.”

Link, who said she had dabbled in painting, was recommended to join the League by a neighbor. Eventually, she discovered a passion for it, she said.

“And I was president after that,” Link said. “Promoting the League and its members hasn’t been work, it’s been a passion.

We have some awesome individuals that have beautiful artwork that needs to be showcased.”

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the League has grown from 70 members to over 200, Link said.

With that growth, the League witnesses several changes in the city of Mission, Link said.

“When we moved here, Business 83 was two lanes, now it’s four lanes. The expressway has expanded, population has grown, all the good things have started to blossom,” Link said.

“I felt the city of Mission was like a butterfly, only in its early stages of being a caterpillar when I first moved here before it cocooned and now it’s blossomed into this beautiful butterfly.”

The annual awards will be presented at the Mission Chamber of Commerce banquet tonight at the Mission Event Center at 6 p.m.

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the scariest thing,” he said, “but it was awesome. It was a lot of fun.”

Naqvi’s main work is behind the camera. On the latest season of “Westworld,” he was the producing director’s assistant. The UTRGV legacy graduate has also been featured in a behindthe-scenes video about the show.

“I worked with a guy named Richard J. Lewis, and I pretty much was his shadow and learned everything he was doing,” he said.

For the first season of “Westworld,” Naqvi had worked as a writers’ production assistant.

He was a production assistant on the films “The Dark Knight Rises” starring Christian Bale, and “The Lone Ranger” starring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer.

Naqvi hopes to lose the “assistant” part of the job title on future productions.

Hometown Support Naqvi returned to the Rio Grande Valley recently – as an independent producer and director – to film a music video.

“It’s amazing, having the community support here,” he said. “…We have awesome people willing to work hard and learn.”

He had some of that Rio Grande Valley support with him in Los Angeles, too, where he lived with a group that included fellow UTRGV alums. They started a sketch comedy web series together called “The House on South Bronson.” It was a chance to hone their creative skills and work with well-known actors.

“We got a couple of cool people to come out,” he said, including fellow UTRGV legacy alum Valente Rodriguez, who had a key role in the television series “George Lopez.” Jim O’Heir from “Parks and Recreation” also appeared in episodes.

Naqvi said he recognizes the benefits of his education in the Valley.

“I haven’t been to another film school, but a lot of experiences I’ve heard about say, ‘Yeah, we learn a lot of theory. And we hear about movies. And we talk about movies. But we don’t really make movies.’

“But here, it was..., ‘Let’s make movies. Here’s a camera. Go mess up. Go make mistakes. Go learn,’” he said. “That’s what I loved about going here, all the hands-on experience.”

One of Naqvi’s first film credits was from a school project called “The Red Queen,” which won awards at international film festivals and later was picked up for distribution by Echelon Studios.

He encourages others interested in the film industry to take advantage of every opportunity available and has hopes for Valley-based productions.

“We have two film festivals down here, with CineSol and with South Texas International Film Festival,” he said. “Any of the projects that have come out of the Valley have been pretty solid. Hopefully, the next step is for people to notice that we’re down here. We have original voices here, and I think it’s time for somebody to hear them.”

public service after his return.

He served on the Urban Renewal Program as a Public Relations Specialist and was soon promoted to City Secretary at Mission City Hall.

In 1970, he became the first Hispanic Hospital Administrator in Mission and the Rio Grande Valley as he took the lead at Mission Municipal Hospital.

In 1973, Sol was offered the role of Chief of Staff to Congressman E. (Kika) de la Garza (D)-Mission for the 15th District. Sol proudly served alongside the Congressman until his retirement in 1993.

Sol was an accomplished author who wrote “Part of the Team,” the story of Edinburg Medal of Honor recipient Alfredo “Freddy” Gonzalez.

As a screenwriter, Sol adapted the manuscript “The Yaqui” for the silver screen and wrote screenplays “Pancho U.S Marine” and “Doorway to the Future.”

According to the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), Sol had several acting roles in the movies Get Outta Town in 1960 and the Thin Red Line in 1964.

He continued acting throughout his life including She Came to the Valley in 1977.

In 2004 he collaborated with his daughter Melinda to make a short Film called Dancing with the Devil which Melinda wrote and directed. The story was based on timeless folklore in the Rio Grande Valley. And in 2009 he had a small roll as a Hispanic land owner in the movie Harvest of Redemption, written by Mission native Laura Pérez.

Sol also penned a manuscript/auto-biography called “Stars in My Eyes” dedicated to his daughter.

Sol was a lifelong member

of El Mesias United Methodist Church in Mission. He was a Sunday school teacher, sponsor to the Methodist Youth Fellowship, served in several church committees, was a choir member, directed several Christian dramas and was a certified lay speaker.

“I don’t believe that the word “no” was in dad’s vocabulary, anytime a friend or family member or his church needed his services, his answer was always yes,” shared Sol’s son, Carl.

Sol loved his community and volunteered at the Mission Historical Museum and Texas Citrus Fiesta.

To remember Sol Marroquin is to remember a father, grandfather, great-grandfather, husband, friend, actor, author, screenwriter, and as the list grows, the one word that comes to mind that sums it all up is - gentleman.

Although Sol wore many hats during his life, his legacy was to be remembered as a public servant. Serving his community brought him the most joy.

Let us all remember Sol Marroquin as the gentleman public servant of Mission.

A service was held recently for Sol Marroquin. His family requests memorial gifts be made to The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley for the Theatre Program in memory of Sol Marroquin. Donations may be mailed to the UTRGV Division of Institutional Advancement at 1201 West University Drive, EITTB 1.210 in Edinburg, Texas 78539.

Memorial gifts also may be made online at https://give. utrgv.edu/greatest-need. Choose “Other” and reference the Theatre Program and, in the gift in memory section, add the name Sol Marroquin.

between the community and local law enforcement. Garza said other events planned at the park include the city’s annual Posada and Winter Texan Welcome later this fall and the city’s annual dia De Los Muertos celebration.

“This park was in honor of the late Leo Peña,” Garza said.

“He served for 20 years on the Mission city council and was very dedicated to our veterans and instrumental in building the

veterans memorial inside the park. That memorial was untouched during the renovations, but the park has been here for 20 years, it needed a new look.”

City officials and members of Peña’s family were also at the red ribbon cutting. For Ercilia, Peña wife, the park was an honor her late husband would’ve enjoyed.

“It’s simply beautiful,” she said of the park.

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Chief and volunteers resign en masse from La Joya fire department David Hendricks

PROGRESS TIMES REPORTER Chief Leroy Salinas and every member of the La Joya Volunteer Fire Department resigned en masse last week — packing their bags for Peñitas.

The Peñitas Volunteer Fire Department, where Salinas worked part-time, recently offered him a fulltime job.

“It’s kind of hard. Bittersweet. I’ve been there several years,” Salinas said, adding that he needed to make more money. “But we had to make a living.”

Salinas spent 13 years with the La Joya Volunteer Fire Department, including four as chief. His wife, Leticia, served as the training coordinator.

La Joya compensated him with a $1,200 monthly stipend but didn’t provide health insurance or retirement benefits.

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La Joya Fire Chief Leroy Salinas.

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mended that La Joya budget for a full-time chief and two full-time employees to manage the department. The City Commission, though, never approved paid firefighters.

To supplement his income, Salinas accepted a part-time job with the Peñitas Volunteer Fire Department.

Peñitas employs a small paid staff, which recruits

volunteer firefighters and handles administrative tasks.

“And Leroy basically hit all those markers,” said City Manager Omar Romero, adding that Salinas will become a major asset when Peñitas starts accepting county fire calls. “He knows all the local fire chiefs, knows the local fire marshal, understands the rules when it comes to the county.”

Salinas said he notified La Joya about the move in mid-September. He started work in Peñitas Monday.

When they heard Salinas planned to leave for Peñitas, the volunteer firefighters resigned too.

“Unfortunately, the volunteers are saying ‘If you’re leaving, we’re leaving,’” Salinas said, adding that he appreciated their loyalty.

“None of my guys are going to stay behind.”

It remains unclear whether or not the La Joya Volunteer Fire Department will keep responding to calls.

“I don’t know how they’re going to do it, to be honest with you,” Salinas said, adding that he suggested several replacements and offered to train them.

La Joya City Administrator Mike Alaniz said Friday that he hadn’t selected an interim or acting fire chief.

“We’re definitely working on a fire chief ASAP,” Alaniz said, adding later: “And what I need to do is rebuild and see who is active and who is not.”

La Joya went through a similar transition during 2015, when more than a dozen volunteer firefighters left the department.

They filed a formal complaint against Salinas, claiming he terminated volunteers or forced them to resign. The City Commission sided with Salinas, who rebuilt the department from scratch over the next several years.

Alaniz said he wished Salinas well and didn’t blame him for taking a full-time job.

“I hope Peñitas does good for him,” Alaniz said. “Because if anybody deserves it, it’s him.”

Palmview preparing for first library, new city park Jose De Leon III

PROGRESS TIMES REPORTER Within the next five years, the city of Palmview could have a new park and its first library.

That’s according to interim City Manager Leo Olivares who spoke of the many developments coming to the city following a Wednesday, Sept. 26 city council meeting.

Among the developments include an apartment complex that will be built on Silver Spur Lane south of the expressway.

The $20 million project, which will be built by the Round Rock-based construction company Tejas Housing Group, will house 120 apartment units thanks to an award from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Olivares said.

“The property was rezoned from agricultural land to a multi-family residential area,” Olivares said.

“There’ll be good housing opportunities for people of different economic statuses as this will bring affordable housing to the area.”

The Silver Spur Apartment complex, which Olivares said will be fully operational by 2020, will have apartments ranging from one bedroom, one bathroom to four bedrooms, two bathrooms.

The city council also approved a nearly $90,000 project for new street light installations along 18 streets throughout the city of Palmview.

The ongoing project will replace lights on the streets of: 22nd Street, Carlos Street, Citrus Loop, Dave Street, El Barquito Drive, Jimmy Garza Drive, Loya Street, Melo Lane, N. Champion Lane, Palo Blanco Street, Ramirez Street, Ruiz Street, W. Silverado Street, Palmview Drive, Tiffany Drive and the intersection of 20th and 19th streets and N. Breyfogle and Hilda Avenue.

The project will be partially funded by the city and the city’s Municipal Development District for $89,611.

“We’re having a bright future in Palmview and are working to address a need in the community,” Olivares said of the project. “We’ve had residents wanting new streetlights and this is our way of addressing that. The project is ongoing and we’re hoping to finish this as soon as possible.”

The City Council also approved budgeting $20,000 to be used as “seed money” for the city’s first library, Olivares said. According to Olivares, residents could see a virtual library, similar to the one the city of Alton uses that is housed inside a Mission ISD campus to be used by its residents, within the current fiscal year.

“It’s exciting, there’s been a lot of interest from the community and it will take some time but we’re taking definitive steps to get it going,” Olivares said. “We’re working with the county library group and other area libraries who are supportive of this initiative. It’d be the

first step to get a physical library in the city within the next five years.”

Olivares added that if a virtual library gets made in the city, it would serve as a trial run before the city moves forward with building a library, which would be a relief for residents who have to travel to Mission, La Joya or McAllen to use a library.

The city council also approved an ordinance that finalized an application with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to create a trail system and nature preserve in a property near the Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park.

Located southwest of Palmview, the area is about one third the size of the Bentsen state park and has lots of trails that were created by Boy Scouts of America and has since operated as a nature preserve since 1991, Olivares said.

If the application is approved, the city will receive a grant of up to half a million dollars to develop the land into a recreational area. The city will do this project as a partnership with The Nature Conservancy.

“It’s an exciting initiative in Palmview,” Olivares said. “It’s one of the best kept secrets here, it’s a major facility that’s open to the public but very few people go through there since they don’t know of it.”

Recipients of the grant will be notified by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department next April, Olivares said.

LUPE protest reignites rivalry with Henry Cuellar Jose De Leon III

PROGRESS TIMES REPORTER When U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar heard that La Union del Pueblo Entero was protesting outside his Mission office, he was not surprised.

“They have a pattern of protesting here periodically,” Cuellar explained. “It’s what they do, I was not surprised one bit.”

A total of 50 members from LUPE were outside Cuellar’s Mission office at 117 E. Tom Landry Street Thursday, Sept. 20 to protest Cuellar’s support of the AG and Legal Workforce Act, an immigration bill that would reform the existing agricultural guest-worker program by allowing it to address both seasonal and year-round laborers.

The bill, Cuellar said in a news release, would benefit migrant workers and other agricultural laborers.

“We need to put American workers first. The guest worker program under this bill requires that an employ-

er seek American workers before hiring foreign labor,” Cuellar stated. “By addressing the shortage of workers in the agricultural industry we will help people, in Texas and across the nation, offer improvements to the existing H-2A guest worker program.”

The bill, however, could also result in a three dollar wage cut for farm workers, according to LUPE. “Under the bill, the wage floor for Texas guest workers would drop from $11.87 per hour to $8.34 per hour,” the non-profit organization stated in a news release. “So foreign guest workers are getting a $3 wage cut.”

This led to several members of LUPE to protest outside Cuellar’s office. According to Juanita Valdez Cox, LUPE’s executive director, the organization protested for about an hour outside Cuellar’s office hoping to meet with him.

The protest eventually ended after a staff member promised that Cuellar said

he’d be willing to speak to LUPE over the phone to discuss the bill. Cuellar, however, refused to meet with them and didn’t call them.

“I’ve always sat down with people and talked to them over any issues they have, but if you will yell and protest and say nasty things, then I will not spend time with you,” Cuellar said after the protest. “The moment they’ll start being more respectful, then I’ll be happy to talk to them.”

Though Cuellar said he is willing to meet with individual members of LUPE, he has no interest in meeting with its leaders due to the organization constantly protesting outside his office, he said.

“I’m sure they do a lot of good work and I thank them, but I disagree with their tactics. If they think by protesting and putting all these things on the press gets me to talk to them, they’re wrong,” Cuellar said. “They say I don’t support Dreamers because I voted for the appropriation bill earlier this year, they’ve accused me of wanting to deport freamers in press releases. They’re tactic is to attack, it’s a disservice to their members.”

For Cox, Cuellar’s attitude is a sign of disrespect toward his constituents.

“Cuellar was elected to listen to the voice of his constituents, that’s all we ask,” Cox said. “The issue we have with that is his staff knows perfectly well how many times we called his office, without a campaign or protest outside his office, to speak to him. He has brought this upon himself for not wanting to meet with his constituents.”

“It comes to a point where people concerned about certain legislation that will be harmful to his constituents and for him not to be willing to meet with us, is disrespectful,” Cox continued.

The AG and Legal Workforce Act, which was introduced to Congress last month, was referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security the day before the protest and no other action has been taken on the bill since then, according to the Library of Congress website.

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Hoping to facilitate an environment where students feel safe to report something they see is wrong, La Joya Independent School District has brought in an anti-bullying and safety reporting app.

The LJISD has begun implementing the Anonymous Alerts mobile application for students this year. The app, which can be downloaded for free on Apple and Android devices, allows for anonymous reporting of bullying and school safety concerns.

LJISD Police Chief Raul Gonzalez said the app will provide school officials with further feedback about what is going on in each school on a daily basis.

“This is another tool that was required by the state so that we can give kids and the community an opportunity to report, anonymously, information that is of concern to them,” Gonzalez said. “We understand that there may be a lot of people who may be hesitant to come forward and report because number one, they don’t want to be identified, number two, they believe that they can provide information that they may be a witness to an incident where they may have to testify [in court], and they don’t want to do that.”

He also said it was beneficial for everybody because if something does happen, people will have the opportunity to report it quickly.

“It gives school personnel time to investigate, review or assess any reports that come to us that have to do with safety,” Gonzalez said.

“People don’t have to worry about having to go to court

or having to testify, and more importantly, be identified as the people who called in the concerns.”

The anonymous twoway communications system “empowers students to report bullying, weapons, drug/alcohol usage, potential campus threats and other safety concerns without fear of retribution by their peers,” according to the press release from the district.

“One of the most important strategies for school safety is involving the student community with anonymous reporting, and mobile apps are a comfortable platform for them to report an incident,” Superintendent Alda Benavides said. “In addition, the new technology provides our dedicated school officials with a two-way communications channel to confidentially engage with students.”

The state required some type of reporting system be implemented into school districts, and while the LJISD Campus Crime Stoppers have already had a presence, district leaders wanted to add a more instant tool.

“We understand that the majority of the kids all have phones,” Gonzalez said. “So we felt it was easier for them just to download the app and report it from their cell phones.”

Each campus has a designee who will receive the anonymous reports as they come in. Once reported, the student can continue communicating in the same conversation if they have more follow-up information.

“Some campuses have decided it’s going to be an assistant principal or a counselor,” Gonzalez said. “They’ll make a determination on

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who needs to investigate it.”

Students, parents and staff can download the app and gain access to the service by using an activation code that will be provided by the district. Additionally, on the LJISD website, there will be an Anonymous Alerts web From left: Peter McGraw, Marianna Treviño Wright, Efrén Olivares, and Scott button that people can access Nicol during the South Texas Landowners “Know Your Rights” meeting. Progon their computer in order to ress Times photo by Jose De Leon III send a web-based report.

The system will be monitored by campus designees on school days from 7 a.m. through 5 p.m. The press release from the district said in Hidalgo and Starr public and border patrol so Jose De Leon III project submitters can provide reCounties that was funded last we’re being proactive and ports that include photos, PROGRESS TIMES REPORTER spring to Tuesday, Nov. 6. having this meeting to help videos or screenshots that are Comments can be submitted people learn more informaCombating what they say via email, at commentsenv@ tion,” Wright said. “If BP relevant to the incident being is a lack of information to cbp.dhs.gov and have “FY18 isn’t doing it, someone has reported.

The mobile app also in- landowner’s with property RGV Border Construction too.”

According to Wright, cludes a section students can along the levee wall where Projects” in the subject line there is a total of 240 landaccess with links to informa- President Trump’s proposed of the email.

The extension, Wright owners over the 37 miles of tional websites and videos border wall will be built, related to cyberbullying, so- local officials held a public said, would not matter as land where the proposed bormeeting last month to inform she’s heard from officials der wall will run through. Of cial and emotional learning, the public on their rights. that there would be no public those 240, a dozen made it to self-harm prevention and Held at the National meetings related to the bor- the meeting. mental health self-help con- Butterfly Center in Mission der wall.

Among those 12 was tent.

Thursday, Sept. 20, the South “So CBP will only meet Ramiro Roberto Ramirez, Gonzalez mentioned that Texas Landowners “Know with landowners on one 70, who fears his historical when working with the com- Your Rights” meeting in- on one meetings, period,” family church will be left on pany who created Anony- formed the attendees on any Wright said at the meeting. the other side of the border mous Alerts, they designed information they needed re- “So this public comment...I wall. the app based on the needs of garding the government’s don’t even know why they’re Located south of the LJISD. It can also be used in Right of Entry and Declara- doing it. We, an affected city of San Juan, his family tion of Taking letters related landowner, never even re- opened the United Methodist English and Spanish.

“The way we see it, any- to surveying, land seizure ceived any invitation to Church in 1874 and is historparticipate. The whole thing ically recognized as the first thing that will help us iden- and construction.

Speakers at the event had been a joke, only it’s not Spanish-speaking Methodist tify concerns is always good church in the Valley, he said. for the district,” said Gonza- included NBC Executive funny.”

Director Marianna Treviño Wright had been a vocal Two cemeteries near the lez. “At the end of the day, Wright, Efrén Olivares, a this is the most important program director at the Texas advocate against the border 600-square-foot-chapel hold wall. Last July, she stum- the final resting place of 84 thing we want to have: we Civil Rights Project, attor- bled upon government con- people, many of whom are want to have a good com- ney Peter McGraw with the tractors trespassing on the family, Ramirez said. municative relationship be- Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, center’s property to survey “This is a free country, tween the students and the and Scott Nicol, Borderlands the land for the border wall. but some of our freedoms are administration and the par- Team Co-chair for the Sier- The Center, along with the being taken away,” Ramirez ents and the administration.” ra Club-Lower Rio Grande Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley said at the meeting. “I plan “If this can help us bet- Valley.

State Park, the city of Roma on being buried there, I want The meeting came weeks in Starr County, and the La my grandsons to visit my ter the communication with the students and the parents, after U.S. Customs and Bor- Lomita Chapel, are areas the grave, but you can’t just do obviously are 100 percent der Protection officials an- proposed 34 miles of border this and separate family traditions and years of history supportive of it,” GonzalezT:10.5”nounced they are extending wall would go through. the public comment period “There’s been a lack of because of a wall.” added. on the proposed 33-mile wall communication between the

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PROGRESS TIMES SPORTS Believe it or not, five weeks of the 2018 Valley high school football season are in the books and with only six weeks remaining before the playoffs start, it’s time for the seven teams from the Mission, Sharyland and La Joya school districts, the Big 7, to prove whether they are true contenders or mere pretenders.

As members of District 16-5A-1, the 4-0 (4-1 overall) Mission Veterans Patriots and the 3-1 (3-2 overall) Palmview Lobos have each already played four district games. And with just one district loss between them, they have already established themselves as true contenders. The Sharyland Rattlers, the Mission Eagles, the La Joya Coyotes and the Juarez-Lincoln Huskies on the other hand, have only played one district game each. And while the Rattlers

teams to win their district opener, it’s still too early to tell which of the two aforementioned categories these four teams will eventually find themselves in. The same thing goes for the Pioneer Diamondbacks who, as a result of having a bye last week, have yet to play a district opponent, This week the Patriots have a bye and the Lobos played at the 4-0 (4-1 overall) Brownsville Pace Vikings last night. That leaves five games involving Big 7 teams on tonight’s schedule.

With the McAllen Bulldogs at the Mission Eagles game being previewed separately as our game of the week, we will take a look at the remaining four games here.

McAllen Memorial Mustangs at La Joya Coyotes Through their first three games, the 0-1 (3-1 overall) La Joya Coyotes looked unbeatable. They defeated the

Palmview Lobos (39-19), the Roma Gladiators (49-0) and the Sharyland Rattlers (31-7). As a result, the Coyotes found themselves with a perfect 3-0 record as they prepared to take on their first District 30-6A opponent, the 1-2 PSJA Bears.

While the Coyotes had the better record through Week Three, it was the Bears that emerged victorious in Week Four with a furious passing attack by PSJA quarterback Trey Guajardo who threw for 501 yards, an .806 completion rate and seven touchdowns; tying a Valley record for most passing touchdowns in a single game currently held by his head coach, Lupe Rodriguez of Mission, among others. As a result, the Bears put 46 points on the scoreboard while the Coyotes could only manage 25 points of their own.

Tonight, the Coyotes will be taking on the 1-0 (2-2 overall) McAllen Memorial Mustangs. The Mustangs

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der the win column for over a year now. With the Rattlers tied atop the district standings with the 1-0 (5-0 overall) Valley View Tigers and the 1-0 (2-3 overall) Mercedes Tigers, this is a game that they need to win to assure themselves of at least a share of the district lead as they prepare to go up against teams like Edcouch Elsa and Sharyland Pioneer in the weeks to come.

Mercedes at Sharyland Pioneer Coming off their bye week, the 2-2 Pioneer Diamondbacks have had two weeks to prepare for their District 16-5A-2 opener tonight against the 1-0 (2-3 overall) Mercedes Tigers.

After opening their 2018 schedule with a 19-16 win over Edinburg North, the Tigers lost consecutive games to Nikki Rowe (48-19), La Feria (28-0) and Edinburg High (45-18) before defeating Edcouch Elsa (23-16) in their district opener last week.

Under first-year head coach Tommy Lee, the Diamondbacks have alternated losses and wins so far this season. Losses to Harlingen (64-17) and Mission (21-17) and wins against Juarez-Lincoln (31-29) and Brownsville Rivera (43-14) have the Diamondbacks at 2-2 in non-district play. Hopefully for Pioneer players, coaches and fans, the Diamond-

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came extremely close to doing something last week that they haven’t done in over four years, lose to a district opponent. In that game, the Mission Eagles led the Mustangs by a score of 38-28 with two minutes left on the clock only to have the Mustangs put 14 points on the board and pull out a 42-28 victory.

Sharyland Rattlers at Roma Gladiators After getting off to an uncharacteristically slow start, the then 1-3 Sharyland Rattlers opened their District 16-5A-2 schedule last week by hosting the then 0-4 Laredo Cigarroa Toros. Led by quarterbacks Edgar Longoria (10/14, 200 yards and two TDs) and Oscar Valdez (5/6, 90 yards, one TD and one INT), the Rattlers had their way with the Toros, defeating them by a score of 42-13 to improve their record to 1-0 (2-3 overall).

Tonight the Rattlers will be traveling to Roma to take on the 0-1 (1-4 overall) Gladiators. After opening their 2018 season with a 3231 win over the Rio Grande City Rattlers, the Gladiators lost consecutive games to La Joya (49-0), Laredo Nixon (26-14), Edinburg Economedes (17-0) and Valley View (38-7).

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backs will break their lose/ win/lose/win pattern tonight by defeating the Tigers and getting their district schedule off on the right foot.

Juarez-Lincoln at Nikki Rowe The Juarez-Lincoln Huskies may be 0-4 so far this season, but it’s not as if they have been blown out by their opponents. They did lose by 20 points in Week One, but that was to the now 5-0 Rio Hondo Bobcats who have outscored their opponents by more than two to one. In Week Two, the Huskies led the Pioneer Diamondbacks going into the fourth quarter, only to lose by two points, 31-29. In Week Three, the Huskies lost to the now 4-0 Edinburg Bobcats by a score of 22-13. And in Week Five, the Huskies opened their District 30-6A schedule against PSJA North and despite leading by a score of 29-20 at halftime, they ended up suffering another single digit loss as they fell to the Raiders by a score of 34-29.

While the Huskies have played each and every one of their opponents tough, they’re going to have to figure out how to close out their games if they are going to salvage their season. And the sooner they do so the better.

A win tonight against the 1-0 (3-1 overall) Nikki Rowe Warriors will go a long ways towards doing just that.

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Mission High can hang with the best of ‘em quickly, and Detmer knows you can’t take any opponent lightly in District 30-6A. “All our focus is on this week,” Detmer said. “McHi, people may say they’re struggling, but the thing about them is when you watch them on film is they have a lot of good players and they’re coached well.

In this district, everybody is competitive, and if you’re not right and you don’t go out and perform, you’re going to get beat. We got to go out and have a good showing, we got to play well to win.”

McHi’s main struggle comes from the offensive side of the ball. What seemed a strength a season ago turned into a gaping hole after the departure of two quarterbacks who started under center for the Bulldogs in 2017. Junior Aaron Nixon hung up his football cleats to focus on baseball, while senior J.R. Cortez transferred to Mission High and traded in his purple and gold for maroon as he now makes the Eagles’ quarterback room, along with Gomez and freshman Jeremy Duran, arguably the most talented in the Valley.

Even as the game marks the Eagles’ Homecoming, the players aren’t looking ahead to the festivities, but to avenge last year’s 34-27 loss to the Bulldogs.

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The 47th Annual Leo Najo Day will be held Saturday, Oct. 13, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Mission Community Center, 1402. E. Kika De La Garza in Mission.

Vicente Estevis, president of the Leo Najo Oldtimers Baseball Organization, and committee members, have extended an invitation to the public to join in the event that honors former South Texas baseball players, coaches, umpires and related personnel.

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The event is named in memory of Leo “Najo” Alaniz of Mission (1899-1978).

In the 1920s, he was one of the first ballplayers of Mexican-American heritage to play professional baseball in the United States. In 1925, he played 142 games for Okmulgee, Okla., with the Western Association.

He batted .381 with 213 hits and 34 homeruns.

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Nine individuals will be inducted into the Leo Najo Baseball Hall of Fame this year. The list includes Fernando De La Garza, Edinburg; Norman Gautreau, Buddy Walsh, Richard Walsh and Albert Guerra, all from McAllen; B. R. Rodriguez, Pharr; Leocadio Estrada, Abram; Tony Villarreal III, Brownsville; and Arturo Gonzalez, Mercedes.

Special recognition will go to Santos Guerra, McAllen; Rick Perez, Roma; and Jesus Alaniz, Jim Caldwell and Eliseo Pompa Jr., all of Mission.

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fidence knowing that I got those guys out there that are willing to make plays anytime of the game,” Gomez said. “We got Sebastian almost returning kicks, Tito breaking tackles out of nowhere, it’s like how does he do that? We boost each other up every day in practice.

We’re here for each other, we’re a team, and it’s crazy what we could do together.”

Kickoff between the Mission Eagles and the McHi Bulldogs is slated for 7:30 p.m. Friday night at Tom Landry Hall of Fame Stadium.

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While Gomez (540 total yards, 7 total TDs) leads the Mission offense from the quarterback position, the Eagles have talent all over.

Running back Tito Moronta spearheads the Eagles ground attack as the junior is averaging 112 rushing yards with a touchdown per game, and fullback Andrew Maldonado has added 148 yards and two scores of his own. The Eagles also have four pass catchers with over 100-yards receiving on the year led by Garcia, Sebastian Gonzalez and Steve Villarreal.

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how his Eagles fought from 20 down at the half to take the lead, only for the Bulldogs to mount a comeback of their own to steal the victory.

“Last year it went down to the wire,” Garcia said.

They’re going to give us a game, we just have to go out there and play our game.”

Expect the Eagles to be on their game against the Bulldogs as the Mission offense is picking up steam.

The Eagles have scored 20plus points in all four outings, including dropping 56 on Donna North and 38 on Memorial just last week.

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Friday night lights. After a 3-7 record in 2016 and a 4-6 record in 2017, Mission High is 3-1 on the year and their arrow is pointing up as they’re solid in all three phases of the game.

“We’ve taken good steps forward,” Detmer said. “I feel like this year we’re kind of taking that step we needed to take. The guys have a true understanding of the offense and the system and being able to execute those things.”

The execution is evident when you look at their final scores and can’t miss when you see them play in person.

The Eagle offense has twice put up over 35 points and defensively has held three opponents to under 20, including holding the high-octane Mission Veterans offense to just 12 points, a season-low for the Patriots.

With the loss to Memorial in the rearview, the Eagles are focused on the task in front of them and bouncing back in a big way as they prepare to take on the McAllen High Bulldogs, another team searching for its first district win.

While the Eagles are a team on the rise, the Bulldogs have been the opposite in 2018. With a 1-3 record and coming off a 36-3 beatdown at the hands of Nikki Rowe to open district, McAllen High is a team desperate to turn things around

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CALENDAR October 6 – The Mission High School Class of ‘99 will hold their 20th year reunion at the Sparks Event Center, 15 E. 30th St. in Mission from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Contact a member of the organizing committee to request information details: Robbin Sanchez, 956-844-3167; Melinda Vela-Barrs, 956-279-9160; Jessica Diaz-Marroquin, 956-445-4718; Gerardo “Jerry” Mendoza Jr., 956-500-6086; and Vicente “Chente” Rodriguez, 956-400-8511.

October 11 – Briante Najev will speak on “Terrestrial Snails of the Rio Grande Valley” at 6 p.m. at Quinta Mazatlan World Birding Center, 600 Sunset in McAllen. Najev will discuss the facts and ecology of common snails in the Rio Grande Valley and their ecological significance. Najev is a UTRGV graduate student majoring in biology and is writing her thesis on habitat modification and snail ecology. Admission is $3 per person.

For information, call 956-681-3370.

October 12 – The Hidalgo County 4-H Foundation will hold the 29th Annual 4-H Country Hoedown at 6 p.m. at Las Palmas Race Park in Mission with The Derailers headlining the evening’s concert. There will be a dinner, live auction and drawings throughout the evening to help raise money for scholarship funds for graduating seniors. To purchase individual tickets or a table for 10 and become a sponsor, or to donate an auction item or making a monetary donation, contact any of the board members or Mary Kelley at 956-929-4767, email 4hfoundation@gmail.com or go to their website at 4hfoundation.net.

October 13 – The “Fall into Better Health 5K Run/Walk” sponsored by the by the Mission CISD begins at 8 a.m. at the Mission Hike & Bike Trail. This is a free event with onsite registration, but donations will be accepted for the 2019 Back to School bash held by the school district. Free T-shirts will be given to the first 100 MCISD employees and free medals to the first 50 participants. For information, call the MCISD Risk Management department at 956-323-5545.

October 13 – The Edinburg World Birding Center (EWBC) invites Boy Scouts to earn their Bird Study merit badge from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The EWBC is located at 714 S. Raul Longoria Road. Scouts will learn the basics of birding, how to use binoculars and field guides, and learn to identify birds.

Badges are not included, but scouts will receive a certificate of completion at the end of the program. The fee for the program is $6 per Scout. Parents, guardians, and other non-participants may attend with the Scouts and pay the regular admission fee.

Registration and payment are required by Oct. 11. For more information, or to register, call 956-381-9922.

October 13 – Be part of the Inaugural Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of the Rio Grande Valley, a 5K Run/Walk, at the Mission Event Center, 200 N. Shary Rd. in Mission. The 5K registration begins at 7 a.m., followed by an 8:30 a.m. start for the event. The event raises funds for breast cancer research and programs. Go to makingstrideswalk.org/riograndetx to sign up, lead a team or donat. Call the local ACS office at 956682-8329 for more information.

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STC plans Night with the Stars gala South Texas College’s Valley Scholars Program will host the annual “A Night with the Stars” gala on Thursday, Oct. 11, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Corinthian Special Events Center in Mission. Jessica Garcia, Valley Scholars coordinator said, “We are very proud of our students and their success.

Through the help of our sponsors, we provide scholarships to high performing students from Hidalgo and Starr counties.”

Valley Scholars receive up to $2,000 each while pursuing a degree at STC. Individual tickets are $50. For sponsorship and additional ticket information, call 956-872-2621.

LA JOYA – Last spring, La Joya I.S.D. student Elias Macias fell victim to the increasing numbers of teen suicide across the nation.

The month of September is recognized as National Suicide Prevention month and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elias Macias, are on a mission to bring awareness to the issue.

They coordinated with the district to create an awareness event at each of the La Joya high school’s home football games. They wanted a visual representation, with a heart-felt emphasis, on the impact suicide is having on families and friends. They hoped it would bring awareness to other youth to prevent another tragedy from striking any other family.

Mrs. Macias worked with students and staff of the Academy of Health Science

Professions & STEM, and LJ Palmview High School to create the presentation.

When the games began, every 15 minutes, one student dressed in white shirt, holding a white balloon, came out and stood on the track and would remain there for the duration of the game.

At the half time, a suicide prevention message, along with statistics, was addressed over the loud speaker and explaining the significance of the students who were standing around the track, and to take notice throughout the rest of the game.

By the end of the game, over 125 students had marched onto the field representing the number of suicides that would have occurred across the country since the time the game began.

La Joya ISD earns ‘B’ rating from TEA

Gladys Enriquez, center, is surrounded by students after learning that she was named this year’s Hispanic Engineering Science and Technology (HESTEC) Math Teacher of the Year.

Enriquez named HESTEC Math Teacher of the Year

LA JOYA – Gladys Enriquez, a math teacher at Lorenzo de Zavala Middle School with the La Joya I.S.D., was recently named the Hispanic Engineering Science and Technology (HESTEC) Math Teacher of the Year award.

Enriquez is being recognized today, Oct. 5, during the HESTEC Educator Day reception at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg.

HESTEC Week, held annually at UTRGV, has be-

come a nationally recognized model for promoting science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers among young people of all backgrounds and ethnicities.

Enriquez, who was nominated by the campus’s GEAR UP coordinator, Kristina Villarreal, is an 8th grade math teacher and department chair at Zavala Middle School with 12 years of educator experience.

“Ms. Enriquez offers many innovative ideas to her students by not only using technology in the classroom, but also out of the classroom,” stated Dr. Antonio Uresti, Zavala principal.

“She records her lessons and makes them available online to students who need additional assistance outside of class. It’s great that her students can watch and rewatch lessons on their own time, to ensure they grasp concepts and skills.”

A 2003 graduate from La Joya High School, she obtained her mathematics degree from the University of Texas – Pan American in 2007 and was the first member in her family to graduate from college.

Fellow coworkers describe Enriquez as someone who demonstrates compassion and love for all her of her students And how her dedication is evident in her teaching style, classroom management, and the relationships she builds with her students and their families.

LA JOYA –The first A-F ratings have been released by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), and the La Joya Independent School District has earned a solid “B” – Recognized Performance..

The report card is based on performance/student achievement and growth/ school progress for 70 percent and equity/closing gaps at 30 percent of the scoring.

Focus is on helping children to succeed beyond the classroom and pushing transparency for parents and the community.

For La Joya ISD, the issuance of the letter grade B pinpoints the specific strengths and challenges faced throughout the district, allowing administration to hone in and tackle deficiencies and improve overall performance.

High marks for the district included 85 in college, career, and military readiness; 80, academic growth; 88, relative performance; and 100, English language proficiency.

All LJISD schools met “Standard,” nine schools

earned an “A,” 18 schools earned a “B,” and four campuses earned “All Distinctions” for the 2017-18 school year.

“The quality of our teachers and instruction is second to none, and the student experience at La Joya ISD is like no other. Our school ratings clearly demonstrate our commitment to serving the children in this district with the best educational opportunities to better prepare them for life,” said Dr. Alda Benavides, LJISD superintendent.

Socioeconomic demographics are taking a front seat in the new rating system – demonstrating high poverty school districts across the state are achieving strong performances from all students.

“Districts with high levels of poverty who attain a high level of performance are proof positive that poverty is not destiny,” commented Mike Morath, TEA Commissioner of Education.

“With strong instruction and curriculum, all students can succeed.”

McAllen mayor takes on Texas taco war

McALLEN – Officials with the City of McAllen have stood on the sidelines laughing at competing claims coming from several cities across Texas. For over a year now, cities such as San Antonio, Dallas, Houston and Austin, have argued over the title of “best” tacos in Texas.

The McAllen Chamber of Commerce and Mayor Jim Darling decided to do something about it and have thrown their hat in the middle of what has become the “Texas Taco War.” In McAllen, the Chamber staff and Mayor Darling have taken it viral and teamed up to create a short commercial to add fuel to the fire. The video has been posted on various McAllen social media sites challenging the authenticity of any other city’s taco derivatives having rights to lay claim that theirs could possibly be better than anything found in “true” South

Texas.

Add lime juice and salsa verde, along with a little onion and cilantro, as weapons in the battle, along with a bit of self-deprecating humor, and they don’t feel the other cities stand a chance.

The spot, written, directed and produced by Robert Lopez, the director of Convention Sales for the McAllen CVB, a division of the Chamber and filmed and produced by Zar Castillo and Manny Rodriguez of BRNDHub, pokes a little fun at some McAllen stereotypes, while also pointing out the obvious advantage of their border location.

“It took several bites of the taco – I mean takes – to get the shot just right,” said Mayor Darling. “Those were some ‘gooood’ tacos.”

To see the spot, go to ninetofiveguy. com/2018/09/1831/.

TOTOS to host Burmese native, orchid expert

WESLACO – The Tip of Texas Orchid Society (TOTOS) hosts orchid expert Winn Winmaw as the guest speaker for their next meeting on Friday, Oct. 5, at 2 p.m. at the Valley Nature Center, 301 S. Border in Weslaco.

Winmaw and his wife, Chitsaya, are on the New Hampshire Orchid Society board. Winmaw recently made several trips to Burma to study orchids in their native habitat. This included an expedition to the Shan Plateau, which will be the subject of his talk on Wednesday

night.

He was born in Shan State, Eastern Burma, where Cymbidiums, Vandas, Dendrobiums and Paphiopedilums are found abundantly in the wild. He began collecting orchids at the age 7 and has been fascinated with them since then.

While an undergraduate in physics at the University of Rangoon, he was a member of the Department of Botany’s Orchid Society. Winn also lived in Japan for four years for further study and training.

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McAllen Municipal Court offers amnesty

McALLEN – For a short window of time, violators of traffic laws who failed to show up for their day in court can do so without fear of being arrested or any additional fines. Through Friday, Nov. 2, the City of McAllen Municipal Court will offer a Failure to Appear Amnesty Program.

Persons with outstanding traffic ticket violations can voluntarily make arrangements to pay their fines and where they have not previously entered a plea, and will not be arrested. If an officer

is now or has been actively looking for a defendant, those defendants will not qualify for amnesty.

Violators cannot call and ask for the amnesty; they must come in and make the arrangements in person. Individuals may qualify for late fee dismissal, setting up payment plans or be ordered to complete community service instead. Individuals should bring paystubs, government assistance, with proof of mortgage and/or rent payment, utility bills and car payment to help the Munici-

pal Court in making determinations for the dismissal.

To help with busy schedules, the Municipal Court will offer special hours at different locations from 4 to 7 p.m. Later hour locations and dates will be held Oct. 16, City of McAllen Municipal Court, 1601N. Bicentennial Blvd. at McAllen Police headquarters; Oct.9, Lark Community Center, 2501 Lark Ave; and Oct.23, Palmview Community Center, 3401 Jordan Road West.

Fines may also be paid online at mcallen.net.

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Reconstruction project on Tom Gill Rd. underway For 60 days, people travelling on Tom Gill Road in Peñitas will have to find an alternate route.

The City of Peñitas has recently entered into an interlocal agreement with Hidalgo County Precinct 3 that includes improvements on Tom Gill Rd. P.R. Avila, the Assistant Director of the Hidalgo County Urban County Program, who are also involved in the project, spoke at a press conference this week.

Commissioner Joe Flores was also present at the conference, as well as the mayor and city council of Peñitas.

Flores spoke about some of the details on the project.

“I understand that the City of Peñitas has gone out for bids already on the first 500 feet, which is for drainage improvements,” Flores said.

“We’re going to start from the north, all the way up to

then the City of Peñitas will be finishing up their drainage project. We’re working very closely with the City of Peñitas.”

Mayor Rigo Lopez was excited to see the improvements be implemented in the city, and said residents in the area have been asking for Tom Gill Road to be worked on for a while.

“It’s like they say, good things come to those who wait,” Lopez said. “And the City of Peñitas has been waiting for a while. I want to thank Urban County and the commissioner for collaborating with our city and our city commissioners to make this project come to life.”

The construction on Tom Gill Road will run about five miles from Expressway 83 and 5 Mile Line. Hidalgo County Precinct 3 will provide the labor and equipment for the reconstruction, and Peñitas has allocated $500,000 in Community

Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for the materials needed. P.R. Avila, the Assistant Director of the Hidalgo County Urban County Program, who are also involved in the project, spoke at a press conference this week.

“The cost estimate [for the first phase of the project] is approximately $150,000,” Avila said. “Then the rest of the work that the precinct is actually going to be doing with the City of Peñitas is going to be approximately another $350,000.”

Mayor Lopez said this reconstruction is greatly needed and important for the area.

“It’s something that’s needed, not only for Peñitas but also for western Hidalgo County,” Lopez said. “It’s a street that is one of the main corridors in western Hidalgo County, so it’s a benefit not only for our residents, but also for the people in the north.”

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Precinct 3 Commissioner Joe Flores speaking on the Tom Gill Rd. improvements with Peñitas Mayor Rigo Lopez and council members J.R. Flores, Felipe Quintanilla and Ramiro Loya during the press conference Tuesday.

Progress Times photo by Jamie Treviño. hopes this is the beginning of a lot more projects within the city.

“There’s a lot of movement going on in Peñitas,” Lopez said. “I also want to ask the residents to be patient with these projects. These projects are for a better quality of life. I want to ask you guys to start looking for alternate routes to take in the

next few weeks.”

Ramiro Loya, one of the commissioners for the City of Peñitas, said they were all very excited and happy to see this project started.

“This is something that has been promised to the citizens,” Loya said. “When you promise something, you need to deliver. And this is something we’re going to do.

We’re going to deliver.”

Loya confirmed with Commissioner Flores that the citizens of the city would be enjoying Tom Gill Road in about 60 days.

“We make sure that good things happen in Peñitas, good things come to Peñitas,” Loya added. “God bless the oldest settlement in the state of Texas: Peñitas.”

been identified specifically for the Mission area.

“That’s one of the major veins that we have running east and west,” Sesin said. “There are two projects that will directly impact the City of Mission, [one of] which is that Mission lateral improvement, which is about seven miles of ditch widening.”

If the bond is passed, the drainage district would be able to anticipate doubling the capacity of the Mission lateral itself.

“We are also looking at the acquisition of about 72 acres of land to create detention facilities, so we can manage the water that’s coming,” Sesin said.

Sesin said the drainage district is looking at all the ways to manage water in the Valley in order to “improve our system” and “maximize the impact to the residents.”

Council member Norie Gonzalez Garza asked how the city can help the drainage district get

Proposition A passed, and Sesin responded by saying to help them further educate the public.

“We want to educate the public on the impact that this bond issuance will have,” Sesin said. “It’s been developed based on the experiences we’ve had in June and prior experiences.”

The entire presentation about Proposition A, as well as the whole workshop, was streamed live on the city’s Facebook page.

The Hidalgo County Drainage District No. 1 also had booths set up at the La Joya Independent School District National Night Out on Tuesday, and the City of Mission National Night Out on Thursday, in order to answer questions directly from the public.

Proposition A will be up in a bond election this November, and voters can vote yes or no to passing it. Early voting runs from Oct. 22 through Nov. 2, and election day is Nov. 6.

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Joe Flores, was present at the workshop, and he talked about the importance of passing Proposition A and getting the projects started.

“We’re talking about improving the lateral here in the south of Mission,” Flores said.

“We got a lot of rain in north Mission, north Alton, north Palmview. We need to get things done here in the City of Mission and the northern part of Hidalgo County.”

Commissioner of Precinct 1, David Fuentes, spoke about how the rain has impacted the entire Rio Grande Valley and noted that Mission is still getting consistent rainfall.

“Much like the west, the east incurred a lot of flooding over the last couple of months,” Fuentes said. “We were mostly impacted in the June event, unlike you guys who have been suffering a lot with repeated rains.”

“This is probably one of the

wettest months in history for our area,” Fuentes added. “Because of that and all the flooding we’ve incurred, this is an extremely important project. We are in severe need of these improvements.”

Raul Sesin, the Hidalgo County Floodplain Manager, gave the presentation of Proposition A in order to address any concerns or questions the mayor or council may have in regards to the bond election.

“That event [the rain in June] is categorized as a ‘500-year event,’ which, the probability of that happening is a quarter of one percent,” Sesin said. “We received about 15 inches in the western portion of the county and eastern portion of the county.”

The 37 projects will bring “immediate relief” to the areas affected by the June floods, according to Sesin. He brought up the Mission lateral, which is one of the major projects that has

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obituaries Cesar De Leon MISSION – Cesar De Leon, 71, passed away at Doctor’s Hospital in Edinburg.

Survivors include his wife of 47 years, Carmen G. De Leon of Mission; children, Julio De Leon, Jorge De Leon, Jose De Leon, and Jesus De Leon; and six grandchildren.

A funeral mass was held on Sept. 28 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Mission. Burial followed at Valley Memorial Gardens Cemetery in McAllen.

Gus Espericueta III MISSION – Gus Mikael Espericueta III, 53, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018, at Doctor’s Hospital in Edinburg.

Survivors include his sisters, Elizabeth De Leon and Esmeralda Espericueta.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Agustin F. and Lydia M. Espericueta.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, Oct. 4, from 3 to 9 p.m. with a 7 p.m. rosary at Funeraria Del Angel

in Mission. A funeral mass will be held on Friday, Oct. 5, at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Mission. Burial follows at Valley Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

Homero Gamez Jr. MISSION – Homero Gamez Jr., 38, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018 at the Mission Regional Medical Center.

Mr. Gamez was born on April 11,1980, in Baytown to Homero and Maria Del Rosario Gamez. He was a resident of Mission.

Survivors include his wife, Alejandra Gamez; children Misael Gamez, Dana

Gamez and Homero Gamez III.; sibling, Julio Gamez; and his parents.

Visitation was held on Oct. 1 at Rivera Funeral Home in McAllen. Cremation took place at a later date.

Alberto O’cana MISSION – Alberto R. O’cana, 69, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018, at the Methodist Specialty Hospital in San Antonio.

Mr. O’cana was a military veteran.

Survivors include his children, Alberto O’cana Jr., Erica Alcazar and Edgar O’Cana; siblings Antonio O’cana Jr., Tomas O’cana, Jorge O’cana, Ramiro O’cana and Armando O’cana; and eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

He was preceded in death by parents, Antonio and Apolonia O’cana Sr. A funeral mass was held on Oct. 1 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Mission. Burial followed at Rio Grande Valley State Veterans Cemetery.

Francisca Palomares MISSION – Francisca Palomares, 85, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018, at her home.

said. “Or they can come to the city hall and pick up a packet.”

“We will be extending our office hours on Monday the 8th and Tuesday the 9th [for people to register to vote],” Garcia added. “We’ll be open all day, through the lunch hour, until 7 p.m.”

Vela said that the city usually has good voter turnout on general elections.

“When it comes to voting, we usually have a high turnout,” Vela said. “But when it comes to special elections, it’s kind of hard to get everybody out because it’s not the usual general election. We just want to encourage the citizens to come and vote.”

Aside from the public hearings, the Palmhurst Po-

Mrs. Palomares was born in Mexico on Oct. 4, 1932, to Manuel and Maria (Alanis) Bazan.

Survivors include her husband of 60 years, Eliseo Palomares; children, San Juanita Montoya, Telma Garcia, Lourdes Cardona, Martha Candanoza, Carmen Calvillo, Sonia Rojero, Mary Zapata, Mirtha Galaviz and Ana Rojero; siblings, Emilio Bazan, Cruz Bazan, Dolores Gonzalez and Rafaela Vela; and 25 grandchildren, 82 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her children, Jose Bazan and Maria Bazan, and her parents and three siblings.

A funeral mass was held on Oct. 2 at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Mission. Burial

ChurCh DireCtory BREAD OF LIFE CHURCH 2820 N. Conway Ave. • 581-1411 CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD 2322 N. McColl. - McAllen 682-2092 CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS 5609 S 29th St. - McAllen 682-4881 CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS 2Mile & Bryan Rd Mission.

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS Missonaries • 580-2570 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH 911 N. Main - McAllen 686-4241 CONWAY AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH 2215 N. Conway • 585-2413 EL FARO BIBLE CHURCH 15 miles W. of Mission on Exp. 83 Sullivan City, TX • 585-5617 EL MESIAS UNITED METHODIST 209 E. 6th • 585-2334 FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH 3 miles N. Shary Rd. • 581-1465 FAITH FELLOWSHIP BIBLE CHURCH 1 mile N. Exp. 83 on Tom Gill Rd. 519-6311 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 1302 Doherty • 585-1442 FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH 12th and Miller - Mission 585-7281 FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 1102 Ash St. • 585-4829 for worship schedule.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 1101 Doherty • 585-1665 FREEDOM LIFE CHURCH 2214 W. Griffin Pkwy. • 519-7000 Mission GRACIA DIVINA MINISTRY 11809 N. Shary Rd. • 584-3112 GREAT OAKS COMMUNITY CHURCH 2722 N. Conway • 451-5500 Mission HERITAGE BAPTIST MCALLEN 2549 Lindbergh Ave. McAllen • 451-6358 IGLESIA ADVENTISTA DEL SEPTIMO DIA 1725 W. Griffin Parkway 581-9008 IGLESIA BAUTISTA BETANIA 851 S. Breyfogle Rd. • 585-5688 IGLESIA BAUTISTA CRISTO EL REY 1600 E. Bus. 83 - Mission IGLESIA BAUTISTA COLONIAL 3713 N. La Homa Rd. • 585-5332 IGLESIA BAUTISTA DEL VALLE 217 W. Mile 3 Rd. • 424-1602 Palmhurst IGLESIA DEL PUEBLO 7500 West Expressway 83 581-1900 IGLESIA DEL DIVINO REDENTOR 1020 North Los Ebanos Rd 585-5898

IGLESIA PENTECOSTES NUEVA VIDA A/G 211 W. Mile 3 Road Palmhurst • 956-342-9711 Rev. Candelario Banda

LA RESPUESTA CHURCH 405 W. 12th Street • 585-0787 MISSION CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1 mi. E. 495 • 585-6683 NEW HOPE AT THE BORDER 905 N. Conway • 369-3603 NORTH MISSION CHURCH OF CHRIST 1410 E. Mile 3 Rd. • 585-0146 Palmhurst NORTH PALMVIEW APOSTOLIC CHURCH 7612 W. 6 Mile Ln. ONLY THRU JESUS 1511 E. Mile 2 Rd. Mission • 918-760-1625 OUR LADY QUEEN OF ANGELS One-half mile South Leo Avenue La Joya • 585-5223 OUR LADY OF FATIMA CHURCH 6634 El Camino Real • Granjeno OUR LADY OF LOURDES CHURCH 2.5 miles S. Conway (FM 1016) Mission OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CATHOLIC CHURCH 620 Dunlap • 585-2623 OUR LADY OF THE HOLY ROSARY CHURCH 923 Matamoros St. • 581-2193 PALM VALLEY CHURCH 1720 E. Griffin Pkwy.

585-3203 PEÑITAS BAPTIST CHURCH 1/3 Mile S. of Exp.83 on FM 1427 583-6236 PRIMERA BAPTIST CHURCH Corner of 6th & Oblate 585-4711

PROMISE LAND CHURCH 2300 E. Palm Circle (Corner of 495) Mission, TX 78572 • 624-9307 RIVER OF LIFE CHURCH 901 S. Shary Rd. (Located in the Holiday Inn Express Conference Room) 451-4838 SAN CRISTOBAL MAGALLANES & COMPANIONS PARISH

3805 Plantation Grove Blvd., Ste. 5

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SAN MARTIN DE PORRES 5 mi. N. Conway, 1/2 Mile West Alton • 585-8001 & 585-8002 SPIRIT OF PEACE EV. LUTHERAN CHUCH 3104 Los Milagros Mission • 581-1822 ST. JOHN OF THE FIELDS CATHOLIC CHURCH 1052 Washington Ave. • 585-2325 ST. PAUL'S CATHOLIC CHURCH 1119 Francisco • 585-2701 ST. PETER & ST. PAUL EPISCOPAL CHURCH 2310 N. Stewart Rd. 585-5005 SHINING LIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH 6 1/8 N. Doffing Rd. (FM 492) 580-4078 TEMPLO BIBLICO 5 Mile/Conway 581-4981or 585-3831 TEMPLO EVANGELICO, M.B. CHURCH La Joya TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH 3905 W. 3 Mile Line • 585-3261 VALLEY FELLOWSHIP 1708 E. Griffin Parkway Mission • 424-7200

PRIMERA IGLESIA DEL VALLE APOSTOLIC ASSEMBLY 210 N. St. Marie. • 585-8651

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lice Department will have a booth set up at their National Night Out, which will be held on Oct. 23 at 5:30 p.m. at the Church of Christ, located at 1406 E. 3 Mile Rd. For any questions about the CCPD, residents can reach out to the police department at (956) 519-3800, or Chief

Michael Vela directly at (956) 239-0011.

The Palmhurst Crime Control Prevention District is up for election this November. Early voting runs from Oct. 22 through Nov. 2, and election day is Nov. 6.

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ten years, it needs to be voted in again.

“We will be securing over $600,000 every year,” Vela said. “It has increased exponentially since 2005. In 2005 we had a little bit over $300,000, and now it’s up.”

“This covers almost half of what we [the police department] have to have,” Vela added. “Without it, it would be very hurtful to the community and to the department.”

Registration to vote ends Tuesday, Oct. 9, and Palmhurst hopes to get as many residents out to vote this year.

“They can either register online, and if they have to change their address, that’s only through online,” Vela

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PROGRESS TIMES REPORTER After ten years, the Crime Control Prevention District is up for a vote in the City of Palmhurst.

The decision made by Palmhurst residents could mean a difference of about $600,000 in the police department budget. With an annual budget of approximately $1.4 million, it would account for over 40 percent of what they have been able to use for the last ten years.

The city held a public hearing at the city hall on the CCPD this past Thursday, and plan on holding another one on Thursday, Oct. 18 at 4:30 p.m. at the Palmhurst City Hall. City staff and

educate the public with these hearings, and encourage them to vote.

Palmhurst Police Chief Michael Vela and City Secretary Richard Garcia wanted to stress that the CCPD is not part of property taxes.

“This is a sales tax,” Vela said. “So it does not affect their property taxes. A lot of times, people have misconceptions, sometimes when they see something they don’t usually read the whole thing. We’re just trying to educate them - this is not a property tax, this is only a sales tax.”

The Crime Control Prevention District will be expiring in 2019, so in order to secure funding for the next

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followed at Valley Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Mission under the direction of Rivera Funeral Home in Mission.

Jonathan Reyes MISSION – Jonathan Reyes, 24, passed away on Sept. 15, 2018, in Encino.

Survivors include his wife, Lesslie; son, Ryan; father, Juan Reyes; mother, Vickie Reyes; siblings, Kimberly and Kaylee Reyes; and grandmother, Flora Reyes.

A funeral service was held on Sept. 28 at Funeraria Del Angel. Burial followed at the Rio Grande Valley State Veterans Cemetery in Mission.

Notices

Lluvia Barrera MISSION – Lluvia Yudith Espino Barrera, 35, passed away on Friday, Sept. 28, 2018, at her home.

Tomasa Garza MISSION – Tomasa Martinez de Garza, 68, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, at Mission Regional Medical Center.

Ruben Gonzalez MISSION – Ruben Lozano Gonzalez, 83, passed away on Friday, Sept. 28, 2018,

at Doctors Hospital in Edinburg.

Raul Martinez MISSION – Raul Martinez, 89, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, at Mission Regional Medical Center.

Vital Martinez MISSION – Vital Martinez, 81, passed away on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, at Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen.

Amelia Morales PEÑITAS – Amelia Isabelle Morales, one-monthold infant, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, at Children’s Hospital in San Antonio, Ernestina Navarro MISSION – Ernestina “Tina” Navarro, 64, passed away on Wednesday, Sept.

26, 2018, at Doctor’s Hospital in Edinburg.

Carmen Solis MISSION – Carmen F. Solis, 93, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018, at Amara Hospice in Edinburg.

Elva Villarreal MISSION – Elva M. Villarreal, 68, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018, at Mission Regional Medical Center.

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Filing Published Nearest to Filing Circulation Data Below: Months: 0 purposes: (Has not changed Copies Mailed at Other 4112 Editor: Denise Rendon-Date: 0 Date: 0 September 28, 2018 No. Copies of Single Issue during Classes Through the USPS 1217 N. Conway, Mission, TXpreceding 12 months) c. Total Paid Distribution (17.)

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Managing Average No. CopiesNearest Each Statement of Ownership Circulation: PROGRESS Date:Preceding 0 TIMES Average No. Copies Each Denise Rendon--1217 N. Issue During 12 If the publication is a general a. Total TX Number Copies: Date (4.) Free orIssue Nominal Rate (14.) for During Preceding 12 Conway, Mission, 78572-of Issue Months: 2680 publication, publication of Average No. Copies Each Distribution Outside Circulation Data Below: 4112 No. Copies of Single Months: Issue 0the Mail this statement is required.

Issue During Preceding 12 Average No. Copies Each September 28, 2018 Copies of Single Issue (10.) Owner: Published Nearest to No. Filing Will be printed in the Oct. 5, Months: 4462 Preceding 12 (15.) Extent and Nature of Published Nearest to Filing Full Name: Savy Publishing, Date: 2865Issue During 2018 issue of this No. CopiesMailing of Single Issue Months: 1567 Circulation: Date: LLC Complete d. Free or Nominal Rate0 publication.

Published Nearest to Filing No. Copies of Single Issue a. Total Number of Copies: (4.) Free or Nominal Rate Address: 1217 N. Conway, Distribution.

(18.) Signature and Title of Date: 4775 Average Nearest No. Copies Each Distribution Outside the Mail Mission, TX 78572-4112 Full (1.) Free Published or Nominal Rate to Filing Editor, Publisher, Business b.

Paid Circulation: Date: 1755 Issue During Preceding 12 Average No. Copies Each Name: Denise Rendon Outside-County Copies Manager, Or Owner: Mailed Outside-County e. PS Total Free or Nominal Months: 4462 Issue DuringRate Preceding 12 Complete (1.)

Mailing Address: Included on Form 3541 Denise Rendon, Publisher Paid Subscriptions StatedofonSingle Issue Distribution No. TX Copies Average No. Copies Months: Each 1567 PO Box 2410, Mission, Date: September 28, 2018 PS Form 3541.

(Include paid Average No. Copies Each Published Nearest to Filing No. 12 Copies of Single Issue Issue During Preceding 78573 I certify that all information distribution above nominal rate, Issue During Preceding 12 Date: 4775 Published Nearest to Filing Months: 0 (11.) Known Bondholders, furnished on this form is true advertiser’s proof copies, and Months: 1574 b.Other Paid Circulation: No. Copies of Single Date: Issue1755 Mortgages, and and complete. I understand exchange copies) Copies Single (1.) or Mailed Outside-County Total FreeIssue or Nominal Rate Security Holders Owning Published No. Nearest to e.of Filing that anyone who furnishes AverageorNo. Copies Each Stated on Published Nearest to Filing Paid Subscriptions Distribution Date: 0 Holding 1 Percent More of false or misleading information Issue During Preceding 12 Date: 1765 PS Form 3541. (Include paid Average No. Copies Each (2.) Free or Nominal Rate InTotal Amount of Bonds, on this form or who omits Months: 44 f.

Total Distribution distribution above nominal rate, Issue County Copies Included on During Preceding 12 Mortgages, or Other material or information

Classified Rate: 1 Week = $7.

2 Weeks = $10.

4 Weeks = $14.

The City of Alton is soliciting sealed Proposals; hereinafter referred to as RFP, to be received by Jorge Arcaute, City Manager, at 509 S. Alton Boulevard, Alton, Texas 78573. City of Alton normal business days are Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and shall be closed on recognized holidays.

RFP’S will be received until 10:00 a.m. Central Time, on Friday October 19, 2018, shortly thereafter all submitted RFP’S will be gathered and taken to the City’s Conference Room, to be publicly opened and read aloud. Any RFP received after the closing time will not be accepted and will be returned to the submitter unopened. It is the responsibility of the submitter to see that any RFP submitted shall have sufficient time to be received by the City prior to the RFP opening date and time. The receiving time at the City Hall Front Desk will be the governing time for acceptability of the RFP’s. RFP’s will not be accepted by telephone or facsimile machine. All RFP’S must bear original signatures and figures. The RFP shall be for: RFP # 2018-04 WRECKER/TOWING SERVICES

Respondents receiving a “NOTICE TO RESPONDENTS” and/or “REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS” notice in the mail or reading same in the newspaper are advised that the solicitation documents can be downloaded from the City of Alton web page address: www.alton-tx.gov, or may obtain copies of same by contacting the office of: JONATHAN FLORES, CHIEF OF POLICE, LOCATED AT 509 S. ALTON BOULEVARD, ALTON, TX 78573 by calling (956) 432-0760 or by e-mailing your request to the following e-mail address: jonathan.flores@ alton-tx.gov If using Land Courier (i.e. FedEx, UPS): City of Alton C/o Jorge Arcaute 509 S. Alton Boulevard Alton, Texas 78573

DEADLINE TO SUBMIT APPLICATION: October 12, 2018 The City of La Joya is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Minimum Requirements: USA Citizens, 18 yrs of age, HS Diploma or GED, Must meet all legal requirements of the Texas Commission on Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education.

Basic Firefighter Certification, Meet the physical standards for position, Posses a valid Class C Exempt Texas Operation License with a good driving record.

If applicable, military service with honorable discharge as stipulated on DD-214 Form. No felony convictions charges.

Good moral character, stable employment history and no history of any conduct, which may affect suitability for firefighter work.

Contact Administration Department @ 956-581-7002 To Solicit Application (Resume is Required)

JOB OPENING progresstimes HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR ORDINANCE NO. 4697 HCID#6 is seeking to hire a Heavy Equipment Operator with approx. 3-5 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING years’ experience. This is a 6-month FOR THE BASE SALARIES FOR CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES temporary with possible permanent OF THE MISSION POLICE position. Knowledge on operating DEPARTMENT; PROVIDING a Motor Grader, Excavator and a FOR EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE Backhoe.

PAY FOR MEMBERS OF THE Valid D.L. required. Applications may MISSION POLICE DEPARTMENT be picked up at 3735 N FM 492 MonSUCH INCENTIVE PAY BEING Fri from 8-5, contact Joe Aguilar or LONGEVITY PAY, SENIORITY PAY, CERTIFICATIONSecurities: PAY, Martha Salinas atPS Form 956-585-8389. advertiser’s proof copies, and Months: 1574 3541.

None on the form may be For therequested latest news EDUCATIONAL PAY, ASSIGNMENT exchange copies) Copies of Single Issue Average No. Copies No. Each Complete Mailing Address: subject to criminal sanctions HCID#6 is an Equal Opportunity Average No. Copies Each Published Nearest to Filing Issue During Preceding 12 None (including fines and PAY, AND CLOTHING ALLOWANCE; andimprisonment) updates Employer.

12 Date: 1765 Months: 7 (12.)

Tax Status: Issue The During Preceding and/or civil ESTABLISHING THE RATE No. Copies of Single f. Issue purpose, OF function, Months: and 44 sanctions (including civil Total Distribution Published Nearest to Filing nonprofit status of this penalties).

PAY FOR SUCH INCENTIVE PAYS, Date: 10 organization and the exempt ESTABLISHING THE CRITERIA FOR (3.) Free or Nominal Rate status for federal income tax *This is not a PROPERTY TAX * *This is not a PROPERTY TAX* Copies Mailed at Other purposes: (Has not changed QUALIFICATIONS FOR SUCH PAY; Classes Through the USPS during preceding 12 months) Esto no es una CONTRIBUCIÓN TERRITORIAL/TIERRA PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; (e.g. First-Class Mail) (13.)

Publication Title: Average No. Copies Each PROGRESS TIMES PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, Issue During Preceding 12 OF PALMHURST TEXAS (14.)

Issue Date for ATTENTION CITIZENS AND ORDAINING OTHERData Below: Months: 0 Circulation No. CIUDADANOS Copies of Single Issue 28, 2018 ATENCIÓN DE PALMHURST TEJAS PROVISIONS RELATING September TO THE Published Nearest to Filing (15.) Extent and Nature of SUBJECT MATTER THEREFORE Date: 0 Circulation: (4.) Free or Nominal OF Rate DIRECTORS a. Total Number of Copies: THE PERMANENT BOARD OF THE CITY OF CONSIDERED, PASSED, Distribution Outside the Mail Average AND No. Copies Each Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 PALMHURST CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT (POLICE APPROVED THIS THE 14TH DAY OF Issue During Preceding 12 Months: 4462 DEPARTMENT) HAS ORDERED A REFERENDUM ELECTION OF THE SEPTEMBER, 2018.

Months: 1567 No. Copies of Single Issue No. Copies Single CITY Issue Published Nearest to Filing QUALIFIED VOTERS OF ofTHE OF PALMHURST TO BE HELD ON Dr. Armando O’caña, Mayor Published Nearest to Filing Date: 4775 Date: 1755 b. Paid Circulation: NOVEMBER 6, 2018.

Attest: Anna Carrillo, City Secretary e. Total Free or Nominal Rate (1.) Mailed Outside-County

Attention

Auction of Vehicles

Paid Subscriptions Stated on PS Form 3541. (Include paid distribution above nominal rate, advertiser’s proof copies, and exchange copies) Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months: 44

According to the provision in the Transportation Code 683, Sub-section B, 683.012, Texas Department of Transportation informs you that the below mentioned cars have been taken into custody by the Sullivan City Police Department and will be sold at auction. For information on vehicles you can communicate with the Sullivan City Police Department at (956) 485-9208. The auction will be held at 500 South Cenizo Dr. Sullivan City, TX (The Police Department) on Saturday October 13, 2018. Auction will be starting at 10:00 AM, and will be held according to the law. Payment will be in cash (US currency) or certified checks. Sullivan City reserves the right to accept the best and the most advantageous offers. The vehicles are auctioned under their conditions which there are no guarantees and/ or refunds.

Atención

Subasta de Vehículos

De acuerdo a la disposición en el Código de Transportación 683, Sub sección B, 683.012, del Departamento de Transporte de Texas, informamos que los autos abajo mencionados han sido tomados en custodia por el Departamento de Policía de La Ciudad de Sullivan City y serán vendidos en subasta. Para información de los vehículos puede comunicarse al Departamento de Policía de Sullivan al (956) 485-9208. La subasta será en 500 South Cenizo Dr., Sullivan City, TX (El Departamento de Policía) el Sabado 13 de Octubre del 2018. Inicio de subasta será a las 10:00 AM, y que será llevada de acuerdo a la ley. El pago será en efectivo (moneda americana) o cheques certificados. La Ciudad de Sullivan se reserva el derecho de aceptar la mejor y la más ventajosa de las ofertas. Los vehículos se subastaran en las condiciones que se encuentran no hay garantías ni devoluciones.

1. 2005 (RED) DODGE NEON 1B3ES56C55D155367 2. 2002 (WHITE) VOLVO S80 YV1TS91D821275104 3. 2004 (BEIGE) CHEVY AVALANCHE 3GNEC12T74G329331 4. 2007 (RED) PONTIAC VIBE 5Y2SL65867Z431630 5. 1998 (BLUE) DODGE DAKOTA 1B7GL22X5WS548956 6. 2011 (SILVER) FORD FUSION 3FAHP0HA0BR275081 7. 2002 (WHITE) CHEVY TAHOE 1GNEC13Z62R117648 8. 2006 (BLUE) SATURN AURA 1G8AK55F16Z121840 9. 2002 (WHITE) GMC ENVOY 1GKDS13S922376268 10. 2005 (WHITE) CHEVY EQUINOX 2CNDL13F956149239 11. 2000 (GOLD) NISSAN ALTIMA 1N4DL01D6YC163228 12. 2005 (RED) FORD FOCUS 1FAFP34NX5W167649 13. 2000 (BLACK) MERCURY MOUNTAINEER 4M2ZU66E8YUJ32813 14. 1997 (BLACK) FORD EXPLORER 1FMDU34X9VUD47112 $ 30.00 DOLLAR PROCESSING FEE

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JOB OPENING The City of La Joya Is soliciting applications for the Position of Fire Chief

If Mailing Proposals: City of Alton C/o Jorge Arcaute 509 S. Alton Boulevard Alton, Texas 78573

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Hand Delivered RFQ’S: 509 S. Alton Boulevard C/o Jorge Arcaute

ATTENTION: Investigator J. Pruneda

Distribution

Average PERMANENTE No. Copies Each LA JUNTA DIRECTIVA DEL DISTRITO DEL CONTROL Issue During Preceding 12 Y DE LA PREVENCIÓN DEL CRIMEN DE LA CIUDAD DE PALMHURST Months: 1574 Copies of Single Issue (DEPARTAMENTONo. DE POLICÍA) HA ORDENADO UNA ELECCIÓN DEL Published Nearest to Filing Date: 1765 VOTANTES CALIFICADOS DE LA CIUDAD DE REFERÉNDUM DE LOS f. Total Distribution PALMHURST QUE SE LLEVARÁ A CABO EL DÍA 6 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2018.

“WHETHER THE PALMHURST (POLICE DEPARTMENT) CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT SHOULD BE CONTINUED FOR TEN (10) YEARS AND THE PALMHURST CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT SALES TAX OF ONE-HALF CENT SHOULD BE CONTINUED FOR TEN (10) YEARS.” “SI EL DISTRICTO DEL CONTROL Y DE LA PREVENCIÓN DEL CRIMEN DE PALMHURST (DEPARTAMENTO DE POLICÍA) DEBE CONTINUAR POR DIEZ (10) AÑOS Y SI LOS IMPUESTOS SOBRE VENTA DEL DISTRICTO DEL CONTROL Y DE LA PREVENCIÓN DEL CRIMEN DE PALMHURST DE MEDIO CENTAVO SE DEBE CONTINUAR POR DIEZ (10) AÑOS.” FOR (A Favor De) __________________ AGAINST (En Contra De) ____________

Location Polling Places and Election Hours: Voting shall be conducted between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at Faith Baptist Church, 4301 N. Shary Road, Palmhurst, Texas.

Lugar y horario de la votación: La votación se llevará a cabo el martes 6 de noviembre de 2018 en la iglesia Faith Baptist Church, 4301 N. Shary, Palmhurst, TX, entre las horas de 7:00 a.m. hasta las 7:00 p.m.

Early voting by personal appearance: Faith Baptist Church, 4301 N. Shary Road, Palmhurst, Texas between the following hours beginning on October 22, 2018, and ending on November 2, 2018, during the following days and hours: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday-Saturday, and Sunday from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Votación Temprana: Empieza el lunes 22 de octubre del 2018 hasta el viernes 2 de noviembre del 2018 en la iglesia Faith Baptist Church, 4301 N. Shary, Palmhurst, TX, entre las horas de 7:00 a.m. hasta las 7:00 p.m. de lunes a sabado y de 10:00 a.m. hasta las 3:00 p.m. el domingo.

Please Support This Proposition Por Favor Apoye Esta Proposición

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best offer, currently under agriculture status, for more details call 956-6551309.

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ORDINANCE NO. 4695 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE BASE SALARIES FOR CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES OF THE MISSION FIRE DEPARTMENT; PROVIDING FOR EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE PAY FOR MEMBERS OF THE MISSION FIRE DEPARTMENT SUCH INCENTIVE PAY BEING LONGEVITY PAY, SENIORITY PAY, CERTIFICATION PAY, EDUCATIONAL PAY, AND ASSIGNMENT PAY; ESTABLISHING THE RATE OF PAY FOR SUCH INCENTIVE PAYS, ESTABLISHING THE CRITERIA FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR SUCH PAY; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND ORDAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER THEREFORE. CONSIDERED, PASSED, AND APPROVED THIS THE 14TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2018.

Dr. Armando O’caña, Mayor Attest: Anna Carrillo, City Secretary

Classified Rate:

1 Week = $7.00 2 Weeks = $10.00 4 Weeks = $14.00

Make it happen, we’re located at 1217 N. Conway in Mission, TX Come on in! Our hours of operation are Mon. - Fri. 8 - 5 p.m.

If you can’t drop by, mail it! P.O. Box 399, Mission, TX 78573

Submit by email to info@progresstimes.net or pay by phone 956-585-4893.

The deadline to get your classified in is Tuesday at 5 p.m.

CITY OF ALTON ORDINANCE 2018-06-0925

CITY OF ALTON ORDINANCE 2018-05-0627

AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE RATE AND TAX LEVY FOR THE CITY OF ALTON, TEXAS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2018 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2019, UPON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY IN SAID CITY OF ALTON, TEXAS IN CONFORMITY WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE ORDINANCES OF SAID CITY; AND PROVIDING FOR A WAIVER OF SECOND AND THIRD READING; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH. READ, APPROVED, AND PASSED on this the 25th day of September, 2018.

Salvador Vela, Mayor, City of Alton, Texas ATTEST: Baudelia Rojas CPM,TRMC CMC, City Secretary

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ALTON, TEXAS EXTENDING THE DISASTER DECLARATION PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR ON JUNE 21, 2018 UNTIL TERMINATED BY ORDER OF THE CITY COMMISSION; AND ORDAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF, WAIVING SECOND AND THIRD READING. READ, APPROVED, AND PASSED on this the 27th day of June, 2018.

Salvador Vela, Mayor, City of Alton, Texas ATTEST: Baudelia Rojas CPM,TRMC CMC, City Secretary

CITY OF ALTON ORDINANCE 2018-08-0925 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW CODE FOR THE CITY OF ALTON; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED THEREIN; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF AMENDING SUCH CODE; AND PROVIDING WHEN SUCH CODE AND THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE; WAIVING SECOND AND THIRD READING. READ, APPROVED, AND PASSED on this the 25th day of September, 2018.

Salvador Vela, Mayor, City of Alton, Texas ATTEST: Baudelia Rojas CPM,TRMC CMC, City Secretary

ORDINANCE NO. 4693 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSION, TEXAS MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF MISSION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2018 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2019; APPROPRIATING MONEY TO A DEBT SERVICE FUND TO PAY INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL DUE ON THE CITY’S INDEBTEDNESS; AND ADOPTING THE ANNUAL BUDGET OF THE CITY OF MISSION FOR THE 2018 – 2019 FISCAL YEAR PASSED, AND CONSIDERED, APPROVED THIS THE 14TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2018.

Dr. Armando O’caña, Mayor Attest: Anna Carrillo, City Secretary

CITY OF ALTON ORDINANCE 2018-07-0925 Amending Ordinance 2007-05 ORDINANCE REGULATING THE OPERATION OF WRECKERS AND/OR TOWING SERVICES WITHIN THE CITY BOUNDARIES OF ALTON TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES, PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF SAID ORDINANCE AND ORDAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER THEREOF; WAIVING A SECOND AND THIRD READING OF THE ORDINANCE AND PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND FURTHER PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. READ, APPROVED, AND PASSED on this the 25th day of September, 2018.

Salvador Vela, Mayor, City of Alton, Texas ATTEST: Baudelia Rojas CPM,TRMC CMC, City Secretary

ORDINANCE NO. 4694 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE CLASSIFICATIONS FOR THE MISSION FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2018-2019 CONSIDERED, PASSED, AND APPROVED THIS THE 14TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2018.

Dr. Armando O’caña, Mayor Attest: Anna Carrillo, City Secretary

ORDINANCE NO. 4696 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE CLASSIFICATIONS FOR THE MISSION POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018-2019.

CONSIDERED, PASSED, AND APPROVED THIS THE 14TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2018.

Dr. Armando O’caña, Mayor Attest: Anna Carrillo, City Secretary

ORDINANCE NO. 4692 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSION, TEXAS LEVYING AN AD VALOREM TAXES FOR USE AND SUPPORT OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF MISSION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2018-2019; PROVIDING FOR APPORTIONING EACH LEVY FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES; PROVIDING WHEN TAXES SHALL BECOME DUE AND WHEN SAME SHALL BECOME DELINQUENT IF NOT PAID; AND PROVIDING FOR EXEMPTIONS FOR THE ELDERLY AND FOR THE DISABLED. CONSIDERED, PASSED, AND APPROVED THIS THE 14TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2018.

Dr. Armando O’caña, Mayor Attest: Anna Carrillo, City Secretary

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La Joya ISD’s

Summer of Endless Learning!

Girls Engaged in Mathematics (GEM)

Robotics Camp

H-E-B Read 3 Summer Reading Program

Pre-K & Kinder at Paredes Elementary

Summer Reading Camp at Escandon Elementary

College 1st Summer Program

Girls Who Code Summer Camp

UTRGV TX Prep Program

Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) Railway Camp

Summer may be over, but the students and teachers at La Joya ISD are still feeling the excitement of the over 20 camps and programs offered during the months of JuneAugust across the district and neighboring higher education institutions!

Thank You to the parents, teachers, administrators, board of trustees, and our partners STC and UTRGV for their continued support of so many wonderful activities!

Academic Leadership Academy

Texas Success Initiative Summer Bridge Programs

STEM Summer Camp at Tabasco Elementary

Project HEAL Summer Session

Academies of La Joya ISD College 1st Camp

Those Who Can, TEACH Summer Camp

Journalism STEM Camp at UTRGV

Summer Reading at select LJISD Libraries

Teacher Google Academy

Enrichment Summer Program

Technology Workshop with George Couros

... looking for ward to Summer 2019!

La Joya ISD School Board of Trustees Armin Garza-President, Claudia Ochoa-Vice-President, Alejandro “Alex” Cantu-Secretary, Juan Jose “JJ” Peña-Member, Johnn Valente Alaniz-Member, Frances Ana Salinas-Member, Oscar “Coach” Salinas-Member