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The City of Rio Grande City held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday, November 30 at 7:30 a.m. to mark the completed street project within the Rio Grande Village commercial development.

“Today we open Rattler Drive, our golden gate that will transform our region for generations to come,”

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“Together, our established, small and new incoming businesses will potentially keep more than $500 million in sales revenue in Rio Grande City.”

Rattler Dr. is located off FM 755 and within the new Rio Grande Village commercial development and provides access to the area. Whataburger,

the development’s first business occupant is set to open Monday, November 30 at 11 a.m.

“We’d like to thank everyone who made this project possible,” said Commissioner Rey Ramirez, President, Rio Grande City EDC Board of Directors. “We look forward and welcome new opportunities and businesses this project will

create for Rio Grande City.”

Rio Grande City leaders broke ground on the commercial project in October 2019. Joined at that time by local, state and federal officials, they announced the project was years in the making and a collective effort to create jobs and expand retail opportunities in Starr County.

Members of the Greater Rio Grande City Chamber of Commerce were also present to celebrate the opening of the new street and welcome the prospect of new retailers to the area.

For more information about Rio Grande City, visit www. cityofrgc.com or visit the City Facebook page.

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Congratulations to the Roma High School Orchestra Program students who were chosen as members of the TMEA Region 15 All-Region Symphonic Orchestra! This is the top group in the Orchestra division of TMEA. Congratulations to these students and their proud parents. These students are taught by Francisco Hernandez and Andrew Balandrano. Alec Vazquez-Kanhere (8th chair Violin), Ernesto Saldaña (13th chair Violin), and Marco Santistevan (1st chair Viola).

Congratulations to Marcos Barrera and Oswaldo Martinez on their performances at the 2020 Region IV Cross Country Meet!!!! Out of a 114 runners, Marcos placed 26th and Oswaldo placed 58th. San Isidro ISD are super proud of their runners as well as Coach Trey Mills and the coaching staff for helping them prepare and for representing the school well this year!!! #TigerStrong

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¡TU VOZ IMPORTA! REUNIÓN ESPECIAL DE LA JUNTA PARA RETIRAR A LA SRA. VILMA GARZA como SUPERINTENDENTE RGCCISD.

El jueves 3 de diciembre de 2020, varios miembros de la Junta Directiva de RGCCISD convocaron una reunión especial de la junta directiva del RGCCISD. Los puntos A y B de la Sección V de la agenda solicitan la posible rescisión del contrato de la Superintendente Vilma Garza y el nombramiento de un Superintendente de Escuelas interino.

RGCCISD ha sido bendecido con el liderazgo de la Sra. Vilma Garza. Durante uno de los momentos más difíciles de nuestra vida; ¡La Sra. Garza se mantuvo firme! Ella se mantuvo firme y colocó la salud y el bienestar de la comunidad de RGCCISD PRIMERO sin comprometer la educación de los estudiantes. Se mantuvo firme y equilibró el presupuesto por primera vez en años. Se mantuvo firme y aumentó el salario mínimo en RGCCISD para nuestros empleados. Se mantuvo firme y facilitó la distribución de útiles escolares y dispositivos de aprendizaje virtual para todos nuestros estudiantes.

¡Los resultados de las elecciones no deberían penalizar a aquellos que han trabajado incansablemente para mejorar RGCCISD!

¡Este es un llamado urgente a la acción! Por favor, si es miembro de la Comunidad RGCCISD; llame a los miembros de la Junta de RGCCISD y exprese su opinión, exprese su opinión a través de la sección Foro Público en la Reunión Especial de la Junta de RGCCISD, o asista a la Reunión Especial para mostrar su apoyo a la Sra. Vilma Garza.

¡HAZ QUE SE ESCUCHEN TUS VOCES! Para inscribirse en el foro público, llame a RGCCISD al 956-716-6700. #keepvilmaatrgccisd

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YOUR VOICE MATTERS! SPECIAL BOARD MEETING to REMOVE MS. VILMA GARZA as RGCCISD SUPERINTENDENT.

On Thursday, December 3,2020 a RGCCISD special board meeting has been called by several members of the RGCCISD Board of Directors.

Items A and B in Section V of the agenda asks for the possible termination of Superintendent Vilma Garza’s contract and and an appointment of an interim Superintendent of Schools.

RGCCISD has been blessed with Ms. Vilma Garza’s leadership. During one of the most difficult times in our lifetime; Ms. Garza stood strong!

She stood strong and placed the health and well being of the RGCCISD Community FIRST without compromising the education of students. She stood strong and balanced the budget for the first time in years. She stood strong and raised minimum wage at RGCCISD for our employees.

She stood strong and facilitated the dispersal of school supplies and virtual learning devices for all of our students.

Election results should not penalize those that have worked tirelessly to better RGCCISD! This is an urgent call to action! Please, if you are a member of the RGCCISD Community; call RGCCISD Board Members and express your opinion, express your opinion via the Public Forum section at the Special RGCCISD Board Meeting, or attend the Special Meeting to show your support for Ms. Vilma Garza.

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WEDNESDAY DECEMBR 2ND - I.C.C. 6:00 P.M. †ENRIQUE & CELIA GARZA by Ana Lisa Garza †DANIEL ARNOLDO GARZA

by Ana Maria Barrera †SOLEDAD GARCIA by Ana Maria Barrera †CLARISSA ZAMORA by Ana Maria Barrera INTENCION ESPECIAL POR ARMANDO HERRERA by Ana Maria Barrera 6:30 P.M. HOLY HOUR AFTER MASS (NOVENA FOR THE FEAST DAY OF IMMACULATE CONCEPTION) THURSDAY DECEMBER 3RD - I.C.C. 6:00 P.M. †ENRIQUE & CELIA GARZA by Ana Lisa Garza †MARIA DE REFUGIO VELA (18TH AN.)

by Daughter & Sons †CHRISTIAN HERNANDEZ by Iris Alaniz 6:30 P.M. HOLY HOUR AFTER MASS (NOVENA FOR THE FEAST DAY OF IMMACULATE CONCEPTION) FRIDAY DECEMBER 4TH - I.C.C. 6:00 P.M. †IRMA BARRERA ACEVEDO (6TH AN.)

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†ENRIQUE & CELIA GARZA by Ana Lisa Garza †ANTONIO RAMIREZ by Family 6:30 P.M. HOLY HOUR AFTER MASS (NOVENA FOR THE FEAST DAY OF IMMACULATE CONCEPTION) SATURDAY DECEMBER 5TH - I.C.C. 5:00 P.M. †PEDRITO & LOLITA FERNANDEZ

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by Husband, Son & Family †CATHERINE LABAR by Noelia Muñoz

ST. JUDE NOVENA May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved and preserved throughout the world now and forever. Sacred Heart of Jesus pray for us.

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DHR Health opens Occupational and Preventative Medicine Clinic

DHR Health welcomes Jose Lopez, M.D., to the DHR Health Occupational and Preventative Medicine Clinic.

DHR Health is pleased to announce that Jose Lopez, M.D., has joined DHR Health’s newest facility - DHR Health Occupational and Preventative Medicine Clinic. He has over 26 years of experience in occupational medicine. Dr. Lopez will be offering services such as evaluation and treatment of work injuries and work-related physical examinations and evaluations.

The new clinic will focus on reducing the medical, financial,

and occupational burdens of preventable disease and injury through prevention, screening, and education. Dr. Lopez will be seeing patients at the DHR Health Occupational and Preventative Medicine Clinic, located at 2001 S. Cynthia Street, Suite D, in McAllen, TX and will be working closely with all DHR Health Urgent Care facilities to ensure that patients are able to get treated after hours.

Clinic services will include services for work related injuries, minor surgical procedures, DOT physical examinations, urine drug screens, return to work evaluations, TB skin testing, vaccinations, X-rays, audiograms, evidential breath testing, and OSHA respirator questionnaires.

Dr. Lopez earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Pan American University. He earned his medical degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio Medical School. In addition to his extensive experience, Dr. Lopez is a member of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, American College of Preventive Medicine, Texas Occupational Medical Association, Texas Medical Association, and HidalgoStarr County Medical Society.

For more information about the services offered at the DHR Health Occupational and Preventative Medicine Clinic or to schedule an appointment, please call (956) 362-6690 or visit our DHR Health website, www.dhrhealth.com.

Sorority Donates to R.T. Barrera Elementary School

Texas Delta Theta Master of Beta Sigma Phi carried out its annual fall project recently. They are shown making a presentation of a check to R.T. Barrera Elementary School in Roma ISD for the benefit of their students. Shown are, l-r, Fabiola Guerra, receptionist; Gloria Beltran bilingual clerk; Rosie Garcia, service chairman of the sorority; Marisa Garcia, interim principal; Tissa Peterson, president of Texas Delta Theta Master; and Carmen Reyes, counselor.

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DHR Health proudly meets the federal definition of a “physician-owned hospital” (42 CFR § 489.3). As required by law, a list of the hospital’s physician owners and investors is available at www.dhrhealth.com. DHR, Ltd. and its affiliated entities comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.

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South Texas College Culinary Arts Student Bakers Contribute their Talents for Others in Need South Texas College Culinary Arts students strapped on their aprons and stepped up to support their peers in need this holiday season.

In lieu of the department’s annual Thanksgiving Buffet this year, the South Texas College Culinary Arts Program hosted a

Thanks-for-Giving Virtual Bake Sale in support of the college Student Food Pantry.

In the days leading up to Thanksgiving, Culinary department chair chef Jennifer Guerra directed students who baked thousands of cookies, hundreds of loaves of bread, and

hundreds of pies as part of the virtual bake sale fundraiser.

“We understand that some students face food insecurities, and especially now with COVID-19 we know that some are enduring extreme hardships, so we thought very hard about how to help,” said chef Guerra.

“Raising funds for the food them worry about something like pantry supports students and food.” ensures that they stay enrolled at school. I know I speak for all at South Texas College who feel that alleviating these concerns by students is paramount, and we have to enable them to continue with their classes without having

The Student Food Pantry was established to support students experiencing food insecurity by providing them with adequate nutritious food. This year more than any other, the food pantry was a vital resource for hundreds of students and their families who were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The pantry enabled many students and their families to receive essential food items they needed to weather the difficult period and stay on track in their education.

For additional information on pantry services, students can visit https://life.southtexascollege.

edu/food-pantry/. They will need to provide their full name, address, phone number, and student “A” number.

Students can find a range of other services at www. southtexascollege.edu.

For students needing to schedule an appointment, they can visit the admissions portal at https://studentservices. southtexascollege.edu/ admissions/.

Culinary Arts has opened new courses at Mid Valley this semester, and they are being conducted using the hybrid system enacted by STC for the fall utilizing in-person and online instruction. Culinary classes at Mid Valley include Basic Food Preparation; Pies, Tarts, Teacakes & Cookies; Cake Decorating; the Fundamentals of Baking; and Professional Kitchen Essentials.

For more information about STC’s Culinary Arts Program, please visit https:// bt.southtexascollege.edu/ culinary/ or contact Jennifer Guerra at 956-872-2214.

COVID-19 Alert: ST. JUDE NOVENA Cases are Rising

COVID-19 cases, May the Sacred Heart hospitalizations, and deaths o f J e s u s across the United States are b e a d o r e d , rising. As cold weather moves in, g l o r i f i e d , people spend more time indoors, l o v e d a n d and the holidays approach, p r e s e r v e d take steps to slow the spread of throughout the COVID-19. Wear a mask, stay at world now and least 6 feet apart, avoid crowds, forever. Sacred Heart of Jesus and wash your hands often. The pray for us. Holy Mary, Mother more steps you take, the more you of Jesus, pray for us, St. Jude, are protected against COVID-19. worker of miracles, pray for View Cases in the U.S. and your KEY TIMES to Social Distance us. (Say this nine times a day, state on the data tracker. CDC by the Inside 8th day your prayer will your home when Outside your home Stay at least 6 feet away from other people. someoneSay is sick be answered. it nine days, Do not gather in groups. Stay out of If possible, stay at least 6 feet away. crowded places and avoid mass gatherings. it has never been known to fail.

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Prediabetes Symptoms

What are the symptoms?

Some people never have noticeable symptoms. Others develop Type 2 diabetes very slowly. They may not notice the symptoms right away. The most common symptoms are: Frequent urination, Excessive thirst, Excessive hunger, Blurred vision, Numbness or tingling of the hands or feet, Fatigue, Dry skin, Sores that heal slowly, Frequent infections of the skin, urinary tract or vagina.

What causes Type 2 diabetes?

Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes. It is caused by several things, including lifestyle factors and genetics.

Being overweight and physically inactive You are more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes if you are not physically active and

are overweight or obese. Extra weight sometimes causes insulin resistance and is common in people with Type 2 diabetes. The location of body fat also makes a difference. Extra belly fat is linked to insulin resistance, Type 2 diabetes and heart and blood vessel disease.

Insulin resistance Type 2 diabetes usually begins with insulin resistance. This is a condition in which muscle, liver and fat cells do not use insulin well. As a result, your body needs more insulin to help glucose enter your cells. The pancreas makes more insulin at first. Then as time passes, the pancreas can’t make enough and blood glucose levels increase.

Family history According to the National Institutes of Health, Type 2 diabetes does not have a clear

pattern of inheritance. However, many affected individuals have at least one close family member with the disease. The risk of developing Type 2 diabetes increases with the number of affected family members. The increased risk is likely due, in part, to shared genetic factors.

It is also related to a person’s lifestyle (such as eating and exercise habits) that is shared by family members.

Family history also can increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes. One factor can be a person’s tendency to become overweight or obese.

How is Type 2 diabetes treated?

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Black-necked stilts are amazing birds!

A few years ago, while at the r i v e r- v i e w i n g platform near the Roma City Hall to watch for waterfowl, I saw 29 species including an indigo bunting, a pair of black phoebes, a flock of white-faced ibises and, my favorite, a pair of black-necked stilts.

The black-necked stilt is a truly amazing sight. It’s a shore bird and, in this area, can’t easily be mistaken for anything else.

From beak to tail it’s about 14 inches long and it has about 10 inch legs. In the proportion of its leg length to its body size, those are the relatively longest legs of all birds. To make the legs even more incredible, they’re bright pinkish-red. The body is black above, which is sharply contrasted with clean white beneath. This bird is a wonder to behold in both color and shape.

The bill is long, thin, pointed and black. Each eye is crimson with a white eye ring. The wing tips, when the wings are folded, reach to the tip of the tail. The feet are partially webbed.

Despite the long legs, the stilts walk steadily and confidently.

When picking up food it typically bends at the knees and then uses its long beak to reach the food.

Its usual habitat is sandbars along a river, marshes, and pond edges. While it can swim, it typically wades in the shallows, sometimes up to its belly, or walks about examining mud flats and marshes.

It’s food consists of aquatic insects, mosquito larvae, crayfish, tiny fish, snails, flies, beetles, grasshoppers, and occasional plant seeds.

The stilt’s nest is just a shallow depression on the ground, often near some clumps of grass, and is lined with leaves of grass, tiny twigs, broken bits of shell, and a few feathers.

T h e eggs, 4 to 5 in number, are buff colored and splashed with blotches of dark brown. Typically the male incubates the eggs during the

day and the female at night.

The hatchlings are precocial which means that they are, with some parental guidance, able to find food for themselves almost immediately.

As many as a hundred times a day, the parents may leave the nest briefly to moisten their feathers.

The cooling from evaporation protects them and the eggs from the heat of the day.

Black-necked stilts have a rather large range. They can be found here in the Valley all year and are common in the western states, east of the Rocky Mountains, during the summer.

They’re also found to the south of us in winter.

They have a few other common names: lawyer, longshanks, and daddy longlegs. The lawyer name may come from the fact that it is a noisy bird making a “kleepkleep-kleep” or “kek-kek-kek” sound almost incessantly. Or it may result from the neat almost tuxedo look of its colors as well as the elegant, almost courtly grace with which it moves, I’m delighted to have the blacknecked stilts in our area. While they’re beneficial and amazing to see, they’re also a reminder of how limited our imaginations are and of how innovative and creative nature can be.

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Application has been made with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission for a WINE AND BEER RETAILER’S OFFPREMISE PERMIT, BY SYNTHIA A. GARCIA dba LA PASADITA CONVENIENCE STORE, to be located at 5097 E. HWY 83, ESCOBARES, STARR COUNTY, TX.

Application has been made with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission for a WINE AND BEER RETAILER’S OFFPREMISE PERMIT, by ROMEO ALANIZ dba R.A. DRIVE THRU, to be located at 1890 EAST GRANT ST., ROMA, STARR COUNTY, TX.

TxDOT Calling On Texans To Keep Roadside Workers Safe Drivers are required by law to ‘Move Over / Slow Down’ near roadside workers TxDOT’s “Be Safe. Drive Smart.” safety initiative is urging motorists to follow the state’s Move Over/Slow Down law. This law requires drivers to move over or slow down when approaching law enforcement, tow trucks, utility vehicles, emergency responders and TxDOT vehicles stopped with activated overhead lights on the side of the road.

Drivers who fail to give emergency and work crews space to safely do their jobs face fines up to $2000.

Unfortunately, police officers, tow truck drivers and other roadside workers are hit, injured or killed on the side of the road every year. TxDOT is calling on all drivers to respect these

workers who are vital to keeping our roads clear and safe.

The Move Over/Slow Down law requires drivers to: •Take safety precautions when they approach roadside law enforcement, emergency vehicles, tow trucks, utility vehicles and TxDOT vehicles with flashing lights on.

•When possible, move out of the lane closest to these vehicles.

•Slow down to 20 mph below the posted speed limit if safely switching lanes is not possible or the road doesn’t offer multiple lanes.

•Reduce speed to 5 mph on roadways with posted speed limits of 25 mph or less.

The state’s Move Over/Slow Down law was first passed in 2003 and applied to police, fire and emergency medical service

vehicles. The Texas Legislature has since extended the law’s protections to TxDOT vehicles, tow trucks and utility service vehicles.

“Be Safe. Drive Smart.” is a key component of #EndTheStreakTX, a broader social media and word-ofmouth effort that encourages drivers to make safer choices while behind the wheel such as wearing a seat belt, driving the speed limit, never texting and driving and never driving under the influence of alcohol or other drugs. Nov. 7, 2000 was the last deathless day on Texas roadways. #EndTheStreakTX asks all Texans to commit to driving safely to help end the streak of daily deaths on Texas roadways.

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